[CPEO-MEF] Fire on "mothballed" ship

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fire Damages Decommissioned Aircraft Carrier in S. Phila.

by Al Novack
KYW News Radio 1060 (PA)
January 25, 2005

Philadelphia firefighters -- along with a city fireboat -- were called 
to the Philadelphia Navy Yard on Tuesday morning to battle a fire aboard 
the decommissioned super aircraft carrier "USS America."

The America, which is three football feilds long and 20 stories high, is 
docked at the Navy Yard in South Philadelphia, part of the Navy's 
mothballed fleet.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.kywnewsradio.com/news_story_detail.cfm?newsitemid=43542

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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