THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, August 18, 1994 TAG: 9408180499
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A1 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 28 lines
Members of the Inchon crew picked up where they left off Wednesday,
joining family and friends they left behind two months ago for
special duty off Haiti. The helicopter and troop carrier had just
finished six months at sea - and a sweet if shortlived reunion -
before the sudden Caribbean assignment. At 24, the Inchon is now old
enough to be removed from service, but the Navy has granted it new
life - conversion into a mine warfare command ship. Taking its place
in the multinational effort to restore Democracy in Haiti is one of
the Navy's most modern amphibious carriers - the Wasp. For a
detailed look at this high-tech Marine delivery ship, see the
full-page color graphic on Page A10.
Color illustration
The USS Wasp
by CNB