Anonymous ID: c4af65 Aug. 19, 2022, 3:47 p.m. No.17416478   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>6483 >>6490 >>6493 >>6499 >>6507 >>6522 >>6590 >>6660 >>6731 >>6803 >>6973 >>7002 >>7043 >>7105

It's #NationalPotatoDay. There is a disputed story about USS O'Bannon coming upon a surfaced Japanese sub that was too close for the ship's guns, so the crew pelted the Japanese with potatoes. Thinking the spuds were grenades, the sub submerged and was then sunk by depth charges.

 

https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1560759439795359745

Anonymous ID: c4af65 Aug. 19, 2022, 4:42 p.m. No.17416708   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

Iron sharpens iron. ๐Ÿ’ช

 

Thatโ€™s why two carrier strike groups competed against each other during Fleet Battle Problem, demonstrating integrated air and missile defense while providing vigorous maritime homeland defense. โš“๏ธ

 

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Anonymous ID: c4af65 Aug. 19, 2022, 5:20 p.m. No.17416855   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

#OTD in 1960, a USAF C-119J recovered the Discoverer 14 film capsule, which contained top-secret spy photos of the Soviet Union. It was the first midair recovery of a capsule returning from orbit. #NationalAviationDay

 

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