RE: Surplus Ships
Not a joke.  About eight or nine years ago I was following the DRMO
stuf closley, even bought a few lots.  At that time there were several
warships up for auction including destroyers and submarines.  Never
bid on those, couldn't afford the fuel....
BTW, never saw a Vanagon or Westy on one of those auctions.  And I
managed to broker virtually everything I acquired before it had to be
picked up, let someone else haul it.