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.
I was told partly tradition, partly anti fouling formula paint more commonly available in red( or some oxide of lead used for anti fouling). former sub sailor
If the only other paint is white, you end up on the pink USS Sea Tiger with Cary Grant as Skipper, and you have to squeeze by Lt. Dolores Crandall's chest in the corridors. Operation Petticoat
Because 90% of marine fouling is from being at dock. The red paint is antifouling paint.
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DeleteI was told partly tradition, partly anti fouling formula paint more commonly available in red( or some oxide of lead used for anti fouling). former sub sailor
ReplyDeleteCoats of paint with copper (hence red) to cut down on befouling from organisms
ReplyDeleteMaybe it’s the “Red October.” 🤦♂️
ReplyDeleteRed anti-corrosion, anti-fouling paint.
ReplyDeleteHmm. Two less gun ports than the B-25 above. Oh, wait......
ReplyDeleteMaybe that's all the red they had.
ReplyDeleteThere are a sub which didn't have enough red. So they mixed it with the only other color available.
If the only other paint is white, you end up on the pink USS Sea Tiger with Cary Grant as Skipper, and you have to squeeze by Lt. Dolores Crandall's chest in the corridors.
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The black is more expensive, but visually more necessary.
ReplyDeleteWill someone please explain "antifouling" to me? Please?
ReplyDeleteFouling means things like barnacles and other marine life sticking to the hull.
DeleteAll that fouling, barnacles and weeds and such, slow a ship down and, worse for subs, make the hull 'noisy.'
DeleteSos the fish can see it.
ReplyDeleteSo sharks don't mistake it for Rosie O'Donnell and chip a tooth
ReplyDeleteRed down, no problem. Red up, problem.
ReplyDeleteHow do you know it's not a red sub with the top painted black?
ReplyDeletelooks rooshan
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