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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Norfolk-based San Jacinto won't deploy next month

Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser |Some 300 Norfolk sailors assigned to the guided missile cruiser San Jacinto won't deploy next month as originally planned, a Navy spokesman confirmed Wednesday.

Instead, the ship will remain in Florida, where it has been undergoing repairs since colliding with a submarine during a training exercise in October.

The San Jacinto had been slated to deploy in February as part of the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman strike group. The Florida-based cruiser Gettysburg will take its place, said Lt. Cmdr. Brian Badura, a spokesman for the Navy's Fleet Forces Command.

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