Comments by "Patrick Donnolley" (@ph89787) on "The Drydock - Episode 247" video.

  1. I’d put Shokaku in for the Japanese category. As she took 3 bombs at Coral Sea. Shrapnel damage at Eastern Solomons and 3-6 1000lbs bombs at Santa Cruz. Her sinking at Philippine Sea in many ways was the US Navy getting back at the IJN for what happened to Wasp. But at the same time it feels like a Deus Ex Machina.
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  2.  @bkjeong4302  same thing happened on Enterprise. Not to mention one of Air Group 20’s pilots gave Zuikaku “final honours” (stuck the finger up at her crew) at Cape Engano.
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  3.  @gokbay3057  I kinda put Shoukaku ahead as up until Philippine Sea. Zuikaku wasn’t hit.
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  4.  @gokbay3057  When she was hit once at the Philippine Sea, she was able to shrug it off as well as her sister and it took 3-4 waves of aircraft to finish her at Cape Engano.
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