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Aboard USS Hornet
An aircraft towing tractor on the wreck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV8). She was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the Solomon Islands in October, 1942 and rediscovered 3 miles down in 2019. The preservation is extraordinary. It almost looks as though this tractor could be started and driven.

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An Athenian warship with bronze ram on the prow for sinking enemy vessels. This Greek trireme (this is a recreation) would have been crewed by 200 men, including 170 on the oars, around 500 B.C. Considered a fast attack vessel, that bronze ram weighs around 440 pounds. The Romans used this technique extensively as well. The idea didn't work well on sailing ships because oars were needed to quickly reverse after ramming to prevent being pulled under as the enemy sank.
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In 1912, the British luxury liner RMS Titanic foundered in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland more than 2 1/2 hours after hitting an iceberg; 1,514 people died, while less than half as many survived.
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Until the Ohio class came out in 76, the third most powerful nation in the world. USS Andrew Jackson SSBN-619

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Pelee Island ferry in blue/white, Algoberta behind it after being used in Europe and will now be doing tanker duty on the lakes.

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USS Ling SS-297 The only submarine to sink a shipyard (Cramp Shipbuilders in Camden, NJ), now rusting away in the Hackensack River after damage from Hurricane Sandy, the museum losing the lease on the land to build condo's and then being sunk by treasure hunters who thought it'd be cool to open valves..

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A itty bitty bi-plane was the beginning of the end for Hitlers mighty Bismarck... who wasn't too happy when his pride and joy got sunk.. (If you're a gamer, creators of World of Warships did the battle footage)


Excellent movie.. the odds of a German U-boat sailor surviving the war? 10%
 

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the “Standard” size WW II Submarine in the front and the 3 Japanese Monster Subs of the I-400 series in the backdrop
 
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