by Guest » March 4, 2012, 7:20 pm
That is the Historic American Engineering Record for USCGC Mackinaw. It is part of the National Park Service/Library of Congress historic properties documentation programs. The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and other related legislation requires that the federal government perform a historic context study and statement of significance for the vessels that it decommissions from agencies such as the US Navy and Coast Guard. If the vessel is determined to have historic significance, the ultimate disposition may need to be reviewed to determine the impact upon the historic integrity of the vessel. For those ships selected for documentation, HAER drawings and associated documentation are meant to record for posterity the full scope of the vessel's existence. Not only does this create an academic and historic record for study, should a ship ultimately be destroyed or lost, the HAER record serves as a permanent documentary record of the vessel's existence. Quite often, that documentation serves as the mitigation for the destruction of the vessel. In other words, take lots of pictures, describe everything thoroughly then sell off for scrap.
That is the Historic American Engineering Record for USCGC Mackinaw. It is part of the National Park Service/Library of Congress historic properties documentation programs. The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and other related legislation requires that the federal government perform a historic context study and statement of significance for the vessels that it decommissions from agencies such as the US Navy and Coast Guard. If the vessel is determined to have historic significance, the ultimate disposition may need to be reviewed to determine the impact upon the historic integrity of the vessel. For those ships selected for documentation, HAER drawings and associated documentation are meant to record for posterity the full scope of the vessel's existence. Not only does this create an academic and historic record for study, should a ship ultimately be destroyed or lost, the HAER record serves as a permanent documentary record of the vessel's existence. Quite often, that documentation serves as the mitigation for the destruction of the vessel. In other words, take lots of pictures, describe everything thoroughly then sell off for scrap.