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  • #16
    Originally posted by 1idvet View Post

    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"...
    Didn't know First lady or"Acting First lady" was an office in the US Government. They are neither appointed or elected.

    Also, wasn't she a Revenue ship first? Doesn't count.
    Why not? you asked for commissioned warships. She was a commissioned warship in the US Navy . The USS Harriet Lane.
    Bloomer doesn't count. That was a captured ship already named.
    again so what? She was also a commissioned warship in the US Navy

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    • #17
      Don't get 'em in a wad dude. I ceded the floor. You win. I lose. Who's next?
      I said I didn't word it correctly in my first answer.
      Last edited by 1idvet; 17 Jan 08,, 04:11.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by 1idvet View Post
        Don't get 'em in a wad dude. I ceded the floor. You win. I lose. Who's next?
        I said I didn't word it correctly in my first answer.
        But even after going by your new "correctly worded" question you discount ships that fit the criteria.

        Wherever you got your info on the USS Fessenden from was very wrong.

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        • #19
          What US Navy ship is named in honor of a husband and wife?

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          • #20
            OK.
            I reiterate. You win. I lose. Who's next?

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Gun Grape View Post
              What US Navy ship is named in honor of a husband and wife?
              USS Roosevelt.
              "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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              • #22
                Correct.

                USS Roosevelt DDG-80 was named by SecNav Dalton to honor both FDR and his wife.

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                • #23
                  Here's an easy one:

                  Name the longest-serving commissioned ship of the US Navy.
                  "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Ironduke View Post
                    Here's an easy one:

                    Name the longest-serving commissioned ship of the US Navy.
                    Isn't that the Constitution?

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by 1idvet View Post
                      Isn't that the Constitution?
                      Yup, your question.
                      "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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                      • #26
                        What was the first USN ship fired upon by the Confederates in the Civil War?

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by 1idvet View Post
                          What was the first USN ship fired upon by the Confederates in the Civil War?
                          USS Yankee, May 9th 1861. Fired upon by a gun battery at Gloucester point, near Yorktown?
                          "Liberty is a thing beyond all price.

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                          • #28
                            No sir.
                            This ship was fired on a bit earlier than the USS Yankee.

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                            • #29
                              The SS Star of the West was fired upon on 9 January 1861 in Charleston Harbor while trying to resupply FT Sumter; however, it was not a man-0f-war. However, the U.S. Revenue Marine (USRM) steam cutter Harriet Lane opened fire on Confederate forces on 12 April 1861.

                              The U.S. Coast Guard and the Civil War
                              “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
                              Mark Twain

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                              • #30
                                You are correct sir.

                                U.S. steamer Star of the West, Captain McGowan, was fired on by Confederate troops from Morris Island and Fort Moultrie as she attempted to enter Charleston Harbor. Cadets from the Citadel took part in this action. The relief of Fort Sumter was not effected. These were the first Confederate shots fired at a vessel flying the United States flag. Star of the West returned to New York.

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