REVEALED How Navy Let 99 Sailors Die to Avoid Damaging Stricken Sub
How many ghost ships are there? In the last 15 years, sailors have come acrossat least seven “ghost ships.” The Lyubov Orlova, in its cruise ship days. As for why the ship's crew would disappear, the reasons could be anything from piracy to psychiatric breaks to tax fraud (link in ...
Navy, sailors take what is referred to as a "Navy shower" in order to conserve fresh water on-board ship. You stand in the shower, get yourself wet, shut off the shower, soap up, and then turn the shower back on to rinse off. Some modern showerheads come with a simple shut-off ...
In the modern era, canvas is primarily produced for painting materials. While some sailboats still feature canvas sails, sailboats are not very popular in this era, and many modern sailors have replaced their canvas sails with synthetic alternatives. ...
In Greek and Roman mythology, there are tales of great battles between man and marine monsters capable of pulling ships underwater. Twelfth century Norwegian sailors told stories of sea creatures they'd seen; by the 18th century, the creatures of Norwegian legend had grown to the likes of ...
Still, I am grateful to Fryer, Marshall and Hayes for keeping me (and many other sailors) safer on the water. Erin Edwards: erin@moseyroad.com. is a veteran Navy pilot, Pat Tillman scholar and former Seattle Times intern. Reach her at erin@moseyroad.com.Most...
For example, the Navy Research Laboratory has the Virtual Environment Training Technology program. In this program, the Navy trains sailors how to deal with shipboard fires using a virtual environment. The program is still in the validation process, and many Navy officials hope it will allow ...
The power went straight to his head, and thus the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska was founded as a way for Metcalfe to appoint his friends as admirals. He did this even though -you might notice through the simple act of glancing at a map - Nebraska has absolutely no ocean access....
Although it was claimed that Chinese sailors were treated in the same way as any other foreign servicemen, and marriage to a British-born woman was no guarantee of being given the right to remain in the UK, the records now made public show there was an internal denigrat...
With so many patients needing urgent attention, there was no time to get many sailors out of their soiled clothes, so the ward matrons did what they could. The “immersion” cases received a shot of morphine, blankets to keep them warm and strong, hot, sweet tea. Then they were left ...