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    "headline": "A WWII submarine is out of the water for the first time in 50 years, and due home this month",
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    "articleBody": "A 312-foot Second World War submarine weighing around 1,500 tons does not leave the water lightly. USS Silversides has spent the summer sitting on blocks in a drained dry dock in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, getting the overhaul it should have had decades ago. If the schedule holds, it heads home to Michigan this month. Submarines normally need dry dock maintenance every 25 to 30 years. Silversides had gone about 50. A short tow and a long list The museum ship left its berth in Muskegon on July 13 and arrived at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding after a 16-hour tow across Lake Michigan. By July 22 it was settled on the blocks and the water was gone. Crews reported that none of the ballast tanks had taken on water during the trip, and that there were far fewer zebra mussels on the hull than expected. Since then the work has been steady and specific: replacing corroded hull steel in the free-flooding areas fore and aft, cleaning decades of silt out of the ballast tanks, repairing sea chests and scuppers, and restoring the radar antenna mounts, where workers found corrosion and old animal nests. Behind the torpedo doors they reached steel that had not been seen since 1954. It was in better shape than feared, but still needed significant replacement. Some pieces are being saved rather than scrapped. Both propeller nuts came off cleanly and will go on display, and a flood valve marked for USS Trigger, Silversides’ sister boat, has been removed for the museum. Why it is worth the trouble Silversides sank at least 23 ships during the war and is counted among the most decorated submarines of the conflict. Its crew of about 80 were mostly between 18 and 21. “She is quite impressive, even just standing next to her,” the museum’s executive director said. The project costs around $3.5 million, including a $775,000 Save America’s Treasures grant from the Interior Department and roughly $2 million in private donations. Without it, the hull would keep thinning until the boat could no longer be kept afloat safely. Historic ships only survive if someone pays for this kind of unglamorous work. When Silversides is towed back across Lake Michigan, it should be good for another generation of visitors climbing through its narrow hatches. Further reading USS Silversides (SS-236) — Wikipedia Gato-class submarine — Wikipedia Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin — Wikipedia Muskegon, Michigan — Wikipedia Image: JJonahJackalope, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons This article was produced with AI assistance and reviewed by our Editorial Desk. How we work.",
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