stripes - Navy nuclear refueling barge arrives in Mobile to be scrapped
Navy nuclear refueling barge arrives in Mobile to be scrapped by A Navy vessel called the Surface Ship Support Barge, used to refuel nuclear-powered ships and dismantle spent fuel units, arrived in Mobile on June 1, 2021. It will be scrapped in a three-year process. (Lawrence Specker, al.com/TNS) MOBILE, Ala. (Tribune News Service) — A gigantic new fixture arrived on the skyline of the Port of Mobile on Tuesday: A U.S. Navy Surface Ship Support Barge that has made its final port of call. The barge was used for dockside refueling of nuclear-powered vessels and for disassembly of sp...