• Teapot [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    The last battleship was decommissioned in 1992

    • WashedAnus [he/him]
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      6 months ago

      It was recommissioned for to bombard Iraq, and they still blew up a gun turret by being idiots and pinned it on a dead guy for allegedly being gay.

      • dinklesplein [any, he/him]
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        6 months ago

        the worst part is they could easily have just said it's been a while since we last operated a battleship and the people who knew are gone so there's a learning curve, and that would have been a plenty acceptable excuse.

        • footfaults [none/use name]
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          6 months ago

          They increased the powder and also had issues with the powder increasing in pressure as it aged. They pinned it in a gay guy because surely the manufacturer or command that directed them to change the loading couldn't be at fault