The Nation - News from July 3, 1985

The Defense Department announced plans to spread 29 of the nation’s warships among nine home ports on the Gulf Coast, sending the battleship Wisconsin and the training carrier Lexington to Corpus Christi, Tex., and a planned new carrier to Pensacola, Fla. Corpus Christi also would get three smaller warships under the plan, making it the clear winner in the intense competition among Gulf cities for the Wisconsin and the new jobs that will accompany its home port status. The plan, which now goes to Congress, is designed to find home ports for the Administration’s largest warships.