Dine and dash.
Unusual fourth chuckle of the day. Thx guys
St Eustatius (Dutch) 16 November 1776
Guns of Fort Orange returned ritual salute of the Andrew Doria flying the red and white striped flag of the continental congress.
“Here the sovereignty of the United States of America was first acknowledged”
Another great book by Barbara Tuchman, “The First Salute”
Recognition only matters if one is strong enough to hold on to what you have.
Few recognize Russia’s re-annexation of the Crimean peninsula but I don’t see Ukraine getting it back.
… and the Hornblower series by C.S. Forrester and some of the novels by Francis Marryat (who was at Trafalgar and went on the write many sea novels that are still in print.).
Until I see proof, I am going to have to express serious doubt about anything related to ‘the Founder of the United States Navy’.
I have seen no Tool Box Talk, No JHA, no pre voyage planning, no SMS, no Load Lines, no office memorandum, ( I meant memorandumb)
So until you can dig those records up I feel it is inappropriate to use JPJ in any favorable light.
Don’t even get me started on Farragut.