#USS New Orleans

[lonestarflight]

"Recovery swimmer attaching the flotation collar around the Apollo 14 capsule (CM-110), with the still-attached parachute lines still visible."

Date: February 9, 1971

NASA ID: 71HC-245

[alphamecha-mkii]

USS New Orleans NX-54870 by rayleo02

[jadeestebanestrada]

Happy Star Trek Day

Recently, I was chatting with a guy at a bar in New Orleans. The topic of science fiction came up and I casually mentioned that I thought Star Trek was very forward thinking for its time.

Me: I'd be interested in learning more about this ongoing Star Trek culture.

[He looks around, then whips out his tie]

Him: You've come to the right place.

[Live long and prosper, y'all]

[spockvarietyhour]

Favourite Kitbash?

All these vessels started off as kitbashes from existing physical models sold commercially. Aside from the Constellation-class Stargazer, all the other TNG ones were barely glimpsed in the aftermath of the Battle of Wolf 359, including the 4-nacelle Melbourne-variant Neula class.

Also the shot I got from defunct Eaglemoss didn't show the baby nacelles so here they are:

The DS9 ones heavily featured the Centaur in one episode, while Curry does a flyby in A Time to Stand. Yeager was usually in stock shots around the station, barely visible.

[lonestarbattleship]

USS TEXAS (BB-35) in full dress in celebration of President's Day, at the left edge is SS Liberty Bell. TEXAS was in New Orleans, Louisiana from February 13-23, 1928 during Mardi Gras.

Date: February 20, 1928

Posted on Flickr by Henry Flowers: link

[carbone14]

Le croiseur lourd USS Minneapolis (CA-36) suite à une torpille reçue à la proue du navire la nuit précédente lors de la bataille navale de Tassafaronga – Campagne de Guadalcanal – Campagne des îles Salomon – Guerre du Pacifique – Tulagi – Iles Salomon – 1er décembre 1942

Photographe : Official U.S. Navy Photograph

©Naval History and Heritage Command - 80-G-211215

[cameronmccoy9161994]

Disney's The Haunted Mansion | Ships on Fire at Night Changing Portrait (2003 Film Version)

Ships Aflame (or Ships on Fire at night), with Xanthus Russell Smith's depiction of C.S.S. Manassas & U.S.S. Hartford in New Orleans Harbor, a painting that was changed from Jean-François Hue's portrait of "View of Brest Harbor" (in French: "Vue de la rade de Brest, prise au bas de la batterie du château"), appears in the 2003 film version of Disney's The Haunted Mansion. That painting looks different than the "Flying Dutchman" painting from the ride.

[aardwolfpack]

I did a little research and it seems there's an ongoing argument in the fandom over whether the doodads are sensor pods or torpedo launchers. In reality they're Stabilo-brand highlighters.

Awesome photos of the New Orleans-class USS Kyushu model put together for the Best of Both Worlds Part II graveyard scene, before battle-damage was added.  Built by Ed Miarecki

Thanks to Rick Sternbach for sharing these great photos.

[defconprime]

USS New Orleans

[bullet-prooflove]

New Orleans: Harmon 'Harm' Rabb Jr x Reader (NSFW)

Tagging: @keyweegirlie @dizzybee03 @buckysteveloki-me @sca3a @flopiboni

Takes place after:

Flight Deck - It starts on the flight deck of the USS Allegiance.

Hourglass - You remember the moment you fell in love with Harm.

Happy Birthday (NSFW) - Harm tries to make it home for your birthday.

It’s when Harm steps into the kitchen of your New Orleans apartment that he realises you’re wearing his t-shirt. He’s spent five minutes looking for it in amongst the trail of clothes you left leading to the bedroom before he makes that discovery.

The sunlight streams in through the open windows, the breeze causes the light, gauzy curtains to dance to the melody of the musician on the street as he plays ‘When The Saints Go Marching In” on his trumpet.

It’s eight thirty in the morning on his first day in New Orleans and already he’s in love.

You smile when he wraps his arms around you, the heat from his body permeating the thin shirt, warming your skin. His lips chase up along the curve of your throat and you make that sweet noise again, the one he remembers so fondly from last night.

“You should come back to bed.” He whispers, his fingertips toying with the hem of the t-shirt. “I haven’t given you your birthday present yet.”

“You could give it to me right here on the counter.” You tease, so he does.

Teasing kisses, give way to wandering hands and before he knows it you’re already soaked and keening for him. He tugs your panties down your thighs, the fabric damp with your slick before he slowly enters you from behind.

It’s a different angle from last night, a deeper one, it strikes some cord inside of you that has you chanting his name like a mantra as he fucks you with long, punctuated thrusts. He chases your pleasure, your delirium, his cock raking over that deviant little spot inside of you until your tightening around him. He claps his hand over your mouth because the windows are open and you’re getting a little loud and he can tell it gets you off from the way you grip his dick.

“You want me to come inside you baby?” He whispers into your ear because Harm, he ain’t nothing but a gentleman and this is only the second time you’ve been together. “Like last night?”

You moan against his hand and he smiles against your skin, his fingers tracing circles over your clit. The ecstasy it builds like a crescendo inside of you, each note taking you higher and higher until the rapture hits and you’re coming all over him. You take him with you, his release spilling deep as he buries his face into the side of your neck, stifling his euphoria.

He holds you close in the aftermath, his hands stroking over your sensitive flesh underneathe the fabric of his t-shirt.

“Fuck.” You whisper, your head falling back against his chest. “I wish all my birthdays could start like this.”

His nose trails up along the curve of your throat, his lips ghosting over your ear.

“Stick with me.” He murmurs as his thumb traces over the tattoo of the moon and stars on your hip. “And I promise, every single one of them will.”

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[arebirthingofsorts]

the entirety of buzzfeed unsolved but the stories are in chronological order: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGGIwil6tMX95BMdYvMY8Co5Y2J8yxpe-

supernatural was very hard to do so under the cut i've added my reasons for some difficult episodes to list! if anyone has qualms with it or if you notice any mistakes in the playlist please let me know!

the london tombs, la llorona, and the voodoo episodes were difficult due to no real timeframe being known for when they began so i based the london tombs off of ryan saying the bridge has been around since ancient rome which is why it's one of the first videos in the playlist. la llorona required me to do my own research which led me to believe the story came about in the 1500s? possibly predating that but the first written versions were apparently from the 1500s. for the voodoo new orleans episode i did some research and based it on when it could have been brought to the area.

for bigfoot, mothman, and the men in black, i listed those based on the first encounters/evidence presented

many of the locations, i listed based on when they closed their operations or the owners passed before becoming noted haunted locations. (winchester house, sorrel-weed, villa montezuma, whaley house, old city jail, pythian castle, vulture mine, waverly hills, bellaire house, eastern state, rolling hills)

other haunted ones are currently still operating so i listed those based on when they first opened or got into the hands of the current owners (viaduct tavern, st. augustine, tombstone, goatman's bridge, the viper room, bobby mackey's, moon river)

dauphine orleans hotel was listed as the date ryan said a license to may bailey was given for the bordello. im very unsure about this one so if anyone has suggestions on how to list this one, please reach out EDIT: decided on 1775 because ryan mentioned that year as the site the hotel is on and i felt more sure about it that choice

farnsworth was listed as the year of the battle of gettysburg due to the house being named after a soldier who died in that battle + notable events happening and around the house

the bermuda triangle was tricky so i listed that as the date the term "bermuda triangle" was first coined EDIT: it's been moved to close to the top of the playlist due to the first alleged reporting of weird bermuda shit being by christopher columbus in 1492. this made more sense to me

colchester and morris-jumel are museums now so those were dated as when they were officially museums

the uss yorktown and the queen mary are listed as when they docked for good.

the alien abductions episode is in the 70s area of the playlist because 2/3 of the stories happened in the 70s.

the date the island of the dolls began is where i based "3 horrifying cases of ghosts and demons" since there are separate episodes for the winchester mansion and the sallie house

i based all the haunted locations on those things because i figured that the ghosties would appear after the notable deaths and wild events instead of listing all of them as when they first opened.

i hope all of this makes sense. enjoy.

[lonestarflight]

"Apollo 14 crew members sit in a life raft beside their Command Module (CM-110) in the South Pacific Ocean as they await a U.S. Navy helicopter SH-3A Sea King from Anti-Submarine Squadron Six (HS-6), which will take them aboard the USS NEW ORLEANS (LPH-11), prime recovery ship. The crew men are, from left to right, astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander; Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot; and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot. Two U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers (one partially visible in the right upper corner) assist in the recovery operations."

Date: February 9, 1971

Naval History and Heritage Command: USN 1146625

NASA ID: S71-19475

[siryl]

According to this the doodads are torpedo launchers.

New Orleans Class MSD by LCARSgfx

[captain-price-unofficially]

USS New Orleans arriving in Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands, 1 Dec 1942. The night before, New Orleans was struck by a torpedo in the Battle of Tassafaronga that blew off 150 feet of her bow

[judgemark45]

(7/8/1942) USS New Orleans (CA-32) during exercises in Hawaiian waters. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives

[lonestarbattleship]

USS Astoria (CA-34) fitting out at pier 6, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington.

Date: December 19, 1933

Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 57403