Max, you need to read up on the scrapping 0f the ex-USS Ranger’s sister ships starting with the ex-USS Forrestal which was decommissioned 11 September, 1993 in Philadelphia, stored there for several years, then moved to Newport,RI next to sister the ex-USS Saratoga, returned to Phila. in June,2010 given to All Star…

It is being recycled. The US Navy gave it and a small sum of cash to All Star Metals(or ESCO) of Brownsville, Texas to recycle the ex-USS Ranger. The US Navy also did the same with the ex-USS Forrestal, the ex-USS Saratoga, the ex-USS Constellation, I am not sure if the ex-USS Independence has been sent to the scrap…