[NorthMountain]

almost 300 ships

There's a damning indictment of the Clinton, Bush, and 0bama administrations ...

[knarf]

Yeah .... I thought we were being, or have been, outnumbered by the chicoms

[Jeff Head]

It actually started in the largest way with HW Bush and the post Desert Strom draw down.

Clinton kept that ball rolling, W slowed, halted, and then started it the other way, Obama has resumed the decline.

As to the original Navy, if you want the best expose on those frigates, read this story about the USS Constitution.

A MOST FORTUNATE SHIP

It's one heck of a story. I keep that book in our Libraey, displayed next to me 1:196 wood model of the ship.

The USS Constitution is still an officially commissioned vessel in the US NAvy. I have visited her in Boston and would recommend anyone to do the same. They have an entire forest of the proper trees for her maintenance growing in New England.