The Philadelphia Experiment: in October 1943, the Navy supposedly made the USS Eldridge vanish from the Philadelphia Navy Yard and reappear in Norfolk. I spent 20 years on submarines, so I went through the Navy's own records, the deck logs, and the letters that started it all. The Navy really did make ships "invisible" in WWII. It just wasn't the experiment you've heard about. Real experiment gone wrong, or a sailor with a typewriter? Tell me in the comments. 📱 Patriot Mobile: https://patriotmobile.com/partners/ben 📰 Substack: https://substack.com/@bendykesnews 𝕏 X: https://x.com/realBenDykes CHAPTERS 0:00 The ship that vanished 1:05 The legend of the USS Eldridge 2:55 Where the story came from 4:40 The book mailed to the Navy 6:40 What the Navy's records say 8:35 The real experiment: degaussing 11:15 Why the legend won't die 13:00 Where I land SOURCES Naval History and Heritage Command, Philadelphia Experiment: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/p/philadelphia-experiment.html Office of Naval Research Information Sheet: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/p/philadelphia-experiment/philadelphia-experiment-onr-info-sheet.html Ed Dudgeon's account, North Shore Heritage Preservation Society: https://www.northshoreheritage.org/blog/2023/6/8/donald-hings-the-philadelphia-experiment IMAGE CREDITS Historical photos courtesy U.S. Navy, NARA, Library of Congress, and Wikimedia Commons (public domain). Magnetic mine photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0 Harbor fog photo: ---=XEON=---, CC BY 3.0 #PhiladelphiaExperiment #USSEldridge #NavyHistory My Amazon Storefront- I earn a small commission and you get a great discount- https://www.amazon.com/shop/veteranbiker/list/359B3B403TJP8?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_mixed_d&tag=veteranbiker-20&originMarketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER If you want a conversation, not a rally — subscribe. X: https://x.com/realBenDykes Support: ht