Some ships are really lucky. Some ships are really unlucky. USS Ross is probably both in this case since she survived two direct mine hits during WWII.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://thetidesofhistory.com/2022/09/04/uss-ross-the-destroyer-that-survived-2-mine-hits/

The storied USCGC Alert served for more than 40 years but met a rather ignominious end.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://thetidesofhistory.com/2022/01/23/the-loss-of-uscgc-alert-wsc-wmec-127/

I pondered more of the nice things about working as a substitute and on a submarine.

It's a bit more involved than the one you have at home.

To read this episode as a blog post, visit the following link:

https://thetidesofhistory.com/2023/07/30/how-to-use-a-toilet-on-a-submarine/

Discussing spending $49 on a piece of plastic, new wheels for my office chair, and my experiences (thus far) of being a tour guide on a submarine museum ship.

Discussing weird scams on Youtube, computer glitches with peripherals and drivers, social media laws in Utah, and gas laws in Oregon.

Looking at how sailing ships move to windward. It often involves a number of turns.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://thetidesofhistory.com/2021/02/21/tacking-and-wearing-jibing/

Discussing the long line of historians and researchers who have come before us and done the hard work.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://thetidesofhistory.com/2020/09/13/standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants/

We dropped a lot of sh*t on Vietnam during the war...including a toilet. This is that toilet's story.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://thetidesofhistory.com/2020/11/15/that-time-the-u-s-navy-bombed-vietnam-with-a-toilet/

The most important small-scale infantry battle of the early Pacific War occurred on the island of Guadalcanal.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://thetidesofhistory.com/2021/08/15/the-battle-of-the-tenaru/