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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.

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She was commissioned in 1938 and scrapped in 1958

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the CV-6 was commissioned in 1938 and scrapped in 1958

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Her crows nest is in Annapolis at the Naval academy.

Actually, the USNA has the Enterprise's bell. The crows nest (more correctly, the signal bridge) was supposed to be saved and mounted on the football stadium. This never happened, pictures of the ship at the time of scrapping (being towed away from Brooklyn to Kearny) show the bridge having been removed and lain on the flightdeck. But unlike other artifacts (the anchor that's a the Washington DC Navy Yard and her nameplate which is up in New Jersey) the bridge was unfortunately not saved.