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Kid Finds Tank Buried In Mud, Opens Hatch And Realizes What Army Has Done
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boys love to play and roam around they
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tend to be adventurous and get into all
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sorts of sticky situations it comes with
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the territory but they often don't find
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much more than leaves sticks and the
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occasional piece of trash
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their minds often go into overdrive to
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imagine all sorts of fun things but they
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are really themselves and in a normal
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situation one boy though thought he saw
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a boat and was surprised at its location
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being The Adventurous type you wanted to
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check it out to see what it could be
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however as you started digging he found
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something he and his friends never
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expected he had been the one to find it
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so we should get to open the hatch and
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peek inside first metal screeched as the
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top came off to reveal its long
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forgotten contents everyone was shocked
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but then someone pulled him away
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kaspar looked to the right and left at
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the different paths to take one was very
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popular but the other was overgrown
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that's what he wanted because he was
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here to explore the Estonian swamp with
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its Lush Green Pines as he wandered
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around the perimeter he saw strange
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markings in the earth they could have
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been covered for many years but he had
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not seen a shape like that before
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nudging it with his Boot something
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caught his eye he saw a rope and
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wondered if there was a boat sunk nearby
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he scraped the mud away and pulled on it
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but nothing happened though it was odd
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he wanted to tell someone so he ran home
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and brought his parents then word got
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out and an even bigger crowd gathered
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the men looked for Clues as to what was
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submerged in the lake and then one of
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them saw the partially buried rope
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kaspar uncovered it and got a grip but
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the Rope didn't budge at all then the
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whole group was bullying there were more
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than a dozen strong adults but the item
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wasn't coming without a fight
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though they pulled with their might
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nothing worked since they didn't have
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the Manpower or equipment to unearth
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this mystery they called in the
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authorities
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soon the bulldozer's noise echoed in the
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forest they all tied a rope to the
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machine as the driver moved the vehicle
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slowly forward
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several others chipped in to hold the
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Rope but that didn't even work whatever
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was buried was massive everyone went
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home to grab ropes and vehicles to help
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uncover the mystery it took eight hours
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several shovels and many steel cables
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even kaspar was enthusiastic to help he
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desperately wanted to see what the thing
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was that took so long to unearth
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suddenly the group felt something move
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as they pulled then the tip of it Rose
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to the surface From the Muddy Water
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people rushed to get it out using
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shovels to help the bulldozer finally
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the mysterious thing was revealed for
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all the sun was dipping below the tree
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line
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but everyone gassed when they saw what
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came up out of the water like a monster
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covered with algae
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some knew what it was but they all
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scraped off the surface to reveal an
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open hatch they partially hauled the
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metal thin from the water even while
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they had no energy the men continued to
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work and reveal a familiar white symbol
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with Intrigue driving them they prepared
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for the final big Hall
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with a mighty last pull it was out
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everyone was silent as they watched it
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roll from the lake fighting the mud and
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shooting water over the people no one
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could believe what history they
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resurrected but they wondered why a war
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tank was there what was this World War
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II war machine doing in the Estonian
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swamp Lake
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kaspar wanted to look inside because
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this was a once in a lifetime chance
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that he couldn't miss
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then he noticed something shiny and
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asked his mom if they were bullets
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kaspar then felt a strong person
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dragging him away
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men wearing combat gear rushed from a
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camouflage truck toward the bank someone
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probably called the authorities when
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they saw who it was everyone was dead
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quiet and wondered if they were in
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trouble
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then an officer went to kaspar the large
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man asked if the boy had found it and he
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nodded then the man smiled and said he
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was impressed from there you look at the
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villagers telling them to wait while
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they made sure the area was safe
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finally the answers emerged about the
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mystery it took about two weeks and tons
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of help to get the tank fully out of the
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lake
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the team got the gigantic machine up
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enough so that people could look more
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closely most people took pictures of
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that historical find but how did the
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Russian built tank end up there
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especially with German markings on it
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experts did confirm it was a war machine
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in fact it was a
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t-34-76a which was Soviet built this
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vehicle was the Prime option for the
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Soviet Army while they battled the
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Germans
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though was in the water for 56 years
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they discovered some interesting details
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about the markings on the side
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some experts thought the tank was
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captured by the enemy and then repainted
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with their symbols overall the theory
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was that the Germans ended up dumping it
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so that it didn't get retaken
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The Next Step occurred in the gorodenko
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museum another detail about this tank
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was there didn't appear to be damaged
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though the metal was eroded from being
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underwater it was in decent condition
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in fact people hoped it'd still work
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experts Finally Revealed that this tank
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was in such good condition because of
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the low oxygen levels of the bogical
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home the conditions preserved the metal
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and minimized erosion was it still
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operational during the restoration
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period curators started the old engine
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without having to use spare parts they
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even recovered 116 rounds of ammunition
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experts then answer the burning question
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of why it was there
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Eastern Estonia narvo was home to some
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intense battles about 100 000 soldiers
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died and over 300 000 were wounded tons
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of Fighters and tanks poured into this
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area and the final took place on August
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3.
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the large artillery attack Germans not
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much changed until August 10. in 1944
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German troops captured the trophy tank
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during the Blue Mountains battle
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however this was an extremely rare find
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because the tank fought on both sides in
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the war
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still it went to its watery grave about
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six weeks later in September
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1944 the Germans retreated along the
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naval eye and dumped the tank
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deliberately the German Army didn't want
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to submit what they couldn't use now
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this old t-34 is on display at the
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gorodenko Village war museum for
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everyone to see
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though this tank might be more famous
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other Boats were lost at sea during the
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war
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while it was more interesting because
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both the Russians and Germans used it
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others should be recognized for what
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they did in that time period too
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the U.S Arizona was a U.S Navy ship that
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was damaged during Pearl Harbor's attack
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it was struck in December
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1942 and was in such bad condition that
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she couldn't be used again over one
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thousand one hundred were killed and
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part of her sits as a memorial
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the Utah capsized during an attack and
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wasn't recovered however it was
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partially salvaged even with most of it
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being submerged completely about 64
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people were killed on the ship then in
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1972 a memorial was made from part of it
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with other relics being preserved and on
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display at the Utah State Capitol
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no one knows too much about the U.S
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Oklahoma
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they know that it was sunk off the
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Northeast Coast of Hawaii but they don't
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know how many perished it was thought to
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have happened in May
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1947. the U.S Texas was sunk in March of
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1912 in Tangier sound within the
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Chesapeake Bay overall the remains of
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the ship were demolished people removed
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the Fallen beraying them in an unknown
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area
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as part of the U.S Navy the U.S Indiana
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was a large ship though it was strong it
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was sunk in November of 1920 in the
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Chesapeake Bay overall people located
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the wreckage and decided to scrap them
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out a few months later in the new year
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January
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1921 the U.S Massachusetts was also sunk
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however it was off of the Pensacola
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Coast in Florida
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the Navy chose to sink it as an
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artificial reef and many species now
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live in it the U.S Alabama spent seven
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years in the North Atlantic Fleet and
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handled peace on training then she
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visited Europe and was part of a cruise
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until her Machinery damage forced her to
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leave from there
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she continued to World War I and was
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made to do bombing tests sinking in
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September of
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1921 after entering service in 1897 the
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Iowa handled training operations moving
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to the Caribbean in
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1898 when tension between Spain and the
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U.S grew it was part of many
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bombardments in Patrol the harbor
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finally she was used for bombing
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experiments and sunk in 1921
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U.S New Jersey was launched in May 1902
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and was a training ship for World War
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One
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after she transported Soldiers Home she
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was used in bombing tests and sunk in
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September 1923
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for the duration of the boat's career
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the U.S Virginia was part of the
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Atlantic Fleet then in World War one she
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helped train Gunners to expand the
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wartime Fleet and escorted convoys to
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Europe
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finally she was turned into a Target
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ship and expanded in
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1923. overall the U.S Arkansas served in
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the two world wars and had many duties
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such as escorting convoys and supporting
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normandy's invasion from there she
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became a target for operation Crossroads
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sinking in July 1946.
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the U.S Pennsylvania led a decent Life
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as a ship in fact she was at Pearl
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Harbor when it was bombed and suffered
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minor damage
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finally though she was sent to the
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Target Fleet for nuclear tests she was
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repaired enough to get to the test site
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and was sunk in February of 1948.
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during World War II the U.S New York was
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a convoy escort and saw combat during
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Operation Torch
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later she went to the Pacific after
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getting repaired in Pearl Harbor she was
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considered Obsolete and helped with
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nuclear tests surviving both explosions
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she was study for two years and then
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sunk in
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1948 after serving in World War II the
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U.S Nevada was found to be too old to be
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used as the active Fleet the Navy chose
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to use her for Atomic experiences at
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Bikini Atoll it was hit from the blast
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and left radioactive and badly damaged
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she was decommissioned and then sunk in
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July 1948