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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
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Originally Posted by Capt. D
#5 - USS Nautilus - first US nuke boat
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I hope that wording is theirs and not yours. While true, it ignores the fact that Nautilus was the first nuclear-powered submarine anywhere.
It's like saying Chuck Yeager was the first American to break the sound barrier. |
I think I just realized that Steve may well be Bill Nichols' alter-ego :rotfl:
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Guys, chill out. For all the downfalls of the history channel, focus on Hitler, etc. etc. - keeping politics and sociology out of it, the Type VII did have a serious historical siginificance and was, on all counts, not a failure by design or tactics - it was a failure because it fought on the wrong side and in a fleet supported by completely inadequate resources for its ambitions. Otherwise the total tonnage claims speak for themselves.