SSTF@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-21 year ago[OC] The USS Constitution, the oldest naval warship still afloat.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1498
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minus-squareRadicalizedlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agoI’m in the navy. “Afloat” means “goes to sea”, generally. A museum ship might literally be floating in water, but it can’t go to sea.
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I’m in the navy. “Afloat” means “goes to sea”, generally. A museum ship might literally be floating in water, but it can’t go to sea.