[dljordan]

"Heck, just pumping the bilge dry might do the trick."

The EPA probably wouldn't let them.

[Charles Martel]

The EPA covers all the bases. When the former USS Cabot was scrapped in Brownsville a few years ago, the subpoenas were flying. Asbestos and PCBs, y'know.

That ship's "memorial" website (usscabot.com) has interesting (and sad) photos which detail the salvage process. The Texas Air Museum bought her tower superstructure, so at least a small part of the ship didn't get sliced up and trucked down to Mexico.