EARLY EPISODE: The American Suicide Fleet of WWI
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When America entered WWI they found their Navy seriously lacking. To fill the gap, FDR bought a bunch of yachts from his rich friends and tried to turn them into subchasers. It did no go well.
Sources:
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2015/june/gilded-men-and-suicide-fleet
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2011/january/when-frank-jack-met-maggie
https://airmail.news/issues/2024-8-24/the-new-york-yacht-club-goes-to-war
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1973/june/eagle-boats-world-war-i
https://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170527.htm
Comments
Regarding the German Texas comments at around 10:00 - I recommend reading the Wikipedia article on the Adelsverein, the attempt by various members of German nobility to turn Texas into a German-speaking colony. My grandfather was fluent in Texas German so it's a subject I've always had a lot of interest in. Side note: The majority German-speaking counties were among the very few counties to vote against secession leading into the Civil War.
Jake Rawls
2025-04-01 03:49:56 +0000 UTCThe power of the uncle nephew bond gave us LMFAO and produced the hit single "I'm sexy and I know it" so it can win us this war
Arkos
2025-03-30 19:22:52 +0000 UTC
