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Fantastic archives. Thanks, Sal.

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The 14-inch shell which cost $970 in 1915 would cost $30,100 today according to the CPI calculator. That's before including the DOD 5000 process adder of another $70,000 for a grand total of $100,000.

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hmmm.....wazzat in the sky over battleship at minute 3:02 ? Thankyou, CDR! ;-)

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That's a good catch. But, DN-1 didn't go into service until two years later.

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bravo! wondered at that.........length on the film would've been too long for

DN-1....thought maybe a glitch in the film itself,

or perhaps a foreign craft. that too was odd....middle of the Great War 'n all.....

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It's a bit of a mystery. The only airships I'm aware from that era are either before or after that date.

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Would have been a good time to join. You even got dental care.

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Indeed, Jet. My uncles who served in the Navy in WWII hadn't been born when this film was made. Except that penicillin wouldn't come into being for another 25 years, I've love to go back to that Navy and serve. Even with the PRT. It actually looked fun...in a loose definition of the word. If they set that PRT to some old Bee Gee's tunes, I'm all in. n/h.

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Funny how we can look back and want to join "that" Navy!! Having a WWII Navy father(Oct41-1964) the one I joined was very (too?) different from what I expected. I wonder what my daughter's retro veiw of her service will be, and if she'll yearn to have joined "my" Navy instead...

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Am sure my Navy of 1965-91 is far different than today's. Am also pretty sure that I served in the golden era. But so say they all. I hope your daughter's service is a wonderful experience, even if later she yearns for something retro.

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Hmm. Use of fleet images as a recruiting aid in areas we don't have sailors. What's old is new again.

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what a difference a century makes

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*sigh* What a difference even 3½ years make.

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Wait a minute, where are the hard hats and life jackets ? Safety third.

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Josephus “Cuppa Joe” Daniels who replaced wine in the officers’ mess with coffee, and earned an immortal (and contemporary derisive) nickname.

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Featuring an OS2U Kingfisher, the film must date from ca. 1941.

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Link may be broken. I get 404 not found

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Thanks for the link to the film of my grandfathers Navy. Enlisted in 1908 and checked his old paybook/personnel record (leather wrapped document I guess they hand carried) and 1915 saw him assigned to the USS Reina Mercedes at Annapolis as QM2C. Captured Spanish cruiser used as a receiving barracks at the Academy up to 1957!

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