So after decades of trying to get the 82yr old battleship's deck replaced the USS Alabama Battleship Commission has announced they have finally received the go ahead to replace the deck which just happens to be made of naturally grown Burmese teak which is virtually impossible to get today. Teak is a very beautifully grained wood that is so oily and tough it does not rot so is highly sought after and although today there are farmed alternatives nothing can compare with the original natural teak they cut from the rain forests back in the days when it was legal to do so. Today when that kind of naturally grown teak is available it can reach prices in the thousands of dollars per board so who could even guess how much the USS Alabama's 29,000 square feet of teak deck is worth? There needs to be some transparancy, what exactly is going to be done with that original deck because you can be damn sure it will not be going into a dumpster.
https://mynbc15.com/news/local/uss-alabama-in-need-of-some-costly-repairs
So after decades of trying to get the 82yr old battleship's deck replaced the USS Alabama Battleship Commission has announced they have finally received the go ahead to replace the deck which just happens to be made of naturally grown Burmese teak which is virtually impossible to get today. Teak is so oily and tough it does not rot so is highly sought after and although today there are farmed alternatives nothing can compare with the original natural teak they cut from the rain forests back in the days when it was legal to do so. Today when that kind of naturally grown teak is available it can reach prices in the thousands of dollars per board so who could even guess how much the USS Alabama's 29,000 square feet of teak deck is worth? There needs to be some transparancy, what exactly is going to be done with that original deck because you can be damn sure it will not be going into a dumpster.
https://mynbc15.com/news/local/uss-alabama-in-need-of-some-costly-repairs
So after decades of trying to get the 82yr old battleship's deck replaced the USS Alabama Battleship Commission has announced they have finally received the go ahead to replace the deck which just happens to be made of naturally grown Burmese teak which is virtually impossible to get today. Teak is so oily and tough it does not rot so is highly sought after and although today there are farmed alternatives nothing can compare with the original natural teak they cut from the rain forests back in the days when it was legal to do so. Today when that kind of naturally grown teak is available it can reach prices in the thousands of dollars per board so who could even guess how much the USS Alabama's 29,000 square feet of teak deck is worth?
https://mynbc15.com/news/local/uss-alabama-in-need-of-some-costly-repairs