SSTF@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-211 months ago[OC] The USS Constitution, the oldest naval warship still afloat.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1489arrow-down18
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minus-squareRadicalized@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-211 months 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.