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2005
Ship Used In Movie Will Return To Reserve Fleet in James River (AP) - A ship in the James River Reserve Fleet featured in a 1999 action movie has been towed to Norfolk for de-fueling. The Daily Press reports that Moran Environmental in Norfolk will remove 1200 tons of fuel from The General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, used during its 61-year lifetime as a troop ship by the Navy and Army and as a missile and satellite tracking ship by the Air Force. Universal Pictures filmed the Vandenberg for the movie, "Virus," starring Jamie Lee Curtis and William Baldwin. The ship is scheduled to return to the Ghost Fleet off Fort Eustis within a month. Florida proposes to sink the ship to create an underwater reef. The Vandenberg has been part of the James River Reserve Fleet since 1983, before the Maritime Administration started de-fueling ships before sending them to join the fleet. (Copyright 2005 Associated Press. All rights reserved. )

2005

Ship Used In Movie Will Return To Reserve Fleet in James River

(AP) - A ship in the James River Reserve Fleet featured in a 1999 action movie has been towed to Norfolk for de-fueling.

The Daily Press reports that Moran Environmental in Norfolk will remove 1200 tons of fuel from The General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, used during its 61-year lifetime as a troop ship by the Navy and Army and as a missile and satellite tracking ship by the Air Force.

Universal Pictures filmed the Vandenberg for the movie, "Virus," starring Jamie Lee Curtis and William Baldwin. The ship is scheduled to return to the Ghost Fleet off Fort Eustis within a month. Florida proposes to sink the ship to create an underwater reef.

The Vandenberg has been part of the James River Reserve Fleet since 1983, before the Maritime Administration started de-fueling ships before sending them to join the fleet. (Copyright 2005 Associated Press. All rights reserved. )