Only ship in the Navy...

[edinsomd]

...that actually sunk an enemy vessel in combat is 217 years old.

http://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/uss-constitution

 

[GURPS]

that is sad, but I guess you cannot keep them all ...

 

[littlelady]

It seems to me that it should be kept and preserved as US history. I think there are a few programs the Gov could delete and use that money to keep the ship. Like a study on why shrimp act the way they do, or something like that. JMO

 

[Amused_despair]

It seems to me that it should be kept and preserved as US history. I think there are a few programs the Gov could delete and use that money to keep the ship. Like a study on why shrimp act the way they do, or something like that. JMO

I feel bad for today's sailors who will never get to see and feel a battleship firing her guns.

 

[MMDad]

...that actually sunk an enemy vessel in combat is 217 years old.

http://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/uss-constitution

Too bad they said "in combat" or the USS Greeneville would qualify.