After years of crippling problems and a changing mission, the Navy pushed to retire nine of its newest ships. Then the lobbying started.
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Brazil Says It’s Started Sinking an Old Warship, Hazardous Material and All
RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian Navy said on Friday evening it had begun an operation to sink the decommissioned aircraft carrier São Paulo, packed with an undetermined amount of asbestos and other toxic materials, about 220 miles off the country’s northeastern coast. A navy news release did not give details of the operation, and […]