USS Cincinnati

Today, the U.S. Navy will commission the fifth USS Cincinnati at Mobile, Alabama.

The first USS Cincinnati was a Union Civil War ironclad that operated on the rivers and Gulf of Mexico.  It was sunk twice and raised each time.

To read more about the new USS Cincinnati and the other ships of that name, go to my Cooter's History Thing blog.  You can quickly get to it by going to the My Blog List area to the right of this.

--Old B-Runner