Talk:USS Nashville (PG-7)

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This was the gunboat that President Theodore Roosevelt sent to Panama in 1903 to support Panama's secession from Columbia, which began 3 November 1903, to facilitate the United States in constructing the Panama Canal. That seems worth mentioning. Refer to March 2004 Smithsonian magazine Dick Kimball (talk) 18:30, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1907 Great Lakes cruise[edit]

The article lists the ship as having transited the "Saint Lawrence Seaway" to the Great Lakes in 1907. This is clearly impossible, as the Seaway wasn't completed until 52 years later. How, exactly, did the Nashville get to Lake Ontario? Did it steam upriver through the rapids? Did it transit the La Chine Canal? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.68.39.28 (talk) 05:01, 21 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The ship used the Canadian system of Canals in place prior to the contruction of the St Lawrence Seaway. They were canals along the St Lawrence that allowed ships to pass rapids along the river. These canals were smaller than the seaway, but they did allow ships smaller than a certain size to navigate into the great lakes — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edantu (talk • contribs) 22:14, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

1903 Panama Independence[edit]

Wasn't the USS Nashville the warship President Theodore Roosevelt sent to Panama in 1903 to ensure the success of its secession from Columbia, which not coincidentally facilitated the U.S. in its building of the Panama Canal? Source: Davis, Kenneth C; Don't Know Much About History; New York; HarperCollins, 2011, p. 294 Dick Kimball (talk) 13:52, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

An entry has now been added to the page mentioning the USS Nashville's role in securing the Panama treaty. cite added as well Edantu (talk) 15:40, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]