Group picks site for Ticonderoga

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - State-owned Lowery Island on the west bank of the Pascagoula River is targeted as the site to moor the decommissioned USS Ticonderoga. Jack Hoover, president of a group that wants to bring the ship to Pascagoula, announced the site at a meeting Thursday. The city is planning a condominium, public marina and retail shopping on the island, he said. Hoover said the Navy has given the group until October to submit an application for the ship, which is scheduled to be scrapped. (Source: Mississippi Press, 07/10/09)