USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was the lead ship of the Pennsylvania class of super-dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1910s. The Pennsylvanias were part of the standard-type battleship series, and marked an incremental improvement over the preceding Nevada class, carrying an extra pair of 14-inch (360 mm) guns for a total ofContinue reading “USS Pennsylvania, MARE ISLAND 1942”
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USS Colorado (BB-45) was a battleship of the United States Navy that was in service from 1923 to 1947.
She was the lead ship of the Colorado class of battleships. Her keel was laid down on 29 May 1919, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched on 22 March 1921, and commissioned on 30 August 1923. She was armed with eight 16-inch (406 mm) guns and fourteen 5-inch (127 mm) deck guns;Continue reading “USS Colorado (BB-45) was a battleship of the United States Navy that was in service from 1923 to 1947.”
Atom Bomb Successfully Tested on 16 July 1945
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On this day in 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project comes to an explosive end as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Plans for the creation of a uranium bomb by the Allies were established as early as 1939, when Italian… on https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/115825952045606932363/communities/103957417019711849907
D-Day – 6 June 1944
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Although the term D-Day is used routinely as military lingo for the day an operation or event will take place, for many it is also synonymous with June 6, 1944, the day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France,… on https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/115825952045606932363/communities/103957417019711849907
#worldwarii #wwii #tank When World War II broke out a group of men, who help with…
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#worldwarii #wwii #tank When World War II broke out a group of men, who help with the World War I tank program, were gathered together to solve Britain's tank needs. They were referred to as The Old Gang (TOG). They led the development of the TOG, which harkened back to World War I designs. The TOGs were massive tanks intended to fight trench warfare. Luckily the Churchill tank was a success and the TOG project was dro
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