Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "USS Iowa - What it's like to actually command a battleship" video.

@bkjeong4302 HMS Glorious.... 😒
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@Michael_OBrian Likely sent to the Nuke tests in 1946.
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@michaelfacto4029 Not really. Too slow and no foes to fight.
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@reksiohundson8706 rather than scrapping they would have been sent to the bikini test; just like Prinz Eugen.
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@declanmccaffrey515 he already did. It's been removed for copyright violation.
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@craighagenbruch3800 that's a radio antenna up front.
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@chriscookesuffolk size. Basically anything under 80 ft is a boat.
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@karlvongazenberg8398 actually they had drones assigned by that time.
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@bkjeong4302 they likely would have took them to Bikini Atol. just like Prinz Eugen.
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@champagnegascogne9755 they already had a successful purpose built carriers designs. What's the point of converting the Alaska's?
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@reksiohundson8706 I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here? The war is over.
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@janwemmel4414 that's just a job you sign up for when you take the oath.
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@bluemarlin8138 that's just word play. They were in the inventory. And they did go to sea on various ships.
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@reksiohundson8706 the answer to your question is called the ddg 1000. That was their entire reason for construction. Now they are three ships looking for a mission. Currently they're using them in test with unmanned naval vehicles.
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@bkjeong4302 the sinking is worthy of a Wednesday special.
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@bkjeong4302 well that kind of gets us back to the DDG-1000 mess. Basically sold to us to do the same job.
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@bkjeong4302 I would agree. Propaganda value was spent instead on Tokyo War trials. Hanging people, is more important than scrapping a battleship.
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At last visit, there was still a surviving Asheville class PG in the Mothball yard in Philadelphia. Nice craft.
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