VolkspanzerIsME t1_iy6498b wrote on November 29, 2022 at 12:53 AM

Reply to comment by ItchyAcnestis in TIL that after the battle between the USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, the captain of the Constitution, Isaac Hull, refused the sword of surrender from the captain of the Guerriere, James Richard Dacre, saying he could not accept it from a man who fought so gallantly by alcapwnage0007

It's the only ship in the US Navy with a confirmed kill.

XR171 t1_iy67akp wrote on November 29, 2022 at 1:17 AM

Greenville had one.

VolkspanzerIsME t1_iy6873b wrote on November 29, 2022 at 1:24 AM

Are you talking about the Japanese fishing vessel?

alcapwnage0007 OP t1_iyen0b8 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 8:47 PM

That is nuts. Although, I guess that says a lot about the kinds of fights we've been picking and how modern we've kept ourselves

VolkspanzerIsME t1_iyexg97 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 9:54 PM

The Navy also has multi layered defensive postures. There are few in this world dumb enough to go toe to toe with a carrier strike group. Also the US hasn't fought a war with a country that had a respectable navy since Korea(?).

Pretty cool flex on the part of the Constitution tho.