This day in history
Sep 30, 2015 06:49:17 #
On this day in 1954, the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear submarine, was commissioned.
Sep 30, 2015 07:28:42 #
And,,,, not a single reactor accident or radioactivity leak,,,, not one.....
Hyman Rickover,,,, while a class alpha a-shole,,, was very good at what he did...
Hyman Rickover,,,, while a class alpha a-shole,,, was very good at what he did...
Loki wrote:
On this day in 1954, the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear submarine, was commissioned.
Sep 30, 2015 08:02:32 #
Coos Bay Tom
Loc: coos bay oregon
Ve'hoe wrote:
What an awesome record. I'll have to read about the NautilusAnd,,,, not a single reactor accident or radioactivity leak,,,, not one.....
Hyman Rickover,,,, while a class alpha a-shole,,, was very good at what he did...
Hyman Rickover,,,, while a class alpha a-shole,,, was very good at what he did...
:thumbup:
Sep 30, 2015 08:15:27 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
Nice find, Loki. I also uncovered that the Berlin airlift ended this same day in 1949. 8-) It remains one of the greatest (if not the greatest) logistical feats in history.
Sep 30, 2015 09:09:48 #
slatten49 wrote:
Nice find, Loki. I also uncovered that the Berlin airlift ended this same day in 1949. 8-) It remains one of the greatest (if not the greatest) logistical feats in history.
You got me. I thought it went on until 1950 or '51.
Sep 30, 2015 13:28:34 #
slatten49 wrote:
Nice find, Loki. I also uncovered that the Berlin airlift ended this same day in 1949. 8-) It remains one of the greatest (if not the greatest) logistical feats in history.
I thought it was in the late spring in '49 that Russia lifted the blockade. If that is true why did the airlift continue until Oct. '49? Not being argumentative, just curious.
Sep 30, 2015 14:17:28 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
PoppaGringo wrote:
I thought it was in the late spring in '49 that Russia lifted the blockade. If that is true why did the airlift continue until Oct. '49? Not being argumentative, just curious.
Just returned from a trip to the VA in Waco, Salty.
You are right, the Russians did lift their blockade on 12 May, 1949, but the Allies did not officially recognize/accept it until September 30th of that same year. Research revealed that the Allies wanted to stockpile the city of Berlin with plenty of supplies in the event the Soviets went back on their word of ending the blockade, thus they continued with their supply flights until 30 September, 1949. 8-)
Sep 30, 2015 15:07:55 #
slatten49 wrote:
Just returned from a trip to the VA in Waco, Salty.
You are right, the Russians did lift their blockade on 12 May, 1949, but the Allies did not officially recognize/accept it until September 30th of that same year. Research revealed that the Allies wanted to stockpile the city of Berlin with plenty of supplies in the event the Soviets went back on their word of ending the blockade, thus they continued with their supply flights until 30 September, 1949. 8-)
You are right, the Russians did lift their blockade on 12 May, 1949, but the Allies did not officially recognize/accept it until September 30th of that same year. Research revealed that the Allies wanted to stockpile the city of Berlin with plenty of supplies in the event the Soviets went back on their word of ending the blockade, thus they continued with their supply flights until 30 September, 1949. 8-)
Thank you for the clarification.
Why the trip to the VA, are you experiencing problems?
Sep 30, 2015 15:57:25 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
PoppaGringo wrote:
Thank you for the clarification.
Why the trip to the VA, are you experiencing problems?
Why the trip to the VA, are you experiencing problems?
Nope, I'm doing well enough. I took a friend of mine to the doctors at the VA in preparation for upcoming eye surgery.
Sep 30, 2015 16:02:27 #
slatten49 wrote:
Nope, I'm doing well enough. I took a friend of mine to the doctors at the VA in preparation for upcoming eye surgery.
Okie dokie. Glad to hear all is well with you,
Sep 30, 2015 16:14:32 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
Coos Bay Tom wrote:
What an awesome record. I'll have to read about the Nautilus
:thumbup:
:thumbup:
You might come across the story of the USS Thresher 593. It was a nuclear submarine lost in the North Atlantic, April 10, 1963. I believe it sunk due to being crushed by underwater depth pressure. I have never forgotten the loss, which remains the greatest submarine disaster in history, to my understanding. All 129 personnel aboard were lost.
Oct 1, 2015 15:55:52 #
Loki wrote:
On this day in 1954, the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear submarine, was commissioned.
Back then I was in Carrolls grade school. It's a small community just outside Kelso, WA. The school was located on a hill close to the Columbia River. When the Nautilus was on it's way to Portland, OR, the entire school staff and students went across the road overlooking the river to watch the Nautilus on it's way to Portland. It was quite a sight.
Later, there was a cereal company that had a small plastic Nautilus in the box (about five inches long). You put baking soda in the sub and put it in the water and it would dive and resurface. That occupied a lot of my time in my childhood.
Oct 1, 2015 16:37:50 #
Peaver Bogart wrote:
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I am happy you kept resurfacing. :lol:
Oct 1, 2015 18:35:44 #
PoppaGringo wrote:
I am happy you kept resurfacing. :lol:
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