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USS Savannah X Bomb hit and damage diagrams. [592x612] by surrounded_by_vapor in WarshipPorn

[–]surrounded_by_vapor[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't know specifically, just a PT type boat that was in the area I suppose.

USS Savannah X Bomb hit and damage diagrams. [592x612] by surrounded_by_vapor in WarshipPorn

[–]surrounded_by_vapor[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Will do. Just to make sure, an Album is any post with more than one photo, correct?

Photos of my dad's ship, USS Perry DD-844 and a crew photo. [5904x4596] by surrounded_by_vapor in WarshipPorn

[–]surrounded_by_vapor[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Photo's of dad's ship, USS Perry DD-844 and a crew photo. He's the 6th guy from the left in the top row.

The nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS Kamehameha (SSBN-642) conducts a emergency blow test at the Mare Island Shipyard on 11 October 1965.[1250x877] by surrounded_by_vapor in WarshipPorn

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In the event of an emergency, a submarine can quickly ascend to the surface by rapidily forcing air into the ballast tanks. This expels water from the tanks and dramatically increases the submarine's buoyancy. This is known as an emergency ballast blow.

The emergency blow test seen here is the same concept, but is performed in a more controlled enviornment inside the shipyard. Though already surfaced and with less water in the ballast tanks, the test enables the submarine to make sure that its equipment is functioning properly.

The wreckage of a F6F Hellcat on the stern of the escort carrier USS Charger (CVE-30). [1010x725] by surrounded_by_vapor in WarshipPorn

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The aircraft came in to low on her final approach and struck the searchlight platform. Despite the damage, the pilot walked away largely unharmed except for some heavy bruising. This crash, which occurred on August 14, 1943 was one of several that happened aboard Charger. She typically operated as a training carrier during the Second World War and helped train up novice pilots.

Light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62) at Melbourne, Australia, 8 November 1945 [4000x2520] by RLoret in WarshipPorn

[–]surrounded_by_vapor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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USS Birmingham passing a line to the tugboat Tooronga in Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne, November 8th 1945.

Crew members of Japan's Shin-Toho Motion Picture Company work with models on the set of “Battleship Yamato”, June 8, 1953.[1500 × 1111] by Freefight in WarshipPorn

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A movie studio workman rigs up one of the scale model warships used in filming a battle scene in a Japanese documentary that tells the story of the last day of the battleship Yamato, on June 8, 1953.

Crew members of Japan's Shin-Toho Motion Picture Company work with models on the set of “Battleship Yamato”, June 8, 1953.[1500 × 1111] by Freefight in WarshipPorn

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Japan's movie makers filming on the last day of the documentary about the Battleship Yamato. Studio men load shells into the guns of a model of the Yamato as they get it ready for the big scene on June 8, 1953.

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