Navy sells USS Kitty Hawk, USS John F. Kennedy to shipbreaker for 1 cent each
— Sal Mercogliano 🚢⚓🧭🐪🚒🏴☠️ (@mercoglianos) October 2, 2021
For $0.03...I could have owned 2 aircraft carriers! UGH!
I wonder how many containers I could put onboard?
https://t.co/2G0kFnfYud via @kitsapsun
WNU Editor: The above Kitsap story is behind a paywall. I have been trying to confirm from other sources if this is true. But no one else is carrying this story.
On a side note. While searching for confirmation of the above story, I came across this old but still fascinating story .... This Is The Only Photo Of A U.S. Navy Supercarrier Being Sunk (Updated) (Warzone/The Drive).
Shipbreaking has to be done in an environmentally friendly fashion. Some people send them to India, run them up on the beach and who knows what happens to the hazmat.
ReplyDeleteHow much money will the company make on scrap metal after deducting expenses for asbestos removal? Asbestos and other reason for wearing respiratory PPE are you big drivers in cost I would think. It might be worth selling for 1 penny of we do not have to see adverts for asbestos lawyers in the future.
The ships would make good reefs. Any POL left in the ship would be beneficial to sea life. Asbestos couldn't hurt at the sea bottom. In 200 years the ship would be gone due to microbes.
"Taking a vessel apart is a heavy and hazardous industry due to the structural complexity of ships. On the South Asian beaches where more than 70% of the world’s tonnage is currently broken, unskilled workers, including children, are deployed by the thousands to break down the vessels manually."
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https://forums.ybw.com/index.php?threads/how-much-does-ship-breaking-cost-the-companies-that-own-the-ships-or-do-they-profit.263288/
"The beaches of Chattogram, Alang-Sosiya and Gadani are toxic hotspots. Because ship owners rarely provide the necessary documentation of the hazardous materials that are built in the ship’s structure, no precaution is taken when removing them from the ships. Due to the lack of proper waste reception facilities, the toxics are dumped on the spot and contaminate the beach sands and sediments. The scraps from the ships, stacked on the seashore, contribute to the accumulation of rust and metal remnants in the soil. In India, the concentration of heavy metals in the Alang-Sosiya area is twenty times higher than the Indian average. "
https://shipbreakingplatform.org/our-work/the-problem/environmental-costs/
They should have scuttled the ships in deep ocean. Let the worms and bacteria have fun.
I saw the JFK moored in the Firth of Forth back in the '70s. It was far too big to Dock in Leith Docks. Huge. 🙈
ReplyDeleteI served aboard USS Kitty Hawk from 1976-78 as an E4. I hate to see the old girl go. But time marches on. Many of my senior crewmates have already left this earth. I am almost 70 myself. When we are young we think we will live forever, but soon learn differently.
ReplyDeleteOur life is like a flower that grows quickly and then dies away.
Our life is like a shadow that is here for a short time and then is gone. Job 14:2
Dov, got some stories to share during your time @ Kitty Hawk back then? :)
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