Comments by "William Cox" (@WildBillCox13) on "World's Worst Warships - Book Review with Drach (Part 1 of 2)" video.

  1. Interesting stuff. I hope you don't mind my chiming in. Worst design? Every Battlecruiser. Every one. Don't give your unarmored stern to an enemy dreadnought, says I. It's just plain silly, don't you know. Other worst design? Every Dreadnought type that was designed with underwater torpedo tubes. Every one. An "Unsinkable" Ship should have fewer holes under the waterline. Not more. Especially torpedo holes. Worst in service? HIJMS* Mutsu. You only had one job, Mutsu . . . Oh! And HIJMS Taiho. Wait! Do I have room for another? The M Class Gunboat Submarines! Bang! Glub! Worst employment? Every dreadnought sent to Gallipoli. What were they thinking (cough Churchill cough)? Also, taking CBOR** Monitor into a seaway. HAHAHAHAHAHA (glub)! Also rans: HMS Victory (1737). <The opening strains of the Flying Dutchman waft in from the quay. The director calls out> "Action!" Glub! USS Owasco (and class). What were they thinking? They rolled like drunk dolphins! Any warship with a single rudder. What were they thinking? Steam Powered Submarines. Not until nuclear power. No steam plant to strut upon. It takes a ship (1900--1980) several hours to work up steam. A submarine does not have that kind of leisure. Ever. Life comes at you fast on a submarine. Look up INS Sindhurakshak for more on that. ;-) Catapults on a Battleship. Two problems with that. Enemy submarines are out there, praying,that you come to a complete halt in order to hoist your scout plane back aboard. The second problem is AvGas tanks on or near your deck. An accident waiting to happen. Bad Ship! No no! You would need a "flying on" deck to make that work . . . but it wouldn't, as we already know from the 1920 experiments. Shipboard delivery by airplane would have to wait for the HOS 1. Really, HIJMS Tone and Tikuma might've looked into flying on decks, too. Angled ones (as in ski jump) for flying on, instead of all that complex handling gear. Fun for pilots, I bet. Notes: *His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Ship **Cheese Box On a Raft
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