The USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, will be dismantled in Mobile, Alabama, according to The National Interest.

Northstar Maritime Dismantlement Services won a contract from the Department of Defense to dismantle and recycle a historic nuclear-powered carrier.

Read about NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Services' contract to dismantle the former USS Enterprise.

The USS Enterprise, which was decommissioned back in 2017, is set to head to Mobile, Alabama to be dismantled, according to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

The Mobile Chamber had opposed a partnership's bid to dismantle the former USS Enterprise in Mobile; company leading the work says it will be safe and environmentally responsible.

Al Jardine Remembers Brian Wilson, and Their Last Meeting: ‘We Had a Good Laugh… I Thought He Was Going to Be With Us for Some Time' California State Bar Opens Probe Into Gloria Allred’s Law ...

Preparations are underway to dismantle USS Enterprise, the Navy’s first nuclear carrier, at the same shipyard where it was originally built.

Built between 1958-1961 by Newport News Shipbuilding, the ship, also known as “The Big E,” served for more than 50 years before being decommissioned in 2017.