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At random: The first periscope used by the United States Navy was not built for a submarine. The ironclad monitor OSAGE utilized a periscope to discover a Confederate cavalry unit taking cover behind the high banks of the Red River in Arkansas.

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fortyrod

Posted 2018-07-19 3:28 AM (#89693)

Great Sage of the Sea

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Subject: 7-19/20 history

Atlantic 07/19/58: The USS Piper (SS-409) runs aground on a sandbar off Province town, Massachusetts, but is pulled free after seven hours with minor damage.

7-20-1960 In first launch of Polaris missile, USS George Washington (SSBN 598) successfully fires 2 operational Polaris missiles while submerged off Florida.

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