Comments by "Vikki McDonough" (@vikkimcdonough6153) on "The Drydock - Episode 222" video.

  1. If the IJN's battleship admirals had convinced their high command to launch a surprise surface attack on Pearl Harbor and use their own battleships and cruisers to shell and torpedo the U.S. battleships into oblivion (instead of launching a carrier-based mass air raid like they did historically), what would've been the outcome, either if they managed to successfully get the jump on the U.S. fleet or if the U.S. fleet had a couple of hours to a day or so of warning of the impending attack?
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  2. Regarding Furious's self-inflicted damage, I was under the impression that the destroyed rivets were due to the transmitted shock from the gun rather than the muzzle blast?
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  3.  @stevevalley7835  Sunk in shallow water, yes, but attack by heavy battleship shells would probably be more likely to result in catastrophic magazine explosions than would be the case with a torpedo attack. Regarding U.S. air against the IJN's battleships, remember that, at this point in the war, the USN's frontline torpedo bomber is rubbish and aircraft without torpedoes are still hideously bad at taking out maneuvering battleships.
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  4. 7:42 - Garbage in, garbage out.
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