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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Here's an archive of Wikipedia's cited source for the story.

I kind of feel like a US ship is a bit biased towards ships named after the country/continent's own namesake, but it is impressive. It was launched in 1931, but it's modelled after ships of the line from the late 1700s.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Following a not wholly dissimilar idea, there is also German training ship Gorch Fock.

German training ship Gorch Fock, a sail barque, with sails set

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thing is, the Amerigo is huge, you wouldn't tell from the pictures, it's got over 2 times the displacement of the Gorch Fock

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Huh, I did not know that. Neat.