Nearly 7,500 to deploy as part of Truman CSG

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Nearly 7,500 to deploy as part of Truman CSG
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Oct 31, 2007 16:42:47 EDT

NORFOLK, Va. — Nearly 7,500 sailors will leave their East Coast homeports Monday when the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman’s strike group deploys.

The Navy announced the regularly scheduled deployment “in support of maritime security operations” on Wednesday.

The Truman, the guided-missile destroyers Oscar Austin and Winston S. Churchill, the guided-missile cruiser San Jacinto and the submarine Montpelier will leave from Norfolk.

The guided-missile cruiser Hue City and guided-missile destroyer Carney will head out from Mayport, Fla., and the fast combat support ship USNS Artic will depart from Earle Naval Weapons Station in New Jersey.

Coalition forces from Great Britain on board HMS Manchester and Canada on board HMCS Charlottetown also will sail as members of the Truman strike group.


Article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/10/ap_trumandeploy_071031/