USS Enterprise to the scrap yard.

[popper]

1960-2012
http://wtkr.com/2013/06/18/uss-enter...-inactivation/

[2ndAmendmentNut]

Kind of sad to see a piece of history turned into scrap rather than a museum.

[Bzcraig]

Kind of sad to see a piece of history turned into scrap rather than a museum.

I thought the exact same thing! She is history. Was she not the FIRST nuclear powered ship?

[felix]

Probably wise, until they find a way to take out the reactors without "spilling" any of the remaining hot stuff. That is years from now, and that has been the major complaint about nuclear power since day one: how to get rid of the reactors (cores) which will remain "hot" for centuries. ... felix

[oldred]

That may be sad but scrapping the WWII Enterprise was shameful if not downright criminal! That grand old lady fought in every major naval battle in the Pacific and was a MAJOR factor in our victory at Midway, she was hit and damaged several times and many crewmen were lost in the various battles she engaged in. She even fought when so severely damaged she could only launch planes but not recover them but then at the end of the war she was rewarded for her heroic actions by being sent to the scrap yard. That Enterprise was the true ship worthy of saving and I seriously doubt we as a free people owe more to any ship that has ever sailed in our fleet than what we owed that grand old lady that did so much and fought so hard. We should be ashamed of what we did to her.

[country gent]

Yes she was history and made history, She should have been docked and displayed as such ( even if to hot to safely board) she could have been docked of shore and viewed from a distance, binoculars spoting scopes or the ones on stands like they have in sevral areas, and people would could remeber her contributions, the honorable men who made her what she is / was. History needs to be remembered as it was not as they want to make it. By scrapping her history can be slowly re wrote to what they want. Unfortunatly this is true with alot of things. The vetrans who manned her and fought in the war are becoming fewer and fewer every year now, wont be long and there will be no "first hand " accounts or memories of this ship or WW2.

[Rick Hodges]

I thought the exact same thing! She is history. Was she not the FIRST nuclear powered ship?

No she was not the first....the USS Nautilus was launched in 1954. She was a sub, but still a ship in every way.

[Ed Barrett]

I thought the exact same thing! She is history. Was she not the FIRST nuclear powered ship?

The First U.S. Navy nuclear Powered Surface Ship was the USS Long Beach CG(N) 9. I'm A plank owner. There were nuclear Submarines in the Navy first and The SS Savanah
(a cargo ship that was a flop) But the Long Beach was the first nuclear powered surface warship. I had some good times on the "Nucky Nine".

[Char-Gar]

I am guessing they will bring her down here to be cut up. We have five "ship breaking" firms at the Port of Brownsville and 70% of the scrapped ships in the world are cut up here. They have already cut up many US and foreign warships including flattops.

[wch]

That may be sad but scrapping the WWII Enterprise was shameful if not downright criminal! That grand old lady fought in every major naval battle in the Pacific and was a MAJOR factor in our victory at Midway, she was hit and damaged several times and many crewmen were lost in the various battles she engaged in. She even fought when so severely damaged she could only launch planes but not recover them but then at the end of the war she was rewarded for her heroic actions by being sent to the scrap yard. That Enterprise was the true ship worthy of saving and I seriously doubt we as a free people owe more to any ship that has ever sailed in our fleet than what we owed that grand old lady that did so much and fought so hard. We should be ashamed of what we did to her.

Yer Dammed right, OLRED!

[1500FPS]

Yes it is a shame, but we can't make all of them museums. I believe the ones that are, are publicly funded.

I'm glad they didn't scrap the USS Missouri because it helped defeat the aliens in the movie Battleship!

[dmize]

That may be sad but scrapping the WWII Enterprise was shameful if not downright criminal! That grand old lady fought in every major naval battle in the Pacific and was a MAJOR factor in our victory at Midway, she was hit and damaged several times and many crewmen were lost in the various battles she engaged in. She even fought when so severely damaged she could only launch planes but not recover them but then at the end of the war she was rewarded for her heroic actions by being sent to the scrap yard. That Enterprise was the true ship worthy of saving and I seriously doubt we as a free people owe more to any ship that has ever sailed in our fleet than what we owed that grand old lady that did so much and fought so hard. We should be ashamed of what we did to her.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[starnbar]

There has been a capital ship in the USN named ENTERPRISE since we had a navy there will be another one that being said I'd rather she was taken out in the Atlantic and scuttled instead of being cut up for scrap.

[DeanWinchester]

I understand the sentiment for these war vessels but at the same time, you can't keep ALL these things. The scrap value alone is huge. WHat I don't understand is why they can't be demilled and retrofitted into a new job. You telling me people wouldn't pay to take a voyage on it? I know it's still sea worthy. A couple million in renovations and that sucker could be touring the virgin islands. What safer way to "dispose" of that reactor than to just keep it running???

[felix]

I agree! No telling how many cargo bins can fit on top of that thing. Besides, they are going to leave mega billions (yes: "B") of equipment for destruction in Afgan when they leave. ... felix

[wallenba]

Take it apart, reassemble in Vegas. Make into casino/hotel. Sillier things exist there. Seriously though, it's a shame to render that history into soup cans and such.

[ddaniel1]

A real shame, it was my first ship. Went through the Suez Canal on her in 1986

[shdwlkr]

You want a ship that deserves to be saved I can think of only one!!

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/uss-con...ain-slideshow/

Her name says it all

[Jamesconn]

It could be saved. Why not auction it off I'm sure some rich person would buy a floating airstrip. Or it could be a cruise ship. It would be better built than the other ones.

[DeanWinchester]

Those nuclear reactors could power a city. Why not pull it in a port city and plug up an extension cord? Use the rest for a really cool shopping mall. How many vendors could set up on deck?
Restaurants and shops. All the while, powering people all over the city.

This is a dumb waste.