A museum carrier larger than Midway depends on US choices

Will a ship as large as or larger than USS Midway ever be preserved as a museum?

Only the United States is likely to have a candidate, but the loss of nuclear Enterprise makes preservation doubtful unless a future ship gains exceptional wartime significance.

Size, nuclear systems, cost, and the absence of an extraordinary public claim all work against preserving a modern supercarrier. Enterprise's disposal shows that routine historical importance may not be enough for the next generation of very large museum ships.