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.
Heading out on a patrol, done with the harbor pilot.
ReplyDeleteI never thought of a Naval ship (let alone a submarine) using a pilot....
ReplyDeleteThat tug made out of Legos?
ReplyDeleteWe always used a harbor pilot on every outbound/inbound transit on all my subs.
ReplyDeleteIs that a Chouest C-tractor ?
ReplyDeleteThe harbor pilots used by subs in Groton were Navy. I don't remember about other ports.
ReplyDeleteUnloading a chronic farter?
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