Comments by "Vikki McDonough" (@vikkimcdonough6153) on "Admiral Spruance - The Forging of a Quiet but Deadly Leader" video.

  1. How were the Independences able to make do without a heavy-AA battery, especially during the kamikaze era late in the war? Wouldn't that render them vulnerable to being jumped by Japanese bombers (both suicidal and non-), who'd be able to form up, untroubled, just outside of 40-mm range before attacking, whenever they didn't have a CAP up (whether due to foul weather - as just because the weather where the carrier is is too foul to launch aircraft doesn't mean the same is true where the Japanese bombers're taking off - decimation of their fighter wing in combat, prior battle damage preventing flight ops, it being early morning before the carriers'd had enough time to get the first CAP of the day airborne, or whatever other reason)? Even the escort carriers at least had one dual-purpose 5"/38!
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