Comments by "Tom in Iowa" (@tominiowa2513) on "The Drydock - Episode 163" video.

  1.  @CSSVirginia  - There are two correct pronunciations, one for Danes and one for Germans.
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  2. Regarding arming modern merchant ships (and trucks and railroads), this is an ad from Concern Agat for its Club-K Container Missile System (put "mbUU_9bOcnM" in the YouTube search window). Not going to win a war with a system such as this, but the potential to take down a few enemy ships, air-bases, or armored formations may be enough to deter bullying by countries with large arsenals but little public acceptance for mass casualties of its own forces.
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  3. The Iowa class galleys use steam per Ryan Szimanski; however, part of the agreement with the USN to have them turned over as museum ships was to never use any of the on-board steam systems (600 psi steam in an old pipe that likely has stress corrosion fatigue is asking to accidently boil someone alive).
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