HISTORIC BATTLESHIP INCHES ITS WAY HOME

From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: October 19, 1999| Author: OVETTA WIGGINS, Staff Writer | Copyright information


The Record (Bergen County, NJ)

10-19-1999

HISTORIC BATTLESHIP INCHES ITS WAY HOME -- N.J. VISITORS CHEER LAST TRIP THROUGH
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By OVETTA WIGGINS, Staff Writer
Date: 10-19-1999, Tuesday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- Four Star B, Three Star B, Two Star P, One Star B

MIRAFLORES LOCKS, Panama Canal -- The tugboats were nestled beneath her like chicks to a mother hen.

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