Comments by "Helium Road" (@RCAvhstape) on "HMS Devastation - Guide 221" video.

  1. It's worse in the US Navy, where we name our spanking new nuclear carriers after politicians, some of whom are pretty obscure (how much of the public has any idea who John Stennis was?) or even still alive, instead of giving them proper USN names like Hornet, Ticonderoga, Wasp, Intrepid, etc. At least they plan to name a new one Enterprise again. All of our cool names go to amphibs and cruisers, which is okay, but still... At least the new frigates on order are to be given names from the old sailing frigates, such as Constellation.
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  2.  @Dave_Sisson  The coolest American names are names of battles. Ticonderoga, Saratoga, Yorktown, Tarawa, Midway, etc.
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  3. I mean, even the modern Japanese navy gives its ships famous names used in WWII.
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