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RT @USN_Submariner: USS Parche (SSN-683), the most decorated #USNavy submarine in history, was launched at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS #OTD in 1973.
#SubSaturday #ColdWar #SilentService
RT @USN_Submariner: USS Parche (SSN-683), the most decorated #USNavy submarine in history, was launched at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS #OTD in 1973.
#SubSaturday #ColdWar #SilentService
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RT @Sweepers3945: #OTD 1944 JW56A has hit appalling weather N. of the Faroes & - despite the best efforts of the Local Escort commanded by ‘Algerine’ HMS READY - is widely scattered. It will need to regroup at Akureyri, Iceland before re-starting the journey to the Kola #Sweepers80 @karenunikorn
RT @Sweepers3945: #OTD 1944 JW56A has hit appalling weather N. of the Faroes & - despite the best efforts of the Local Escort commanded by ‘Algerine’ HMS READY - is widely scattered. It will need to regroup at Akureyri, Iceland before re-starting the journey to the Kola #Sweepers80 @karenunikorn
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RT @USN_Submariner: #OTD January 17, 1955 11:00am EST, USS Nautilus (SSN 571) cast off lines after a 4 day pierside fast cruise, got underway (📽️below) & sent the iconic message,
"Underway on Nuclear Power"☢️#SilentService https://twitter.com/USN_Submariner/status/1742612712344125819#m
RT @USN_Submariner: #OTD January 17, 1955 11:00am EST, USS Nautilus (SSN 571) cast off lines after a 4 day pierside fast cruise, got underway (📽️below) & sent the iconic message,
"Underway on Nuclear Power"☢️#SilentService https://twitter.com/USN_Submariner/status/1742612712344125819#m
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RT @rgpoulussen: War. (#OTD in 1945, Schilberg, Holland. Churchill tanks, men from 9 Durham Light Infantry and a knocked out German PaK 40 (note the big round hole in its shield). #WW2 #HISTORY)
RT @rgpoulussen: War. (#OTD in 1945, Schilberg, Holland. Churchill tanks, men from 9 Durham Light Infantry and a knocked out German PaK 40 (note the big round hole in its shield). #WW2 #HISTORY)
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RT @RSS_40: #OTD in 1992 🇷🇺 RuNAVY K-276 SSN (Sierra-I class) & 🇺🇸 US NAVY USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689) Los-Angeles class collided. The USA submarine violated Russian territorial waters and tracked K-276. Later Sierra rammed Baton Rouge’s bottom while both SSNs tried to surface.
RT @RSS_40: #OTD in 1992 🇷🇺 RuNAVY K-276 SSN (Sierra-I class) & 🇺🇸 US NAVY USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689) Los-Angeles class collided. The USA submarine violated Russian territorial waters and tracked K-276. Later Sierra rammed Baton Rouge’s bottom while both SSNs tried to surface.
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RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1944, U.S. forces began the assualt on Eniwetok atoll. All but about 140 of the 3,500 Japanese defenders fought to their deaths. Passed by wartime censors, this photo of fatigued Marines after the battle presented a rare image of the psychological effects of combat.
RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1944, U.S. forces began the assualt on Eniwetok atoll. All but about 140 of the 3,500 Japanese defenders fought to their deaths. Passed by wartime censors, this photo of fatigued Marines after the battle presented a rare image of the psychological effects of combat.
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RT @USN_Submariner: #OTD in 1962, the keel was laid for first-in-class USS James Madison (SSBN-627).
As the boomer left Holy Loch in Nov 1974, she collided with a Soviet Victor-class submarine, luckily only resulting in minor damage. The incident was declassified in 2017. #SilentService #ColdWar
RT @USN_Submariner: #OTD in 1962, the keel was laid for first-in-class USS James Madison (SSBN-627).
As the boomer left Holy Loch in Nov 1974, she collided with a Soviet Victor-class submarine, luckily only resulting in minor damage. The incident was declassified in 2017. #SilentService #ColdWar
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RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1984, K-314 collided with USS Kitty Hawk after the Soviet sub surfaced directly in front of the carrier. K-314 suffered significant damage including losing a piece of a propeller blade that became embedded in the Kitty Hawk along with chunks of the sub's anechoic coating.
RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1984, K-314 collided with USS Kitty Hawk after the Soviet sub surfaced directly in front of the carrier. K-314 suffered significant damage including losing a piece of a propeller blade that became embedded in the Kitty Hawk along with chunks of the sub's anechoic coating.
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RT @Saturnax1: #SubMonday #Submarines #ColdWar #History
#OTD in 1982, while on duty in the Barents Sea, the Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet Project 705K/Alfa-class interceptor SSN K-123 suffered a release of approx. 2 tonnes of a liquid metal coolant from the reactor into the reactor compartment, leading to a deterioration of the radiation situation.
As a result of the coolant loss she immediately lost the power, surfaced, the power plant was switched into a cooldown mode, power consumption was transferred to the battery & diesel generator, and the accident was reported to the HQ via radio. K-123 was towed to her home base by the rescue ship Altai.
The accident irreparably damaged the reactor so that it had to be replaced & it took nine years to finish the repairs. The cause of the accident was later defined as a clogging of the steam generator tubes with sludge & corrosion damage.
Photos by Anatoly Khramov, Altai officer, April 8, 1982.
Sources: Bellona & Deepstormru
RT @Saturnax1: #SubMonday #Submarines #ColdWar #History
#OTD in 1982, while on duty in the Barents Sea, the Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet Project 705K/Alfa-class interceptor SSN K-123 suffered a release of approx. 2 tonnes of a liquid metal coolant from the reactor into the reactor compartment, leading to a deterioration of the radiation situation.
As a result of the coolant loss she immediately lost the power, surfaced, the power plant was switched into a cooldown mode, power consumption was transferred to the battery & diesel generator, and the accident was reported to the HQ via radio. K-123 was towed to her home base by the rescue ship Altai.
The accident irreparably damaged the reactor so that it had to be replaced & it took nine years to finish the repairs. The cause of the accident was later defined as a clogging of the steam generator tubes with sludge & corrosion damage.
Photos by Anatoly Khramov, Altai officer, April 8, 1982.
Sources: Bellona & Deepstormru
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RT @RSS_40: #OTD in 1970 USSR NAVY K-8 SSN sank in the Bay of Biscay after catching 🔥 fire. 52 submariners lost their lives. Two nuclear reactors & four nuclear torpedoes fell to depth of 4125 m.
It was fist huge tragedy with nuclear subs for USSR/Ru NAVY😔
RT @RSS_40: #OTD in 1970 USSR NAVY K-8 SSN sank in the Bay of Biscay after catching 🔥 fire. 52 submariners lost their lives. Two nuclear reactors & four nuclear torpedoes fell to depth of 4125 m.
It was fist huge tragedy with nuclear subs for USSR/Ru NAVY😔