Navy won’t promise a carrier after Lincoln leaves in 2013
Jerry Cornfield and Elaine Helm have the story in the Everett Herald:
EVERETT — Anytime uncertainty arises surrounding the Navy, community leaders in Snohomish County pay close attention.
The reminder last week that the USS Abraham Lincoln will leave Everett, possibly forever, in 2013 raised questions about what happens next for the county’s second-largest employer.
A statement from a Washington state congressman that another carrier, the USS Nimitz, would replace the Lincoln was unexpected because it came so early.
Navy officials said repeatedly the decision isn’t final — enough times apparently to convince Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., to retreat from his prediction.
Until the Navy decides what to do, the possibility that Everett could end up empty-handed remains.
