The USN usually takes old ships out and uses them for gunnery practice. The cost of repairs is probably more than they realize.
Or they end up beached in some third-world country where the locals get twenty cents an hour to break them down for scrap.
Quick, haul it off and cut it up for scrap.
The US Navy is in need of new vessels made from the recycled steel in the hull, and the mechanical systems recast into new operational control devices. And while you are at it, this contemporary of 1938 Chrysler Airflows is probably best remembered in photos and desktop models.
Art Deco is so yesterday.