The numbers take all the emotion out of it. The Battleship only had around 26,000 "paying visitors" last year. What a tragic scene. The state gave the Camden folks $1.74 million last year and all we got was 5 lousy full-time jobs? I just spoke to someone who was at the ship on 4th of July and he said it was a "ghost-ship." If the Ship were up in Liberty State Park, she would see a minimum of 1.2-1.5 million paying visitors. Please don't disrespect our Nation's most famous ship as over $30 million of our hard-earned NJ taxpayer dollars were already flushed down the Delaware River. I was on two navy ships including the USS Saratoga (CV-60) "Super Sara". If the State of New Jersey threw $50 million tomorrow at the Ship it would still fail in Camden. Everyone knows it, just not you. If you look at the following web link, http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislat ... _2012/031511/Schuck_J.pdf , you will read and fully understand that even the folks who run the Ship in Camden admit it is a losing situation no matter how the cards are stacked. for a Navy veteran to say the ship should stay in Camden versus be next to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, which would make people understand why we are the greatest superpower in the world, defender of liberty and democracy, it ludicrousness. If Ronald Reagan were alive today, he would have it no other way as after building our 600+ ship navy that broke the backs of the Soviets, to only re-commission the New Jersey in 1982, the only ship he ever did, and then launch his re-election campaign from the Liberty State Park, we would not be having this conversation. No real Navy sailor would choose Death (Camden) over Liberty (State Park). It would be the greatest U.S. Navy recruiting tool in history since the Japaneses bombed Pearl Harbor, hands-down. Liberty State Park is the ONLY place for the ship and it will not block any view nor take up a sqaure foot of park space.