Our Shipping Reporter is on the warpath once more over the state of the memorial on which a giant anchor off the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea is a stand out feature on the Townsville waterfront .The anchor was presented to Townsville by the US Navy on May 8, l992 ,the 50th anniversary of the Battle for the Coral Sea. The massive battle involved aircraft carriers of the Japanese Imperial Navy, Allies and their planes from May 4 to May 8 ,l942.
This blog has reported neglect of the memorial since 2015, pointing out rust , graffiti , hard to read explanatory plaques .
This week there was a broken glass bottle , above , under the plinth ,and what appeared to be re-emergence of some old graffiti which had been painted over. The brass plaques ,one detailing shipping activities through the Port of Townsville in two world wars , are again hard to read , in need of attention, a clean of surrounds . Not a good look for a military garrison city in which there was a large American involvement during WWll.
