The National Museum of World War II was started by historian Stephen E. Ambrose is thriving now. But, back in 2005, Hurricane Katrina badly damaged it and visitors slowed to a trickle after that. The museum had to lay off 60% of its staff. It took them six years to get back to its pre-Katrina levels of 350,000. In 2016, so far, they have drawn 700,000.
It is hoped that the "new" PT-305 will help even increase that. Rides on the boat will cost $350, with the first one scheduled for April 1, 2017. It will be home-ported in Lake Pontchartrain, the same place where it was launched 74 years earlier.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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