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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Monday, January 20, 2014

Hagels Navy

Hagels Navy

Uh...........the article is solid, but this is the marching orders of the Obama Administration - make no mistake about it.

They grow dependency..............and cut protection (defense).

Gotta love the modern welfare state....................it's not sustainable.

Forrestal, Navy's 1st 'supercarrier,' changes hands in one-cent transaction - Navy - Stripes

Forrestal, Navy's 1st 'supercarrier,' changes hands in one-cent transaction - Navy - Stripes

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Navy, Pentagon battle over LCS future

The Future of LCS - A Good Read


Officials with the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Navy have been battling over how many littoral combat ships to build.

Wharf Rat has endorsed a new frigate for years - I'd take these ships AND a frigate, but not these ships on their own.