Navy supercarrier arrives at scrapyard

[mick silver]

Navy supercarrier arrives at scrapyard1st Navy post-WWII supercarrier USS Forrestal arrives at South Texas scrapyardhttp://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oXh_6AJBHy_uEbdrklkymA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9Zml0O2g9Mjg-/http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/04/21/image001-png_162613.png (http://www.ap.org/)Associated Press – Wed, Feb 19, 2014



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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- The Navy's first post-World War II supercarrier has arrived at its last port of call.
The massive aircraft carrier USS Forrestal completed its final sail Tuesday when it arrived at a South Texas scrapyard from Philadelphia.
All Star Metals President Nikhil Shah says the vessel arrived at the Brownsville yard Tuesday afternoon.
The carrier left Philadelphia under tow Feb. 4. The 60-year-old ship was sold to All Star Metals for 1 cent.
The USS Forrestal was decommissioned in September 1993, after more than 38 years of service. Its flight deck was the site of a 1967 fire that killed 132 crewmen and injured 62 others.
The Navy made the USS Forrestal available for donation as a museum or memorial but says it received no feasible applications for reuse.

[mick silver]

how would you guys like to buy all that metal for 1 penny ... The carrier left Philadelphia under tow Feb. 4. The 60-year-old ship was sold to All Star Metals for 1 cent

[Hitch]

Probably cost more than $500,000 to tow it to Brownsville. Then you have to deal with the hazmat stuff, asbestos, lead paint, the list goes on. All Star may have bought it for only $1, but I'm sure they must have paid for the tow. Phili was probably just happy to get rid of it.

[Glass]

Was Senator (icantrememberthefwitsname) ah McCain there to reminisce about those great times? How he battled the blaze caused by the mysterious flameout? Rescued some people. That kind of thing.

1c sale, Zero liability for toxic effects of dismantling this boat. I'd buy that for a dollar. Sounds like a good deal and 1c is much more than they get for their afghan gear.

ps: It came to me in a rhyme.

[Serpo]

A dollar thats over 100 x the selling price..............34c sounds more realistic.

[Glass]

A dollar thats over 100 x the selling price..............34c sounds more realistic.

Ok, I'll give you a dollar and you can keep the change.

[Hitch]

Let's do the math on this tow. 15 days at sea. Say burning 2000 gallons of diesel fuel a day equals 30,000 gallons. at $3 a gallon, that's $90,000.

The crew on the tug towing is 1 captain, 1 mate, 2 engineers and a cook. The tug is most likely contracted out at $500 an hour, so that's $12,500 per day. Times 15 days, is an additional $187,500. That makes $277,500 for the tow and fuel. Add in food, and other misc costs.

Maybe $300,000 to get the flat tow to Brownsville.

Then...you need multiple tugs to dock the thing when you get there. Also multiple tugs to pull it off the dock in phili. I think my original estimate of $500,000 is pretty close to the mark.