Youtube comments of Admiral Tiberius (@admiraltiberius1989).

  1. I remember when Drach did his first video on French Pre Dreadnoughts forever ago and it caused him such extreme levels of discomfort to do so.
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  2. The pictures taken of the Franklin as she burned and after the fact are some of the most raw and powerful pictures of a ship in distress. It's amazing that she survived, it's a testament to the crews dedication and training. Plus the fact that the Essex class was ridiculously tough and built extremely well.
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  3. When Queen Elizabeth toured the ship in the 80s or 90s, she was shown some cannons that had British markings on them. Obviously they'd been captured in battle and used to replace damaged American ones. The Queen however turned to an aide and said in jest "We must do something about these foreign arms sales now shouldn't we." I've always found that story funny.
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  4. Because of his background, I absolutely love it when Drach does these kinds of episodes. They are most enjoyable.
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  5. One of the very very few men deserving to have a super carrier named after him.
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  6. Rodney's machine spirits were greatly angered and demanded blood!!!
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  7. No one expects HMS Warspite at point blank range. And no one survives either.
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  8. Warspite at Jutland was like a brawler all alone in a bar fight. Standing on a table and hollering "Come get some." Bruised, bloody but with a stack of bodies laying around the bottom of the table.
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  9. I really love how Fletcher's reputation has been restored a bit over the last few years with proper research and study. He was a good commander who did his best in his very difficult situations.
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  10. Did Drach really just use a Nemo clip as an example ?? We have achieved new levels of awesomeness. Absolutely fantastic
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  11. I wish someone would make a movie about this guy. He had a pretty remarkable life and career. I bet he was an...interesting character to work around. Especially when guns and explosives were involved. Its a shame the USS Washington BB- 56 was not preserved. She would have been a stellar museum ship and in a way a great place for a memorial to Admiral Lee. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  12. War of 1812, dont you mean American Revolution Part two, Two Ocean Boogaloo ?? Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  13. Its gonna be a long haul ladies and gentlemen.....bring more rum, salted meat, cheese and pretzels. Drachs 5 hour long DryDocks are rapidly becoming a legend among the YouTube community. They are absolutely fantastic, well worth the listen. Outstanding job as always sir. Thank you for everything you do.
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  14. I do absolutely love the Littorio class. Possibly the best looking class of battleships ever produced. Shame they never really got to show what they could do in a proper battle. Though they saw more action then the Richelieu class.
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  15. This video makes the followers of Vulcan and the Ommnissiah happy. Drach videos at 6am are always a treat. Thank you for everything you do sir. Your work is amazing.
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  16. "Desire to watch Pirates of the Caribbean intensifies O___O" Fantastic video as always Drach. I've now got an imagine of a Royal Marine running across the deck with his barrel of musket balls and telling his gun captain that this is a great idea. And the captain, being slightly twisted, agreed.
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  17. "Rats on LSD" 😂😂😂😂😂 Why do I feel like the Chief Engineer in question was pulling a full Apocalypse Now in his engine room. Running around naked, covered in engine oil and screaming incessantly. Maybe trying to sacrifice a random crewman to the Omnissiah. Fantastic video as always sir, I loved the collaboration. They are always enjoyable. On a more morbid note, I wonder when Cradock realized it was over. That he was going to die. Or did even get that chance. Same for the Officers and Sailors aboard Monmouth.
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  18. Last time I was this early, the French Navy was still building ships for the British Navy. But anyway I knew within 90 seconds I'd love this video. Drach said "meow" and that was wholly unexpected. But a pleasant surprise nonetheless. What a fantastic video, fine work sir Personally I'd be terrified of a boarding cat....especially one coming at me at high speed. I'm also laughing at the thought of a fat black cat sunning himself on the top of a turret aboard HMS Lord Nelson as the guns are firing away.
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  19. Even someone as talented, capable and trained as Ching Lee considered long range gun fire a mix of calculations and luck. You can't control that your next shell may have a fraction less powder in its charge bags then it needs, the enemy may adjust speed and course suddenly, a rain squall may cool off your barrels.
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  20. The Ukrainian supply, logistics department must be an utter hellscape to work in right now. But beggars can't be choosers.
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  21. As a native of Louisiana, its with a mix of pride and hurt seeing that the Louisiana of the Montana class was the last Battleship authorized for construction in the US Navy.
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  22. I do absolutely love never built ship designs. Something is absolutely fascinating about what may have been.
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  23. HMS Indefatigable- "I tire of this mortal existence, I shall now distribute myself across the water in spectacular fashion" Meanwhile HMS New Zealand is doing it's dead level best to challenge each ship in the High Seas fleet to single combat. With the Captain doing a Maori war dance on the bridge wing. And HMS Australia is in the hospital for warships with a desire to ram things.
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  24. Ian and British Muzzleloaders channel really need to do a collaboration.
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  25. The Aoba was so close to the Americans, an officer with a 1911 could have been effective. A 5inch gun was just brutal, anything larger was overkill.
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  26. Absolutely fantastic video Drach....one of your best ever. Regardless of the legality of the attack. It deeply bothers me the lack of effort by the French Navy to seek shelter in British ports to continue the fight. The tiny Navies of Greece, Poland, Norway and others did their dead level best to get to safety and fight on. Sometimes even defying orders from high command. In the book "No greater ally" the author lays heavy charges of downright hostility against the Poles from the French. He also says that many French troops were openly friendly with the Germans. Lastly he says how the French Navy and army did all they could to prevent an evacuation of Polish troops from France. Many many French servicemen and civilians fought bravely in the war, but many many others, especially in the beginning seemed to be dead set on capitulation and surrender.
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  27. Two Greeks screaming at each other ?? I hear this is a common way for them to establish dominance and settle disputes. They only stop screaming at each other when they catch the scent of a nearby Turk.
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  28. Laffeys machine spirit was extremely angry at anyone who tried to attack it. The Mechanicus is most pleased with this particular "little ship."
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  29. "Hans, the English have put armor on their carriers flight decks, what do we do ??" "Its easy Karl, we get bigger bombs and more of them." Btw thank you Drach for keeping the volumes on your videos loud. It's much appreciated.
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  30. Stuff like this is so technical and nerdy and it's freaking awesome.
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  31. Wonderful ships that dont get the credit they deserve....shame one wasn't preserved as a museum.
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  32. Five minutes is about how long it lasted in service. It did go BOOM rather quickly.
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  33. Wow !!!!! What a marathon of a DryDock. Drach took the saying "England expects every man will do his duty" to the maximum extent. Fantastic video as always Drach. You sir are one of the best channels on YouTube. That rear gunner bit had me in tears....that was fantastic. I've now got the mental image of Drach blasting away at bandits with 4 .303 machine guns as the truck steers wildly across the road. The Exocet missile of the time had a warhead of around 350lbs, Vanguard could have taken several of those to her belt and been ok. Western ASMs tend to be smaller and lighter then Soviet, Russian, Chinese examples. And if Vanguard had made it to the Falklands war, she could have survived to the Gulf war. Now imagine that glorious sight, the 4 Iowa's and Vanguard sailing together. One last glorious ride for the battleship.
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  34. "Desire to have wine, cheese and political revolutions intensifies" Fantastic video as always Drach. Its amazing how TERRIBLE the first 2/3rds of French Dreadnought/battleship design and construction were. Then at the very end they flipped it around and were making designs that could be considered among the best and very innovative. Shame most of those designs would never see the light of day. Also French capital ships had fantastic names.
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  35. "Someone has the foolish idea that the USS Johnston was possibly scuttled" "The ghost of Cmdr Ernest Evans rises from the waters of the Pacfic and proceeds to find that foolish individual and load him into a 5inch gun." Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  36. A real shame neither of these beautiful ships ever saw real useful service. And double shame that the French Navy didn't order its ships to make for British ports. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  37. I really do hope the wreck of the Surcouf is found soon. Shes one of the great mysteries from WW2 that's still unsolved.
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  38. This is a surprise, but a welcome one to be sure . Drach is indeed full of surprises
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  39. Great....so we missed out on a chance for a USS Mountain Dew, what a shame. As far as the ads goes, I'm fine ads on any video over 10 minutes. One in the beginning and one at the end. Really whatever is best for the channel.
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  40. Love it when you cover stuff like this Drach. It's incredibly niche but lots of fun.
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  41. I'm a simple man, I see a Drachinifel video....I click like. Also.....at 1:41 ....that's a fantastic picture of the class and really shows how beautiful the Littorio class was.
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  42. I do absolutely love stuff like this. Its niche stuff that basically no one but Drach covers. The Italian Dreadnoughts that were modernized are my favorites. They look absolutely fantastic and they were pretty competitive. But the US ones are almost not even the same ships anymore.
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  43. "Straps myself down" Here we go !!!!! Last time I was this early, Victory was an acorn. Btw I had chills when Drach was reading off the names in the British battleline.
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  44. Ahhhhh the good ole Bureau of Ordnance. Why do they remind me of the Adeptus Mechanicus so much ?? It would be funny if it wasn't tragic that the old creaky, leaky S Boats with their Mark 10s out performed the newest submarines and the newest torpedoes on a regularly basis. I'm curious what Nimitz thought about all these torpedo issues. He was the CINCPAC as well as a former submarine man. Fantastic video as always Drach. Always love your videos.
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  45. I have been EAGERLY awaiting this. The New Orleans class is possibly my favorite class of all time. Partly cause I'm from Louisiana and partly cause the class had such an interesting war record. It's such a shame the New Orleans wasn't saved for a museum piece. Her battle record was almost without peer. She was at Pearl Harbor and her Chaplain coined the phrase "Praise God and pass the ammunition." Thank you for the videos and work you do Drach.
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  46. No real comment this time. Just wanted to say its been a rough day, things have gone poorly indeed. But listening to the DryDock on the way home from work has injected some light into things. Provided a sense of normalcy. So fantastic job as always Drach. Believe me when I say you are doing good work.
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  47. The Normandie and Lyon class are two of my favorite class of warships that were never built. They were gonna be fantastically French. For all the good and bad that comes with.
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  48. Being in a submarine during WW1 was just as terrifying as being attacked by a submarine. Fantastic video as always Drach, your guest was great. Looking forward to part 2.
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  49. A real shame none of these ships survived to be museums. They were important to the development of destroyers.
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  50. Because the early American Navy was so small, it could afford to pick the best available men for service. Now at times those men maybe weren't the ideal candidates, but they were still good stock.. The American merchant service payed ridiculously higher wages and offered better conditions so many many potential recruits signed on with them instead, and I can't blame them. But the life of a sailor in the Navy was attractive to some apparently. Also, interestingly enough, and this is not covered enough in various books, the crews of many early American warships had a sizeable minority of black sailors. On the Constitution in particular several entire gun crews were black only. I believe it was Issac Hull who cited many of them for bravery. Saying they fought like devils, stripped to the waist, singing and chanting as they loaded, fired the big 24s. Even though Captains weren't supposed to hire black sailors, many openly did and apparently the Navy had bigger problems and ignored it. Fantastic video as always Drach. Im now 8 DryDocks away from my 100th episode. Glorious day indeed.
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  51. Shiny Sheff, the worlds largest and most heavily armed Yo-Yo.
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  52. Praise the Omnissiah!!!!!!!!! The evil machine spirits did not stop your holy and amazing work. The Ordo Sinister is most pleased with this.
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  53. I absolutely love the Iron Duke class, especially the names of the ships. The Royal Navy's naming department really emptied the bucket when it came to naming these 4 ships.
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  54. Absolutely fantastic work Drach, one of your best videos yet. As an American I'm guilty of knowing very little of the American Navy between the 1820s till the 1860s. So your video was absolutely spot on in educating me. Also.....I love the River names of the American frigates in this period. I wish they still used it honestly. Sabine is a river in my home state. And the later US Frigate, Wabash, is one of my favorite ships ever. And YES I would love to know how the USS Pennsylvania would have fared in a slugging match vs CSS Virginia. That would be one for the ages.
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  55. IT LIVES !!!!!!!! PRAISE THE DRY DOCK......AND DAMN THE NECRONS !!!!! Also happy to hear you are among the living Drach.
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  56. The Chief Engineer of the Canopus was 2 steps away from covering himself in oil and sacrificing a rating to the Machine God.
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  57. Generally when a ship experiences a catastrophic explosion, performance will take a dive. As will the entire ship really.
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  58. This video is so French, I'm suddenly craving some wine and cheese.......and a little revolution would be lovely as well. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  59. Drach is not human....he must be some sort of time traveling machine that decided to grace us with his knowledge and sarcasm. And an amazing British beard as well. But seriously, fantastic work as always sir. The idea of the Nelson class moving along at 28 knots is amusing to me, I keep imagining that Jeremy Clarkson driving the Ariel Atom meme....SPEEEEED !!!
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  60. Drach is 250 percent guaranteed a mad lad. I got no idea how you do it sir. I actually do feel a little bad that you produce videos like this. Six hours plus long videos must be absolutely ridiculously painful to produce. But thank you nonetheless, you are indeed one of the best channels on YouTube. I definitely would be interested in buying any book you write. They would be fantastic additions to my collection.
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  61. "Your ultimate KFC needs" 😂😂😂🤣😂😂....... that is absolutely fantastic. In 200 years no one is gonna believe that the British invented a nuclear landmine that relied on a chicken to keep it operational. Overall fantastic video as always sir. I listened to your livestream last night and I remember you answering a question about Master and Commander. And the odds of an American shipyard producing a frigate for the French. I think it could he highly possible for an independent yard to build a frigate. The Philadelphia shipyards built at least two, maybe three subscription frigates in the early 1800s. And Jousha Humphreys was the primary designer at the Philadelphia yard at that time. Yes the US Navy would want to snatch it up and put it into service, but I doubt Congress would allow it. The Jefferson presidency was terrified of having a large ocean going Navy and did all it could to strangle the American Navy. The Jefferson presidency also had some French leanings, as did a large portion of the population.
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  62. Last time I was this early, the USS Constitution was still pounding the HMS Macedonian into fire wood. But fantastic video Drach, thank you sir. One interesting observation I'd like to make. The Japanese had no way to get the Zero from the factory except by using ox teams. No railroads, airports were directly connected to the Mitsubishi factory. As its often been said, the big things the Japanese could do fantastically. But the little things often tripped them up.
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  63.  @jirkazalabak1514  that's an extremely good point about Lincoln. I still think he was an amazing president but he did live over 150 plus years ago. We can't compare modern view points to one's 50 years ago let alone 3 times that.
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  64. While I am over joyed that these wrecks have been found and documented. I worry about wreck scavengers for the shallower ships. What happened to the wrecks around the Java coast is a massive tragedy and something that shouldn't have been allowed to happen.
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  65. I absolutely love talking about ships that were never started or completed. Its absolutely fascinating how things would have looked had some of them be completed. Especially these Dutch battlecruisers. Fantastic work as always Drach.
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  66. "An 1890s version of space invaders" Yeah that's a pretty new of putting it and it works better then any other explanation I have ever heard of. Always love your videos....keep it up sir.
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  67. Love your videos as always.....the Amagi plays a central role in Taylor Anderson's alternative history book Destroyermen. In the book she's fitted out as a proper battle cruiser.
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  68.  @1977Yakko  to me Nimitz, Washington, Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt are the only ones deserving of a carrier. All 4 men contributed something or had achievements of vital importance to the Nation.
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  69. @EFFEZE  he has an extensive education in engineering plus significant actual work experience in the field.
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  70. Drach is an Ironman of YouTube. The guy has a family, a job and at least half a dozen projects on YouTube. Plus a website and other offline projects. Absolutely fantastic work as always sir. As far as my question, I definitely could see a 11,000 ton Atlanta having 6 centerline 5inch mounts with 4 wing mounts, 2 per side. That way you still have room for radar, extra light weapons etc. That's sixteen 5inch guns with each barrel firing one shell every 5 to 8 seconds. Imagine that in the knife fights that occurred in the South Pacfic at night. The USCG(Coast Guard) is an auxiliary in a way but their largest cutters do have the spare room, electrical ability and other fittings to be rather rapidly fitted with VLS cells. It would take work but could be done. I'm not sure why its not done out of the Yards. Just fit a massive steel or other metal "cap" over the VLS launcher to shield it from the weather and what not. And when needed, come into port, have the cap taken off and load up. Lastly, the French Navy's overall lack of spirit is absolutely confusing. If even half of the Fleet had gone to British ports then the war in the Mediterranean could have been drastically shortened. Or imagine Richelieu tagging along with POW and Hood at Denmark Strait.
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  71. Fantastic video as always Drach. I am imagining the Black Gang on Rodney donning red robes, using oils and prayers to motivate the engines to go that bit faster. Maybe sacrificing a certain cheese or cake to the Machine Spirits. I would love to have seen Rodney plowing through the North Atlantic. It must have been a stirring sight to see the old warrior so eager to have its revenge.
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  72. Amazing video as always......I can just imagine the battle of Trafalgar as a bar room brawl. And Agamemnon is the shortest guy in the bar, who has to stand on the bar just to be able to hit the taller guys and yet does so quite effectively and cheerfully. All the while happily singing a tune and chugging rum in between bouts of decking anyone who wanders by who is wearing the wrong colors.
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  73. Ian does indeed lead an interesting life......you could say he is the most interesting man in the world.
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  74.  @richardtaylor1652  the sound of debris hitting the water and a small mushroom cloud??
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  75. Monsters check under their beds for Vickers armaments salesperson.
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  76. Looking at the laid down, launched then commissioned dates of some mid to late war cargo ships, destroyers etc is a good way to amuse yourself if you are feeling down.
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  77. Fantastic video as always Drach, love your work. The fight between the Carmania and the Not Carmania reminds me of the "So I started blasting" meme. Hopefully in the future we dont have a battle with cruise ships lobbing missiles at each other.
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  78. Absolutely fantastic video as always Drach. Also to paraphrase Jingles...."Surprise buttsex is never a good thing, especially not when its a battleship doing the surprising"
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  79. See a need, fill a need...that sums up the Hunt class. Excellent little ships that did the job they were designed to do.
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  80. Italians- WE ARE SPEED......and structural instability.
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  81. Fantastic video Drach. But the thought of twenty or so 15inch shells crashing into a Kongo class at close is terrifying. Do you want to see a Kongo explode into a million pieces ?? Cause that'll do it. And as far as how to say Mahan, you can say it either way. I've heard it pronounced both ways in my life time. Lastly, the US Navy converted several of the Ohio class boomers in Tomahawk farms. Once the Sea Tomahawks are back in service, they would be ideal commerce raiding ships. Being about to fire off 120 long range missiles against slow, unarmed merchant ships and lightly, moderately defended escorts would devastating.
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  82. The thought of a Spitfire with such a massive engine plus cannons, bombs is a hilarious thought. It sounds almost Orkish in its ridiculousness. Imagine the climb rate if it doesn't tear itself apart. You'd be hosing the pilot out if he managed to land it safely.
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  83. Nevada covered herself in glory on the morning of December 7th. Trying to make it to the open sea whulr under constant air attack. She managed to claw down a few Japanese planes as a symbolic giant middle finger. Oklahoma never got a chance sadly. Nevada wasnt as famous as her two older cousins, Texas and Arkansas, in the shore bombardment missions. But her fire was accurate, and delivered on time. Shame she wasn't at Surigao strait in place of the Mississippi, that would have made that battle even more ironic.
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  84. Fantastic video sir.....until you mentioned it some weeks ago I had no idea that the British loaned out a carrier to work with the US Navy till the Enterprise was put back together. That fact is rarely brought up in American books. And on a side note, the Illustrious class are possibly some of the best looking carriers ever made.
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  85. I cant wait for Drach to give us a full reenactment of the first battle between two war canoes. Maybe after pressing Dr Clarke into the video.
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  86. Last time I was this early, Terror and Erebus were still free of the pack ice. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  87. Fantastic video as always Drach. CVE= Combustible, Vulnerable and Expendable. The Liscome Bay absolutely detonated when it was hit by a torpedo. A sailor aboard another CVE a mile away was hit by a fire extinguisher that had been sent flying. The Battleship New Mexico that was 1,500 yards away was showered with debris. I'm fascinated by the idea of the US Navy with the Derrflinger and Bayern in their possession. That could be extremely interesting. Especially as Derrflinger has one of the most stubborn machine spirits ever. Not as blood thirsty as say Warspite or Rodney.
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  88. Congratulations on the 250k sir, it is extremely well deserved. You have taken a place of honour and respect on this dirty, filthy and often times educational part of the internet called YouTube. The gathered masses eagerly await your words.
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  89. When I look at Halsey's action at Leyte Gulf, I think back to what Spruance did at the Marianas a few months earlier. Spruance stuck to his guns, held his position as a covering force for the landing force and let the Japanese come to him. There was zero need to go charging off and seeking battle with the pitiful remains of the IJN carrier fleet at Letye Gulf. Halsey was an amazing Admiral in the Solomons campaign. But by 1944/45 the war was to complicated for him. Spruance was the more cerebral thinker. And far less prone to glory seeking. Edit- Also going to add that Spruance had the foresight to use his Battleships as trip wires. He arrayed them in a line in between his forces and the likely approach routes of the Japanese aircraft. This broke up a good part of the Japanese attacks and diluted what attacks made it past.
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  90. Hood is Hood?? "Le Gasp" Absolutely shocking 😳 Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  91. What a marathon, goodness. Drachinifel is such a mad lad !!!! Drach you are one of the finest channels on YouTube. Definitely hope you can do the America trip. I was gutted when you couldn't make it. One like to show respect for the lovely large wheel of cheese that was lost when Rodney's torpedo room was flooded.
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  92. TOWERING SUPERSTRUCTURE OF DOOM !!!!!!
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  93. Last time i was this early, the Payroll officer on HMS New Zealand still had his trousers. But seriously, it's a tragedy what happened to the men of the Indy. Fantastic video Drach.
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  94. Fantastic video as always Drach. I think I laughed way to hard at the "It took itself to it's own personal fuehrer bunker and shot itself" comment. And we should have known Drach comes from a long line of British sea dogs and foot sloggers. It just fits Also, I'm so excited to buy a t shirt...or two from that website. Thank you very much sir. Lastly, the idea of the Kreigsmarine having 5 or even 6 Scharhorst class battleships is an interesting idea. It wouldn't have changed things in the end but it could have made the naval war that much more costly for the Allies. Especially for the Northern convoys.
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  95. I absolutely love the Gearing class. Some of them had absolutely ridiculously long careers. The USS Orleck DD 886 is in my home town of Lake Charles as a museum ship. But shes been absolutely neglected. And the city went back on its promise to help provide funding a first rate dock space. I hope the city of Jacksonville picks her up and takes care of her.
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  96. So basically the Haka that the All Black's do before a game, the New Zealands Captain essentially did that before a battle. But with a war skirt on. I'm sure that was an interesting sight.
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  97. Drach in Space ??? That would be interesting 😂 And Drach, in Baton Rouge in Louisiana we have the USS Kidd. She's a Fletcher class back to her war configuration and in fantastic condition. Not to mention they have a small high quality museum with models and displays on site. And just two hours to the east is the USS Alabama in Mobile. And further to the East is the Pensacola Naval Air museum. As far as the Texas, she is closing for the start of her overhaul by September. The 35million dollar project is supposed to last at least 2 years from what I know.
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  98. Now I am imagining a 1890s British gun crew trying to load a new annoying Ensign into a gun all the while an Admiral encourages them and says dont worry about breaking his legs. The fact that I'm imagining that Admiral as Drach makes it all the better. Fantastic and wonderful video as always Drach. I'm just laughing myself silly thinking of Drach waking up as Admiral Kimmel and immediately screaming while looking for a bottle of whiskey. And only stopping his drinking to catch breath and scream some more. All the while his yeoman is down the hall just trying to go back to bed. As far as my question, I apologize for not being more specific. But thank you for answering it. One of the main things I was curious about was how having an additional 2 or 3 heavy cruisers could affect additional surface battles around the Guadalcanal area. Because the American Navy was forced to push the Atlanta class into a role it was wholly unsuited for due to a lack of other available assets. I'm saying all that cause even with the accelerated time line, I think the Japanese would still send major surface units down the "Slot" as cover for reinforcement convoys.
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  99. Last time I was this early, Rome and Carthage were still smacking each other around the Med. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  100. Man those Italian special forces guys were masters at sinking battleships or capital ships in general. They managed to sink several of them during the two world wars.......and possibly one in Sevastopol in the 50s but we wont talk about that.
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  101.  @bkjeong4302  yes but the crushing morale effect of a battleship coming in and firing its guns over open sights right down at almost level elevation is pretty back breaking.
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  102. Absolutely fantastic work sir, always love your videos. If the Yamato had managed to get close enough to Okinawa and the Allies had been forced to form a gun line to stop that. That would have been the party of the century. Even the older dreadnoughts would have wanted in on the festivities. They'd have been pushing their engines to the breaking point to keep up with their newer cousins. All that being said, it's sad that so many Japanese sailors and officers died for basically no reason. War is a terrible thing indeed. And its also a little sad that one of the most impressive warships ever built was sent to the bottom in such a way. Edit- I can't imagine being trapped deep inside the Yamato as she sank to the bottom. That's the stuff that nightmares are made of.
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  103. Goes to the bathroom after a lengthy meeting with other British admirals, just sitting down to handle business when I look down and I see a pamphlet slide across the floor from a neighboring stall, I pick it up and hear "Would sir like to purchase some 14inch guns" GAAAHHH NO NO NO SOD OFF AND SELL THEM TO SOMEONE ELSE 😂😂 ....all of those visuals are hilarious. Amazing video as usual Drach, 2 hours of DryDock down and 1 to go. I need more tea stat.
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  104. The Arkansas was flipped end over end...which is pretty incredible for something that sized.
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  105. One of my absolute favorite ships ever. Love how it looks and that nickname too. Thank you for doing the video. It's top quality as always.
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  106. "I'm helping "
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  107. Fine....red....mist
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  108. I love that Louisiana has the USS Kidd DD 661 on display in our capital. She is fantastic to visit and pay respect to. The Fletcher class is one of the finest classes of warships to ever sail. Fantastic work as always Drach.
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  109. Significant emotional event.....I see what you did there sir....bravo. I'm so glad some of my favorite YouTube channels have met and talked. Fantastic video as always Drach. Edit....can you imagine being Agincourt's gunnery officer. It would be so tempting to fire ALLLL the guns at once. You may not hit anything but boy it would look impressive.
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  110. Fantastic video Drach, as always you do amazing work. One small correction, the Atlanta class was planned and some were equipped with torpedo tubes. One quad mount on either side. But only a few ships carried them and they were all removed by 1944 as far as I know. Also.....I'd love a flying boat, especially a Boeing Clipper, I wish at least one of them had survived till present day. Just something so cool about a flying boat. A modern recreation of a Clipper with say 4 Rolls Royce turboprop engines and a range of 4,500 miles would be amazing. Lastly, its amazing to hear Drach rage against the quality of Italian shells. One of the funniest things he's ever done. Yes the Italian battleships cant hit jack but at least they good while doing it, and that's what's important.
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  111. Don't disrespect the Calico carbine like that.
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  112. It isnt a normal week unless Drach throws shade at the Bureau of Ordnance and their mess of a torpedo. Like a possum defending a trash can basically, with the constant THUD sound of torpedoes smacking into ships hulls and not exploding playing in the background.
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  113. Love your videos, always awesome when my notifications tell me you have uploaded something. Hearing Mr Ted Briggs talk about the sinking always chilled me to the bone. As did the thought that only 3 men survived the sinking. My brain has a hard time understanding how more men didn't get off before she went down. Mainly those in top side stations. I can imagine a wall of fire swept through the lower decks, blowing open water tight doors and flash cooking everything.
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  114. Fantastic video Drach, always love and appreciate your work. One quick question, did you get the Baltic and Black sea confused again ?? Cause last time I checked Bulgaria is indeed pretty close to the Black Sea. And thank you for the quick add on the White Plains and its noble efforts to impede the full might of the IJN Navy with a lone 5inch gun. Sarcasm aside, I always struggled to believe a lone ranging shot got that lucky. Lastly, fold out maps need to make a come back. One of my favorite books, The War that never was, seriously needs some fold out maps.
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  115.  @Inquisitor6321  Franklin maybe, Jefferson I'm not so sure. He was extremely important yes but his achievements were strictly political. He was in fact a great enemy to the Navy during his time.
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  116. Always love these extra long Drydocks, thank you for the work you do Drach. Firstly, the 6 figures you listed for my question, that would be an interesting meeting and the results would be.....explosive for sure. I especially love the selection of Barbossa. Secondly, the USS United States was considered a fast sailing ship but was extremely clumsy, she was called "The old wagon." Whereas the Constitution and President were considered slower but more agile and easier to handle. All 3 ships were essentially the same class but were built in different yards. Lastly, Halsey was massively overrated and I'm so glad people are finally acknowledging that. Spruance was much better and had a much better temperament. And Ozawa was massively underrated. He was extremely smart and compassionate to his men. He also was nicknamed the Gargoyle and stood at 6.7 tall.
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  117. Drach has been quoting or referencing 40k pretty regularly as of late. This makes me very happy indeed. He also said that German destroyers like to identify as pretzels from time to time. That made me laugh more than it should have. Overall, amazing video, one of the best you've ever done. I made sure to share it on Facebook in a Naval group I'm in.
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  118. Yes the Kidds are still in service. They are likely about to undergo major upgrades here soon to extend their service life even further. VLS tubes, new radar, new CIWS and other tech. The Spruance class in general was in service for a pretty short period of time. Less then 20 years for some of the later ships. Hey Drach, all 3 ships that have been named Kidd are still afloat, is that a record?? Glad you are going to the USS Alabama, I'll definitely do my utmost to try and make it there. It's about a 3 hour drive for me from Louisiana. Its very exciting stuff. It does make me a little sad that the South Dakota herself wasnt preserved, though I know you couldnt park her up in her namesake state. The Washington is a different story and she should have most definitely been preserved. She was one of the few American battleships to sink another battleship in a straight up fight. Also, I hope they portray the HMS Thunderchild correctly in the upcoming War of Worlds tv show. That is possibly my favorite part of the book. I do love an electric boogaloo...especially one with the Japanese Navy of the mid 1930s kicking the Soviet Navy in their little communist heads.
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  119. Thank you for answering my question sir, I'm glad you enjoyed my framing of my question. And thank you for going into detail like you did when answering it. I'd add in that I would try and get one additional battleship every odd or even year. But your answer was fantastic all around. That question about trying to make modern armor was unexpected but really enjoyable. Its ridiculously complex but an interesting concept to look at. Lastly, I'd say one of the Royal Navy's lowest points was the political choice to scrap the HMS Vanguard. Edit- Admiral Cunningham had one of the best quotes ever. A subordinate was comparing fighting both the Italians and Luftwaffe as hitting your head into a brick wall. Cunningham replied with "What you don't realise you miserable undertaker is that you may be loosening a brick" That is absolutely British and fantastic.
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  120. Fantastic video as always Drach. I think its something worth studying how many Senior officers from all sides lost sons during WW2.
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  121. Absolutely love this, very excited to watch it. Thank you for the upload Drach.
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  122. I absolutely love Coastal defense ships, they are a often forgotten part of 20th century naval history. Thank you for what you do Drach.
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  123. Fantastic video as always Drach. I'd like to add that USS Utah SSN-801 is currently under construction. And that USS Oklahoma, Arizona are on order and in line to be built next. Hopefully they are posted to the Pacific fleet once they are finished. Their first arrival in Pearl would be something to see, quite a ceremony. The legendary names Barb, Tang, Wahoo and Silversides have also been applied to future Virginia class boats. And a big yes to pin badges !!!
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  124. Always love your work Drach. That live stream earlier on Friday worked really well and it was enjoyable. As far as my question I asked on the livestream. If you took charge of the US navy as far as construction, R@D and other aspects. You'd have ALOT of political will backing you up. The President was a massive supporter of the Navy, he got two different Two Ocean expansion bills passed. So combine that with a 20 percent increase in the budget, you could accomplish alot. Like getting the Essex class started 2 to 3 years ahead of schedule. Starting the Gearing class 5 years early and by passing the Allen M Sumners entirely. You maybe could even get the Alaska class started or go really big and try for the Montana class. So as I said imagine 2 or 3 armored flight deck Essex classes at Coral Sea and Midway with 40mm and 5inch radar guided guns with VT fuses.
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  125. Always love your videos Drach. If you keep it up, you may get a ship named after you later in this century. Five pounds says the motto of the ship is "sail me closer, I wish to hit them with my sword"
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  126.  @ph89787  Saratoga treated torpedoes like Pokémon, gotta catch em all !! Can't blame Fletcher for that.
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  127. Drach you are one of the best on YouTube regardless of subject matter. Absolutely love your work. Hopefully you come to a ship within driving distance of me when you come to the US. Im getting a chuckle imagining Rodney's chiefs engineer phoning the bridge and saying "Captain, she's comin apart." And the Captain replying that the Rodney will not quit or stop until the Bismarck is scrap on the bottom or until Rodney has laid alongside Bismarck Nelsonian style and taken her with pistols and cutlasses. Rodney had a particularly blood thirsty and vindictive machine spirit.
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  128. As an American who loves history, especially military history. I'll argue till I'm dead on the deck that Halsey and MacArthur were two of the most overrated commanders during the course of WW2. Halsey nearly derailed the war effort with his carelessness at Leyte gulf. And he cost the fleet hundreds of dead by sailing into the teeth of a typhoon. When the war in the Pacific was a bar room brawl with the lights shot out, he was in his element. But the moment it evolved into a chess match, he was out of touch. Spruance was a far better commander and his record reflects it. MacArthur's ego cost the Americans the Philippines, tens of thousands of dead and tens of thousands more sentenced to death in Japanese prisons. His record and actions with the 32nd infantry division in the early stages of the New Guinea campaign were almost criminal and totally negligent.
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  129. I laughed way to hard at this.
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  130. Fantastic video sir......I love the names of the various WW1 German Battlecruisers and Dreadnoughts. Especially Von Der Tann, Seydlitz and Derfflinger. The British also had some amazing names for its various capital ships.
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  131. Drach please correct me if I'm wrong, or anyone for that matter, but was the US and Germany the only powers not to lose a capital ship to a sudden case of rapid and spicy disassembly that wasn't in battle. Any particular reason why that could be ?? Also I'm a rather huge fan of the Italian effort to modernize its battleships. The rebuilds produced notable improvements across the board. Not to mention the ships looked really really good as typical with Italy.
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  132. The SV Petrel recently discovered two of the four Japanese carrier wrecks at Midway as well. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  133. Mentioning the USS Cabot makes me sad.....ugh. It was such a farce. I'm so glad the Orleck was saved and is now in a new home in Jacksonville. Also, so many of the Civil Monitors and Frigates had the best names ever put on a warship. Wabash, Monongahela, Weehawken, Catskill are some of my favorites.
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  134. Love the video as always Drach….this may be an unpopular opinion but I don't think Spruance would have taken the bait and charged north. He would have kept his ships in close to protect his charges. He had done it before and was much criticized for it. But he showed zero regrets for it. I think Spruance had a better "feel" for what the enemy could do and could actually accomplish.
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  135. For personal reasons, family name essentially, the Lyon class is one of my all time favorite classes of warships. It's so ridiculous, so French. It would have been amazing. Thank you for the video Drach.
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  136. The Zara class deserved better, they were among the best of the prewar Heavy cruisers. And they were absolutely wasted.
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  137. Thank you for answering my question Drach. It is always appreciated and I thank you for the time you take. I wasn't about to try and use the ships entire name. It is a beautiful name but its kinda ridiculous. It was great to see several questions about naval food and drink. It is an extremely fascinating part of naval history. Almost as fascinating as the stuff that goes boom and bang. If Rodney had been modernized following WW2 and actually saw combat, considering how blood thirsty and eager the ships machine spirit seemed to be, I can imagine the ships crew may have tried to close to small arms range or even called for grappling hooks. If Bismarck hadn't had the audacity to sink then Rodney may have tried to board it.
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  138. Fantastic video as always Drach. The Spruance/Cunningham debate is always a good one. Cunningham was the perfect Admiral in the perfect situation with imperfect assets and resources. Spruance only really gave into his passions once. He personally led a gun line into bombardment range of Truk. He was a black shoe after all. But on the same coin he did deploy his battleships as a trip line during the Marianas island campaign. They chewed up and broke up the main Japanese attacks. He also kept his aggressive and determined carrier officers on a very short leash and reminded them their job was to protect the Marines and Army. I'm still waiting on my etsy print. I'll let you know when it comes in.
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  139. Fantastic video Drach, always love your passion and the care you put into your videos. Btw rain in England?? Huh that is very weird and totally out of the norm. The Laconia incident is one of those things that makes the debate of good, evil in WW2 very much a black, grey and white subject. It absolutely chills the blood.
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  140.  @mostevil1082  some people are so important and have achieved a level of immortality that I think its a ok. Washington founded the country, Lincoln held it together and was martyed at the very pinnacle of his success, Roosevelt laid the foundation for the Navy that Nimitz would lead in WW2. Those are really about the only people I'd ever name a carrier after. Otherwise stick to the classics.
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  141. BIG SAD
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  142. Absolutely stellar video as always Drach. You continue to be the Gold Standard among YouTube channels. I enjoy wearing one of your shirts about town and seeing if anyone recognizes it.
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  143. Fantastic work as always sir. A few thoughts of mine. Thank you for answering my question. Ozawa had one of the coolest nicknames ever, Onigawara(Gargoyle) and he was right at 6.7. I'm sure that was a nice contrast to the stocky Yamamoto. As far as the best "combat admirals." I don't think I could put Fletcher in my top 5. He struggled at Midway, and struggled even more at Guadalcanal. For me it's a toss up between Willis "Ching" Lee, Raymond Spruance and Jesse Oldendorf. All 3 did different things throughout the war but all were fantastically successful at what they did. I dont know much about British Admirals so I'll say your two picks are just fine. And Drach, didnt you know that the HMS New Zealand's captain wore Maori jewelry and a grass skirt when the ship was in combat. That's like +500000 luck at least. And I do feel a little bad talking crap about Seymour, he did kill himself after the war after all.
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  144. Fletcher and Cleveland swarm- "Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine"
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  145. Fantastic video as always Drach. I absolutely loved this. And I thank you for the even handed assessment of John Paul Jones and his failings. To often in America we gloss over his quirks. But I still consider him the father of the American Navy, or at least one its fathers.
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  146. How many people skipped straight to the Channel Admin section??? "Raises hand" ...I'm pulling a full nervous Kermit the frog meme Anyway, fantastic video sir, always love your work. Hearing you rage against the American vernacular is always a welcome treat. What of the greatest "what ifs" is what would have happened if the American government had spared some more in the 30s towards modernizing the Phillipines defenses. Especially the coast defense guns and equipment of the troops present. Having a competent commander would help too. Speaking of the Gearings, the USS Orleck DD-886 is being rescued from a bad situation in my hometown and is going to be transferred to Jacksonville. That's very happy news I'd say.
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  147. NEIN GET OUT YOU ARE TO LOUD AND YOU RUIN THE TULIPS !!!
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  148. Another fantastic episode Drach. You are on a roll as of late. Love your work and the effort you put in it. Major points for your use of diddley squat as well as referencing B5.
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  149. Always love seeing Drach upload his videos. Such variety and high quality.
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  150. Shame the Dauntless wasn't involved in the strike on the Yamato. It would have been a very fitting end for one of the best strike aircraft of WW2. Fantastic video as always Drach. Thank you for everything you do.
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  151. Fantastic work as always....love your videos. Someone pipped me on the New Orleans class. I was prepared to ask about them in the next Patreon monthly question board. I'm quite partial to the class, being from Louisiana and all. I think it's a real tragedy that New Orleans herself wasn't saved. She was one of the most distinguished US ships to see the war from beginning to end. I think the class on the whole was beset by problems not of it's own fault. US Surface force doctrine, training and procedures at the start of the war were awful. The class definitely had limits, like all treaty cruisers did. But they were a solid class of ships that gave good service for an extended period of time. Though by 1945 the 4 surviving ships were absolutely worn out.
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  152. Its definitely impressive how the US Navy built new submarines before and during the war. New ideas and wartime experiences were integrated extremely well. Awesome video Drach.
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  153. Fantastic video as always Drach. Congratulations on the news with World of Warships. In his latest book, Twilight of the Gods, Ian Toll is pretty hard on Halsey for his conduct later in the war. He takes a chunk out of him. He does the same for MacArthur and that makes me happy. Both men were massively overrated and thousands of men died that didn't need to die because of their negligence and egos. Rant over.....excuse me. Anyway, as far as ancient ships that were crazy and maybe impossible. I do genuinely believe our ancestors were far more creative and capable then we can fully grasp. But sadly 80 percent of their greatest creations have not survived. Lastly, this has no bearing on any topic in the Drydock but I was excited to see that earlier this month that the latest authorized Virginia class is named Barb. Hopefully its a return to the proper names for submarines.
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  154. Two weeks in a row Drach has mentioned Jeremy Clarkson, I feel like this is a very good thing. As far as massive, epic and pathetic naval procurement failures. Surely the Littoral combat ship program is like top 3 all time right?? Its such a failure the entire program will be shuttered and the ships that have been built will need a year or more of work just to make them suitable for low level combat zones. It's even more of a debacle when you realise two or three better options were staring the Navy in the face but they failed utterly. Anyway moving on.....if the Japanese home islands had been invaded, the British Pacific fleet would have been instrumental in supporting the invasion. It's a shame King, Mcarthur and to a lesser extent Halsey were so mistrustful towards to the British. Can someone enlighten me as towards Spruance's attitude of the Brits ? Or did he even have one ?? He doesnt strike me as the type to harbor superfluous feelings like jealous, mistrust or resentment.
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  155. He is giving the Wickes/Clemson class a run for its money.
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  156. As I said in the overview of the class video, the New Orleans class is likely my favorite ship class ever. Not only cause I'm from Louisiana but the class war record was interesting. The New Orleans herself had a war record almost without peer It's a tragedy that she wasn't saved for a museum piece. Lastly "Praise God and pass ammunition."
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  157. Drach has truly become a force within the world of Naval history. Bravo!!!!
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  158. In today's naval warfare, visual camouflage doesn't really matter anymore. You got all these sensors and weapons with hundreds of miles of range. I wish bright paint schemes and the like would make a return. I can dream. Fantastic video as always Drach. Thank you for everything you do.
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  159. Fantastic video as always Drach. On the topic of destroying oars on a rowed warship, oars had the habit of jumping back/forward as they were destroyed. This could cause terrible damage to the rowers, broken limbs etc. If you don't believe me, let someone whack you with a broom stick about a dozen times and see how you feel. The Royal Navy cruiser force in the interwar and WW2 period was filled with some very beautiful ships. Not an important factor in a warship but still, it's nice. The tall funnels in the earlier ships remind me of some of the high speed liners. Lastly, I'd LOVE to host a company retreat or meeting in a Ballistic missile submarine engine room. That would be amazing and pretty cool.
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  160.  @chrisbruce5711  its sarcasm, referring to the rather large numbers of French ships that ended up serving the British Navy after being taken as prizes.
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  161. Some of those old names are some of the best ever placed onto a warship.
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  162.  @zachary_plant_01  some of the late WW1 German designs are particularly interesting.
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  163. Fantastic video Drach.....by and large the Royal Navy cruisers of the Second World war were very beautiful ships with elegant lines. Even the gun turrets looked great.
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  164. And yet another ship I knew nothing about. And yet again another fantastic video Drach.
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  165. The KGV class isn't as handsome as the Nelson's or QEs but its still a very good looking design. That odd ball twin No2 turret kinda messes with my OCD but I can look past it. The class is definitely in contention for the best class of British battleships ever.
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  166.  @afitz34  bringeth the oils, incense and toasters !!!!!!!
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  167. Ahhhhhh what could have been. Not to mention this class would have likely had the best names for an entire class since the Orions. And the classes would have shared names for two ships, Conqueror and Thunderer. Fantastic video as always Drach. I LOVE the what could have been videos.
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  168. Fantastic video as always Drach. Not meaning to be difficult, just wanted to point out for the sake of overlap and extra work that you answered two questions here that you answered on the live stream as well. One was about the Leonardo Da Vinci and I can't remember the 2nd one but I'm sure someone else will spot it. Two thoughts from this spectacular marathon of a Q@A. 1) As far as the HMS Victory that foundered in a storm. Any chance that someone or some organization in England at that time kept track of particularly nasty storms that brewed up ?? We know the date that the Victory sank which helps alot. Maybe you could try and use that as a way to figure out how bad this storm was to sink a 1st rate. 2) Using Live Oak to make the framing and ribs of the Six Frigates was a brilliant move but Live Oak is exceptionally hard to work. It dulls tools really quickly and grows in really weird and wonderful shapes. The first working parties sent into the swamps to cut the trees to a man contracted disease. And having each Frigate built in a different yard did result in each one being rather unique and different then its sisters. USS United States was i believe known as "The old covered wagon" because she was an ungainly ship.
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  169. On a funny note, because of my job I'm required to carry certain things on me at all times. At one point in Cavalla I became physically wedged inside a hatchway. That was amusing and slightly embarrassing.
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  170. I am imagining Vanguard at the Falklands firing her 15inch guns in shore bombardment, her 3inch guns firing fully automatic as the Argentinean Airforce tries to bomb or launch missiles at her. What would make it even better would be the two Tiger class cruisers fore and aft providing even more fire power. Those three ships could carry a very heavily reinforced Marine or Commando battalion plus stores and equipment. And support them for an extended period of time. Lastly, I'm almost tearful at the idea of Vanguard and the Iowa's in the Gulf War, sailing together. Massive battle flags flying, one last image of a time that is now but a memory. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  171. Absolutely fantastic video Drach, what a marathon of a video. Two things.....1st, I think Admiral Kimmel and General Short were good competent commanders. They weren't given all the information they could have been given. Especially that diplomatic proceedings were breaking down as badly as they were and war was absolutely looming. I think they could have ordered more PBY flights, possibly have a large CAP flying. And maybe sortie some S boats to keep an eye out. Also could have organized the flow of information better, especially from the radar outpost that sighted the incoming raid. I also don't think that Kimmel would order his carrier force to attack a Japanese force when he had no idea what the size of that force was. 2ndly, PLEASE don't get me started on the US Navy's current naming scheme. Its such a God awful mess and it's so political. History and tradition has been largely forsaken and its sad.
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  172. Congratulations Drach, you earned it sir. I can't wait to see what the future holds for your channel. You are easily in my top 5 on YouTube. Informational, funny and non political, it's the perfect mix.
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  173. When he was Captain of an Escort carrier, Ziggy Sprague was trying to avoid a Japanese submarine. He ordered flank speed and anything else the engine room could muster. The chief engineer complained about the boilers overheating. Ziggy Sprague told him "piss on them then, those boilers may be the only thing left if we take a torpedo"
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  174.  @DoddyIshamel  it's still no excuse.....the Vichy government was obviously not a legitimate government and only existed because the Germans allowed it to do so.
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  175. Fantastic video as always Drach. Always love your work and the content you produce. The saga of Americas efforts to build first rates deserves a book. It was a ridiculously long winded effort that was filled with stop, starts. Also...who was taller, Dan Snow or the Chieftain?? I'm a huge fan of Snow, especially the Battlefield Britain series he did with his father. Lastly, its hilarious to listen to a very tired Drach wonder how the British Empire came to be, then listen to him blame the French and Dutch. I seriously think we need a round table of Drach, David Fletcher, Lindybeige and the Chieftain to talk about the French.
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  176. Fantastic work as always Drach. I do love when you rage against the "political muppets" and their machinations. Makes me want to start a revolution or something. Anyway thank you for taking time and giving an engineers answer to my question. It was extremely interesting and most definitely satisfied my curiosity. Lastly, the various FRAM upgrades to the Gearing and Fletcher class destroyers I think were extremely useful. They allowed more modern destroyers to concentrate on fleet work while the older ships would have done the convoy escorting if a war had broken out. I definitely will be always be curious what an Iowa class with its rear turret replaced by a Twin arm launcher would actually look like . And how it would perform. And of course how a modernised Vanguard would look in the Falklands, bombarding enemy positions.
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  177. I think the Alliance was showing appropriate levels of WAAAAAAGH
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  178. This was absolutely fantastic......what a pleasant surprise. It really would be fantastic if the Royal Navy did ever name a ship Thunderchild.
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  179. Sad noises :(
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  180. Japanese submarines and tactics regarding submarine warfare get a bad rapt but...in the first 18 months of the war they were extremely effective. They made sure Yorktown would never make port when it appeared she just might survive Midway. They kept Saratoga out of 3 of the 4 carrier battles around the Solomon islands by forcing her into dry dock. And they sunk Wasp along with other warships and merchant craft.
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  181. @davidmacy411  that was actually named after his Uncle, Frank Friday Fletcher. He died in 1928.
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  182. Bastard !!!!!
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  183. Aka the 152mm 15 barreled machine gun. Just saying that gave me....feelings.
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  184. Drach is tossing out all kinds of spicy meatballs this episode. I love learning and laughing at the same time. Fantastic video as always sir. As far as museum ships, I HIGHLY recommend the USS Kidd in Baton Rouge Louisiana. I believe its the only Fletcher class that is fully back to her WW2 condition. They have a nice small museum with models, artifacts and other things. The USS Alabama is 2 or so hours to the east down the I-10 interstate. And she is also in fantastic condition. I'm sure you have some followers who could have lunch, meet and greet near or at either ship. Even further east is the Pensacola Naval air museum. I personally live in Lake Charles and as of right now the USS Orleck is docked here. But she's in rough condition and likely to be moved or scrapped very soon.
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  185. Ahhh yes the Tang....a wonderfully flavored powdered drink. Oh wait sorry...this is about the fantastic submarine who tried to sink the entire Japanese Navy. As well as create many many new artificial reefs.
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  186. Always glad to see a notification from you Drach, your work is some of the best on YouTube. One day I hope to travel to Canada Land to visit this fantastic ship. Can't wait till you visit the Kidd in Louisiana.
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  187. Ok so I used to think that the Orion class had the best names for an entire class of capital ships, Orion, Monarch, Conqueror and Thunderer. All 4 of those are pretty awesome. But the Majestic class have taken that cake in my opinion. Majestic, Mars, Hannibal, Caesar, Jupiter, Illustrious and Victorious are fantastic. Especially to an American like me who appreciates a good naming system. Magnificent and Prince George are good I guess.
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  188. Amazing work as always Drach. Considering the speed and consistency of your work, shame the US Navy doesn't use you for its DryDock work. You certainly wouldn't take 5 to 7 years to rebuild a heavily damaged Amphib. ......just sayin. Also I've noticed how your pronunciation of Maryland has changed, or at least to my ears it has. I have no doubt during the Bismarck chase, Rodney's black gang was donning the red robes, using oils and incense and praying to the Omnissiah. Rodney had one hell of a angry and furious Machine Spirit
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  189. The UK and Commonwealth have some of the best ship names ever. And some of the names are truly legacy names as well.
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  190. Absolutely fantastic video as always Drach. It's amazing how you can constantly crank out extremely high quality videos, especially ones like this. Also the idea of nuclear shells is something that reminds me of Halo or Warhammer 40k. When absolutely massive and complete destruction of a target is needed.
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  191. Fantastic video as always Drach. I always love seeing your uploads. Hard to believe its DryDock 191.....absolutely crazy but its amazing too. Also crazy to see your almost at 350 subscribers. Five hundred thousand will be here fast fast.
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  192.  @lightfootjpauls I highly doubt Nimitz was afraid or even nervous about the Ordnance people. He was a quiet, soft spoken individual but he didnt screw around either. He likely knew the issue was being handled at lower levels and didnt feel inclined to get involved in such a sticky situation.
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  193. Fantastic video as always Drach......USS Borie did indeed engage a U boat in one of the most outstanding actions of the war. Potatoes were even involved as was a large pot someone stole from the galley. Shame no 4 stackers were preserved for future generations.
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  194. The Richelieu and the Littorio are in the running as the most beautiful battleships ever.
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  195. I get this reference and I love it.....fine work.
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  196.  @petersouthernboy6327  Evan's would have had his face smeared with grease and wearing only a loin cloth.
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  197. Absolutely fantastic video as always Drach. You run a great channel. You do your best considering you have a regular job, family etc. And you punch out 10 or more hours of high quality content a month. Plus your World of Warships appearances, The Bilge Pump etc. Ignore the ramblings and mewlings of the heretics and chaos spawn. They are just low creatures that are jealous of success. I've been following your channel since DryDock 31. And you've never disappointed, not once. Keep doing what you do sir. I'd love to get some really detailed footage of the Tsushima wrecks. Even if its just collapsed hulls and scattered debris. I think I'm right in saying it's one of the last major industrial era naval battles that hasn't had the wrecks closely examined. For obvious reasons that you mentioned. And for the Royal Navy to name a ship HMS Jackie Fisher, it would have to be a frigate with an 8inch gun or something absolutely ridiculous. Or maybe 60 VLS cells plus 16 Anti Ship missiles AND 8inch guns.
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  198. Miller definitely deserves a ship to a carry his name...but a carrier ?? I don't like any carrier to have a persons name. Except maybe Nimitz, George Washington and TR. But even then, I'm not sold entirely. He should have had several destroyers already carrying his name, just like the Kidd series. And a yearly award or honor as well. But for me carriers should be historic, legacy names and for the rare individual who's services are so unbelievable to the Navy and Country, they warrant such an honour.
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  199. Drach, always love your work. Another amazing video by you. Your research is top notch. Some of my thoughts, Just before the Samuel B left Pearl, the yard crews offered to dismount the triple torpedo mount and replace it with a 40mm mount. The Captain absolutely refused to even consider it. He said he would not go to war without some kind of ship killing weapon. Secondly, I think this action and the Typhoon later in the war showed that the war had maybe moved past Halsey's ability to command. The knife fight in a blacked out bar that was the Solomon islands, Halsey was in his element. But Spruance was the better commander for the type of battles that were going at this stage in the war. He could and should have left at least some kind of Battleship/Cruiser force to guard his rear area's just in case. He had the ships to spare to do it. A force built around Battleship division 8 or 7 with some cruisers and destroyers would have been enough, especially with Willis "Ching" Lee is overall command.
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  200. Spruance did screw up during Hailstone, he almost cost the US Navy one or two brand-new Fast battleships. But thats still nothing compared to what Halsey did. For 42 and for most of 43, Halsey was a better Admiral, better suited for the brawling kind of fights the Navy was involved in. But by 44 Spruance and superior intellectual and patience were perfect for how the war was going.
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  201. This timeline is wild man.....absolutely wild.
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  202. Good day Drach, fantastic video as always. I absolutely loved that reading of the Royal Navy budget. That kind of stuff is fascinating to me. I know last week you read off my question about you running the Navy but with a 40 percent increase. So you reading off the budget like that gives it some perspective. Also....I'd love to know what happened to the French submarine Surcouf. Non warships I'd love to have found would be the Patriot, SS Waratah, SS Baychimo and Andrea Gail.
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  203. It helps that Texas is a very wealthy state with lots of people who are both patriotic and love their home state.
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  204. Well....that entrance was dramatic. We all know Drach has a flair for it. Loved this video, so good. Five bucks says the Officers and Crew of ORP Piorun painted wings on the funnels of the ship and welded a spare mast to the bow. The Bismarck is lucky she wasn't assaulted by a sudden storm of pierogies, that would have ended the battle right there.
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  205. The moment this popped up on my notifications, I knew it would be one heck of a spicy meatball. But nonetheless fine work as always Drach.
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  206. Fantastic video...that story about the PBY and Flower class is properly funny. What's also funny is a 1,000 ton, minimally armed converted trawler being named Fury. Was its battle flag a giant middle finger as well??
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  207.  @Drachinifel  Hmmm I know he was doing his duty but you gotta wonder why he didn't try and strike his colors, allow some of his men to try and escape. At least give them a chance to live. Though a quick death in an ship that exploded vs dying of exposure in the ocean is a grim choice.
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  208.  @stanleyrogouski  meh Ford was a low ranked officer who accomplished very little in the service and wasn't actually elected president. A Destroyer should be all he gets. Alot of other men accomplished alot more but are still waiting.
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  209. He is a benevolent god.
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  210. Hail to the Omnissah!!!! Magos Nautica Drachinifel is back up to fully operational status. It is a glorious day indeed. The Ordo Sinister was prepared to deploy its Psi -Titans to combat whatever Xenos disrupted your machine spirit and your holy work. After 10,000 years...it gets boring waiting on something to do. And you get such a crick in the neck. It would be interesting to have some cats aboard a US Navy super carrier. There is a high chance they'd disappear into the ship and aside from some dead rodents and mangled furniture, you'd never see them again. Maybe you'd catch a set of eyes staring at you from inside an air duct or some impossible place like that. They could help crew morale during long deployments. Though I'm sure the Navy would get quite annoyed at the sight of 5 to 7 cats sunning themselves on top of the superstructure every afternoon. Or maybe if a Phalanx gun or RIM missile batteries were bedecked in cats.
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  211. Great video as always Drach....you are consistently such a fantastic producer of high quality videos. As far as the pagoda mast on Japanese battleships, I think they resemble a large stack of onion rings that's slightly uneven. Go look at a stack of onion rings then a pagoda mast and tell me I'm wrong. And on the topic of naval heroism, I bow my head in reverence to one Peter Tomich. A Chief Water Tender aboard USS Utah BB-31. He died securing his boilers and allowing other men in his section to escape. He was a 48 year old immigrant from Croatia and had previously served in WW1 in the US Army then had joined the Navy in 1919.
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  212. I love the bit about how the Agincourt looked as her entire main battery fired. I can imagine It was an awesome site to see her firing. The Agincourt is close to how I would imagine my dream dreadnaught. Two turrets forward, 4 turrets aft, 2 facing forward and 2 facing aft with the middle two super firing. A compact superstructure that concentrates the armor to ensure max protection.
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  213. Amazing work as always Drach....love what you do. I love the Derfflinger.....the Iron Dog herself. A fantastic nickname for a fantastic warship. Its always fascinated me how certain ships just seem to exceed their design specifications and can be so tough and durable.
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  214. Love your videos... especially the attention to detail and the humor you put in them.
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  215. Truly the power of the Omnissiah flows through Drach. We are blessed. Praise Arch Magos Nauticus Drachinifel!!!!! Also....this is my 100th Drydock. I asked my first question all the way back in episode 31. So that's a lovely little milestone.
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  216.  @lightfootjpauls  it wouldn't surprise me if some of his correspondence with King included talk about the Mark 14.
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  217. I get the feeling that Sir Cowan would be the type of person who'd randomly fire a rifle or pistol out his bedroom window for giggles. Or maybe throw small explosive devices over his neighbors fence to wake everyone up. I bet when he attacked that Italian tank, it was like the scene of Lancelot charging the castle in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Absolutely fantastic video as always Drach.
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  218.  dimapez  As Jeremy Clarkson said before, "VW sat navs have this annoying habit of only going to Poland." Or when speaking about a ridiculously overpowered Mercedes Maybach he said "They've overdone it, just like they over did it on their French holiday in 1940."
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  219. Fantastic video as always Drach. Godspeed on your America trip. And thank you for answering my question. Some friends of mine were having a lively debate on the merits of the Iowa class and the Montana class. I've got the amusing mental image of the USS Olympia and USS Texas huffing and puffing trying to keep up with its fellow museum ships as they sail off to war.
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  220. Love all the people in the comments who are allowing a certain former president to live rent free in their heads. Especially with everything else going on in this broken country.
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  221. Supposedly before leaving the States, the Yard tried to remove the triple torpedo tubes and replace them with a Quad 40mm battery. The Captain flatly refused and said if he was going into battle, he wanted actual ship killing weapons. Also its worth noting that by the time she was finished with the second cruiser, her 5inch magazines were basically exhausted. The Sammy Bs gun crews likely set records for rounds per minute sustained for a 5/38. One of the crew who survived reported that the two Gun Captains called for everything to be brought up, leave nothing in the magazines. Fantastic video as always sir. Godspeed
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  222.  @tongtalks5123  if they ever build a new Laffey, they need to discreetly paint the silhouettes of the downed planes on the superstructure of the new ship. Honour and commemorate the 2nd in the line.
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  223. Great video as always Drach. I may be wrong on this but doesn't the Captain or his designee have the assignment of calling out course changes to the helmsman?? If so that makes his job of hurling a fleet carrier around like a speed boat even more amazing. Whoever that guy was, his arms and hands must have been like a gorilla or something. Lastly........that Gunner aboard HMS Invincible, one moment he's working his post the next he's in the water. I can imagine thats one heck of a shock. I'm sure he was more pissed then anything. If a German ship had been dumb enough to pass within swimming distance, he'd have given them a stern dressing down and maybe tried to board them.
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  224. Love your videos Drach....keep it up. As far as the Kongo's fight with the Washington, South Dakota. Washington basically bushwhacked Kongo. No ship short of the Yamato class could withstand point blank 16inch hellfire.
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  225. Fantastic video as always Drach. Imagine the horror of the Kirishima's captain at discovering he had TWO battleships firing at him from near point blank range. If the Lexington and Yorktown had survived Coral sea with moderate damage, that would make Midway extremely interesting.
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  226. Can I get a link ??? That's amazing news.
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  227. Another fantastic video Drach....Would be great if this beautiful ship got the refit treatment of USS Kidd, back to her prime WW2 condition. Oddly enough both the Haida and Kidd served in Korea. I wonder if they ever sailed together?? I need to look that up.
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  228. Oh my goodness, last time I was this early, Derfflinger was still just known as Derfflinger. Fantastic video as always Drach. Love your work. I can't imagine the horror of Kirishima's crew as they realised Washington was basically at point blank range. Then she let's fly with 16inch, 5inch hellfire. Apparently Kirishima suffered a magazine explosion as she sank. An evaluation of her wreck shows her bow is absolutely gone. I read a story in a book about the USS Franklin and USS Santa Fe where the Franklin's head cook was basically a donkey's ass in temperament and had no ability to prepare food whatsoever. He went missing at some point during or after the Franklin made a port call. Though I wonder how hard some members of the crew actually looked for him 🤔🤔
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  229.  @Inquisitor6321  Id have much preferred the new Ford to be the Langley. Since it is the 100th anniversary of Naval aviation. Followed by Saratoga, Enterprise etc
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  230.  @scottgiles7546  as they deserve for even thinking that the USS Johnston didn't fight to the bitter end, till she had her hull shot out from under her. Obviously no such silly individuals exist.....but just in case........👀
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  231. Absolutely fantastic video Drach, one of the best you've done. So much good material and things to think about. Thank you for all the work you put into these videos. I think two of the Japanese Navies major mistakes during WW2 were 1st) the focus on attack, dont be so bothered about defense. And the 2nd) reason, the dogged stubbornness to stick with traditional methods in pretty much everything. Lastly I don't know how much practical use a Phalanx or Goalkeeper system would have been for the Royal Navy in the tight confines of the Falklands. It certainly would have provided a morale boost for the Brits, and scared the hell out of the Argentina pilots. But trying to target fast, low flying aircraft darting out from behind hills and other ships would have challenged both systems at that time. Especially if the crews didnt have alot of time trained on them. You could have ended up with RN ships raking other ships with friendly fire. And I'm pretty sure GAU 30 fire would smash up the superstructure of a light ship or destroyer.
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  232. Absolutely fantastic video as always Drach. Your getting more comfortable in front of the camera and it shows. Bravo Zulu sir !!
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  233. Fantastic video as always Drach, always love getting off work Saturday morning and seeing a Patreon notification from you. A couple of my thoughts. Firstly, I'd LOVE a t shirt with a choice of sayings available to choose from. That would be fantastic, hopefully there is an option for a 100 percent cotton shirt for us people in hot climates. Secondly is that seeing you with a beard kinda surprised me but then I realized you fit in perfectly with the Elizabethan era sailors and swashbucklers. I could see you captaining a race built galleon hunting for some Spanish gold. You and David Fletcher have properly amazing facial hair. Thirdly , I think if the Japanese had been forced to keep Yamato in port due to a lack of fuel, and she been captured. I think she would have been taken back to the US, taken to pieces and studied extensively. I'm sure the US Navy and even British Navy(I could see them being involved) would have made extensive drawings, studys and comparisons to their ships from what they learned. I think pieces and parts of the ship would have been preserved. Maybe an entire main gun turret. But the hull of the ship would have been used for conventional weapons testing and other things like that. We would at least have a much more comprehensive understanding of the Yamato class. Fourth and lastly, if Hood AND Prince of Wales had been sunk at Denmark Strait along with the Bismarck and PE. That would have been a collective shock to the British core. But it would have spurned the Royal Navy to do something about it. And as you said, Vanguard would likely see the water far sooner, maybe even late 43. And maybe a Lion or two by early to mid 45. Maybe they would have started working on a 6th KGV as well.
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  234.  @theguyeverybodylikes9667  at least one each of the Littorio, Richelieu, Queen Elizabeth, Colorado, Clemson, La Fantasque, Black Swan, Dreadnought herself, USS Saratoga, Vanguard, USS New Orleans the heavy cruiser, USS Enterprise(both the carriers) one of the T class submarines, the USS Franklin, Derrflinger, Tiger and lastly the HMS Victorious and HMS Ark Royal. I'm listing ships ships that were scrapped and not lost in battle. So that means my list of Japanese ships was very thin.
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  235.  @Edax_Royeaux  essentially, would be perfect to name one Napoleon, to scare the Politicians to death.
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  236. Fantastic video as always Drach. Speaking on the show Enterprise, they really killed that show as it was hitting its stride. I look back on it now with fond memories. And I did like how they acknowledged man kinds history of exploration and achievement in the intro. Though the Mirror Universe two part bit had a pretty fantastic twisted version of that.
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  237. Great video as always Drach. I'd love to have seen the South Dakota class(1920s) in the water. I'm a big fan of the turbo electric drive powerplant even with its flaws. I had forgotten that the first SD class was planning on using it.
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  238.  @texaswrath1490  he'd painted as some form of walking toxic masculinity who was racist and a drunk. Or something utterly ridiculous as that.
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  239. Always love see Magos Nautica Drach upload a video.
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  240. Random Japanese pilot- That island appears to be moving, but it's likely nothing, going on about my glorious business. Nervous Dutch crew on the moving island- Goawaygoawaygoaway !!!! Im glad the "Dutch noises" has been preserved as a muesem ship. Her history is incredibly interesting. As far as the 10th to 12th century in terms of European Naval warfare, I've heard it described as the most boring two centuries since the invention of the war canoe. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  241. The thought of Drach as being the High Lord Admiral of the Roman Navy is a fantastic one really. Only one or two steps away from being Emperor?? Maybe ?? Ha !!! Fantastic video as always, your content always deliver. And you are one of the best channels on Youtube.
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  242.  @jlvfr  that's freaking amazing and absolutely terrifying at the same time.
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  243. Fantastic video Drach....I knew when I saw the "two submarines racing" picture that it was gonna be a great video.
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  244. They are smol but mighty !!! Fitting they carry the names of two fearsome flightless birds.
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  245. Always love your work sir, you are indeed one of the Emperors finest.
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  246. Whew that was a MARATHON of a DryDock, thank you for putting in all that work sir. Oh boy...you are gonna teev off the Scandinavian bois, "Angry longboat noises." You are gonna have some IKEA warriors at your front door tomorrow. It's a real shame Hellmuth Heye hasn't had a ship named after him. I'm glad the USS Kidd is now on its 3rd ship. And all 3 are still technically afloat. Lastly talking about Operation SeaLion, I can imagine Nelson or Rodney charging hard into the German invasion fleet. All guns blasting away on all available bearings. Ramming down small barges and motorboats. Finally beaching herself onto the shore. Her crew setting up small arms on the deck and blasting away at anything that moves and is German.
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  247. @stamasd8500  that's a special case, it was nearly point blank range for 16inch rifles, less then 5,000 yards and Washingtons guns were almost flat.
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  248. I think the Nelson class should go down in history as one of the best looking battleship designs ever. That compact citadel and compact forward battery looks great, as does the layout of the secondary and other guns. It also helps they were a fantastic class. They saw alot of actions, took quite a bit of damage but always seemed to come out ahead. As with the Warspite and others, you wish one of the class could have been saved. Maybe the Nelson, they could have moored her up next to the HMS Victory.
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  249. I get a feeling that during a Boogaloo, Drach would be one of the first people to grab a cricket bat and start doing work. Anyway fantastic video sir, videos like this are one way that your channel is different and better then others. When I was a kid/teenager I got a code book in the mail and I had fun trying out all the different codes and ciphers in the book.
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  250. Hello Drach, awesome video as always. What a fantastic way to wake up on a Saturday morning. I think the main reason why South Africa didn't have a navy of any size was manpower. By the mid to late stage of the Desert campaign, the South Africa ground forces were struggling to provide enough troops to fill out their commitments. Not to mention conscription was never considered in South Africa due to political reasons. The New Mexico class is a very good looking class of Standards, especially once they had been upgraded and modernized. Oddly enough the three New Mexico's had pretty uneventful careers when compared to other older Battleships. None were present at Pearl Harbor. They mainly conducted bombardment duties and escort duties. Mississippi BB 41 was at Surigao Straight but her Mark 3 radar was incapable of actually seeing the Japanese ships and she only fired a few times. Lastly, it's rumored that the Ford class carriers will have 400,000 or more horsepower available. They have a brand new reactor design that is 25 percent more powerful than the reactors on the Nimitz class.
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  251. Last time I was this early Nelson was still sailing towards the Franco Spanish fleet. But fantastic video as always Drach. "Sounds like burning" could be and should be on a T shirt. The Wasp was poorly built and designed. Her fuel storage units were only minimally armored. She was built to use up remaining tonnage allotted to the US Navy. Once those torpedoes hit her, she was doomed. The Yorktown most likely would have survived all her accumulated damage if it wasn't for a submarine torpedo that finally took her down. More proof that the Yorktown class was fantastically well built and made of special stuff. Lastly.....I'd like to bring up the cases of the USS New Orleans and USS Laffey. Both ships suffered extreme damage and yet were saved. The USS Kidd took a kamikaze to the side and she survived. I'm going see her again in a few weeks. Like seeing an old friend.
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  252. I find the idea of grizzly bears and Congress in the same as most enjoyable.
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  253. Im early enough that the Constitution is still just a few acorns.
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  254.  @CSSVirginia  hmmmmm....so your saying Drach secretly lives on Mars ?? Interesting
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  255.  @frosty3693  that is fantastic 🤣
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  256. The Black Dragon herself.....all hail to BB 62
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  257. Very glad to see you uploaded this particular video sir. Always love your work, you are one of the best.
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  258.  @joeboscarino2380  Hey that's amazing news......every little bit helps
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  259. I feel like part of this comment stems from something Jeremy Clarkson has said.
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  260. Fantastic video as always Drach. Thank you for everything you do. You are one of the best.
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  261. Fantastic video as always Drach, always look forward to your content. As a Lexington class fan, it would be fantastic to see the class actually present for more then one or two major battle. Sara basically missed 4 out of the 5 carrier battles in the first half of the war and by the time she returned she was obsolete and somewhat battered, beaten up.
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  262. PUMP THAT STRAIGHT INTO MY VEINS !!!!!!!!!
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  263. I bet Jackie Fisher snorted and inhaled certain substances for fun at random points during the day. Either that or his craziness was just natural. I'm not sure which is scarier or more interesting. Either way, at least he was committed to his cause. Drach said "JUST LOOK AT IT!!!!!!!" And look at it I did....wow indeed.
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  264. Absolutely fantastic video as always Drach. Definitely look forward to your uploads. I've long had an idea for a statue/memorial to the bravery and sacrifice of the people who worked in Nazi weapons production. A figure raising a hammer to strike at some unknown object out of view, a disembodied hand and arm on the shoulder attempting to stop the strike. The disembodied nature of the hand, arm symbolizing the barbaric and inhumane nature of what the Nazis did.
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  265. Absolutely fantastic video as always Drach. Thank you for everything you do.
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  266. Hello everyone and Merry Christmas, even if its a little belated. Speaking on the matter of ship classes, I have no doubt the Greeks built triremes to a set design. Especially the Athenian Navy. Made things easier and much more efficient. The US Navy's big 44s and smaller 36s were built supposedly as a unified class. But because they were built in different Yards up and down the East coast. Each ship was different in some way, big or small. United States in particular had a mast that was further aft then others and that gave her odd handling. Leading to the nickname of "Old Covered Wagon." Lastly, I wish someone made quality diecast replicas of war ships in a decent size. I don't have the time to model sadly. But I still want to collect them.
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  267. Fantastic video as always Drach. Thank you for everything you do. Shame that Halsey was basically given a free pass for his mistakes with both the Typhoon and the leaving of Taffys 1 2 and 3s butts hanging in the breeze.
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  268. Hopefully you feel better sir !! Take care of yourself and God speed. Thank you for the update and we appreciate it.
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  269. Royal Navy destroyers by and large were extremely handsome ships. The R class is no exception....totally functional and blue collar in appearance.
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  270. Fantastic video as always Drach. I'd like to add that in Ian Tolls fantastic trilogy on the Pacific war he repeatedly talks about how brutal and awful the Japanese flight schools were. How ridiculous some of the standards and practices are. Or how Japanese society in general was so hierarchical that wounded NCOs, who were aces, on home leave would be routinely mocked and made to perform menial task by fresh faced Ensigns and LTs. And that many young men took their own lives after being kicked out of flight school for the ridiculous error of not staying awake as their were beaten with a wooden rod.
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  271. The Brooklyn class cruisers would have been a game changer in this fight. They had the most recent radar, they had 3 extra 6inch barrels over the Cleveland's and the ammunition loading process was mostly automatic. Allowing them to absolutely pour fire non stop. The Boise and Helena(A different class but a half sister nonetheless) proved this in 42/43. They did have light armor but its hard to fight back when 6inch shells are walking up and down your decks and wrecking everything. Lastly, I don't think the Fletchers and the one Tribal class would have ever stopped firing the main batteries. Fire whatever guns you can bring to bear. And keep firing till either you sink, the barrels melt or the magazines are empty. The Japanese fleet would have been absolutely been buried under waves of 4.5, 5inch and 6inch fire. Add in some 8inch and 14, 16 inch fire for good measure.
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  272. Happy to be here for episode 100 of the DryDock. Absolutely fantastic how much this channel has grown. I remember my first question was all the way back in DryDock 31. I think the biggest reason why it was so difficult to knock a country out of the war during WW2 using primarily submarines, was the limitations of the submarines available. They had limited speed, limited ability to find targets unless you had excellent radio intercepts and predetermined target locations. They also had limited weapons loadouts. You certainly could cripple a country, destroy a countries ability to make war. But knocking a country out wholesale was far more difficult. I love me some turret farm ships, I'd love a big diecast Wyoming and Agincourt to display in my office. And I know why the current US Navy doesn't use camo for its ships and that's fine. I just wish they'd bring back the interesting and cool paint colors of the late 1800 and early 1900s. I'd love to see a Ticonderoga class with its SUPERSTRUCTURE OF DOOM painted in white and the hull that fantastic gold/bronze/copper color.
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  273.  @RemoteViewr1  the Japanese ended up struggling to find enough oxen and they struggled to feed them as well. And the ones they had were overworked. Pretty crazy they were reliant on such primitive methods.
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  274. Absolutely fantastic work as always Drach. Always love your videos. It's amazing how much of a force you've become in your field.
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  275. Absolutely love ships named after various monsters and the like. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  276. Great video as always Drach. I do appreciate Yip and Yap being on screen during the book part. They are some of my favorite puppet characters ever.
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  277. Thank you for the work you do sir. Hopefully all is well in the Drachinifel household. In response to the video, it really seems like most French battleships were pretty terrible. Either poorly designed, obsolete upon launch or both. Gotta wonder if the Normandie and Lyon classes could have reversed that trend.
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  278.  @HMSVanguard46  it sounds ok but you'd have to call it the Ernest King and I don't think King would approve. He wasn't one for publicity and showing off. He quietly slipped away after the war. Naming destroyers after him is just fine.
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  279. I think the Brooklyn class maybe voids that argument a bit. They possess enough barrels and enough of a fire rate that they could drown an opposing cruiser in shells. Obviously they would be wrecked if a heavy cruiser got a bead on them and gave them all 9 barrels. But I highly doubt most heavy cruisers could withstand 15 six inch AP shells every 7 to 8 seconds for any length of time.
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  280. Drach you have found your true calling sir. You are absolutely fantastic at this, keep it up. I'm absolutely fascinated by urban archaeology so the thought of rediscovering parts of Western Approaches HC is great. Hopefully they can do it soon. Also...the black jacket, sun glasses and beard has a very MI6 look sir.
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  281. A Drach video is very much needed this morning. And here it is....lovely how that works out.
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  282.  @emintey  depends on how you look at it.....I'd say the Swedes and their coastal defense ships were extremely effective as no one ever challenged them.
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  283.  @sergarlantyrell7847  well that was absolutely unnecessary and absolutely stupid.
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  284.  @JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe  restored from the pits of history
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  285. Italian battleships were always so good looking. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  286. That's pretty savage
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  287.  @Thirdbase9  Dude....I just spit water on that one, that was fantastic.
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  288. Absolutely fantastic video as always Drach. Thank you for everything you do.
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  289. The ultimate Leroy Jenkins play.....courage of the highest order. Salute to the men of the Jervis Bay.
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  290. Absolutely love this episode, love hearing my home state of Louisiana being talked about in depth.
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  291. Fantastic video as always Drach. The DryDock has become a staple of my Friday afternoon. Thank you for all the work you do.
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  292. As always, amazing work sir......love your videos and your work. Please keep it up. I'd love to be in the room when the Greek officers decided to break out for Crete. Like that scene from Battle of Britain. Greek High Command- Return to port. Georgios Averof- Repeat please Greek High Command- We said return to port and disarm. Georgios Averof- Repeat please
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  293. The guy had endured alot of emotional and mental trauma during the war, then revisiting the camp in the Mid 90s likely awakened old memories even further. Its surprising his mind didn't fail even earlier.
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  294.  @AdamMGTF  King was a machine that just happened to look like a man, he had a heart but it was encased in a steel box.
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  295. US cruisers, carrying the 2nd Amendment out to the wider world with glee.
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  296.  @janwitts2688  especially a ship as old as this one was with a largely untested and inexperienced crew.
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  297.  @bigblue6917  I do love the idea of the Roman's trying to board the Warspite
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  298. As someone who has handled and fought people on PCP before, I can attest that it is awful stuff. But now I'm imagining a Honey Badger on it and now my desire to let it loose inside the halls of Congress is intensifying.
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  299. No..just no...your not being harsh enough about McArthur. In WW2 and Korea he cared absolutely nothing for the men under his command. He was also absolutely tactically inept. See the New Guinea campaign as one of his worst sins. Anyway...moving on. Hehe now I've got an image of a bunch of sailors going up to the bridge of Washington with sticks and trying to force Lee off the bridge. With Nimitz behind them and trying to tempt Lee out of his bolt hole by offering a shiny new Iowa class.
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  300. Carrying 150 very large explosive balloons would make me nervous the first time someone fired anything larger then a pistol at me. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  301.  @JohnJohansen2  MAC is one of my all time favorite movies.
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  302.  @lancepharker  I never said he asked lol
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  303. Ahhhhh yes !!!!! This is some of my favorite parts of Naval history.
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  304. Hello everyone, Happy New Year and Godspeed into the new year. May everyone who reads this has clear skies and calm seas. Thank you for everything you do Drach.
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  305. Absolutely fantastic marathon of a video sir. Thank you for all the work you do. It's a shame that the Spruance class of destroyers didn't have longer a service history. The class embodied the qualities of the man they were named after. The Last Ship show had such promise and it went wrong so quickly. It's a real shame. But typical of Hollywood. During the Korean war, the battleship Wisconsin was hit by shore batteries and she responded by plastering the battery and surrounding area with multiple salvos of 16inch shell fire. One of her escorting destroyers flashed the signal "Temper Temper."
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  306. Fantastic video as always Drach. I definitely would love to see how Nimitz would react if he could walk the decks and halls of the Supercarrier that bears his name. I can imagine he wouldn't say much, just take it all in and be impressed and happy. Maybe he'd utter something like "this is alright" or "she's a fine ship for sure." Now if you showed him a SeaWolf or Virginia class attack boat, then his other side may come out and he'd be giddy.
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  307. Fantastic video as always Drach......I still think it would be best to lock Congress in a room with an angry grizzly bear......#stopbillabuse Btw great job on pronouncing all those Spanish names Drach.
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  308.  @billbrockman779  you have the old names Ranger, Langley that are unused. And I've always hated naming subs after cities, the fish names are far better.
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  309. I'm so glad the Lexington class was cancelled as Battlecruisers and reordered as Carriers. As BCs they'd have been death traps.
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  310. Would the Canadian battleships have been named Moose, Maple Syrup and Eh Sorry ?? Kidding Kidding......its all in good fun. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  311. Short punchy video packed with information....I love it. Thank you for the videos.
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  312.  @kurumi394  I'd actually be curious to see if the Brooklyns staggering rate of fire could actually make a difference in that engagement. Japanese torpedo detonations from taking fire are a bit overstated but they did happen. And if the Brooklyn Captain decides to bombard the upper works and superstructure only, he's got the barrels to cover every part of them.
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  313. I got to meet you briefly when you were at the Alabama. It was at the ticket office, I was the guy wearing your original channel t shirt. I may have even shook your hand, I can't remember.
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  314. I absolutely love naval logistics and so this video is GOLD !!! Love hearing Miss Drach in the background making cracks and adding levity to the video. On top of your already excellent British sense of humor. Bravo Drach
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  315.  @normanbraslow7902  let's cut the politics please...no need for it. Its just a shame such a great and wonderful ship was scrapped.
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  316.  @davidvonkettering204  At the Mariana's Spruance was faced with a Japanese carrier force of unknown strength. And a possible surface force lurking just beyond scouting range. Instead of letting his carriers charge, he remembered his duty to protect the transport fleet. He placed his battleships as a trip wire north of his task forces and then let the Japanese come to him. He displayed restraint and awareness that Halsey had no hope of replicating.
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  317. Im excited by the idea of B52s carrying anti ship missiles again. The new NSM is smaller then the Harpoon so you can likely carry more of them. Plus I love that my home state is the home turf for the big 52s ⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜
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  318.  @Weesel71  its mad respectable....I'd wear a skirt if it meant my men won every battle.
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  319. @Chidis Skaniukas the Piorun suffered no damage vs Bismarck. She actually maneuvered close enough that the Bismarck believed the mad Polish destroyer meant to ram them.
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  320. Fantastic as always Drach. Thank for answering my question. I'm moderately in awe at the thought of 3 Habakkuk class carriers launching a 300 plus strong fighter group to perform a fighter sweep. Also the sheer number of flak batteries they could have had would be amazing. So many 40mm octuple Pom Pom guns blazing away. We maybe even could have one as a museum ship, that would be awe inspiring.
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  321.  @fullmetalgamers1276  the Tillman designs were pretty ridiculous and amazing. I've tried to replicate them in Ultimate Admiral Dreadnought.
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  322. The Eagle was a very pretty ship, love her lines and that large island. Even her ridiculous fire control tower looks good. Plus I love that her bow is mostly closed in.
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  323. Fantastic video as always sir. The Fletcher class really was one of, if not the best destroyer designs ever. It was endlessly versatile and capable. It some cases they out lived their Allen M Sumner and Gearing class immediate replacements.
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  324.  @VersusARCH  none of those people deserve a carrier Not a one
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  325. Absolutely fantastic video and that title is absolutely a Dad level joke. Just imagine a ship with a artillery piece that can throw a telephone pole at you, that is absolutely terrifying. Hearing you two talk about bows makes me miss when I used to shoot longbow in high school. It was so much fun. Lastly, landing Marines or Army troops with the Navy providing covering fire sounds like a "modern" tactic but the ancients were doing it and doing it extremely well so long ago. It's pretty incredible and shows how incredible they were.
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  326.  @philvanderlaan5942  Drach breaks the very laws of science, math and nature. Reason does not apply when discussing a man that makes a 6 hour long video answering questions. I wonder if he is even truly a man anymore 🤔
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  327. I absolutely love the material the Thunderchild poster is made from. It is excellent and sturdy.
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  328.  @sergarlantyrell7847  pretty much every country is guilty of that to some degree or another. Except for the Poles, they are strangely upfront about their history.
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  329. Such an ugly little duckling that's also absolutely adorable
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  330. Another fantastic video sir.....love that I learn alot with every video you upload and I usually get a good laugh too. As to the question regarding the effectiveness of Secondary batteries in a fight. When South Dakotas electrics packed up during the battle off Guadalcanal, her secondary battery kept up enough of a harassing fire that it annoyed and distracted the Japanese. And after Washington closed into basically instant death range, her secondary battery landed quite a few hits which helped hasten things along. Though with 9 sixteen inch rifles firing nearly flat trajectory right into your hull and superstructure, you are dead and you don't realize it.
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  331. Fantastic video as always Drach. Absolutely love what you do. For personal reasons I gotta try and get one of those Lyon posters. It took me 4 months to get my Thunderchild poster...but so worth it. Btw I was hoping you'd make some comments on the passing of James Hornfischer. He was one of the best and losing him is gonna hurt.
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  332. Merry Christmas Drach, thank you for everything you do. Bless you and your family. This was an awesome video, I definitely enjoyed it.
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  333.  @oceanhome2023  With the Bismarck 70 percent of the survivors were left in the water by the British.
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  334. Last time I was this early, the Greeks were still holding the pass at Thermopylae. Talking about the Swordfish launching continuous attacks on Bismarck, I've got this image of a 14inch shell smacking into a incoming Swordfish and even with a giant hole in the side and shreds of canvas hanging off the wings, it keeps flying. I could see Howe and KGV giving Yamato absolute hell until the US fast battleships arrive. It would have been a magnificent fight. Only thing that could have made it better was a random Swordfish coming in for a torpedo run. Or the ghost of USS Johnston coming back from the dead then Yamato starts screaming and runs headfirst into the battleship line.
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  335. One of my favorite naval paintings is that of SMS Seydlitz at Jutland. Id love to own a copy.
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  336. Absolutely fantastic video sir.....that old US Navy gold and white paint job is so good. I wish they'd paint the Burkes in that scheme.
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  337. Freshwater electric boogaloo??? Love the video Drach...fantastic work as always. I know this is a Naval channel, but the battle of Lundys Lane was one of the toughest and bloodiest of the war. Lots of point blank range firing and bayonet work. And yes Jefferson absolutely choked the American military. He had an obsession with arming large row boats with cannons, manned by volunteers. He had them built and manned at the expense of the conventional fleet. Even though these small craft proved on the whole almost as expensive to maintain and build as the large frigates.
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  338.  @stanleyrogouski  sadly yes Lee is hardly known outside of a few select circles. Even though he was as important to the US war effort as Halsey, King etc. But everyone on Drachinifels channel knows this. Its convincing other people of that fact thats tricky.
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  339.  @jlvfr  imagine getting the wrong box of parts week after week.
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  340. Fantastic video Drach....love hearing that fiery side of you. It's a welcome surprise for sure. Btw Drach how would you rate the battle scenes from Master and Commander?? Especially the language used and commands given?? Random Arleigh Burke--- "I now identify as a Seawolf class attack submarine, DIVE DIVE DIVE"
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  341. I'd love to know what would your perfect fleet would be from ships available in 1943. Frigates, Destroyers and up all the way to carriers. Submarines too please. Thank you
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  342.  @Tevildo  he doesn't...not a chance. Maybe a Destroyer but that's it.
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  343. I think the biggest what if on saving a ship that is teetering between being salvageable and being lost would be the Lexington and Yorktown. Those ships should have been saved but mistakes were made. Some of those mistakes would be fixed quickly, others took longer. But having even one of those carriers for the late 42, early 43 battles would have been huge. Absolutely fantastic video as always Drach. Hopefully everyone who reads this had a merry Christmas and has a fantastic start to 2022 as well.
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  344. Fantastic Dry Dock Drach, I always love listening to your work as I drive to work or as I am at work. In the books Six Frigates I believe its said that in the early 1800s that as much as 20 percent of the enlisted men in the US Navy were black. And in the Merchant Navy it was upwards of 35 to 40 percent at times. It was either Six Frigates or Ships of Oak/Guns of Iron. Most of the sailors in the early US Navy, white or black, would have come from the Northern states. So terminology, accents would have been broadly similar for most of the crew. Though I'm sure quite a few foreigners chose to serve aboard US ships for different reasons.
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  345.  @CSSVirginia  for me it's his actions after receiving news of Pearl Harbor, no additional CAP was ordered, no supplies and troops dispersed to wartime positions. He just sat there and let it all go down the drain.
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  346. Fantastic video as always Drach. Btw I've been listening to the Bilge Pump and I absolutely love it. It's one of my favorites. That lone crazy French frigate, I'm sure the First officer or equivalent looked at his Captain like he was nuts. Then he ran screaming and shouting abandon ship as he jumped off the side. Basically Pirates of the Caribbean. If you could build 5 or more Thunderchild classes. I'd love to see Stormbreaker, Hammer of Dawn, Storm Herald , Hurricane, Cyclone as possible names as well. And yes I cribbed some of those from Sci Fi universes.
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  347.  @voqiir3802  true....very true, though I think it because of a design flaw within the ship itself vs human error.
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  348.  @obelic71  happily the Midway wrecks are to deep and to hard to locate for that to happen
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  349. SPHERE OF DOOM !!!! Yeah.....I'm imagining a submarine being lifted bodily out of the water by enough explosives to break a battleships back.
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  350. Fantastic video as always Drach......USS Pillsbury DD227 had one survivor picked up by the Japanese though he died in a POW camp. The other survivors were left to die in the water. She was only one of two American ships in WW2 to be lost with all hands. However the Japanese were capable of some acts of nobility. The destroyer Ikazuchi rescued 400 survivors at the end of the battle of Java sea. The ship was almost combat ineffective she was so heavily loaded.
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  351.  @jasonreed1631  that is absolutely fantastic and funny
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  352. The Queen Elizabeth class Barham.
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  353. Congratulations on 500k Drach, can't wait to see you hit 1 million. The 32nd Drydock was my first video and that seems so long ago.
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  354. Absolutely fantastic video as always Drach.
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  355. Fantastic video as always Drach. Thank you for answering my question, we can dream huh. Interesting question about the destroyer/cruiser, apparently in the Battle of Samar, the Japanese didn't have proper recognition tables for the escort carriers and destroyer escorts. So they automatically assumed the Destroyers to be cruisers and the DEs to be destroyers. I've read that more then once but I'm unsure how true it is. I now have the imagine of Von Spee's Squadron approaching the German coast, smoke and sparks pouring from overtaxed engines as the stokers shovel every last brick of coal into the engines. The British are closing the distance though, the Battlecruisers can smell blood. Then from the South comes a long column of new smoke, the German fleet is pouring on speed to match the effort given by Von Spees men. How that clash would go...well we can wonder. Lastly, from what I've read the USN Navy was prepared to equip upwards of half its available carriers with fighters only. That way they could maximize the amount of fighters available for sweeps and defense. They were also working with the RN to get more SeaFires to the theater because it was such a fantastic high altitude interceptor. Plus the BearCat could have been pushed into service early had there been a need.
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  356. Happy New Year Drach !!.....fantastic video as always. That would be amazing if the wreck was still there to this day.
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  357. Speaking on the Sydney, wasn't her Captain newly transferred from a shore posting ?? I've always heard that as a reason why the ship was so close to the Raider and/or somewhat lax in its battle preparations. Not trying to dishonor the dead. It would have been incredibly interesting to see how the war on the Great Lakes would have gone had the war extended another year or two. Both sides were absolutely going to the max in construction. Id love to see to some of the crazier designs they could have come up with. Lastly, I believe the US Marines/Army in the Pacfic preferred destroyers to be the On Call fire support ships. They could respond much faster to calls for fire, and the blast effects of a 5inch shell were much less then a 8inch, 16inch so you could drop the shell much closer. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  358.  @UnintentionalSubmarine  Thank you for that reply....it was awesome.
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  359.  @davydovua  that raises another question...was the ramming intentional or was the ship out of control ??
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  360. Fantastic video as always sir. I'm still waiting for the German Navy to name a ship the Berlichingen. I can dream huh.
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  361.  @MSNL123  impressive.....most impressive.
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  362. I actually laughed out loud at this visual....ahhhhhh that's hilarious
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  363. The La Combattante class is one of the most successful classes of fast attack craft ever. It's been used by at least 5 different countries and variants, successor models were used by even more countries. Many of them are still in use today. The class was designed to attack and destroy Warsaw PAC Amphib and light forces(Corvettes, Frigates and other fast attack craft) in the confines of the Baltic. Their fast speed, agility and heavy punch was perfect for the mission they were assigned. They could also drop mines and provide escort for Commando forces. Lastly they took into account that the Baltic would be a second rate theater for the SNA(Soviet Naval Aviation) and so they'd see very little in the way of air assets devoted to attacking them.
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  364. Fantastic video as always Drach. Thank you for what you do.
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  365. Italians-- Even our guns love SPEED !!! Maybe they painted their shells red 🤔 I do love the Littorio class. Some of the best looking battleships ever.
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  366.  @theguyeverybodylikes9667  I could name 25 ships right away I wish had been preserved.
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  367. Great work as always, thank you for the time you put into your videos. To answer my own question, I think the only way an Iowa SAG wins over a Kirov force of equal size is if the American force can approach to within Harpoon range before they are spotted.Then you just try and swamp the Soviets in Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles. Between the Iowa, Tico and 2 maybe 3 destroyers you'd have 40 or so Tomahawk missiles and around the same number of Harpoons. On a side note I think the Twin Arm launcher that was standard on most American ships of the time would actually be better for taking out the Granites and other ASMs. Its slower firing then then the VLS tubes that are coming along, but it comes straight off the rails at the correct intercept angle. So your capable of firing a possibly critical one or maybe two more salvos of missile's before the range is to close.
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  368. Absolutely fantastic video sir....I love the Lady Lex and Sarah. Shame neither really got to show what they could do in war. One issue with the Lexingtons massive powerplant was that it was extremely twitchy when it came to battle damage. Sarah had numerous issues with hers after repeated battle damage.
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  369. Absolutely fantastic video as always Drach. I enjoy listening to your videos as I'm driving to work or at work. You are one of my top 5 favorite YouTube channels. And listening to the Bilgepump podcast is also becoming a favorite way to pass time. Thank you for answering my question. I've been reading a book about feeding the Royal Navy during the Nelson era and it really has been very eye opening. My only issue with Spruance ordering the BBs on an intercept course for the Yamato was that he intended to use the older BBs. These ships were noticeably slower, less armored and in some cases had far less firepower then the Treaty/Post Treaty BBs. However I do understand that leaving the newer BBs attached to the carriers means the Carrier Groups have significantly more AA firepower. And the Kamikaze threat was very real. Lastly I'm curious, what would have happened had the US Navy had produced another 6, 8 or even 12 of the 44 gun "Super frigates" in the first decade of the 1800s. Or pushed the design to be even larger so it could carry 50 or more guns.
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  370. Hope you feel better sir....thank you for the fantastic video. Your maniacal laughter was a wholly unexpected surprise but a welcome one nonetheless. I just have the image of Nelson bombarding Bismarck into a wreck, then all of a sudden an R class comes steaming out of the fog, black smoke pouring from its funnels and a massive Polish flag readily visible. And on deck are dozens of Polish sailors preparing pistols, cutlasses and axes for a boarding action. All the while her forward guns are firing non stop and her signal lamp is flashing "We are Pole....Eat pierogi and die!!!" Three Brooklyn's vs Graf Spee ?? For the Graf Spee that would be as the Chieftain says, a significant amount of emotional events. How many 6inch shells could the Graf Spee absorb before everything is on fire, broken and dead ?? The Brooklyn's would love to find out. The Brooklyn's were the living embodiment of MORE DAKKA !!!! I'm curious what 3 New Orleans class cruisers could do vs the Graf Spee 🤔🤔 Those are my favorites of the heavy cruisers.
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  371. When in doubt....BLAME COMMUNIST. It's a tried and tested strategy that works. It's a shame her wreck sunk in the area that it did, likely means its been destroyed by unscrupulous scrap metal companies who've destroyed countless other wrecks. One of the more silent and unknown tragedies to happen to naval history as of late.
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  372.  @alganhar1  again....as I said in the orginal post, some of the shallower ships.
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  373.  @DavidConnor  Papa Nurgle would be most pleased
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  374. I need to see Gun Jesus and the AK Guy in a video together. That would be fantastic.
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  375. I know some military guys who preferred to carry a revolver as a last chance weapon vs a semi auto. Yes the reload sucks but as I was told if your using a pistol of any kind, you probably won't need to or get the chance to reload it anyway. The revolver doesn't have the chance of a jam like a semi auto which in that situation would be great.
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  376.  @darrellsmith4204  next time they do...I'm suggesting Drachinifel
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  377.  @johngrimlock5727  they had such a wide variety of ideas. All were distinctively Japanese.
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  378.  @lars7935  The Orion and Majestic classes have the best names for any class of ships ever.
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  379. Fantastic video as always Drach. Thank you for taking time to answer my question in such glorious detail.
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  380.  @obelic71  it would be armed with typical British humor, pluck and sarcasm.....along with a fantastic Drake like beard.
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  381.  @CSSVirginia  his actions in the Philippines, New Guinea and Korea are all absolutely polarizing. And you'll never get the same answer from any individual.
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  382. Fantastic video as always, it's a marathon but a good one. Thank you for answering my question in long form, that's exactly what I was looking for. I just can imagine the Royal Navy of 1939 mass producing modified Tribal class destroyers along with Belfast style light cruisers. STC construction in the 20th century. And spooling up the Flower, Hunt class escorts. Oh and the Vanguard is almost ready to hit the water. It would be glorious. I love Halsey in the early war years but by late 43, early 44 he was obviously out of place. Spruance was the better Admiral for the situation. See his actions at the Battle of Philippine sea. Spruance let the Japanese come to him, and he hammered them.
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  383. Awesome video sir...thank you for producing it. What a beautiful ship, shame she isn't still with us.
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  384. My very first DryDock question, all the way back in episode 31, was about the fantastic gun systems on these cruisers. Great video as always Drach.
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  385.  @ryangale3757  Halsey's mistakes occurred during roughly the same year and while very egregious weren't on the same level of dereliction of duty and neglect that McArthur managed time and again over the course of a decade or more. Halsey was also at least in private meetings and conferences aware he'd screwed up. McArthur blamed everyone else for his failures and never owned up to any of them.
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  386. Fantastic video as always Drach. Thanks for answering my question. As far as Hood or Vanguard at the Falklands, I could see one of them patrolling just outside the main anchorage. Drawing the attention of the Argentina pilots who upon realizing what they were facing would be like NOPE NOPE NOPE.
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  387. Absolutely love that Drach finally got to visit this ship. I remember the video he did on her all those years ago. Fantastic work as always Drach.
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  388.  @NashmanNash  minding your business, sweeping the deck then all of a sudden THUNK.
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  389.  @lightfootjpauls  I understand wholly sir
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  390. Last time I was this early.....Richelieu was still under construction. Anyway.....fantastic way to start my work week, I always love the Wednesday uploads. Heck I love everything Drach post. I would like to point out that "only" 23 Officers and Sailors died during the disaster. Thats a remarkably low number and reflects greatly on the discipline, courage and skill of the men crewing those Destroyers. It would have been interesting had the Navy just left the wrecks in place after stripping them. Though I'm sure if they had, by the 50s very little would have been visible. Lastly....a movie about the Honda point disaster would be a surprise, but a welcome one indeed.
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  391. Great video as always Drach, I always get excited when I hear the hammers and horns of the dry dock intro. I'm a big time Montana fan because BB-71 was the last battleship authorized for the US Navy. And she would have been the USS Louisiana, my home state. Let's say two Montana's are completed at the end of the war, the four completed Iowa's are of course in service. I think you could see a steady rotation of 2 Iowa's, 1 Montana rotated in and out of service throughout the 50s and 60s. Then in the 70s the Montana's are converted into hybrid missile battleships with the added function as command, support ships for the big Marine landing forces. In that role their 28 knot speed would not be an issue. And by losing the two rear turrets, they may actually gain a little speed. The Iowa's would and could still be assigned to the carriers or to their own strike groups as they often were. What would make that dream even better would be Vanguard getting a massive refit in the late 60s, early 70s. Having survived the politicans attempts to scrap her. She goes on to serve in the Falklands then she goes to the Gulf during Desert Storm and you have Vanguard, 1 to 2 Iowa's and a Montana sailing together. Almost brings a tear to your eye. Also, having a Ohio BB-67 in service in the 80s would mean you wouldn't have the famous Ohio class Ballistic missile submarines by the name we know them as.
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  392.  @watcherzero5256  I wouldn't go that far... especially once the older, pre war Captains and leadership were either pushed out or forced to change. The main issue was the torpedoes, the crews just didn't trust them to work because they usually didn't. Also until sub tenders were docked in Brisbane, American subs were having to make the long haul from Pearl to the Southern and Central Pacific.
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  393. Fantastic video as always Drach. Love your content and the work you put into things.
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  394. Fantastic video as always Drach. Speaking on the Lyon class, can you imagine that ship on shore bombardment duty...yowza. A 13.4 shell is still other worldly in comparison to pretty much all land based artillery.
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  395. Love the video as always sir. Always so much good information. I know during the South Dakota/Washington duel vs the Japanese navy, when South Dakota's electrics failed. Her secondary battery was able to fire back in local control rapidly and effectively.
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  396. After a 16 hour shift, listening to the DryDock on the way is a fantastic way to relax and decompress. Drach is one of the absolute best channels on YouTube. As far as the last question, I absolutely do love a good mystery.
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  397. Fantastic video as always Drach. Thank you for answering my question. The ineffectiveness of the Italian navy in WW2 is one of the great what ifs in my book. It comes from a variety of factors as Drach has mentioned many times before. As far as the butterfly effect, pearl harbor scenario. I'm wondering if two or three old S boats had been conducting a training cruise in the area where the Japanese decided to launch their strikes. The old S boats may have been creaky but they did possess the older Mark 10 torpedoes that actually worked. The Mark 10 was slower then most Japanese destroyers and cruisers but if they don't know the torpedoes are coming....doubly so for the carriers. But going back to the idea of Pearl being prepared for the strike, the battleships still being at anchor but all guns manned and all fighters up and flying. The Japanese did note a pretty sharp increase in the effectiveness and amount of AA fire from attack waves 1 to 2. For added chaos and butterflies imagine strike aircraft from Pearl finding the Japanese fleet and doing a mini Midway series of desperate attacks that don't accomplish much but do distract, wear down and exhaust the Japanese. All this could make a fascinating novel idea 🤔🤔🤔
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  398. I'm sure at this point most US sub Captains considered laying their boats alongside the enemy vessels and engaging in a boarding action. It'd have been far more effective.
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  399.  @UnintentionalSubmarine  Imagine being on HMS Defence at Jutland. The ship blew up so fast, no one had a chance to escape. She just erupted into a fireball and was gone.
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  400.  @kyle857  something about a speed hump that may be Spanish.
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  401. I think the fact that Spruance had an entire class of destroyers named after him, while Halsey has had the odd single destroyer here and there settles it from the Navy side who they think was better. And funny enough, Spruance wouldn't have liked I think having his name on an entire class. He was a modest man and not prone to boasting or bragging.
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  402.  @tcofield1967  Spruance knew in his gut that the Japanese naval air arm was essentially finished as a combat arm. His job was to protect the invasion fleets.
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  403. I love the American practice of naming Destroyers after people, it's a good practice but the British naming system but is pretty fantastic in it's own right. Especially the Tribals. Its something that wouldn't be allowed today by the media and certain people in government. Yet I think the various tribes would be more then happy to have a Destroyer bear their names.
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  404. Fantastic video as always Drach......I love it. Btw did you hear the RV Petrel may have located some of the wrecks of the Battle of Samar, its amazing to hear that. And they are pretty deep so hopefully no one can salvage them.
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  405. This is gonna be amazing!!!! Let's go!!!!
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  406. If you can't make then move the beans, bullets and boots, then you shouldn't go to war. Also I think its worth mentioning that crude oil quality varied from place to place much like coal. And if the refinery that refined the crude into bunker oil wasn't a high quality facility then you'd end up with a poor quality fuel. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  407. From the US....I love the SMS Derfflinger. I love the overall design of the ship. And that nickname is one of the best ever. Lastly, the name Derfflinger is an odd name to say in English.
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  408. Fantastic video as always Drach. I personally think the US Navy going into the 1900s with a large and relatively advanced fleet could really change history. The two way arms race between Britain and Germany is instead a three way arms race and starts earlier with far deadlier consequences. And now I'm imagining a Japanese submarine with a copy of V1 rocket trying to launch an attack on Pearl Harbor in 1945. And it's just blotted from the map by an unnoticed blimp flying overhead that drops a bomb or charge and BOOM !!!! It would be a fitting end I think.
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  409.  @stanleyrogouski  you are likely right..plus the concept of having large museum ships like Washington wasn't quite ready to take off yet. Anyway, let's cut the political chatter. Just in case.
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  410.  @timberwolf1575  I remember when pirates and raiders would get the long rope for such activities.
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  411.  @kalashnikovdevil  salvaging a wreck belonging to a country, especially a military wreck is theft, disturbing a war grave, trespassing and destruction of property. In any decent and civilized country those are serious charges.
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  412.  @Miatacrosser  I did say some of the shallower wrecks....like the ones in the Solomon islands.
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  413. Fantastic video as always Drach, always love your work. Hopefully you and the family are safe and well in this current crisis. Can you imagine HMS Agincourt firing her guns in a night battle ?? Prepare to be totally blinded in 3...2...1...BAM 14 twelve inch guns blasting away all at once. Plus some 6inch guns for good measure. But if Jutland had carried on in some measure and the British fleet was badly mauled but the German fleet utterly annihilated, I'm not sure how much history that would have changed. Except maybe all 4 Admiral class ships would have been built and an additional Queen Elizabeth or two as well.
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  414. Fantastic work as always sir....your videos are some of the best on YouTube. Thank you for all the work that you do.
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  415.  @TheAngelobarker  the Littorio class is speed and looks combined and its so massive, even the Italians couldn't make her unstable.
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  416. Love those 3 big funnels and the high belt line, typical of ships in this era. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  417. Hello there Drach, love your work sir. Always excited when I get a notification about your channel. Btw Drach as a Knight, huh well that's interesting. Speaking of the Leopard class BCs, any chance that actual, official paper plans never existed or that the plans were destroyed during WW2 ?? Its also a fair chance that the plans were mishandled and simply lost. But it is fascinating idea of what could have been. I love ships that were never built and exist in this fog of lost or partially remembered history. While we are talking about naval art and coloring, can we reintroduce the practice of making ships look beautiful via camouflage or interesting historical paint schemes ?? The Zumwalt class would look so good with the white hull and golden superstructure. Aboard the Iowa class at least, one or two of the 5inch 38 mounts would have the Marine sigil stenciled on the side of the mount and would be crewed solely by Marines.
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  418. This storm plus 2 or 3 other reasons is why Halsey shouldn't have gotten his 5th star and why Spruance should be remembered as the superior Admiral.
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  419. Spruance did get an entire class of Destroyers named after him, Halsey a Destroyer every few decades. So I think the Navy has decided internally who was the superior Admiral.
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  420.  @PalleRasmussen  why does everything have to be political?? Because it doesn't, not one bit.
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  421. "Gets popcorn 🍿" This comment section is gonna look like the Carolinas in the Revolutionary War.
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  422. This would make an amazing action, horror movie.
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  423.  @slartybarfastb3648  they did float the idea of loading a B1 with a few dozen AIM 120s and using them as basically giant long range shotguns to swarm enemy air forces.
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  424.  @johnomirth  THANK YOU!!!! I am a ok with Lincoln, Washington, either Roosevelt and thats about it. Those 4 men accomplished more then any other president and so should be honoured. But the current US Navy naming scheme is a disaster. Especially the carriers. Submarines are pretty bad off too. And the Amphibs, Frigates need a revamp stat.
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  425. Always love your videos.... your doing amazing work. Keep it up sir !!
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  426. Its pretty amazing that the little 1,000 ton ship took two torpedoes before it sank. Her spirit and determination must have rubbed off on the crew and vice versa.
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  427.  @noahdaniel2577  aye it be, I'm rather a fan of the Ordo. So freaking Grim dark, even for 40k(30k)
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  428.  @snorri0411  could be a good idea....as long as he doesn't try to conqueror someone.
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  429. I think he said that was the neighbors.
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  430. Fantastic video as always....I've always liked the Tiger class. Beautiful lines and a surprisingly durable design. It's a shame she wasn't retained but that could be said for alot of ships from that era. As someone with OCD that rear turret layout does give me a fit.
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  431. Thank you for answering my question sir.....love your videos, keep it up. I think the Montana, had she been completed, could have been an Amphib escort in the 80s. She's fast enough for that and she's got the firepower, especially if two of her turrets were removed and replaced with missile launch systems.
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  432.  @bkjeong4302  I think we should save the battle names for Amphibs, Cruisers Names for Destroyers, the classics for Frigates and Carriers Oilers and supply ships for civilians who contributed to the military in a significant way.
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  433. Love these videos....few channels would take the time to go over and redo older works. Your doing amazing work, keep it up. And please add 1 or 2 more Patreon levels. I would be happy to contribute more to your channel and efforts. Maybe add a Gunner or Torpedo man.
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  434.  @Sim.Crawford  thank you, I'll edit my comment to reflect that. I couldn't think of it and I made my comment on the move.
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  435. A semi armored toilet.....well that's new for me. Love the video Drach...fantastic work sir.
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  436. Been waiting on this video, thank you so much for your typical high quality work. It's a real shame the Alaska's saw such limited service before being mothballed and then scrapped. I know they are a compromise design though and as you said, you could buy two Baltimore's for the price of one Alaska. Quick question...does it look like the Alaska's had any form of autoloaders like on the Brooklyn's, Baltimore's etc ?
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  437. Love the New York class, so glad we still have the Texas. Beautiful ships as well.
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  438.  @richardmalcolm1457  as Drach said, at least it'd be quick.
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  439.  @s.31.l50  the Tomahawk has a substantial range, over 800 miles at least. That would provide a pretty safe margin. And you could coordinate with satellites, other submarines and air search assets.
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  440.  @PaulfromChicago  Yes your likely right.
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  441.  @seanmac1793  Admiral King had a very technical mind, he was incredibly smart. I'm sure he read the documents regarding the Mark 14 in a single night, memorized them and then used that to bludgeon the Ordnance people into submission.
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  442. Awesome, thank you very much Drach. Been eagerly awaiting this.
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  443. Last time I was this early, The Mary Rose was still upright and not filled with water. Fantastic video as always Drach. Always love your work. I always did feel bad for Seymour. Shame he ended up on the wrong side of history. I hope his soul found peace in the beyond. Lastly, the ABDA command was a victim of budget cuts, penny pinching and idleness. It led to the death of thousands of sailors and officers needlessly.
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  444.  @DornishVintage  I agree absolutely 💯
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  445. The Wee Vee !!!!!! One of the most beloved battleships ever in the US Navy. Love your videos, keep it up. Glad you are on the mend.
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  446. Another ship I knew NOTHING about. Thank you so much Drach....you do amazing work as always.
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  447. Absolutely great DryDock as always Drach. Always love your work. I personally absolutely love the various US River names used during the Civil War. I wish the practice continued today for Frigates and the like. Toss in some various lakes like Pontchartrain and yeah I love it even more.
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  448. As always, I love your work Drach. This was a fantastic video. Your easily my favorite channel on YouTube.
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  449.  @BishopStars  🤣🤣🤣 freaking hilarious but thank God no
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  450.  @billbrockman779  not sure what happened but yes its a massive loss to the Naval history community.
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  451.  @Drachinifel  I only remember cause I sometimes play Battle of Warships. Otherwise its something you rarely see in pictures.
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  452. Like I said in a video Drach did discussing the last French battleship designs, the first 2/3rds of French dreadnought/battleships were pretty terrible in comparison to their rivals. The Courbet class wasn't as bad as some of the others but it definitely wasnt as good. So decidedly average I think.
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  453.  @EricDKaufman  Drach always has the good one liners or even whole paragraphs that'll make you laugh like your insane.
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  454.  @renimusmaximus  last time i checked, that was after the fall of France. The French Navy like others had plenty of time to decide their fate.
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  455.  @johnsuire8671  the city promised to help with maintenance cost and give her a berth where everyone could see her and they dropped the ball. With the expected results.
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  456. What a fascinating little ship.
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  457.  @montanaglaciergeorge9985  Spruance was better suited for the wide open, wide ranging Pacific war that had exploded in complexity. He was more cerebral and didn't act on impulses. Halsey was perfect for the knife fights that occurred in the Slot. Where aggression and drive helped restore a Surface force that was demoralized and wounded.
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  458.  @darrellsmith4204  we shall load our guns with cats and send high speed boarding felines towards to the enemy. They can't fight us if they are actively being mauled by a Tuxedo, a Maine Coon among others.
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  459. I think these ships look so good. And I love the various names they were given. Excellent video as always Drach.
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  460.  @oriontaylor  the Normandie was a true marvel....I wish she hadn't sunk and was preserved.
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  461. Now she's a movie star as well !! And it was a particularly good movie as well.
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  462. "Cocks Bolt Rifle"........its time.
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  463. As someone who lives in a spice capital of the world, Louisiana, I absolutely love this video and I applaud Drach for doing it. Bravo Bravo 👏
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  464. Fantastic video as always Drach. Always love your work. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into your videos. As far as the H class battleships, it would be interesting to see one of them named Berlichingen. A German hero but with no connection to the party in power. With your America trip, definitely hope you can make it here. Would be fantastic to have you visit some of the amazing ships we have in America. And the meet up, Q@A would be great too. And they put a U Boat in Munich to try and restrain its natural aggression, desire to go to sea and hunt down random hapless merchant ships.
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  465. You just don't get insane ideas like this anymore. I mean this is top level whackadoo level material. They need to make a movie out just because it's almost as crazy as Starwars or Startrek. I respect the men who worked hard on it but you gotta wonder if they ever had any doubts or if they were wholly committed and dedicated. Anyway love the video Drach. Great "Bible reading voice" btw.
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  466.  @jamespfp  even a 4 or 5inch shell fired at the hull of merchant ships hull would do terrible damage, as we just learned. Now imagine an 8inch or 11inch shell.
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  467. Ian's shirt is a destructive device.....yowza.
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  468. They are like the Inquisition in Warhammer 40k but without the compassion or sense of humor.
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  469. I need this...for...reasons
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  470. Typical response for a man from Krieg........Ordo Sinister is proud.
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  471.  @generalvictorironraven.1347  in honour and service to he who sits upon the Throne, we give all.
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  472.  @randymagnum143  anything can jam, absolutely anything. That's a golden rule to remember. But a revolver, if maintained and serviced, is much less likely to then a semi auto as you said and noted. My duty carry Glock 41 is 98 percent reliable but sometimes low quality training rounds give it absolute grief and gum up the works.
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  473. I love the FAL and im from Louisiana....soooo a large part of me is loving this. The other part is going eh, but why. Either way, it's a fascinating bit of gun history.
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  474. YES !!!!!!!!
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  475.  @constantdrowsiness4458  as far I know the American navy of this period we are discussing was mainly focused on trade, exploration and beating up on Mexico, random native tribes of various sorts.
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  476.  @BrikBot  his cries of anguish as the video started are still hilarious 😂
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  477. Fantastic video as always Drach. The DryDock is eagerly looked forward to every Friday.
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  478. Fantastic video as always Drach. Always love your work and thank you for everything you do. As far as major oil production in the 40s I'd like to add that while the Dutch East may have been a top 10 producer, the oil it turned out was among the worst in quality. Even after being refined it had nasty effects on engines over extended period of time. And when only partially refined it had build up that could be dangerous and explosive unless regularly cleaned.
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  479.  @sd501st5  oh wow, that's awesome information to know. I'm glad the German Navy and British Navy honour their past a bit better then the American Navy does.
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  480. Fantastic video as always Drach. Always love your work.
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  481. The Arkansas was flipped end over end during her last nuclear test.
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  482. Absolutely fantastic video that was a most welcome surprise. But one small thing, the 5inch gun would like a word about the 4.5 being considered the best naval gun post WW2.
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  483.  @w8stral  you had to sacrifice something and most countries said well that'll be armor, sorry men who actually have to serve on the ships.
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  484.  @noname117spore  she floats when the Mississippi hits its highest points. But yes normally she rest on her cradle and barely touches the water.
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  485.  @420JackG  he is very much borderline, his contributions are extremely noteworthy and worthy of praise.
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  486.  Albert Felsen  is that like the high speed boarding cat Drach previously mentioned??
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  487.  Albert Felsen  I find the Kingdom of Drach to be a rather silly place anyway. A good adventure though.
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  488.  @mattblom3990  I think 3 now 🤔......its been a fantastic ride. Drach is a benevolent bearded Baron. And I know you've been around for forever as well.
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  489. Fantastic video as always Drach. Thank you for what you do, videos like these shed light on topics that just aren't covered enough.
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  490. As David Fletcher has said, if an Englishman lightly tortures a Frenchman, that's perfectly acceptable
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  491.  @gwtpictgwtpict4214  very good point sir
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  492. Absolutely amazing work by two fantastic channels. I love videos like this. Thank you for producing it. Just curious what caused Hoods forward guns discharge one last time. Was it a fire or a electrical short ?? And it's a crazy thought that a unknown torpedo mans last act on this earth was to fire a torpedo at the Germans. Did he do it as the ship blew up around him or was it just before all hell came loose ?
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  493. Fantastic video as always Drach. Though the last bit, channel admin, has no audio for me. Anyway......I do wonder how practically effective Richelieus all forward main battery would be in an actual battle. Could you approach a target directly head on and fire ?? Or would you need to angle just slightly to avoid damaging the bow ??
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  494. Having all the turrets forward is a really good idea. It puts most of your armor in one section and eases handling and transfer of ammunition. Personally I believe having torpedo tubes and large numbers of float planes was a major problem for the IJN. Both systems are huge fire hazards and could be lethal if the enemy gets a shot in the wrong place. They could have used the weight savings to fit more armor or more secondary/light AAA guns.
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  495.  @davidbrennan660  oh yes and the ever present impending doom.
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  496.  @ryangale3757  I highly recommend the book Ghost Mountain Boys. A fantastic read about the trials and suffering of the US 32nd infantry in New Guinea under McArthur.
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  497. Fantastic video as always Drach. An interesting alternate history idea I've long pondered is what would Beattys legacy be if he died at Jutland?? Where would he rank among fallen British Admirals/Generals. And I'm saying died at Jutland because the Lion in this alternate history blew up instead of being saved by a mortally wounded Royal Marine Officer. So that's 4 Battle Cruisers sunk by explosions and the man who was in charge of them goes down with his ship.
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  498.  @73Trident  while I've loved all his guests so far, its a shame he never got that interview with Hornfischer.
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  499. This is my opinion and I know it's not worth much but here I go. I think the current US Navy system is a sham. It's also very stupid. I think it should be Carriers- historical ships or people who were so legendary, they deserve a carrier name. So Nimitz, Roosevelt are ok but the rest should be Wasp, America, Langley, Ranger etc etc etc Cruisers- Important battles in naval history and large cities above a certain population. Boomers- States Attack boats- Marine life or historical names such as Nautilus, Argonaut etc Destroyers- Important people in naval and Marine history, same as always. Frigates- Rivers like the monitors of the Civil war or smaller cities. Amphibs- Marine battles and important places in Marine lore. Though Amphibs with flight decks named after certain carriers is good too since you only have so many super carriers. Support ships- Resupply and the like should be named after important civilian figures who shaped the Navy. Mine sweepers and layers, rescue ships etc should be named in the British style like Action, Battle, Daring etc etc.
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  500. "Burn their French hides!!"
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  501.  @mxaxai9266  at least South Dakota's secondary batteries kept up a rapid and accurate fire.
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  502.  @gluesniffingdude  well the Germans did it and the Admiral Hipper class was a very poor and underperforming class. The Zara class were much much better. But they were handled terribly.
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  503. It's just crazy to me that Sydney went down with all hands...did a few get off before she went under then die from exposure ?? Or did her crew man stations until the very end. Several USN and RN ships of the Asiatic squadron were either lost with all hands, or only a few survivors were picked up by the Japanese and then murdered. With other survivors left to die in the water. Btw it's my dearest hope that scrappers don't find there way to Sidney. I've been reading how war wrecks in the Java sea are being torn apart by scrap metal dealers. It's absolutely disgusting.
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  504. I've always loved the Nelson class, a very radical design for the Royal Navy and one of the most interesting battleship classes ever built. Especially when you consider they were mainly cut down G3/N3s, made to fit into the new treaties. They weren't perfect but they were very good and definitely contributed heavily to the Allied war effort in WW2.
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  505.  @Drachinifel  I have no doubt you do sir.
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  506.  @ebbelille  starting at 55:35 sir ...enjoy.....its amazing. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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  507.  @karlvongazenberg8398  indeed I do...beautiful, insane and whacky thing.
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  508.  @rogerhinman5427  I love the Cat and its half brother the Coronado.
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  509.  @jamesbednar8625  I also don't think Arizona had a full load of shells and charges aboard when she blew up. Not to mention some of her crew were ashore when she went down. It's pretty telling that the only thing that was found of Admiral Kidd was his ring.
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  510. The scrappers try to take their torches to her hull and they can't even scuff the paint. Then a million magical kiwis explode out of every room and space and start pecking, crapping on the workers.
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  511.  @chrisbruce5711  as I said, it was wholly sarcasm
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  512. The days of the end are nigh
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  513. Fisher wanted more speed, more firepower, bigger ships in general....Fisher was an Ork confirmed.
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  514. But they rescued most of the crews and pilots...that counts for something.
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  515.  @yourearidiculouslunatic8435  it's a damn shame he died right as the war ended.
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  516.  @sarjim4381  Washington, South Dakota, South Carolina and Indiana aren't the best American battleships available at the time, the Iowa's are better, but they are among the most experienced and capable. I know Oldendorfs old super dreadnoughts couldnt keep up, but I think California, West Virginia, Nevada and Tennessee would be keen to blast away at the Japanese surface fleet one last time.
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  517.  @sarjim4381 his death at only 57 was a great tragedy. I believe he is the one who came up with the idea of using the Battleships as "trip wires" to break up Japanese air attacks. Lastly I think if he had at been at Samar with 4 of his Battleships the Japanese surface forces wouldn't have survived.
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  518.  @John-ru5ud  that's why I said he was a Black shoe, black shoes being the foot wear worn by surface officers. Spruance never tried to extend battles, he'd hammer the opposition in his time allotted and thats it.
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  519. Funny enough, my birthday is the 10th of June....but not in 1944. It was many years later. Anyway fantastic video Drach. I love these short, easy to digest nuggets of history you churn out. You sir are a favorite of mine on YouTube and I recommend you to anyone who will listen.
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  520.  @AudieHolland  yes I was aware that the Dutch had several key naval technologies on the cusp of being ready for service when WW2 really got going. The Dutch Navy's Pacific submarine arm also did pretty fantastic work in the opening months of the war in that part of the world.
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  521.  keith moore  Go look what Spruance did in the Marianas. He was perfectly happy to let the Japanese come to him. He knew covering the Marines and Army was his main priority.
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  522.  @darrellsmith4204  Big Brain moves happening here
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  523. Shame you aren't coming to the Kidd on this trip but hopefully in the future you'll be able to.
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  524. Fantastic video as always sir. Thank you for answering my question. I can see if they ever did a controlled demolition on the SS Montgomery. Drach would be on the closest beach, observing 2,000lb bombs and bits of ship hurtling through the air, live streaming all the while. It would be the greatest video to ever hit YouTube. I bet Drach and Mrs Drach are just happy that the shed, greenhouse and sitting room are out of range of any possible damage from random debris. Though considering the history of London, who knows how many bombs are still buried waiting. Sobering thoughts but is deeply fascinating as well. Speaking on the Swordfish, it was so obsolete, it became good again. Amazing how that happens. Hehe Castle Drach...that is fantastic. That is some interesting news sir. Congratulations on striking out on your own, its scary but amazing at the same time. Godspeed and God bless.
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  525. "Run the flippin funnel up!!!" I laughed way to hard at that. But fantastic video as always Drach. Lots of good questions this week. For me if I was contracted by the Poles, Dutch or Greeks for a sort of flagship cruiser in the run up to World War 2, I think I'd try and buy a Brooklyn class from the Americans. Put them into the dry dock for some more country specific upgrades like more anti air weapons specifically. The Americans did build 9 of them and I'm sure they could be persuaded to build a 10th one. Lastly, Drach I'm in Louisiana, its 10:00am and its 85 degrees farenheit/29 degrees celsius with around 80 percent humidity. So I fully understand your pain. Stay cool sir.
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  526.  @justinpyke1756  Japan relied heavily on a small cadre of craftsmen to build planes and while that produced beautiful machines. It was never gonna work in war.
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  527. Love the videos as always. Two things....firstly, since you asked the Gato class is pronounced Gayto but spelled differently. Gato is very close is sounding to the Spanish word for cat I think. And cats don't like water. Secondly, sorry my question was kinda open ended like that but thank you very much for answering it. And I chose 1943 just because that's when some of the best American and British ships were really coming out. And most of the German, some of the Japanese were at the bottom of the ocean.
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  528.  @u805  that's a fantastic idea. Have him look on with despair at the reports of the Savo Island debacle. And maybe do a shot of him having a moment of quiet reflection at the news of Admiral Scott and Callaghan being reported killed in action. I have no doubt doing either of those would stretch the truth at all. Lee was a Navy man and losses such at those must have been a blow to him, even if only for a moment.
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  529.  @normanbraslow7902  maybe so but id prefer zero politics on my comment please. Drach stays clear of politics and so should we.
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  530.  @FortuneZer0  umm no ?? Hopefully your comment was in jest or poor sarcasm.
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  531.  @treyhelms5282  Hoozah!!!! A man of quality I see !!!!
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  532. Fantastic video Drach....if you scrap and salvage war wrecks then you should be hung at the end of a long rope like pirates, simple as that. No excuse for it ever. Anyway the Battle of the Java sea was a waste of brave men aboard crappy outdated ships. They did their best but never had a hope. Maybe a fool's hope like Gandalf said. One of my favorite book series starts out at that battle, the Destroyermen, its absolutely fantastic.
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  533.  @jameszeng5978  Spruance only broke his trademark restraint once...as he ordered the New Jersey and other surface ships to move into gun fire range of Truk lagoon during operation hailstone. He was a black shoe(surface officer) at heart and wanted some glory for his traditional ships. Since the carriers had been savaging Japanese forces pretty much by themselves for a while.
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  534. Fantastic video as always sir. I always look forward to the DryDock. That actually could be a great name for a Pub/Bar 🤔🤔 Kinda ironically named which adds to the establishment.
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  535.  @PalleRasmussen  and that's his views and he's allowed to express them in his videos. But you've got zero reason to bring them in my comment thread. I never once mentioned it, I just said I'd love a video between two amazing channels. Simple as that, not everything has to be about politics. Can't people just enjoy stuff anymore?? Apparently not
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  536.  @randymagnum143  again you are absolutely right. A stovepipe in my 41 is extremely easily remedied. As is just about everything else.
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  537. I'd love a Highpower as a show and Saturday shooting piece. But I think I'd stick with my Glock 41 as my cc.
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  538. This is one of the funniest and most informative videos I have seen in forever.....Majors prop for making it.
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  539. I fully expected Drach to come rolling up in a war wagon made up to look like HMS Warspite.
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  540.  keith moore  armor is great, it really is. But if your target can pour massive amounts of shot at you, and keep that fire up. No armor system is perfect or fool proof
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  541.  @Legitpenguins99  except the whole business with Mexico....let's ignore that lol. But the US Navy's strategy in the event of war of forcing the enemy to come to our coast with a fleet of a size that could leave them vulnerable at home most likely would have worked. The British would have been really the only Navy that could have tackled America and defended the home waters.
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  542.  @billbrockman779  Toll is a fantastic author. I can't fault how long it takes him to create new works when everything he does is so high quality.
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  543.  @raygiordano1045  NOPE NOPE NOPE!!!!!
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  544.  @themadhammer3305  definitely produce the Fletchers, they are much cheaper. It would be I think 3 Fletchers to 1 Gearing.
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  545.  @PalleRasmussen  most of it comes from Ian Tolls Pacfic war trilogy. The rest is nothing I can link you to, just things I remember from reading over the years. If anyone has anything else to add, for or against, please do.
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  546.  @sd501st5  You also had an H class possibly being called the Berlichingen, shame that name was never used anywhere else.
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  547.  @mellusk9194  Shame the Orleck has never had the financial commitment it deserves. Its location is also crap.
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  548. This video actually made me really sad....especially the end. Still, absolutely fantastic work as always sir. Thank you for the work that you do.
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  549.  @jeffreyskoritowski4114  what he did was extremely heroic, absolutely deserving of a medal of honor, a Destroyer and a few other awards. But not a carrier, it is indeed political pandering
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  550.  @tonywlaschin7842  he was an Army Officer who while a great president wasn't that great. I wouldn't have named a carrier after him.
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  551.  @VersusARCH  whoops !!!! Haha...my apologies, I should have known.
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  552.  @b1laxson  I do understand all that...but you could have updated and modernized the existing forts, batteries and that would have been ok. You also could have made efforts to fortify the known fall back lines, disperse supplies better. Instead of burning them for example. I know that no matter what the Phillipines were going to fall. That's a given. But with better preparation and forward thinking you could have stretched that out a few more weeks or even months. And really complicated the Japanese strategy and deployments.
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  553.  Return of the Native  I'm from Louisiana, I cant say jack sir.
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  554.  @whatsoperadoc7050  I seriously wanted to go jump into a river when I heard.
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  555. I do wonder what Brunel could achieve if he lived today. I'm sure we'd be on Mars in a decade or so. And we'd have nuclear powered trains. Also the bit about the funnel accidently turning into a ballistic missile was something that I can imagine was absolutely terrifying to the people of the time. But now a days its just funny.
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  556.  @voqiir3802  i completely forgot about the Maine. Mostly because the time period. I also barely classify it as a capital ship, even for the era.
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  557.  @mahbriggs  yes that.....I wonder about that myself.
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  558. Even if you approach at an angle, you are presenting a much smaller target then with a conventional broadside. That's a pretty huge plus.
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  559.  @treeshakertucker5840  yes thank you.....Dyslexia got me good
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  560. So a problem with the Yards construction techniques and not a design flaw.....awesome, that's interesting information.
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  561.  @Rob.DB.  all his flaws buffed out and just his good points remembered.
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  562. I think one of the biggest dangers of a large ASM hitting the Missouri amidships would be detonation of the 5inch magazines as well as detonation of the Tomahawk missiles. If all that doesn't set off your main magazines and it doesn't break her back, the ship should be able to float into a safe harbor.
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  563. Polsten made a fantastic copy of the 20mm gun that had half the moving parts and was cheaper.
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  564.  @kemarisite  in the early 1800s two or even one extremely lucrative trip to China could set a man up for life if he was clever and smart.
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  565. DOWN !!!!! ALL HANDS DOWN !!!!!
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  566.  @Ie_Shima  you could base one Montana on the East, one on the West.
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  567. Fantastic video as always Drach, thanks for answering my questions. Some thoughts I had. Have you thought about maybe doing a t shirt for sell on Etsy or something similar? I'm sure your subscribers could submit a variety of ideas for you. Secondly, I'm not entirely convinced that if the British Navy had been badly mauled at the Falklands, and things were getting even worse. That a US Navy Taskforce wouldn't have showed up to support them. The US couldn't afford for its major Naval cold war ally to lose face like that. Thirdly, the Texas is getting 35 million dollars but the entire thing makes me nervous. They want to move her to Alabama for repairs and I dont think you can risk moving her that far. And I don't think the US Coast Guard will certify her to move. Shes in such a bad way. Though the new budget for her does include a 99 year maintenance and care budget as well to be figured up later. I wish they'd fix her up, sink her down into the dock that's her permanent home. The upper superstructure is level with the ground essentially. And you walk down to get to the main deck. That way you can build a climate controlled structure over the top to further preserve it. And show off some cool artifacts as well. Lastly, it's a real shame that the Dora gun didnt survive. That would be amazing to see in a museum or something.
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  568. Fantastic video as always Drach, your work is more important then ever. Thank you very much sir. Hopefully you and your family are doing well in this current crisis. There is a black joke about a pilot surviving a plane who's engine flamed out during a launch and went into the sea. He managed to survive and get out and was so happy he survived. Then he realised the carrier was about to run him down. The scrapping of Vanguard was one of the more heinous acts committed during the late 50s and early 60s concerning certain warships. There are certainly quite a few on that list. Also didn't an examination of Bismarcks wreck show a number of dents, impact marks on the belt from 14inch shells that didn't penetrate?? It's all kinda moot if your opponent is blasting 16inch shells into your superstructure at near enough point blank range.
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  569. A British Captain looking at his ship after being caught by a full broadside from it "Wow....what a hole"
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  570. Drach I absolutely love it when you talk about these obscure ship classes that few people outside of the countries that used them know about. Keep it up sir, you do amazing work.
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  571.  @chrisanderson8207  oh it would be awful no doubt, broken arms, possibly impaled on broken oars, shattered face and crushed skull. And that's if you aren't killed by a ship ramming into right where you are seated.
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  572.  @chrisanderson8207  obviously that's the case but it was just an example and the best one I could manage.
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  573.  @sharlin648  I believe an examination of Bismarcks wreck showed damage on the hull, below the waterline that could have been caused by a torpedo. It wasnt conclusive because of damage from other weapons, degradation of the wreck and other factors. However the damage was in the same area that the Royal Navy said where the torpedo hit. I believe both the torpedo and German efforts are what sunk the Bismarck.
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  574.  @Drachinifel  Fair point sir, thank you for the reply.
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  575. I love the videos.... always good stuff. Honestly though...I think you discount the Brooklyn class to soon. No they didn't have torpedoes but in battles with the Japanese in the South Pacific, Boise and her half sister the Helena (Saint Louis class) pulverized the Japanese. The Brooklyn's and Saint Louis classes could blast out 150 rounds per minute or more using semi fixed ammunition and semi automatic loading. And with the advent of radar, well that's a perfect combination. No the 6inch won't penetrate heavier armor but it's a death by a thousand cuts scenario. And more then one Japanese cruiser was blown apart by an Allied shell or bomb hitting the torpedo area and causing a catastrophic explosion.
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  576. Buckle your selves in ladies and gents....here we go !!!!!!! I'm so excited for this. Drach keeps hitting new heights of amazingness.
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  577.  @senecanero3874  it would be hilarious and amazing to see.
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  578. One of my favorite places to visit. It's truly a hidden gem and well worth it. And technically Drach, one 5inch DE does still exist. Its just extremely difficult to access.
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  579.  @billbrockman779  hopefully money from sales goes to his family and legacy. He was by all accounts a good man who loved his craft.
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  580. This early DryDock is a surprise but a welcome one nonetheless. Fantastic work as always Drach. I think if America, Britain had come together in late 41/early 42 to design a carrier for the future and beyond the war. It would have incorporated design elements from both Navies. Though a carrier designed that early in the war would be subject to numerous changes and revisions in design as the lessons of modern warfare were learned and processed. So you'd be looking at 43 to 44 before any steel was actually layed then who knows if it would ever actually be completed.
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  581.  @jlvfr  Western ASMs also were designed to take advantage of generally superior NATO/Western Fire, Control systems. The later big Soviet missiles generally had some measure of self control and guidance.
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  582.  @psour33  that's why I said 2/3rds....the Richelieu class was the first class that could really compete with other designs and maybe even actually beat them.
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  583.  keith moore  I do believe the U Boat threat was real....but I also believe the Royal Navy was negligent in not rescuing more survivors of the Bismarck.
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  584.  @jamesbednar8625  The USS Kidd is docked in Baton Rouge. I've walked the deck many times.
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  585.  @JohnEboy73  she is a predreadnought, at night. Not exactly the worlds best platform for firing long range. Especially in light of the speed problem.
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  586.  @rickansell661  you are completely correct, I can't argue with that.
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  587.  @davidwright7193  considering how few Exocets the Argies had plus the warhead on the Exocet is small enough that Vanguards belt could defeat it.
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  588.  @MJMJ27  I do LOVE that raised 3rd turret and barbette. Very distinctive and iconic to the class.
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  589.  @sarjim4381  thank you for that
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  590.  @John-ru5ud  well the black shoes comment was mainly for people who don't know but I should have clarified that. I'm not a Halsey fan once you get past the Solomons campaign. The two typhoons and Samar leave a bad taste in my mouth.
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  591.  @bkjeong4302  Truk was the inner black shoe coming out, as far as Okinawa, well if the Yamato survived the rain of bombs and torpedoes what else was he to do ?? Forming a gun line is your last option. And that's one minor black spot on a stellar career. Mitchsner also fully supported Spruance. At the Marianas he rebuked his subordinates who tried to argue for a more aggressive approach. Once Spruance handed down the plan, Mitchsner was happy with it.
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  592. Love your videos... you always do amazing work. I laughed a little to hard at the thought of a rat being the cause of a British battleship exploding.
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  593.  @altiramoongara9968  Its annoying having to go to Google maps and printing off 15 to 20 pages of stuff in order to keep up with a book.
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  594.  @manythingslefttobuild  those are great suggestions. I'd add Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia as they are 3 of the 4 oldest provinces.
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  595. Absolutely fantastic video as always Drach. I don't think Admiral Scheer gets the credit he deserves for managing to save most of his fleet from a very dicey situation. Most other Admirals throughout history would have been in a real spot of trouble in his position. Its a shame he never got that interview with Jellico, that would have been an amazing meeting. And thank you for answering my question. I think Henry Kaiser is another civilian you could look at being critically important to Naval technology and development. Higgins, Brunell are others. Dahlgren is a personal favorite of mine even if the guns he designed were a technological dead end.
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  596.  @PaulfromChicago  oh yes very good sir
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  597. I don't think Halsey was seeking glory. But he was being pig headed and looking to destroy his enemy.....to the possible detriment of the war effort.
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  598.  @CSSVirginia  his enthusiasm and love of the subject matter is readily obvious and it helps makes the channel.
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  599.  @bkjeong4302  Depends on your preference. I like the American practice of naming Cruisers, Destroyers and Amphibs. Its been a constant for many years now. The British system has it's own merits and its extremely good in its own right. The naming of American Carriers, Submarines and Frigates has gone to crap and its sad.
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  600.  @Drachinifel  that is exciting news!!!! I got to briefly say hello to you at the Alabama ticket counter , hopefully I can say a bit more on the Kidd itself
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  601. Love this video....I knew nothing about this class. Thank you for all that you do. And yes....not having to go through all the screaming and dying is pretty awesome.
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  602.  @DavidConnor  she did give good service and its remarkable she took the damage she did and kept on going.
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  603.  @Tuning3434  I appreciate the answer, I think Archer was one of the best Captains in ST. But I may be biased. I would have loved for the show to have 2 more seasons to properly cover the Romulan war.
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  604.  @sjonnieplayfull5859  negative good sir, its history, can't change it. It sucks but alas.
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  605. ....i think of steaks
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  606. Fantastic video as always Drach....shame the US Navy doesn't have a England in current service. It's a particularly distinguished name. "Recalled for reef duty" is particularly morbid but still funny.
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  607.  @scottgoodman8993  He was prone to flights of fancy
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  608.  @poznanmid  I hope he gets a big plaque, he deserves it and more.
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  609.  @stanleyrogouski  Thomas also had a stare that could bore through armored plate and a spine of titanium. He was an incredible modest man.
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  610.  @stanleyrogouski  3 years ago is an eternity in this climate. I actually never saw that film so I couldn't comment on it. I do believe a film about Halsey would be pretty hard to do especially as his career during WW2 was up and down. Opinions on him are so sharply divided.
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  611. Fantastic video as always Drach. As far as double or triple shotting guns during the Age of Sail, I remember in Master and Commander the sailing Master of HMS Surprise said "Triple shot at 200 yards with no effect." I don't know if the range is actually close enough for triple shot, but still, it was nice to see it being talked about on film. Lastly, It would be pretty amazing to see in person some of the ships that hit the water in the period between the death of Alexander the Great and the Punic wars.
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  612.  @FortuneZer0  that's in absolutely terrible taste sir. Truly
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  613. Prepare the battle cheese !!!!!! Love your video Drach…..you always do amazing work. Please keep it up and I look forward to always your videos.
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  614. I absolutely love Monitors, another ship class that's been consigned to the history books.
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  615.  @Drachinifel  "We be amongst giants"
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  616.  @deeznoots6241  you could load dozens of Harpoons onto a modern cruise ship and just volley fire them.
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  617. Well.....FUDGE
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  618. @peterkoch3777  no he was on the beach as it was Spruances turn to take command.
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  619. Because my head is nearly 8 inches in size, extremely large, it's so difficult to find hats to wear. Its very depressing.
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  620. Your profile picture..... 🔥
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  621. Absolutely love stuff like this.
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  622. A complex figure but an amazing legend nonetheless.
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  623. Id love to see an Abrams with a SEMI automatic loading system like a Merkava, with the rapid reloading via pallets in the bustle that has been discussed before. Maybe give it a more powerful turbine engine.
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  624.  @ELCADAROSA  I believe on the Johnston a crew member had his hand crushed in the gun mechanism and kept on like nothing happened.
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  625. @Jurassic Aviator I'd prefer they'd call them Ranger, Lexington and Saratoga. We name our destroyers after people.
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  626.  keith moore  Pennsylvania has the superior weight of broadside, she's larger and taller. She'd have a very good chance vs CSS Virginia.
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  627. Last time I was this early, Rome was still a Republic. Fantastic video as always Drach. Its always good and awesome to hear you talk about your Medieval reenactment hobby. I shot longbow in high school in a competitive fashion. It was lots of fun and I enjoyed it. Especially as 90 percent of the bow group was compound rather then longbow. Speaking of an alternative history Dutch navy. If the Dutch had one or two BCs in Java Sea in 1941/1942. Curious how that would have changed Japanese plans.
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  628.  @Lord_Foxy13  does she have a pin roller ??
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  629. Wednesday with Drach is always special for sure.
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  630. Drach you are one of the best....truly. Absolutely love your work. Thank you for everything you do.
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  631.  yeah I'm John Assal  I'm waiting on Vickers to pop in and offer some guns for sale.
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  632.  @glennricafrente58  I've read in more then one source that after the airstrikes were launched that Spruance ordered Deyo to form a surface action group if the planes didn't sink her. Consisting of between 6 to 7 of the modern battleships, multiple cruisers and destroyers. And then Deyos bombardment group would attach itself if need be. And Drach didnt mention it cause frankly it doesnt matter, just filler and not important to the overall story.
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  633.  @ramal5708  i like how they have included never built ships into the game but how much they change the basic designs to fit the game is what bothers me. Oh and the price for quite a few of them is ridiculous.
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  634.  @PalleRasmussen  i would also add that my father and much of his family has been in the oil business for as long as they can remember. I am from the Texas/Louisiana area. I myself declined to take up the family trade.
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  635.  @aurictech4378  .......touche sir
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  636.  @davidknowles2491  as I said, the first Kidd is in the water at limited points.
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  637.  @NV555_82nd  i hope to God that never happens 🙏
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  638.  @robertf3479  I wonder where Warspite got its fire and zeal from ?
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  639. I love this ship for a few reasons....one of the biggest is the name of the lead ship. I have a personal connection with it. And secondly I love the Armored/Protected cruiser type ships. Lastly I love the look of the Blake class.
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  640.  @lukedogwalker  congratulations....that's great. And yes we measure time in DryDocks....its the way of things.
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  641.  @mattblom3990  I believe episode 31 was the first time I had a question.
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  642.  @davidbirt8486  most definitely...that was a screw up of epic proportions.
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  643.  @moritamikamikara3879  no more like I'm a German or Frenchman and if I serve aboard a US ship wether its Military or Merchant I have a far less likely chance of being flogged, beheaded, starved to death etc. The early US Navy was still rough and tumble but it was better then most Navies of the world.
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  644.  @miamijules2149  I mean....YouTube was trying to tell me Drach uploaded this video in 1969. So apparently he messes with and changes the laws of reality like I make a cheese sandwich.
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  645.  @joweeqc98  what a glorious adventure it was.
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  646.  @theleva7  "Captain(!!!).....She's comin apart!!!!.."
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  647. Fantastic video as always Drach....man that drawing looks like the Nelson class but 20 years early...its a good one for sure. It would be fantastic if the RN would name one of it's new frigates Thunderchild.
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  648. Fantastic video Drach as always.....good to know you are willing to use blunt objects to defend the honour of naval history. Bring on the pine tar !!! Also, thank you for answering my question. Your naval museum would be amazingly eclectic and wild. But it would be the greatest thing ever. I cant imagine seeing all those different ships in dry dock or moored together. I agree with saving the Great Eastern, I'd definitely do that. I'd also save the SS Normandie. As far as warships, give me a Greek or Roman multi tier galley like the Syracusia as you suggested. The USS Alliance(1778) the HMS Warspite and the USS Enterprise CV 6 would round out my warships collection.
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  649. The Great Eastern says "YOU CALL THIS A STORM ??.... BRING IT BIG MAN, JUST ME AND YOU RIGHT NOW. I DON'T NEED SAILS, PROPELLERS OR PADDLEWHEELS."
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  650.  @timothymiller4475  no the Maine exploded because heat from her coal bunker was transmitted through the walls into one of her magazines.
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  651.  @CSSVirginia  FORTIFY !!
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  652.  @Drachinifel  Thank you sir.... Baltimore didn't sound right but I couldn't remember the names of the other war/post war heavy cruisers.
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  653.  @theleva7  also isn't an angled ship going to present the strongest parts of it armor without presenting any real weaknesses ?? Ie the belt, turret face, conning tower.
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  654.  @LazyTestudines  well you know ice has amazing preservation qualities.
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  655.  @micnorton9487  A nuclear powered destroyer or cruiser is massively expensive but I think it's worth it.
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  656.  @micnorton9487  Its a shame the Navy no longer has Nuclear escorts
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  657.  @streetracer2321  the helmsman has to be given some kind of direction in order to avoid running over the escorts. I'm sure he has extremely limited vision.
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  658.  @themadhammer3305  I'm a Montana fan as Louisiana BB 71 was the last battleship authorized by Congress. And I'm a Louisiana native. I also wonder about how the Lion class or the post war British super cruisers would have really looked.
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  659. It's an extremely disturbing trend that the US Navy is moving away from a combo of the Phalanx and Standard missile systems as defensive systems and going more with all missiles. The Phalanx is in need of replacement, with something like the Goalkeeper or something with a bigger shell. But relying on a almost totally missile based system isn't a recipe for success. Technology has changed ALOT since Vietnam and the Falklands yes...but you always need guns as a last resort. Those wars taught us that.
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  660.  @DavidConnor  that's awesome sir
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  661. The original Big Iron
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  662. Ahhhh this is glorious!!!!!
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  663.  @dogloversrule8476  indeed !!!
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  664. Awesome video, I love finding out about new ships. Especially ones like these. These monsters never had a chance to be laid down, let alone be built.
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  665.  @PeteCourtier  as I said, pretty much every country worth its salt has been a chest beater and what not at some point. America isn't the only offender. National pride is one thing, being bellicose is another.
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  666. Drach's community is a fascinating group.
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  667. Love these videos... always look forward to them. Keep it up and stay on course.
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  668. ​ @GaryVills  ⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️
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  669.  @glennricafrente58  I remember that, it makes perfect sense.
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  670.  @mattblom3990  I've been looking for the first DryDock where one of my questions is answered and I can't seem to find it. But I wont give up, I'll keep digging. And yes Drachs voice and attitude are tailor made for the internet.
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  671.  @mattblom3990  same to you sir....And it may have been earlier 🤔🤔 I found Drachinifels channel when I had alot going on and likely lost proper tracking. I do know it was around July 2018.
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  672. Of course......duh....I'll edit my comment, thank you gentlemen.
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  673. Fantastic video as always Drach. I'm from Louisiana so I could most likely make a dash to Corpus Christi with enough plan ahead time. That's the closest you'd get to me. The Lady Lex is an amazing ship though. And as far as the movie Midway, it seems like it's just a moderate remake of the 1970s Midway. And that one wasn't very good really. They changed some scenes and moved some pieces around but that's about it. So not only is it overly dramatic but it's also lazy filmmaking as well. Two cardinal sins essentially. I likely won't go see it.
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  674.  @richmcgee434  I couldn't torpedo it...id want to pat it on the flight deck and tell it to go home to mommy.
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  675. I really wish the Montana class had been built. As a Louisiana native having a battleship named after my home state would have been really great. We've had to settle on having a nuclear submarine and a B2 bomber to carry the pride of the state.
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  676.  @CSSVirginia  an amazing book, one of my favorites. Sits right next to Richard Frank's Guadalcanal in my library.
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  677. Absolutely love stuff like this. Fantastic video Drach.
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  678.  @thedevilinthecircuit1414  Don't get me started on the evils of the military procurement system. Its absolutely disgusting. Happily the new Frigate program selected a ship that's actually really really good.
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  679. Fantastic video as always Drach, always love your work. Thank you for producing such quality stuff. And thank you for answering my questions. I got a little bit of a connection with the Lyon class on a name basis. And so I'm fascinated by them and their predecessors the Normandie class. Then again most ships or ship classes that were never built fascinate me. As far as Vice Admiral Heye, I definitely agree his actions to notify the British how the battle went were well above what was expected of him. And looking at his conduct post war he most definitely was a man of high character quality. Maybe one day someone will do a good book about him. Definitely excited to have you in the States Drach. I've never been to the USS Alabama and I'll be going to the US Naval aviation museum in Pensacola the day after since its relatively close by.
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  680. I do love the Old Covered Wagon....its a real shame we dont have a current Supercarrier named the Langley. It's a distinguished name. The fate of her former sisters has always been interesting to me, hopefully one day someone finds their wrecks. Fantastic video as always Drach, thank you sir.
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  681.  @The_Modeling_Underdog  I do appreciate it but I stepped away from the DD maybe 20 episodes ago ?? A combination of financial woes and I'd run out of questions. I made it to something like 125 episodes straight so I consider that pretty good.
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  682.  @The_Modeling_Underdog  well the Poles were and still are a particularly angry lot.
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  683.  @rathernotsay8185  I know he is married but i don't know about anything else. I was just speaking in generalizations.
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  684.  @bkjeong4302  your comment= useless
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  685.  @NovaKrysalis  ......explain please...I'm curious
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  686. This is one of the most ridiculous and American things ever. We built a ship to fit a giant potato gun basically.
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  687. @davidbrindley9154  that's fantastic sir Bravo Zulu 👏
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  688.  @babomb2146  they are very rough and blue collar looking ships. Their profile and outline is unique among battleships.
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  689. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  690. How effective were purpose built anti aircraft ships during WW2, namely the Dido and Atlanta class. Did they function any better in that role then other standard ships ?
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  691. I always love your videos and the work you put into them. Keep it up sir.
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  692.  @yourearidiculouslunatic8435  You are correct....the auto correct monster got me.
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  693.  @bkjeong4302  ummm you do know that troops ashore require constant supplies and reinforcements right ?? I dont think you have a firm grasp of tactics or strategies. And if the Japanese eliminate Taffy 3, how long before the other escort groups are found ? They can't really run, Halsey couldn't save them.
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  694.  @bkjeong4302  you really need to check your history, losing 12 escort carriers. 30 plus escorts and hundreds if not thousands of troops ashore would indeed qualify as a disaster. Not to mention all the supply ships that were needed to support the troops ashore. You can keep arguing this but basically anyone who matters agrees that Halsey acted foolishly and recklessly.
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  695.  @bkjeong4302  Halsey and his unnecessary aggression almost caused a disaster, he should have learned from Spruance and let the Japanese come to him. His job was to protect the landings.
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  696.  @bkjeong4302  I've never read or seen anything that his first choice was to form a gun line as the primary method of stopping Yamato. He most certainly did order it but that wasn't going to be the primary option. It was also was the easiest first step to take.
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  697. Always love your videos...keep it up sir
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  698.  @stevek8829  ummmm do what
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  699. Its rapidly becoming a trademark for you sir
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  700. Fantastic work, I love educational videos like this.
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  701. Cmdr Evan's would be perfect in the 40K universe. He was that insane and bloody minded. He certainly fits in the Pantheon of the early American naval heroes. The kinds of men who fought muzzle to muzzle with Pirates, French and British.
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  702.  @sander6438  no I mean the one launched in 1981 and decommissioned in 2011.
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  703.  @mcpuff2318  I'd very much love to see the home of Bofors.
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  704.  @SonsOfLorgar  every little bit counts.
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  705.  @Vonstab  that's really fantastic, I some of it but not that much.
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  706.  @dropdead234  "History time with Drach" would be fantastic, truly. I'm glad he lives in a time where YouTube is available and a respected method of learning. And yes...burn the heretics, purge the unclean.....Let the God Machines of Ordo Sinister walk the battlefields again and destroy all in our path !!!!!
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  707.  @somberflight  i mangled it on purpose. I never can say it correctly in person so why try to do it online.
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  708.  @cambellschunky704  she is in Baton Rouge, right on the river. She is one of the finest muesem ships on display.
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  709.  @JoshSees  I've learned something on nearly every single one of his videos. His "how to preserve photos" video was very unique.
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  710. Stamps
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  711. The Navy kept up a steady if small stream of supply runs to Guadalcanal until larger supply runs could be done. APDs were the main carriers of these supplies. APDs also carried elements of the first air groups to the island.
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  712.  @noncynic1  your right, I shot from the hip and lost. I'll delete my comment, thanks for the correction.
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  713.  @bobhealy3519  Fletcher commanded the Coral Sea task force....Fletcher commanded the Midway task group as well but in reality Spruance shared almost as much authority
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  714.  @bobhealy3519  no that was Yorktown and she was badly damaged.
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  715. Seeing a ship explode is a horrifying but fascinating thing to watch. I do genuinely hope the men of Hood were snuffed out before they could understand what was going on. Also...Hood is one of the most beautiful ships to ever hit the waters. Fantastic video as Always Drach....bravo.
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  716.  @Aschwartz14  I think he was exhausted and tired of the Destroyermen series. I can't blame him.
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  717.  @PhoenixT70  Amazon is your best bet.
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  718.  @jakesolver4359  the final book was a kick in my heart, I had no idea he was finished.
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  719. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  720.  @Bird_Dog00  The "super" Frigates were time consuming to build because of the live oak framing and ribbing they had. And the American ship building industry was very young as was the cannon producing foundries. As to whether they could have funded it ?? I mean the Jefferson administration spent over 500,000 dollars on his idiotic gunboat idea and that was a total flop. So yes the money was available but not the political will. The big frigates could generally out run a ship of the line though having more 1st/2nd rates around would make the job of getting out of port into the open sea much harder. The British "razee" ships could easily out match the big American frigates in both sail and gunnery. So there is that.
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  721.  @99IronDuke  touche sir
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  722. The scrapping of the USS New Orleans was such a mistake. Shame she wasn't preserved.
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  723. Hmmmmmm Ohama steaks......wait, we are talking about ships ??? Oh well.....a very interesting class that is definitely a historical oddity. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  724.  @tonygibson6806  YES !!!! Him as well, and maybe Chieftain
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  725. This is extremely niche but I'm here for it !!! 🎉
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  726. Always love your videos. Thank you for the time you put into them. Definitely one of the highest quality channels on YouTube.
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  727. Love your videos.... glad you decided to do this particular ship.
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  728.  @darrellsmith4204  your a medical miracle
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  729. I LOVE stuff like this.....talk about awesome. Imagine if this ship could talk, it would be awesome.
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  730.  @murderouskitten2577  they had a polish mercenary who was interviewed in the 70s and he was asked if he ever felt bad for killing people. He said I don't kill people, I kill communist.
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  731. Fantastic work as always Drach....I always look forward to your videos. Thank you for what you do sir.
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  732.  @officeran9581  I forgot about Lincoln, I do suppose his contributions to the nation do meet my criteria. He is definitely the last person I'd name a carrier after and he is definitely 4th on the list. But he deserves the honour nonetheless.
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  733.  @BDLBM  she used to be called Betty the Grey
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  734.  @willrogers3793  that's basically perfect....then it was followed by loud bangs, screams and explosions.
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  735. YES !!!!!!!! YES !!!!!!!!! HE'S DONE IT !!!!! What a mad lad !!!!!!
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  736.  @TheSchultinator  the D Day museum is also in New Orleans, just to the south of the Kidd. But good point about the Alabama.
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  737. Wonderful video....absolutely perfect timing. Bravo sir.
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  738. What an absolutely fantastic and incredible video sir. Thank you for everything you do. This was very enjoyable and fascinating.
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  739.  @brucermarino  ahhhhhh yes !!! Think of the facial hair as well....minus the Chieftain.
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  740. mooMoore it would be interesting to see in a horrific sort of way. A modern cruiser ship getting smacked with a Harpoon or Penguin missile.
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  741. Look up the LRASM by Lockheed-Martin....its going to be the replacement for the long serving and beloved Harpoon. Its slower then other missiles offered by the Chinese and Russia, but its got a stealth coating and a massive warhead of 1,000lbs. Plus it can be fired from a variety of platforms. Frigates, Destroyers, Cruisers, Hornets, Lighting 2s and B-52s. Also, Raytheon is going to be reintroducing the sea attack version of the Tomahawk starting in 2019 or 2020. It will take advantage of the various GPS and sensor technologies that have come available since the sea attack model was retired. Lastly Raytheon will be offering a missile built by the KongBerg company as a smaller more compact true replacement for the Harpoon.
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  742.  @3of11  lots of chaos, fire and general insanity....so...yes
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  743.  @generalvictorironraven.1347  hail good sir!!
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  744. Gun jesus speaks!!!! Hear his words!!!!
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  745. One of my favorites as should be obvious.
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  746. Even today the Syrians are using German weapons during the civil war. I have seen pictures of a 10.5 cm leFH 18 in action in Syria from around 2015 to 2016. No idea how it got there and where its been stored all these years. Or even where they got shells for it. Considering the Soviet standard shell size is either 100mm or 122mm's. And of course you still have rumors and odd pictures popping up of a STG-44 in some random rebel fighters hands. Or maybe a MG34 or 42 abandoned in some wrecked city.
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  747.  @FirstDagger  a little more power is never a bad thing. Especially with the increasing weight of the vehicle as time goes on. Unless they can find ways to lighten it like they have in the past with new wiring etc
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  748. Rome actually gained more from the tariffs and taxes imposed on British goods imported to Gaul then they did after invading the island and taking it over. Britain was a massive drain on the economy of the Empire. As far as Italy in WW2, Italy had some of the best Interwar doctrines on Mechanized Infantry and Armored warfare. But they couldn't industrialize enough to put it to use. They also had some seriously good moments but they were sadly overshadowed. I live in the US and I do seriously want to see our Southern neighbors do well. Prosperity for all nations in the America's would be amazing.
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  749.  @johnomirth  THANK YOU!!!! I am a ok with Lincoln, Washington, either Roosevelt and thats about it. Those 4 men accomplished more then any other president and so should be honoured. But the current US Navy naming scheme is a disaster. Especially the carriers. Submarines are pretty bad off too. And the Amphibs, Frigates need a revamp stat.
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  750.  @spyrosvassilakis4212  fascinating, thank you for that.
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  751. Drach has a beard......color me shocked.
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  752. Its a real shame that naming Frigates after Rivers is gone. Its a very unique and interesting naming scheme. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  753.  @bkjeong4302  believe whatever you want...or maybe educate yourself. Your choice
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  754.  @glennricafrente58  do you seriously believe that if the Yamato presented a real threat to Okinawa that the US Navy would be ok with using modernized Standard battleships as its primary means to stop her ?? Yamato was designed to eat Standards alive, you'd have been asking 2 to 3 American sailors and officers to die needlessly. The newer battleships stayed with the carriers because of the kamikaze threat. They would have been pulled away and formed into a gun line if Yamato made a serious threat to the fleet.
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  755.  @weaponizedautism6589  more excuses for loot boxes
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  756.  @bkjeong4302  except for the last two, those were very very good.
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  757. I always loved the SMS Derfflinger...both in name and as a ship.
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  758. Love your videos, they are always awesome. And I love the humor you put in your videos too.
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  759.  @jeffreyskoritowski4114  he for sure deserves a Burke to carry his name for sure
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  760.  @timf2279  why not Frederick Douglass is my question ?? Jackson was a terrible president so I'm happy to see him replaced. But Frederick Douglass was an amazing American. He accomplished so much. A former slave who became close friends to a President.
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  761.  @gregoryhickok6300  Spurance did have an entire class of Destroyers be called after him. Also he was a modest, quiet individual. I think he'd be happy with having a Destroyer carry his legacy. He was a DD/CA/CL guy at the start of the war anyway. Its how he earned his reputation.
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  762.  @ploegdbq  since 90 percent of career politicians are on the same level as common dirt, I find that amusing.
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  763. I'm reminded of the Chieftains "oh bugger the tank is on fire." Now we need a "Oh lord the ship is rolling over" t shirt from Drach. Or something to that effect. I really feel like Drach could do motivational safety videos that people would enjoy.
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  764. Absolutely fantastic video as always. Definitely love when Drach does co-op videos. It's been pretty amazing to watch Drachs channel explode, or maybe explode is not the right word 😬😬
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  765. Are you saying Vickers wasn't able to sell some guns to someone for once?? Goodness !!!!! I can look at a Gangut class and just know its Russian. Its lines are so distinctive. I'm curious what an American yard could have done for the Russians when it comes to building battleships. "Well....Soviets" could be used to explain alot of things.
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  766.  @phluphie  as I said it would have scared the hell out of them, but I doubt it would stop the attacks. Not until the pilots some viable sign that this new system that the British had was really a game changer.
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  767. Pretty crazy how YouTube deleted my comment....I guess making a reference to Gandalf and his return etc was to much. Anyway...fantastic video as always Drach.
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  768.  @theleva7  I'm sure he found himself rather alone rather quickly
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  769.  @leftcoaster67  I'm sure the Germans were absolutely terrified
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  770. Awesome video as always Drach, love your work and the quality you put into it. I know at the Battle of Samar, the Samuel B Roberts consumed all 500 rounds of 5inch rounds in her epic duel with the Japanese Navy. And the Johnston almost ate up her entire loadout as well.
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  771.  @RedtailFox1  Musk and Brunel together would be a fascinating meeting.
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  772. Drach have you ever considered doing a T shirt project on Etsy or something like that ??? If you charge 20 to 25 bucks I think that's reasonable. And if just 500 of your subscribers order one well that's a win. Though I suspect more then that would.
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  773. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  774.  @streetracer2321  im sure it goes both ways but nonetheless good point.
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  775.  @benwilson6145  he likely has a very limited view straight ahead. Especially if any armored covers are lowered over the windows. Not sure if the Enterprise had those.
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  776. Absolutely fantastic video, such a fascinating subject matter.
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  777. British understatement at work again, a brief history that's almost 2 hours long. I can't complain though. Two of my favorite YouTube channels doing a mash up is a good way to start the day. Thank y'all so very much for this video.
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  778.  @ihatebofa6  it's a tragedy I only have one like to give....but give it I shall.
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  779. This is wholly unexpected but a welcome surprise nonetheless. I am now getting a mental image of Drach, Arch Warhammer, Ian and Chieftain on the bridge of an Emperor battleship debating all manner of things.
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  780. Q@A What could have happened had the two Alaska class battlecruisers entered service in the middle to late portion of 1942 instead of late 1944/early 1945. How much could they have impacted the war in the Pacific ? Maybe they would have been left behind to guard the 3 Taffy escort carrier groups off Samar ?
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  781.  @sovietdominion  I wish I did, but I'll look and see what I can find
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  782.  @mpetersen6  yes the DCs would be set to the depth determined by the Sonar man or whatever the Captain deems best. Then they'd be fired off. Though I've read alot of stories how DCs went off as a destroyer sank, once the DCs hit say 100 feet or so. So maybe 50 to 100 feet was a standard setting.
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  783.  @mpetersen6  i believe you can rig a depth charge to "safe" no amount of pressure will make it explode, it'll just fall to crush depth. Though I'm sure a large enough shell will still make them go boom. And in some battles the depth charges were not placed into safe mode, the ship sinks then the DC goes off at whatever the setting was and kills men who are in the water.
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  784.  @andrewl5127  Yeah in a sub..just no....especially a WW2 submarine. That's a terrifying thought. In an alternative history book, I've quite forgotten the name, its the late 90s and France, Germany are at war with the US, UK etc. A German minelayer is hit with a Stonefish mine layed by a British sub. The explosion is so powerful, its almost nuclear in its appearance. Plus mines are being thrown from the ship and exploding as in the air, on the ground etc.
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  785.  @genericpersonx333  i meant more for the technical information the ships could have provided. I definitely agree they did not fit the the US Navies doctrine. But it would have been nice to see them flying US colors regardless.
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  786. As someone who is from Louisiana and absolutely loves naval history, logistics etc.....this video was fantastic.
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  787.  @philvanderlaan5942  Six Frigates is a fantastic book, as is Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron.
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  788. Hail to the cheese!!!!
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  789. Drach getting some of that 2nd Amendment action.......Bravo Zulu!!!!!
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  790.  @gluesniffingdude  yep so what....majors props for doing so
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  791.  @Drachinifel  thank you very much sir....keep up the good work.
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  792. Love your videos, I always get excited when you post something. Just one minor correction, Franklin was hit by a level bombing attack by 1 or 2 550lb bombs from a Judy. She was hit while her deck was packed with armed and fueled strike aircraft. Including some carrying the Tiny Tim rockets. So that makes her survival even more remarkable then it already wise. And two last things....Is there any truth to the rumor that after the war, surveys of British carriers that absorbed major damage during the war revealed many of them had significant structural problems ? Ive heard and read it over the years but I am unsure how true it is. And the Yorktown most likely would have survived the damage she took at both Coral Sea, Midway if not for a submarine launched torpedo that finally put her down. She would have need 8 to 10 months in dock but she would have been available for operations in early 43.
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  793.  @sugarnads  They managed to get to the Exeter and her resting place.
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  794. PRAISE THE OMNISSIAH !!!!!! MAGOS NAUTICUS DRACH GIFTS US WITH KNOWLEDGE!!!! Haha love your work sir.
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  795.  @KentuckyAk101guy  its classy for sure.
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  796. Always love your videos Drach. You put alot of work into them and everyone appreciates it. Not to mention you put your personality into every video and that makes them special. The Essex class carriers served so long, in so many roles that none of the surviving museum ships look anything like they would have in WW2. And trying to retrofit them as such is impossible.
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  797. When Mr Cordite is on fire he is NO ONES friend. Hehe....fantastic video as always Drach. You are one of the best.
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  798. A bit late to the party...but anyway, absolutely fantastic video as always Drach.
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  799.  @ariancontreras4358  the Japanese military also had a bad habit of believing their own propaganda and public service bulletins. Some US ships were claimed sunk a half dozen times during the war. And you are totally right about the little details. I mean a Bouge class escort carrier can look alot like an Independence class light at 10,000 feet, even with binoculars.
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  800.  @ariancontreras4358  most Japanese pilots and naval crewmen who managed a peek at a US Fleet usually ended up very dead. So the ability of Japanese high command to learn about new ships, differences between classes etc was limited.
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  801.  @mattblom3990  I think I came in around the 20 to 30,000 subscribers mark. And that was some time ago come to think of it.
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  802.  @alganhar1  I'd rather not be in a confined space with a cat, especially one that panics
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  803.  @propellhatt  or inside of the cockpit of a plane and you dont realize it's there until you are pulling hard Gs and it starts attacking you
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  804.  @bkjeong4302  Agree to disagree but thank you for the comment.
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  805. Sadly....design by Committee has become a standard requirement of most US Navy warships since the end of the cold war. It's quite distressing really. Anyway at least the Saint Louis class looks good, has those classic lines. Fantastic video as always Drach.
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  806.  @AdamMGTF  ....hehe that made me chuckle.
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  807. The current U Navy naming scheme for Carriers, Amphibs, and some of the Frigates is absolutely stupid. No respect for the past at all.
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  808.  @TyberiusDe  thank you sir, same to you.
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  809.  @tomprice6918  that would be a fantastic sight indeed
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  810.  @Yataka  again....I got no idea.
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  811. I got no idea what's being said but I'm clicking like anyway.
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  812. Why didn't more countries use the Bofors 40mm and 75mm AA guns in WW2 ? With the 40mm it was clearly superior to most other light to mid caliber weapon systems in weight of shell, fire rate and effectiveness. And it was available from 1935 onwards so countries had time to test it, buy it or lease it and go from there. I do know the German 88 was based loosely on the Bofors 75 but the 75 was far simpler to produce and easier to use.
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  813.  @tomdolan9761  I wouldn't say he was a bad Captain until after the damage was done. His conduct post "battle" were pretty terrible.
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  814.  @WALTERBROADDUS  nope I didn't forget. Battleships are still slower to respond to calls for fire, the secondaries on a battleship are not tied into the primary fire control for one. And battleships have to anchor or patrol much further away from shore then a destroyer. The big BBs were excellent for hitting fixed targets. But the destroyers were best for supporting the troops on the ground when rapid, quick and accurate fires were needed.
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  815.  @benwilson6145  ahhhhh ok...thank you much. So it was his first command but he knew his business.
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  816.  @mdcampbell7360  shame none of those Light carriers survived to be museum ships.
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  817.  @JohnEboy73  she was so slow I'm sure the Germans could have easily out paced her and avoided battle.
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  818.  @arkhaan7066  the Greeks refused to listen to their government, as did the Norwegians.
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  819.  @NovaKrysalis  ahhhhhh ok that makes sense
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  820.  @billbolton  so much history and prestige.
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  821.  reverse thrust  where did I say New Orleans???
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  822.  @stevequerin2504  surely it could feel the shock and blast effects.
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  823. I have this ship class as a little toy on my book shelf. I've had it for many many years. Its not much but it's a great little thing.
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  824.  @Swarm509  it'd be wonderful to find her, hopefully in deep water, so she could be safe from scrappers.
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  825. Fantastic video as always sir.
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  826.  @sarjim4381  in the movie Midway, Fletcher says "He may be a cruiser skipper but he KNOWS carrier tactics." I've seen from more then one source Fletcher may have actually said something to that effect.
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  827. Fantastic video sir.....great work as always.
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  828.  @kendramalm8811  I understand that wholly and you are correct.
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  829.  @John-ru5ud  I'm just not sure, Halseys aggression becomes a problem when the nature of the war shifts. At the Marianas the US Navy let's the Japanese throw the kitchen sink at them and they basically annihilate it without breaking a sweat. Spruance sat back and let the battle unfold then when he was absolutely confident of victory he throws a hail mary of a strike as the Japanese are attempting to retreat. Halsey would have gunned for the Japanese right away and I don't know if that would have worked out as well.
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  830.  @kemarisite  I'm not sure, I believe I read it in one of Hornfischers books, I know I just butchered the guys name.
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  831. Wow.....what a fantastic piece of junk. A giant floating turd would have been better. On a side note, American monitors and other warships of the Civil war era had fantastic names. I wish some of the names were still in use today. Like Weehawken, Wabash and a variety of rivers and places.
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  832.  @papajohnloki  🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 YES !!!!!!
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  833.  @papajohnloki  the Omnissiah is all powerful indeed.....and Archmagos Nautica Drachinifel is a master of many things.
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  834.  @papajohnloki ......yes ......btw where's my pizza I'm ordering 2 days from now ???
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  835. When in doubt....add more Bofors. If you still have doubt, add in some 5inch 38 or 5.25inch. And if you still ain't happy....."excitedly gets ready to bring out the 6inch with High Angle mount and autoloader" 😁😁😁
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  836.  @sirmalus5153  its why those Italian bodied cars with American V8s built in the 60s and 70s were so good.
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  837.  @TheAngelobarker  that is fantastic.
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  838.  @dropdead234  hmm yes please!!! I've added hobnails to the bottom of my Titan for additional POW(!!!!) factor.
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  839.  @dropdead234  its not enough....bring out the boot of doom!!!!!!!!
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  840.  @arpitakodagu9854  the US forsaked that for political reasons.
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  841. Amazing video, absolutely loved it. Your British sense of humor is always hilarious. Love the hard tack comment.
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  842.  @Kromaatikse  Gormley was a pretty bad Commander, though he did unfairly take the blame for Savo Island. As a staff officer I'm sure Gormley would have been excellent. But as a leader, eh no.
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  843. If this had been a real situation. I think Kurita seeing ACTUAL battleships and cruisers would cause him to have a total meltdown. Maybe his Chief of Staff could take command, maybe not. Where as Oldendorf may not be the most creative Admiral ever, but he is rock steady in a crisis. And he knows what his force can and can not do. He also fully understands radar and how it can change the balance of things. I think he would order his lighter forces to open fire and keep firing till they sink, or the barrels melt. A 4.5inch, 5inch and 6inch shell in a little drizzle wont do much, but an absolute tidal wave of them can really seriously hurt your upper works, take out primary and secondary guns, and as Drach says, cause your lovely pure O2 filled Long Lances to explode. Lastly I think the American crews, particularly gun crews have better training, more experience and it would show itself as the battle goes on. As we saw in the actual battle, American crews will fight even with most of the ship wrecked around them. Johnston's Mount 5 gun captain was hollering for more shells, aiming through the direction vison scope with Japanese ships at point blank range. Like something from the days of sail. That's not to say the Japanese sailor was not brave, cause they were. Impossibly brave and steadfast until the end. But they were let down by leadership and technology. I love the way you did this video Drach. And I love the Texel video too. Keep it up sir.
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  844.  @stephaniewilson3955  i know of a guy in Poland some years ago who lost a herd of cows to a buried bit of ordnance.
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  845.  @5peciesunkn0wn  well the carriers should be the names they were until someone decided that putting people's names on them was the thing to do....ugh. I do like that the Boomers carry States names.
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  846.  @5peciesunkn0wn  eh I rather like that. Its moderately original. Its just that the system has been destroyed by politicians and back room dealing.
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  847.  @sjonnieplayfull5859  well...now I'm sad
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  848. The Old Covered Wagon beat on the Macedonia like Mike Tyson vs Ray Charles. Not even fair but war never is.
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  849.  @gregorywright4918  none were except for one or two immediate post war ships. The New Orleans was at Pearl Harbor, had over 10 Battle Stars. She was one of the most decorated US warships by wars end.
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  850. Drach and David Fletcher should get together to discuss why they don't trust and don't like the French. I think it would be epic. Anyway I love the video, you did fantastic for being under torture for nearly an hour.
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  851.  @sarjim4381  considering the NOs class ability to withstand damage, it's a possibility that all 3 ships could have survived. I mean in the real history all 3 British ships were absolutely swiss cheesed but stayed afloat.
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  852. Drach you are the BEST!!!!!
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  853.  @CharlesStearman  interesting concept though obviously ridiculous. Though at the rate the US Navy is declining, we may need to put some muesem ships back in service to help out. I've unfortunately seen Battleship and while I've yet to recover from the experience, one day I may.
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  854.  @r.u.s.e3586  yes we are...construction is approved and long lead items are on order.
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  855.  @loficampingguy9664  thank you much
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  856. Fantastic video as always Drach. After the hurricane on Thursday, a long Dry Dock episode is a welcome distraction. As far as you making models/diecast or getting someone else to do it, I love the way EagleMoss does it as far as materials and construction. Obviously they wouldn't be a company to actually make your product but how they use high quality plastics and metal is really good. Their Battlestar Galactica stuff is especially fantastic. Id definitely love to buy a diecast or 3d printed plastic Thunderchild and put it with my Thunderchild poster. When I was a firefighter, we studied the Halifax explosion as i live relatively close to a port that ships alot of chemicals and things of that nature. The Texas city explosion in the late 40s was almost as bad.
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  857.  @WALTERBROADDUS  he did render services above and beyond to the troops for many many years.
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  858.  @WALTERBROADDUS  there are several early MOH winners in the Civil War period that deserve recognition as well.
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  859.  @blakekirk5009  thank you for that detailed reply. From what the research I have done, one 16 inch shell went clean through Ks upper works and didnt explode. Another 1 to 2 sixteen inch shells blew one of her turrets into so much scrap. Washington's 5inch guns also did fantastic work in suppressing their counterparts. And I want to give some credit to SDs secondary. Even though they were in local control, Japanese records indicate they were firing back "very fiercely and rapidly."
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  860. I may be wrong, but wasn't the German coast tricky to navigate and heavily mined ?? Who's to say it wouldn't have been a disaster for the British.
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  861.  @ironstarofmordian7098  shame the Washington wasnt preserved.
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  862.  @cracklingvoice  Its a real shame about the Orleck, she was brought to Lake Charles on promises that were hollow as a drum. Hopefully she makes it to Jacksonville.
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  863. Hey Drach I always look forward to your videos....thank you for everything you do. Your fans love what you do and we understand how hard you work. We'd never get mad at you for a little or even moderate gaff. You do amazing work. Thank you for answering my question, it seems like you enjoyed answering it. I love hypothetical things like that.
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  864. @El Bearsidente Theft of government property and destruction of historic items does however merit a long rope.
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  865.  @SpyralPegacyon  didn't he try to fit a destroyer with a ridiculously large torpedo or gun armament in the 1910s ?? And it all went hilariously wrong ??
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  866. Fantastic and excellent video as always Drach. Your work is always the best. I do wish someone would make a computer game where you could build warships from say 1910 to 1945 and just have all kinds of crazy matchups. Oh and use the ships that were in actual service as well in that time period.
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  867.  @Locochris1956  well the BC concept was effectively dead, the way forward was the Fast Battleship. But Germany couldn't really do anything about it.
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  868.  @wierdalien1  no but that would be the humor
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  869. This is very exciting....can't wait to give it a try.
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