Breaking Defense says the U.S. Navy intends to retire its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the next decade.
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U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Christopher B. Stoltz. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The ship was suppose to undergo a Refueling & Complex Overhaul in 2024. The service plans to skip that in order to save money.
The onboard nuclear reactor will then be allowed to run down. This will keep the aircraft carrier in service between mid to late 2020s.