Author Topic: Admiral Rickover  (Read 347 times)

Offline FLOOB

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Admiral Rickover
« on: January 07, 2015, 04:48:19 PM »
You guys seen the pbs documentary on Admiral Richover? It's very good I think some of you will enjoy it, unless you're dumb or something.
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Offline MrGeezer

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Re: Admiral Rickover
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2015, 02:44:58 PM »
The Father of the Modern Navy, especially with nuke boomers.  The guy was cutting edge and an edge the Soviets had to try and catch up to in technology.  Showed the Soviets that carriers ruled the roost.
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