Top Ten Pages

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Humor: USS Constitution (Old Ironsides)    5069 page views, Little known tidbit of Naval History

The Pacific: Photos from WWII  4756 page views, perennial favorite

Aviator Slang   3125 page views, OK Nugget, kick the tires.   Tons of Slang to learn

Engineering Chapter 7: Recuction Gears  2694 page views, go figure.

Gun Barrel Construction    2516 page views 

Japanese Plane Bombs Oregon   2331 page views, Classic story you may not know. 

Rate Insignia of Navy Enlisted Personnel  2248 page views, Lots of people searching for this info.

Naval Ordnance and Gunnery Volume 2 Fire Control    1891 page views.  Shoot straight.

Reunions   1526 page views, gotta keep up with your crew.

Infamous Vietnam Toilet Bomb    1457 page views, True story: Perennial favorite!

Cairo: Navy Seal War Dog    1272 page views, The dog that cornered Osama Bin Laden 

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Magnetic Catapult Dead Load Test on USS Gerald Ford   video

Holystoning Video   Do you know what Holystoning is?  See it here.

USS Missouri Launch Day Video, Jan. 1944 video     Old video

Most Dangerous Job in the World: Carrier Deck Ops  very cool video

The 5" 38 Guns video and how they work  Same mount on famous USS Laffey

 

Bonus:   Previous Top Ten Pages:

D-Day  Photos from 1944 and 2009 65th Anniversary   always popular in June

Sailors' Stories: James Payton    This story is amazing on so many levels

Loading the 16" Guns Video   This one is a classic from days gone by.

Submarine Escape Trunk and Breathing Apparatus  Tribute to my departed friend Diver Jack Lehman

Richard Vanden Heuvel Rare color video WWII B29 tailgunner and 11 others rescued by sub USS Pintado

F/A-18 Guides Tomahawk Missile In Mid Air to Moving Target

Submarine USS Barb  The sub that sank a train: Admiral Lucky Fluckey

Vought VF-173: Flying Pancake or Zimmer Skimmer  most unusual aircraft

1962 Ascroc Missile Nuclear Detonation Test Video

USS Iowa BB-61 15 gun broadside firing 1984. 100,000 tons of water displaced.

Reduction Gears   amazing number of visits to this page

OP-769 Configuration of the 3 gun turrets on USS New Jersey April 1968   

Radar and Optics  

Battleship Main Page    

Reduction Gears and Related Equipment  

Coastal and Riverine Craft Armament   

Main Video Page

USS Recruit: The Wooden Battleship In New York City

Naval Ordnance and Gunnery: Armor

USS Montana: Collision Avoidance video from the humor section