Comments by "William Cox" (@WildBillCox13) on "The Drydock - Episode 118" video.

  1. <Looks at the time stamps> "If I'm gonna be in harness for four hours, I hope the galley is sending 'round sandwiches and tea."
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  2. A point about working up a carrier force; Germany was paying close attention to the RN and USN all the while. You learn a lot by copying the older kids.
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  3. DD Tender Yellowstone became Yellow Rock in Charleston, SC, because she only went to sea once a year.
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  4. Point taken, but Italy hadn't the industrial capacity to do it. Nor the slipways or drydocks capable of such a "monster". With apologies to Iowa and Bismarck. And complete ostracism of Yamato.
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  5. That's how the USAF and USN get their volunteers. A lot of young guys don't want to spend their time on the grinder.
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  6.  @voiceofraisin3778  Navy chow is the best.
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  7. A Catamaran Carrier takes a single torpedo and all the planes slide off into the sea. My solution? Outriggers! Weld a light cruiser to either side, P/S. Panamax be damned!
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  8. Accomodation Hulk is the more nuanced term for a "Harbor Queen".
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  9. The Misty Lagoon Airmen. Intense training of a tiny cadre of aces. That helps explain the earlier successes and later disasters.
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