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Largest liveaboard *ever* sells for US .01

5K views 25 replies 14 participants last post by  Brewgyver 
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#8 · (Edited)
Ah, the ship that had a terrible Vietnam-era accident that nearly got John McCain and did kill 134 sailors.

Navy Awards Contract for ex-Forrestal Scrapping
"WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy awarded a $0.01 delivery order Oct. 22 for dismantling and recycling ex-USS Forrestal (AVT 59).

The delivery order was made under an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to All Star Metals for the towing, dismantling and recycling of conventionally powered aircraft carriers stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
.....All Star Metals will now develop its final tow plan for the Navy's approval for the tow of ex-Forrestal from its current berth at the Navy's inactive ship facility in Philadelphia to All Star Metals' facility in Brownsville. The ship is expected to depart Philadelphia before the end of the year.....
Forrestal was decommissioned Sept. 11, 1993, after more than 38 years of service. On June 16, 1999, the Navy announced the ship would be available for donation to an eligible organization for use as a museum or memorial. However, no viable applications were received and the vessel was removed from donation hold in December 2003 and redesignated for disposal."

Brownville's port is very close to the Texas border with H. Matamoros, state of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
 
#9 ·
Don't forget that the thing is powered by this glow in the dark stuff and that is pretty costly to dispose of
 
#11 ·
Uh, Ferret, the only way to get fuel oil to glow in the dark is to light the darned stuff on fire. Though there probably is hazmat in the form of asbestos insulation, grease, CRTs and various generations of electronics, etc.

The Navy contract for dismantling ships such as the Forrestal is limited to conventionally powered vessels.
 
#13 ·
That should be 81,000 *ton* displacement.
That's at full load, she's about 60,000 at "standard" displacement.

Holy cow, that's quite a few Benehuntalinas.

Couldn't we turn it upside down and use it as a bunker or something?
 
#23 ·
The scrap prices that I have found assume delivered at that scrapyard. Thus, the cost of towing has to be deducted from the $25 million, but chopping it up does not.

Perhaps there are issues like asbestos or something else that makes this particular ship undesirable.
 
#24 ·
Asbestos, lead, oils, Cadmium and other heavy metals, etc. The cost of environmental compliance must be quite high.

An interesting cost comparison would be Oriskany. She was sunk as a reef in Florida. I wonder what it cost to prepare her for sinking? Surely it was more than $25M. (granted that likely required more cleanup and remediation than will Forrestal).
 
#25 ·
Asbestos, lead, oils, Cadmium and other heavy metals, etc. The cost of environmental compliance must be quite high.

An interesting cost comparison would be Oriskany. She was sunk as a reef in Florida. I wonder what it cost to prepare her for sinking? Surely it was more than $25M. (granted that likely required more cleanup and remediation than will Forrestal).
Again, what is different about military ships that makes these issues different from other ships? For one thing, there is apparently a regulation that prohibits scrapping of government ships outside of the US.
 
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