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๐บ๐ธUSNavyโ๏ธSilent Service๐ดโโ ๏ธVeteran โฉEngineerโ๏ธVFW๐บ๐ธ(BryanH) Submarine researcher, historian, collector, data hoarder Quoted in Popular Mechanics, Newsweek
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Joined September 2011
Original view of the originalโs screw.... The world's first ballistic missile submarine, USS George Washington (SSBN 598), in dry dock. โ
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OTD in 1958: The keel was laid for Skipjack-class SSN Scorpion. But that hull was lengthened & repurposed into the worldโs first ballistic missile submarine: USS George Washington (SSBN-598) The nuclear giant that reshaped the world! ๐ธHer screw at Washington Navy Yard
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#OTD in 1958, the Baltimore-class heavy cruiser USS Chicago (CA-136) was reclassified CG-11 as it began a five-year conversion to a guided missile cruiser. The entire conversion process required enough blue prints to have covered more than 25 acres.
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I see you โฆ@weatherchannelโฉ ๐ง You knew exactly how to get my attentionโฆthought it was a sequel announcement or something
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Happy Saturday Night ๐ฅ
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USS Permit (SSN 594) diving off Point Mugu in 1963 when suddenly a P-3A Orion from Patrol Squadron (VP) 46 โGrey Knightsโ swoops in
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During WWII, U.S. Navy Seabees earned a reputation for being able to make fast progress after landing on Japanese-held islands despite heavy fire. A joke circulated that the Japanese were retreating from U.S. Marines on roads built by Seabees. #SeaStorySaturday
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On this date in 1914 the British cruisers Good Hope and Monmouth were sunk with all hands in the Battle of Coronel. The average age of the 734 men on the Monmouth was *25*. #history
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Egypt's Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time.
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The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.
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e.g. -Old Man Marley
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OTD in 1994: Silencing the Silent Mountaineer USS West Virginia (SSBN 736) in the Magnetic Silencing Facility at Kings Bay
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A naval engineer trying to develop methods to stabilize ship equipment accidentally created a classic toy when he knocked over a steel spring and watched it walk down a stack of books. He started a company that introduced the walking spring as "Slinky" in November, 1945.
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โผ๏ธ Breaking ๐ท๐บ ยซKhabarovskยป special operation nuclear submarine was launched at SevMash shipyard (Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk region) on 1 Nov 2025. The submarine will get ยซPoseidonยป (nuclear unmanned vehicle) in its arsenal. Pic by @DnKornev Courtesy: RuMOD
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#OTD in 1940, the enormous Yamato-class battleship Musashi was launched. The huge volume and weight of the ship sliding into Nagasaki Harbor caused a 4-foot wave that surged up rivers, capsizing fishing boats and flooding homes along the banks.
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Submarines SS #SPSTonina S62 (1973-2002) Delfรญn/Daphnรฉ Class ๐ท 17 March 2002 #Malaga (Antonio Muรฑoz Criado) @Armada_esp ๐ช๐ฆ
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The Fubuki class destroyer Shirayuki under attack at the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Although the image is blurry, you can easily see two large stacks of lumber on the decks port side. They were used for immediate repair issues from battle damage. Evidence that the Shirayuki was
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This was such a great run ashore
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"Vermont has thirteen people from the Royal Australian Navy operating as part of the crew after training in the United States, according to the release." If we keep up methodical implementation of Pillar 1, we can make the critics blush. Fingers crossed. https://t.co/5MKjKpEvMq
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A Virginia-class attack submarine is in port in Australia for the second maintenance period of a nuclear-powered boat on foreign soil. USS Vermont (SSN-792) pulled into HMAS Stirling on Wednesday for...
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The City of Philadelphiaโs celebration commemorating the 250th anniversary of the establishment of Americaโs Navy and Marine Corps continues this November with Marine-themed events.
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The City of Philadelphiaโs celebration commemorating the 250th anniversary of the establishment of Americaโs Navy and Marine Corps continues this November with Marine-themed events.
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