September 16, 2022
Enterprise Dismantling: Public Hearings Set, Comments Open
USS Enterprise (CVN-65) Underway, probably in the 1990s. This photograph was received in 1998. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
MOBILE, Ala. — The U.S. Navy is holding virtual public hearings on the environmental impact of dismantling the U.S.S Enterprise on September 20 and 22 at 4-5 p.m., Mobile Baykeeper announced. The Navy is considering Coastal Alabama as a potential location for the dismantling and disposal of the ship, which was commissioned in 1961 as the nation’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and decommissioned in 2017. It is currently being stored in Newport News, Virginia. A draft environmental impact statement has been prepared for public review and comment through October 3.
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