The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk one year before it was decommissioned.US Navy
Insider: A last-of-its-kind US Navy aircraft carrier is headed to the scrapyard after being sold for a cent
* The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk left Washington for a scrapyard in Texas on Saturday.
* The US Navy previously sold the Kitty Hawk to a shipbreaking company for just one cent.
* The ship participated in combat operations during the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
The US Navy warship USS Kitty Hawk, the last commissioned conventional-powered aircraft carrier, embarked on its final voyage on Saturday, leaving Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, to be turned into scrap metal by a shipbreaking company in Brownsville, Texas, the Navy said.
The Navy decommissioned the first-in-class ship in 2009 after 48 years of service, putting the ship in mothballs for over a decade before selling the carrier and the USS John F. Kennedy to International Shipbreaking Limited for just one cent each in October, Insider previously reported.
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WNU Editor: This sucks .... Aircraft carrier sold for 1 cent for scrap headed to eBay after Navy rejects $5m museum bid (The Independent).
The Aircraft Carrier USS Kitty Hawk Is Now Headed For The Scrapyard
USS Kitty Hawk headed for the scrapyard -- Navy Times
Storied Carrier USS Kitty Hawk Towed Away for Scrapping -- Maritime Executive
USS Kitty Hawk, one of the Navy's last fossil fuel-powered carriers, sails for the scrapyard -- Stars and Stripes
3 comments:
$ 5 MILLION > 1 cent
So what gives?
You cannot imagine the ignorance about the military by most people. Military museums help close the gap.
I agree with the assessment, the Kitty Hawk has always been an interesting ship to many people so this is something of a waste.
waste not want not
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