97 [BOAR] Jammin411 Members 255 posts 2,612 battles Report post #1 Posted October 8, 2015 These pictures are of the USS Forrestal just a few days after she docked in the Port of Brownsville, TX. Unfortunately, she is being scrapped by a local scrapping company here in Brownsville. Sorry for the poor quality. This is as close as I could get and I was driving so there is a bit of motion blur. https://imgur.com/a/q3Dar 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
33 [VX9] Mayhem1 [VX9] Beta Testers 420 posts 16,347 battles Report post #2 Posted October 8, 2015 She was decommissioned in 1993, and made available as a museum. Attempts to save her were unsuccessful, however, and in February 2014 she was towed to Brownsville, Texas to be scrapped. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
97 [BOAR] Jammin411 Members 255 posts 2,612 battles Report post #3 Posted October 8, 2015 She was decommissioned in 1993, and made available as a museum. Attempts to save her were unsuccessful, however, and in February 2014 she was towed to Brownsville, Texas to be scrapped. She was an amazing site to see in person. I cannot even explain how big she was. It didn't take them long to turn her into nothing though. She only lasted a few months before it was unrecognizable. There have been a few others come through as well. I forget all of their names though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
7 muswp1 Beta Testers 127 posts 18,699 battles Report post #4 Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) According to navsource.org, three other carriers were on their way to Brownsville for scrapping in the last two years, USS Saratoga, USS Ranger, and USS Constellation. The Independence and the Kitty Hawk are still in mothballs at Bremerton, the John F Kennedy is in storage at Philadelphia and the Enterprise is being scrapped at Newport News since they can't get her reactors and fuel out without taking the ship apart. Edited October 20, 2015 by muswp1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
