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Data for: parking in San Francisco Bay, a group of retired U.S. warship cause long state of disrepair, discharge of toxic substances polluting the environment, attracted the Federal Maritime Administration and local governments, environmental organizations playing the triangle case.

newspaper reporter in North America/in Xin Yi

U.S. Department of Defense with a British company recently signed a $ 10 million contract, ask for help removing four ships, which includes two basic built but never put to use warships – the “杰明伊舍伍德” and “Henry Eck Ford” sign. This led the U.S. media “ghost fleet” of great concern. The history has played a huge role in the “veterans” now faces the dilemma of being abandoned.

these two ships the Navy in 1985 Nianxia-to-order, the U.S. proposed its naval fleet to the global transportation fuels. Cost differences due to appear later, leading to the final two ships not fully completed. The two semi-finished products have since been floating in the James River, Virginia, and became a veritable “ghost fleet.” Today, the U.S. authorities decided that this was taken in Texas, two ships in international shipping of waste removal company ready to be removed.

in the U.S. a lot of tight budgets, the United States Department of Defense spent will never put to use warships sent to landfills, while the Ministry of Finance did not get a penny from the destruction, a move that caused U.S. media attention.

In fact, the old and the old warship as an alias for “ghost” that plagued the U.S. authorities. “Ghost Fleet” also known as the “shadow fleet”, the U.S. Federal Maritime Administration’s trash is another name for U.S. warships. In addition to the ship a little bit of some old steel recycling value, is one of these ships floating on the water, from the electronic, fuel, heavy metals and radioactive composition of the toxic waste dump. Because of these old ships could bring great harm to the environment, and the treatment is very difficult, which is called “ghost fleet.”

U.S. “ghost fleet” has 80 years of history. After World War I, national arms reduction, the United States faces a large number of ships in service must be retired just demolished the problem, which is clearly inconsistent with the interests of the United States armed forces. To this end, when he was assistant chief of staff of the Atlantic Fleet, Ernest King put forward a retired warship after the removal of some key components, three ports in the United States focused on storage solution. These ships usually managed by the reserve personnel, in the event of war, you can always return to the battlefield. In 1925 the U.S. Congress finally passed a bill to establish a “National Defense Reserve Fleet” to implement the system.

the U.S. military did in reality, this consideration has played a role. World War II broke out just when the German submarines in the Atlantic lawless, a large number of merchant ships sunk by the British, the British no extra escort merchant ships to serve. Served as Secretary of the Navy’s then Prime Minister Winston Churchill to U.S. President Roosevelt for help. Taken into account that the U.S. was committed to a policy of neutrality, domestic public and Congress are opposed to the war between Britain and Germany to intervene, so playing these sealed vessels Roosevelt’s idea. Eventually, the 50 old ship was leased to Britain, providing strong support for the allies. United States formally entered the war, the “ghost fleet” has as its escort merchant ships.

in the Korean War, the “ghost fleet” stage again, there are 540 old ships for the U.S. military transport materials to provide fire support. To the Vietnam War, the old ship back in service as 172. In the 1991 Gulf War, the United States to restart the two battleships. Many people will never forget, “Missouri” and “Wisconsin” was launched cruise missiles on Iraq lens.

“ghost fleet” of excellence up and down its great importance to the U.S. Navy. Day after day, “ghost fleet” of increasing scale.

However, with the end of the Cold War, “ghost fleet” of declining value. Meanwhile, the war overseas in recent years, a huge burden, the U.S. has been cut, “Ghost Fleet” of maintenance funds. While environmentalists say that these old ships into the United States a “time bomb” in the event of a storm or an old leak ship, bound for the United States a devastating impact on the environment. However, the U.S. Navy warships for the destruction of these undecided. Some analysts pointed out, must be determined to “away” these veterans, need to first unlock the time to prevent “potential enemy” of the mind.

(International Online – News of the World)

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