Talk:USS Delaware (1820)
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The tone of the article, probably copied from a Navy publication, is interesting:
"She served in the interests of American commerce and diplomacy in that area" and other sentences of this type. That's an interesting type of diplomacy, having a warship patrolling the coast of a foreign nation.
Anybody agrees with me? Sanders muc 21:18, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Very common in the days before telegraphs and UNs. The naval officer(s) were very often the sole representatives of their nations in the vicinity, and frequently had to be on hand to resolve kidnapping/shakedowns of merchant ship captains by corrupt local officials, to carry important mail, etc. The British, French, etc did the same off US coasts too. The detailed histories of the ships often go into details about just what the "interests" amounted to, all quite fascinating - see de Kay's book on Macedonian for a recent writeup. Stan 21:36, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Thanks. Do you mind writing a bit about this at an appropiate place in the Wikipedia? If you do so tell me where. Sanders muc 22:42, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Yes, as I was writing my reply, I thought about how there wasn't something to link to - naval history would be the logical place to add. Stan 23:46, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
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Anyone know about the comments in ()s in this article like (sic) after something that looks OK, and (really?) under the carronades list? They belong there, or should they get ax'd? Thanx 68.39.174.150 04:23, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)