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Navy: Forrestal to be scrapped or sunk
June 29,
2009
www.navytimes.com
The famous aircraft carrier Forrestal will be
cut up for scrap or sunk as an artificial reef, the Navy has determined. “Right
now, the two disposal options being considered are partial dismantling and
recycling or full dismantling and recycling,” said Katie Roberts, a spokeswoman
at Naval Sea System Command. A partial dismantling would result in the hulk of
the ship sunk as an artificial reef, as the carrier Oriskany was in
2006.
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