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Rusted Navy Ships Leave Newport News, Va., Area on Final Journey.

By Scott Harper, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 7--NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- It took eight tug boats to move them, but the first Ghost Fleet ships destined for a British scrap yard left the James River on Monday, ending months of planning, debate and protest.

The two rusted Navy oilers -- the Canisteo and Caloosahatchee, built during World War II -- are expected to reach northeast England within 21 days, towed there by an oceangoing tug.

The Compass Island and the Canopus, two other unwanted hulks in the

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