Comments on: Humpday History Highlight http://supportyourlocalgunfighter.com/2009/07/humpday-history-highlight-86/ Have a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend! Sun, 27 May 2012 01:06:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alan B http://supportyourlocalgunfighter.com/2009/07/humpday-history-highlight-86/comment-page-1/#comment-27357 Alan B Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:12:40 +0000 http://supportyourlocalgunfighter.com/?p=15777#comment-27357 Just been reading about operation Ten-Go and the sinking of the Yamato of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Total disaster! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ten-Go Just been reading about operation Ten-Go and the sinking of the Yamato of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Total disaster!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ten-Go

]]> By: Alan B http://supportyourlocalgunfighter.com/2009/07/humpday-history-highlight-86/comment-page-1/#comment-27355 Alan B Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:10:21 +0000 http://supportyourlocalgunfighter.com/?p=15777#comment-27355 Interesting, thank you! Not an incident generally known over here - we had our own disaster early in the war with the sinking of the Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy, by the Bismark. From Hood's first salvo to her disappearance beneath the waves, only eleven minutes had passed. Hood sank in 3 minutes! Out of 1418 crew, only 3 survived. The battlecruiser Hood was: * the largest warship of any kind in the world at her commissioning and held the title until the German Bismarck entered service in 1940. * the largest vessel ever to serve in the Royal Navy until the battleship HMS Vanguard, which was not commissioned until 1946. * the longest warship until the commissioning of the Japanese battleship Yamato in 1941. The news of the sinking of such a great ship shook the British public and for many it became the most shocking incident in WW2. http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/history/ships/hms-hood-1920/ Interesting, thank you!

Not an incident generally known over here – we had our own disaster early in the war with the sinking of the Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy, by the Bismark.

From Hood’s first salvo to her disappearance beneath the waves, only eleven minutes had passed. Hood sank in 3 minutes!

Out of 1418 crew, only 3 survived.

The battlecruiser Hood was:

* the largest warship of any kind in the world at her commissioning and held the title until the German Bismarck entered service in 1940.

* the largest vessel ever to serve in the Royal Navy until the battleship HMS Vanguard, which was not commissioned until 1946.

* the longest warship until the commissioning of the Japanese battleship Yamato in 1941.

The news of the sinking of such a great ship shook the British public and for many it became the most shocking incident in WW2.

http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/history/ships/hms-hood-1920/

]]> By: Wyatt Earp http://supportyourlocalgunfighter.com/2009/07/humpday-history-highlight-86/comment-page-1/#comment-27350 Wyatt Earp Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:39:42 +0000 http://supportyourlocalgunfighter.com/?p=15777#comment-27350 John D - And to think Shaw was drunk for most of the filming. Sully - The only way it would have been worse would be if it sunk before dropping off the bomb. Mrs. Crankipants - It's why I hate the ocean. If you can get me in the water, you did something truly amazing. John D – And to think Shaw was drunk for most of the filming.

Sully – The only way it would have been worse would be if it sunk before dropping off the bomb.

Mrs. Crankipants – It’s why I hate the ocean. If you can get me in the water, you did something truly amazing.

]]> By: Mrs. Crankipants http://supportyourlocalgunfighter.com/2009/07/humpday-history-highlight-86/comment-page-1/#comment-27333 Mrs. Crankipants Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:53:56 +0000 http://supportyourlocalgunfighter.com/?p=15777#comment-27333 I was reading this, and thought of Robert Shaw in Jaws, then I scrolled down and saw you had posted the video. Mr. Crankipants and I watch Jaws every 4th of July to get ourselves ready for beach season. I was reading this, and thought of Robert Shaw in Jaws, then I scrolled down and saw you had posted the video. Mr. Crankipants and I watch Jaws every 4th of July to get ourselves ready for beach season.

]]> By: Sully http://supportyourlocalgunfighter.com/2009/07/humpday-history-highlight-86/comment-page-1/#comment-27321 Sully Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:32:23 +0000 http://supportyourlocalgunfighter.com/?p=15777#comment-27321 It's in my top 5 worst days in US Naval history... Just awful... It’s in my top 5 worst days in US Naval history…

Just awful…

]]> By: John D http://supportyourlocalgunfighter.com/2009/07/humpday-history-highlight-86/comment-page-1/#comment-27318 John D Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:51:08 +0000 http://supportyourlocalgunfighter.com/?p=15777#comment-27318 Best movie monologue EVER! Best movie monologue EVER!

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