retrowar:

The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO 203) and the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) conduct a replenishment-at-sea. Kearsarge is the flagship for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. 

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sabrina Fine/Released)

peashooter85:

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev pats a man’s belly for some reason during his visit to Iowa in 1959.

lex-for-lexington:

“USS Saratoga (CV-3) running full power trials in Puget Sound, Washington, following battle damage repairs, 15 May 1945.”

(NHHC: 19-N-84312)

wctruitt:

“Bearded man armed with ax, rifle, hunting knife, and two pistols, Maine"  – photograph by Joseph John Kirkbride, 1842-1899

lex-for-lexington:

“Third Fleet warships en route to the Philippines, circa January 1945. USS Stephen Potter (DD-538) is in the right center, closest to the camera. Aircraft carrier at left is USS Enterprise (CV-6). Photographed from USS New Jersey (BB-62) by Lieutenant Commander Charles Fenno Jacobs, USNR.”

(NHHC: 80-G-470275)

did-you-kno:

Christina of Sweden was a 17th-century monarch who ruled as a king. Born covered in hair, she had a cry so deep that everyone thought she was a boy. Happy to learn she was a girl, her father decreed she would have the education of a prince and made her his heir. She inherited the throne at the age of 6 and ruled for years as a blunt, unmarried, lady king who often disguised herself as a man for political and safety reasons. Source Source 2

lex-for-lexington:

“USS Pittsburgh (CA-72). The cruiser’s detached and capsized bow under tow toward Guam in June 1945. It had broken loose in a typhoon on 5 June. While under salvage, Pittsburgh’s bow was humorously called USS McKeesport and Suburb of Pittsburgh.”

(NHHC: NH 98250)