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PRESS RELEASES FROM
2005
September
Maritime
Administration Moves Ahead on Ship Disposal Four More Disposal Contracts
Announced (09/21/05)
July
Two Ships
to Leave James River Fleet; Maritime Administration Announces Two New
Disposal Contracts (07/28/05)
U.S.
Maritime Administration Ushers in New Contracts to Run Ready Reserve
Force (07/28/05)
Maritime
Administration Announces Ship Disposal Contracts Contracts Awarded to
Chesapeake Firm (7/18/05)
April
New Orleans, New York Gain Big in Cruise Departures
(4/26/05)
March
Maritime Administration Announces the Successful Removal of High Priority
Ships from the James River (4/15/05)
February
USS Neosho
Set To Leave James River; Ninth Ship To Go Since June (2/8/05)
January
Another
Obsolete Vessel Set To Leave James River; Progress Continues As SS
Shirley Lykes Is Eighth Obsolete Ship to Leave the James River
Reserve Fleet Since June 2004 (1/26/05)
Seventh
‘High-Priority’ Ship Set to Leave James River Reserve Fleet Tomorrow;
General Nelson M. Walker Headed to Texas to be Dismantled
(1/03/05)
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