Comments by "Doug JB" (@dougjb7848) on "The Drydock - Episode 268" video.

  1. Dragging a cannon out through a gun port sounds like a great way to create a very small artificial reef very quickly.
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  2. 33:30 Are those New York and Texas
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  3. Um. Very well? Even without Harpoon, her surface and (especially) air search and fire control capabilities would have made her a sky-scouring mutha.
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  4. How then do you get the cannon ashore? You’d be winching it to deck level, over an open hole, then have to rotate / swing it and lower to the deck (assuming the deck would bear the weight), and then attach the cannon to a second crane / winch, either shore-based or cantilevered off the mast, to lift the cannon again and swing it ashore. As Drach said: deck or shore-based crane pulls the cannon up through the hatch, higher than the railings, and swung ashore.
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  5. Jack King Queen?
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  6.  @CharlesYuditsky  That is just it - 700 men were not accommodated. They just dealt with it.
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