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"A captain is given a wide latitude in how to run Their ship." Though, after a quick google, it seems that the US took until April 2022 (a fortnight ago) to ge
by BuildTheRobots 4y ago
"A captain is given a wide latitude in how to run Their ship."
Though, after a quick google, it seems that the US took until April 2022 (a fortnight ago) to get their first female Captain. I'm slightly agog it's taken so long.
https://www.forces.net/services/navy/royal-navy-history-first-female-captain-takes-command-ship https://www.forces.net/services/navy/royal-navy-history-firs...
- rsofaer 4y agoThat article is about the UK!
- ranger207 4y agoThat's the UK Royal Navy. According to Wikipedia[0] (which cites a broken link unfortunately) the first female ship captain in the US Navy was LT CDR Darlene Iskra in 1990 commanding the USS _Oppertune_, and CDR Maureen A. Farren was the first to command a combatant ship, the USS _Mount Vernon_ in 1998. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_Navy#Timeline_of_women_in_the_United_States_Navy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_Nav...
- BuildTheRobots 4y agoApologies, I'm so used to HN being US centric. Even more reason for Their ship, if the UK has been doing it for 30 years...
- imwillofficial 4y agoHN is US centric because ycombinator and Silicon Valley are in the US.
- hereforphone 4y agoBad bot
- BuildTheRobots 4y agoI wish... my bots are actually capable of parsing information. I, it seems, am not :(
- imwillofficial 4y agoNobody asked you to try to correct my statement.