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Historic USS Leyte Gulf Bids Farewell with a Final Victory at Sea
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On May 17, the storied USS Leyte Gulf cruised back into Naval Station Norfolk, marking the end of an era with its final voyage after 37 years of service.

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The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address