245 years ago

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Aggie12B
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The US Navy was created. Happy Birthday to the US Navy
Smeghead4761
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245 years of tradition, unimpeded by progress.

UTExan
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Langenator said:

245 years of tradition, unimpeded by progress.




Thank goodness for the Royal Navy in teaching the USN how to land the F4u Corsair on a carrier.
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Langenator said:

245 years of tradition, unimpeded by progress.


I wish I had a dollar for every time I said that standing some midwatch......
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UTExan said:

Langenator said:

245 years of tradition, unimpeded by progress.




Thank goodness for the Royal Navy in teaching the USN how to land the F4u Corsair on a carrier.
Royal Navy (475 years of tradition) introduced them angled decks too.
Aggie Infantry
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Navy - Uber for the Marine Corps
When the truth comes out, do not ask me how I knew.
Ask yourself why you did not.
ArmyTanker
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At one point due to low funding for the Navy maybe a couple hundred years ago, the Navy decided to build quality ships instead of quantity of ships. The result was radical as British ships shot at Old Ironsides at point blank range and the cannon balls just bounced off her hull.
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