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Angleae

(4,641 posts)
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 10:08 PM Jul 2013

HII Awarded $745 Million Contract to Inactivate USS Enterprise

http://www.globenewswire.com/newsarchive/hii/pages/news_releases.html?d=10038122

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 28, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that the company has received a $745 million cost-plus-incentive fee contract for the inactivation of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). The work will be done at HII's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division.
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HII Awarded $745 Million Contract to Inactivate USS Enterprise (Original Post) Angleae Jul 2013 OP
nearly 3/4 of a BILLION to DEACTIVATE it??? how much did it cost in the first place? niyad Jul 2013 #1
$451.3 million in the late 50s. Angleae Jul 2013 #2
that is insane niyad Jul 2013 #3
That's what happens when only one place is capable doing the job. Angleae Jul 2013 #4
nobody else knows how to deactivate the reactors? is that likely? niyad Jul 2013 #5
Nobody else can drydock her. Angleae Jul 2013 #6

Angleae

(4,641 posts)
6. Nobody else can drydock her.
Thu Jul 4, 2013, 04:20 PM
Jul 2013

There aren't many places a 90000ton, 1000+ ft ship can drydock. The only 2 I know of are Newport News shipbuilding and Norforlk navy yard.

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