PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe USS Independence and the training ship Amerigo Vespucci of the Italian Navy, 1962media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down11
arrow-up166arrow-down1imageThe USS Independence and the training ship Amerigo Vespucci of the Italian Navy, 1962media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareSlapnutsGT@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoUS coast guard still trains officers on a tall ship, the USCGC Eagle
minus-squarephoneymouse@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·2 months agoWhat are they training for? A pirate raid? Swashbuckling with Blackbeard?
minus-squaremuzzle@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThey are getting trained to listen to and understand the see, winds, and weather conditions, because on a tall ship you have to do that to a degree incomparable to modern, engine powered ships.
US coast guard still trains officers on a tall ship, the USCGC Eagle
What are they training for? A pirate raid? Swashbuckling with Blackbeard?
They are getting trained to listen to and understand the see, winds, and weather conditions, because on a tall ship you have to do that to a degree incomparable to modern, engine powered ships.