decommissioning ships

[badkuk]

there's this documentary on discovery channel about a decommissioned aircraft carrier that's going to be sunk.

question: why don't they just chop the whole thing up and sell it for scrap? sayang ung bakal e, it will just turn to dust under all that seawater

[ghosthunter]

They're using the ship as an artificial reef and diving site. Its not unusual for them to sink vehicles which are later turned into diving sites. They have sunk typically planes and ships.

Given the thinkness of the hull, the ship will probably last more than 100 years before the metal gets fully rusted. By then, the coral would have gotten thick and will be a self supporting structure.

[jappy]

yep. decommisioned ships are used as artificial reefs.
plus i think it is cheaper for them to just sink the ship than to chop it up and sell it scrap.

[number001]

I read an article in the Wall Street Journal Asia that they bring old US warships to places like in India, where these ships are purchased by subcontractors. Abundant and cheap labor makes the whole process of tearing up and decontaminating a large ship quite feasible. With prices of steel going up, these subcontractors stand to make a healthy profit.

[Horsepower]

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[johnart]

I read an article in the Wall Street Journal Asia that they bring old US warships to places like in India, where these ships are purchased by subcontractors. Abundant and cheap labor makes the whole process of tearing up and decontaminating a large ship quite feasible. With prices of steel going up, these subcontractors stand to make a healthy profit.

not only its cheaper, there are also no environmental laws over there because of the radiation given by the nuclear reactors.

[Flagg]

San dito sa Philippines nakakabili ng Ships? yung mga 2nd hand lang. I need about 10 units, ships as big as passenger ships, as big as possible.
...

I think sir sa Malaya may regular section sila ads of ships for sale...

[empy]

kung mura lang ang presyo, bilin natin!! gawin nating drag strip yung runway

[Flagg]

kung mura lang ang presyo, bilin natin!! gawin nating drag strip yung runway

Yung mahulog, talo.

[badkuk]

sge bili tayo...pag me naiwang F15 sa lower decks, kalasin natin ung engine at ilagay sa kia pride. better use some good engine mounts, or else baka mauna pa sa finish line ung engine kesa sa chassis :D

hmm...regarding the nuclear reactor.. kakalasin din naman nila yan before they sink it. so there shouldn't be any security issues -- unless ireverse engineer ng indians ung carrier and gumawa sila ng sarili. then again, why not just buy one?

metal prices are pretty high these days kasi, parang nasasayangan ako sa bakal. it's not as if replenishable ung bakal right?

isip ko kasi from the money they'll get for scrapping it, siguro a small amount could buy an artificial reef of some sort na lang -- di ba pwede gumawa ng artifical reef using fiberglass and stuff?

[Flagg]

Sir badkuk, bakit nasa car talk ito?

[badkuk]

yikes! i could've sworn sa pitstop ko to inilagay. pakilipat na lang po sir mods. namamasko lang po ng konting kapatawaran sa kasalanan :D

[KoKoNAT]

The US is the world leader in making super carriers. Each super carrier contains 50+ years of technological evolution. The US does not want that technology to fall into other nations' hands. That is why decommed carriers are scrapped in situ by private companies. Those that they do not scrap, they sink to become artificial reefs.

Though, they have one decommed carrier that they are planning to use as target pratice. Currently, the US has no data as to how much damage a modern carrier can take before it sinks. They are going to use current conventional (non-nuclear) weapons, anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, cruise missiles, etc. Data collected will help in better protecting the rest of their billion (or is it trillion?)-dollar carrier fleet.

[StraightSix]

hmm...regarding the nuclear reactor.. kakalasin din naman nila yan before they sink it. so there shouldn't be any security issues -- unless ireverse engineer ng indians ung carrier and gumawa sila ng sarili. then again, why not just buy one?

It's only a question of when ...

The Indian Navy already has a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines under construction. It is also buying from Russia the Admiral Groshkov (non-nuclear) aircraft carrier to replace its old one. The Indigenous Aircraft Carrier, which is under construction, is also non-nuclear.