Lewis Temple revolutionized the whaling industry in the mid-1800s, despite never having gone to sea himself. His invention, the toggle harpoon, changed maritime history forever and was crafted by a man who had once been enslaved. In the early nineteenth century, New Bedford, Massachusetts, was a bustling hub for America's whaling industry. Whalers ventured into perilous seas largely equipped with inefficient tools. Lewis Temple, an African American blacksmith who had gained his freedom, saw an o

108K views · 571 reactions | #OTD in 2008, the decommissioned USS Horne (CG-30) sank after being hit by three AGM-84 Harpoon missiles during RIMPAC. The Horne was the last of the Belknap-class cruisers due to all the other ship already having been scrapped or sunk as targets. | U.S. Naval Institute | Facebook

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