2 $300mm Navy Ships Are Headed To The Scrapyard Without Having Seen A Day Of Service

mookiemookie · 07-15-11, 09:37 PM

Ridiculous

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Embroiled by legal battles for more than 25 years, two U.S. Navy ships are finally headed to the scrap heap without ever having sailed and despite the fact that they're almost completely finished.

http://www.businessinsider.com/two-n...=Google+Reader

Onkel Neal · 07-15-11, 10:21 PM

Sheesh! They can't sell them to Turkey or something?

Remimds me of the Superconductiong Supercollider project a little

TLAM Strike · 07-15-11, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Sheesh! They can't sell them to Turkey or something?

Or to the UK so they can be used to resupply their aircraft carrier battle...

...oh...

...right...

August · 07-15-11, 11:20 PM

I guess nobody wants a single hull tanker anymore.

antikristuseke · 07-15-11, 11:23 PM

Aren't single hulled tankers effectively banned anyway?

GoldenRivet · 07-15-11, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

Aren't single hulled tankers effectively banned anyway?

yes

it says so in that article nobody read

Jimbuna · 07-16-11, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Or to the UK so they can be used to resupply their aircraft carrier battle...

...oh...

...right...

Har har

At 25 years of age we'd have scrapped em whilst they were in their prime...possibly 5 years of age at the most

TLAM Strike · 07-16-11, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Har har

At 25 years of age we'd have scrapped em whilst they were in their prime...possibly 5 years of age at the most

Or given them to Canada.

Jimbuna · 07-16-11, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Or given them to Canada.

I doubt they'd want tankers with all that fuel and such...too much of a fire hazard

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antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Aren't single hulled tankers effectively banned anyway?