The Flub Boat: $38M sunk into ship that broke down.(News)

From: The Boston Herald | Date: January 19, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: DAVE WEDGE

More than 500 seafaring Bay State students are stranded in Virginia after the $38 million, taxpayer-funded ship on which they were sailing to Europe broke down - for the second time in two voyages.

The Training Ship Enterprise - once blasted as a prime example of government waste - had to be escorted into port in Norfolk, Va., Sunday due to a host of mechanical problems and remained docked last night.

More than 500 Massachusetts Maritime Academy cadets bound for Europe have reportedly been passing time lifting weights, watching TV and playing cards ...

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