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Reply #660 on: September 24, 2019, 07:44:06 AM

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Reply #661 on: September 25, 2019, 07:45:11 AM
Newsreel on USS Arizona.  First seven minutes are pre war activities.  Some good pictures of loading procedures on the guns.
An old bosun mate served on Arkansas in the 30s.  They kept the crew busy, because bored sailors with high explosives is a dangerous mix.  Twice a week, the fire hoses were taken topside and scrubbed down, whether they needed it or not.


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Reply #662 on: September 25, 2019, 12:19:33 PM
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Pskov, a Sierra-class SSN in Kola Bay (Murmansk Fjord) || August 2019



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Reply #663 on: September 25, 2019, 12:49:29 PM
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USS West Virginia (BB-48) in the ABSD floating drydock at Espiritu Santo, November 1944.



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Reply #664 on: September 25, 2019, 12:52:14 PM
USS Long Beach being scrapped



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Reply #665 on: September 25, 2019, 12:56:39 PM
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The UK Carrier Strike Group on Westlant 19 - Queen Elizabeth, Dragon, Northumberland and Tideforce



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Reply #666 on: September 25, 2019, 12:58:24 PM
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HMS Eagle operating with HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark during the Suez Crisis. October 1956


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Reply #667 on: September 25, 2019, 01:12:24 PM
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USS West Virginia (BB-48) in the ABSD floating drydock at Espiritu Santo, November 1944.




Great photo! Look at all the AA nests added on.  :o

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Reply #668 on: September 25, 2019, 01:14:28 PM
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HMS Eagle operating with HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark during the Suez Crisis. October 1956



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Reply #669 on: September 25, 2019, 01:15:51 PM
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The UK Carrier Strike Group on Westlant 19 - Queen Elizabeth, Dragon, Northumberland and Tideforce




Seems to be something missing..................Oh yes, aircraft!

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Reply #670 on: September 25, 2019, 01:23:10 PM
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The UK Carrier Strike Group on Westlant 19 - Queen Elizabeth, Dragon, Northumberland and Tideforce




Seems to be something missing..................Oh yes, aircraft!

Coming soon...

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Reply #671 on: September 25, 2019, 01:30:07 PM
Ha! we've heard that one before  :tickedoff:

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Reply #672 on: September 25, 2019, 08:41:07 PM
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Canadian Oberon-class submarine HMCS Onondaga in a precarious position, caused by a mistake during transport to its final resting location at Pointe-au-Père, Rimouski, Québec as a museum ship, 3 September 2008



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Reply #673 on: September 25, 2019, 09:40:38 PM
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Reply #674 on: September 25, 2019, 11:07:11 PM
That's the way Canadians park their cars when they come down here in the Fall too. Must be an after effect of that beer they have up there.  ::)

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