The US Navy sold two aircraft

 The US Navy sold two aircraft carriers to a shipbreaking company for the symbolic sum of a penny each.

Naval Sea Systems Command, a sub-agency of the US Navy, has declared the sale of the aircraft carriers USS Kitty Hawk and USS John F. Kennedy to the international company Shipbreaking Limited (ISL).

The warships are to be towed to Brownville, Texas for scrapping in the coming months. The ridiculous price of a penny is explained by the fact that the company will profit from the sale of the metal of the ship for scrap.

However, towing and dismantling is an expensive process. According to the daily Brownville Herald, the US Navy has previously paid large sums to recycle its ships.

"The contract gives the company the right to benefit from the subsequent sale of scrap steel, iron and non-ferrous metal ores," the US Navy said in a statement.

While both carriers were decommissioned in 2009 for the USS Kitty Hawk and in 2017 for the USS John F. Kennedy, they are nonetheless a part of history.

HISTORICAL AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

Both aircraft carriers were launched in the 1960s. The Kitty Hawk was deployed during the Vietnam War and the John F. Kennedy was called up for the Gulf War.