Navy history, quotes

Posted by James Briggs on November 07, 2002

In Reply to: Navy history, quotes posted by ESC on November 07, 2002

: : : Any help is greatly appreciated.

: : All I could find is what you probably already know -- it's a "traditional navy blessing."

: Well, I found the Naval History Center online at www.history.navy.mil/ It has (under Traditions of the Naval Service) information about famous Naval quotes and traditions. But the U.S. Navy site said don't e-mail any questions because there's no staff to answer them. I did a search of "fair winds and following seas" and came up zero. The plot thickens.

I looked on the Royal Navy web site, also with no luck. However, there are many naval based sayings on part of the site.

• Following sea Shae 11/08/02
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