Military Affairs & History

Post by **shafnutz05** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:59 am

Thanks! I love watching this guy's stuff.

Post by **tifosi77** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:55 pm

I don't know anything about that Montemayor chap, but he puts out quality #content.

Post by **Shyster** » Wed Aug 26, 2020 10:05 pm

Arson suspected as cause of ship fire aboard Navy’s USS Bonhomme Richard, defense official says

https://www.dailypress.com/military/vp- ... story.html

IIRC, the fire that ended the service of the USS Miami was caused by a maintenance worker who wanted to leave work early. Sounds like we might have something similar.

Post by **Shyster** » Wed Aug 26, 2020 10:11 pm

Here's a naval gear grinder:

Hey, let's name this new class of attack submarines after states. Call it the Virginia class.

Oh yeah, that's nice. How many of those do you plan to build?

Sixty six.

Um, you do know there's only 50 states, right? Plus 17 state names are already in use on the Ohio class, the first of which won't be replaced for another nine years?

Derp.

Post by **Kaiser** » Wed Aug 26, 2020 10:48 pm

Just need more states. Obviously we get DC and Puerto Rico in the expansion draft, and I hear we might be trying to sign Greenland.

Post by **tifosi77** » Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:10 pm

Well, there are a couple at least that are already named after dudes rather than states.

Post by **Freddy Rumsen** » Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:28 pm

You could use "they were almost states" for names, like Westsylvania, Vandalia, Columbia, Franklin, etc...

Post by **Shyster** » Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:41 pm

Personally, I think they should go back to the WWII tradition of naming attack subs after fish. There are plenty of famous names that they could reuse, like USS Tang, Flasher, Rasher, Barb, Growler, Albacore, and Wahoo.

Post by **tifosi77** » Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:37 am

USS Wahoo doesn't exactly strike fear in one's heart.

I mean, certainly not in the way USS Vermont does.

Post by **Freddy Rumsen** » Sat Aug 29, 2020 12:36 pm

tifosi77 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:37 am USS Wahoo doesn't exactly strike fear in one's heart.

I mean, certainly not in the way USS Vermont does.

[In Russian]

Sonar Operator: Sir, the USS Vermont is at heading 240 10 km away.

Captain: Get the nuclear spoon ready!

Post by **tifosi77** » Sat Aug 29, 2020 12:55 pm

'Nuclear spoon' lol

Post by **eddy** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:41 am

Post by **shafnutz05** » Wed Sep 02, 2020 12:45 pm

75 years ago today, formal surrender documents were signed on the USS Missouri, finally ending World War II. Great stuff here:

I had no idea that Missouri was recommissioned and served time during the Gulf War. Here's a picture of the battleship firing her 16 inch guns during Desert Storm.

Post by **DigitalGypsy66** » Wed Sep 02, 2020 1:03 pm

Under Siege was filmed on it as well, around that time.

Post by **tifosi77** » Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:34 pm

My uncle was on a Med float when the Marine barracks was suicide bombed in Beirut. Part of the response was a naval bombardment of Lebanon, and the ship aboard which he was embarked was over a mile away from the New Jersey; he still had to wear ear pro. A 9-gun broadside actually caused the battleship to slide sideways in the water.

Under Siege

Post by **DigitalGypsy66** » Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:41 pm

Yeah, I almost posted that. Yikes.

Post by **dodint** » Wed Sep 02, 2020 10:55 pm

She was on Charles in Charge, too, right?

Post by **shafnutz05** » Thu Sep 03, 2020 12:54 pm

This is oddly fascinating.

Post by **DigitalGypsy66** » Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:24 pm

Huh, Mussolini mentions making America great at the end of that video.

Post by **shafnutz05** » Fri Sep 04, 2020 12:23 pm

This guy puts together some fantastic stuff.

Post by **shafnutz05** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 12:46 pm

I have been on a binge of the Pathé stuff on Youtube lately. Just wild to watch stuff like this, over 80 years ago.

Post by **Shyster** » Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:03 pm

Divers in Thailand may have found U.S. submarine lost in WWII
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/ ... -sub-wwii/

Divers have found what they believe is the wreck of a U.S. Navy submarine lost 77 years ago in Southeast Asia, providing a coda to a stirring but little-known tale from World War II.

The divers have sent photos and other evidence from six dives they made from October 2019 to March this year to the United States Naval History and Heritage Command for verification that they have found the USS Grenadier, one of 52 American submarines lost during the conflict.

The 1,475-ton, 307-foot long Grenadier was scuttled by its crew after bombs from a Japanese plane almost sent them to a watery grave. All 76 of its personnel survived the bombing and sinking, but their agony to follow would be prolonged. After being taken prisoner, they were tortured, beaten and nearly starved by their Japanese captors for more than two years, and four did not survive that ordeal.

The wreck lies 82 meters (270 feet) underwater somewhere in the Strait of Malacca, about 150 kilometers (92 miles) south of Phuket, Thailand. It was discovered by Singapore-based Jean Luc Rivoire and Benoit Laborie of France, and Australian Lance Horowitz and Belgian Ben Reymenants, who live in Phuket, Thailand.

Post by **shafnutz05** » Thu Sep 17, 2020 10:00 pm

I cannot imagine the horror of being captured alive by the Japanese. I would have much rather taken my chances with the Nazis.

On another note, this site is a great tribute to the submarine service.

http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/

Post by **shafnutz05** » Tue Oct 06, 2020 5:36 pm

Very excited to get this in the mail today.

This was a labor of love. My 10th grade AP American History teacher directed this project, with the help of nearly 100 AAHS students. They spoke with a ton of people, did endless research, etc. which had to have been a great experience for the kids.

Post by **DigitalGypsy66** » Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:23 pm

Very cool. My church did an oral history project for our town a few years ago, led by an Eagle Scout. Very cool stories about life overseas and on the home front.

As we are in an agricultural area, and most of the farm hands were off at war, there were a significant amount of German and Italian POWs used as farm help. An old restaurant in town was converted to their barracks, and they enjoyed a lot of freedom. No escape attempts, and most really enjoyed it. As it was South Carolina in the 1940s, they were able to get served at the lunch counter when the black residents couldn’t eat there. So it goes...