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Buy Your Own Aircraft Carrier

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-know-you've-always-wanted-one dept.

Vodalian writes "Distinction as the last surviving Aircraft Carrier built in England for WW II and commissioned as the HMS Vengeance in late 1944, this unique vessel served the British then the Australian Navy as HMAS Vengeance prior to her sale to Brazil In 1956. Undergoing reconstruction and overhaul in Rotterdam from 1957 to 1960 she was commissioned as the Minas Gerais in December of that year. During her service with the Brazilian Navy she was overhauled from 1976 to 1980 completing a 5-year refit in 1981. She was decommissioned on the 16th of October 2001 and is currently for sale."

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  1. Hell of a dance floor by jhines · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Great place to throw a party, cruise outside the reach of the law in internatinal waters.

    Hope the weather is good tho.

  2. Nice Price by jspoon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    $4.5 million sounds like a steal. It probably costs more than that to keep it in port for a year, let alone what it would actually cost to operate.

    1. Re:Nice Price by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Which is why she's so cheap, of course. Massive operating costs make her a tough sell; there's probably nobody out there who will regard her as being worth the price it will take to run her. She's being sold for her scrap value, sad to say. Whoever buys her will undoubtedly break her up and sell the pieces.

      Chris Mattern

  3. $4.5 million USD! by 2nd+Post! · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So a complement of 1.300, each paying $400 a month rent...

    That's easily a half million rent a month! So living aboard, for a year, would generate $6 million, which covers the cost of upkeep and purchase in 2 years, and profitable in 3!

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  4. Easier way by Imperator · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Get your former CEO elected as Vice President of the United States.

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  5. What's in YOUR wallet?! by Mulletproof · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't forget all those hidden fees when buying this carrier.

    -Insurance (Ow.)
    -Crew (you could get away with under a crew of thousand without aircraft and weapondry, I'm sure)
    -Supplies
    -Fuel (that's gonna kill ya)
    -Licencing (I'm sure the government isn't just gonna let you run around with a spare carrier without some sort of tax)
    -ATM fee

    I don't care if it is only 4.5 mil. You're gonna have to have deeeep pockets just for upkeep, let alone taking it out for a spin... And you can stop with the Neal Stephenson jokes now. They've all been taken.

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