67newport
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USS North Carolina, 3 June 1942. Commissioned on the 9 April 1941, she was the first new US battleship in 18 years.
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67newport
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Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Magnificent in dry dock, Gibraltar. 1907
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Gneisenau during Operation Belrin, 1941
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German battleship Bismarck being fitted out
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Carrier Kaga off Ikari, Japan, 1930
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Starboard bow view of USS Cloues (DE-265) off Mare Island.
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Yesterday, I had the awesome opportunity to fly in Fifi here in Sioux Falls.
Awesome experience!
Awesome experience!
havent had one of these in a while. I never tire of these.
Play it loud if you can but probably NSFW ... interesting history (dont not vouch for its accuracy) at the top of each engine start
Play it loud if you can but probably NSFW ... interesting history (dont not vouch for its accuracy) at the top of each engine start
probably here already .. but still fun to watch 50-100 year old engines doing their thing
70bigblockdodge
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Definitely, these all buck, and snort, and breath fire, like they are the most aggravated thing from being awaked.
67newport
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I wonder how Miss Florida responded to this photo request?
"What? You want to shoot me in front of a big tractor?? OK, I'll do it... for World Peace!"
"What? You want to shoot me in front of a big tractor?? OK, I'll do it... for World Peace!"
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LocuMob
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I got to see 4014 in person! It was in St. Paul in July 2019. My dad wasn't going to go with me, but I'm glad he did, he's the one who got me into trains. He was a total dork and was telling me what all the gizmos did, it was a total blast.
Then saw it again in Iowa, in August.
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67newport
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Holy crap! You will have to tell me about it next week!
LocuMob
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That was the perfect project manager for the job, at least on the public relations side, very informative and super polite. He chatted with me and my dad as long as he could, after the public gathering was supposed to have ended.
67newport
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Breech of a Battleship 16" gun.
No "smart" phones, calculators or computers to overthink it.
Just brilliant men with paper, pencil and a slide rule
No "smart" phones, calculators or computers to overthink it.
Just brilliant men with paper, pencil and a slide rule
67newport
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USS Wyoming (BB-32) leads USS Nevada (BB-36), USS Oklahoma (BB-37), USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) on their way back from Caribbean to New York. April 13, 1919.
