Comments by "Doug JB" (@dougjb7848) on "The Drydock - Episode 218" video.

  1. If she’d played active part in sinking Bismarck, or faced off against the RM alongside Warspite, yes she would’ve finished the war quite famous.
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  2. Likely no. Sail-bearing masts need to be in a configuration very different from masts to carry antennas. The amount of sail-area that could be supported by those masts simply couldn’t capture enough wind (pressure) to move a battleship.
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  3. Makes one wonder if IJN would have sent Kirishima to bombard Henderson if they’d known that a NoCar and SoDak were intent on stopping her.
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  4. Methinks he was gonna end up a historian regardless.
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