Comments by "Vikki McDonough" (@vikkimcdonough6153) on "HMS Lively - Guide 309" video.

  1. Why weren't New York and Texas included in the Standards? The New York class have almost exactly the same dimensions as the Nevada class, they have the same top speed, and they have the same 14"/45 main guns as the early Standards (rather than the 12"/45 or 12"/50 guns used on the earlier American dreadnoughts). Granted, they only had 10 guns rather than 12... but so did the Nevadas. Granted, they used triple-expansion engines rather than turbines... but so did Oklahoma. Granted, they were built with coal-fired boilers... but they could easily be converted to oil-burners (and were in the 1920s). Granted, I'm not sure if their turning radius was wider or narrower than the standard Standard turning radius... but, given that both their dimensions and their top speed were essentially the same as those on the first Standards, it should've been fairly simple to adjust the New Yorks' turning radii to those of the Standards with some relatively-minor adjustments of/modifications to their rudders and steering gear. Are New York and Texas excluded from the list of Standards, despite their broad similarities to same, simply because they have five main-battery turrets rather than four?
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