Carrier Independence Sails Into Yokosuka
<i> Associated Press</i>
YOKOSUKA, Japan —
The U.S. aircraft carrier Independence sailed into its new home port here Wednesday, opposed by hundreds of anti-nuclear demonstrators at a nearby park.
The Independence and its crew of 5,179 replace the Midway as the only U.S. carrier based overseas and the hub of the U.S. naval presence in Asia.
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