NEWPORT NEWS, VA -- Newport News Shipbuilding is offering to be the "caretaker" of the former aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN-65) while the Navy determines how to conduct the first-ever disposal of a nuclear-powered carrier, according to the company. Ken Mahler, vice president for Navy programs at NNS, told Inside the Navy here Aug. 22 the service asked the company if they could keep the former Enterprise in Newport News. The shipbuilder is currently conducting all of the inactivation work for...
