What To Do With the USS Ling?

LTC (Join to see) As much as preserving military history is important, this submarine should be scrapped. It was built in 45, decom in 46, and never served in combat. Further there are other Balao Class subs that have been preserved and are active museums. There was no interest in the local community to save her, so to the scrap yard she should go.

I was unfamiliar with the issue of the USS Ling LTC (Join to see) which is located in northern New Jersey at Hackensack on the apply named Hackensack River.
If this vessel had been used in combat or even clandestine Cold War missions, I expect that there would be a clamor for action on its behalf.
This is an issue for north Jersey to resolve or ignore IMHO.
The only other potentially viable option is for some wealthy group to buy the adjacent land and restore access to the vessel itself to return it to its museum status.
Since we are mourning the death of TVs Batman Adam West, a ridiculous batman approach would be to flood the Hackensack and let the vessel float into submarine oblivion where it could serve as a ....

Images: World War II Veterans Hope To Save Submarine In Hackensack; Members of Hackensack fire department's 2nd platoon were requested to the USS Ling Naval museum on River Street to assist gaining access to the submarine; USS Ling Memorial; The USS Ling in a photo taken a week ago.

Therefore I am pasting the story below:
"The Story of the USS Ling
The USS Ling never saw combat in World War II. Commissioned on June 8, 1945, the Ling was quickly decommissioned in October 1946 and entered reserve duty. In 1972, the Ling was donated to the Submarine Memorial Association, which restored the vessel and moved it up the Hackensack River to the New Jersey Naval Museum in January 1973.
While never serving in combat itself, the USS Ling represents one of the last surviving Balao-class submarines in the United States. The Balao-class replaced the famed Gato-class submarine, the first mass-produced American submarine class in World War II. 120 Balaos were produced and many saw action, including, notably, the USS Tang and the USS Archerfish. The Tang, captained by Medal of Honor recipient Richard O’Kane, was the most successful submarine of the war, with 31 official sinkings for a total of 227,800 tons of shipping. It would be sunk on October 24, 1944 by its own torpedo. The Archerfish sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, the largest warship in history to be sunk by a submarine.
There are seven other Balao-class submarines currently on display as museum pieces: Batfish, Becuna, Bowfin, Clamafore, Lionfish, Pampanito, and Razorback.

A Complex Engineering Problem
Removing the USS Ling from the banks of the Hackensack would be an expensive engineering feat, as the publication North Jersey describes. First, the submarine, which may be silted in place, would need to be pried from the banks. Then there’s the matter of the river’s low waterline. The submarine requires a waterline of 17 feet to move downriver, however the current waterline only rests at 10 feet. The daunting task of moving it by water has led some to look at the possibility of dismantling the Ling and reassembling it elsewhere. But Bill Sheehan, executive director of Hackensack Riverkeeper, has expressed doubts about the ability to put the old boat back together once dismantled. Quoted by North Jersey, Sheehan said “This thing has never been in dry dock… Since it was put here in the 1970s, no one has done any maintenance on it.”

Not Just a Boat For New Jersey Residents
In December 2016, the North Jersey editorial board made a plea to the city, the state, and the Borg family to preserve the USS Ling, which, over the years, has become an icon on the Hackensack River.
“None of these entities are legally responsible to preserve the Ling, but collectively they have a moral obligation to try to save it.
The Ling is near and dear to us. For many years, that was literally true. The Ling has long been a part of the Hackensack waterfront, having been anchored off the riverbank for more than 40 years behind the former headquarters of The Record and the North Jersey Media Group, which was sold to Gannett in July.”

Unfortunately, with no funding from the museum and limited support from the city, the state, or the Borg family, the Ling remains eroding in its purgatory in the mud of the Hackensack River."
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I see they didn't talk to the right people.......