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  1. They are not Battleships nor are they Battle cruisers: they are TORPEDO BOATS Sincerely, Kamchatka
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  2. Hilarious... 'Water doesn't count towards displacement' Uses water as armour
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  3. 2nd Pacific Squadron: it couldn't get any worse... Drachinifel: It did in fact, get worse.
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  4. @18:19 - 'And, despite being a gunnery expert, he actually opposed the idea of adding more Alaska-class ships to the building schedule; instead, having determined the resources would be better put into carriers.' That was May '39. The Navy was still battleship minded, and the one fella who came to be known as America's foremost battleship admiral (and who loved shooting) was thinking beyond his own niche (and career and ego) to the betterment of the force. Remarkable.
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  5. I like this channel. Propper information. Meanwhile on the history channel: Ghosthunters
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  6. Drachism of the Day: "God-Emperor of the US Navy"
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  7. America’s Last Battleship Designs: MORE BOOM! Britain’s Last Battleship Designs: MORE ARMOR! Russia’s Last Battleship Designs: MORE PAPER!
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  8. I had a chemistry teacher in the early 80s who had worked on explosives during the second world war - if you could get him talking about making explosives he would go on about it for hours.. Amatol, Ammonal, TNT, Nitroglycerin, and good old fashioned gunpowder. I still have the notes...
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  9. Plot twist: I actually survived this
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  10. The part about the German officer telling a British prisoner the damage wouldn't take long to repair only for the destroyer's payload to go off was movie like comedic timing.
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  11. "Sir the submarine is sinking!" "I know, its supposed to do that." "Ya but we're at cruise, not drill."
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  12. Roll for initiative British: uhh, -2
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  13. "Amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics."
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  14. A USN below-decks sailor was told this about AA gun activity: 5" guns firing: "Maybe they're not after us." 40mm guns firing: "Here they come." 20mm and machine guns: "Hit the deck plates!" At the Battle of Midway, he heard everything firing and wondered what was going on topside.
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  15. Enjoyed working with you, glad our Naval Battle of Guadalcanal video was of use :)
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  16. Many forgot when the SS Great Eastern hit a rock. After taking massive damage, the rock did not survive the incident.
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  17. With the amount of content produced by Drachinifel, I have to wonder what his work-life balance is like. Keep up the good work, nonetheless.
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  18. As to AA, I imagined a dude runs out on deck, finds all the AA guns manned, so he dual weilds 2 Thompson sub machine guns instead.
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  19. “Brief History” is nearly 2 hours long 😂
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  20. Japanese Navy: The beatings will continue until morale improves!
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  21. As many a midwesterner and plainsman can attest, hailstones are very, very bad for the longevity of trucks
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  22. Now this is the good stuff
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  23. "Do we actually need the ship? I mean, we could just tie thousands of 20mm together and float around on those."
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  24. A personal story: In 1960, the US Navy regretfully announced plans had been made to scrap the North Carolina. However, local Carolinians put together a plan to raise money to buy the ship from the Navy and provide a berth for her. She was to be crowd-funded (before the term even existed) by the people of the state, and the primary money collectors were actually local children. My mother was a schoolgirl at the time and carried around a small box marked S.O.S. (Save Our Ship) North Carolina, where she collected pennies from residents of her rural community and would send the donations back to Raleigh (the capital). Thanks to the efforts of her and thousands of other North Carolinians, $330,000 IN CASH was raised to purchase the ship and provide a forever home for her in Wilmington. The Navy gladly accepted the money and had the North Carolina towed to her current location, where she could be preserved as war memorial for the 10,000 North Carolinians who gave their lives in World War II. Whenever we would visit the ship, my dad would remark to my mom "There's the ship you bought." A worthy investment if there ever was one :)
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  25. A follow-up on the efforts to preserve the ship. Initially the plan was to seal off the aft end of the slip that it's in and pump out the water comverting it to a permanent dry dock. This would spare the hull from the ravages of the brackish water of the Houston Ship Channel as well as the chemical and petrochemical exposure it suffered from owing to the heavily industrial nature of the channel. But, in the end it was all going to be far too expensive and, ultimately, it wouldn't have addressed a major problem this museum ship has always faced: an insufficient number of visitors. Why you ask? Because the location is, quite frankly, awful. It's in a highly induatrial area that has only gotten worse in the 70-plus years since the ship was placed there. Despite a quadrupling of the metro population in that same time the ship has never been able to attract enough paying visitors to become self-sufficient. Why then, did you folks put it in such a stupid location? The answer is that the location is actually the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site which is the location of the final historic battle where the Texas Republic defeated the Mexican army and won its independence from Mexico. In addition to the USS Texas there's a massive 173 meter tall monument with an observation deck and a history museum located in the base. Otherwise the battleground isn't much to look at...it's a flat marshy area devoid of any real topography. But, you can understand how it all kind of makes sense given the history of the location. Still...it's a pain in the ass to get out there and it's less than pretty. So now there's a new plan. The Texas Legislature has approved $35 million to repair the USS Texas. She's going to be floated out and towed to Mobile, AL where she'll be placed in a floating dry dock and all the major work performed. And here's the catch: once repaired she will not be returned to the San Jacinto site. The funding was contingent upon the ship being relocated somewhere along the northern Texas Gulf coast which everyone takes to mean Galveston, TX which is a huge tourist destination with over 7.5 million visitors each year. It's believed that this will provide the ship with its best chance to become economically self-sufficient instead of constantly having to rely on stop-gap and emergency funding from a Legislature that's only in session once every two years (Texans are notoriously wary of government so the state constitution limits how often they can meet...the idea being that if they can't meet they can't mess things up, LOL). So that's where we stand. The ship will be fully repaired and we're just waiting for the site selection folks to formally say "Galveston". Although I'm sure the folks in La Porte, TX will be disappointed the fact is they've had over 70 years to make this work accompanied by a quadrupling of the metro Houston population to almost 7 million and yet it's been a resounding failure. It would be insanity to put her back there. Relocating her is absolutely the right decision. This view is supported by a Deloitte study. As the Houston Chronicle reported, "Cyrier and other supporters of moving the battleship have cited an economic study prepared by Deloitte that shows a potential windfall if it were to move to Galveston. The 17-page report, commissioned by the Battleship Texas Foundation and completed in September 2016, projects 283,000 visitors to the battleship in Galveston and $3 million in annual revenue, compared to 88,000 annual visitors and $1.3 million at its La Porte location. The Galveston projection would put the Battleship Texas on par with attendance figures for similar World War II-era museum ships, such as the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi (306,000 annual visitors) and the USS Alabama in Mobile, Ala. (277,000 annual visitors)." Including the latest $35 million appropriation the State of Texas has spent $54 million on the USS Texas since 2009. That is an enormous amount of money. The ship has to go where it at least has a chance to become self-sufficient if it's to survive. The folks in Harris County bitching about the proposed relocation and vowing to fight it seriously need to STFU. It's like...stop, you're just embarrassing yourselves, you and your constituents have utterly failed this historic treasure and you need to step out of the way and give someone else a chance to make this work...because clearly you can't.
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  26. "The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics." -Napoleon
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  27. American response to the u-boat threat. "We'll just build more little boats than the Germans can sink, that worked last time." British response to the U-boat threat. "We're going to need a bigger boat."
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  28. As well as the general actions, I feel it's important to remember this 30 year anti-slavery crusade cost 2,000 British sailors their lives, and racked up a bill that was unimaginable at the time. Just on inflation it comes in north of £2.25billion, but by a percentage of national GDP its equal to the modern government spending over £131billion. It took 182 years, up until 2015, to pay off fully. While the previous stance on slavery was abhorrent, it really did require a singular global power capable of eating such costs to universally end the trade, and before the Napoleonic era granted the Royal Navy total maritime dominance globally there wasn't a single nation or viable political coalition which could.
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  29. I’ve read quite a bit about Captain Leslie Gehres and his career, especially his very long war assignment up in the Aleutian Islands prior to first and only ship command, the U.S.S. Franklin. Not only did he immediately foment an absolute toxic atmosphere aboard the Franklin upon taking command of the carrier, he had carried aboard a personal legacy of creating poisonous working environments within his patrol wing and the attached ground- based squadrons he was responsible for up in the Aleutian combat area. It was long known that there was something “wrong” with the man and that he had a screw or two loose. He was the perfect organizational example of a work place problem being passed off over the years to become “someone else’s” headache….
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  30. When you dodge a torpedo because of engine failure: Task failed successfully
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  31. Your humour is amazing: "The sky is a typical British Grey with occasional patches of Heretical Blue...". Pure gold.
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  32. The visual image of a destroyer overtaking aircraft in hot pursuit of Tirpitz is priceless. Well done once again.
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  33. Many moons ago now I had the miss fortune to get on the end of a 105mm artillery round or two.. I dug a piece of shell casing out of a door that had stopped me being mangled. It was about 6 inches long by an inch and made to fragment. The edges were razor sharp and ever since I have thanked my lucky stars it was not an AP or HESH round.. Amazes me how the sailors of old could go up against an 80 gunner of the line. Great work by the way. Always fascinating and you certainly know your stuff sir.
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  34. Welcome to South America. Where the crazy politics are normal.
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  35. "By this point, the Bureau of Ordnance had been dragged kicking and screaming into reality" You get a like just for this comment. (the whole video is great, this takes it up to 11)
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  36. Gentlemen, we can rebuild them. We have the technology.
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  37. Important when constructing a bow: The front shall not fall off.
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  38. Those crafty Spaniards.. They sent wave after wave of their ships in front of the Revenges cannons until they ran out of munitions. Clearly the work of a tactical mastermind.
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  39. "Re-distribute the means of propulsion" is an absolutely god tier Drachism
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  40. Admiral: The mere sight of the new battleship should strike terror into our enemy's heart. Naval architect: (taking notes and murmuring to himself:) Ship... must have... terrible appearance... Admiral: Her pugnacious appearance should repulse the enemy. Naval architect: (taking more notes) Repugnant appearance.(scribbles) Ah yes, Admiral! She shall be repulsive indeed! Admiral: After all, our goal is to repel the enemy. Naval architect: Oh yes Monsieur, she will be most repellent . I shall see to it! Admiral: The enemy should feel overmatched just beholding her! Just imagine, they shall feel sick in their hearts when they consider engaging her in battle! Naval architect: (taking notes and talking to himself) Spectators... should be overwhelmed with ... nausea... and ... (scribbling) despair in their hearts.  Admiral: She should be so awesome that the enemy sailors would just as soon mutiny than engage her battle. Naval architect: I understand, Admiral! (scribbling and murmuring to himself:) Revolting appearance. Naval architect: Anything else, sir? Admiral: Of course she must have big guns and be capable of carrying out offensive maneuvers against an opposing fleet. Naval architect: (putting his notebook in his pocket) Oh yes, she shall be most offensive . Believe me, Admiral. She shall be made to clash in every way you can imagine.
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  41. I think the phrase, "He's right, but for all the wrong reasons" best describes Mitchell.
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  42. after the 6th AP shell passes through your ship without detonating just making very large holes. "STOP PUTTING HOLES INTO ME BLOODY SHIP!!"
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  43. Drach: 'In order to celebrate 50k subscribers, here's an incredibly informative one hour video mocking virtually every interwar destroyer design effort for trying to create ships with the displacement of light cruisers, armaments of destroyer escorts or torpedo boats, and seakeeping tendencies of a malfunctioning submarine'
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  44. An hour and five minutes on defective warship powder is exactly why I subscribed to this channel many years ago (sarcasm not intended).
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  45. The most important part of repairing a ship? Replacing all the binoculars the admiral threw overboard
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  46. The sinking of the Bismark was just a means for Germany to deploy the agent who would become their most successful feline saboteur.
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  47. "Quite happy to introduce the Japanese gunners to their lord and savior, the thousand pound High Explosive bomb. In considerable numbers. " 'Merica.
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  48. Less than 10 minutes in, and I’m extremely impressed by the quantity and quality of color footage you’ve found.
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  49. Drachism of the day: "In short, they were rivals in everything up to, but not quite, including having a ritual Katana duel to the death whenever officers of the two services met."
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  50. I always like to say that the Japanese didn't really have a strategy for how to win a war with the US. They had a bunch of fantastic operational and tactical plans for how to defeat US military formations, but never a plan to defeat the US. This tends to go all the way to the top as well, as the Japanese at the highest levels never really had a grand strategy for national defense. They just effectively had the Army and Navy each planning their own private wars against the Russians/Soviets and US respectively, and then fighting for resources to do so. Probably the biggest advantage Japan gets in grand strategy games like HoI4 is just having a unified strategic vision and coalescing all their resources to implement that vision.
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