DATE: Thursday, July 3, 1997                TAG: 9707030819

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A BASE FULL OF FLATTTOPS

NHAT MEYER/The Virginian-Pilot

Five nuclear-powered aircraft carriers will be moored at Norfolk

Naval Base until July 8. The Enterprise, far left, will be at Pier

7, the Theodore Roosevelt and the Eisenhower at Pier 11, center, and

the John C. Stennis and the George Washington at Pier 12. Each ship

has a crew of about 3,000, which is expected to affect local traffic

and parking.

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