Once there it faces an ignoble end as 20,000 tonnes of scrap metal. Getting it to that stage is a long process. Anyone bringing an aircraft carrier to Able UK's yard in Hartlepool could expect the ...

However, her caretakers fell into debt, and in 1999 she was auctioned off to Sabe Marine Salvage for scrap. USS Bataan (CVL-29) was commissioned in November 1943, weighing 11,120 tons and 622 feet ...

The US Navy sold two old aircraft carriers for a cent each to a ship-breaking firm. The USS Kitty Hawk and USS John F. Kennedy had been decommissioned for years. They are due to be broken up by a ...

Aircraft carrier sold for 1 cent for scrap headed to eBay after Navy rejects $5m museum bid. USS Kitty Hawk veterans are waiting to buy pieces of the warship on eBay before it’s lost to history .