The two ships in question are the Kitty Hawk and John F. Kennedy. Why is the museum ship USS Yorktown, still in existence, used to illustrate the article?
Pretty much guarantee that the exorbitant disposal price would have been caused by out-of-control Environmental Protection Agency. Like all debacles, government is at the heart of everything.
You know I'm a sucker for the side-boob thing...
The two ships in question are the Kitty Hawk and John F. Kennedy. Why is the museum ship USS Yorktown, still in existence, used to illustrate the article?
ReplyDeleteMaybe they didn't want to use a big pile of scrap to illustrate it
DeleteThey could have just used file photos of the two ships in question. I know, OCD is strong today.
DeleteMy Dad helped build the Kitty Hawk when he worked at New York Ship. End of an era. Sad, really.
DeleteStay safe
A penny EACH?
ReplyDeleteCreeps!
They could have given them to the Taliban for FREE.
The one cent price was set by corrupt officials that will be enriched by the scrap company.
ReplyDeleteCould be worse. In the past they paid people to take the ships off their hands.
DeleteAlso, my ship USS Forrestal (CVA-59). Marine Detachment 65-67
ReplyDeleteThat's my boat. Fighting Lady. Patriot Point. Headline startled me for a second.
ReplyDeleteCynical me thinks the alternative was for FJB to gift them to the PRC
ReplyDeleteMark in PA
Read they sunk the Kitty Hawk for a coral/barrier reef. My Dad served on the Kitty hawk from 1967 to 1969.
ReplyDeletePretty much guarantee that the exorbitant disposal price would have been caused by out-of-control Environmental Protection Agency. Like all debacles, government is at the heart of everything.
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