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[–] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Training with sails? The Mexican Navy has to have boats with motors right?

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  • [–] [S] 21 points 1 year ago*

    A number of navies have a tall ship


    a large, old-style sailing ship


    that they use for training. I believe that they also use them for ceremonies and maybe recruiting and stuff. Kind of a prestige thing, if they can scrape together the funds to have one.

    The US has the USCGC Eagle for the Coast Guard and the USS Constitution


    the oldest commissioned warship afloat


    for the Navy.

    According to its Wikipedia page, the Cuauhtémoc does have an auxillary motor, so it's not completely reliant on wind.

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