Comments by "Helium Road" (@RCAvhstape) on "USS Salem - Last of the heavy cruisers" video.

  1. I've been aboard the Jerz. I remember standing in front of the turret looking at that ridiculously thick armor on the face, and then looking at the armored conning tower, again armored like crazy. And I remembered thinking that they needed all that armor in order to stand a chance against other ships much like her. She looked like she could take a small nuke and just walk it off, yet there were things out there to be feared, like Yamato's guns, and modern antiship missiles. Hence the 20mm CWIS Phalanx armament and the Tomahawk missile launchers and, I think, Sea Sparrow missile launchers, and a flotilla of guided missile destroyers to keep her company.
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  2. Also, it's a safe bet that anyone who works on these ships knows who Drach is by now.
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  3. "Just in case you don't want your hands hoisted up and loaded into the breach of an 8" gun" Drachism of the Day
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