Posted on 02/20/2012 10:16:12 PM PST by U-238
flight decks that once thundered and boomed with jet aircraft are silent. The passageways and compartments where thousands of sailors worked, ate and slept are empty. The once meticulously swept and kept decks are worn and torn, some covered in bird droppings.
The names of the Navy’s seven decommissioned non-nuclear aircraft carriers conjure up well-earned reputations as Cold War bulwarks. And while at least some are the objects of preservation efforts, chances are slim more than one will survive as a museum ship. The rest are taking up valuable pier space, and the only thing the Navy wants now is to get rid of them
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Australia,South Korea or Brazil might want to purchase one.
give them all to Israel.
I like that idea.
Carriers awaiting disposal
Shown are the carriers’ current locations and the planned disposal option for each.
• Forrestal (AVT 59, ex-CV 59), stricken Sept. 11, 1993. In Philadelphia. Scrap.
• Saratoga (CV 60), stricken Aug. 20, 1994. In Newport, R.I. Scrap (changed from donation hold).
• Ranger (CV 61), stricken March 8, 1994. In Bremerton, Wash. Donation hold.
• Independence (CV 62), stricken March 8, 2004. In Bremerton. Scrap.
• Kitty Hawk (CV 63), decommissioned May 12, 2009, and placed in Mobilization Category B, or “mothballs,” for preservation and possible future use. In Bremerton. Unstated disposal option.
• Constellation (CV 64), stricken Dec. 2, 2003. In Bremerton. Scrap.
• John F. Kennedy (CV 67), stricken Oct. 16, 2009. In Philadelphia. Donation hold.
Source: Naval Sea Systems Command.
Bump!
And give them the planes and bombs.
That is a great application of our technology.
Everything depends of the price of scrap steel:
The absolute worse case scenario is that it will cost the US Navy $2 to $3 billion dollars to scrap the ships.
They should all be turned into museums. It is not fair to the veterans of these ships to see them in the scrap heap.
These ships wont survive as museum pieces because of the economy.The ship that should have been saved was CV-6.USS Enterprise.She was scrapped out by 1959 or 60.She was awarded the most battle stars for surviving WW2 Ships.Her crows nest is in Annapolis at the Naval academy.
These ships wont survive as museum pieces because of the economy.The ship that should have been saved was CV-6.USS Enterprise.She was scrapped out by 1959 or 60.She was awarded the most battle stars for surviving WW2 Ships.Her crows nest is in Annapolis at the Naval academy.
Good quality scrap steel, several tons copper and aluminum, and several sons marine brass in the props, lots of good salvage there.
She was commissioned in 1938 and scrapped in 1958
the CV-6 was commissioned in 1938 and scrapped in 1958
But you are scrapping history.
Turn them all into cruise ships.
Without Italian captains at the helm
LOLz! I love that idea. They could stay at sea long time and ferry folks on and off by helicopter or private jet. Imagine being a catapault operator on the Love Boat Deux!
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