Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoTIL the US Navy maintains a private forest to supply the wooden ship USS Constitutionussconstitutionmuseum.orgexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1282arrow-down13
arrow-up1279arrow-down1external-linkTIL the US Navy maintains a private forest to supply the wooden ship USS Constitutionussconstitutionmuseum.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoHow sad. Most wooden ships run by other navies are used as training ships and visit events like Hamburg’s Hafengeburtstag and Sail Amsterdam under their own steam.
minus-squareIphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoNone of those were built in 1797. It’s the world’s oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat.
How sad. Most wooden ships run by other navies are used as training ships and visit events like Hamburg’s Hafengeburtstag and Sail Amsterdam under their own steam.
None of those were built in 1797. It’s the world’s oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat.