Comments by "Steve Valley" (@stevevalley7835) on "The Drydock - Episode 312 (Part 2)" video.

  1. wrt the question about ships being scrapped by a nation other than the one who built and operated her, I went through the list of Essex class carriers as an example. Bennington was scrapped in India. Shangri-La was scrapped in Taiwan. I remember seeing a photo in a newspaper, probably in the 60s, of a couple of carriers under tow. The caption said they were being towed to Japan for scrapping. I did not see any Essex or Independence class ships listed as scrapped in Japan. I don't have time at the moment to wade through all the CVEs.
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  2. wrt the question about a 12 gun KGV, from what I have read, in both engagements with Bismark. Prince of Wales' and KGV's B turrets functioned perfectly. All the faults were experienced in the quad turrets. If the twin B turret was replaced by a quad, on paper they gain two guns, but how much unreliability would they gain? With increased unreliability, would there be any net increase in rounds fired, or would there be a reduction of the number of rounds fired?
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  3. Last night, I found a pic of two CVEs, Guadalcanal, of U-505 fame, and Mission Bay, under tow, bound for Japan, as scrap, in 1959. I think that is the pic I remember seeing, years ago.
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