Navy looking at commercial options for ‘Big E’ disposal

Navy looking at commercial options for ‘Big E’ disposal

The Navy plans to decide by late 2022 how to dispose of the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and likely will turn to the private sector for help, documents show.

The former USS Enterprise, now rusted and gutted, sits pier-side at Huntington Ingalls’ Newport News shipyard, where it was built and launched amid great fanfare more than 50 years ago.

Enterprise legacy anchored in USS Abraham Lincoln

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