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At random: When the nuclear powered submarine USS SEADRAGON surfaced at the North Pole while charting the Northwest passage in August 1960, the crew organized a baseball game. Because of Polar time differences, when a batter clouted a home run it would land in either the next day or in 'yesterday'.

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Thomas Courtien

Posted 2023-10-12 6:55 AM (#104205)

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Location: Patterson, New York

Subject: We don’t have decades to rebuild the submarine industrial base

I have never understood how we built 41 Polaris Boats in 8 years but today it seems to take about 8 years to build one boat

https://www.naval-technology.com/news/we-dont-have-decades-to-rebuild-the-submarine-industrial-base-says-shipbuilding-industry/

Ric

Posted 2023-10-12 7:55 AM (#104207 - in reply to #104205)

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Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map.

Subject: RE: We don’t have decades to rebuild the submarine industrial base

We only have two yards building today. I seem to remember we had 6 yards in the 60's.

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