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Tango01 | 07 Dec 2014 10:29 p.m. PST |
"When testing new military technology, there are always risks for the operators. Test pilots suffered appalling death rates in the early days of jet planes, and the MV-22 Osprey suffered a series of fatal mishaps during its development, including 19 dead Marines in a single accident in 2000. But the series of misfortunes that befell the Confederacy during its attempts to build a practical submarine show just how far safety standards can go out the window during wartime. On a bone-chilling cold night in 1864 just outside Charleston Harbor during the Civil War, one of the largest ships in the Union Navy was conducting the interminable patrolling involved in maintaining a blockade. The USS Housatonic, a 1,260-ton, 11-gun sloop, had been tasked with blocking Charleston's harbor and occasionally bombarding shore targets for over a year…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
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