Today is Flag Day, the commemoration of the adoption of the flag of the United States of America on June 14, 1777, by the Second Continental Congress. They were standing up against a tyrannical government and needed a new flag[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The Kings Bay ballistic submarine crews made it their mission to make certain another of their number was never sunk again, either by enemies or friends. Especially friends. Because a boat with the firepower to end Civilization as we know[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kings Bay in Georgia erased decades of lax security and personnel procedures in the months following the sinking of USS Georgia with all hands. One operational method they used was never admitting when or how they spent time in dock,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The ballistic missile submarine crews from Kings Bay became far more distrustful of strangers after the USS Georgia was sunk. Their screening procedures became far more intensive, and they held themselves further apart from the other American military services. They[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The ballistic missile submarine crews who made Kings Bay their home became more insular after one of their number followed Federal orders to fire on America before being immediately sunk. They had always been a bit squirrelly by the metrics[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kings Bay in Georgia had been a ballistic missile submarine base for over half a century when the Second Great Depression began. The crews were famous for remaining underwater, acting like holes in the ocean, for months on end. Always[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There were three American submarine bases on the East Coast when the Second Great Depression began. New London in Connecticut, Kings Bay in Georgia, and Norfolk in Virginia. The sinking of USS Georgia after it fired nuclear missiles on Virginia[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This has been a long week. Starting with Memorial Day and going on to the anniversary of the D-Day landing that started the end of the Third Reich. There is a lot of sacrifice we remember this week. Lives ended[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Kings Bay submarine base in Georgia had a difficult Second Great Depression. The entire United States Navy ballistic and cruise missile submarine force was homeported at Kings Bay. It was a powerful force, capable of devastating any nation on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wilmington, North Carolina had long been home to various Coast Guard cutters, usually named Diligence, long before the Second Great Depression began. The last of them had departed for Florida decades before due to the changing nature of the Coast[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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