AlexJul 21, 2023
Dreadnought Holiday

PC-815. Built as a cheap submarine chaser, it spent 68 hours bravely fighting a known magnetic anomaly, declared war on neutral Mexico, arguably inspired Scientology, and finally ended an all round superb career of uselessness by ramming a friendly destroyer and sinking itself. Sterling stuff.

#FailureFriday

Jul 21, 2023 at 10:00amWeb
Show threadVLJul 21, 2023
@DreadShips At least L. Ron Hubbard had a eventful naval career.
Show threadBashStKidJul 21, 2023
@DreadShips “fighting a known magnetic anomaly” sounds more Starfleet than sub-chaser ?
Show threadKincaidJul 21, 2023
@DreadShips this is like an anti @garius thread
Show threadDapperDinobotJul 21, 2023

@DreadShips

Just read the wikipedia article on this ship, and ... man, Hubbard was a fuck up.

And yet he managed to start a cult anyway. Go fig.

Show threadJoshJul 21, 2023
@DreadShips Sounds like she'd be right at home in the Russian Baltic fleet
Show threadStevenTechDudeJul 21, 2023
@DreadShips Crazy story! Thanks for sharing.
Show threadJonathan DresnerJul 21, 2023
@DreadShips Was this the inspiration for Bob Newhart's USS Codfish routine?
"We hold the record for tonnage sunk... in peacetime."
Show threadBenAvelingJul 21, 2023
@DreadShips @jondresner HMAS Melbourne would like a word here.
Show threadSaweJul 21, 2023
@DreadShips Wait, inspire Scientology?
Show threadDreadnought HolidayJul 21, 2023
@Sawehector Sort of, yeah. L Ron Hubbard was its commander for less than three months, during which most of the nonsense happened.
Show threadquadrivial, tall and grayingJul 21, 2023
@DreadShips It's this kind of content that keeps me on social media. Thank you.
Show threadSean Gallagher  🐀 Jul 21, 2023
@DreadShips The Windows Me of warships.
Show threadNicholas WeaverJul 21, 2023

@thepacketrat @DreadShips
It can't be that crazy...

(look up Wikipedia...)

Oh. Oh my.

Show threadMattJul 22, 2023
@thepacketrat @DreadShips @ncweaver The USS Laffey is still around — it’s a museum ship in Charleston, SC https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Laffey_(DD-724)
USS Laffey (DD-724) - Wikipedia

Show threadmartin_fffJul 21, 2023

@DreadShips This later minesweeper has an osprey nest on it and the owner just moved it...

https://www.cheknews.ca/hmcs-cowichan-disappears-from-long-term-berth-1161498/

HMCS Cowichan 'disappears' from long-term berth

When a Sooke resident looked out his window Thursday morning, the HMCS Cowichan, which had been moored in the area for years, was gone.

CHEK
Show threadgravitate3858Jul 21, 2023
@DreadShips I can't believe I'm being attacked publicly like this
Show threadFrank ZimperJul 22, 2023
@DreadShips
It didn't sink, it's just chasing subs ...