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USS Washington (BB-47), a Colorado-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 42nd state. Her keel was laid down on 30 June 1919, at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched on 1 September 1921, sponsored by Miss Jean Summers, the daughter of Congressman John W. Summers of Washington.

On 8 February 1922, two days after the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armaments, all construction work ceased on the 75.9%-completed superdreadnought. She was sunk as a gunnery target on 26 November 1924, by the battleships New York and Texas
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The M47 Patton was an American Medium tank, a development of the M46 Patton mounting an updated turret, and was in turn further developed as the M48 Patton. It was the second American tank to be named after General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army during World War II and one of the earliest American advocates of tanks in battle.

The M47 was the U.S. Army's and Marine Corps' primary tank, intended to replace the M26 Pershing and M46 Patton medium tanks.[note 1] The M47 was widely used by U.S. Cold War allies, both SEATO and NATO countries, and was the only Patton series tank that never saw combat while in US service.

Although the later M48s and M60s were similar in appearance, those were completely new tank designs. Many different M47 Patton models remain in service internationally. The M47 was the last US tank to have a bow-mounted machine gun in the hull.  8,576 built

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The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. It was a successful high-altitude fighter, and it also served as the foremost American fighter-bomber in the ground-attack role. Its primary armament was eight .50-caliber machine guns, and it could carry 5-inch rockets or a bomb load of 2,500 lb (1,100 kg). When fully loaded, the P-47 weighed up to 8 tons, making it one of the heaviest fighters of the war.

The Thunderbolt was effective as a short- to medium-range escort fighter in high-altitude air-to-air combat and ground attack in both the European and Pacific theaters. The P-47 was designed around the powerful Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp 18-cylinder radial engine, which also powered two U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps fighters, the Grumman F6F Hellcat and the Vought F4U Corsair. An advanced turbosupercharger system ensured the aircraft's eventual dominance at high altitudes, while also influencing its size and design.

The P-47 was one of the main United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) fighters of World War II. It also served with other Allied air forces, including those of France, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. Mexican and Brazilian squadrons fighting alongside the USAAF also flew the P-47.

The armored cockpit was relatively roomy and comfortable and the bubble canopy introduced on the P-47D offered good visibility. Nicknamed the "Jug" owing to its appearance if stood on its nose, the P-47 was noted for its firepower and its ability to resist battle damage and remain airworthy. A present-day U.S. ground-attack aircraft, the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, takes its name from the P-47.  15,636 built

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The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II. During the war the C-47 was used for troop transport, cargo, paratrooper, for towing gliders and military cargo parachute drops. The C-47 remained in front-line service with various military operators for many years.[2] It was produced in approximately triple the numbers as the larger, much heavier payload Curtiss C-46 Commando, which filled a similar role for the U.S. military.

Approximately 100 countries' armed forces have operated the C-47 with over 60 variants of the aircraft produced.  10,174 built, not including Soviet copies

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A gunship variation, using three 7.62 mm miniguns, designated AC-47 "Spooky", often nicknamed "Puff the magic dragon", also was deployed.
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Have lots of time in this aircraft in air and on water

The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem-rotor helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol. The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, Chinook, is from the Native American Chinook people of Oregon and Washington state.

The Chinook was originally designed by Vertol, which had begun work in 1957 on a new tandem-rotor helicopter, designated as the Vertol Model 107 or V-107. Around the same time, the United States Department of the Army announced its intention to replace the piston-engine–powered Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave with a new, gas-turbine–powered helicopter. During June 1958, the U.S. Army ordered a small number of V-107s from Vertol under the YHC-1A designation; following testing, it came to be considered by some Army officials to be too heavy for the assault missions and too light for transport purposes. While the YHC-1A would be improved and adopted by the U.S. Marine Corps as the CH-46 Sea Knight, the Army sought a heavier transport helicopter, and ordered an enlarged derivative of the V-107 with the Vertol designation Model 114. Initially designated as the YCH-1B, on 21 September 1961, the preproduction rotorcraft performed its maiden flight. In 1962, the HC-1B was redesignated CH-47A under the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system.

The Chinook possesses several means of loading various cargoes, including multiple doors across the fuselage, a wide loading ramp located at the rear of the fuselage and a total of three external ventral cargo hooks to carry underslung loads. Capable of a top speed of 170 knots (200 mph; 310 km/h), upon its introduction to service in 1962, the helicopter was considerably faster than contemporary 1960s utility helicopters and attack helicopters, and is still one of the fastest helicopters in the US inventory. Improved and more powerful versions of the Chinook have also been developed since its introduction; one of the most substantial variants to be produced was the CH-47D, which first entered service in 1982; improvements from the CH-47C standard included upgraded engines, composite rotor blades, a redesigned cockpit to reduce workload, improved and redundant electrical systems and avionics, and the adoption of an advanced flight control system. It remains one of the few aircraft to be developed during the early 1960s – along with the fixed-wing Lockheed C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft – that has remained in both production and frontline service for over 60 years.

The military version of the helicopter has been exported to nations across the world; the U.S. Army and the Royal Air Force (see Boeing Chinook (UK variants)) have been its two largest users. The civilian version of the Chinook is the Boeing Vertol 234. It has been used by civil operators not only for passenger and cargo transport, but also for aerial firefighting and to support logging, construction, and oil extraction industries.

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The Boeing B-47 Stratojet (Boeing company designation Model 450) is a retired American long-range, six-engined, turbojet-powered strategic bomber designed to fly at high subsonic speed and at high altitude to avoid enemy interceptor aircraft. The primary mission of the B-47 was as a nuclear bomber capable of striking targets within the Soviet Union.

Development of the B-47 can be traced back to a requirement expressed by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in 1943 for a reconnaissance bomber that harnessed newly developed jet propulsion. Another key innovation adopted during the development process was the swept wing, drawing upon captured German research. With its engines carried in nacelles underneath the wing, the B-47 represented a major innovation in post-World War II combat jet design, and contributed to the development of modern jet airliners. Suitably impressed, in April 1946, the USAAF ordered two prototypes, designated "XB-47"; on 17 December 1947, the first prototype performed its maiden flight. Facing off competition such as the North American XB-45, Convair XB-46 and Martin XB-48, a formal contract for 10 B-47A bombers was signed on 3 September 1948. This would be soon followed by much larger contracts.

During 1951, the B-47 entered operational service with the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command (SAC), becoming a mainstay of its bomber strength by the late 1950s. Over 2,000 were manufactured to meet the Air Force's demands, driven by the tensions of the Cold War. The B-47 was in service as a strategic bomber until 1965, at which point it had largely been supplanted by more capable aircraft, such as Boeing's own B-52 Stratofortress. The B-47 was also adapted to perform a number of other roles and functions, including photographic reconnaissance, electronic intelligence, and weather reconnaissance. While never seeing combat as a bomber, reconnaissance RB-47s would occasionally come under fire near or within Soviet air space. The type remained in service as a reconnaissance aircraft until 1969. A few served as flying testbeds up until 1977.

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The Mk 47 Advanced Lightweight Grenade Launcher or Striker 40 is a 40mm automatic grenade launcher with an integrated fire control system, capable of launching smart programmable 40mm air burst grenades in addition to various unguided rounds

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Looks like a good time!

its true

yeehaw

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Meow time

Woof and and other dog noises are very lame

Woof

woof

Feeding time here.

I just had a reheated mushroom swiss burger for breakfast.  Gotta empty leftovers and such before leaving town.  

Got 2 pork butts today, .97/lb is dirt cheap under Biden, gonna freeze one and make the other this weekend and take pulled pork with me to the cabin

replaced the nalgene bottle that's been holding a corner of my bedframe for quite awhile with 2x 2x4's I cut.  Its really nice to have a level bed again

Nice. I had teriyaki finger steak and fried shrimp

He had chicken
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Shouldn’t have broken the bed!

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He needs moar meat a skinny bean

Lots of shenanigans have occured in that bed

Problem is Pro Biden actor down below can suck my cock

Working for him ended up leading to my start in my career. At that time I was still in college and working a second job in a fly shop. A high end client came in and I was setting him up with some gear. As usual we were bullshitting about stuff when he asked about my schooling. Told him I was studying finance and working a second job as a boat captain. In passing he asked what boat. When I said Rooster he about shit and he looked at me with wide eyes “YOU WORK FOR FELIX XXXXX!? Um, yes? Then he goes down a long series of questions about how I work for him, what I did and how long I had worked for him. Turns out this client was the chief counsel for an aerospace company. He asked when I was graduating and then asked if I would come to his office the next week.

I show up at his office and he is there with the CEO. He introduces us and we start BSing. Then the CEO explains he just bought a $750,000 boat but his insurance company wouldn’t let him use it because he had never owned a boat before. He asked if I would train him so he could run it. I told him thanks but no thanks, I was getting out of the boat business. He countered with an offer I couldn’t refuse. If I trained him to run his boat and got him signed off on the insurance he would put me in his corporate headquarters under the CFO and controller. I couldn’t say no.

I got him to where he wouldn’t kill anyone or sink his boat and had an interview with the insurance company. When the investigator and I started talking about my qualifications, he was skeptical, I told him about the boats I had run or worked on. Same shit happened. “You worked for XXXX!? Ok, you’re qualified.”

The CEO held up his end of the deal and put my in the corporate offices. You should have seen the CFO and controller when I walked in. It was pretty much who the fuck are you and why are you here? My education was very low brow for them and my experience was in negative range. They busted my ass day and night, literally, working me very long hours trying to break me. It turns out I actually had some skills and I grew on them. Ended up learning a shit ton from them and being very successful.

That’s the short story of  SpeyRod’s beginnings….

Terry dreams!

He's getting fatter.

Morning ho’s.

So, there you were knee deep in fish guts.........

Morning SR

Fify.

Morning

I am on a carb cutting routine. Having Greek yogurt and fruit for breakfast.

And to be able to drink from you bottle at 2 am again.

Yo ho

That'll do, I don't usually care much for carb stuff but it makes for handier eating of many meals.

Always was. My best friends sister used to call me fish face. She would tease me that I would never get to date a real girl if I always smelled like fish.

I got a bunch of nalgene bottles and lots of HEB 1L alkaline in the garage fridge

Happy Friday.

Can’t decide if I want to get up and shoot the 3 gun comp tomorrow. Kinda want to sleep in…

Morning bro. How much rain did you get?

That sounds like fun too, its super dark and cloudy today I think I might have to do a nap

Hadn't checked the gauge, was in Oklahoma when all the rain hit.  

Folks area got 4" yesterday which is a TON on the caprock, those storms are dropping rain now

Good! If your aren’t in the low lands…

Doctored or not, aye might not survive the next 3 hours with them.... notify my next of kin wouldja?

Dang had a bit over half an inch in the rain gauge, 1 5 gal bucket was full of rainwater and filled up 5 jugs for my plants and put the other buckets out to catch as its raining again

That area is flat as a pancake, 1 degree slope for a few hundred miles but my folks live on the side of a canyon so most of it rain down into the lake

So choice.
Unexpected this is: finite production 99-111 years ago find their way to the 4 corners of the Earth.

made during 1911-1919 then 10,000 Improved Models of M1911 produced in 1924 by Colts,

only 623,075 Military pistols

made by all 3 companies in the years cited above, yet here we are admiring Handmade works of Art, many with interchangeability problems due to workers born in the 19th Century struggling to achieve the desired uniformity on the Lines.

This very A1 dispatched 3 NVA Regulars on a Mekong Delta river beach saving the lives of John and his buddy, has not be fired since that day in 1968...