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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Decommissioned USS Constellation arrives in Texas for scrap


The decommissioned USS Constellation has reached a South Texas shipyard where it will be scrapped.

Officials with towing company Foss Maritime announced the former aircraft carrier arrived Friday afternoon in Brownsville.

International Shipbreaking Ltd. will be paid $3 million to scrap the former military vessel, plus the proceeds from recycling.

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