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vessel in the United States Navy
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Constant was laid down on 16 August 1951 at Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, California
and launched on 14 February 1953. She was commissioned as Constant, AM-427) on 8 September 1954 and later reclassified as an Ocean Minesweeper
MSO-427 on 7 February 1955.
Constant operated on the west coast until she cleared Long Beach, California
, 4 January 1956 for Pearl Harbor
and Yokosuka, Japan, arriving 4 February.
"We could try phasers at twenty paces..."
to Splink: "Okay, even alternate versions of you are weird!"
"And they have the nerve to say I'm the weird one."
to the author-breaking the fourth wall: "We need a deus ex machina|deus ex machina, and you're deus!"
"We have a saying about our women, 'can't live with 'em, can't sacrifice them to giant, primitive alien beast gods!'"
"Why do I have the feeling this is deteriorating into the climax of Blazing Saddles?" - Ralph Zinobop (Melonpool crossover)