And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That right there is the John Paul Jones, DDG-53, haze grey and underway.
ReplyDeleteProbably escorting the Big Stick Theodore Roosevelt, CVN-71, seen in much wider trail.
This is what a first-tier Navy is all about.
Great pic.
Nnno, that's USS Mobile Bay, CG-53, a Ticonderoga-class cruiser.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_John_Paul_Jones_(DDG-53)
The U.S.Navy is going to regret having only one popgun on its ships one of these days.
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Paul L. Quandt
The Ticos have two popguns, one forward and one aft. :)
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