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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Memphis residents lobby for submarine

USS MemphisA group of U.S. Navy veterans are lobbying for the bridge of the submarine the USS Memphis to retire in its namesake city.

The Memphis Council of the U.S. Navy wants the sail, the top part where the bridge is located, to go on public display in Tennessee.

Cage Carruthers, a former Naval officer on the cruiser USS Arkansas who slept overnight at sea on the Memphis in April 2007, has been in discussions with the Navy for what may take years of planning.

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