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Old 05-02-2018, 10:25 PM
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FYI - Using the NUKEMAP and plotting out the detonations that occurred in the 1997 attack on New Orleans and reconciling it with information in United States v. Ex-USS Cabot/Dedalo, 179 F. Supp. 2d 697 (S.D. Tex. 2000)

she was docked at the Press Street Wharf in the Port of New Orleans from about February 4, 1993 to October 13, 1997.

On May 3, 1997, the M/V Tomis Future collided with the Cabot and damaged both the vessel and the Press Street Wharf. The owner of the M/V Tomis Future hired Crescent Towing to position a tugboat alongside the Cabot from May 3rd to May 7th. The tugboat was necessary to prevent the Cabot from breaking away from the wharf.

When the owner of the M/V Tomis Future took Crescent Towing off hire on May 7th, the U.S.S. Cabot Dedalo Museum Foundation, Inc. refused to take action to protect its ship. The United States Coast Guard was therefore forced to take over. The Coast Guard performed repairs to the wharf and hired companies to provide tug assistance to protect the Cabot from breaking away and colliding with another vessel or facility. On October 12, 1997, the Coast Guard paid for the Cabot to be taken to a safer docking facility in Violet, Louisiana. The Coast Guard spent at least $500,868.94 on wharf repairs, tug assistance, and towing the Cabot.

On October 14, 1997 they took her to Port Isabel, TX and that is where she was for the TDM.

So there are three scenarios for where the Cabot was in the Twilight 2000 timeline

a) the navy after taking the losses they took early in 1997 tow to Cabot to where she can be refit to be used as carrier most likely using Harriers and helicopters as her air group - this would have been in progress during the TDM so depending on where the refit happened is what her fate would be - and thus she isnt anywhere near New Orleans when the nuclear strikes occur

b) the navy decides its not worth the effort to bring her back into the fleet after the losses in 1997 and she stays in New Orleans but the collision does not occur - thus she is at the Press Street Wharf for the TDM and untouched by the nukes that hit New Orleans - the closest nuke is the Meraux strike but the outer edges of the destructive area of that strike end about 1.5 kilometers away from her - in other words close but not enough to damage her - however she is going to be sitting in the water as a lot of contaminated debris goes by her on the river

and any attempt to recover her post TDM means having to get her past the debris and effects of two of the nuke strikes and their after effects on the Mississippi River to get her out to sea - so most likely if she is still there for the TDM she is sitting on the dock rusting away

c) the collision occurs and they move her and she is either in Violet, LA or Port Isabel, TX for the TDM - if she is in Violet, LA then the Meraux strike most likely gets her or heavily damages her at the least - on the other hand if she is in Port Isabel then she may have been there for the Mexican invasion - meaning she is still sitting there most likely and anyone who has played Red Star Lone Star knows what is in Port Isabel

so for those who want to have the Cabot in T2K there are actually several possibilities for her - she could have been put back into service with the USN or at least brought to a base where the work could have been started, she could be sitting at the Press Street Wharf still in New Orleans (maybe as the base for a local group of marauders terrorizing the area that the players are sent to deal with), she could be sunken wreck in Violet or she could be sitting at Port Isabel and possibly play a part in Red Star Lone Star as part of the action in Port Isabel
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