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        <title>Forrestal, Independence &amp; Constellation to be Scrapped </title>
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        <![CDATA[ Forrestal, Independence &amp; Constellation to be Scrapped&nbsp; Friday, January 27, 2012
http://threewiremagazine.blogspot.com/2012/01/forrestal-independence-constellation-to.html
"Towing and complete dismantlement of multiple CV-59/CV-63 Class Aircraft Carriers in the United States Solicitation Number: N0002412R4211Agency: Department of the NavyOffice: Naval Sea Systems CommandLocation: NAVSEA HQ
&nbsp;Jan 26, 2012 3:27 pm The Naval Sea Systems Command intends to solicit for the towing... ]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Forrestal, Independence & Constellation to be Scrapped  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ wastral wrote:I would think weapons testing on them would be more valuable.  IE what modern torpedoes REALLY do.  As these are truly the only ships with "armor" on them compared to the "testing" they have done on frigates and destroyers which frankly don'...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/268384/Forrestal-Independence-Constellation-to-be-Scrapped#reply-268384">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Forrestal, Independence & Constellation to be Scrapped  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I would think weapons testing on them would be more valuable.  IE what modern torpedoes REALLY do.  As these are truly the only ships with "armor" on them compared to the "testing" they have done on frigates and destroyers which frankly don't count.  

...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/268339/Forrestal-Independence-Constellation-to-be-Scrapped#reply-268339">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Forrestal, Independence & Constellation to be Scrapped  ]]></title>
			<link>http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/267391/Forrestal-Independence-Constellation-to-be-Scrapped#reply-267391</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Carrier disposal proves a challenge for Navy

http://www.navytimes.com/...-challenge-navy-021912w/ ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:26:30 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Forrestal, Independence & Constellation to be Scrapped  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Challenger Deep zone is deeper than the Marianas trench. Its as hard to get to as the surface of the moon. I did some checking and Ranger's SLEP was canceled. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:08:48 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Forrestal, Independence & Constellation to be Scrapped  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ It might cost more to take them apart than it's worth.  

Tow the ships to Malaysia, India or Yemen and let them take'm apart.  Or tow them to the Marianas Trench and pull the plug. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:35:26 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Some details are classified, but most details are not... hence the release on the internet of general deck plans for USS Saratoga as part of the RFP for scrapping, and the authorization of Ranger & JFK as museum ships.

http://www.navsea.navy.mi...l/Sar...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/263308/Forrestal-Independence-Constellation-to-be-Scrapped#reply-263308">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:33:27 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ seasick wrote:Ranger has to be in awful condition. As I remember in the 1990s she was parted out&nbsp;for the&nbsp;Independence and the Kitty Hawks. Lots of stuff torn out and covered over with cheap metal to keep the water out. The hulls have lots of asb...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/263306/Forrestal-Independence-Constellation-to-be-Scrapped#reply-263306">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ kell553 wrote:Kind of surprised they don't use them in more sink-ex testing.
They would also make a stupendous artifical reef (although the HAZMAT removal would be hugely expensive).The layouts and other things on these ships are still highly classified ...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/263280/Forrestal-Independence-Constellation-to-be-Scrapped#reply-263280">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Ranger's proposed timeline.  Note the hard deadline- she has to be out of Bremerton by Sept 2014, one way or another

http://ussranger.org/timelines/ ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:10:56 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Ranger has to be in awful condition. As I remember in the 1990s she was parted out&nbsp;for the&nbsp;Independence and the Kitty Hawks. Lots of stuff torn out and covered over with cheap metal to keep the water out. The hulls have lots of asbestos, and hea...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/262983/Forrestal-Independence-Constellation-to-be-Scrapped#reply-262983">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ There's a movement to bring the Kitty Hawk here to NC. Not sure how realistic that is though. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Nothing really new here- these were slated for razor blades years ago.  Meanwhile, Ranger and Kennedy are for the time being on donation hold, while Kitty Hawk is in ready-reserve status pending Ford's commissioning. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Kind of surprised they don't use them in more sink-ex testing.
They would also make a stupendous artifical reef (although the HAZMAT removal would be hugely expensive). ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ With the price of copper these days I suspect all the copper wire in the ships will pay for the remediation of the nasty stuff. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:44:52 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Forrestal, Independence &amp; Constellation to be Scrapped&nbsp; Friday, January 27, 2012
http://threewiremagazine.blogspot.com/2012/01/forrestal-independence-constellation-to.html
"Towing and complete dismantlement of multiple CV-59/CV-63 Class Aircraf...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/19265/Forrestal-Independence-Constellation-to-be-Scrapped">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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