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This channel produces some really good content if you are interested in naval history and shipwrecks.
1 posted on 08/17/2025 10:07:11 AM PDT by MAGA2017
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2 posted on 08/17/2025 10:20:14 AM PDT by TexasGator (The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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Reminds me of when I visited the U-505 at the Science and Industry Museum in Chicago ... Me: Is this a U-boat?
Italian security guard: No, I just-a watch!


3 posted on 08/17/2025 10:29:06 AM PDT by KingLudd
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That guy’s speech pattern is too hard to listen to.


4 posted on 08/17/2025 10:49:41 AM PDT by Theophilus (covfefe)
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The name of the German operation against shipping on America's east coast was "Operation Drumbeat"; it was practically a scandal for the US Navy, in that German long-range submarines ranged freely up and down the coast for several months, sinking ships at will (to the tune of 360 ships and about five thousand lives).

Because the US hadn't adopted black-out procedures along the coast, the Germans were able to lie in wait until ships showed up and silhouetted themselves against the shore lights.

5 posted on 08/17/2025 10:51:08 AM PDT by Captain Walker ("Justice exalteth a nation: but sin maketh nations miserable." – Proverbs 14:34)
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I wonder if the U-boat is salvagable and can be turned into a museum? There aren't a lot of intact U-boats that have survived enough to be museum-quality pieces.

-PJ

19 posted on 08/17/2025 4:29:14 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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