Posted at 5:34 p.m., Monday, August 21, 2006
Pearl to get new sub, Navy secretary confirms
By William Cole
Advertiser Staff Writer
A decision on the Vinson is expected to be made in April or May.
The aircraft carrier had been based in Bremerton, Wash., and is undergoing nuclear reactor refueling on the East Coast, a process that will take another three years.
Winter said it is an "open decision" as to where in the Pacific the carrier will go. He said it could go in the Pacific Northwest, San Diego, Hawai'i or Guam.
He spoke to reporters in Hawai'i on his first trip as Navy secretary and is expected to also stop in Guam and Japan, including Okinawa.
