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Interesting story.
The pictured gun was not the one Seaman Sanford was assigned to. According to the story, he was at the bow gun which fired the first shot.
The one in the park was the Number three gun which actually hit the sub. It is a 4"/50 gun and was mounted atop the midships deckhouse, starboard side.
The crew members were:
R.H. Knapp - BM2c - Gun Captain
C.W. Fenton - Sea1c - Pointer
R.B. Nolde - Sea1c - Trainer
A.A. Domagall - Sea1c - No. 1 Loader
D.W. Gruening - Sea1c - No. 2 Loader
J.A. Paick - Sea1c - No. 3 Loader
H.P. Flanagan - Sea1c - No. 4 Loader
E.J. Bakret - GM3c - Gunners Mate
K.C.J. Lasch - Cox - Sightsetter
All of the crew were Minnesota Naval Reservists.
There is a plaque naming the crew mounted on the gun which is on display at the capitol grounds in St Paul.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/139.htm
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"They are Buzzfeed employees. The same folks get the privilege of doing all kinds of humiliating things." I do that for free.
Sounds like a dream job to me.
And honestly: They all look better to me in the before pictures.
I think there is a place for digital refinishing. Removal of awkward shadows and highlights; erasing that suddenly-appearing pimple; maybe evening out a pose that looks a little off. Beyond those changes lies the town of Stepford.
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OK. I see what you mean. My antique computer sometimes gives me a jerky skipping image. A little image adjustment and I can see the cut now. Second aircraft @47 sec is also gear and flaps down. Then the fade cut @51 showing the clean fuselage.
Still . . .That is way too close for comfort.
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Looks like a pretty close call. Wonder how much the telephoto lens compressed the image. It may look much closer than it was.
And why/how did UTair 767 retract his landing gear so fast?
As the 767 approaches and starts to pull up, it has about 40 degrees of flaps and the gear is down and locked. As it passes overhead, flaps are still deployed, but the bottom is clean--gear fully retracted and doors closed. Time elapsed could not be more than a second or two.
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Considering that astrology is 100% pure BS, I don't see what is so uncanny about it. And she claims to be a psychotherapist? Which, if any, reputable Mental health organizations support pseudoscience for treatment of patients? She plays to the vague stereotypes associated with the twelve signs. Granted she is pretty good at role playing, but then the whole astrology thing is a Crock of Taurus.

By the way, where are her interpretations of Ophiuchus (December 6 to December 31) and Cetus (May 12 to June 6)?
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