Privateer Citizen Genet

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   dymaxion (31 Jul 2007)

   This ship was named by and for Edmond-Charles Genêt who came to the US to talk Washington into joining France's war with the monarchies of Europe. When Washington declined, Genêt went around the US building militias and a private navy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Charles_Gen%C3%AAt