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Glenn Mallo
@Glenn_Mallo
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Ex-Navy Reactor Operator and Fleet CMC | Sharing Maritime, Shipbuilding, Nuclear Energy, Defense Tech, Cybersecurity insights & solutions | Building on X.
Aug 9 β€’ 5 tweets β€’ 2 min read
πŸŽ–οΈ 83 Years Ago Today: The Nightmare of Savo Island (1/4) 🧡
On August 9, 1942, the Battle of Savo Island was a brutal wake-up call.

In Neptune’s Inferno, James D. Hornfischer recounts: "a swift accumulation of errors,'" with "fear of using sensors and communications... widespread." Surprise long-range Lance torpedoes ravaged Allied cruisersβ€”USS Quincy, Astoria, Vincennes, and HMAS Canberraβ€”in just 32 minutes, claiming over 1,000 lives.Image πŸŽ–οΈ (2/4)
Survivors on Astoria witnessed horror: "I know I wasn’t the only one... who noticed our shipmate’s body slowly shrinking as the flames consumed it... a funeral pyre seemed symbolically appropriate."

Yet, as Hornfischer notes, the defeat "shook the Navy to its core but planted the seeds for its eventual mastery of the Pacific." This lesson in readiness turned the tide in the Pacific.Image
Jan 15, 2023 β€’ 9 tweets β€’ 4 min read
β€œπ‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘…π‘–π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘œπ‘› π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ƒπ‘Žπ‘™π‘’ π»π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘ π‘’ π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘‘π‘’ 𝑒𝑝 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ β„Žπ‘–π‘π‘  π‘€π‘Žπ‘˜π‘’ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘–π‘›π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ π‘šπ‘œπ‘˜π‘’ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘“π‘™π‘Žπ‘šπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘”π‘Žπ‘–π‘›. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘”π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘’π‘‘ π‘‘π‘œ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘˜ π‘“π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘’ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘› π‘‘β„Žπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘’π‘”β„Ž π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘šπ‘’π‘› π‘œπ‘› π‘‘π‘’π‘π‘˜ 𝑏𝑒𝑑…” Got to read read the book in the very same 03-level compartments described in the opening chapters.
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