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(SJS: From the Able Dog website — the story may have taken place in 1950, but I have a sneaking suspiscion that there are more than one of us who can readily identify with some parts herein…oh, and the hearing test we all *so* love to do with each annual physical, especially in our, um,…
Institutional Experience
Some things you learn by reading. Some thngs you learn by watching Somethings you learn by doing. But some knowledge is only gained from years (decades) of watching, doing, learning. Carrier ops is one such area – and if you think differently, read this…
This Date in Naval Aviation History: 4 Feb 1958
The keel of the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise (CVAN 65) was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. Enterprise under construction in slipway #11 Big E in late 1960 (USS Robert E. Lee in foreground, outbound for sea trials) Underway, October 1962 with CVW-6 embarked for the Cuban Missile…
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Preserving History: USNI, Kickstarter and USS Indianapolis
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Happy 233rd, U.S. Navy
From the Secretary of the Navy WASHINGTON (NNS) — The Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter released the following birthday message to the fleet in anticipation of the Navy’s 233rd birthday. “On 13 October 1775, the Continental Congress voted on a resolution to commission a swift sailing vessel with a crew of 80 men…