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7th Jun 2023, 08:22

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JT Eagle

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Originally Posted by chopper2004

Hmm, thought they would be removed before setting sail from Portsmouth...

I wonder if the USN did the same and had their bucket of sunshine swiftly removed at say Subic Bay before entering the war..

cheers

USN carriers were stuffed with nukes off Vietnam and conducted loading drills with live weapons between the war zone and Japan. They even lost one overboard in December 1965: https://www.casematepublishing.co.uk/broken-arrow.html

JT

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