Some of you Navy vets—and fans of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," "The Hunt for Red October," or "Das Boot"—might get a familiar wave of claustrophobia from today"s picture. For National Submarine Day, we"re in the forward engine room of the USS Drum, a historic US Navy submarine displayed at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama. The Drum was the first deployed of the Gato-class subs—the line of boats that, with variations, made up most of the US submarine force during World War II. Decommissioned shortly after the war, the submarine is now in dry dock and open for public tours.
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On the wings of the Wright brothers
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World Numbat Day
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Keep watching the skies
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Tour de France
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World Penguin Day
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Christmas market at Belvedere Palace in Vienna
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The circular castle of Cornwall
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the institution s 175th anniversary
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April Fools Day
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Dalyan, Turkey
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By the light of the fireflies
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High trekking season in Upper Mustang
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Clouds over the River of Grass
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Pollinator Week
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Spotted Lake emerges
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An avian predator built for the snow
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International Day of Forests
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The Hermitage of Santa Justa