Originally Posted by dynalow

Floating museums are expensive propositions. Of all the mothballed carriers, and there are a number of them, only the JFK has reasonable prospects of being donated as a museum...to Portsmouth NH.

The Saratoga is tied up in Newport RI & has been for years. The Forrestal was there too before she was towed to Philly to join the JFK.
In Puget Sound Washington, the Independence, Kitty Hawk, Ranger and Constellation are all laid up.
The Navy hasn't scrapped a carrier in years. They have sunk a few for different reasons. I can't imagine environmentalists won't get flamed over sinking a nuclear carrier, no matter how much money the Navy might want to spend on cleaning her up. So, I guess they may have to cut her up and bury her steel somewhere to cool off for the next 50 years.