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Reportedly, the USS Independence signaled to the Amerigo Vespucci: "You are the most beautiful ship in the world."
Training ship? Who the fuck is training on a ship like that.
US coast guard still trains officers on a tall ship, the USCGC Eagle
What are they training for? A pirate raid? Swashbuckling with Blackbeard?
They are getting trained to listen to and understand the see, winds, and weather conditions, because on a tall ship you have to do that to a degree incomparable to modern, engine powered ships.
I definitely know of Germany since a female trainee got sexual attacked by other trainees on it.
That was not part of the regular training.
Statistically?
It kind of was. Even in 2021, about 8% of female service members reported being assaulted that year.