THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, April 13, 1996 TAG: 9604130379
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A11 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
NORFOLK FORCE
Four Norfolk-based ships are headed to Liberia: the Guam, a
helicopter carrier; the Trenton, an amphibious transport ship; the
Conolly, a destroyer; and the Portland, a dock landing ship.
Also going is the Big Horn, an oiler based in the Mediterranean
Sea. All the ships were in the Mediterranean on Thursday.
Aboard those vessels would be about 1,800 Marines from the 22nd
Marine Expeditionary Unit at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and another group
of about 1,800 sailors. The ships are carrying about 20 helicopters,
including the Navy's Sea Knight, which would be used to evacuate
people; Marine Hueys and Super Cobra gunships.
by CNB