The USS Retribution a historic sailing ship impressed into US Navy use.

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Originally Posted by kato13

Another quote from howling wilderness which IMO supports the thought that unrest rather than more nukes led to a great amount of destruction.

"The exclusion of a city from this list (the strike list mentioned above) does not mean that it is intact. Civil unrest, hostile military action and other factors have caused severe damage in regions otherwise untouched by the war."

I would think especially after most of the remaining military units either got pulled to the Pacific Northwest to stop the drive on Seattle or down to stop the Mexicans. With them gone and electricity generation almost completely stopped and no fuel - things must have gotten very down and very dirty very quickly in any large urban area.