Comments by "Vikki McDonough" (@vikkimcdonough6153) on "The Drydock - Episode 044" video.

  1. 18:16 - It also leaves Furious the honor of firing a heaviest shell from a turreted gun of any warship ever, since a.) when the 18-inch guns intended for Furious were used on the Lord Clives, they were on a fixed mounting that required turning the entire ship to aim the gun, and b.) while the Japanese 18.1-inch gun had a marginally-greater caliber than the British 18-incher, it actually fired a somewhat-lighter shell (3,219 lb at most v. 3,320 lb), and, although the Americans had an 18-inch gun that could fire a 3,850-lb shell, they never ended up putting it on a warship.
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  2. 10:03:50 - Half a dozen battleships, including Yamato.
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  3. 1:08:19 - (And they should really stop pretending that they're destroyers when they've grown firmly into the heavy-cruiser category.)
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  4. 1:09:59 - Yeah, when you send an (admittedly up-armored) battlecruiser either [a] into literal melee range of enemy cruisers and destroyers, or [b] against fast battleships, things are not going to end well for you.
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