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Two Navy Battle Groups to Leave War Zone
AP
| 4/14/03
| ROBERT BURNS
Posted on 04/14/2003 8:03:12 AM PDT by kattracks
Two Navy Battle Groups to Leave War Zone
By ROBERT BURNS .c The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and the ships in their battle groups will leave the Persian Gulf this week and return to their home ports, a U.S. defense official said Monday.
Their departure reflects a winding down of the air campaign, although the Pentagon is still sending more ground forces to Kuwait and Iraq.
The USS Kitty Hawk will return to its base at Yokosuka, Japan, and the USS Constellation will return to San Diego, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
04/14/03 10:59 EDT
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aircampaign; battlegroup; persiangulf; pictures; shipmovement; ussconstellation; usskittyhawk; yokosuka
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kattracks
To: kattracks
This is the Constellations' last deployment. She will be decommissioned in September.
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04/14/2003 8:15:54 AM PDT
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To: SMEDLEYBUTLER
When was she first put in service?
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04/14/2003 8:18:45 AM PDT
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04/14/2003 8:20:36 AM PDT
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Poohbah
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To: SMEDLEYBUTLER
USS Constellation and her battle group:
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04/14/2003 8:54:42 AM PDT
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