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On This Day - August 23

1912	S 1	Laid Down

1915	E 25	Launched

1915	E 31	Launched

1919	R 4	Completed

1919	L 32	Launched

1941	Tetrarch (N 77)	HMS Tetrarch sinks the Italian sailing vessels V 72/Fratelli Garre and V 113/Francesco Garre with gunfire in the Gulf of Syrte.

1941	P 39	Launched

1943	Storm (P 233)	Completed

1960	Seneschal (P 255)	Scrapped at Dunstone

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The History Of The Boatswain Call

The boatswain's pipe is one of the oldest and most distinctive pieces of personal nautical equipment and was once the only method other than human voice of passing orders to men on board ship.

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Before Harrison Ford assumed the mantle of playing Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan hero in Patriot Games, Alec Baldwin took a swing at the character in this John McTiernan film and hit one to the fence. If less instantly sympathetic than Ford, Baldwin is in some respects more interesting and nuanced as Ryan, and drawing comparisons between both actors' performances can make for some interesting post-movie discussion.

That aside, The Hunt for Red October stands alone as a uniquely exciting adventure with a fantastic co-star: Sean Connery as a Russian nuclear submarine captain attempting to defect to the West on his ship. Ryan must figure out his true motives for approaching the US.

McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard) made an exceptionally handsome movie here with action sequences that really do take one's breath away.

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