"Ex-supercarrier Constellation headed to scrapyard" Topic
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| Tango01 | 18 Jun 2014 9:25 p.m. PST |
"The retired aircraft carrier Constellation will take its final cruise this summer, from the Pacific Northwest to Texas for dismantling, the Navy announced Friday. The Navy awarded a $3 USD million contract to International Shipbreaking, according to a news release, for the cost of towing the ship that served the Navy for four decades. The Constellation is the third of the Navy's conventionally powered aircraft carriers to head for the scrapyard this year. The Forrestal and Saratoga also were sold to shipbreaking companies based in Brownsville, Texas. However, those contracts totaled 1 cent each. link Full article here
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| Old Slow Trot | 19 Jun 2014 6:42 a.m. PST |
Sad,really. Should make her an artificial reef. |
| Eclectic Wave | 19 Jun 2014 7:31 a.m. PST |
Since they have to tow her around the tip of South America because the Constellation is too big for the Panama Canal, there is still chance she could end up as a reef. |
| Charlie 12 | 19 Jun 2014 6:14 p.m. PST |
Sad to see her go to the scrappers. She and Kitty Hawk were long time residents here in San Diego. |
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