Why don’t they cut it up for scrap?
Scrapping a warship—especially one as big as a carrier—is an expensive and involved process. Many ventures to scrap ships have wound up in bankruptcy, sometimes without finishing the job.
Besides, I kinda like the sentiment somebody posted here, at the time the America was sunk as a test target: “Rather than being ignominiously cut up for scrap after years of service, she was given the chance to serve her country one final time”.
Why don’t they cut it up for scrap?
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Because the greenies screamed at all the pollution generated when cutting one up. This screaming caused the insurance companies to raise their premiums sky high making ship salvage unprofitable.