TRENT LOTT'S COUP: THE SENATOR HAS CLUBBED THE PENTAGON INTO AWARDING CONSTRUCTION OF TWO TICONDEROGA-CLASS CRUISERS TO HIS STATE.(LOCAL)(Editorial)

From: The Virginian Pilot | Date: June 13, 1997 | Copyright information

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CORRECTION: ***************************************************************** A June 13 editorial concerned an Ingalls Shipbuilding contract to build two additional warships. The contracts are for Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, not Ticonderoga-class cruisers. The Navy stopped building Ticonderoga-class cruisers in 1994. Five of the oldest cruisers will be modernized with vertical launch systems. Ingalls might win that job, too. Correction published Tuesday, June 17...

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