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The SFW image thread

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For all of you Made In Abyss fans! My favorite character from the manga.
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Chevrolet SSR convertible truck

Chevrolet's next attempt at making a car-like truck approached the problem from a different direction, being built on a SUV instead of a passenger car platform (the same platform as used in GM's mid-size SUVs of the mid-2000s, such as the Chevrolet TrailBlazer & Buick Rainier,) but car-like in that it was a retractable hardtop convertible and tried to achieve a retro hot-rod look with styling inspired by various vehicles from the 1930s & 40s, though the strongest styling influence was the GM 'Advance Design' trucks of the late '40s & early '50s. They were RWD, and initially powered by a 5.3L V-8 used in several GM light trucks feeding into a 4-speed automatic.

Going into production in the 2003 model year, the SSR quickly turned into a sales dud, with only 9,000 units being sold that year. This was because the SSR was expensive ($42,000 base MSRP,) on top of how it's small cargo box, retractable hardtop, and SUV-based independent rear suspension made it of little use as a truck, while it's SUV underpinnings also meant that it failed to deliver the promised performance car-like ride and handling, leading it to be viewed as little more than a pricey toy. In an attempt to boost sales, for the 2005 model year, the 5.3L V-8 was replaced with a 390 HP 6.0L engine borrowed from the Corvette and 2005-06 GTO, while a 6-speed manual transmission from the same sources became optional for the first time. However the performance boost did not have the desired effect on sales, and the SSR was discontinued at the conclusion of the 2006 model year, after only 24,150 units were produced across four years of production, of which, all but 38 were offered to the public.
 
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The attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, taken from one of the Japanese attack aircraft overflying 'Battleship Row. Torpedoes headed towards the anchored battleships are visible in the upper left of the picture.
 
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The forward magazines of USS Shaw (DD-373) exploding after being hit with a bomb while the destroyer was in drydock, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Although the ship was wrecked by the detonation, she was nevertheless repaired and put back into service as a gesture of defiance.
 
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The battleship USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), along with the wrecked destroyers Cassin (DD-372) [the partially capsized destroyer to the right of the picture) and Downes (DD-375) in Drydock 1 at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, shortly after the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941. The cruiser in the background, visible behind the crane is Helena (CL-50) (which suffered moderate damage from a single torpedo hit,) while the battleships Oklahoma (BB-37), California (BB-44), & Maryland (BB-46) are visible in the far background. The plume of smoke in the background was from the burning wreckage of Arizona (BB-39).

At the time of the Japanese attack, Pennsylvania, Cassin, & Downes were all in drydock for maintenance, and thus protected from torpedoes, although several Japanese torpedo plane pilots did make unsuccessful attempts to wreck the drydock by torpedoing the gates to the dock. However, all three ships were subjected to bombing and strafing attacks, Pennsylvania being hit by a single bomb, which wrecked a 5" secondary gun.

The destroyers were less fortunate, as they sustained several near misses, one of which ruptured a fuel tank on Downes, spewing fuel oil across the drydock floor, which was ignited by an incendiary bomb that landed between the two destroyers. Despite attempts to put out the fire by flooding the drydock, the flames grew out of control, and both destroyers were abandoned as their ammunition started cooking off, leading to a series of explosions that thoroughly wrecked both ships and showering Pennsylvania with shrapnel, as well as knocking Cassin off the blocks she was resting on and causing her to fall over onto Downes.

Despite the bomb hit and suffering a degree of fire damage from the conflagration in the drydock, Pennsylvania was still operational, but nevertheless was sent to the West Coast for a series of repairs and upgrades that lasted 3 months.

Although the destroyers were, for all practical purposes, total losses, they were still salvaged and "repaired" as a matter of pride, though the the repairs required were so extensive that they took two years to complete, and amounted to building new ships to the original design, utilizing what equipment and other components could be salvaged in the process.
 
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