Comments by "William Cox" (@WildBillCox13) on "The Drydock - Episode 175" video.

  1. "What do we want?" "Mutiny!" When do we want it?" "Now!" "Why do we want it?" "Our CHEESE is the wrong colour!" <Pink Fooyd's "Any Colour You Like" swells up and cut to commercial>
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  2. 43:06 My ship had over half a million shipalts-variations from the basic design, all of which were registered, filed, and "one call" checked to make sure no important systems were impacted harmfully.
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  3. 45:30 Consider how similar-and how different-Tone was from her sister ship, Chikuma, simply because the second one was riveted, rather than welded. Welding was still new tech and the IJN was a bit behind.
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  4. "Very little in terms of watertight internal divisions . . ."
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  5. Jeeze, he's a cleaned up version of Drunken Master.
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  6. Dropping free falling nukes on IJN task groups and convoys.
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  7. A question, Drach. Were German WW1 warships competitive with those of the royal navy, one on one? I ask, because you and doctor Clarke seem in agreement that WW2 German designs were a bit of a retrograde step, with much waste and ill-conceived placement of vulnerable systems, compared to those of the "big" navies.
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