Aircraft carrier heads for retirement Constellation sets off

Oakland Tribune | September 13, 2003| | Copyright

SAN DIEGO -- After 41 years, 21 overseas deployments, eight combat tours and decades as a local icon, the aircraft carrier Constellation left San Diego Bay for the final time Friday for a long, slow journey into retirement.

For sailors who had served aboard the giant ship known as "Connie," it was a sorrowful occasion.

"Connie is my girl," said Chief Petty Officer Efren Ponce, one of a group of sailors who sang "Anchors Aweigh" as the ship departed. "She's where I learned how to be a sailor. I'll miss her."

Tugboats pushed the 1,069-foot-long, 80,000-ton ship way from the dock at North ...

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