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It's too bad they (Navy Dept.) can't make an effort to save at least one of
these historic ships, as some port city can utilize it as we did with the USS
Midway here in San Diego. Unlike regular "ships of the line", carriers can
be made not only into museums, but can have activities in/on them due to
their large decks and large interior areas, (like the basketball game that
the president attended here), and the flight deck can exhibit aircraft of
interest, and generate some income for the port City. I guess you have to weigh
the money they'll make vs. the interest of the people. Let's hope they will
be monitored by EPA or appropriate Dept. to adhere to rules & regulations as
to hazardous material disposition and environmental safety laws.
~Craig Woempner~~~, San Diego, CA.
In a message dated 7/25/2012 10:14:07 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
lennysiegel@gmail.com writes:
When The
Ship Comes In To Brownsville, Rip it Up
by Wade Goodwyn
National
Public Radio Morning Edition
July 25, 2012
This fall, the U.S. Navy
will contract three Cold War-era aircraft
carriers - the USS
Forrestal, the USS Independence and the USS
Constellation - for
scrapping. Often called "supercarriers" due to
their massive size,
each ship contains nearly 60,000 tons of steel
and other
metal.
All three carriers will be sent to Bay Bridge Texas, LLC, a
ship
recycling firm near Brownsville, Texas, to be ripped
apart.
Tearing up big ships can be a very lucrative business. It's also
a
messy one. Walk inside a ship that's being scrapped, and you'll
find
one of the nastiest places imaginable: filthy and rusty,
with
everything that's poisonous and salvageable torn
out.
...
For the entire article,
see
http://www.npr.org/2012/07/25/156732936/when-the-ship-comes-in-to-
brownsville-rip-it-up
--
Lenny Siegel
Executive Director,
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies
Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or
650-969-1545
Fax:
650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org
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