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Article: NEW LIFE FOR AN OLD SHIP A RESERVE FLEET SHIP WILL BE RESTORED, EVEN AS MANY HEAD TO THE SALVAGE YARD.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- March 8, 1999
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Byline: PAUL CLANCY, STAFF WRITER
Shuddering in a stiff breeze on the river, ghost ships creak and groan as though talking to each other, as though telling war stories.
Stories about crossing the ocean with cargo holds and berths packed with supplies and GIs, ducking shells and dodging torpedoes. About hundreds of sister ships and thousands of crew members that didn't make it.
For some, the long wait that began at the height of World War II and stretched into Vietnam is over. They'll soon take their last voyage to the scrap yard.
But thanks to seafarer folks in Tampa, Fla., who want to keep the memories alive and dozens of volunteers ...