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A fleet of more than 70 old warships, some dating as far back as World War II, are anchored in limbo off the coast of California. 
 
They are reportedly full of toxic and hazardous materials such as asbestos, lead, PCBs, mercury, and arsenic, and are decaying fast. However, in order to be scrapped they must sail to a Texas facility, and the cost of making them seaworthy for that voyage is prohibitive. 
 
The US Maritime Administration, repsonsible for the ships, maintains the fleet is safe but has refused to release supporting documents as required under the Freedom of Information Act; meanwhile the wrangling continues.

Decaying Suisun Bay fleet identified as toxic threat

San Jose Mercury News - 5/15/2006 9:40 AM

Those ``ghost ships'' Bay Area residents see every time they cross the Benicia Bridge have decayed so much that the U.S. government sometimes pays more to scrap just one of them than it spends in a year to maintain the entire fleet, federal documents show.
 
Hazardous materials including asbestos, PCBs, lead paint, mercury, chromates, toxic tin and arsenic are omnipresent in the fleet, anchored in Suisun Bay
 
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