re: Pictures from days gone by....

An interesting picture of two generations of American warships. This picture was taken in New York Harbor sometime before 1901. In the foreground is USS Indiana (BB-1), laid down in 1891 and commissioned in 1895, she was Americans first true battleship, though she was designed for costal defense and was unsuited for operations in the open ocean. In the background is USS Vermont. Laid down in 1818 , but not commissioned until 1862, she was a classic ship-of-the-line during the age of sail, though by the time she was commissioned she was already obsolete. Here’s a model of her at the Naval Museum in Washington DC..



By the time this photo was taken, the USS Vermont had long since been converted store and receiving ship. She was stricken from the Navy rolls in 1901 and sold for scrap in 1902.

The USS Indiana (BB1), was a veteran of the Spanish-American War, having taken part in the bombardment of Spanish fortifications in San Juan, PR, the blockade of Cuba, and the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. She would be decommissioned in 1903, but would later be returned to active service in 1917 shortly after the US entered WWI. During the war she was used as a training ship off the coast of New York. Following the end of the war, she would be sunk in Chesapeake Bay in 1920 as part of the Navy’s experiments on the effects of aerial bombing of naval vessels.

Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno California, 1971

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That woman’s got a big weiner between her legs.