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.
Monday, April 5, 2021
A 5.25-inch dual-purpose gun turret removed from the cruiser HMS Argonaut, Philadelphia, 1943
What was its second purpose?
ReplyDeleteProbably means anti-aircraft as well as surface warfare.
DeleteI'd buy that for a dollar! Wonder what happened to them? My party barge needs a new how chaser.
ReplyDeleteThat'd look purty in my front yard...til the wife seen it.
ReplyDeleteTalk about warping a deck plate.
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