commission——Warship Girls R & Starship Troopers (1/1)

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Does anyone know the crew size for a US Navy 20mm Oerlikon AA gun including operators, trainers, loaders, etc.? Is it 2 where it's tight to 5?
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USS Oriskany ~7:28 am, October 26, 1966, a 27-lb. flare lights 250 others starting a devastating fire that destroys 3 aircraft, damages 3 more, injures 156 men and kills 44. That's just part of her fascinating story.

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Fortune, naval tugboat, mother ship and submarine tender. And mentor of Grampus and Pike

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3/ - Again, compare arrangements.

Ticonderoga ↖️↙️↗️↘️:
Gun, VLS, radar/superstructure, stack,
stack, radar/superstructure, helo, VLS

DDG(X) :
Gun, VLS, radar/superstructure, stack,
VLS, stack, radar/superstructure, helo.

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マハラージャンedenのMV、USNAVYのガチセーラー服使ってるのが良き。

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Happy late birthday to F-14 Tomcat! 🇺🇸

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Admiral Kuznetsov↖️ is one of many large ships to burn and/or sink in port while NOT in attacked. Others? SS Paris, SS Liberté, SS Normandie↗️, USS Maine↙️, USS Bonhomme Richard, 075 LHD, etc. Let's look at them. Can you think of any others? 1/

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Shokaku-class - Of the six Kido Butai IJN aircraft carriers attacking Pearl Harbor (Kaga, Akagi, Hiryu, Soryu, Shokaku and Zuikaku), the Shokaku-class twins, Shokaku and Zuikaku, were brand new. Were they also the best? 1/

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4/ F3F-3↖️↗️; 27 built, all for Per Wiki, "Featured a redesigned forward fuselage forward of the aft cabane struts." I don't really see the difference, but... Also here's the F3F-2 cockpit↙️↘️ at . 📸: https://t.co/PgAHSZGFNf.

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- The US Navy's Grumman's F8F Bearcat↙️↘️ was one of WW2's fastest fighters. It had the F4F's↖️smaller size to operate from escort carriers and nbr. of guns. to the F6F's↗️more powerful engine. The result was... 1/

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Civil War - USS Hartford was Admiral David G. Farragut's flagship. She fought at the Battle of New Orleans in 1862, Vicksburg in 1863, and the Battle of Mobile Bay August 5, 1864. 12 of her crew received the Medal of Honor that day! There's a great 1/

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Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II’s three main blocks are F-35A (USAF), F-35B (STOVL for USMC) and F-35C (USN). Others include F-35I (Israel) and proposed F-35D and CF-35. So why are “booms” called that? Here's more jargon you'll love.

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Douglas SBD Dauntless / A-24 Banshee carrier-borne and land-based dive-bomber saw extensive action in the Pacific. At Midway, SBDs damaged the IJN carriers Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu, leading to loss of all four. 1/ TY

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I was internet manager at Parkway Cadillac , Internet manager and now relocating to Boston by end of November. Thank you ☺️
Captain hat my most favorite as I am USNavy vet👍

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vet) Biker Jacket, Dragon 🐉 Tatoo on the neck , Money 💰 on my mind, filling up my bag with Goodieszzzz +Red skin 🔥🔥🔥

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A cutaway drawing of the then "revolutionary" Grumman F-14 Tomcat from the January 1970 issue of the Popular Mechanics Magazine. Artwork by Fred Wolff.

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