| Pyrate Captain | 19 Jun 2022 4:47 a.m. PST |
May her proud record and heroic demise always be remembered. "Roll Alabama, Roll" |
| Wackmole9 | 19 Jun 2022 6:00 a.m. PST |
Shouldn't it be USS Kearsarge day. or how about to the 68 ships in 22 months it destroyed before being sunk by the USS Kearsarge. |
| lloydthegamer | 19 Jun 2022 8:13 a.m. PST |
That's an odd ship to be remembering. |
| Aapsych20 | 19 Jun 2022 10:58 a.m. PST |
And a very odd day on which to recall a confederate symbol. Telling us something about yourself, perhaps, Pyrate Captain? |
 David Manley  | 19 Jun 2022 12:54 p.m. PST |
@Lloyd, people are keen to remember the Bismarck, so this should be no surprise |
 ColCampbell | 19 Jun 2022 1:04 p.m. PST |
Odd only because it is "Juneteenth" in the US. The Css Alabama was sunk by the USS Kearsarge on June 19. Jim |
| SgtPain | 19 Jun 2022 2:31 p.m. PST |
Three cheers for the U.S.S Kearsarge, may her exploits live on forever! :-) |
| 377CSG | 19 Jun 2022 4:38 p.m. PST |
Roll "0290" Roll – built in secret, in my ancestors city, Birken head, England. Sturdy warship and brave crew. |
| Cloudy | 20 Jun 2022 8:21 p.m. PST |
The Alabama Hills on the East side of the Sierra Nevada here in California were named by Confederate sympathizers. Kearsarge Mine, Kearsarge Pass and Kearsarge Peak were named by the supporters of the Union. It is a good reminder of our history and divisive times. Mt. Whitney is close and not too far up the 395 is Manzanar – another reminder of our past. I had feared that some folks would try to rename the Alabama Hills as I recall reading on a website a year or two ago but I didn't find anything on it the last time I looked… |
| Pyrate Captain | 02 Jul 2022 7:09 p.m. PST |
Thank God they didn't Cloudy,…yet. |
| Pyrate Captain | 02 Jul 2022 7:12 p.m. PST |
Aapsych, I think under slightly different conditions, you may have been dawghoused. In any case, I'm just an historian of the Confederate States Navy. I didn't pick the date. |
bases them up.