The USS Independence and the training ship Amerigo Vespucci of the Italian Navy, 1962

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Reportedly, the USS Independence signaled to the Amerigo Vespucci: "You are the most beautiful ship in the world."
- And USS George Bush met the same ship after 60 years.
  
  For those who haven't watched it, here is the video of the interaction: https://youtu.be/I103uB0zp6M?si=Lfirg3gQECuGzxW_
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_training_ship_Amerigo_Vespucci
Training ship? Who the fuck is training on a ship like that.
- Our navy, for almost a century. Not every ship training requires to be done on a nuclear carrier.
  
  I’m genuinely curious what modern day sailors have to learn aboard a ship like this that applies to the actual work they would be doing in a real world scenario, likely not aboard one of these ships.
- US coast guard still trains officers on a tall ship, the USCGC Eagle
  
  What are they training for? A pirate raid? Swashbuckling with Blackbeard?
- I definitely know of Germany since a female trainee got sexual attacked by other trainees on it.
  
  That was not part of the regular training.

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