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Navy to send ships for Mardi Gras amid wives protest
The Navy will deploy the amphibious dock ships Nashville and Coronado to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, facing a petition from seven or more officers' wives in Norfolk. They call the trip a public relations stunt and waste of taxpayer money, while the Navy says the ships will billet and feed participating units. The Nashville may be away from Norfolk 10 weeks in early 1973, and the ships will still conduct routine operations en route.
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Norfolk, Va
Navy
New Orleans
Nashville
Coronado
Adm
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Chief of
Naval Operations
Zumwalt
Norfolk