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Why is the US still using a Nazi tall ship?
BBC News ^
| 29 July 2015
| James Morgan
Posted on 07/29/2015 7:42:24 AM PDT by Freeport
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To: mrsmith; Freeport
“And on the ship the sailors are taught the same trigonometry Nazis used to find their position.
Nazi trigonometry shouldn’t be taught in the US!
It’s a disgrace!”
I learned navigation and how to determine my ‘GPS’ using a Plath Sextant...and that sextant had a Swastika on it...obviously a German navy sextant at one time. It was a small sextant, easily handled and easy to shot celestial bodies and reduce sights. Latitude can be determined without accurately knowing the exact time, but to determine longitude requires precise time.
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posted on
07/29/2015 3:59:07 PM PDT
by
GGpaX4DumpedTea
(I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
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posted on
07/29/2015 5:01:27 PM PDT
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: Fiji Hill
You know the difference, you are just being obstinate. The Eagle is a US ship, and is an important part of the USCG training program.
Think long and hard, unless you are a liberal who likes to post here on FR. Advocating getting rid of the Eagle because of its history is exactly the same thing as trying to bad guns because they kill. It is NEVER about the tool. The issue is always the user.
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posted on
07/29/2015 6:33:35 PM PDT
by
GingisK
To: dfwgator
Hans Landa was an amazing character.
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posted on
07/30/2015 6:38:36 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Republicans are nothing more than "beards" for Democrats.)
To: GingisK
he Horst Wessel is a Hitlerite ship.
To: Fiji Hill
Das boot don’t exist na moore.
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posted on
07/30/2015 1:39:34 PM PDT
by
GingisK
To: Freeport
The Eagle is the flagship of the Coast Guard, and the only tall ship on active service in the US military.?????
Are the Brits making a distinction between a commissioned ship that still puts to sea with an active duty crew and active duty? Or do they prefer to forget the USS Constitution. Long time to hold a grudge.
Engagement between U.S. Frigate Constitution and the British Frigate Java, 12/29/1812
In dry dock now, won't be sailing again till 2017
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posted on
07/30/2015 1:53:53 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(C Matthews: should NY State recognize gay marriage? Sen Clinton: "No!" The crowd booed, 2002)
To: ro_dreaming; Smokin' Joe
See my post 107. She’s commissioned, and the crew are active duty. And she goes to sea, I don’t see the distinction.
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posted on
07/30/2015 1:57:29 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(C Matthews: should NY State recognize gay marriage? Sen Clinton: "No!" The crowd booed, 2002)
To: Freeport
Put Confederate Battle Flags on every sail and have Black Lives Matter activists burn it to the waterline in San Fancisco Harbor at the height of Gay Pride week.
I'm pretty sure this is mandatory now.
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posted on
07/30/2015 2:07:53 PM PDT
by
Dagnabitt
(Islamic Immigration is Treason)
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