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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Vermont company will be working in Mobile after being awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to dismantle a decommissioned Navy ship, according to the U.S. Department of War.
The department released a list of contracts awarded July 15, including a contract with NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Services LLC, out of Vernon, Vermont, for $418,497,668 for the “dismantling, recycling and disposal of ex-Enterprise (CVN 65).”
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Under the contract, the ship will be dismantled “in its entirety,” and everything on it and in it will be recycled or properly disposed of, including hazardous materials…