Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "The Drydock - Episode 214" video.

  1. Triple 5"/38s actually were considered for the North Carolina class secondary battery. Several of the early preliminary designs (Schemes A, B, C, and D of 1934) called for them. The triple 5"/38 concept was discarded well before the finalized design came about, though.
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  2. 28 of the current or under construction Virginia-class SSNs have state names, and another 17 are represented by Ohio-class SSBNs or SSGNs. Add in the Seawolf-class USS Connecticut and upcoming Columbia-class USS Wisconsin, and that's 47 states represented. Given that plans are for 12 Colbumbias and another 36 Virginias, it's no wonder they're reverting to fish names for SSNs. We're about to run out of states.
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