#TIL that the Royal Navy started employing female nurses for land-based service in naval hospitals during the 1880s. They weren't commissioned, but were treated as equivalent to junior officers: they had private "cabins" (rooms), were addressed as "Madam", included beside officers in the published Navy List from 1885 onwards, and male Sick Bay Attendants had to follow their "requests" the same as orders from the surgeon.

They were not allowed to treat "afflictions of the middle third of the body" (sexually-transmitted diseases) in the male sailors, and didn't actually go to sea until 1898.

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In honor of the Artemis II coming home safe, I wrote about the first American in space - the Mercury 3 mission.

Check it out: https://ko-fi.com/post/Picking-Up-the-First-American-in-Space--Mercury-Z8Z81XQ3J0

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Загибель атомного підводного човна USS Thresher
https://buymeacoffee.com/valdeloir/uss-thresher

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🚢 THE YAMATO'S FINAL BATTLE

April 7, 1945 — The legendary Japanese battleship Yamato, flagship of the Imperial Navy and the largest warships ever built, sinks in the East China Sea after a suicide mission against American forces near Okinawa. Hit by over 11 torpedoes and 6 bombs, the 72,800-ton behemoth capsizes in a spectacular explosion that killed over 3,000 sailors, marking the end of an era for battleship warfare.

This post is 100% AI generated.

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1/2 - This month's Journey Plotter update:
New is the journey of U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Unalga (II), formerly USS Triton.
Her journey covers 1946-1947; US Pacific Coast and Alaskan waters.

See next post for two amended journeys: USRC Thetis and USS Burton Island.

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I go on vacation and what happens - work follows me.

https://ko-fi.com/post/Princeton-and-the-Navy-Y8Y01WVTL7

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