Before the US Navy eclipsed the Royal Navy one of the closest threats to the Royal Navy's dominance of the high seas was the German U-boats of WWI. The German Naval program started in 1898 by Alfr…
Holder(DE-401: dp 1,200, 1 80fi& 39;: b. 36& 39;7& 34;; dr, 8& 39;7& 34; i s. 21 k.;cpl. 186, a. 3 3& 34; 2 40mm., 8 20mm., 2 act, 8 dcp, 1 dcp(hh), 3 21& 34; tt.; cf. Edsall)The first Holder (DE 401) was launched by Brown Ship building Co., Houston, Tex., 27 November 1943; sponsorefl by Mrs. Annette Holder, mother of Lieutenant ( junior grade) Holder, and commissioned 18 January 1944, Lt.
So I am somewhat familiar with the 17th century "agrarian communist" (according to Wikipedia, although I suspect they're closer to anarchists) movement in England known as the Diggers. I learned o…
Laundry day on USS Houston (CA-30), 1930s This picture shows laundry day on the Northampton class heavy cruiser USS Houston (CA-30) at some point in the 1930s.
