Comments by "Stephen Rickstrew" (@stephenrickstrew7237) on "Drachinifel" channel.

  1. So the officer from the Enterprise who recommended putting 20mm everywhere finally got his way ..?
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  2. What Greek Fire is made of has been a burning question for a long time ..
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  3. Thanks to our author for countless hours of Naval History and questions answered… I do believe Drachinifel is the go to source for all things Warship
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  4. Kings discipline problems ...? Now I’m starting to think more of him ... I once got into a screaming match with a captain on the flight deck ... in the middle of the Atlantic .... I was quite relieved to be found in the right ... but it was caught on the flight deck cameras ... hopefully it made the highlight reel ...
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  5. The mythical hound from hell is still guarding the underworld ... underwater world 🌎
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  6. An Admiral so great he could turn a game of golf into one of the Great British Navel Victories and that’s one hell of a game of golf … Plus his Eloquent Quotes … Thank You So Very much Drach
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  7. Incredible stuff … 299 dry docks and how many questions answered..? We the viewers are fortunate to have such a rich source of History.. Thank you very much Drach ..!
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  8. Congratulations on the 400k Milestone..Soon you will be at a million and we can say we knew Drach Back When .. I hope YouTube gives you all due credit for the many rewatches … it’s a category In its own right .. being that it’s quite worth rewatching..! Thank you very much …! I had “ Grates under Pressure “ Queued
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  9. Just watched and truly enjoyed the USS Alabama episode.. when you manned the 20 mm How did you keep from yelling DakaDakaDakaDaka ..? It must be the mark of a true professional..
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  10. Wow episode 370 ..! Now I got to start all over with Guide #1 .. just to get my bearings…
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  11. I would like to congratulate Drach on reaching the 500k mark .. and personally thank our author for the many , many hours of fascinating history that he brings to life ..
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  12. It’s the Fairest Curve that drives the Sailors and the Naval architects Mad …and incompressible water becomes quite displeased when it is displaced …the Hydrofoil being the latest rage amongst kiters and windsurfers and dingy sailors..and Zippy ferry boat operators …. So Cool to watch ..
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  13. A Big Thank You to the Author for being a welcome diversion from our geopolitical tensions ..and I’m glad I don’t have that boiler mechanic’s job …
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  14. I was rewatching DryDock Episode 1 … and you remarked on if it was popular you might do more … 202 episodes later .. I think it sure is … Thanks Very Much Drach for all the History you have brought to life …
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  15. I think Plan Z would have been great for Britain …. Imagine all those ships at anchor without oil …..like Tirpitz
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  16. Really enjoyed your visit to the Tank Museum… thanks for bringing us along … !
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  17. This is way more of a fun Friday than going to the shops ..!
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  18. Live and Tern ...
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  19. Many Thanks for this episode …. This is one reason All Navy personnel have to go to shipboard fire-fighting school …. Ironically We were shown the film of the horrifying Forestall Fire, and since that was to be our ship … you know we payed close attention ….as we would be berthed right under the arresting gear … such a peaceful place to sleep …
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  20. I just wanted to say how much I love this channel ... Keep up the good work ... thanks 😊
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  21. Thank you very much Drach for your incredible content and answering all these crazy questions some of which have been mine …
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  22. The First DryDock of 2025 … Thank You Very Much Drach …!
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  23. The funniest thing about a chow line onboard the USS Forestall was that the munitions hoists were right next door ....so you had to get out of the way for a dolly full of 500lbders Sidewinders or everyone’s favorite ....cluster bombs
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  24. Admiral Cunningham’s Golf game helped win a decisive naval battle.... finally .... a good use for the silly game and did anybody keep his scorecard ..?
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  25. Many Thanks indeed to the USS Texas’s Team .. and of course many thanks to our Author for this episode..!
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  26. If my ships name was Hydra … I would want my opponents to be very well aware of it … Go Ahead disable one of my guns … two will grow back …
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  27. Wow 154 dry docks …. Thanks for getting us history nuts through the last year…..
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  28. Hot Coffee and a fresh DryDock …. And a big thanks to our Author for these excellent episodes and great historical artwork ..!
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  29. The intro music is music to my ears ... The hammer ringing is hilarious.... ding ding
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  30. Thank you Drachinifel for another great Episode..!!
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  31. They were using LieBoard .. Hard as armor Lite as the truth
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  32. Thanks Drach .. Really enjoyed your episodes about Admirals most recently covering Adm Spruance .. Cheers
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  33. Would it be bad luck to disguise you ship as the infamous Kamtschatka…and bad luck for whom ..?
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  34. The Maine Blame Game … or SpainBlame ..or Insane in the MaineBlame … I will stop there ..,Mainely
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  35. HMS Rodney …..Captained by a Genius .. Crewed by Gallant men determined to do their Duty ….She Looks like an oil tanker….. Maneuvers like a destroyer ….. torpedoes like a cruiser …. Engages and Shoots like a Battleship…. Not bad for 45,000 Horsepower …
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  36. Thanks Drach .. 2 Full Broadsides of DryDock Content over the weekend and today your doing some very nice shooting with a 5 inch Gun … Excellent Work ..!
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  37. Thanks Drach … I’m glad you were able to post this episode …40 years ago .. our US Task force maneuvered jointly with NATO .. in the North Cape area about 100 miles from Murmansk … truly a God forsaken stretch of ocean …. What is the Naval History of that area .. the Arctic convoys and the Scharnhorst come to mind … but was it important in the age of sail …. ?
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  38. Episode 191 … Wow …Congratulations ….!
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  39. Happy 2022 to all .. ! Congratulations to Our Author on Drydock 180 ….We are just recovering from the flooding ..which did serve to extinguish the fires …. That we had set to run off the zombies …. Then it snowed …which means no zombies till spring …Cheers …!
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  40. Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 to all .. and a very Merry Christmas and many Thanks to Drachinifel for his channel ..
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  41.  @leftcoaster67  Dracha- Dracha -Dracha .. to be channel specific
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  42. The USS Johnson ( of course ) anchored just of of Kwajalein turned naval bombardment into precision sniping.... 5 times 5 inch guns all firing on a single point 1000 yards away ....the result was Kwajalein was taken with only 10% of the casualties of Tarawa where close fire support wasn’t brought in soon enough .. like Omaha Beach ...
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  43. Well Done Drach …this was a very pleasant surprise…!
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  44. What an unnecessary tragedy..After all she and her crew had been thru ..
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  45. Thank you Drach for the recommendations ..I find myself envious of your library and your models … Cheers 🍻
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  46. Big thanks to the Author for making this huge story a series …. Perhaps Sub Trek….. Wrath Of King …
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  47. Sorry for the trouble.. Perhaps some sea chanties … something about Grog …or getting paid ..?
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  48. A Wednesday episode about torpedoes... ? Wonderful , Great news ...! Was the KMS. Blucher the only ship every sunk from a land based torpedo battery ...?
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  49. One wonders how many infantry weapons could have been made or developed in lieu of these ..
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  50. I just subscribed.. thanks for the cool content..!
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  51. Naval engineering at its …it’s … it’s Zaniest…. Ballistic Funnel Launcher… trans oceanic cable layer … double hull concept prover …I would like to know what Loyds of London, charged for the insurance …?
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  52. Just watched episode 177 and now I’ve gone back 3 years in Time and really enjoyed watching episode 1 …. I wonder How many hours of Drydock Programing in total are their …?
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  53.  @CSSVirginia  That Rail line goes through some of the most beautiful pastoral landscapes…
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  54. Best part of Wednesday is .... another episode that I will watch .., at least 7 times before next Wednesday .. Thanks Drach ...!
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  55. Drake’s Beach in California is worth a visit .. definitely a good place to haul a boat out .. and lots of delicious elephant seals everywhere and great white sharks
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  56. Shackleton said Crean was the toughest man he had ever met ..
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  57. Built under the watchful eye / Boiler pressure mind of Admiral King …
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  58. Thanks for that … 48 million tons per year are still being shipped from Norfolk
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  59.  @ph89787  Amen to that ..!
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  60. When your using Submarines to run supplies …. I Guess you have lost control of the Seas ……and lost the war but just haven’t admitted it yet ….?
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  61. Staggeringly Ambitious… Touché Drach ..! That phrase is a keeper..and this is an excellent episode as well ..
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  62. One of the few raids that come close to this one …is the unbelievably Daring Solo Attack by the Beaufort torpedo bomber on Gneiseneau … By F/O Cambell and crew …. Cambell seems to be a name that menaced the Kriegsmarine repeatedly
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  63. And people say … there are no such things as unicorns
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  64. Now …it is we who struggle to keep up with all the cool episodes .. I’m learning as fast as I can
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  65. Watching the B25’s leap into the air during the launch of the Doolittle Raid .... I’m guessing wind over deck at 30 Kts ...?
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  66. Just finished the 6 hr Dry Dock … and Good Morning … The Reason for the invention of the United States Marine Corp … Thanks to the Author for this Episode…. Our Squadron VMFA -115 was Deployed onboard the USS Forestall in 1981 in the Mediterranean during the entire Gulf of Sidrah crisis .. the Carrier repeatedly crossed the “line of Death “ with all aircraft fully loaded … conducting missile shoots and intercepts on Libyan Migs .. then the Nimitz shows up in the Med in August and Right Away they shoot down two migs …which took the fight right out of the Libyan Air Force that was cool because the next stop was Benidorm Spain .. Then the Arctic 🥶
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  67. She Actually became a very beautiful ship …The perfect Rake on the bow that little bit of tuck in the stern .. Motto Bella ..
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  68. They proved how Gallantly they could die in every engagement; as did the Royal Navy and the US and IJN !
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  69. Every thing a battleship should be ... except for modern radar , air support , thank goodness she was never sent to Guadalcanal
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  70. Touché
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  71. Very Active Service Indeed … ! And that’s some wonderful Reconstructive surgery .. did they keep the original bow or did they change the profile..?
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  72. 20,000 that they know about …!
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  73. Thank you Drach for the many hours of quality programs …. I often think about posting questions but Your next episode magically provides the answer or leads to a 100 more questions … so I just keep watching … Cheers
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  74. 3 V-12 Engines.. You gotta love that ..
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  75. So … One good countermeasure deserves another .. or turnabout is fair play..?
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  76. The Big 150 Congratulations 🎊….! Was the Auto Gyro used to its full potential by the allies both countries had good examples… Only Japan had a ASW Carrier… But I Wonder if it was a missed opportunity for Both ASW work and development into the modern assault ship…?Thank You .. and keep up the good work …!
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  77. Yet again another Great episode …. ! So it’s Bismarck version 2.0 and you are the Architect ….how would you change the design and fundamentally where did they go wrong on the first version….. or would you have used the tonnage for some other type ?
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  78. It’s Not Cupid’s arrow 💘 … but it is the thought that counts…as marine drones have just sank another Rooskie landings ship .. My how things have changed ….
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  79. The Island of Malta the unsinkable aircraft carrier …I wonder how many R/N Ships were lost in the defense of Malta 🇲🇹 in WW2 ,and aircraft … a whole lot of Similarities to the diurnal shift change siege of Guadalcanal …and some differences
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  80. Many Thanks to the Author for this episode …the story of HMS Revenge is one of my favorite because of the artworks ability to bring a well told story alive … and I do share in your appreciation of that HMS Hood Painting …seeing her last moments Recreated is quite thought provoking…and gut wrenching …!
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  81. The USS KIDD DD 661 just entered dry dock ( floating ) for some much needed repairs .. Their website has an excellent YouTube video about it ..with quality drone footage…It’s some good news for us here in the US .. as The SS United States is bound to be a dive site ..
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  82. First to say Good Morning Drach and Thank you very much.. and touché on the FRPM ..
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  83.  @SonsOfLorgar  It was rather incendiary of me …
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  84. The Royal Navy sure has had some interesting names for their ships ... Glorious.. Furious.... Devastation Etc. Compared with the rather pedestrian names the U.S. Navy uses ... has their been any ill - fated or overly aspirational names that stand out from history ? Thanks so much .... I watched Dry dock episodes for 8 hours last night ... and enjoyed them all ...
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  85. Thanks For another fascinating episode … The Virginia WVA highlands is the Home of some of the most beautiful river Basins The Potomac … the James … the Roanoke … the New “ironically the worlds 2nd oldest and north flowing ‘ and the Holsten … this area is also rich in coal , iron , lead , and potassium nitrate … the local Railroad Bridge over the New wasn’t captured until the last week of the war …The James River Canals Went as far north as what is now the I81 corridor …and the Potomac canal was Washington’s pet project
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  86. This fascinating episode raises the great question of amphibious vehicles.. Are The DUKW , Amphicar snd Toyboata .. the only Amphibious vehicles to make it across the Channel.. and would the Ammtrack and DUKW be episode worthy …just out of engineering uniqueness alone and the evolution of them into fighting vehicles… Thanks very much ..
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  87. Possibly Japans most effective weapon…… and the automatic reload device really explains the Swarms of Long Lances during the Guadalcanal campaign … now I wonder what the IJN doctrine and training was like …
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  88. Any book with The Drachinifel seal of approval is well worth the read … or the Listen ..especially if Drach is the narrator
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  89.  @mtgAzim  it’s hard to keep up with all the latest content..the Greek Fire episode alone .. nice .. and hot
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  90.  @mindbomb9341  anyone who believes in a flat earth has never been to sea ..!
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  91. Wow .... The Naval battle of King vrs Cunningham ... a clash of two great characters .... I would like to have seen that shootout happening ...probably some torpedoes as well
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  92. Those Roman legions do like to …. Roam around …
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  93. Thanks For the Tour Drach …. I live in Virginia but rarely get to Norfolk.. the coal train goes by real close which would be the most direct route .. but I insist on taking the James River Canal .. still planning that run out ..
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  94. Ah yes the Littoral Combat Ship … well in 2023 we are still working on that …just a few billion $ more
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  95.  @paulhoppin5513  you must be from a generation that can afford to be blasé and tedious..
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  96. Brother can you spare a dime ...? And a Carrier .. with a great name .... Victorious ... sure ...thanks
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  97. Excellent Work ..Really enjoyed the drone shots and technical drawings, not to mention top shelf guest and this fascinating story .. I believe this channel is the go to source for Naval History .. Touche Drach ..!
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  98. Changing admirals mid-stream....? I’m sure Sun Tzu warned against it somewhere in that book ...... Well ......As long as your changing admirals .....I wonder how Admiral Cunningham would have fought this battle ...?
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  99. I’m going back rewatching all 5 min guides ... because it’s so darn interesting .....!
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  100. Get well soon ..! Without our Health We can’t really do much .. ! Im recovering from Hip Replacement myself so I can truly sympathize..!
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  101. Thanks for another great episode and confirming my belief that the Merchant Raiders were the most cost effective Naval branch ... especially when you consider the capture of the Singapore Dossier .... I have heard it made the Japanese think that an invasion of Singapore was possible ...
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  102. The US Navy learned just about everything it knew until about WW2 from the British Navy… much of it the hard way … then we still wouldn’t listen … armored Carriers , convoys… and I’m not sure we ever thanked Britain for centimetric Radar …officially
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  103. Now the great question about Brass Cased Shells and their merits vrs Bagged Powder and their respective histories … ?
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  104. Well Done ..! 👍
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  105. The Royal Navy has more operational experience in the horrid conditions of the North Sea and above the arctic circle than other Navies… seems like the greatest testing site for foul conditions are quite close by … and designs can be shaken down close to home …is their a certain place they took new designs to see how they ran ..!?
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  106. Thanks so much for another fascinating tour of Naval History , I wonder about the VT fuse on the American 5” gun and how big a difference it made ... hopefully that and radar fire control will be the next show !!!
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  107.  @frankbodenschatz173  thanks
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  108.  @mindbomb9341  touché … flat earth is fir those who aren’t ready to go full blown Quanon
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  109. Gunnage per Tonnage…or GPT …. Would it be best expressed in broadside weight or inertia plus payload squared maybe cubed …?
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  110. Washington vrs Yamato .. that would have been the greatest shootout since Jutland .. Admiral Lee vrs Kurita ... Advanced Radar vrs Early to None ....
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  111.  @charliezw3287  Naval Cheese History.. it’s a niche subject..
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  112. The Time Warp of a Brand New Battleship vrs the Last generation Biplane .... threw off the Fire control computer... it was shooting 20 years ahead !
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  113.  @charliezw3287  but what Kind of cheese was it .. ? Some aged Asiagos are pricey…
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  114. Thanks for another get episode …!
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  115.  @paulhoppin5513  when you Dis, you miss…
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  116. Bon Jour Monsieur Dranchinifel .. !
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  117. Maybe just change the name from Destroyer to Saver or Evacuator…or Emergency Utility Vessel… The USS Ward was later converted into some kind of fast landing ship .. would it have worked well in that role ?
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  118.  @88porpoise  .. it’s tough to do a live shot .. but the weather did cooperate..
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  119.  @leftcoaster67  I just watched the Movie Battle Of Britain ..Classic Robert Shaw ..
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  120. Thanks for Another great episode .... About the Dolittle Raid .. “I could never get that lucky twice “ Jimmy Doolittle .... a good question is how did it affect Japanese Strategic thinking and or redeployment of defensive Air assets to the home islands ?
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  121. Destroyer battles in the channel yes ! ….…. This story is way better than that horrible movie anyway … !
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  122. X marks this spot on Drach’s History Treasure Map 🗺….Thanks for the tour ..
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  123. Has anyone done the math on the potential impact a working mark -14 would have had on the early part of the war…?
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  124. Yes indeed ... It would be interesting to have a large scale re-enactment of Jutland at a soccer pitch .... with moving models and fireworks , etc . Plus Cheerleaders ! And Beer ! That might hold me over till six nations Rugby starts ...
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  125. When you just got to get rid of that crabgrass ...
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  126. America Wishes the HMS Prince of Wales and crew a safe voyage and deployment on this side of the pond ..Hope you get some good port calls ..!
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  127. Well I have rewatched this episode at least 10 times in the last four years … there is something about these little ships and their brave crews that speaks volumes … Thanks and Cheers Drach ….!
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  128. I think this is one of the greatest examples of valor imaginable along with the battle off Samar !
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  129. Wow !
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  130. The Glowworm set a high standard … but then so did the RN Destroyers at Narvik and the Mediterranean and everywhere else they sailed
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  131. Audacity seems to be a character trait in Royal Naval Ships …. Call it a given….
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  132. Got Victory Disease ….? Just Try the Midway Cure … Take two thousand pounders and call me in the morning… from your life raft
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  133. Lord Cherwell … I’m not a big Fan … He told Frank Whittle the jet engine was impossible and Told R V Jones that Germany didn’t have any V weapons “ ironic because my then 3 year old Mom was evacuated from The London area because of them “ did he Foul up any progress in the Royal Navy as well .. like centrimetric radar …?
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  134. Happy Birthday 🎉
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  135.  @Aelxi  Richard Ballard is still hunting down every last pair of Admiral Roz’s Binoculars.. ..there are a lot of them scattered across the oceans
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  136.  @johnfisher9692  thank you
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  137. Guide # 350 … Wow ….! Thanks Very much Drach …!
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  138.  @rooksfoot1184  Rewatching Guide to Warships right now as well..!
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  139.  @georgesoros6415  Excellent Point …. I hope Drach does a E boat episode or episodes there is nothing out there about those fascinating craft ….cause pound for pound they and the u boats really did a lot of damage … if Germany had started the war with 300 E and 300 U boats … it might have gone somewhat differently….?
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  140. Please do make a return trip … and your opinion and top 5 Tank Destroyers .. and the Amphibious truck DUKW sounds like a fun ride … sea state permitting
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  141. Underway replenishment of a Super carrier is a sight to behold ... Food Glorious Food ... Ordinance ... and 90, 000 pounds of frozen veal cutlet .... we got to human chain that 4 decks down ...
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  142. Have a safe and enjoyable trip … !
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  143.  @evensgrey  Exactly plus Foils are delicate… great if your on a Kite Board or small dingy … our Carrier routinely visited Naples Italy and they had those ferry’s zipping around on their Foils going to Capri .. but their is no way your getting a 60,000 ton carrier up on a Foil … yet … but even those new Zumwalt class are a big disappointment… plus they corrode to pieces … besides when your at sea the coolest thing is to go forward and watch the bow cutting trough the ocean ..
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  144. In the bang for yourASW buck category ... I think the winner is the flower class ...? What’s your opinion ?
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  145. I Hope The USS Saratoga Had Towing Insurance … Because Emergency Roadside Assistance Fees for a 25,000 ton plus the flooding … ship…. In a Combat Zone ? Expensive …
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  146. Guadalcanal was the Decisive Battle disguised as the Decisive Campaign…. Thanks Drach for a excellent series ….
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  147. Had to rewatch this Milestone episode …. and what a pleasant surprise it was …Many Thanks to our Author for a channel whose shows are interesting from the 1st to 30th viewing ..
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  148. That’s the first time I heard the story on how you started your channel … congratulations on being the source for naval history … And not having to commute daily in a sardine can …
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  149. Especially when water gets involved …!
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  150. It’s my annual rewatch of Episodes … The F-4 Skyray has no flying examples.. such an injustice.. while not on the same level as USS Enterprise or HMS Warspite … still a shame just on ascetics alone .. not to mention all those records
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  151.  @Drachinifel  as Shackleton said …”never the lowered banner .. never the last endeavor…! “
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  152.  @AndrewTBP  it seems like someone should be making a fresh run of DUKWs .. they might come in handy in Ukraine 🇺🇦 and for humanitarian missions.. I know that I want one.. a DUKW in every garage ..!
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  153. @AptMantis2278 The present crisis is taking up a lot of my otherwise historical viewing time ..
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  154. The Japanese Ships Bows were quite unique .. and each nation seemed to favor different types ..The history of ships bow is quite a lengthy subject as it goes back to Ugg and his floaty log thingy …
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  155. Their Brave Crews .. being in the North Atlantic in the smallest boat in the fleet ....on the roughest oceans ...
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  156. Such a Deal …!
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  157. Does the Kiwi’s Flair For Rugby and Sailing enter into The Equation … ?
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  158.  @kennethdeanmiller7324  oops 😬..spelling is my Achilles Heel
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  159.  @pincopallino6765  it was a close run thing both times … but when your relying on a new weapon only …don’t be surprised when the enemy develops countermeasures …going to war against the worlds largest navy plus colony’s may not be the best idea ….
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  160. Decisive Battles …. They were only off by one letter….. and then awaking a sleeping giant and millions of angered American Samari
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  161. Thanks Drachinifel for another Episode …! I would like to please ask about Cannon Rifling .. and the history and development of … however that is probably a forthcoming episode.. so as a back up question..Thornycroft had a reputation for building top shelf destroyers .. how did they do it ..?
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  162. In true Dickensonian style ....the Ghost of Yorktown Past came to Haunt the IJN
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  163. Rewatching and enjoining this episode for the 5th time .. Thank you Drach for a fascinating bit of science and history.. you have a rare gift for making engineering easily understandable ..
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  164. That ones one my list .. I have to finish Neptune’s Inferno
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  165. I’m off to the Bookstore .... !
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  166. Methinks that perhaps HMS Eskimo Made Such Eloquent Use of Her Torpedoes it Waxed Poetic.... Thanks for another fascinating episode ...
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  167. Paging “Doctor Drachifinel to the DryDock “ Doctor Drach to the DryDock..
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  168. Do you think the ATLANTIS ‘S capture of the Singapore Dossier gave Japan the idea that an invasion was possible ?
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  169.  @pincopallino6765  if you don’t have control of the seas around and to your home waters your probably not in any position to go to war in the first place…?
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  170. Thank you Drach ..!
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  171. The British had a cunning plan ... indeed I’m not sure they imagined how well it would pay off ! Plus a second life that was more spectacular than its previous incarnation..the WW2 monitors being my favorite Frankensteinish monsters.... but which is your favorite conversion ?
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  172. I’m not sure which is scarier being on top of those lattice masts or one those AA platforms ...it probably was impossible to hit anything from a swaying platform 100 feet in the air ..?
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  173.  @kemarisite  The 1000lb bombs on the Forestall were from ww2 and they cooked off way too soon ….I forget who… but one of the officers didn’t want to bring them onboard from the ammunition ship ..But most Munitions have a sell by date …. So it kinda explains why we blow up some county ever 20-30 years …
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  174. The Coast of the Adriatic is a mine field in itself … possibly worse than the the straights of Tsushima …. In your opinion what is the most confined and dangerous place for a Naval Battle … The EnglishChannel , the Baltic , the Bosporus straights …? Thank you
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  175.  @abrahamlincoln9758  kinda like Rickover
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  176. The cargo sun also evolved into the special operations and commando sub in WW2
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  177. Ex Tenibres Lux is now my Mantra / Credo / Bumper Sticker /Fundamental Underlying Premise !
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  178. Blue sky and no rain in England.. surely good Sir you are fooling us ..
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  179. If you Really want to Demoralize you enemy with radio transmissions... play Buck Owens saddest songs ...nonstop ...
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  180.  @SYH653  Touché… A rotating Binocular magazine .. with a few ready use nearby ..and runners ..
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  181. Understood , Empathy is one tough opponent, I cried about the horrible loss of life . I served on the flight deck of the USS Forestall and when one of your shipmates goes missing at sea it leaves you with a lifetime of questions !
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  182. When a ship is scrapped .. is the armor reused or melted down .. seems like armor plate is very expensive and worth reusing if possible… and a larger question of how is a ship scrapped and what is repurposed
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  183.  @Nipplator99999999999  The song is Ain’t we got love ? Correct ?
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  184. Drydock # 1 mentioned the Whitehead Torpedo …. and just gotta know more … Was the Oskerborg Fortress equipped with the cable type or some other variety …. and what was its developmental history and early adoption by various navy’s, as each country branched out into different designs …Many Thanks
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  185. Speaking of Eric Brown…… I’m sure Drach has an episode planned for covering his career and those thousands of carrier landings… and help this bewildered American understand why.. he wasn’t Knighted …? I guess he was just doing his duty … bravely , skillfully and Incredibly well ..
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  186.  @kemarisite  the p38 had real problems … low Mach limits and the roll rate of a whale … they had to install five flaps and aileron boosters which took a while … the FW 190 would have eaten it for breakfast
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  187. Indeed … I think he was one of the greatest pilots of all time … He could have broken the sound barrier first ..
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  188. Torpedoes.. Cannons …Aircraft…. Did they install a wine cellar …?
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  189. Thanks so much for the Christmas present 🎁 I very much appreciate your answering my questions about the Whitehead Torpedo.. Best Wishes to all ..!
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  190.  @lukedogwalker  thanks
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  191. Mahan’s point about the ratio of coastline to Landmass … and a divided coastline “Russia “ … is maybe one of those points that seem self evident … but he is trying to explain Naval Strategy to Landlubbers … I’m guessing Japan had the highest and Britain was Second … but fractal geometry would have to get involved on that calculation..
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  192. They must have carved the word Revenge on every timber and plank and mast and sail .. because she sure did get hers ...was the keel made from the vengeance oak ..?
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  193. Admiral Nelson would be proud ! Closer ever closer
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  194. Looks like a big version of a Schnell Boat ... Hopefully a forthcoming episode ... ? The SBoats Really caused a disproportionate amount of trouble ... akin to the Mosquito both were fast wooden, versatile , and disputatious...
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  195. Cheap is Cheap..!
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  196. The right of the people to keep and bear 20 mm Orlikens shall not be infringed….and Conning Tower ….? Meh … maybe it’s a good safe place to put the Loo …would Admiral Nelson have hidden behind 16” of armor …methinks not …!
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  197. Those Yamato AA shells were the worlds greatest special effect … must have been quite the show …and with some canister shot … the worlds biggest shotguns ….Pull
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  198. The Majestic Class ... Their Longevity may the most sincerest flattery for their designers .....loaded with Corsairs only . Possibly the most potent warship for the dollar $ .... Protection...?
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  199. Odds are just another opponent... !
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  200. Charlestown South Carolina has a real history of Naval Sieges From the English Spanish conflicts through the revolutionary right up to the civil war …. The Various attempts to capture St Augustines Castle Sun Marco …from the Spanish were unsuccessful but would they have been a real game changer in The Naval power Balance ?
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  201. With a name like Terror ….I might be too scared to go… maybe the ship named after a volcano sounds a bit more fortunate….?
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  202.  @johngori9477  yep
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  203. Whenever a new technology gets developed the first generation or two seem to have teething problems… and there is shock and consternation among the Brass and the Politicians … even now as with our Aluminum Littoral Ships … but I’m sure it goes back to the first sharpened stick … Oh that thing ? … it will never go anywhere…..
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  204. The British Destroyers covering Glorious were possibly finest example of a naval Banzi charge equal of the destroyer action of Samar ... unfortunately the Kriegsmarine did have Radar which the Japanese Didn’t..
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  205.  @kemarisite  the Ward had an interesting service career…what with the first shots and first kill of the war not bad for an old ship … had a action packed second life as an APD … plus an ironic sinking ..it’s real classic story of Wartime Modifications ..
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  206. The Avant Garde of the Under Water …. Proves how much trouble a small group of brave men doing the unexpected in new ways really can be …. Thanks for this great story …!
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  207. Kings Building Capital Ships for Prestige …..? That must go back to King Ugg and Floating Logy thingy….. Hail Ugg ….!!!!!! …Nowadays we are civilized and name ours for Former Presidents ……
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  208. One shudders to think what if the Yamato had beached herself on the landing area at Leyte Gulf or Amuck off Salvo Island ...
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  209. Operation Ten Go ... Two years to late ... Guadalcanal how that might have changed things ...?
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  210. Now there is a story of Wartime innovation and conversion and desperation…!
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  211. Thanks Drach for another fascinating episode into what I believe was a absolutely crucial series of engagements , around Guadalcanal .... as an x marine who served in an Fighter Squadron aboard an Aircraft Carrier ... my big what ? Is what if the Navy had gone with SBD ‘s only instead of TBF ‘s ... given that the TBF’s were ineffectual and tough to handle on the Carrier....
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  212. A Nuclear Armed Destroyer .. ? Well I guess it’s worth a Turret or Two …
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  213. After Watching episode 242 about the Colorado…. It did lead me to wonder if you are working on a Battle of Surigao Straight Episode…or Episodes ? Thank you very much …!
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  214. And once you build it … what ever you do …. Don’t name it Kamchatka … or Blucher…
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  215. Fast Battle Cruiser Ships .. ?
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  216. HMS Neptune .. I hope she shoots tridents ..🔱
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  217. This episode proves the point … If you throw it away …5 minutes later you will need it … or in this case 5 years …!
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  218.  @sonicgoo1121  Touché
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  219. That French Dreadnought was the Froi Gras of Naval Design ... God Awful ... and you probably didn’t want to see it getting made ..
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  220. Probably the coolest part of being at sea is watching the bow cutting through the ocean … and the bow of an Aircraft Carrier is impressive especially from 90 feet up on the catwalk … when the sea is glassy smooth
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