??? I'm not disregarding the discussion, I'm waiting to see what the result is. Rather than arguing the points, I figure it's better to see what comes out of it
The way I thought of it, the ships are, after their transfer to museum status, out of service, and the KM gets normal scrap value. The ships no longer have ammunition (other than a couple 30.5cm training projectiles without their fuzes, some 30.5cm propellent cases without propellent and some 15cm and 8.8cm training rounds in static displays), their boilers and turbines are not maintained, what electrical power is needed for lights and so on is shore power. Most all of the spare parts inventory for the ships ashore is either scrap or destined for other reuse (turbine spares are likely scrap, unless some civillian liner has a use for them, the spare gun barrels can be used for shore battery spares or as additional batteries, etc). The ships were not broken up and turned into scrap, but from the point of view of the KM, they might as well be.
When it comes down to it, there aren't any rules for museum ships and their cost. I looked at it, thought that the scrap price (based on what I've seen with the Duluth situation) seemed fair, and went with it. If it's a real problem, I can make changes.