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RT @USN_Submariner: USS Ethan Allen (SSBN 608), the only submarine to detonation test a SLBM with a live nuclear warhead, was commissioned #OTD in 1961.
During Operation Dominic (Frigate Bird), she launched the Polaris A-2 w/a 600 kT warhead.
#USNavy #SilentService #Boomers
RT @USN_Submariner: USS Ethan Allen (SSBN 608), the only submarine to detonation test a SLBM with a live nuclear warhead, was commissioned #OTD in 1961.
During Operation Dominic (Frigate Bird), she launched the Polaris A-2 w/a 600 kT warhead.
#USNavy #SilentService #Boomers
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RT @HthHans: #OTD 10 August 1809 a Danish-Norwegian gun boat flotilla under Captain Søren Bille reconquered HMS Allart under Commander James Tillard. The Danish-built Allart had been taken by the British after the siege of Copenhagen 1807. Finally, it became part of the Norwegian Navy in 1816
RT @HthHans: #OTD 10 August 1809 a Danish-Norwegian gun boat flotilla under Captain Søren Bille reconquered HMS Allart under Commander James Tillard. The Danish-built Allart had been taken by the British after the siege of Copenhagen 1807. Finally, it became part of the Norwegian Navy in 1816