tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post9211973125189563983..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Today In History: Glub!Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77763724504865550292008-07-25T16:17:00.000-04:002008-07-25T16:17:00.000-04:00Seems to be a rule: when something goes bad on a b...Seems to be a rule: when something goes bad on a boat, it happens fast. And tends to be VERY bad.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64098668228214915162008-07-24T18:34:00.000-04:002008-07-24T18:34:00.000-04:00I thought the post was about the Slocum, at first....I thought the post was about the Slocum, at first.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-5730711663807170332008-07-24T13:35:00.000-04:002008-07-24T13:35:00.000-04:00These maritime disasters that no one remembers are...These maritime disasters that no one remembers are fascinating. Like The General Slocum on the East River killing 1000 in 1904, or the Sultana killing 1700 in 1865.<BR/><BR/>The Titanic only claimed 1496 souls.New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3279300329662469782008-07-24T12:16:00.000-04:002008-07-24T12:16:00.000-04:00OK: Wilson was a Fascist in Democrat clothing.Doe...OK: Wilson was a Fascist in Democrat clothing.<BR/><BR/>Doesn't change things much.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4249191311506966442008-07-24T11:39:00.000-04:002008-07-24T11:39:00.000-04:00Wilson's ascendency marked the official Progressiv...Wilson's ascendency marked the official Progressive takeover of the party of Jackson.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45770116731001563062008-07-24T11:34:00.000-04:002008-07-24T11:34:00.000-04:00Wilson was no Democrat. Proto-Fascist is a closer...Wilson was no Democrat. Proto-Fascist is a closer description.New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39047199275930395212008-07-24T11:18:00.000-04:002008-07-24T11:18:00.000-04:00"Although the lifeboats mandated by this act were ..."Although the lifeboats mandated by this act were said to have the potential to cause many Great Lakes boats to capsize, it was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson."<BR/><BR/>Trust a Democrat to cause a disaster.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-10480184664923846982008-07-24T10:15:00.000-04:002008-07-24T10:15:00.000-04:00The Wikipedia article is interesting, but what cau...The Wikipedia article is interesting, but what caught my eye was Eastland's second incarnation as a training ship for the Armed Guard. <BR/><BR/>My stepmom's first husband was an ensign serving in the Armed Guard, KIA in Sept. 1942. He could trained on the former Eastland, because I know he was in Chicago before going to sea. Weird.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72466452480518748572008-07-24T09:32:00.000-04:002008-07-24T09:32:00.000-04:00shit, if she's that top-heavy without a complement...shit, if she's that top-heavy without a complement of cannon, one imagines the sailors assigned to her after retrofit would have been a bit paranoid...i know i'd have not slept well in the lower tombs...jtcthe pawnbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643081755036536592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-8830695402757774102008-07-24T09:17:00.000-04:002008-07-24T09:17:00.000-04:00Ah, but it says "On June 7, 1921, the Wilmette was...Ah, but it says "<I>On June 7, 1921, the Wilmette was given the task of sinking the UC-97, a German U-Boat captured during World War I. The guns of the Wilmette were manned by Gunner's Mate J.O. Sabin, who had fired the first American shell in World War I,</I>"<BR/><BR/>It says that Sabin was the man who HAD fired the first American shell in WWI. :)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-8540346661596118392008-07-24T08:56:00.000-04:002008-07-24T08:56:00.000-04:00The article shows just how great Wiki is as a sour...The article shows just how great Wiki is as a source of information. I didn't realize that the first American naval action in WWI occurred in 1921. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com