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Farewell, Daisy Mae! THE LAST ALL-GUN CRUISER GOES TO THE SMELTER
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The famed heavy cruiser Des Moines (CA-134) is towed to Texas for scrapping after years of searching for a port to berth her as a memorial war ship fail
Just after 1700 on 21 August 2006, the 58-year-old heavy cruiser USS Des Moines (CA-134) "was warped away from its pier at the former US Navy Yard at Philadelphia (inactive Ships Maintenance Facility) for the long voyage to Brownsville, Texas. Three local harbor tugs assisted in getting the old ship out of the anchorage and to the USNS...
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USS DES MOINES
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; USS DESMOINES Efforts under way to get ship here Tuesday, November 14, 2000 Robert L. Hill asked what is being done to bring the USS Des Moines to Milwaukee ("Whatever happened to USS Des Moines?" The Morning Mail, Nov. 4). Hill is correct in writing that the U.S. Navy will give the ship away, but
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Ship project plies rough seas Group works to dock the USS Des Moines in Milwaukee [Corrected 09/03/03]
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Ship project plies rough seas Group works to dock the USS Des Moines in Milwaukee By ESTHER CHOU jchou@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel Tuesday, September 2, 2003 Compared with the uproar over the proposed Pier Wisconsin building, the USS Des Moines wouldn't seem like such a controversial
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JIM STINGL A sinking feeling about USS Des Moines
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; A sinking feeling about USS Des Moines Even Des Moines doesn't want the USS Des Moines. And they rejected my suggestion that it could be taken apart and shipped to Iowa in pieces (because we sure as heckfire can't sail it there). Some assembly required, I admitted. "We don't accept c.o.d.'s at City
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Des Moines FM wants its MTV back; after cable system drops MTV and VH1, station organizes campaign to reinstate them. (Iowa, KKDM (FM), Tele-Communications Inc.)
Broadcasting & Cable
; After cable system drops MTV and VH1, station organizes campaign to reinstate them Seizing an opportunity to raise its profile in the Des Moines, Iowa, radio landscape, alternative rock newcomer KKDM(FM) is helping its listeners to get back their MTV. Shortly after Tele-Communications Inc. pulled
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WEEKEND AWAY; Destination: Des Moines, Iowa.(TRAVEL)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ... the farm couple's faces should be. (Remember to look stoic when your picture is snapped.) Our little secret Sure, it was big news when Iowa's first Starbucks opened in downtown Des Moines in 2002, but the better brew - and funky atmosphere - is at Java Joe ...
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EDUCATION AT A CROSSROADS - FIELD HEARING DES MOINES, IOWA:WITNESS LIST
Congressional Testimony
; 00-00-0000 Field Hearing on EDUCATION AT A CROSSROADS: WHAT WORKS? WHAT'S WASTED? Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Education and the Workforce United States House of Representatives East High School 815 E. 13th Street Des Moines, Iowa November 3, 1997 1:00 p.m. PANEL 1:
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USS Des Moines backers float new idea for 700-foot ship; Sheboygan River suggested for berth
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ... attacks," Caswell wrote. Caswell could not be reached for comment. Copyright 2005, Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved. (Note: This notice does not apply to those news items already copyrighted and received through wire services or other media.)
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Savvy Des Moines Is Back in Business With Water on Tap
Chicago Sun-Times
; DES MOINES Iowa's venerable capital city marked its 150th anniversary this summer in a strange and unwanted way, when record flooding knocked out its water-treatment plant and denied residents running water. For 12 days in July, they could neither shower nor flush, let alone drink or cook with tap
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Whatever happened to USS Des Moines?
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; FOLLOWING UP Whatever happened to USS Des Moines? Saturday, November 4, 2000 In August, the Journal Sentinel printed an article about a group of World War II vets who wanted to bring the USS Des Moines to Milwaukee. What is happening with this wonderful idea? Has someone in public office started
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Opponents fire salvos at USS Des Moines project; If ship comes, they fear for lakefront
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ... would be self-sustaining. "If the ship is a financial bust, we will have the money up front to have it removed," he said. At a news conference at the War Memorial Center, Linda Keane, a Milwaukee resident and architect with the Art Institute of Chicago, displayed ...
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