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.
Sunday, March 22, 2020
American pre-dreadnought battleship BB-2 USS Massachusetts.
The USS Mass is in the Gulf of Mexico just off shore south of Pensacola, FL where I live. We would go fishing off the Mass and low tide you may see parts of her above waterline back in the day. A very cool spot for diving and fishing. Awesome post! Thank you! po
That'd make a nice hood ornament for my 1938 Lasalle.
ReplyDeleteDoes it run great?
DeleteThe main guns were too big and the ship was too top heavy to fire broadsides and was decommissioned early.
ReplyDelete"By Duty Done Is Honor Won"
ReplyDeleteWhat is written on her sword?
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Thank you, Dave.
DeleteVictory.
ReplyDeleteThe line about the motto says "Gift Of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts"
The USS Mass is in the Gulf of Mexico just off shore south of Pensacola, FL where I live. We would go fishing off the Mass and low tide you may see parts of her above waterline back in the day. A very cool spot for diving and fishing. Awesome post! Thank you! po
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