Exactly. The cost to remediate the hazmat stuff as the carrier is disassembled allows the scrap yard to make a profit, but it's not getting "free money" from

Exactly. The cost to remediate the hazmat stuff as the carrier is disassembled allows the scrap yard to make a profit, but it's not getting "free money" from the government. When the aircraft carrier Oriskany was sunk as an artificial reef, the environmental remediation cost was $11.89 million.