Comments by "William Cox" (@WildBillCox13) on "Naval Engineering Disasters - How not to design a ship" video.

  1. Imagine the Ise class toting 30 or so MXY7 mod 22 manned missiles. Goodbye, Laffey! Farewell, Bunker Hill! <Her "Patriot Missiles" launched*, the ancient battleship section forward of the flight deck awakes once more, turning toward the enemy, elevating her guns. Kantai Kessen beckons!> That point would solve one nagging problem for the MXY7-delivery aircraft kept getting shot down. The Mod 22 had a turbojet sustainer motor and an estimated off the catapult range of 20km. Of course, time waits for no one. Ise was ready and the need was great, while MXY7 Mod 22 was still in testing. *Calling the Okha a Patriot Missile . . . it literally is. One of my better puns. <T.V. Announcer> "There's a Patriot in every box!" I bet Tojo would've got more volunteers with a jingle . . . <Singing> "I shoot lots of sanshiki dan in my secret Kantai Kessen plan . . ."
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  2. Ise and Hyuga. I think the idea is to launch strikes, not CAP, which would center around the fleet carriers*. The Hybrids are meant to advance, launch, and the strike planes retreat back to the carriers (held back a bit) afterward. It was all about saving carriers, not improving battleships. Antiquated battleships like Ise and Hyuga (and Fuso) were expendable. Fleet Carriers were not, Carry on. *Who can launch and recover fighters all day long. The Hybrids were one shot attackers. They had zero ability to launch and recover. So-no CAP from them. CAP is an all day job, not a single launch and forget.
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  3. 22 Attack planes is not insignificant. Double it to 44 attack planes and it starts to turn Japanese heads.
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