Re: T shirt ideas -
From: "Those who only want answers will never learn how to find answers." <KOCHTE@s...>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 07:20:12 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: T shirt ideas -
>> Or perhaps:
>> "Damn! Pulse Torpedoes. Full Thrust now!"
>
>Maybe, but that's getting away from the original ACW line of "Damn the
>torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" (Capt. (Adm.?) Farragut, USN, during the
>Battle of Mobile Bay, AFAIK). (I do know that the 'torpedoes' he was
>referring to were actually moored naval mines, which were referred to
as
>torpedoes until the locomotive torpedo (self-propelled) came along
15-20
>years later...naval trivia for the day...)
Rear Adm Farragut. More info (good overall historical) at:
http://pigpen.itd.nps.gov/vick/visctr/sitebltn/farragut.htm
Mk
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