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Let's try and keep this Chesapeake from becoming a mill in England. https://www.navaltoday.com/2021/01/18/us-navy-unveils-names-of-five-future-vessels/
Let's try and keep this Chesapeake from becoming a mill in England. https://www.navaltoday.com/2021/01/18/us-navy-unveils-names-of-five-future-vessels/
The utter ignominy of having one of our warships holding the frame of a kitschy World Market-esque gift shop should serve as an eternal reminder of the wages of unearned hubris.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, here's the history. USS Chesapeake picked a fight with a roughly equivalent ship but had its clock utterly cleaned in under 15 minutes. It was captured and it is now the framing for a gift shop in England. https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/1812/capture-of-chesapeake.html
The lesson? The Brits were just better trained and the Shannon was exactly the wrong ship because its CO was a fanatic for training. Did they land a lucky shot very early in the battle? Sure as hell. Did they make their own luck by being better trained? Also, sure as hell.
Anyway, they're closed right now for COVID but you can still shop online! https://thechesapeakemill.com/
