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| Warships heading overseas |
| 2001-09-18 |
Two U.S. Navy warships that have been patrolling the waters off New York City since the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center are headed overseas with part of an aircraft carrier battle group sailing Wednesday from Norfolk, Va. Two cruisers, the USS Leyte Gulf and the USS Vella Gulf, were called back from New York to join the battle group headed up by the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. The deployment coincides with last week's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., and was previously scheduled, said Navy Lt. John Sharpe, a public affairs officer for the U.S. Atlantic Fleet headquarters in Norfolk. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |