1921, when the Barracuda class was built:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ed_States_Navy
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1921, when the Barracuda class was built:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ed_States_Navy
Times change. Today's more [ read as 'excess' IMNSHO] creative latitude of naming capital ships is not far from selecting Vicky Snicker models. I'm glad to be retired from Naval service, there are ships I'd be unhappy representing by Command rocker on my jumper sleeve.
USS Independence, Enterprise, Kitty Hawk, Flatley, Cowpens, et-al; that's one thing. The USS SomeBodyNotHeldInHighRegard, hell no!
In 1959 there was an undies attempt via Hollywood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Petticoat
Geese Louise I haven't seen that movie in what seems like 50 years
Fullsize image: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h...w_fullsize.jpgQuote:
Photograph with 2 captions: (1) "Improvement of the Mississippi River between the Illinois and Ohio Rivers" and (2) "Details of Construction. Negative 3. Taken Sept. 22, 1882. Mattress ways for making mattress 2 feet thick--used in the construction of submergible dams."
https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h..._work_crew.jpg
Well I do not see any mattresses but I do see a UFO in the top left corner!
I can almost see a smile on his face/her face/it's face.
That's Cap't Stan...
I hear he has a really hard head. You could break a board over his head and he wouldn't mind at all.
But, then the mess would have to be cleaned up by Jan Itor.
Plenty of 'mattresses'; those are the bound mats of tree branches. They are on the incline to get them in the water easier. Purpose is to stabilize river bottom from erosion by the current where they sink.
And Cap't Stan's job likely winches a line anchored upstream while they place mats, then pull forward incrementally.