Historic vessels that sank in NYC basin — including one on Maine’s state quarter — could be scrapped into ‘garbage’: sources

Source: New York Post

Two historic vessels — including one featured on Maine’s state quarter — have been sitting at the bottom of the polluted Gowanus since mysteriously sinking in July and could now be headed for the garbage heap. The restaurateurs who own the ships may not be willing to shell out what could easily turn into millions of dollars to rescue the submerged Victory Chimes and the PILOT — a former research vessel once used by famed TV oceanographer Jacque Cousteau — from the murky Brooklyn waters and resurrect them to their former glory, sources told The Post. “Total demolition.