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Reply #1065 on: February 20, 2020, 12:48:38 PM
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Argentinian battleship ARA Rivadavia entering dry dock, Brooklyn, August 06, 1913


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Reply #1066 on: February 20, 2020, 01:54:50 PM
Great selection of pictures - especially the Austrian ships.

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Reply #1067 on: February 20, 2020, 03:25:22 PM
That last image of mirth's is all black with a message "If you are looking for an image, it was probably deleted."

I'm guessing that's my company's firewall blocking it though, if y'all can see them. :(

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Reply #1068 on: February 20, 2020, 03:28:17 PM
Quote from: BanzaiCat on February 20, 2020, 03:25:22 PM
I'm guessing that's my company's firewall blocking it though, if y'all can see them. :(


nope, I'm getting the same thing and pretty sure it's not your company firewall affecting me here

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Reply #1069 on: February 20, 2020, 03:28:59 PM
I wouldn't be surprised, they keep buying up companies like Pac-Man eating pellets

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Reply #1070 on: February 20, 2020, 04:44:23 PM
No I can't see 'em either.

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Reply #1071 on: February 20, 2020, 04:52:48 PM
Must have been deleted from Reddit. There are ways around that though.

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Reply #1072 on: February 20, 2020, 04:57:03 PM
It won't pose a problem for a man of your outstanding technical abilities.

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Reply #1073 on: February 20, 2020, 06:26:42 PM
The Wayback Machine archives Reddit?

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Reply #1074 on: February 20, 2020, 06:32:19 PM
Probably. The Wayback Machine archives everything it can. I used to it to track down an old article on Medium that Brant wrote.

Anyway, I could still see the image in my browser so I downloaded it and added it as an attachment to the post.

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Reply #1075 on: February 23, 2020, 01:55:36 PM
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USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) In a near-vertical position, after her tail rose out-of-control while she was moored at the high mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, shortly after 1:30 PM on 25 August 1927. Source NHHC.



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Reply #1076 on: February 23, 2020, 02:00:19 PM
Must have been a bit uncomfortable for the crew.

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Reply #1077 on: February 23, 2020, 03:07:15 PM
IIRC, there was no one on board at the time (that, or no one was injured at all, can't now recall what I'd read). This incident is one of the reasons the Navy went to the short-mast mooring system which had the zeps and blimps secured actually at near touch-down level.


EDIT: Always check the wiki before trying to recall from memory. The crew was indeed aboard and tried to counterbalance by climbing the keel walkways into the stern in an attempt to shift internal weight to the rear.

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Reply #1078 on: February 23, 2020, 05:25:24 PM

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Reply #1079 on: February 23, 2020, 05:56:36 PM
looks like a scene out of Flash Gordon

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