damian entwistleJan 18

Today's Flickr photo(s) with the most hits were taken aboard the WWII battleship USS North Carolina, and show the main armament casement and ammunition (16" shells). The 'ceiling' shown is the underside of the gun turret itself.

#USSNorthCarolina #battleship #WWII #USNavy #museum #Wilmington

damian entwistleJan 18

Today's poem:

Our Show Boat
- by Paul H. Wieser

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/806073546859298816/our-show-boat?source=share

#USSNorthCarolina #poetry #MuseumShip #wilmington #PaulHWieser #WWII

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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Our Show Boat · Paul H. Wieser (Boatswain Mate 1/c, Crew Member) It was in Brooklyn where she became alive, The "Yard Birds" knew her as "BB 55." Wasn't long before the boatswain…

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Bob the TravelerMay 3, 2025
The 774-class fast attack #submarine #USSNorthCarolina, #SSN777, was commissioned OTD in 2008 https://toilet-guru.com/submarine.html?s=mb #Navy #history
Submarine Toilets — Toilets of the World

A Nazi submarine was sunk by its own toilet off the coast of Scotland during the last month of World War II. The embarrassing fate of the U-1206. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.

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Show threadSK53Dec 28, 2024

@nfgusedautoparts Here we go, plus one of me leaning on the hire car we used from Ithaca to State College (June 25, '73 : John Dean III started his Watergate testimony that day).

#USSNorthCarolina #Wilmington

Bob the TravelerMay 3, 2024
The 774-class fast attack #submarine #USSNorthCarolina, #SSN777, was commissioned OTD in 2008 https://toilet-guru.com/submarine.html?s=mb #Navy #history
Submarine Toilets — Toilets of the World

A Nazi submarine was sunk by its own toilet off the coast of Scotland during the last month of World War II. The embarrassing fate of the U-1206. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.

Toilets of the World
MoaniJan 2, 2024
“There are plans to restore much of the flood-prone parking lot to a tidal creek and wetland similar to what would have been there generations ago. That will mean tearing out acres of pavement and other impervious surfaces and replacing them with a more natural landscape….” #giftLink #globalWarming #seaLevelRise #wilmington #delaware #ussNorthCarolina “A flood-prone historic site decides to live with rising water rather than fight it”https://wapo.st/3S0jjum
A flood-prone historic site decides to live with rising water rather than fight it

The site of the Battleship North Carolina faces peril from a rising sea. Now those who run it want to surrender some of its land back to nature.

The Washington Post
NordstahlNov 20, 2023
Sunset across the river from the WW2 battleship USS North Carolina #ussnorthcarolina
November 19th 2023
damian entwistleSep 25, 2023

Today's photo with the most hits: 16" shells in the ammunition handling room of the USS North Carolina.

#USSNorthCarolina #16InchShell #ammunition #battleship #wilmington

damian entwistleMay 6, 2023

Today's photo with the most hits: float plane on the USS North Carolina, Wilmington, NC.

#USSNorthCarolina #FloatPlane #WWII #navy #battleship

Bob the TravelerMay 3, 2023
The 774-class fast attack #submarine #USSNorthCarolina, #SSN777, was commissioned OTD in 2008 https://toilet-guru.com/submarine.html?s=mb #Navy #history
Submarine Toilets — Toilets of the World

A Nazi submarine was sunk by its own toilet off the coast of Scotland during the last month of World War II. The embarrassing fate of the U-1206. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.

Toilets of the World