The USS Olympia Vs. Stimulus Signs And Yankees

BillLawrenceOnline.Com ^ | 8-24-10

[Tribune7]

Historical apathy is threatening to do what the Spanish Navy could not and that is send the USS Olympia to a watery grave.

The cruiser which is berthed at Penns Landing in Philadelphia was the flagship of Admiral Dewey's fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898 during the Spanish American War and from which he uttered the famous command "You May Fire When You Are Ready, Gridley"

It is the oldest steel-hulled ship afloat, and is an important record of 19th century transitional technology.

[Tribune7]

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[Haiku Guy]

It would certainly be less of a waste than spending $20 million in federal money on propaganda signs for the "Stimulus" Act; or $20 million to repair a minor league ballpark in Lackawanna County for the New York Yankees, an institution that wouldn't blink at paying that plus 50 percent for single-season's work from a third-baseman.

Actually, they pay that for a single-season's work for a shortstop. They just make him play third base...

[Mariner]

Aye, a member of the Great White Fleet...

[dainbramaged]

My great grandmother’s second husband (she outlived four) was a Fireman 1st Class on the U.S.S. Boston during the battle of Manila Bay. He is buried 20 miles from here in the family plot - my mom kept clothespins in his Navy issue tin cup for 50 years, it now resides in a veterans museum in Chehalis, Washington.

[llevrok]

$20 mill for jobs. Industrial jobs and skills which we virtually have lost (ship fitting). Heck, they even could be union jobs. Save this ship!

[SunkenCiv]

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[Forward the Light Brigade]

Save the ship! Lots of ships have been saved over the years—this one deserves to be saved. We should do a drive to donate money to save her.

[Tribune7]

We should do a drive to donate money to save her.

I'd chip in.