This Ex-U.S. Navy Jet Hydrofoil Flew Across the Water, Now It Rots in an Oregon Mudflat

As connoisseurs of exciting and quirky land, air, and sea vehicles, we like to think that at least one of each of the most important planes, trains, boats, and cars are well preserved and well celebrated. This fanciful view is reduced to atoms in a matter of seconds after one good look at the present state of what was once the largest and fastest hydrofoil boat in the world. The USS Plainview is one of the innumerable U.S. Navy ships that... (continue reading...)