The Business Justification of Cleaning UP LSD 32 (USS Spiegel Grove)
According to the Reserve Fleet administrators at Key Largo, each decommissioned vessel costs close to 20,000 a year for upkeep and maintenance; and taxpayers pay approximately $1.6 million to send a retired ship to the scrap yard.
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