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Old 11-26-13, 11:30 AM   #11
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She will be scrapped she will be inactivated in Sept. 2014 . http://news.usni.org/2013/07/11/navy...es-mcm-and-ssn

Honestly the steel she is made of is still very valuable they can recycle that steel and use it in newer subs.Also no doubt a good majority of the materiel is of very high value thinking just of the electronics alone.The Navy will probably get several million back from the scrap and also the bits that are still serviceable that can be used on active boats.

Besides as a museum ship it would a rather boring tour most of the goods being still in use."This is the galley and this is the mess and these are the bunks well that is all we can show you folks".

To me at least it is more fitting to be taken apart and come back as a part of newer better submarine some day.
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