Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "The Drydock - Episode 200 (Part 1)" video.

  1. Long Beach had a listed top speed of 30 knots, and Enterprise of 32 knots. Both are significantly slower than SS United States' Blue Riband runs of 34.51 knots westbound and 35.59 knots eastbound. But in the Cold War era and even to this day, the US Navy is known for understating the speed of nuclear-powered warships. And Enterprise in particular is rumored to have been much faster. The 40 knot rumors are probably an exaggeration, but it's possible she was faster than 35 knots.
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  2. 1:42:42 Arkansas and New York aren't Standards, though. The Standard Type are super-dreadnoughts with the all-or-nothing armor scheme and a 21 knot top speed. Arkansas isn't even a super-dreadnought since she has only 12" guns, and both ships predate the all-or-nothing scheme. The Standards begin with Nevada.
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  3. That would've probably been better overall. But yes, the ideal solution would've been to simply remove part of the superstructure to make room for 28cm L/40 guns in the middle turret. I'm not sure how expensive that would've even been; the L/40 was only barely too long to fit from what I can tell. It's a huge failure on the designers' part to not realize this before construction began. I know that Germany's naval budget at the time placed significant limitations on their ships. But simply reducing the superstructure and using the longer guns on all 3 turrets wouldn't have been that much more expensive and would've made them dramatically better ships. The other big shortcoming of the Brandenburgs is that the first two ships had compound armor.
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