# Was the Carrier, USS Enterprise, retired?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-carrier-uss-enterprise-retired/398405>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 2, 2007, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-carrier-uss-enterprise-retired/398405 "2007-04-02T10:37:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![obbn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d6d6ee/32.png) [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-carrier-uss-enterprise-retired/398405/21 "2017-02-07T01:24:40Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> My FIL was a plank owner. He’s pretty bummed even though he’s admitted the eight-reactor design was something of a nightmare to manage.

My father is also a plank owner. Maybe they know each other? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-carrier-uss-enterprise-retired/398405/22 "2017-02-07T04:29:53Z")

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I may have been confusing two different vessels of the same name.

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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-carrier-uss-enterprise-retired/398405/23 "2017-02-07T10:16:17Z")

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> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#):
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> No US company will scrap the ship. In spite of the massive amount of materials that can be salvaged, it is not economically feasible for an American company.
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> Chances are they’ll remove the reactors and either donate it or sink it.

I know is this is old, but several of the articles about this say that the steel from the Big E will be used in the construction of the replacement. The articles I found did not give any particulars.

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