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So, he was a "noted author" who wrote nothing more than a couple of articles for boating magazines and a single book that's so wrong that it claims there's a captured U-boat in a Galveston park?

Let's set the wayback machine to 2004 and the post #36 of the thread U.S. Coast Guard 214th Birthday Celebration ~ August 4 2004

To: All
bet ya'll didn't know that the CG ARMED private fishing boats in the Chesapeake Bay AND provided arms (including water-cooled heavy MGs AND some "light deck guns", read CANNONS!) to the Maryland, New York, Rhode Island, Texas (fyi,all TX gunboats are named/re-named for TX cities, when serving in wartime) and Virginia "state naval forces" (read:PRIVATEERS!), during WW2.
SOME of those fishing boats/yachts got into SHOOT-OUTS with German submarines & WON! all of the "privately-crewed gunboats did VALUABLE service to the war effort!
The CITY OF GOLIAD (formerly the 64-foot motor yacht, EEL) captured a U-boat in 1942 & towed it to Galveston,TX as a PRIZE OF WAR! (the U-boat is now berthed in the Galveston County Park.)
The CITY OF GONZALES (formerly the 88-foot sailing yawl, GRAY-HOUND)fought a 2-hour surface battle with another U-boat & SUNK the submarine, with a direct hit from a WW1-surplus ANTI-TANK GUN!
see the book YACHTS AGAINST SUBS by RAM(retired) L.B.N.Gnaedinger for more details! facinating book!
free dixie,sw
36 posted on 08/04/2004 5:24:19 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -T. Jefferson)

laughing AT you!

WHEN are you going to admit that you INTENTIONALLY & KNOWINGLY LIED to everyone, not once but many times on this forum???

also, when are you going to ADMIT that you were PERMANENTLY BANNED from FR & came back to the forum with a new screen-name.

AFTER you answered those questions TRUTHFULLY, i'll "get around to" your DUMB-bunny, pointLESS, ignorant questions>

laughing AT you!

free dixie,sw