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Thanks Diopter.I can't imaging spending too much time in lookout on top of that mast while at sea.Amount of movement would make anyone seasick in record time I guess.
 
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On this same day, in 1147, D. Afonso Henriques, definitely took the city of Lisbon from the Moors.
After an effort of several months of siege, Afonso Henriques' troops, with the help of the Cruzados(Crusaders), managed to take the city definitively, but it was on the 17th to the 21st of that month that the continuous attacks caused the collapse of the eastern wall, together from Portas do Sol, also giving in to the door that would later be called Martim Moniz.

https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/siege-of-lisbon/m06bk4b?hl=en

Martim Moniz (died 1147) was a Portuguese knight of noble birth, and famous figure in the Siege of Lisbon in 1147.

According to the legend, Martim Moniz was a knight participating in the Christian invasion force, led by king Afonso I of Portugal, in the Siege of Lisbon, during the Reconquest. At one point in the siege of São Jorge Castle, he saw the Moors closing the castle doors. He led an attack on the doors, and sacrificed himself by lodging his own body in the doorway,[citation needed] preventing the defenders from fully closing the door.

This heroic act allowed time for his fellow soldiers to arrive and secure the door, leading to the eventual capture of the castle. Martim Moniz was killed in the incident. In his honor, the entrance was dubbed Porta de Martim Moniz (Gate of Martim Moniz).

There are currently several monuments and parks named after Martim Moniz in Lisbon. One of Lisbon's metro stations is named after him. The station features a stylized graphic depiction of the event on its walls.

One of his sons, Pedro Martins, Lord of the Tower of Vasconcelos, was the ancestor of the prominent Vasconcelos family.[citation needed]
 
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CV32 said:
Generally speaking shipboard helicopter decks have some slope to prevent the pooling of water.

Keeping in mind that USS Stout is a Flight I Burke, able to refuel and rearm a helo but without hangar facilities, and the fact that all Burkes have angular surfaces to reduce radar signature, it may have both more slope as well as a bit of an optical illusion at work to suggest that it is steeper than it really is.

The slope on the helo deck on Flight II/IIA Burkes is not nearly as severe, at least not at the angle that it appears here.

Generally it is the aft superstructure that affects the airflow over the deck, rather than the pad itself. The dimensions of the pad (height over water, width, etc) will however affect the motion of the deck as the ship rolls.
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You sir seem to know what you’re talking about. Thanks for the reply!
 
donor said:
"Driver in clink"-I'm guessing that's a slang for "driver locked away"?

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Gak. How understanding of the Queen's English has degraded. No water in the radiator, there was gas in the oil pan and oil in gas tank. So of course the negligent driver was charged and went to jail. What a cruel thing to do to a half track.
 
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An injured Dutch girl waits for medical treatment at a Red Cross Aid Station which was housed in a local primary school, Ten Boer, Groningen province, The Netherlands, early May 1945
Her name is Betsy Wieringa.
In 1945, the Wieringa family took shelter with acquaintances in Appingedam, because they had a cellar in which to hide. But they were hit by shrapnel. Betsy, who was 6 years old at the time, was injured in her hand and foot. '
'Betsy's mother got shrapnel in her arm. She was taken to a hospital in Groningen by the Canadians. Her arm has been paralyzed since then. Betsy was driven to the Aid Station in Ten Boer. '
Betsy also had a 3-year-old brother. He was also injured. The last thing he said was, 'I'm going to sleep, I'm tired.' The boy was taken to a hospital in Groningen, but to a different hospital then his mother. His father found him there later, but he had already passed away by then. '
Betsy passed away in 1994.
Although Allied troops had penetrated the province of Groningen at Musselkanaal and the city of Groningen was liberated between 13 and 16 April 1945, the fighting continued in other parts of the province until the beginning of May.
This can be partly explained by the presence of German bunkers in the northeast and east of the province. Anti-aircraft guns were installed on these bunkers that were difficult to take. For example, German artillery, including heavy artillery on the island of Borkum, continuously fired on the advancing Canadians.
During the Allied advance towards fortified Delfzijl, the civilian population suffered extremely in the second half of April and the beginning of May. In the public primary school of Ten Boer, the Academic Hospital of Groningen had set up a Red Cross post where injured people received medical care. Many of the victims had shrapnel wounds.
Colourised PIECE of JAKE
Photo: Willem van de Poll, Anefo / Dutch National Archives
Source caption: NIOD/RTVNoord
 
bogusiii said:
Gak. How understanding of the Queen's English has degraded. No water in the radiator, there was gas in the oil pan and oil in gas tank. So of course the negligent driver was charged and went to jail. What a cruel thing to do to a half track.
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Deliberate sabotage or negligence. The UN bought a new D8 dozer which was given to the Austrian contingent for road work on Mt Hermon. Suddenly the temps dropped and snow arrived as it always did, and presto, a cracked engine block because nobody checked the anti-freeze. That thing sat on top of the mountain like a giant ice cube until spring when the engine was pulled, rebuilt and then re-installed in situ. No way that thing could be recovered on the mountain road. AFAIK, nobody was punished - blame game worked.:rey2
 
purple said:
Deliberate sabotage or negligence. The UN bought a new D8 dozer which was given to the Austrian contingent for road work on Mt Hermon. Suddenly the temps dropped and snow arrived as it always did, and presto, a cracked engine block because nobody checked the anti-freeze. That thing sat on top of the mountain like a giant ice cube until spring when the engine was pulled, rebuilt and then re-installed in situ. No way that thing could be recovered on the mountain road. AFAIK, nobody was punished - blame game worked.:rey2
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If you don't deal with this stuff regularly, it's easy to neglect. Drove my father in law's from Ontario to Alberta one winter. In northern Michigan, it suddenly started to freeze up. Anti freeze good to -10. :redface:

Grizz
 
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Peter DeForest

USS New Jersey BB-62 Turret 2 DR810 Radar Chronograph
These measured the muzzle velocity of each 16”/50 gun as they fired, which made it easier to predict the velocity of succeeding shots, increasing accuracy
All of the Iowa Class Battleships received these during their 1980’s reactivations
Picture courtesy of Dan Lawler
 
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