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  1. I've heard that in the U.S. Navy since WW2, surface-ship sailors, submariners, naval flyers, and marines have always prepared to go to war against up to three enemies at the same time.

    (Those enemies being U.S. marines, naval flyers, submariners, and/or surface-ship sailors).

    #navalHistory #jokes #lazySunday

  2. I'm reading Six Frigates and I had *Thoughts* about who should really be called the Father of the U.S. Navy. So running a poll. Share your thoughts. Either comment there re here. Vote. It's all in good fun.

    ko-fi.com/polls/Father-of-the-

    #NavalHistory
    #USNavy
    #History
    #Histodons

  3. The British heavy cruiser HMS Cornwall was one of the Royal Navy’s County-class cruisers. Cornwall intercepted and destroyed the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin in May 1941.
    Sunk by Japanese dive bombers on 5 April 1942. destinationsjourney.com/histor #secondworldwar #cruiser #heavycruiser #HMSCornwall #maritimehistory #naval #navy #royalnavy #warship #NavalHistory

  4. The British heavy cruiser HMS Cornwall was one of the Royal Navy’s County-class cruisers. Cornwall intercepted and destroyed the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin in May 1941.
    Sunk by Japanese dive bombers on 5 April 1942. destinationsjourney.com/histor #secondworldwar #cruiser #heavycruiser #HMSCornwall #maritimehistory #naval #navy #royalnavy #warship #NavalHistory

  5. The British heavy cruiser HMS Cornwall was one of the Royal Navy’s County-class cruisers. Cornwall intercepted and destroyed the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin in May 1941.
    Sunk by Japanese dive bombers on 5 April 1942. destinationsjourney.com/histor #secondworldwar #cruiser #heavycruiser #HMSCornwall #maritimehistory #naval #navy #royalnavy #warship #NavalHistory

  6. The British heavy cruiser HMS Cornwall was one of the Royal Navy’s County-class cruisers. Cornwall intercepted and destroyed the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin in May 1941.
    Sunk by Japanese dive bombers on 5 April 1942. destinationsjourney.com/histor #secondworldwar #cruiser #heavycruiser #HMSCornwall #maritimehistory #naval #navy #royalnavy #warship #NavalHistory

  7. The British heavy cruiser HMS Cornwall was one of the Royal Navy’s County-class cruisers. Cornwall intercepted and destroyed the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin in May 1941.
    Sunk by Japanese dive bombers on 5 April 1942. destinationsjourney.com/histor #secondworldwar #cruiser #heavycruiser #HMSCornwall #maritimehistory #naval #navy #royalnavy #warship #NavalHistory

  8. HMS Ramillies was a Royal Sovereign-class battleship of the Royal Navy commissioned into service in 1893.

    She became increasingly obsolescent as the all-big-gun concept emerged in the early 1900s. Placed in reserve and eventually paid off, being sold for breaking up in 1913, just as HMS Dreadnought had rendered her entire generation of battleships obsolete. #Navy #battleship #HMSRamillies #maritimehistory #naval #NavalHistory #Predreadnought #RoyalNavy #Ship #warship destinationsjourney.com/histor

  9. HMS Hood was a British Royal Navy pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Sovereign class laid down in 1889 at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 30 June 1891.
    On 4 November 1914, early in the First World War, when she was deliberately sunk as a blockship in the southern entrance of Portland Harbour to protect the anchorage from submarine attack. destinationsjourney.com/histor #RoyalNavy #battleship #HMSHood1891 #maritimehistory #naval #NavalHistory #Navy #Predreadnought #Ship #warship

  10. #TIL that the Royal Navy started employing female nurses for land-based service in naval hospitals during the 1880s. They weren't commissioned, but were treated as equivalent to junior officers: they had private "cabins" (rooms), were addressed as "Madam", included beside officers in the published Navy List from 1885 onwards, and male Sick Bay Attendants had to follow their "requests" the same as orders from the surgeon.

    They were not allowed to treat "afflictions of the middle third of the body" (sexually-transmitted diseases) in the male sailors, and didn't actually go to sea until 1898.

    #history #womensHistory #militaryHistory #navalHistory #UKhistory

  11. In honor of the Artemis II coming home safe, I wrote about the first American in space - the Mercury 3 mission.

    Check it out: ko-fi.com/post/Picking-Up-the-

    Like, comment, boost, donate if you are able.

    #NASA
    #Artemis2
    #ArtemisII
    #LakeChamplain
    #Mercury
    #Recovery
    #NavalHistory
    #History
    #Histodons

  12. Defining your terms is important in research. So I did. Check it out. Like, comment, boost, donate if you are able. Still aiming for that 10 regular supporters.

    ko-fi.com/post/Whats-a-Cruiser

    #NavalHistory
    #History
    #Histodons
    #Navy
    #USCivilWar
    #Ships
    #Straits

  13. Interesting podcast about the history of cats on ships. The section from about 52 mins to the end talks about Simon, the only cat to have been awarded the animal equivalent to the Victoria Cross.

    #caturday #navalHistory #cats

    cms.megaphone.fm/channel/the-u

  14. Check it - Intelligence Gathering - 19th Century Style. Like, comment, boost. Donate if you are able, I would really like to spend more time doing this rather than in courtrooms.

    ko-fi.com/post/Intelligence-Ga

    #NavalHistory
    #Navy
    #Histodons
    #History
    #civilWar
    #RioDeJaneiro

  15. HMS Royal Sovereign was a British pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Sovereign class, built for the Royal Navy under the Naval Defence Act 1889. She was laid down at Portsmouth Dockyard on 30 September 1889, launched on 26 February 1891, and commissioned into service on 31 May 1892. The ship was decommissioned on 9 September 1909 and sold for scrap on 7 October 1913. destinationsjourney.com/histor #navalhistory #maritimehistory #royalnavy #Navy #Naval #battleship

  16. Royal Navy Ironclad HMS Captain under construction. HMS Captain was an innovative but ultimately ill-fated ironclad turret ship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1869. Due to poor design, she rolled over and sank during a storm less than 6 months after commissioning destinationsjourney.com/histor #maritimehistory #navalhistory #RoyalNavy #HMSCaptain #battleship #ironclad

  17. The Russian ironclad battleship Chesma was one of the four ships of the Ekaterina II class (which included Ekaterina II , Sinop, and their half-sister Georgii Pobedonosets) built for the Imperial Russian Black Sea Fleet during the late nineteenth century. destinationsjourney.com/histor #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #battleship #Ironclad #Chesma #ImperialRussianNavy #Navy #Naval #Maritime

  18. Almirante Brown was ordered as part of Argentina’s effort to maintain naval parity with neighbouring Brazil and Chile. The cruiser was constructed by the Italian shipbuilding firm Ansaldo at Genoa in Italy. She was laid down in 1927, launched in 1929, and commissioned into Argentine service in 1931. The vessel was the lead ship of a two-cruiser class that also included ARA Veinticinco de Mayo. destinationsjourney.com/histor #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #Cruiser #HeavyCruiser #ArgentineNavy

  19. Almirante Brown was ordered as part of Argentina’s effort to maintain naval parity with neighbouring Brazil and Chile. The cruiser was constructed by the Italian shipbuilding firm Ansaldo at Genoa in Italy. She was laid down in 1927, launched in 1929, and commissioned into Argentine service in 1931. The vessel was the lead ship of a two-cruiser class that also included ARA Veinticinco de Mayo. destinationsjourney.com/histor #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #Cruiser #HeavyCruiser #ArgentineNavy

  20. Almirante Brown was ordered as part of Argentina’s effort to maintain naval parity with neighbouring Brazil and Chile. The cruiser was constructed by the Italian shipbuilding firm Ansaldo at Genoa in Italy. She was laid down in 1927, launched in 1929, and commissioned into Argentine service in 1931. The vessel was the lead ship of a two-cruiser class that also included ARA Veinticinco de Mayo. destinationsjourney.com/histor #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #Cruiser #HeavyCruiser #ArgentineNavy

  21. Almirante Brown was ordered as part of Argentina’s effort to maintain naval parity with neighbouring Brazil and Chile. The cruiser was constructed by the Italian shipbuilding firm Ansaldo at Genoa in Italy. She was laid down in 1927, launched in 1929, and commissioned into Argentine service in 1931. The vessel was the lead ship of a two-cruiser class that also included ARA Veinticinco de Mayo. destinationsjourney.com/histor #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #Cruiser #HeavyCruiser #ArgentineNavy

  22. Almirante Brown was ordered as part of Argentina’s effort to maintain naval parity with neighbouring Brazil and Chile. The cruiser was constructed by the Italian shipbuilding firm Ansaldo at Genoa in Italy. She was laid down in 1927, launched in 1929, and commissioned into Argentine service in 1931. The vessel was the lead ship of a two-cruiser class that also included ARA Veinticinco de Mayo. destinationsjourney.com/histor #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #Cruiser #HeavyCruiser #ArgentineNavy