And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, October 22, 2017
Los Angeles-class (Flight II) nuclear attack submarine USS Providence (SSN-719) Underway during sea trials at high speed on the surface.
Nice picture! I remember when those 688s were the hot new thing in the fleet... I did a tour on an old 640 class boomer, not so fast and definitely not as new... but unlike the 688s, we did have the comedy you can only get from using 700# air to blow sanitaries overboard (and other places when someone screws it up)
Nuclear power allows substantial propulsion opportunities.
ReplyDeleteDid time on a Sturgeon class SSN in the early to mid 80s. Fun was had by all.....
ReplyDeleteYoung man I know served on a Los Angeles-class sub. He said the longest they were continuously submerged was 3 months. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteNice picture! I remember when those 688s were the hot new thing in the fleet... I did a tour on an old 640 class boomer, not so fast and definitely not as new... but unlike the 688s, we did have the comedy you can only get from using 700# air to blow sanitaries overboard (and other places when someone screws it up)
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