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8,000 Sea Mines That Shut Down North Vietnam

May 8th, 1972. As President Nixon addressed the nation, U.S. aircraft from USS Coral Sea dropped thousands of massive Mark 52 and Mark 36 mines into Haiphong Harbor. The operation, code-named Pocket ...
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USS Illinois: The Forgotten Iowa-Class Battleship the Navy Never Finished

The USS Illinois (BB-65) was conceived as a tougher follow-on to the Iowa class and first of the planned Montana-type heavy ...