Comments by "Gregory Wright" (@gregorywright4918) on "USS Houston (CA-30) - Guide 277" video.

  1. The Baltimores were heavy cruisers with 8" guns. Perhaps you are thinking of the Brooklyns?
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  2. Sometimes in war you have to try to save a bad situation with a sacrifice. Hindsight may be 20/20, but the call on the day will often happen with little info. The DEI was a very rich prize for the Japanese, so delaying its fall disrupts their timetable and may give time for oil field destruction. There is also the slant of reinforcing the alliance and morale of the Dutch-in-exile, whether that accomplishes anything real or not. Didn't help with the post-war relationships, though.
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  3. Three rows - the lowest look like they are about 5 feet above the waterline.
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  4. Unfortunately, they do it with grappling hooks rather than send divers down.
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  5. Hard to pin down, but locals seem to be the main culprits, there is a fair amount of smuggling and pirating around too. The Indo authorities "turn a blind eye"...
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  6. They just go fishing with grappling hooks, so it is not like they pick and choose specific pieces. They sometimes drop explosives to blow things into smaller bits for grappling.
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  7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Houston_(AK-1)
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  8.  @jimtaylor294  Did the RN know how FAR the IJN torpedoes could go?
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  9. The big issues are ocean-water landing (can get rough) and more than one occupant (pilot plus navigator/observer, and sometimes another one or two from downed pilot pick-ups). You need a reinforced frame with high wings, floats, and multiple seats. Anything smaller won't survive or accomplish the missions.
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  10. That would be difficult as it is in Indonesian territorial waters...
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  11. About three years ago... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WQr_R--gOk
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  12. I thought the story of that 1.1 on the Rock was that five had been sent to Cavite for upgrades but only four could be fitted on Houston, so the fifth was moved to the island and called Battery Houston as a joke.
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  13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rPhXR2N2mw
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