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In this photo released
by the U.S. Navy, a tug works alongside the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS
Saratoga at Naval Station Newport Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014 in Newport, R.I. The
ship departed port Thursday for its final journey to the Esco Marine ship
recycling plant in Brownsville, Texas, where it will be scrapped. (AP
Photo/U.S. Navy)
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP)
— The decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Saratoga has arrived at its final
destination in South Texas, where it will be scrapped.
The Saratoga on Friday
reached the Esco Marine ship recycling plant in Brownsville. The Navy is paying
Esco Marine a penny to dispose of the Saratoga. It plans to make money by
selling what it recovers from the ship.
The Saratoga had
departed Rhode Island on Aug. 21.
It was named for the
decisive battle of the American Revolution fought in upstate New York. The
vessel was commissioned in 1956 and completed 22 deployments before it was
decommissioned in 1994.
It was off the coast of
Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, off Vietnam during the Vietnam War and in
the Persian Gulf during the first Iraq War.
Source:
14 September 2014
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