From: on Dec 3, 3:01 pm

K؈B wrote:
wrote

They're floating museum pieces.
In your dreams, landlubber! Just a couple of examples for you.....

The USS Constitution, homeported at Boston, is a commissioned US Navy ship (in
fact the flagship of the US Navy) with a full active duty crew of sailors. Not
a museum (the museum is across the street from her berth).

Been there, Hans.

There we have it! Presence of his Body makes Him "official." :-)

"Old Ironsides" is a museum piece. A fully operational museum piece that actually
sails every few years, but a museum piece nonetheless. Her main functions are
educational and historic, not military.

Morse code testing for an amateur radio license is then also a
"museum piece" of no educational or historic (nor military)
need.

There are many morse code museums around the USA to display the
"educational and historic needs" for morse code...no federal
license testing is needed to keep up those museums.

If morse code is so damn good as a communications mode, then it
will survive quite well on its own WITHOUT federal license
testing requirements. Strange that all other radio services
of the USA quit using morse code for communications...


The USCG Barque Eagle, homeported at the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticutt,
is a working training ship, used in training future seagoing officers.

Does she go out on search and rescue?

Is morse code part of search and rescue?

Can you shed some light on that or are you blinking in puzzlement?

[a clue a la "Jeopardy"]

Or is her purpose mostly historic and educational?

I'm glad those ships are kept in operation.

Why? You are NOT in the USN or USCG, have never served in uniform.

You are NOT INVOLVED.

But in reality they are working museum pieces.

Tsk, tsk. Jimmie should go on a "cruise" (or "float", whatever)
with the midshipmen of either academy and see for himself. :-)


They're like the steam and first-generation diesel locomotives that a few
Class 1 American railroads have kept on their rosters. Those old locos spend
most of the time in storage, but are occasionally brought out and run
for special purposes. They still work, meet all applicable
requirements, and are technically
on the active roster - but in reality they're museum pieces.

Those old choo-choos are in the military? Do prospective Army
Corps of Engineers cadets from West Point, NY, go on railroad
"cruises" also? I think not. :-)

Do those old choo-choos use morse code for communications?


And the main point remains: Sailboats make up far less than 1% of the
US military fleet.

Was that the "main point?" :-)

Bad on me...I thought that AMATEUR RADIO LICENSING was the "main
point" in this thread. Must be "wrong." :-)

Well, we've all Heard the Word from the Master Mariner of the navel
academy. Up-anchor and sail away into the susnet, beeping all
the way... :-)