OT - full circle war ships

The US are sea testing their newest destroyer USS Zumwalt

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In 1862 the Confederate Navy built the CSS Albermarle

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Gilbert Elliott might have been right all along!

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Jonno
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Nice spot Jonno - thanks.

"Navy Captain James Kirk, the ship's skipper, said he was "fired up" for the Zumwalt to finally set off for the Atlantic Ocean. "

Really? Tch. These Americans -- life imitates art ever more closely!

J.

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Another John

Shouldn't it have been "to boldly go . . . to the Atlantic"?

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Roger Mills

Guns might be coming back too.

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harry

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