RT @Saturnax1: #SubWednesday #Submarines #Accidents #OTD #Nuclear horror story, short🧵: 1. Soviet submarine K-320 was a Project 670 Skat/Charlie I-class SSGN. Designed by Lazurit design bureau, these submarines were intended to carry surprise attacks on Western/NATO high-value naval assets. https://t.co/s7x4jC5Lrd Capt_Navy

#OTD Five years ago today Elon Musk's SpaceX launched 🚀 a Tesla Roadster 🚘 in Space and as of today it's recorded 2.5 billion miles! It would be interesting to take a look at it now. https://t.co/1DDkxQstZ9 Capt_Navy

RT @Tendar: On this day in 1989 Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan, after 10 years of war and 12,000 Soviet soldiers killed. #OTD #Sovietunion #Afghanistan https://t.co/74XrwF8q9R Capt_Navy

RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1944, U.S. forces began the assualt on Eniwetok atoll. All but about 140 of the 3,500 Japanese defenders fought to their deaths. Passed by wartime censors, this photo of fatigued Marines after the battle presented a rare image of the psychological effects of combat. https://t.co/pEDugJ27Bg Capt_Navy

RT @underseaNavy: #OTD in 1974, the @USNavy introduced the S-3A Viking, an ASW aircraft. Viking pilots spent the Cold War searching for and tracking enemy submarines. In the late 1990s, the Viking's role shifted to air refueling and surface warfare. The last Viking squadron deactivated in 2009. https://t.co/KaOk3evHRA Capt_Navy

And I like this tradition.🙂🍷It would be useful at least for therapeutic reasons.🩺 https://t.co/jZ8oDfbpME Capt_Navy

I first read this novel in 1992, and watched the movie in 1994. That was awesome! https://t.co/rlKNSvL4AO Capt_Navy

RT @ColdWarPod: 33 years and 2 days ago we heard “one ping only…” for the first time. @SpyHards @Capt_Navy @KingNeptune767 https://t.co/hkdrBd0m6k Capt_Navy

RT @RSS_40: #OTD 1984 Sevmash shipyard launched K-51 1st Delta-IV SSBN for USSR NAVY. Now K-51 «Verkhoturye». https://t.co/YANokquzoZ Capt_Navy

RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1960, USS Triton was on a top secret mission to circumnavigate the world while submerged when Captain Ned Beach raised the periscope and was spotted by a Filipino fisherman. The terrified fisherman thought the periscope was the eye of a sea monster. https://t.co/fec4rLWplf Capt_Navy

#SovietNavy On Eternal Patrol https://t.co/H6mxclkZIo Capt_Navy

RT @Saturnax1: On Eternal Patrol - USS Thresher (SSN-593)🕯️ 60 years ago #OTD, USS Thresher (SSN-593), the lead boat of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, was lost with all hands during deep diving tests beyond the continental shelf east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. "An Unknown… https://t.co/bNQU5EcB6L https://t.co/vxuRUKUFkl Capt_Navy

RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1982, the Royal Navy battered ARA Santa Fe, hitting the Argentine submarine with depth charges, AS-12 missiles and machine gun fire. Though damaged, the ex-USS Catfish managed to get back to port without losing any men. The sub then surrendered to the British. https://t.co/7auJSqipgR Capt_Navy

RT @RSS_40: #OTD in 1989 USSR NAVY heavy nuclear powered missile cruiser «Yuriy Andropov» (11442 type) was launched. 27 May 1992 the cruiser got new name-«Potr Velikiy». Right pic-just before launching. https://t.co/cB5LjSvXGD Capt_Navy

RT @RSS_40: Both Soviet & Russian sources don’t know the date. In fact USSR NAVY approved receiving act on 12 Nov 1960 so K-19 was commissioned on that day. The submarine was on sea trials in April-May 1961. Commander of Northern Fleet inked an order to commission K-19 into N.Fleet on 6/7/61 https://t.co/HuqdLRIWcy Capt_Navy

RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1999, Oliver Reed died while filming GLADIATOR. Reed had consumed 8 pints of beer, 12 shots of rum, half a bottle of whisky, and shots of cognac after challenging sailors from HMS Cumberland to a drinking contest in a pub. He was armwrestling sailors when he collapsed. https://t.co/NeeN03VgEN Capt_Navy

#OTD 7 May 1915
RMS Lusitania Real-Time Sinking Animation.
Full version https://t.co/SDqSZ0aNtN https://t.co/WtEM6zUnjC Capt_Navy

#WeWereAllied #ColdWar My good friend and senior mentor was a young officer who participated in this visit of the ships of the Soviet Navy to the United States. I will definitely send him these photos. https://t.co/OW7eHpUgD9 Capt_Navy

RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1987, USS Stark (FFG-31) was hit by 2 Exocet missiles fired by an Iraqi aircraft. 37 sailors were killed and another 21 were wounded. Iraq claimed the pilot mistook the frigate for an Iranian tanker. The crew's valiant damage control efforts saved the ship from sinking. https://t.co/IUnJwZbOV5 Capt_Navy

#OTD 150 years ago on May 20, 1873, the Levi Strauss & Co. received U.S. Patent 139,121 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. I have been a devoted fan of this brand for more than 30 years and it has never let me down!👖✌️ https://t.co/mmDMk8hBd5 Capt_Navy