[Strategerist]

They couldn't dismantle it and use it for scrap metal?!?

Environmental regulations in the US are such that scrapping the ship would turn out to be unbelievably expensive.

Only place left in the world where a ship can be scrapped and make money off it is India (you may have seen the documentaries on it, they drag the ships up on the beach); however, it would be extremely easy for, say, Chicom agents to crawl all over the ship and examine it if that were done.

[skimbell]

If the Chicom agents actually get a woody from going over a 32 year old American ship-do we really care?

[RadioAstronomer]

you may have seen the documentaries on it, they drag the ships up on the beach

Those documentaries were incredible.

[ctlpdad]

(you may have seen the documentaries on it, they drag the ships up on the beach);

Every man for himself. Cutting torches and hand labor - amazing how it's done there.