(You are listening to "Drifting and Dreaming")
~ USS CONSTITUTION ~ Built in 1797, "Old Ironsides" is the world's oldest commissioned
warship.
~ AKOGARE ~ Built in 1992, she is in the
middle of the first-ever circumnavigation of the
globe by a Japanese tall ship, which is expected
to take 256 days and cover 27,000 miles!
~ AMERIGO VESPUCCI ~ Built in 1931, she
is one of the most beautiful of the tall ships.
She is Italy's oldest active-duty ship, and was
named for the Italian-born cartographer and
explorer of the New World!
~ ASGARD II ~ Built in 1981. Her Figurehead
represents Graninne Mhaol, a pirate queen of the
16th century!
~ BEL ESPOIR ~ Built in 1944, she was
originally used to transport cargo between the
Baltic and Newfoundland, for fishing off the
Greenland coast, and as a cattle carrier between
Copenhagen and Hamburg. She was completely
rebuilt in 1993-94. Her name means "Beautiful
Hope"!
~ BLUENOSE II ~ Built in 1963, she is a
reproduction of Canada's most famous ship, which
for two decades defeated all comers for the
International Fisherman's Trophy. The original
Bluenose appears on several Canadian postage
stamps and on the back of that country's dime!
~ DANMARK ~ Built in 1933, she was in New
York for the 1939 World's Fair when World War II
broke out. Instead of returning to her homeland,
her officers put the Danmark at the disposal of
the US government. She was assigned to the Coast Guard in New London, Conn., where she helped
train more than 5,000 sailors before the war
ended!
Sails
under the American Flag.
She was rescued from the scrap heap
by the pennies of American school children, and
her restoration was completed in 1998; thus
allowing her to sail under her own power for the
first time in a century!
Sails under the
Japanese Flag.
Sails
under the Italian Flag.
Sails under the
Irish Flag.
Sails under the
French Flag.
Sails under the
Canadian Flag.
Sails under the
Danish Flag.
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