Comments by "COL BEAUSABRE" (@colbeausabre8842) on "USS Salem - Last of the heavy cruisers" video.

  1.  @bigships  Tiger's guns didn't work, Salem's did
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  2.  @Billy-I-Am-Not  The big difference s that the 8 inch gun system worked, the US and British 6 inch systems didn't US Mk 16 "These guns did not prove reliable in service, possibly because of the high rate of fire and need for any-elevation loading. Another contributing cause was that they used a dual projectile hoist system - one for AP and one for HC/AA shells - which proved to be a source of jamming."
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  3. On Friday nights they had a ritual witch burning on the fan tail.
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  4. Under the Treaties, she woulln't have been a cruiser at all. AS she displaces well over 10,000 tons, she would be a battleship
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  5.  @lmo1960  As if I don't know - But read the Treaty definition - Any warship displacing over 10,000 tons counted as a capital ship.
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