Cool pix!

I don't know of any cruisers/destroyers that had six firerooms. One or two boilers per room was standard.

 

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Mammatus Clouds over Saskatchewan
Image Credit & Copyright: Michael F Johnston

Explanation: When do cloud bottoms appear like bubbles? Normally, cloud bottoms are flat. This is because moist warm air that rises and cools will condense into water droplets at a specific temperature, which usually corresponds to a very specific height. As water droplets grow, an opaque cloud forms. Under some conditions, however, cloud pockets can develop that contain large droplets of water or ice that fall into clear air as they evaporate. Such pockets may occur in turbulent air near a thunderstorm. Resulting mammatus clouds can appear especially dramatic if sunlit from the side. The mammatus clouds pictured here, lasting only a few minutes, were photographed over Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, just after a storm in 2012.
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German invasion of Western Europe and the Fall of France, 1940 - Rare Historical Photos

The Invasion of Poland in pictures, 1939 - Rare Historical Photos

World War II: The bloody war spreads around the globe, 1940-1941 - Rare Historical Photos

Battle of Britain in rare pictures, 1940 - Rare Historical Photos

 

"B-17 fitted with B-24 nose and tail turrets."

 

"Size comparison of various ships [2280 x 5460]"

 

"The German pocket battleship ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE in flames after being scuttled off Montevideo, Uruguay, after the Battle of the River Plate, 17 December 1939."

Colorized, or colourized, can't tell which.

 

"(1024 x 1024) US officers inspect the experimental 2-ton submersible Intelligent Whale at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in December 1941."

Intelligent Whale - Wikipedia

 

"The real meaning of "Keep calm and carry on”—Milkman during the London blitz, 1940."

"I deliver the milk, Jerry supplies the shake."

 

"[1100 x 578] The gunner of a Hall PH flying boat firing his weapon."

Dear Mom, my new job gives me lots of time for fresh air and sunshine, so don't worry about me.

 

"R class battleship HMS Ramillies, with her 15-inch guns trained to starboard, 24 June 1943 [1861 x 547]."

 

"(1540 x 1001) Brazilian light cruiser Almirante Tamandaré, formerly USS St. Louis (CL-49), in Rio de Janiero, July 1953."

♫Meet me in St. Louie, Louie!♫

 

"The world's only surviving TACAM R-2 (Romanian WW2 tank destroyer conversion)."

 

I can't imagine any GI commenting scatologically about that ... setup. If he did he'd just be making a boob of himself.

 

Initial testing showed that the "intubed propeller" design did increase the engine's efficiency as Stipa had calculated, and the additional lift provided by the airfoil shape of the interior of the duct itself allowed a very low landing speed of only 68 km/h (42 mph) and assisted the Stipa-Caproni in achieving a higher ...

Stipa-Caproni - Wikipedia

Looks Italian to me.

 

"[1481X996] Weighting 1600 tons, turret Bruno of the German battleship Gneisenau is dominating the Fjell fortress in Norway since it's been transferred here from Gotenhafen in 1943. The turret will be dismounted and disassembled in 1968. Photo is dated ca. 1946."

You know what's the problem these days? Nobody drinks from the skulls of their enemies any more.

 

"FM-2 Wildcat BuNo.16278 arrives at the Hickory Aviation Museum in Hickory, North Carolina from California. This aircraft went down into Lake Michigan in 1945, was recovered in 1991 and displayed at the now closed Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum at MCAS Miramar, California from 1999-2021."

 

"Royal Navy carrier with crew in netting. [1874x1213]"

"End of flight deck. Do not proceed!"

 

"Aircraft carrier USS Leyte (CVA-32) in the foreground beyond her are 18 escort carriers. U.S. Navy's 16th Reserve Fleet ships laid up at the south Boston annex, Boston Naval Shipyard, 25 July 1953.[5652x4722]"

This is what Yamamoto was afraid of.