Yes, the battleship North Carolina (in Wilmington) does have
a teak deck. I was there about a year or so ago, and they
were refurbishing the ship (I wonder if they got
shipwright's disease . . . ) and were replacing all the
teak. I guess the lesson is that if you have a teak dash,
and you leave your car outside with the top down, you may
have to replace the teak every 50 years or so.
Warren Allen
Winston-Salem, NC
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Subject: RE: Teak wood Dash
Author: Tom Tweed <ak627@dayton.wright.edu> at INTERNET-MAIL
Date: 9/30/96 9:52 PM
Hey you guys in NC,
A long, long time ago, on vacation in NC, I visited the battleship North
Carolina which is now a permanent monument somewhere on your coast.
I seem to remember that all the planking on the main deck was teak, and
the weather didn't seem to hurt it much. Just testing my memory here, do
any of you know if that's true, and would teak make a good LBC dash ?
Mine's Zebra wood, whatever that is, courtesy of the PO.
Best regards,
Tom Tweed
TR-250
SW Ohio
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