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Originally Posted by Gun Grape
Don't remember Churchill serving in US military or holding any office in our country. And as a Burke class DD it is a combatant.
But I did say there are many. How about the USRC Harriet Lane from the mid 1800s. A ship that fought as part of both the USN and CSN
USN Ships--USS Harriet Lane (1861-1863) |
Churchill held high office, Prime Minister of England.
Unique among First Ladies, Harriet Lane acted as hostess for the only President who never married: James Buchanan, her favorite uncle and her guardian after she was orphaned at the age of eleven. And of all the ladies of the White House, few achieved such great success in deeply troubled times as this polished young woman in her twenties.
I think that kind of counts as high office. She was known as the "Democratic Queen"...
Also, wasn't she a Revenue ship first? Doesn't count.
Bloomer doesn't count. That was a captured ship already named.