USS Enterprise Mobile dismantlement: Navy must reopen $537M contract after computer glitch

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The USS Enterprise (Designated CVAN 65, later CVN 25), was commissioned in 1961 as the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world. Here it's shown in November 1964, operating in the Mediterranean Sea in formation with two other nuclear-powered vessels, the guided-missile cruiser Long Beach (CGN-9), center; and the guided-missile frigate Bainbridge (DLGN-25), right. On the flight deck of the Enterprise, crewmembers spell out Albert Einstein's equation for nuclear energy. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)

A more than $500 million-dollar project to dismantle a historic nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in Mobile has been put on hold due to an appeal of the Navy’s contract award.

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