War is Boring brings us a story about an effort to repurpose the former USCGC Acushnet (WMEC-167),
“World War II Navy ship might be used to house homeless veterans in California.”
If you are just reading the title, you might think there was a mistake, but Acushnet was originally USS Shackle (ARS-9), a rescue and salvage ship.
I don’t have a lot of optimism about their long-term success, but wish the new owners luck.
Currently the ship is at the marina at Brown Point in Tacoma, Washington.
I also found it interesting that there are still remnants as the four concrete drydocks in Napa. Every time I see something like this, I think it would be a good idea to have a Coast Guard Yard, West.
Thanks to Paul for bringing this to my attention.
Chuck Hill's CG Blog 
The problem in Puget Sound is that there are many historic ships and people with big dreams chasing a finite number of dollars for restoring and maintaining them – a tough job
They may be able to keep this going for a little while, but the maintenance costs are extremely high.
At best, this is a temporary fix for a serious issue. I suggest building land based housing construction is the best option.
It’s a constant battle, fundraising, applying for grants, coming up with activities for groups to rent/charter a ship – if the activity is underway then having qualified crew.
I have seen some ships with the deck tented over for years while they try to redo the decks to keep the water from doing more damage.
A few times I was privy to the costs of a simple yearly haul-out and not much repair and the numbers made my head spin.
Too frequently they just turn into derelicts and a mess the local government has to clean up.