DATE: Friday, June 13, 1997                 TAG: 9706130615

SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A4   EDITION: FINAL 

TYPE: FOCUS

SOURCE: BY PHILIP SHENON, THE NEW YORK TIMES 

DATELINE: CHARLESTON, S.C.                  LENGTH:   28 lines

FOCUS: LIFE AFTER THE NAVY THE CLOSING OF A MAJOR NAVY BASE IN CHARLESTON, S.C., HAD SOME DOOMSAYERS WRITING THE CITY'S OBITUARY. BUT CHARLESTON HAS NOT ONLY SURVIVED THESHUTDOWN, IT IS THRIVING - A SOURCE OF COMFORT TO COMMUNITIES FACING A SIMILAR FATE.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES

Roger Martin works on a ship's hull at Detyens Shipyard, a civilian

company that now operates on the site of the former Charleston Naval

Base, which closed in 1993.

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IN HAMPTON ROADS

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