#submarines
Japanese Patrol Boat 39 sinking after being torpedoed by American submarine Seawolf, 23 Apr 1943; seen from Seawolf’s periscope.
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they may be the last to know about corona https://www.9news.com.au/world/coronavirus-submariners-likely-last-to-know-about-global-pandemic/92f45333-2d43-4fca-827d-c1367f5975ba?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
adorable friendship https://www.boredpanda.com/orangutans-otters-friendship-belgian-zoo/
The old and the new….
PACIFIC OCEAN (October 19, 2020) – Past and future intersected when a quadcopter-style drone resupplied, at sea, one of the United States Navy’soldestsubmarines,Ohio-class ballistic missile submarineUSSHenry M. Jackson (SSBN 730).(The submarine was commissioned in 1984.)
Delivery complete….the drone heads for home.
The test event was successful….with the 21st century drone depositing its package (look to the far right in the video) for pick-up on the submarine’s hull by waiting crew members….and returning to operators aboard a nearby surface ship.
Electronics Technician, Submarine, Navigation,1st Class Carlos Gonzalez, USN and Chief Electronics Technician, Submarine, Navigation Michael Inman, USN, pilot the drone from a nearby surface vessel.
While short in distance and small in size, the experimental operation demonstrated potential for future resupply operations without the need for ports or, even, nearby ships. (OrAmazon Prime!)
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>>Turn up the sound on the video….you can hear the submarine crew members on deck clapping at the successful delivery….
>>Video:Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Devin M. Langer, USN; Photos: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael B. Zingaro, USN
Mac Miller’s Submarines Sessions
“If you get dizzy, that’s fine
Just don’t get stuck, and fall
Down, down, down, down…”
1902 photograph of the French submarine Gymnote. The submarine was initially constructed in 1888, with the small conning tower added in 1898. The Gymnote was one of the world’s first all-electric submarines and the first functional submarine equipped with torpedoes.
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Although this song has a hypnotically looping track and some seductive vocals, my favorite part are the lyrics that smash like a brick through your front window.
