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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Landlubber on October 02, 2015, 12:06:45 am

Title: Retirement of the USS Simpson
Post by: Landlubber on October 02, 2015, 12:06:45 am

Pretty interesting story. I was not aware at all of this chapter in US naval history.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/29/politics/uss-simpson-decommissioned-warship/index.html

Title: Re: Retirement of the USS Simpson
Post by: Ruckdog on October 02, 2015, 10:37:50 pm

Good find! I wasn't fully aware of that story either. I have been seeing other articles lamenting the loss of the OHPs  as we retire the last of the "figs.""