Oldest “active” ship in the US (or any) navy, IIRC, they take it out once a year to get rated seaworthy & remain active.
Amazing ship.
want to feel like a puny, pampered modern person? Read Patrick Obriens 20 volume Master and Commander series…so many unwashed asses on these for so many months in some of the most inhospitable regions of this planet.
![[OC] The USS Constitution, the oldest naval warship still afloat.](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d5c9b27d-0ddf-45b3-a533-498edc45252a.jpeg){kind=link}
Oldest “active” ship in the US (or any) navy, IIRC, they take it out once a year to get rated seaworthy & remain active. Amazing ship. want to feel like a puny, pampered modern person? Read Patrick Obriens 20 volume Master and Commander series…so many unwashed asses on these for so many months in some of the most inhospitable regions of this planet.
I’m more into space, but I’ll put it on the list…
I alternate between space trash and historical fiction
There’s an aubreyandmaturin community here on sh.itjust.works but it’s pretty inactive.
There are dozens of us…DOZENS!