Posted on August 15, 2008 by HB Auld, Jr.
August 15
1845 – U.S. Naval Academy established at Annapolis, MD on former
site of Fort Severn,
1895 – Commissioning of Texas, the first American steel-hulled
battleship. Texas served off Cuba during the
Spanish-American War and took part in the naval battle of
Santiago. Under the name of San Marcos, she was sunk in
weapon effects tests in Chesapeake Bay in 1911. [...]
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Posted on August 12, 2008 by HB Auld, Jr.
August 12
1812 – USS Constitution captures and destroys brig Adeona.
1918 – SECNAV approves acceptance of women as yeoman (F) in
U.S. Navy.
1942 – USS Cleveland (CL-55) demonstrates effectiveness of radio-proximity fuze (VT-fuze) against aircraft by successfullydestroying 3 drones with proximity bursts fired by her five inch guns.
1944 – LT Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., USNR, the older [...]
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Posted on August 2, 2008 by HB Auld, Jr.
This is a test post from hbauldjr.
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Posted on August 2, 2008 by sonnyauld
Frequently, when I look in the mirror, I wonder “Who is that old man and why is he staring at me so hard?”
That “old man,” of course, is me. When did I get old?
Was it at the age of 32 when, while packing to move to New York and kneeling down to retrieve a [...]
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