Author name: Tanya Garner

Can You Visit Navy Ships?

In the U.S. there are 164 ships, members of the Historic Naval Ships Association, the public can visit. They range from massive aircraft carriers, to intimidating battleships of World War II, to small patrol boats and experimental submarines. Are there any civilians on Navy ships? The civilian mariners (on any commissioned U.S. Navy ship) are …

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Is Dorset A Town Or County?

Dorset, administrative, geographic, and historic county of southwestern England. It is bordered by the English Channel (south) and the counties of Devon (west), Hampshire (east), and Somerset and Wiltshire (both north). The historic town of Dorchester, in the south, is the county seat. When did Dorset become a county? The county town is Dorchester, in …

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