THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, August 29, 1996 TAG: 9608290603
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: FINAL
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Grasp
The salvage and rescue ship Grasp returned Wednesday to Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base after 38 days working at the crash site of TWA Flight 800 off Long Island, N.Y. The ships at the site worked around the clock. Aboard the Grasp, the ship's engineers have worked a three-watch shift while cooks and deck crews worked 12 hours on, 12 hours off. Work was halted on just one day, a Sunday. And in all that time, the Grasp moved only slightly over a quarter-mile-square box.
Sunfish
The Sturgeon-class submarine Sunfish was deactivated Wednesday at Pier 23 of Norfolk Naval Station. Wednesday's ceremony removes it from active rolls so it can be prepared to be decommissioned. The Navy will deactivate the Sunfish's sister ship, the Finback, today at 10 a.m. at Pier 23. ILLUSTRATION: Color photos by BILL TIERNAN photos\The
Virginian-Pilot
Petty Officer 3rd class John Grazioso, left, greets his wife
Melissa. Grazioso is a gunner's mate on the Grasp, top. Petty
Officer 3rd class Mike Hodge, right, also welcomes his wife, Shelby,
aboard the deck of the Grasp. Hodge is a radioman.
Color photo by RICHARD L. DUNSTON\The Virginian-Pilot
Vice Adm. Richard W. Miles, commander of the Atlantic Fleet
Submarine Force, boards the Sunfish at the submarine's deactivation
ceremony Wednesday morning at Pier 23. The Sunfish was commissioned
March 15, 1969. Its final resting place will be the Puget Sound
Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Wash.
KEYWORDS: HOMECOMING DECOMMISSIONING U.S.S. GRASP SUBMARINE
SUNFISH U.S. NAVY TWA FLIGHT 800 by CNB