Navy to Sail Off Central America
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NORFOLK, Va. — The battleship Iowa and two other warships headed today for the coast of Central America where they will engage in routine training operations in international waters, the Navy said.
Joining the Norfolk-based battleship were the guided-missile cruiser Yorktown, also from Norfolk, and the destroyer Deyo, based in Charleston, S.C. “The deployment will demonstrate U.S. interests in the Central American region,” Chief Petty Officer Joseph Mowery, a Navy spokesman, said.
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