US representative Brian Mast, a Republican and an army veteran who served in Afghanistan where he lost both legs and one finger, posted a tweet to congratulate the US Navy with its 244th birthday on Sunday morning. Everything would have been fine if not for the picture used in his Twitter post, which was deleted a few hours later, apparently too late.

The congratulatory tweet, which read "Happy birthday to the US Navy! To the men and women who serve to keep our waters safe, we thank you,” was supplemented with a picture of the Russian battlecruiser "Pyotr Veliky,” a heavy nuclear-propelled missile vessel.

Dave Brown, editor of the Politico, was the first one to note that the vessel on the picture was a Russian one. "That’s the Russian battlecruiser ‘Pyotr Velikiy,” Brown tweeted.

Some have suggested that Mast mistakenly and carelessly had chosen the picture from stock photos as it has no markings on the ship.

not a fan of Mast but here is the image he used. items removed before he got it pic.twitter.com/pb0ktFHj8b

— Sane Centrist (@sanecentrist) October 14, 2019

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