Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "USS Iowa (BB-4) - Guide 273" video.

USS Olympia is still here in Philadelphia. Just across the river from The Battleship USS New Jersey.
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It would be nice to see some ships go back to the old White paint schemes. Battleship Grey ships and planes are boring. Sad, there was no Great White Fleet 2.0.
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The cruiser Olympia and Victor of the battle of Manila Bay is still going strong here in Philadelphia.
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@silenceoftheyams5969 you could say the same thing about nuclear weapons. ☢️
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@silenceoftheyams5969 🙏 Pray the guys in the silos never get that phone call....
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@AdamMGTF https://youtu.be/WlfZrT8Rh8o
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@AdamMGTF no nothing else from that era still around. Just the one ship in Japan.
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@richardm3023 nothing goes on down by the riverfront. No worries down there.
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@richardm3023 just a lot of cold water and concrete. Typically off-the-beaten-path for tourist and trouble.
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@RedXlV you have to remember not everybody sees War as something they wish to remember. Ships rather pricey items to keep up. Nor do they draw in money like Disney World....
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First of all, when do we actually declare war? Second, you seriously want to put two carriers versus six?
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@messa2218 that's sort of the purpose of secondary guns. The close range Fight never comes to pass.
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@silenceoftheyams5969 changing the weapons has no effect on its operational use.
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@blacksmithpanzer4517 Naval aviators all start off on land. Landing at Sea comes later. While the vessels were small; many of the escort carriers were similar sized. The only benefit of freshwater: is the recovery of many of the airplane wrecks found at the bottom of the lake. Some of those aircraft have been restored for museum display.
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@Trekpanther this question has been answered before. Basically post wa Era between the World Wars. As ships were brought into refit, they were replaced with tripod Masts.
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@Amiryllis_Thorn you may be confusing tumble home designs with ram bows. Both were in vouge at the time.
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@Niels_Larsen anime series you're looking for is called , "Zipang." You can find it on YouTube.
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@Niels_Larsen no you can't intercept shells.
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@AtholAnderson merchant ships really aren't worships.
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@Niels_Larsen that's exactly what we're saying. You can't reinvent physics.
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@Trigm Carriers were not a sure thing. Naval aviation at the time was actually largely dedicated to seaplanes. So a lot of funding and structure was focused in that direction. Then you had the third branch with lighter than air. So building carriers and their funding is not a sure thing. Nor were their tactics thought of in an offense role. The prime focus was scouting. It wasn't until technology to carry weapons and leaders in Naval aviation pushed forward in offensive role did carriers become the weapons that they did in the 1940s.
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