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Rokkenjiman Museum Ship Visits InnsmouthINNSMOUTH -- In the latest stage of a goodwill tour, IRN
Josiah Rhodes, a museum ship operated by the Imperial Rokkenjiman Navy, stopped in Innsmouth on Friday for a port call which lasted until early Tuesday. The ship, a battleship with an honorary naval commission, was unavailable for tours during the visit due to unexpected mechanical problems, but proved a popular attraction nonetheless. Citizens entertained themselves by taking selfies with the ship in the background, or with sailors in port on leave. The Rokkenjiman sailors were well-behaved and no incidents related to their shore leave were reported.
Josiah Rhodes departed Tuesday morning for Port Monsoon, Floodwater, next on its itinerary of non-Rokkenjiman ports on this tour.
President Jim Tanner's office did not respond to a request for comment, but according to a spokesperson for the Department of Defense, representatives from the Imperial Rokkenjiman Navy were gracious in their communications regarding the visit. Defense Secretary Orrin J. Forrester spoke to reporters later. "While we obviously have our differences with Rokkenjima," he said, "We're happy to host these goodwill gestures whenever the Rokkenjimans want to make them." When asked whether he thought the decision to stop in Centralia had anything to do with tensions between Rokkenjima and Tamora, Forrester was adamant that he did not believe that was the case. "The entire purpose of this visit was to promote goodwill," he said, "We accepted the offer of a visit; the fact that the
Josiah Rhodes didn't stop in Tamora most likely just means that the Tamorans did not. I wouldn't read anything more into it."