
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, July 8, 1993                   TAG: 9307080207
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: BALTIMORE                                LENGTH: Short

CARRIER CORAL SEA SAILS HOME FOR LAST TIME

The USS Coral Sea, a 46-year-old aircraft carrier overhauled at a cost of $200 million in the mid-1980s, is headed for the scrap yard.

The Coral Sea headed up the Chesapeake Bay on Tuesday for dismantling in Baltimore. Crew members had fought since 1990 to find a city where the carrier could be retired as a museum or tourist attraction.

Deals with several cities fell through and the Navy sold the carrier this year to a New York company.

by CNB