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The United States Navy still has at least one wind- powered wooden ship. It's used for training.
by MichaelCrawford 11y ago
The United States Navy still has at least one wind- powered wooden ship. It's used for training.
- dag11 11y agoThat's really interesting. Anywhere I can learn more about this?
- civilian 11y agoOne place to start? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sailing_frigates_of_the_United_States_Navy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sailing_frigates_of_th... The USS Constitution is technically still in active service. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution Also the United States Naval Academy has a sailing team, but a lot of colleges on a river or shore do. I assume they do well, as a matter of pride. http://www.usna.edu/Sailing/ http://www.usna.edu/Sailing/
- gabalese 11y agoI think many navies around the globe keep at least one sailing ship for training purposes. The Italian Navy, for example, keeps the Amerigo Vespucci veliero as a training ship for the Naval Academy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_training_ship_Amerigo_Vespucci https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_training_ship_Amerigo_...