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
Last edited by Toolmaker51; Nov 14, 2019 at 10:35 PM. Reason: Vicky Snicker! lolx3
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Fullsize image: https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...w_fullsize.jpgPhotograph 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."
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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.
Last edited by Toolmaker51; Nov 18, 2019 at 04:40 AM. Reason: Cap't Stan! Still rofl
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