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Author: Steve203 ⎊❂🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Re: Those Trump Class "Battleships"
Date: 12/23/25 5:23 PM
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The UK Royal National Lifeboat Institution has a way you can donate where your loved one's name (or your name if you like) gets put on the side of a lifeboat:

Funding a warship by public subscription is not unheard of:

Japanese battleship Mutsu

Mutsu, named for Mutsu Province,[31] was laid down at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 1 June 1918 and launched on 31 May 1920.[16] Funding for the ship had partly come from donations from schoolchildren.

en.wikipedia.org - Japanese battleship Mutsu

HMS Erin (which had been built for the Ottoman Empire, and commandeered by the UK)

The takeover caused considerable ill will in the Ottoman Empire, where public subscriptions had partially funded the ships. When the Ottoman government had been in a financial deadlock over the budget of the battleships, donations for the Ottoman Navy had come in from taverns, cafés, schools and markets, and large donations were rewarded with a "Navy Donation Medal".

Wikipedia: HMS Erin - Wikipedia

Greek cruiser Georgios Averof

When the Italian government cancelled the third ship of the class due to budgetary concerns, the Greek government immediately stepped in and bought her with a one-third downpayment (ca. 300,000 gold pound sterling), the bequest of a wealthy Greek benefactor, Georgios Averof, whose name she consequently received.

en.wikipedia.org - Greek cruiser Georgios Averof

But how can I hide the sarcasm, when I propose the funding scheme to the White House?

Steve

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