Brian Dunn@briandunn.bsky.social
Semi-retired, but still kicking. MA/History. Lifelong Californian. Lifelong Democrat. Naval and Maritime History aficionado. Servant to two cats. Reasonably articulate.
- US predreadnoughts in the Philadelphia Naval Yard, October, 1919. Ships in nearest row identified in Alt Text. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 92300. #NavalHistory
- The Kaiser Friedrich was a liner built for Norddeutscher Lloyd in an attempt to capture the Blue Riband from HAPAG. She was a beautiful ship, but never performed to expectations. She briefly served in both the NDL and HAPAG fleets before being mothballed for a decade. (1/2) #MaritimeHistory🧵
- The Cairo, a City class ironclad river gunboat, completed in 1861. She was the first ironclad to be sunk by a mine when one exploded under her in the Yazoo River on December 12, 1862. Parts of the boat were salvaged and preserved near the Vicksburg National Cemetery. #NavalHistory
