Comments by "John Fisher" (@johnfisher9692) on "USS Essex - Guide 093" video.

Thanks for another awesome informative video The Essex class really were superb carriers and well suited to their role in the Pacific. the only rael 'weakness' of the design was the open bow, which like all too many ships with this feature, led to problems in very rough weather. The rougher weather more typically encountered in the Atlantic led British to use an enclosed or 'Altantic' bow for their modern carriers. Interesting to see teh US alternative design was for an armoured deck as per British practice. It shows just how operational requirements and location affect choices. The British carriers were meant for a close range hard punching war where enemy land based aircraft would be available in numbrs sufficient to swamp any air defence a carrier could put up. A deck armoured Essex in the Med would have been an interesting thing to see. For a video about carriers, perhaps a comparison on the differences of damage control, ventilation and aviation fuel stowage between the British, American and Japanese Navies to show just why Japanese carries were so vulnerable to fire and tended to explode or burn so violently.
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