News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tells Blinken. Parent comment

Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by adwn on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:13AM (#30589523)
Maybe we could get rid of the Gorch Fock [1] while we're at it. A sailing ship in the 21st century, causing repair costs well in excess of 100 million EUR, and killing sailors in training. JFC. A lot of people had to pay a lot of taxes to finance that shitty exercise in futility.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_training_ship_Gorch_Foc...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by waffleiron on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:04PM (#30590301)
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)

US Coast Guard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Eagle_(WIX-327)

Italy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_training_ship_Amerigo_...

Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS_Mir

Peru: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAP_Uni%C3%B3n

See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Training_ship

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by jupp0r on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:11PM (#30590384)
The USCGC Eagle was actually built in Nazi Germany and seized by the US after world war II.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by waffleiron on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:15PM (#30590446)
I 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.
[ Parent | on HN ]