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USS Topeka (SSN-754) was launched at Electric Boat in 1988. At exactly midnight on New Year’s Eve 1999, Topeka parked at a depth of 400 feet, exactly at the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line. The submarine simultaneously existed in two millennia, two centuries, two years, two seasons, two months, two days, and two hemispheres.

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USS Nimitz (CVN 68) aircraft carrier moving into dry dock at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) in Bremerton, Washington, on March 16, 2018.

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USS Tripoli (LHA 7) America-class amphibious assault ship and USS New Orleans (LPD 18) San Antonio-class Flight I amphibious transport dock in White Beach, Okinawa – January 29, 2026

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FDI HN frigate HS Kimon at Naval Group’s shipyard in Lorient during the naming ceremony, hoisting of the Hellenic flag, and commissioning into the Hellenic Navy Fleet

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On 4 August 1972, a powerful solar storm hit the Earth.

https://ift.tt/cl7CjQR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_End_Sweep  In 1972, during the final years of the Vietnam War, the United States laid thousands of magnetic sea mines off the coast of North Vietnam. Their purpose was simple and deadly… to block ports like Haiphong and cut off supplies by detonating when a ship’s metal hull passed nearby. Then something entirely unexpectedContinue reading “On 4 August 1972, a powerful solar storm hit the Earth.”