1945, U-1206 was lost due to a malfunctioning toilet. Some accounts claim that an engineer turned the wrong valve on the complicated plumbing system to flush the toilet which caused the sub to become flooded with seawater and chlorine gas. Forced to the surface, the sub was attacked by British patrols and had to be scuttled.
Ashtrays and coin-operated televisions in the Los Angeles Greyhound bus terminal, 1969
Yokosuka, Japan (May 25, 2006)- USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) backs into the recently upgraded Pier 12 on board Naval Facilities Yokosuka following the completion of a 4-day Sea Trial cruise. The pier was upgraded to accommodate the nuclear aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), scheduled to replace the Kitty Hawk in 2008. Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the world's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jarod Hodge (RELEASED)
In 1919, SM U-118 was on its way to be scrapped when it broke free of its towline and ran aground in front of a hotel in the English resort town of Hastings where it became a tourist attraction. After attempts to refloat the U-118 failed, the sub was broken up on the beach.
In the 1870s, Dutch Flat, California was an important supply center for mining districts throughout Central California and even into Nevada. After the devastating 1875 fire that burned most of Virginia City, the Ophir Mine "dispatched competent men to the lumber yards of Dutch Flat to procure and ship timbers."