Drahliana Moonrunner |
CVN-65, the 8th vessel in the U.S. Navy to bear that name, and the U.S. first nuclear-powered Aircraft carrier was decomissioned today after 55 years of service.
Next in line for the ship is to have it's nuclear reactors defueled and the process of it's dismantling to begin.
The next Enterprise will be the CVN-80, currently in the final stages of construction.
Queen Moragan |
CVN-65, the 8th vessel in the U.S. Navy to bear that name, and the U.S. first nuclear-powered Aircraft carrier was decomissioned today after 55 years of service.
Next in line for the ship is to have it's nuclear reactors defueled and the process of it's dismantling to begin.
The next Enterprise will be the CVN-80, currently in the final stages of construction.
The decommissioning followed the defueling of the last reactor. There remains for some "minor" parts removal to be done before the hulk is towed to Bremerton.
Big E has been deactivated since December 2012.
The next Big E, CVN-80 is currently in the planning stage, some material may have been ordered, but not even the keel has been laid.
They need to finish the USS Ford, CVN-78 which has a lot of teething problems being the first Ford-class CVN.
Also the USS JFK, CVN-79 which is currently occupying the construction slip, before they can start construction on CVN-70. (I'm not sure if we can actually build more than one at a time.)
They also plan on reuseing a lot of steel from CVN-65, that will have to be removed at Bremerton.