SS Botany Bay
Plot of a Steven Seagal movie? Decommissioning of the USS Ingraham continues at Naval Station Everett, as the Navy prepares to tow the warship to Bremerton to be scrapped.
If the Navy donated its surplus ships to local government like the Army unloads its extraneous armored vehicles to small-town police departments, the Ingraham might make a dandy floating jail anchored in Port Gardner. Added bonus: lots of the inmates could put their particular set of skills — scrap metal theft — to positive use in dismantling the ship.
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1859, Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species,” in which he explained his theory of evolution by natural selection.
Today, it’s generally accepted that humans are highly evolved creatures — a conviction that endures despite “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” “Jersey Shore,” Honey Boo-Boo, the Florida State football team, O.J. Simpson, Charles Manson, the Islamic State, and an infinity of other completely convincing evidence to the contrary.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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