Preserving a piece of US Maritime History - invaluable

The USS Olympia is a cruiser that fought in the Spanish American War in 1898 and has been preserved in Philadelphia. She's a one of a kind ship, a national historic monument, and in danger. She needs approximately $10-15 million in repairs to keep her a viable museum for years to come. If you have the resources, or connections to those resources, please consider helping. (full disclosure - there is no financial benefit to me to ask the question - we need to save this ship for posterity). Please contact me at 612-599-1935 or bdskon@fedex.com if you have additional questions.

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Welcome home big E

Sailors man the rails aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

MAYPORT, Fla. (July 13, 2011) Sailors man the rails aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) as it pulls into Naval Station Mayport. Enterprise stopped briefly to embark almost 1,500 friends and family for a tiger cruise. Enterprise and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 are returning to homeport at Naval Station Norfolk after completing a six-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S.

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