On May 14, 2005, the aircraft carrier AMERICA was intentionally scuttled (fancy Navy term for "sunk") to determine what it would take to sink a ship of that size. For more detail, head on back to Saturday's post.
For now, a video of AMERICA's last cruise set to "Time To Say Goodbye." It never fails to make me weepy, threatening confiscation of my "Guy Card."
Politically Correct Christmas
Funerals By George
Prologue : My stepfather would have been 84 today. However, like my mother, we were denied the privilege of growing old with him. That sa...
-
NOTE: I'll continue to post this disclaimer. The past several posts and who-knows-how-many-posts-to-come are merely what I can rememb...
-
Well, at least I hope it's comic relief. Anything to take our minds off the horrors in Europe and potential global nightmare should be...
-
NOTE: Thanks to those who commented on my post last week about "Socialism." The first of what will be a regular series of serio...
Well, now I understand why they sunk it. Still sad.
ReplyDeleteTruly. I still remember when I went aboard her just as they were getting ready to cross the Atlantic following this cruise. Very sad.
DeleteThe passing of an era...
ReplyDeleteSure shows how all things come to an end. Sad she had to be sunk.
ReplyDelete"The ship is getting old, what should we do?"
ReplyDelete"Cowabunga it is."
I love this song and i enjoyed watching this video with this song. As Liz said..End of an era
ReplyDeleteReally makes me sad.
Deleteunfortunately, ship sank ...
ReplyDelete