Comments by "" (@VersusARCH) on "The Drydock - Episode 088" video.

The tanker name was NE-O-SHO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Neosho_(AO-23) The AAA company name was HISPANO-SUIZA (Spanish-Swiss) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispano-Suiza
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3:29:50 The 800+kg modified 16 in shells used as aerial bombs at Pearl Harbor were NOT carried by the Japanese dive bombers (Aichi D3A "Val") which could not take off with such a heavy combat payload (their heaviest payload was the 250 kg bomb). The modified shells were carried by the B5N "Kate" torpedo bombers which were not capable of dive bombing (their wings were not designed with sufficient strength and would have broken off if they tried to pull out of a steep dive, especially with a 800 kg payload in case of an abortive attack). They were used at Pearl Harbor in a level bombing attack during the first attack wave but due to the surprise (and hence little AAA opposition) and the fact that the targets were stationary the attack was successful (destroying the USS Arizona). They were not used again to my knowledge as such favorable circumstances were not available any more. That is one detail that the Micheal Bay's movie Pearl Harbor actually got right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RebMpyuYtHI Btw there is the old turn-hex-based strategy video game "Pacific General" by SSI to which fans made some outstanding free downloadable add-ons: Armory Equipment file and the East Wind Rain (the former improves the number and stats of units and the latter completely redesigns both the US and the Japanese campaigns improving their quality immensly) and in the 3rd Japanese mission (named East Wind Rain, which deals with the invasion of Luzon) you actually can face Fort Drum with a fleet of a Nagato, a Fuso a pair of Takaos, a Kuma class light cruiser and a few destroyer divisions (though if you decide to buy some other ships prior to the start of the mission in the campaign you can try different fleets too). I definitely recommend it to the poser of the question.
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@TraditionalAnglican I know the Japanese tried level bombing ships many times - for instance during the Battle of Makassar Strait too, but in those instances whey used twin engined land-based level bombers (G3M "Nells" and G4M "Bettys", even though they were torpedo capable too), but the payload used were multiple standard bombs, not a single 16 in shell modified into a bomb carried by a single-engined carrier torpedo bomber.
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3:21:45: at 3:21:53 Drachinifel suddenly gets a surge of testosterone :D
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Destroyers for Bases deal between the USA and the UK was not a part of the Lend-Lease deal. In fact it happened before the latter was written and could at best be considered its predecessor.
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