Posted on 05/11/2007 10:08:04 AM PDT by BronzePencil
The commander of the famed USS Constitution was fired from his post yesterday, two months before his two-year term expired, because the Navy lost confidence in his ability to command the 210-year-old ship, officials said.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more.
Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea!
Oh, better that her shattered bulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave; Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale!
What? What did he do?
Fertheluvva... how do ya screw up a cake job like that one?
"This was due to an administrative matter," said Commander Jeff Davis , a Navy spokesman at the Pentagon. "We're not able to discuss the details of that. This is not something that is accompanying a disciplinary action. This was based solely upon the senior officers' assessment of his ability to command effectively."
Did he keep pet termites? You're right, this does make one wonder what is going on here ...
When do the Democrats in the House and Senate start hearings...Obviously he was fired for political reasons....
Methinks perhaps he had one of the lasses in the galley look to see how his mainsail stood!
Sex or money.
I would love to know how one screws up commanding a ship that only moves once a year, and even then, just barely. You have to be pretty bad to do that, I would think.
Got lost????
Lit his cigars with a blow torch?
Must have been frigging in the rigging.
We collected pennies to save Old Ironsides. Can’t imagine a Captain forgetting to order more white paint.
Dippin' the wick...?
tipplin'...?
corruption....?
or, perhaps it was his seamanship -- got caught in irons in the middle of Massachusetts Bay trying to wear ship in a cutter?
Maybe he was looking for strawberries.
Arrr, that rigging was designed by an ancestor and we’ll not be tellin’ where the 7th Oil Skin is.
Make him walk the plank...
Draw and quarter him...
Keel haul him...
Hang him from the yard arm...
Must have failed to get underway...
Probably failed to field strip his cigarettes.
LOL - I see that you have owned a wooden boat...
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