Mike Anderson, an operations branch project manager, tours a portion of the Elizabeth River that Norfolk District is helping to deepen the to 50 feet. The Navy Deepening Project is being done to make the channel safer for the Navy’s aircraft carriers as they travel between the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., and the Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va. ( Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood) 110722-A-OI229-008 by norfolkdistrict

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