Being from Maine, I thought this was pretty cool. Especially since Edward Preble, an early captain of the Constitution, was also from Maine.
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Mainer-is-new-commander-of-USS-Constitution.html (http://www.pressherald.com/news/Mainer-is-new-commander-of-USS-Constitution.html)
Did you know Maine is where they invented the toothbrush?
Anywhere else it would have been called the teethbrush ;D
Con
Quote from: Con on July 26, 2013, 04:11:04 PM
Did you know Maine is where they invented the toothbrush?
Anywhere else it would have been called the teethbrush ;D
Con
Well played, sir! :P
Cool story. Congratulations to Commander Kearns!
Quote from: Martok on July 27, 2013, 04:47:42 AM
Cool story. Congratulations to Commander Kearns!
Cool story indeed.
Here is the USS Preble being commissioned in front of the USS Constitution the former command of her namesake almost 200 years earlier.
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F3%2F3f%2FDDG-88_commissioning.jpg&hash=4dc57d5fcc4d46557f98395b32f8e5cf3e3dcea9)
^Awesome pic, Con!