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U.S.S. Utah - Material Damage Report

The USS Utah (AG-16), which served as an anti-aircraft gunnery training vessel at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, had sustained damaging hits from torpedoes and a bomb. The Utah quickly took in water, formed a serious list and it became evident that the ship would capsize.

After the attack an attempt at salvage was made, but was unsuccessful and no further attempts were made. The Utah, along with the USS Arizona (BB-39) were the only two ships not to be refloated and salvaged.

A report written by Commander John F. Warris, Executive Officer of the Utah on January 7, 1942 highlights the damage the ship sustained during the attack and the issues it faced with flooding and capsizing.

Two enclosures are included. One from T. H. Thompson, “B” Division Officer regarding the distribution of fuel in the tanks and the other from Lieutenant (Jr. Gr.) P. F. Hauck regarding efforts made to close hatches when the flooding began.

Document: NAID 1105681 (Records of the Bureau of Ships, RG 19) Declassification number NND 960035.

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Mr. Spock in a production cel Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973/74)

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i love ziyal so muc h😭😭😭😭😭😭😭her only crime was having a shit dad

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Stunning stunning stunning

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Earth and Moon Seen from Mars in November 2016

Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

This image composite combines the best Earth image with the best Moon image from four sets of images acquired on 20 November 2016.

Each is separately processed prior to combining (in correct relative positions and sizes), so that the Moon is bright enough to see. The Moon is much darker than Earth and would barely show up at all if shown at the same brightness scale as Earth. Because of this brightness difference, the Earth images are saturated in the best Moon images, and the Moon is very faint in the best (unsaturated) Earth image.

The image color bandpasses are infrared, red, and blue-green, displayed as red, green, and blue, respectively. This is similar to Landsat images in which vegetation appears red. The reddish blob in the middle of the Earth image is Australia, with southeast Asia forming the reddish area (vegetation) near the top; Antarctica is the bright blob at bottom-left. Other bright areas are clouds. We see the western near-side of the Moon.

These images were acquired for calibration of HiRISE data, since the spectral reflectance of the Moon’s near side is very well known.

STAC Day 15

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Star Trek Advent Calendar Day 15 (Belated): Favorite Behind the Scenes Moment

Alexander Siddig being hugged by Avery Brooks, and then getting super excited when he sees Terry Farrell for the first time in months. And Terry’s adorable little hop before she hugs him. (x)

Gifs by leolarootbeer and from this post. (I tried to do the thing where you search the gif and then it keeps the credit to the original artist, but it wasn’t showing up.)