Virginian-Pilot


DATE: Thursday, August 28, 1997             TAG: 9708270704

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 

TYPE: Military 

                                            LENGTH:   29 lines




THE NAVY THIS WEEK

ILLUSTRATION: GRAPHIC

AS OF AUG. 25: 394,925 active duty 229,020 ready reserve

209,419 civilians AIRCRAFT: 4,698 SHIPS: 353 DEPLOYED: 113

1. Carriers George Washington and John C. Stennis, amphib ships

Wasp and Guam, routine ops

2. Amphib ship Carter Hall, salvage ship Grapple, frigate Taylor,

routine ops

3. Coastal patrol ship Tempest, in transit

4. Oiler Monongahela, port

5. Cruiser Thomas S. Gates, port

6. Assault ship Kearsarge, port

7. Amphib transport dock Ponce, in transit

8. Carrier Constellation, in transit

9. Middle East Task Force: frigate Nicholas, destroyer Thorn, and

five others

10. Coastal patrol ship Thunderbolt, port

11. Coastal patrol ship Cyclone, port

12. Carrier John F. Kennedy, routine ops

13. Counter-drug ops



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