Comments by "COL BEAUSABRE" (@colbeausabre8842) on "The Drydock - Episode 201" video.
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1)The Number 5 (dual 12 inch) turrets of the USS Utah and USS Wyoming could also rotate 360 degrees
2) The position of C turret on the Nelson and Rodney was to allow mutineers to threaten the officers on the bridge
3) Subtle damage. Many people wonder why HMS Victorious was picked for rebuilding with an angled deck and why the modernization was extended to her sisters. The short answer is that she was only one not severely damaged. The carrier Illustrious suffered battle damage that resulted in such severe vibrations from the center propeller shaft that the prop had to be removed and the shaft locked resulting in a top speed 24 knots. A near miss by a kamikaze led to further hull damage and by the end of WW2 she was down to 19 knots. HMS Formidable was hit by two bombs in 1941 that warped her hull. Fixing this would have required a complete rebuild - probably easier and quicker to build a new carrier. Her speed was limited to 21 knots for the rest of her life. As far as Indomitable goes "On 3 February 1953, she was badly damaged by an internal fire and explosion; the damage was later covered in concrete and never repaired. "
On the American side the light carrier Independence (CVL-22) was severely damaged by an an aircraft torpedo in the starboard quarter. I wonder is this doesn't explain why she first became a night carrier while her sisters remained day carriers and her use as a target in CROSSROADS at Bikini. Was her propulsion system suffering lingering damage or her hull warped? Last the carriers USS Franklin and Bunker Hill suffered massive battle damage/ Although both were repaired, apparently the USN didn't trust that all their problems were solved and they never saw any further active service. This is ironic since their rebuilds made them the most modern members of their class until the SCB-27 rebuilds of the 1950's
4) IJN CL's. This is going to be lengthy. They differed from RN and USN CL's built from the Leanders and Brooklyns forward. They were based on a British concept, the Fleet Cruiser. Unlike traditional cruisers operating separately from the battle fleet, these "Scout Cruisers" served primarily as Flotilla Leaders for the fleet's destroyers and torpedo boats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flotilla_leader
""A scout cruiser was a type of warship of the early 20th century, which were smaller, faster, more lightly armed and armoured than protected cruisers or light cruisers, but larger than contemporary destroyers. Intended for fleet scouting duties and acting as a flotilla leader, a scout cruiser was typically armed with six to ten destroyer-type guns of 3-inch (76 mm) to 4.7-inch (120 mm) calibre, plus two to four torpedo tubes."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout_cruiser
The British C and D classes were intended to serve in a similar role, while the E class with its 16 torpedo tubes was an extreme example of the type. The first Town class and the Frobisher class were intended for the traditional cruiser role. Its arguable that the second Arethusa class was the last of the type
"The Arethusas were a smaller version of the Amphion group of the earlier Leander class, having the unit machinery layout and two funnels of the former. The design was judged to be the minimum required for a "trade route cruiser" to counter the threat of the auxiliary cruiser over which, even with their reduced armament, they would enjoy a comfortable superiority. They were also to be capable of acting as a fleet cruiser (which was fortunate because, in the end, they were used almost exclusively with the fleet)."
And we finally get to the point
The IJN enjoyed a close relationship with the RN - practically big brother-little brother and we all know they loved their torpedoes. So the IJN's CL's can be viewed as and were used as Scouts or Fleet cruisers, leading the destroyer squadrons
"The Tenryū class was designed to act as flagships for destroyer flotillas. The design represented an intermediate class between the light cruiser and the destroyer, which had few counterparts in other navies of the time, although it was inspired by a similar concept to the Royal Navy's (first) Arethusa and C-class cruisers. The IJN and Japanese shipbuilding industry were still closely associated with that of the British because of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, and were able to improve on that experience."
5) Lofoten Raids' Fish oil is high in Vitamin D - "Liquid Sunshine"
"Fish oil is rich in a number of nutrients, including omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D. Made from a range of different fish or, in cases like salmon oil or cod liver oil, from one specific fish type, fish oil has been taken safely as a dietary supplement for years. Because many fatty fish, including those that are used to make fish oil, are rich in vitamin D, fish oil is also a good source of vitamin D"
The Germans issued fish oil and Vitamin D pills to its troops. U-boat crews who might go for weeks without exposure to sunlight and troops operating in the Arctic and on the Eastern front in winter were vulnerable to lack of Vitamin D produced by sunlight.
Glycerine, of course, is used in explosive manufacture
5) Loss of HMS Victoria. Drach's explanation is an example of the over control that militaries seem prone to. A perfect example has been the Soviets and, now, Russians, with individual initiative discouraged in favor of a centralized command system. "Who authorized you to think"? is more than a joke in some militaries. Perhaps the most extreme, but - ironically - successful example I can think of is Frederick the Great's Prussian Army where the troops were supposed to be automatoms. "Achtung! Freiderich komm!" ranks up there with "Attencion! Monsieur Martinet arrive!" in inspiring terror in your own troops.
"Jean Martinet (d. 1672) was a lieutenant-colonel and Inspector General of the armies of Louis XIV. Martinet is famous for being an extremely strict drillmaster--so much so, in fact, that his name has come to mean "a rigid disciplinarian, someone who demands strict adherence to rules." His military training policies set the pace for the armies of the late 17th-18th century. Martinet created out of the French army a well-oiled military machine, one which fired and operated with extreme discipline."
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