Thursday evening we returned to Rum Runners with Clayton & Pat to see the dueling pianos. We were up early Friday to be at Ft Morgan by 8:45 to see the USS Farragut, a guided missile destroyer, arrive in Mobile for Mardi Gras. The USS Farragut was named after Union Admiral David Farragut who said "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" during the Union victory at the Battle of Mobile Bay. The Farragut was going to stop at Ft Morgan and exchange salutes then place a wreath over the USS Tecumseh which was sunk by a Confederate torpedo (mine) during the battle.
It is VERY windy (35mph and gusty) which apparently caused the Farragut to sail right by the fort into the bay without stopping well before 8am and our arrival. So we missed the Farragut, cannon fire and the Farragut's response. We did see the flyover by the Coast Guard.
