Navy May Dismantle Former Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Enterprise at Commercial Yard

The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) makes its final voyage to Newport News Shipbuilding. US Navy Photo Courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries

The Navy is looking to contract with a commercial dismantlement facility to dispose of the service’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier due to a heavy workload at the service’s yard Puget Sound.

Former USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was deactivated in 2012 and decommissioned in 2017. It is currently stored at HII Newport News Shipbuilding....

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/23/navy-may-dismantle-former-nuclear-powered-aircraft-carrier-enterprise-at-commercial-yard

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