Your very first post on Free Republic is a vanity? You couldn’t find an article about the USS New York to post on?
Honestly: I’m very new to Free Republic, though I’ve been enjoying articles off it for a while. I’m trying to break into journalism so I figured I’d post that at the spur of the moment.
Pardon me for my forwardness, but I’ll keep on posting as much as I can, and hopefully I’ll become a worthwhile contributor to the readership of this worthy website.
And no, I did not find an article at the time regarding the USS New York’s departure from New Orleans that fit my point.