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Battlefleet Gothic: Armada Arts
by Emile Denis
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nueveg · 3 days
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lonestarflight · 2 days
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Eedi XOSE-1 (BU. no. 75212) parked at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.
Note: the floatplane was fitted with bomb shackles on the underside of its wings.
Date: March 26, 1948
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 87988, NH 87989
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Shooter Flight waiting out the storm at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Arizona
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tulipsimss · 1 day
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🌊 🎣
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irishironclad · 2 days
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Have you seen old warships?
Sitting alone at the pier,
Waiting for a chance to fight again,
Waiting to see a new frontier.
They remember great storms of thunder.
Of guns rumbling through the dark,
They remember the shores of Normandy,
As they watched the men disembark.
They’ll whisper memories of Midway,
Of Jutland and Gibraltar,
They’ll tell you stories of drowning men,
Of how they never thought to falter.
I wonder if they know the battles from long ago,
Of wooden ships and triremes,
Of graves forgotten down below.
All I know is that they’re waiting,
For when war begins to grow.
These are beasts of war we’ve forged,
From iron and from flame,
What hells they shall sail through,
What storms they shall tame.
For this is the law of the ocean,
Unwritten and strange it be,
It be best that you observe them,
And go down with the ship to the sea,
Upon one link of the cable,
Depends the might of the chain,
You don’t know when you might be tested,
So live that you might bear the strain.
Then visit those old warships,
As they rest at the edge of the sea,
Listen to them whisper,
As they tell you of what they’ve seen,
They’ll warn of war’s coming,
Of the price it takes to be free,
They’ll lie in wait forever,
Whispering,
“Wake me when you need me.”
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catsofyore · 6 months
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In 1944 a kitten named George (short for General Electric) was saved from drowning by a U.S. Navy crew member. George was then photographed and given a liberty card and detailed health record. Source.
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thefoilguy · 5 months
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16th Century Spanish Galleon - Aluminum Foil Sculpture
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nando161mando · 1 month
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dreemurr-skelememer · 2 months
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doodles today feat. po3/so3, rspeejay, gay horses, gin, and a retroglitch for @bonejello
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realifezompire · 2 years
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there are many benefits to being a Naval Salior
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it used to be pretty common for there to be cats on boats. they'd take care of any rodents who would chew on ropes or wires and spread diseases. sailors were also superstitious and believed that having a cat aboard would bring good luck! this belief passed on to their wives, who kept cats - especially black ones who were believed to be extra lucky - at home in order to keep their husbands safe when at sea.
another popular superstition? that if a cat came aboard it was a sign of luck, but if it only boarded halfway and then left, it was a sign of bad luck.
most ship's cats are only found in modern times on private vessels, but they have roots going back to early history. one such example is the Vikings, who took cats with them on expeditions.
Sources: Ship's Cats, @Manglewood
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illustratus · 8 months
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Sailing Ship at Sea (detail) by Michael Zeno Diemer
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nueveg · 2 days
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lonestarflight · 3 days
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Grumman F9F-2B Panthers of Fighter Squadron VF-112 "Fighting Twelve" aboard USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CV-47). "VF-112 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 11 (CVG-11) aboard the PHILIPPINE SEA for a deployment to Korea from July 5, 1950 to March 26, 1951."
Date: 1950
source, source, source, source, source, source, source
U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation: 1996.253.7398.028
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VF-103 Show Bird over the Mediterranean - 2002
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tulipsimss · 2 days
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They are the cutest🥰
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