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The USS Forrestal super carrier was just bought for scrap for 1 penny. The scrap value of the 83,000-ton vessel is at least $18 million. Of course, the scrap company needs to dismantle the ship. This recycling job is too big for Junk King, but we can dream, can’t we?
The cost to build the USS Forrestal, in today’s money, is about $2 billion. The ratio of recycling revenue to building cost is just under 1%. To put that on a scale, old automobiles typically get $250+ for recycling, and the typical automobile costs less than $2,000 to manufacture. (Assembly lines and volume have a huge impact on costs relative to super carriers.) The ratio for the recycling revenue/cost for automobiles about 12.5% or more than 12 times the ratio for the USS Forrestal.
I wonder if we should have let some city have the good old ship and use it for a museum? Whenever I have had work at the Navy Yard in Philly, I would buy a delicious hoagie for lunch and eat it while gazing on the Forrestal and think about her expoits. I’ll miss her.
2013-10-17 15:22:22
