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Webb speaks out against carrier move
Navy should grow fleet, not invest in upgrade
Updated: Tuesday, 09 Mar 2010, 1:55 PM EST
Published : Friday, 26 Feb 2010, 6:29 AM EST
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - At a hearing with the Navy's top brass, U.S. Sen. Jim Webb expressed his misgivings about the possible loss of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier from Virginia waters.
The Virginia Democrat on Thursday told Secretary of the Navy Raymond E. Mabus Jr. that the proposed home-porting of a carrier from Naval Station Norfolk to Florida is not a done deal.
Webb says the Navy should grow the fleet rather than invest in an upgrade of Mayport Naval Station for the arrival of a carrier now based in Norfolk.
Norfolk lays exclusive East Coast claim to all five of the Navy's nuclear-powered carriers. The Navy wants to move one for national security reasons.
Webb addressed Mabus and other military leaders during a Senate committee hearing in Washington.
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