                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, June 29, 1996               TAG: 9606290228
SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A1   EDITION: FINAL 
                                            LENGTH:   22 lines

OFF TO THE OPEN SEA

MEMO: Realted stories: Saying goodbye/A2 What it's like to live

aboard ship/E1 ILLUSTRATION: Color photo by VICKI CRONIS, top left, and CANDICE

CUSIC, The Virginian-Pilot

The carrier Enterprise, at top left, pulled away from its pier

Friday at Norfolk Naval Station for the Mediterranean, its first

deployment in almost six years. Sailors watch from the railings as

tugboats help position the ship for departure. At top right, Kay

Norris, left, of Tarboro, N.C., waves goodbye to her son, Tracy,

along with her daughter-in-law, Jean Norris, center, and Jean's

sister, Shannon Ryan, 13. Jean Norris is six months pregnant. Above,

Newport News resident Melissa Burr holds her son, Bryan, 2 1/2, as

the crew prepares to leave the dock. Burr's husband, Shawn, is

aboard the Enterprise. by CNB