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Navy Ship Leaves Port —Without 100 Sailors

Posted Jun 24, 08 6:34 PM CDT in World,  US 

(Newser) – A US aircraft carrier set sail from Hong Kong early Sunday with about 100 of its crew still on shore leave, the AP reports. The USS Ronald Reagan and its support ships left port early because Typhoon Fengshen was bearing down. Officials are scrambling to book flights to reunite the sailors and their ship—though security prevented them from saying where.

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