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mirth

Dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy photo album

http://imgur.com/gallery/rk0Mv

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

besilarius

Fleetweek 1932 in NYC.
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Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

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Master Chiefs are sneaky, dastardly, and snarky miscreants who thrive on the tears of Ensigns and belly dancers.   Admiral Gerry Bogan.

Centurion40

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HMCS Magnificent in Halifax harbour when my dad served on her in 1952.



Any time is a good time for pie.

mirth

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus


mirth

QuoteCaptain's view aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) as the carrier approaches the pier where USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is already docked


"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

QuoteThe only functioning tank landing ship tank left in the world, LST-325 at Chattanooga, TN, 2014.

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

QuoteUSS Halibut(SSGN-587) watches a Regulus missile fly away 25 Mar 1960.

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

QuoteThe Big "O". Aerial view of USS Oriskany (CV-34) underway, probably during her maiden deployment and only Med cruise, May–October 1951.


"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Centurion40

Quote from: mirth on September 03, 2015, 11:28:00 AM
QuoteCaptain's view aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) as the carrier approaches the pier where USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is already docked




Looks like fun!
Any time is a good time for pie.

Centurion40

Quote from: mirth on September 03, 2015, 11:39:37 AM
QuoteUSS Halibut(SSGN-587) watches a Regulus missile fly away 25 Mar 1960.



Sweet find!
Any time is a good time for pie.

Centurion40

Quote from: mirth on September 03, 2015, 11:31:04 AM
QuoteThe only functioning tank landing ship tank left in the world, LST-325 at Chattanooga, TN, 2014.



Well get this as the Grogferry to our future Grog Island fortress.
Any time is a good time for pie.

Airborne Rifles

Japan launches its second Izumo-class "destroyer." They named her Kaga  :coolsmiley:



Next one to be named Akagi perhaps?

mirth

Seems like they are naming them after old provinces. So maybe not Akagi, but Shinano, Yamato, and Musashi would all be options.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus