I endeavored to learn how to pronounce the name of the city. Norfolk. Nor-Folk? No, maybe it’s Nor-Fock. Nor-Fick? Nor-Fuck?
The answer is “All of the above, simultaneously”. I still can’t do it. I refuse to even attempt Louisville. Luh-vul?
The city is mostly known for its naval yard and storied history of sea battles. Yorktown and the end of the Revolution, Hampton Roads and the infamous clash of the Monitor and Merrimac, German U-Boats and the Graveyard of the Atlantic… it’s been busy. All easily condensed into one floor of a naval museum.
Afterwards, we took a boat tour of the U.S. naval base. Astounding really. No less than a dozen destroyers, a couple missile cruisers, various big tankers and amphibious assault launch pads, two nuclear subs, and three aircraft supercarriers.
All told, over 30 billion dollars rests in this naval yard. Entirely unused. That’s a whole lot of tax dollars and debt rusting away just so navy generals can prove they don’t have small penises.
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