Comments by "Tom in Iowa" (@tominiowa2513) on "The Drydock - Episode 138" video.

  1.  @TVMADoc  - Correction; there were also quite a few premature detonations of the Mark 14 torpedo.
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  2. As long as he has plenty of grog to wash it down.
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  3. No. "...it takes the Navy three years to build a new ship … it will take 300 years to build a new tradition." - Admiral Cunningham, RN
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  4. Merchant marine seamen, many of whom are not citizens of a belligerent country, are generally much less willing to sacrifice themselves than naval sailors.
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  5.  @gokbay3057  - As for being full of, er excrement, the solution is: United States Navy Training Film (Giving An Enema) 1944 - YouTube ID "a1fJqOSha48"
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  6. @asdrubale bisanzio - Light travels between 300,000 to 400,000 times faster than typical WW2 AA projectiles, so one can aim at the aircraft with light instead of where the aircraft might be in a few seconds if using an AA cannon.
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  7. USS Laffey suffers from narcolepsy and wanting to make friends with IJN Ayanami instead of fighting her. ;)
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