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July 3rd, 2009

Forrestal will be cut up for scrap or sunk

07/03/09
Newport - The famous aircraft carrier Forrestal will be cut up for scrap or sunk as an artificial reef, the Navy has determined.

Both Forrestal and the carrier Saratoga are now tied up at an aging pier on Naval Station Newport, R.I., but due to deterioration of the facility, both ships need to be relocated by the end of September 2010

“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. More - Navytimes.com

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