by Aaron Hartwell

Three naval vessels that had agreed to attend Olympia's yearly Capitol Lakefair on July 20 and 21 have since declined to attend due to the inability of Lakefair planners to meet their security requirements. The ships that had originally accepted Lakefair's invitation to attend included the USS Ingraham which is armed with one Mk 75 76mm/62 caliber rapid firing gun, along with mk 32 asw torpedo tubes (two triple mounts), and one Phalanx ciws (an automated anti-missile system comprised of a 20mm M61 Vulcan Gatling-type rotary cannon linked to a radar system). The other two ships . . .