After USS White Sands was decommissioned in 1974, it was bought by a company that needed to move the ship with an 81′ beam through the 80′ wide Ballard Locks. It was done by weighting down one side of the ship and then transiting the locks while tilted 38 degrees.

Project 705 Lira, also known by its NATO reporting name, the Alfa-class nuclear attack submarine, specifically the K-64 during trials. This class of submarine was known for its unique design, including a revolutionary titanium hull and a powerful lead-bismuth liquid metal-cooled reactor. The use of a liquid metal reactor allowed for a smaller reactor size and very high speeds, with the submarines primarily used as interceptors.

 

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Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX-1), a floating, self-propelled, mobile active electronically scanned array early-warning radar station coming into Pearl Harbour under tow – November 7, 2025.

 

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Nukes in the Falklands War.1 April 1982 advice to Cabinet on the risks of the WE177 stockpile going to the Falklands, and the risks to specific ship classes of being hit by Exocet while carrying nuclear weapons, and the risk of Argentina capturing a UK warhead. Copied from SeaWaves Magazine.

Vanguard-class submarine inside the shiplift maintenance facility (likely at the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, where they were built).

 

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