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I am not in the navy but I assume there is a good reason tall ships are used for training as quite a few countries do, just a few examples: Portugal: https://e
by waffleiron 5y ago
I am not in the navy but I assume there is a good reason tall ships are used for training as quite a few countries do, just a few examples:
Portugal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRP_Sagres_(1937) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRP_Sagres_(1937)
US Coast Guard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Eagle_(WIX-327) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Eagle_(WIX-327)
Italy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_training_ship_Amerigo_Vespucci https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_training_ship_Amerigo_...
Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS_Mir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS_Mir
Peru: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAP_Uni%C3%B3n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAP_Uni%C3%B3n
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Training_ship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Training_ship
- jupp0r 5y agoThe USCGC Eagle was actually built in Nazi Germany and seized by the US after world war II.
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- waffleiron 5y agoI really like how the steel hull looks on these boats, specifically the Eagle and the Peruvian boat. It's seems so out of place, my mind just expects to see a wooden hull.