To: Radix
Wednesday's weird warship, USS Daisy
The 54-ton screw tug Mulford, originally built in Chicago, Illinois, in the 1850s, served with the U.S. Army on the Western Rivers in 1862. She was transferred to the Navy in October of that year. Soon renamed Daisy, she served in the Mississippi Squadron until August 1865, when she was sold. Under the name Little Queen, she remained in civilian employment until about 1871.
I don't think I could have served on a ship named "Daisy" with a straight face.
29 posted on
08/20/2003 5:03:29 AM PDT by
aomagrat
(IYAOYAS)
To: aomagrat
Good morning.
I don't think I could have served on a ship named "Daisy" with a straight face.
I don't think I could have served on anything that looked that rickety!
33 posted on
08/20/2003 5:09:57 AM PDT by
beachn4fun
(..............................................PANCAKES! Not just a word, A way of life!!!!.........)
To: aomagrat
USS Daisy? USS Daisy? What kind of name is that for a Navy ship?? Thanks, aomagrat, for today's weird ship.
158 posted on
08/20/2003 11:17:05 AM PDT by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: aomagrat
I don't think I could have served on a ship named "Daisy" with a straight face. Hmmmmmmmmm..........actually, if you call on Martha Stewart, maybe she could do something about Daisy.
287 posted on
08/20/2003 7:17:28 PM PDT by
LaDivaLoca
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