World’s First Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise Nears Mobile For Dismantling

World’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise is due to reach Mobile, Alabama, for dismantling this week, and the U.S Coast Guard has put safety zones in place on Mobile Bay and the Mobile River for its arrival.

The decommissioned carrier, which left Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia under tow on November 2, was expected to arrive on or about November 11 as per a navigation bulletin of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers in Mobile. The Navy had earlier put its arrival at around November 13.

On November 12, the Coast Guard published a final rule for two temporary safety zones linked to the arrival and dismantling of the former USS Enterprise. The first one closes the shipping channel from the Mobile Bar entrance to the Cochrane Bridge for the dead-ship tow, and lifts once the vessel is moored.

Boats would also have to stay outside 100 yards of the carrier unless the Coast Guard permits them, as part of a 500-yard Naval Vessel Protection Zone.

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