THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 

                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 2, 1994                    TAG: 9406020746 
SECTION: LOCAL                     PAGE: D5    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: Short 
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PUGET SOUND TO LEAVE TODAY

{LEAD} The Norfolk-based destroyer tender Puget Sound and its 1,500-member crew will leave Norfolk at 10 a.m. today for a previously scheduled six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf. The ship will provide a full range of fleet repairs and logistic support for the carrier George Washington task group and other ships in the regions.

by CNB