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Angleae

(4,658 posts) Tue Jul 2, 2013, 10:08 PM Jul 2013

HII Awarded $745 Million Contract to Inactivate USS Enterprise [View all]

http://www.globenewswire.com/newsarchive/hii/pages/news_releases.html?d=10038122

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 28, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that the company has received a $745 million cost-plus-incentive fee contract for the inactivation of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). The work will be done at HII's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division.

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HII Awarded $745 Million Contract to Inactivate USS Enterprise [View all] Angleae Jul 2013 OP

nearly 3/4 of a BILLION to DEACTIVATE it??? how much did it cost in the first place? niyad Jul 2013 #1

$451.3 million in the late 50s. Angleae Jul 2013 #2

that is insane niyad Jul 2013 #3

That's what happens when only one place is capable doing the job. Angleae Jul 2013 #4

nobody else knows how to deactivate the reactors? is that likely? niyad Jul 2013 #5

Nobody else can drydock her. Angleae Jul 2013 #6

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