What will happen to aircraft carriers around the world after retirement?

There are four main ways to deal with aircraft carrier retirement.

1. After the scrapped aircraft carrier is retired, it will be sold to a ship-breaking company at a fixed price, and it will be dismantled and sold as a fee!

Most aircraft carriers in the world are retired like this!

2. After the second-hand aircraft carrier is retired, it will be refurbished and sold to other countries as a second-hand aircraft carrier!

For example, the four aircraft carriers in active service in India are all second-hand, three are British second-hand aircraft carriers and one is Russian second-hand aircraft carriers!

Another example: Brazil's second-hand aircraft carrier "Sao Paulo" is the former "Fauci" aircraft carrier of France. This situation prevailed in the 1950s and 1960s at the end of World War II, and most second-hand aircraft carriers were sold in Britain. However, in recent years, especially in the last two decades, with the high operating cost of aircraft carriers, the number of countries that build aircraft carriers has dropped sharply, so there will not be many countries that buy second-hand aircraft carriers!

3. After the aircraft carrier is retired, it will be renovated into a major park and museum for people to visit!

For example, in China, the main park of Minsk aircraft carrier,

In the United States, for example, the number of retired aircraft carriers is the largest, with as many as five aircraft carrier museums, namely the intrepid, Jockton, Lexington, Bumblebee and Midway.

American aircraft carrier intrepid museum

4. There is also a special situation, that is, the retirement of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers is much more troublesome than that of conventional power aircraft carriers.

When a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier retires, it is first necessary to carry out harmless treatment of the nuclear-powered core. Then, the hull should be decontaminated and radiated, and then sealed, so that it can be sealed and retired. It must be unsealed again and passed the harmless verification before it can be completely retired. At this time, it is consistent with the retirement procedure of ordinary aircraft carriers! This is a very long process, and at present only the United States has this technology, because only the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States has actually retired!