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Navy Rushes ‘Unprecedented’ 1,600 Reservists To Shipyards As COVID Guts Workforce « Breaking Defense
A dock at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is flooded during the undocking of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS City of Corpus Christi. WASHINGTON: The Navy has lost 50,000 workdays a month at its four public shipyards during the COVID-19 crisis, sparking concerns over delays in repairing and refitting nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines. …
Killed at Pearl Harbor, World War II sailor comes home
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— A Saturday funeral is slated for an Alabama sailor killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor nearly 80 years ago. New outlets reported Friday the graveside service was planned for Johnnie Cornelius Laurie of Bessemer. He was a 25-year-old Navy mess attendant on board the battleship Oklahoma when it was hit by …