Vixen 03 Quotes

“What does it say?"
"What do you want it to say?" she asked. "You haven't bothered to tell me what you're after."
"I want to buy a battleship, of course. Who has one for sale?"
Barbara shot him a dour expression and studied the blue papers. "I'm afraid you're out of luck. The Soviet Union has one left, which is used to train naval cadets. France has long since scrapped hers. Same with Great Britain, even though she still keeps one on the rolls for the sake of tradition."
"The United States?"
"Five of them have been preserved as memorials."
"What are their present locations?"
"They're enshrined in the states they were named after: North Carolina, Texas, Alabama, and Massachusetts."
"You said five."
"The Missouri is maintained by the Navy in Bremerton, Washington. Oh, I almost forgot: the Arizona is still sentimentally kept on naval rolls as a commissioned ship."
Jarvis put his hands behind his head and stared at the ceiling. "I seem to recall the battlewagons Wisconsin and Iowa were tied up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard a few years back."
"Good memory," said Barbara. "According to the report, the Wisconsin went to the ship-breakers in 1984."
"And the Iowa?"
"Sold for scrap.”
― Clive Cussler, Vixen 03

“If Pitt tells you there's a Santa Claus, hang your stocking on the mantel, because you better believe it.”
― Clive Cussler, Vixen 03