| HMS Exeter | 01 Jul 2020 10:03 p.m. PST |
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| John Armatys | 02 Jul 2020 1:39 a.m. PST |
I got "Sorry, this content is not available in your region." |
| HMS Exeter | 02 Jul 2020 2:42 a.m. PST |
It's a local news outlet internet post. I'm not sure why it wouldn't be available to all. Overnight, Wikipedia caught up. Paragraph 3. link |
| John Armatys | 02 Jul 2020 2:55 a.m. PST |
Thanks – some sites in the US block access to users in the UK and European Union because they do not comply with the General Data Protection Regulation. |
| Jcfrog | 02 Jul 2020 3:18 a.m. PST |
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| Wackmole9 | 02 Jul 2020 5:12 a.m. PST |
BALTIMORE —
A World War II-era ship docked in Baltimore is about to get a new name. Living Classrooms Foundation and Historic Ships of Baltimore will rename the cutter Roger B. Taney. The ship was named after Taney because of his role as secretary of the U.S. Treasury, but he's most well-known for delivering the U.S. Supreme Court's majority opinion in the Dred Scott case, which argued all African Americans were not U.S. citizens.
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For now, the ship will be referred to by its hull identification, WHEC-37, which stands for High Endurance Cutter, until another name is chosen.
"We are not erasing history," James Piper Bond, CEO of Living Classrooms Foundation, said in a statement. "Nor is it our intention to minimize the service and sacrifice of the men and women who have served with honor aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Taney. Our intention is to learn from history and celebrate the legacy of the ship and those who served aboard." Living Classrooms recently completed a fundraising effort, raising $420,000 USD to dry dock the ship for critical repairs and preservation. The work will take place at the U.S. Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay in the fall. |
Ed Mohrmann  | 02 Jul 2020 7:03 a.m. PST |
To paraphrase Sonny and Cher – 'And the bleat
goes on….' |
 Extra Crispy  | 02 Jul 2020 7:12 a.m. PST |
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| Major General Stanley | 02 Jul 2020 7:29 a.m. PST |
This has nothing to do with wargaming |
| Jcfrog | 02 Jul 2020 7:52 a.m. PST |
Only if you have a skirmish with terrs trying to destroy during a vip visit. To name if properly😋. |
| StarCruiser | 02 Jul 2020 8:21 a.m. PST |
While I know that Taney was a bit of a racist prick (lots of those around) – it seems quite pointless to rename the ship now that she's a museum ship. It's one thing to be sensitive to current racist crap and quite another to waste time and effort on such past matters. You can NOT change the past, only the present and future. |
| Thresher01 | 02 Jul 2020 8:59 a.m. PST |
Not that I really care one way or another, but I do find the claim below to be utterly ridiculous. "We are not erasing history," James Piper Bond, CEO of Living Classrooms Foundation, said in a statement". Actually, that is precisely what they are doing. Perhaps if they just "rename" Washington D.C., AND the Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Robert Byrd, AND numerous other memorials, buildings, schools, and freeways across the land, there will be peace in our time. Ha, ha, ha……… Almost had you there for a moment, right? Of course there won't. This will never end for some/many. |
| HMS Exeter | 02 Jul 2020 9:22 a.m. PST |
Washington, District of Columbia. Jeepers! A twofer! |
| HMS Exeter | 02 Jul 2020 9:27 a.m. PST |
@jcfrog I'm afraid I dont follow your post. Mayhaps the terrs and vip references require some familiarization. |
| Jcfrog | 02 Jul 2020 12:07 p.m. PST |
Terrs terrorists
V.i.P.
Lazyness |
| NavyVet | 03 Jul 2020 8:58 a.m. PST |
Take her out and scrap her. |
| ptdockyard | 04 Jul 2020 8:26 a.m. PST |
Just wait until the woke mob discovers people make models of Confederate, WW2 German and other erasable subjects. |
| Blutarski | 04 Jul 2020 2:31 p.m. PST |
Ed wrote –
To paraphrase Sonny and Cher – 'And the bleat goes on….' Hi Ed,
Same year, IIRC: "Who are the Brain Police?" on Zappa's album "Freak Out". Zappa was a voice in the wilderness back then. We are learning now, aren't we? B |
's first experience with 1:4800 scale naval models.