At one point, the 'IRON LADY' of the Pacific, the LAST of the light carriers left, was only 12 hours from sailing off to a scrap yard across the ocean when concerned Naval historians in New Orleans spotted the maneuvering tug boats and put a quick halt to the 'midnight move'. Legion Post #377 holds the lease on this museum ship that was given back to the United States as a memorial to the 36 US Navy sailors killed in a KAMIKAZE attack, and as a tribute to US Navy history. Legion Post #377 think they will gain something like a million and a half dollars in they sell this piece of American heritage for scrap.

Thanks to some concerned historians, true Americans, working silently behind the scenes, Legion Post #377 has their hands tied so they cannot legally sell this ship yet, and probably never will be able to do so. The Environmental Protection Agency ordered that all the PCBs in the engine room be removed before any sale can be approved. That will cost a few million dollars. The U.S. Coast Guard is getting fed up with requests for towing permissions and sailing orders that come in quietly, then are suddenly canceled when the plans for the midnight move is revealed. There is a great effort, through the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (thanks in part to all the letters written by SHARKHUNTERS Members) to grant NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK status to USS CABOT and if that takes place, there can be no possibility to scrap this priceless piece of American history.

IF a suitable museum can be found for USS CABOT, the EPA will not press for removal of the material in the engine rooms AND the Spanish Government has indicated (quietly) that, if a suitable museum location is secured, they will break the lease with Legion Post #377, leaving them with all the debts they have run up and the problems that go with all that debt - while the 'IRON LADY' will go to a good home.

We need Museums to take a GOOD LOOK at adding the only Light Carrier left in the world to their Museum.