(October 7, 2021 at 11:56 am)Spongebob Wrote:(October 7, 2021 at 11:46 am)Fireball Wrote: A penny each!? What's that all about? I guess remediation of all the HAZMAT on board kind of drives the recycling cost up.
It explains it in the story. Kind of amazing that these ships can't continue service with some upgrades, but then I don't know much about ships.
I wonder if they plan to create any memorabilia from the material for sale to the public. I think that might be a profitable venture.
The designed service life of the hull is about 50 years. after 50 years of continuous service, normal corrosion actually begin to threaten watertight integrity of parts of the hull and the ability of the ship to withstand battle damage becomes degraded.
during the last few patrol of an aircraft carrier about to retire, the ship sometimes actually sail with some structural compartments flooded due to leakage not worthwhile to repair.
