Comments by "Kenneth Dean Miller" (@kennethdeanmiller7324) on "The Drydock - Episode 196" video.

  1. The question at 43:30 about the North Carolina's & South Dakota's being better off with the quad 14"'s instead of the triple 16", I mean with HINDSIGHT you can say that. BUT, the US Navy was operating on what it knew for sure. And although they didn't know that the Yamato's had 18.1" guns, they DID KNOW that they were AT LEAST 16" guns. And if they were forced into a battle with the Yamato & Musashi those 18" guns are going to OUT RANGE the 14" guns by a lot more than the 16" guns. And, at the time, that was the major concern. The 18" guns could be firing & trying to figure out the range a LOT sooner than the 14" guns will even be close enough to start firing.
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