According to CNN, the ship was sold at a symbolic price of less than one dollar to the International Ship Breaking Limited, which specializes in dismantling ships.
The source stated that this warship was passing through the Pacific and Indian Oceans on several military missions, most notably the Vietnam War. It also survived a collision with a Soviet submarine.
But the aircraft carrier retired some time ago, and it is expected to make its last flight between Washington and Texas, within months, after it was sold at an unimaginable price.
The company purchased this tanker from the United States Navigation Systems Command, which oversees the disposal of idle warships.
The ship is about 319 meters long and 76 meters wide, and is so large that it cannot cross through the Panama Canal.
This aircraft carrier, launched in 1960, is named after an area in North Carolina, the site from which the first powered aircraft flew.
The warship served in the US Army for about 50 years, then retired in 2009, and was the last US aircraft carrier to run on fuel, because the ships that came after depended on nuclear power.
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