Another jingoistic moment.
The last six battleships made are still afloat and they are all American.
The oldest battleship still afloat is American.
We're not too bad at this.
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I also think the oldest metal cruiser is still barely afloat, which would be USS Olympia.
ReplyDeleteBattleship Texas has a special place for my family. My uncle came back from Okinawa on that ship. I bet that was one of his most grateful sailings because I know he had no fun at all in Okinawa.
ReplyDeleteDohh... Again... the above comment was mine. I keep forgetting that blogspot has forgotten me and for some reason I need to enter my name every time...
DeleteI am overjoyed to see the Texas on the way to conservation! Not surprising that the funds are available, and that social media is being used to get the word out.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people here in Texas that I've been involved with through various groups including people from ARFCOM have helped raise money to save USS Texas. As I said, it has a special place for my family. We went to several fundtaisers for it and made donations ourselves. For a while it looked like all might be lost, but now there is reason for hope.
DeleteWhen I was still flush from my inheritance, I donated a decent chunk to them. At the time it felt like I'd burned it for all the good it seemed to have done.
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