The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1944, USS Barb was making an approach on a Japanese ship when it encountered a new "anti-submarine weapon": a bird that had perched on the attack periscope, blocking the view of the target. The CO switched to his navigation periscope to fire torpedoes and sink the ship.
RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1944, USS Barb was making an approach on a Japanese ship when it encountered a new "anti-submarine weapon": a bird that had perched on the attack periscope, blocking the view of the target. The CO switched to his navigation periscope to fire torpedoes and sink the ship.
The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @rgpoulussen: Forgotten. (#OTD in 1945, Spitsbergen. The last of German forces surrender, crew of weather station "Haudegen". #WW2 #HISTORY)
RT @rgpoulussen: Forgotten. (#OTD in 1945, Spitsbergen. The last of German forces surrender, crew of weather station "Haudegen". #WW2 #HISTORY)