More than 400 Bonhomme Richard sailors assisted federal firefighters in fighting last summer's fire which sent 63 people to the hospital for smoke inhalation and blanketed nearby communities with smoke containing toxic chemicals.
Restoring the ship would have cost between 2.5 billion and $3.2 billion and would have taken between five to seven years. This is why it was decided to decommission the ship.
The ship will be towed to International Shipbreaking Limited, LLC's facility in Brownsville, Texas, for dismantlement.
There are still four ongoing investigations into the fire.
In August, defense officials said that arson is suspected as the cause of the fire. A sailor was questioned.
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