Talk:Ship-Submarine Recycling Program

August 2002
The following was put by someone (192.153.191.100) on 'USS Patrick Henry', but should go on this talk page, as it is an opinion to change 'Ship-Submarine recycling program' more than a description of USS Patrick Henry:

"The Patrick Henry was not an attack submarine, even though it went by SNN-599 in its last few years. It made 59 deterrent patrols, and should be listed as an SSBN. ut your text for the new page here."

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Andre Engels (talk • contribs) 10:08, 27 August 2002 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Andre! I've created USS Patrick Henry and added a note to Ship-Submarine recycling program. --the Epopt (talk) 18:47, 27 August 2002 (UTC)

SRP inventory
Can you tell me how we can find out what is in inventory for SRP that can be purchased? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.58.181.35 (talk) 00:27, 4 October 2003 (UTC)

CVN-designated Aircraft Carriers
Will this facility also recycle the U.S. fleet of nuclear powered aircraft carriers when they decomission? TomStar81 19:32, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Presumably so, tho no one knows for certain yet. ➥the Epopt 15:38, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

A note on pronouns
Several people feel that using feminine pronouns for a ship is somehow informal, when in fact the opposite is true. It is universally accepted among Anglophonic naval writers that a ship in commission is refered to as "she." "It" is used for non-ships: hulls under construction in the ways, for example, and most pertinently to this article, decommissioned hulks in the process of being broken up or otherwise disposed of. For further information, see Naming conventions (ships) and WikiProject Ships. ➥the Epopt 15:38, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

DLGN hull code for Virginia-class
The USS Virginia was a DLGN when her keel was laid down, but was designated CGN by the time she was commissioned. Same with the Texas. Mississippi and Arkansas never had a DLGN hull code. I have removed the DLGN from their entries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.62.1.2 (talk) 01:01, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

no aircraft carriers in program?
I'm pretty sure there are at least two aircraft carriers waiting to be decommissioned in this program, they are sitting at NUWCDIVNPT in Rhode Island. Word of mouth on the base, at least as of last summer (August 2006), was that the fuel and/or reactor had already been removed, but I can't verify that at all. Someone feel like looking into this? 192.52.57.33 14:36, 10 August 2007 (UTC)


 * The 2 decommissoned carriers in Newport, RI are USS Forrestal (CV59) and USS Saratoga (CV60). They are both non-nuke. USS Enterprise (CVN65) is the oldest nuke carrier. The last I read, she is getting close to decommissioning.WhyTK2 (talk) 22:49, 28 September 2011 (UTC)


 * USS Enterprise awaits reactor removal. She's a special case since she uses 8 (IIRC) submarine reactors. Stay tuned... Laguna CA (talk) 02:51, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

What about the SSN-571 Nautilus reactor?
Nautilus, for some time a museum ship in Groton, used to have a huge crypt over the reactor section. That's now gone in the latest Wikipedia photo (and not shown in any). But no details of what happened to the reactor are in this article or the Nautilus article. One way or another, I think Nautilus should have an entry in the table, even if it just says, "Disposition of reactor and spent fuel unknown." Laguna CA (talk) 02:51, 13 December 2022 (UTC)