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  • Sam06

    That is a lot of cake to scrap it. I would assume there are a lot of "environmental" issues in scraping a ship especially a warship.


    The should tow it out over deep water and use it for target practice.

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  • SCOUT5

    Yep, sink it of sell it. Strip the sensitive gear and the rest is just a chunk of steel.

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  • Brookwood

    I remember razor blade companies were big on taking on scrapping old military war ships. Wonder why, with the high costs of steel that the scrap would actually be worth quite a bit of money?

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  • Wild Turkey

    Before they can do anything they have to "demil" and "decontaminate" everything.

    "Demilitarize" means to make sure anything with possible military use is either removed for military use or modified to make sure it cannot be used for military purposes.

    Decontaminate means dinner-plate clean if they're going to sink it. If they're going to just scrap it it has to be clean enough not to contaminate the air or ground where it is being scrapped.

    Consider the amount of oil, insulation, paint, etc that has to be removed it's a miracle anything get scrapped in US.

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  • SW0320

    The ship I was on, which was a DDG, had a fire, one officer was killed and 18 sailors hurt. The fire started in a boiler room and burnt through to the Combat Informormation Center (CiC) which is three decks above the boiler room. The ship was decomissioned after the fire.

    With all of the systems cramed into every space I can see why they decided not to rebuild. The materials and time, which is the big cost is not worth it for a ship over 20 years old.

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  • Brookwood

    Asbestos is also a big expense to get rid of and there was a lot of it used in these older ships.

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  • Ditch-Runner

    Why a lot of ships are taken to third world countries no EPA no laws do a search on ship breaking

    Just amazing to watch but obvious why the big company's do it

    Developed country's the laws and rules and cost are out of sight

    I would also say it a high profile thing for the government to follow all the rules as they are in the spot light no counting being a military ship with the chance of any thing being secret even after stripped

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  • select-fire

    Target Practice

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  • Nanuq907

    For awhile Russian wristwatches with titanium cases were very popular and readily available. I think they had a couple subs they needed to disappear.

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