The U.S. Navy Is Having a Hell of a Time Dismantling the USS Enterprise

Popular Mechanics ^ | 8/9/18 | Kyle Mizokami

[Rebelbase]

Tear out the propulsion unit and make the rest of her a reef.

[RandallFlagg]

Admiral Kirk did it in sixty seconds.....MARK!

[Pocketdoor]

It’s cheaper to keep her...

[cuban leaf]

Meh. Just nuke it ‘till it glows. Is’nt that Bikini Atoll still around?

[NormsRevenge]

Turn it into a bed and breakfast and anchor it at Cape Cod.

[BBQToadRibs]

*cough* Marianas trench *cough* *cough*

[SeeSharp]

Why don’t they just tow it to Murmansk and beach it?

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Park it off of Los Angeles. Instant homeless community and $1.5 billion to lavish them.

[bert]

What aboutthe lead paint?

[blueunicorn6]

Maybe she could be repurposed.

The big thing now in cruising is extreme sports.

Climbing walls.....rope courses.....wind tunnel flying.....botulism....

Imagine putting seats on the catapults and shooting teenagers into the sea!

I’d pay good money to watch this!

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

The meth counteracts that.

[roadcat]

Sell it to the Chinese for $10 billion as part of trade deficit negotiations. Then use the money for us to build a new one. They already got our secrets (thanks to dems), and it’s old tech. If scrapped, it would end up as Chinese cars. If sold to them, it’s their problem to clean it up (cheaper by them as they don’t care about environmental and safety concerns).

[CodeJockey]

I'll bet these guys could do it for a lot less.

[Billthedrill]

Decommissioning ships takes money, which is why so many were left to float and rot after WWII, which only served to stretch the expense out. You obviously can't do that when nuclear power plants are involved. This is a good thing to keep in mind when proggies demand that we "slash" defense spending by cutting the number of carrier battle groups. It won't be cheap to "save" all that money.

Large-ticket items such as aircraft carriers are (very roughly) thirty-year investments, with construction costs, operating and maintenance costs, and shutdown costs all a necessary part of the overall project. If this wasn't budgeted in from the beginning, somebody was cheating.

[PeterPrinciple]

Ultimately, according to the GAO, it may take Congress to make a decision.

---

from the article.

[JohnnyP]

I read somewhere that the construction method of a carrier, making it hard to sink, is a trade secret.

[ObozoMustGo2012]

[Admiral Kirk did it in sixty seconds.....MARK!]

“Code zero zero zero. Destruct. Zero.”

[Taylor42]

Let the Indian ship breakers have her. They will beach her and attack with a horde of workers armed with hammers and cutting torches. She’ll be gone in a month or two.

[PeterPrinciple]

If this wasn’t budgeted in from the beginning, somebody was cheating.

---

The budgeting happened how long ago...…………………..

[ExTexasRedhead]

Turn her into a time-out resort for deranged Liberals.