[CPEO-MEF] SHIPS: Mothballed U.S.S. Horne to be sunk

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

A warship built at Hunters Point is to be sunk

Jim Doyle
San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
June 26, 2008

A once powerful guided-missile cruiser that was built at San Francisco's 
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, fought in the Vietnam War and the Gulf 
War, and was then mothballed in Suisun Bay, is scheduled to be towed to 
sea today to be strafed, torpedoed and sunk by allied forces in the Pacific.

The Horne (CG-30) was named for a Navy admiral who began his career on 
sailing ships at the turn of the 20th century, and will be remembered by 
legions of former crew members who served on the ship during its 
quarter-century of service. The ship's passing echoes a bygone era when 
San Francisco Bay was ringed with naval bases and warships were often seen.

Capt. Tim Lockwood of the fleet ocean tug Navajo said he plans to tow 
the Horne beneath the Golden Gate this afternoon on its final voyage 
toward Hawaii, where a multinational exercise is scheduled to use the 
cruiser's steel hull and superstructure for target practice.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/25/BAHK11EO4T.DTL

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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