[#3Fan]

He thinks Vikings had armed warships.

Post #282 was my first post on the subject and it shows I said the arms were for the "ship's men".

He says sailors with muskets on sailing ships will stand on the rolling and pitching deck and defend against shore batteries

I linked Fox's memo which said the fighting sailors were to deliver the supplies, that's what they needed arms for.

[nolu chan]

#3Fan - My post #282 was my first post on the subject and it proves that I said the arms were for the ships men.

In response I -- Q U O T E -- what you actually said.

BECAUSE????

#282 [#3Fan to Gianni] I saw that the ship's men needed arms because they expected to be attacked by Confederates, but I don't see where arms were to be delivered. The Confederates had attacked ships before any agreement was made between the Buchanan administration and the rebels, so they had a thing about attacking ships.

#341 [#3Fan to nc] It looks as if the arms were for the ship.

422 [#3Fan] Military ships that travel close to land need arms.

#423 [#3Fan] All I can do is repeat that military ships that travel close to shore do indeed have arms.

An attack on the ship was to be defended with armed sailors. The attack was to come from the Charleston shore batteries. The shore batteries would fire their cannons. The #3 fighting Union sailors would stand on the rolling deck of a sailing ship or a rowboat and fire muskets back at the cannons. In the case of the #3Viking warriors, they would throw their axes which were the inspiration for tomahawk missiles.

#3 Whine at being quoted.