
DATE: Wednesday, April 16, 1997             TAG: 9704160552

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SO LONG, KEARSARGE

ILLUSTRATION: Photo by BILL TIERNAN photos/The Virginian-Pilot

The assault ship Kearsarge, above, leaves the Norfolk Naval Base

Tuesday for West Africa to relieve the Nassau. Below, Katrell Logan

of Sumter, S.C., holds 11-year-old Shante Arnold as the ship

departs. Aboard is Petty Officer 3rd Class Terence Dawson, Logan's

fiance and Shante's brother. KEYWORDS: DEPLOYMENT

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