One more aircraft-carrier note: USS Constellation tow ending

(WSB photo, August 8, 2014, from Seattle/Sunset viewpoint in North Admiral)
In this week that’s already had two aircraft-carrier sightings off West Seattle – USS John C. Stennis heading out for training, USS Nimitz moving from Everett to Bremerton for maintenance – we have one more carrier note. Remember the coverage last August as the USS Constellation was towed out, headed down the Pacific Coast, around Cape Horn, up through the Caribbean and to Brownsville, Texas, to be scrapped? Oceangoing tug Corbin Foss, with the “Connie” in tow, is now arriving after five months – the timeline projected back last summer – and expected to finish the journey by tomorrow. The Foss website has kept up its “tow blog” with periodic data entries.

1 Reply to "One more aircraft-carrier note: USS Constellation tow ending"

  • John Boykin January 20, 2015 (10:42 pm)

    Sad to see “Connie” get dismantled and destroyed. She took me across the world in defense of our country. So long Connie! CV-64 I salute you! 01/20/15

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