Just 1 cent each - U.S. Navy sells two former aircraft carriers to shipbreaker

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"The contract values reflect that the contracted company will benefit from the subsequent sale of scrap steel, iron, and non-ferrous metal ores," said a spokesman for the Naval Sea Systems Command.


HOUSTON, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Navy has sold two former aircraft carriers, USS Kitty Hawk and USS John F. Kennedy, to a Texas shipbreaking company for one cent each, the Naval Sea Systems Command said on Tuesday.

"The contract values reflect that the contracted company will benefit from the subsequent sale of scrap steel, iron, and non-ferrous metal ores," said Alan Baribeau, a spokesman for the Naval Sea Systems Command.

Both warships are aging and defunct. For the Kitty Hawk, that likely means a tug boat tow from Bremerton, Washington, around the tip of South America; for the John F. Kennedy, a sailing from the Philadelphia Navy Yard, according to a USA Today report.

The contract with International Shipbreaking Limited in Brownsville, Texas, for the tow, remediation, dismantling and recycling of the storied warships makes imminent their departures from the Navy's mothball fleet, said the report.

No timetable has been established for either ship's departure and dismantling said the report. ■



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The cost of breaking down the aircraft carriers will be enormous to the shipbreaker hence the 1 cent purchase price. The government saved a lot of costs that could ordinarily have been incurred in breaking it down.

 

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I think India would have paid 2 cents for this and converted into their next SupaPowa killer aircraft carrier to troll the "Indian" Ocean.

 

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I think India would have paid 2 cents for this and converted into their next SupaPowa killer aircraft carrier to troll the "Indian" Ocean.

And it would be the next game changer in the region.