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To: atomic_dog
The ex-USS LONG BEACH (CGN-9) has been tied up at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. The ship is a hulk (every bit of superstructure above the main deck is removed). There remains a floating hull and that's about it. Scrapping the reactors ought to be interesting — big time HazMat.
9 posted on 07/12/2012 10:50:53 AM PDT by MasterGunner01 (11)
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To: MasterGunner01

The bow of the nuclear powered cruiser USS South Carolina (CGN 37) was turned into a memorial at Bremerton Marine Park.


13 posted on 07/12/2012 11:09:36 AM PDT by moonshot925
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