Comments by "Helium Road" (@RCAvhstape) on "The Kongo class in WW2 - Battlecruiser or Fast Battleship?" video.

  1. Well, modern US LHA/LHD ships carry F-35 fighters (or Harriers as long as they are still in service), and they are clearly "amphibious assault ships" and not carriers in the classical sense.
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  2. That photograph at 11:30 is epic, with the airship in the distance!
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  3. So my take on this: The IJN wanted to call them battleships, and so the USN pulled Kirishima's punk card and got to say, "See that, USS Washington thoroughly pummeled a 'battleship'!". For propaganda purposes, it suited the IJN to call them BBs, right up until Kirishima was destroyed, at which point it suited the USN to call them BBs.
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