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๐บ๐ธUSNavyโ๏ธSilent Service๐ดโโ ๏ธVeteran โฉEngineerโ๏ธVFW๐บ๐ธ(BryanH) Submarine researcher, historian, collector, data hoarder Quoted in Popular Mechanics, Newsweek
๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บโ๏ธ #USNavy Submarinesโ๏ธ๐บ๐ธ
A U.S. Navy SEA DRAGON with the Guided Missile Cruisers GETTYSBURG AND PHILIPPINE SEA alongside the USS ENTERPRISE (Rob Gaston)
SPLASHDOWN!! On July 24th, 1969, we landed softly in the vast Pacific Ocean โ and after eight humanity-changing days, our mission was complete. The great crew from the legendary @USNavy USS Hornet (CV-12) was there to see our prompt extraction from the deep! 56 years hence,โฆ
Former HMS Triumph (S93) Trafalgar-class nuclear-powered submarine in Plymouth, England - July 24, 2025 SRC: TW-@air_maritimepic
USS Oregon (SSN 793) Virginia-class Block IV nuclear attack submarine heading back out of Norfolk, Virginia - July 24, 2025 SRC: YT- ThimbleShoalsShipwatching
USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer coming into Mayport, Florida following 5-month deployment - July 23, 2025 SRC: FB- Naval Station Mayport
#RIP Hulk Hogan who passed away today at the age of 71. The wrestling superstar portrayed a former U.S. Navy SEAL in the TV series THUNDER IN PARADISE (1994) and the films ASSAULT ON DEVIL'S ISLAND (1997) and the sequel ASSAULT ON DEATH MOUNTAIN (1999).
Submarines SS #HMSSceptre P215 (1943-1947) S Class ๐ท #WW2 April 1943 @I_W_M @RoyalNavy ๐ฌ๐ง
OTD in 1993: USS Columbus (SSN 762) was commissioned at Groton. The 688i boat is currently at Newport News where her 8-year-long overhaul is expected to be completed by this December. ๐ธ1998 Columbus emergency surfacing drill by PH2 David Duncan

OTD in 1961: USS Thresher (SSN 593) underway a week before commissioning ๐ซก ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ

Future Israeli Navy Dolphin-class Batch-II submarine INS Drakon with sea trials in Kiel, Germany - July 24, 2025 SRC: TW-@KielDolphin
Strength in numbers. โ๐ USS America (LHA 6) steams alongside ships from the America Strike Group, Royal Australian Navy, Republic of Korea Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, French Navy, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force during Talisman Sabre 25. Talisman Sabre is the largestโฆ
It's National Vanilla Ice Cream Day! On a U.S. Navy ship during WWII, two officers were trying to pull rank to cut in line for ice cream when someone barked at them to wait their turn. As the officers looked to see who had dared to rebuke them, they spotted ADM Bull Halseyโฆ
Too bad none of the Permits are around..the bunk room between the tubes had some interesting racks.
Destroyers DD #HSVasilefsGeorgiosI (1938-1941) DD #HSVasilissaOlga (1939-1943) Vasilefs Georgios I Class ๐ท 1939-40 Taken by DD Hydra Class @NavyGR ๐ฌ๐ท
#ICYMI: The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) and a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) submarine conducted Submarine Exercise 25-1 (SUBEX) in the Pacific Ocean, July 12. ๐บ๐ธ ๐๐ฏ๐ต "This submarine exercise is just one of dozens of operations ourโฆ
"...and to make sure the journalists have an authentic experience during this trip, we've set up their berthing over here" ใใhump day vibes ๐

#USNavyPhotosoftheDay 1๏ธโฃ The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) pulls into U.S. Navy Support Facility (NSF) Diego Garcia. 2๏ธโฃ Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Dillon Wagner, a U.S. Navy Seabee diver assigned to Underwater Construction Teamโฆ
USS Bowfin (SS-287) completed 9 war patrols & was part of the Operation Barney wolfpack. Now a museum ship at Pearl Harbor & the owner of Adm O'Kane's cribbage board, held by the oldest Pacific Fleet fast attack, currently USS Scranton (SSN 756) with Squadron 11 in San Diego.
Related unique battle flag - OTD the keel was laid for USS Bowfin (SS-287), only submarine to take out a bus with a torpedoโผ๏ธ๐ฅ On her 6th war patrol, Bowfin launched torpedoes at vessels moored at a Minami Daito harbor, destroying the pier, crane, & bus as shown on her battleโฆ
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Project: Race the Base. We're bringing a different kind of speed to @USNavy Base Coronado in 2026.
UK Carrier Strike Group flagship HMS Prince of Wales @HMSPWLS has sailed into Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia - the first visit by a @RoyalNavy aircraft carrier to Australia since HMS Illustrious in 1997. The UKCSG has been taking part in Exercise Talisman Sabre #UKCSG25