Over the past several years, decommissioned U$.$S$.$ warships have been turned into artificial reefs in some of the sunken ships have released toxins into the ocean and have been costly to decontamina

Assume that a recently decommissioned aircraft carrier, the USS Bass, is estimated to contain appr Recycling and dismantling the ship would create about $500$ jobs for about a year in the Rust Belt. T$1$ Read the requirements.

Requirement $1.$ Is it more financially advantageous to sink the ship $($assume that it costs approxim is the cost to dismantle and recycle is less than the cost to sink$.)$

U$.$S$.$ Government

Financial Decision

Cost to dismantle and recycle

Bid price

Less: scrap value

Cost to sink

Net difference in favor of $($against$)$ sinking