CGN9 to be scrapped

[desertdog]

Thought some of you might be interested. Her final days are here.

http://news.yahoo.com/worlds-first-nuclear-cruiser-auction-scrap-040101476.html

[peachie]

I served as an ELT on her from April 1984 until Nov 1987.  I figured it was only a matter of time until they turned the rest of her into Schick razor blades and Toyota bumpers.   

[DLGN25]

I do not know the date, but there she sits in a nuke bone yard.




If you have google earth, go to Bremerton, WA.  A lot fewer left for the grinder, but the Long Beach is still there.  It also looks like NR1 is too.

Nuke surface ships died because of the expense to operate them.  Not just being a nuke, but by being steam.