well it could have been bought and moved to Mobile to be added to the USS Alabama Museum. missing the nuke and being some what restored.
and if you looking for a possible ship to use as a sea base how about the USS Gage a Haskell class Assault transport.
i also have some of her deck plans
as well as plans for WW2 Era LSTs' LCIs' as well as ther specs. any one interested?