OT, Here's an old film that might interest former swab jockeys.
http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserv ... ntary-1915
OT, U.S. Navy 1915
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Re: OT, U.S. Navy 1915
Now that's what I call "Old Navy!" Thanks posting. 
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Re: OT, U.S. Navy 1915
Great! Very good video, especially from that era!
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Re: OT, U.S. Navy 1915
Thanks, from a 1960's era birdfarmer!
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"if only one man among all of the rest will not break ...then all of them, all those who so despise men that they believe all men can be broken and all men can be bought, all of them have failed and all of them are defeated, because one alone destroys them and one alone can give heart to all other men." - Robert Crichton
Re: OT, U.S. Navy 1915
very kewl. I enjoyed the sub shots, but also how they did their shipping of stores, boats, ammo. As a past weapons officer on an SSBN, I had to chuckle at the lack of saftey practices. times have certainly changed.
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Re: OT, U.S. Navy 1915
Too cool. Even had some footage of some old leathernecks in there.
I could be wrong, but I swear the battleship footage looked like it could've been off the Texas. I spent a lot of time on her as a kid, and it looked very familiar. For that matter, it could also have been on the New York, I guess. The Nevada didn't come along until 1916 and had some triple-gun turrets, so...
Toward the end they showed some activity on the Wyoming, but the earlier shot showing them doing PT topside was not on her, I don't think. The Wyoming had turrets whose gun houses had vertical walls. The ones in that shot were sloped like those of subsequent classes of BB's. Anyone catch any hull numbers???
I could be wrong, but I swear the battleship footage looked like it could've been off the Texas. I spent a lot of time on her as a kid, and it looked very familiar. For that matter, it could also have been on the New York, I guess. The Nevada didn't come along until 1916 and had some triple-gun turrets, so...
Toward the end they showed some activity on the Wyoming, but the earlier shot showing them doing PT topside was not on her, I don't think. The Wyoming had turrets whose gun houses had vertical walls. The ones in that shot were sloped like those of subsequent classes of BB's. Anyone catch any hull numbers???