Navy paid 1 cent to get rid of $2 Billion Aircraft Carrier

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The $2B Aircraft Carrier the Navy Paid to Disappear

Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) –- The U.S. Navy has announced that it has turned over its decommissioned carrier, the USS Forrestal, for scrap. The Navy's first super-carrier launched in 1954 and was in service for an eventful 4 decades; John McCain served aboard the ship in the sixties before becoming a P.O.W. in Vietnam. Here's a look at the U.S.S. Forrestal by the numbers, including the unbeatable price the Navy paid to have it scrapped. (Source: Bloomberg)

Incidentally it was 1 cent. Who made money on this deal?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/b/0593731f-947e-475e-87cb-bfdf6c16c3e8?cmpid=taboola.video.jpost

Edited October 27, 2015 by X Factor

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Navy got rid of a liability, presumably were not OK with selling it to Bangladesh to be scrapped on the cheap. Hopefully the buyer will not lose out.

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I wish I had seen it for sale because I would have bought it and sailed it through China's new homemade islands.