Comments by "HaJo Os." (@hajoos.8360) on "Destroyers - Interwar development and design (1918-1939)" video.

Thanks a lot for the vid. Usually the view is more focussed on bigger ships and their glory. Destroyers are merely disregarded. My impression of your vid is, that destroyer design is, from beam to length, relatively slim. Why they did not constructed a small battle-cruiser design with a larger beam to get more stability in the case of firing a broad-side and in regard to seaworthiness?
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@JohnE9999 Of course, but i only answered to Drach's comments and concernings. All late battleships were much longer than their predecessors, to get more range, speed, ammunition-bunkers, necessary water-bunkers and supplies. In case of the Iowas the story is samesame, but different. Look at those vertical pictures of Iowas, the midship-section looks like cut, to reduce the beam to 33 meters, to be able to pass the Panama-Canal. Speed is one factor, a calm firing-platform for heavy artillery another.
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