The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, August 20, 1995                TAG: 9508200092
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   18 lines

COMING HOME, BRIEFLY

ILLUSTRATION: Photo

LAWRENCE JACKSON/Staff

The carrier America, with a crew of about 3,000 sailors, returns to

Norfolk Naval Base Pier 11 on Saturday after spending a few days at

sea avoiding Hurricane Felix. The America battlegroup will leave for

a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean in about a week.

by CNB