This talk of the navy reminds me of another story I heard from a Yankee prisoner. Thanks for the drink, Claude.
After an underwater mine was brought aboard a Union vessel General Grant and Flag Officer Foote began to examine it. While the mine was being disarmed it made a hissing sound which alarmed the crew and the officers which scrambled for cover. Grant and Foote lunged for a ladder. Grant got there first and, followed closely by Foote, scrambled to the upper deck. Collecting their wits, they smiled at each other. ‘What’s your hurry?’ asked Foote, to which Grant replied, ‘The Army can not afford to let the Navy get ahead of it.’
I dont believe the Navy has ever caught up
Another round, Claude!