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.
Name USS Oklahoma City Namesake Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Awarded 13 August 1981 Builder Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia Laid down 4 January 1984 Launched 2 November 1985 Sponsored by Mrs. Linda M. Nickles Acquired 28 June 1988 Commissioned 9 July 1988 Decommissioned 9 September 2022 Out of service 10 February 2022 Stricken 9 September 2022 Motto The Sooner, The Better
Name USS Oklahoma City
ReplyDeleteNamesake Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Awarded 13 August 1981
Builder Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
Laid down 4 January 1984
Launched 2 November 1985
Sponsored by Mrs. Linda M. Nickles
Acquired 28 June 1988
Commissioned 9 July 1988
Decommissioned 9 September 2022
Out of service 10 February 2022
Stricken 9 September 2022
Motto The Sooner, The Better
Those are some pretty high waves up on the sail.
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ReplyDeleteThat a hunter-killer sub?
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DeleteYes, Los Angeles Class SSN.
ReplyDeleteUS Navy That Was.
ReplyDeleteBeen there done that.
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