Houston Chronicle Suggests Move Battleship to Better Location

Out of place: State should consider moving the Battleship Texas / Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle / Aug. 9, 2008, 9:28AM

The editorial begins: "The Battleship Texas is berthed near the San Jacinto Monument. 

The Battleship Texas needs expensive repair and a dry berth. Rather than carving a permanent dry dock out of the historic San Jacinto Battlefield, Texas Parks and Wildlife should consider moving the vessel to another location on Galveston Bay.

With low attendance and surrounded by refineries, the Battleship Texas can't support itself as other battleship memorials do. A better location could change all that."  READ MORE AT http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/5933415.html