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USS Silversides SS-236
#otd in 1941 USS Silversides SS-236 is launched at Mare Island Navy Yard. You can visit her at USS Silversides Museum. #silenthunter...
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#otd USS Nautilus SSN-571
Flashback to 1958 #otd USS Nautilus SSN-571 Entered New York harbor after her voyage under the North Pole. #USSNautilus #SSN571 #usnavy...
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Caption? (#otd in 1942 a F4F-4 Wildcat crashed aboard USS RANGER CV-4 after an off center landing attempt. The pilot was Ensign G. W....
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USS Enterprise CV-6 #OTD 1942
A Japanese Type 99 Val burns as it is shot down directly over USS Enterprise CV-6 #otd in 1942. Note radar antenna atop the carrier's...
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USS Blakley DE-1072 Launching
We look back on #otd in 1969 to USS Blakley DE-1072 being launched at the Avondale Shipyard. She along with the rest of the Knox Class...
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Henderson Field August 1942
A look back at Henderson Field in WWII #otd in 1942, looking south east. The aircraft on field are F4F's and note all the craters from...