U.S. removal of two unfinished ships spending huge sums already spent 300 million construction cost
Date:2011-08-29Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0
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Europe Ye Xiao Tang,” China Youth Daily “
a lot of tightening in the current budget, tighten their belts to live, the United States Government has spent huge amounts of money to two 20 years ago, “unfinished ship” sent to landfill. This move caused great concern in U.S. media.
these two ships are the “杰明伊舍伍德” and “Henry Eck Ford” sign. In 1985, the U.S. Maritime Administration to the shipyard so that two ships custom orders, proposed them to the U.S. Navy’s global fleet of transport fuel, but because of differences in costs, resulting in not fully completed the final two ships: a 95% of vessels built, and the other one is 84% ??completed. Later, the two semi-finished products has been floating in Virginia’s James River, a “ghost fleet” part.
Virginia Media indicated that they had not performed a task, not even been fully complete the construction, yet they spend the taxpayers at least $ 300 million construction cost.
U.S. authorities with a British company recently signed a $ 10 million contract, ask for help removing four warships, including the “杰明伊舍伍德” and “亨利埃克福German “was. Currently, these two ships are towed to Texas at the International Ltd to prepare demolition demolition hulk.
so-called “ghost fleet” (also known as the “National Defense Reserve Fleet”), is the good name of U.S. warships garbage. The old and the old warship is highly toxic garbage floating in the sea, because in addition to the ship a little bit of some old steel recycling value, a lot of electronic waste, fuel waste, heavy metals and radioactive waste garbage. In view of these older ships may bring enormous potential hazards, and handling difficult and high, so the U.S. media and the public called them “ghost fleet.”
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