Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "Drachinifel" channel.

  1. While most happy to hear the story of the Olympia; you skipped over She is docked here in Philadelphia, PA! 🤔 It is part of the Independence Seaport Museum on the city's Delaware Riverfront along side the submarine Becuna. These days sadly, most tourists rather go across the river to Camden, NJ and visit the more impressive USS New Jersey. Leaving the Olympia under visited and underfunded. 😞
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  2. "This is going to be a fighting ship." "I Intend to go in Harm's Way, and anyone who doesn't want to go along had better get off right now." "Now that I have a fighting ship, I will never retreat from an enemy force." ~The Commission speech of The USS JOHNSTON by Commander Ernest E. Evans. USNA CLASS OF 1931. OCT. 27,1943.🇺🇸 Evans is likely one of the few Native American naval heroes. Born half Cherokee and 1/4 Creek Indian.
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  3. You realize your now going to face a sea of Coke vs Pepsi and Blonde vs. Brunette ship questions? 🙄 Good luck.
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  4. Mines.... Always looking for a ship to hug.🤗
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  5. So.... We invented a air rifle that floats? 🤪
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  6. This may be outside the box, but how about a look at USN airships? The Akron & Macon and the flying carrier concept.
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  7.  @bkjeong4302  Nobody thought the Alamo would work either. They did the job. Delay and bleed the Enemy. Buy the troops on Okinawa some time. And honor the Emperor.
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  8. HMS Rawalpindi. Never bring a butter knife to a gun fight. R. I. P.
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  9. Let us all pause and commemorate the end of World War 1 this day in 1918.
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  10. Mr. Langley, built a plane that never really flew. Yet, is honored with a ship name. Yet the man who gave us Naval Aviation, Eugene Ely; in 100 plus years has never been honored. 😡
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  11. The original, "Empire Strikes Back." The Battle of the Falklands, 1914. 🧐🇬🇧
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  12. The folks in charge of the ship lack the funding.
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  13.  @sugarnads  As Warbirds go, it has never been exactly popular.
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  14. These are nearly all a mile plus deep. No divers are going to these wrecks.
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  15.  @RemoteViewr1  Lt. CDR Robert Copeland, Skipper of the USS Samuel B. Roberts: Awarded the Navy Cross. Gunners Mate 3rd Paul H Carr. Gun Capt. Of the USS Samuel B. Roberts aft 5 inch mount: Awarded the Silver Star, posthumoustly. RADM. Clifton Sprague. Commander of Taffy 3: Awarded the Navy Cross. All would share the Presidential Unit Citation and along with Evans have ships named in their honor.
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  16. I have visions of "A Hard Days Night." Crazy World of Warships players chasing Drach in a Mob through the streets. 🤣
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  17. Damn, that is a year long list........... So anybody asking for a ship type, uh check the list. His plate is full. 😎
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  18. In regards to the question about interwar technology development. As important as radar was. I would like to make a case for the operational use underway replenishment. While there had been experiments in the past. The active use of Navies being able to refuel underway from oilers And resupply under power really grew in this time frame. The ability of ships to operate for extended periods without the need to dock in port; was critical to operating Worldwide.
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  19. Yep, crappy way to reach Heavens Gates. 😔
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  20. Hey, I've been waiting four years for this... enjoy!
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  21. 🙀 This week on "Quantum Leap." Sam Leaps into Admiral Oldendorf in Oct. 1944.....
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  22. As a PA resident, agreed.
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  23. Arizona (SSN-803), a Block 5 Virginia-class submarine, will be the fourth United States Navy vessel named for the state of Arizona. Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly announced the name on 24 December 2019, in a press release. Arizona was authorized for construction on 2 December 2019. Oklahoma is also getting a Virginia Class. SSN-802.
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  24. Speaking of Cdr. Ernest Evans.... The secretary of the Navy announced last week the new DDG-141 will be named for him. He was of course posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor; for actions as captain of the USS Johnson during the Battle of Samar.
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  25. I must admit, that's quite a variety Small arms for the naval service. That looks like a really fun trip. Great collaboration. Very informative.
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  26.  @RedXlV  partly true. Some dredging would be needed to get her to the ship channel. The drydocks of the Navy Yard are only a short tow away.
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  27. Well, at least that was easier than 2 years of Spanish. 😐
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  28. Samuel L. Jackson, stars in a sequel to "Snakes on A Plane." "Snakes on A Ship!" 🐍⛵
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  29. As that old line goes; "ours is not to wonder why. Ours is to do or die. "😔
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  30. 😏 and no, I was not expecting the Spanish Armada this morning. Nobody expects them.
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  31. My mind spins at the idea of Nimitz in the produce section.. 🥕🍒🍉🍎🤔
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  32. Drone lives Matter. 🤖
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  33. This is the first of deadly mistakes by Adm. Halsey. The two driving fleets into Typhoons to follow. Mistakes that should have kept him from a 5th star.
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  34. A new Arizona and Oklahoma will be coming back to service as Virginia class Subs in 2025.
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  35.  @bkjeong4302  Why? What 8 battle stars not enough for you?
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  36. Good service career overall. Like many of her USN counterparts, just never in the starring role.
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  37. And nobody expects the Spanish Inqusition! https://youtu.be/7WJXHY2OXGE
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  38. Good summation of USN fighters. It's too bad the Fleet Air Arm waited until the F4 Phantom 2 to buy American designs again. While the Royal Navy made many advances in Carrier operations. The tools to work with were, less than stellar. Choosing domestic industry over outsourcing again. Well at least the French bought the Crusader.
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  39. Animations? His name is Drachinifel. Not Walt Disney. That's why..... 😏
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  40. Uh, the USS Olympia.....😞 Even older than Texas. And just as in need of a Drydock. Both should be sponsored by Flex Seal.....😏
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  41. Speaking of subs...... The Russian sub and the Queen Mary docked at Long Beach, CA are in bad physical and fiscal trouble.
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  42. Too bad Olympia does not have as great a fan club..... She is just as old and in bad shape.
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  43. Speaking of space-related. Let us remember the crew of the Space shuttle Challenger.. lost on this date in 1986..
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  44. Paul Allen. R.I.P and The Crew of the RV Petrel. 🍹😎👍 They have advanced underwater research. Closed the books on many listed as M.I.A. And shown that we know more about the Moon than what is under the sea. Also a shout out to another shipwreck group, "The Lost 52." Their goal is to find the 52 Lost USN subs from WW2. Last week they found USS Grayback. Lost on her 10th war patrol in 1944. https://youtu.be/4Bod4PLoHrc
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  45. I am proud of my Grandfather's sacrifice at Pusan was worth it. It kept South Korea a free country. Just wish he could have enjoyed how kids turned out. And how America got better for them. I have heared many of the horror stories of life in the North. Yeomni Park and her YouTube channel has done much to share to the World life in a that hellish place. Just wish our M.I.A's will one day return home. And the Pueblo... 😑
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  46. I don't think I've ever heard of an officer who jumped from surface warfare, to submarines, and aviation in a single career?
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  47. Sounds more goofy than Azure Lane. 🙄
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  48. At least they got names. Things like PC'S, SC's, and amphibs just a number.
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  49. Who says war was not exepected? That day or hour? No. But war warnings had been issued days before. And US forces in China had evacuated "mostly" by the Dec. 7th.
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  50.  @jimtaylor294  I wouldn't call them lousy? Just equiped with limited dual purpose weapons for the job. Hitting an airplane from a 80 ft boat in seas, without a stabilized mounting can be a challenge.🛥🛩
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  51.  @johnphillips519  Gen.Tojo ran the Government.
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  52. What is next? Star Trek takes place on Hood instead of Enterprise?
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  53. 🤣lol
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  54. Or the fuel? ⛽
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  55.  @baltsosser  Which begs the question, Why have no new ships been named in his honor? The only one, DE -1023 was decommissioned in 1968.
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  56. FUN FACT... the boat used in the TV show was actually a Ex-USAAF Crash boat. As the name implies that was designed to pick up downed Pilots. And notably its former owner was Howard Hughes. Who used the boat as a chase boat for his testing of the Spruce Goose Flying boat...
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  57. Are there still active mines lurking around? With two wars and both sides dropping them, is there a danger of unswept mines? 🤔
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  58. ​ @nedimar5696 There are both technical as well as political considerations. There is still a great deal of human history prior to 1950.
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  59. Another long range projectile issue to factor is the, "Coriolis effect." Depending on hemisphere, a projectile will drift right or left due to Earth rotation.
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  60.  @bkjeong4302  Not to mention all the Bermuda Triangle stuff never found. Easy to find? We still have not found MH 370.😑
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  61. Speaking of Captain Bligh... I don't think we've ever had a Wednesday special on his voyage to Timor? And just how he managed to pull off this lifeboat feat?
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  62. Technology tends to run ahead of tactics.
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  63. We have nasty bad habit of shooting friendly forces.😒Sorry....
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  64. USS Ranger due size and protection issues stayed in the Atlantic Fleet. While doing mostly training and aircraft ferry ops; she did see combat in Operation Torch. And later vs German forces in Norway.
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  65. The Lost 52 Project has found another lost sub this Week. USS Harder was lost with all hands in 1944 in the South China Sea.
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  66. 😔 Let us all pause and remember the hands lost at sea on The Royal Thai Navy ship Sukhothai. Rest in Peace. The sea is the common enemy of all flags.⚓
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  67. 🤔 Is Richard Rodger's "Victory at Sea" a option for a theme ?
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  68.  @robertmatch6550  Yes! That is why folk still talk nonsense about 9-11. Nothing needed to melt to lead to a loss of structural steel strength.
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  69. Speaking of speed... I see we have Americas Cup catamarans with foils flying at 40 knots. A sailboat that can out racecar a carrier.⛵
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  70. The story of how survivors of the Emden travel home? Yep, great sub story.
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  71. Interesting the topic of the Panama canal comes up. The major restriction on the canal right now actually is water.🌊 Or rather the lack of it. For the last few months World shipping has been piling up on either side of the canal waiting to to transit. The region has been facing a severe drought problem. The lack of rain is not adequately refilling the lakes that feed the canal. Thus the cost of travel has increased and the number of transits daily being allowed has been cut.
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  72. Happy Birthday to the US Navy Submarine Service. April 11, 1900 The USS Holland {SS-1) was purchased.
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  73. Fast and handsome vessel.
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  74.  @acester86  They don't last forever. Most don't daily drive a 30 year old car? Hardware are software change. We have had 10 versions of Windows in 30 years. Powerplants age. Subsystems like electrical,steam and plumbing fail. There is also the manpower issue. Newer ships need smaller crews.
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  75. The Greek Navy. The crazy cat lady Navy..... They take stray ships.😾🚢
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  76. The Oldsmobile M4 cannon is in the nose of the P39. The engine is behind the pilot.
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  77.  @Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan  First, it does not have 5 times the range. The Iowa had anti ship UGM-109b Tomahawks or the optional nuclear. The Kirov's only have 20 anti ship missles. And the Iowa's are armored to fight other BB's. Even if the missle defenses fail, it can take the hits and still hit back. Also, extended range ammo then in development would have boost the gun range to 100 miles. It is fair fight match then and now.
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  78. We need drug testing for questions like this.
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  79. My MK 1 Eyeballs share your pain..
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  80.  @420JackG  😏We have lots of swords. Time for a few plowshares...
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  81. Welcome to the Naval Nerd society. 🙄⚓
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  82. I have crazy picture in my mind of Grizzly bears eating boats rather than Salmon.....🐻🚤🚤🚤🚤
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  83. That five minutes left me as clueless as the first 5 minutes of Calculus 1 class. 😟
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  84. ​ @bkjeong4302 where do you see in history anyone thinking long-term? It's not just Japan. I don't think anyone who came up with the 100 years War were planning for it to the last that long? And I don't think the guys running the Crusades had logistical plans based on centuries?
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  85.  @jamierogerson5538  the French and Japanese will do it one better.
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  86.  @rutabagasteu remind me about a hunting accident story I saw the other day. A hunter somebody's family husky. Guy said he thought it was a coyote.
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  87. The 1950's was a case of too much tech, too fast. Companies used to piston engine design found a steep learning curve in jets. Trying every bit of German ideas without testing did not help either.
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  88. Good review. I guess you can sum up her career as being; the Ringo Star of the Fab Four class....
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  89.  @Ugly_German_Truths  Nimitz with Tide coupons? 🤔
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  90. 2 new Virginia class Attack subs SSN-803 Arizona and SSN-802 Oklahoma were ordered in 2019.
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  91. Great idea. But, outside the scope of this channel. He stays Pre 1950 mostly.
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  92.  @RCAvhstape  Old saying.... "Fight like you train. Train like you fight."
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  93. 🙄 Drach has to face travel rules. Yet we let thousands walk into America. Sigh.......
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  94. I noticed on the news this week that the last remaining survivor of the USS Arizona passed away at age 102. 😪 hopefully, he will join his Shipmates...
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  95. There were however the, " 4 Chaplains " of the S. S. Dorchester sinking. Being Army, they received the DSC.
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  96. In other words.... better mouse 🐀 does not defeat smarter cats 😼with airpower.
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  97.  @timberwolf1575  Actually, there is no market for another carrier museum. There are near a half dozen already.
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  98. This is why taxing the the rich, has a down side. They have no money left to spend on things like this.
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  99.  @postron5649  it's more of British Admirals fighting the last war. Rather than the next one.
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  100. 😏 when we think about rapid development just consider that today is the anniversary of the Wright brothers first flight in 1903. And by 1914 , people were taking flying machines to war.
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  101.  @RedXlV  The 5 star thing does smell of favouritism.
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  102. Moral eval??? He had direct orders to seek and engage. He did so.... End of story. 🤨 Your job is the mission. Not debate. Not to refuse Battle. Not to fail or dishonor the Navy.
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  103. 🤣 witty humor.
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  104.  @coldestshark4310  Exactly... Intel was correctly thinking Western Pacific targets.
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  105. Mark 15 hedgehog ASW weapon.
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  106. Remember 9/11/2001 😔🇺🇸 from NYC, The Pentagon, and on Flight 93 Here in PA. The War on Terrorism goes on. And please accept our deepest condolences on the passing of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd, and all in the Commonwealth on your loss. 👸🏻🇬🇧😔
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  107. Q&A "Will see anything on the First HMAS Sydney and her fight vs. SMS Emden?"
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  108. Since a remake of the Film "Midway" is due this Fall. What are your top 10 Naval films? Trailer for the reboot https://youtu.be/Q-OhjLLhztg
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  109. They sent all they had.
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  110. 😢 Good Grief. Those are nightmare ships. Just imagine what damage you can do with something like this coming down the slot of the Solomons?
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  111. Meanwhile here we are in the year 2022. The USS Gerald R. Ford is taking longer than the entire Second World War to get deployed. 😔 Commison date was 2017.
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  112. While that sounds simple, you get into copyright issues with the producers of those photos. They have channels too.
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  113. Drydock 144... The Drydock longer than the 3 hour tour of the S. S. Minnow. 😏🛥️
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  114. Let us remember....🙏The Edmund Fitzgerald goes down with all hands. NOV. 10, 1975. And happy birthday 249 to the USMC.🎂
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  115.  @danieltaylor5231  That is creepy..... 🥺
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  116. That is one of those creepiest stories of the war.
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  117. Clever... 😏
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  118. You really have to be a true fan to get a lot of those. Major inside jokes in full effect. 👋😉
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  119. USS Olympia is still here in Philadelphia. Just across the river from The Battleship USS New Jersey.
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  120.  @sundiver137  Vs. billions on the Zumwalt class, it was a bargain.
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  121.  @TEHSTONEDPUMPKIN  That makes no sense The Ticos were Air Defense ships. The Iowas were never intended for that mission. They were pure Surface Action ships to counter the Soviet Kirov class battlecrusiers. We needed a ship killer and Naval Gunfire platform. The Aegis ships are not apples to apples.
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  122. ​ @jetdriver One thing everyone agrees on, is that the Korean War saved the Marine Corps.
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  123. Naval history fans are like auto racing fans. Passionate, but a small minority. People go to Disneyland. Not ship museums....😏
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  124.  @808bigisland  they have enough troubles trying to run the Philippines. Hawaii is too far, too defended, too populated to make a landing.
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  125.  @garyjordan3914  Gary be practical. There are only 52 weeks in a year. He's got three videos a week. Plus research. And you want to rag on the guy for missing a question? 😒
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  126. They had to eliminate the threat of future carrier attacks on Japan. The Doolittle raid lead to the Midway operation.
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  127. Gee, 30 secs. Have a fire to put out? Schedule that full?
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  128. A list of ships currently available in storage here. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Inactive_Ship_Maintenance_Facility
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  129. ​ @allangibson8494 where in history do you see anyone actually contemplating a long-term War?
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  130.  @John.0z  No one in Russia had any idea they would still be fighting in 2024. And they most certainly never contemplated 400,000 plus dead and Black Sea Fleet functionally gone. So it's safe to say, there was no long-term logistical planning. No one two years ago thought they'd be going to North Korea to get ammo.....🇰🇵😏
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  131. It would be nice to see some ships go back to the old White paint schemes. Battleship Grey ships and planes are boring. Sad, there was no Great White Fleet 2.0.
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  132. Admiral Kimmel might disagree. And Halsey should have face a court, but got a 5th star instead.
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  133. How does one happened to be walking in North Korea?
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  134. That is the job... Comes with the uniform and check. We get caught up with the non human elements on this channel. But killing for a political end is the job at the end of all the tech talking.
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  135. Actually the better matchup is the Iowa class versus the Soviet Kirov class. That is what they were brought back in service and upgraded to be a match for.
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  136. And yet, no one makes metal Rock Band songs about them.
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  137.  @exsubmariner  what are you talking about?
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  138.  @jimtaylor294  on the bright side? It's probably a lot safer than U-Boat Duty or sitting in a fjord in Norway and getting bombed all the time.🙄 Still, I would not envy the young German sailor. Sitting in a unheated gun mount; with sea spray flying around at 30 knots trying to shot a plane.🛥🛩
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  139. Basically the creation of the USAF in 1947.
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  140. Too much crab Spice in the water. Drives folks nuts down there.
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  141.  @johngregory4801  it's rather perplexing there has only been one ship in 80 years named for him prior. There have been some other ships named Evans. But those were named for other men.
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  142.  @genericdave8420  Poland has a Space program? 🤯
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  143. PT, E boats, MTB, MGB's someday?
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  144.  @M1912TrenchGun  Greatly useful. The PBY was used in Night time anti shiping attacks. They provided Air Sea rescue. And they provided ASW and long range scouting abilities.
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  145.  @johnphillips519  The Emperor was not in charge.
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  146. Captain Kirk=Cruiser Captain. 🚀 Congrats to Shatner. 😉
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  147. Uss Olympia needs help more. https://youtu.be/-5yzJsOB4EI Funds for ships is not a huge priority. They are not like dogs in the cold in ASPCA ads. Or those kids in Shriners Hospitals Ads.
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  148.  @delurkor  true.... But, it is one of the somewhat forgotten parts about the whole Pearl Harbor story. And does make a nice follow up to the whole Ward review.
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  149. And yet we have no current ship named in his honor. That is a shame.
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  150. Congratulations Ensign.👨‍✈️
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  151. They win the Guadalcanal home game....😏
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  152. 300 Drydocks?498,000 subs?😳🎉 Quite the achievement for a channel that has zero cat videos🐱, tik Tok challenges or dress Hauls from Fashion Nova💃 or a single yoga pose.🧘‍♀️
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  153. There are far, far , far worse films...... "Francis in The Navy" has to be worse.
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  154.  @MotoroidARFC  based on Biden's picks so far? Don't have much faith in a Sec Nav pick.
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  155. JESUS H..... Stop your whining. Buy a headphone.
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  156. I think I still got the textbook for that? They didn't want to give me anything for the trade.📚
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  157. Many were used on land-based duty in the Mediterranean.
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  158. A dust pan and a pump? Where were you going pump water too? Was there a drain?
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  159.  @Aren-1997  Actually 1941 is great movie. It did not do better due to timming, not content. It got released the same week as Steve Martin's "the Jerk" and week after "Star Trek the Movie."
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  160.  chris younts  You're pushing into the ranting zone. And the Iowa reactivation was a good move strategically and economically.
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  161.  @johnstark4723  The drydocks at the Navy Yard are only a 3 miles tow away. They would need to dredge a path to the main channel. Once at the drydocks, they can fix the hull.
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  162.  @philipjooste9075  Joint operations have never been a strong suit of the US military. As for the convoy? This was just one part of a mass force build up. Sadly timed badly. Then orders changed and the convoy sent to Australia instead. As for the defense of the Philippines? The story is a bit more complicated than the anti MacArthur mob make it. https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/I/AAF-I-6.html
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  163.  @Ushio01  the Phantom in 1982 was still state of the art. And in fact was still on active duty in several Air forces today.
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  164.  @sadwingsraging3044  Actually.....I would think the Nuclear power Navy sees more mileage. We have subs and CVN's with longer lives than Texas.
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  165. And that's where The Colt Navy gets it's name and engraving from.
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  166. Yes
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  167.  @boobah5643  if you're asking about the Queen Elizabeth-class? Basically, you're splitting the functions navigation and Air traffic control. For each operation, you better want to be in different locations. Air traffic control and spotting is better done aft. The ship handling is better done at a position forward.
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  168. Since you asked. They were no Victoria Crosses awarded for the battle. The victorious captains and Admiral were given knighthoods.
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  169. 😅
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  170. Perhaps it is better to say: a era of technology and tactics evolution?
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  171.  @Mike44460  The Emperor was in no more head of Government, than the King of England.
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  172.  @MaxwellAerialPhotography  there's an excellent book on that topic. "Night Action: MTB Flotilla at war." By Captain Peter Dickens D. S. O., M. B. E., D. S. C. Royal Navy. He was with the 21st MTB Flotilla. Most of the action tended to be off the coast of Holland and Belgium. And, a great Grandson of Writer, Charles Dickens.
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  173. Find 'em, Chase 'em, Sink'em......😐 Mad respect to the USS Tang and 51 sisters still on Eternal Patrol.
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  174. Sigh.... 🥱 You realize YouTube is not the campus of Columbia? Could we skip the protest marches here please?
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  175. Versus Mitscher's ....
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  176.  @petlahk4119  Today foam is the material of choice.
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  177.  @UnintentionalSubmarine  That is leftover powder bag debris.
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  178. More like the Duras sisters of Star Trek.😉
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  179. 🏆 there you go. Enjoy!
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  180.  @wildkarrde3370  The old sunken ships were not exposed to the air of the atomic age,” said the source. This old metal is recycled and used to manufacture instruments used in medicine, light and radioactivity detection, and space exploration.
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  181. Combined with the war on land, the Kaiser would have faced the fate of his cousin in Russia.
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  182. Who is that?
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  183. I think I speak for most on the channel and the Navy. We respectfully agree to disagree with your opinion.
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  184. Sadly Millions were inbezeled from the Museum about 10 years ago.
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  185.  @3Triskellion3  The were originally called, "Torpedo Boat Destroyers."
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  186.  @charlesbaker7703  Actually when he comes to the East Coast he can see the real thing. The original hangers at NAS Lakehurst, NJ are still there. As well as a memorial to the Hindenburg. It's part of the joint base complex of Ft. Dix, AFB McGuire and NAS Lakehurst.
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  187. Logistically, easier to do water purification on land. Rather than haul it from ship.
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  188. Steve, sometimes it is not wise to post your thoughts. This is one of those days.
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  189. That guy will eat anything...
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  190.  @Drachinifel  Will you be doing any videos on the Sub attack at Pearl? 🤔
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  191.  @RedbadofFrisia  Dad is in the living room next to Mom actually. Ashes 🙄
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  192. Blame Samuel Morrison..... He slanted the history.
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  193. The story of the 109 happens with the reformed Squadron 3. in the Solomon Islands a few months later. The Orginal unit was dissolved with the fall of the Philippines in April, 1942. So new unit, new location.
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  194. Funny you have to bring up tsunamis as a first question. I just happened to have stumbled over a YouTube post talking about threat of a Atlantic tsunami hitting the US East Coast. Apparently, the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands is at risk of undergoing a large Landslide ; which would cause a tsunami in the Atlantic.
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  195. Johnny Horton made naval warfare cool.
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  196.  @mechizawa  I love ships, I love anime. I love girls. But mixing them all together just seems odd. 🤔
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  197.  @NotAJollyPotato  Ha ha ha..... a no. 😏 It's a nice bumper sticker, but bad economics. Any if you think Liz Warren's numbers work, you're delusional. You could take the wealth 100% of the richest and still not fund our debt today.
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  198. Johnny Horton rules
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  199.  @ninjafroggie1  that's exactly what I'm thinking. You have Fox 29 and Channel 12 close by. Plus a number of radio stations are located in that same general area. There's also the Coast guard station and it's transmitter at Washington avenue.
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  200.  @Wolf-Rayet_Arthur  it's not like he's the BBC?🤷🏽‍♂️
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  201.  @vuk.3866  Deserves to vs. Is it practical? The head and checkbooks beats hearts and feelings every time.
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  202. Lol🤣
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  203.  @tewsgcdcfgechk908  She is the only surviving warship of the Victorian era or post wooden ship USN. She also is just pretty not being painted grey.😎
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  204. My Bobbi would give this video, two paws up.. 😻😻
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  205.  @sarjim4381  That kind of production? Never again.
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  206.  @johnnash5118  🙄 Really had to add that titbit?
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  207. @Aqua Fyre let's be honest, it's not a high priority item.
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  208.  @juri8723  Based on?
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  209.  @glock22357  It's a YouTube channel with one guy. Not the BBC. 😏
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  210.  @joshuamarvin7400  either you're incredibly lucky, or a mind reader. I was a first class Star Blazers fan!? 🤯
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  211. I think America with more samba dancing might interesting.
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  212. You can say the same about B-52 drivers.
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  213. By this time, they wouldn't even have fuel. ⛽
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  214. Not practical or comfy.
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  215. The record says otherwise. Thus not crap
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  216. Sad, yet dragging on. 😷
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  217.  @steveellis7174  In the Navy's defense, the SecNav and Congress makes the call. They sign the checks......
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  218. Booms for torpedo nets.
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  219. It beats sitting in church on a Sunday. 🙄
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  220.  @EdMcF1  The Captain could have surrendered. But honor and tradition says fight.....
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  221. I don't believe the lake ships have any below deck tunnels? The bulk carriers are filled with compartments for cargo. So you walk the deck.
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  222. Is there any chance Gordon Ramsay level Cooks were doing all this? Based on this menu I would run away from any press-gang. And were limes and lemons a part of the diet to combat scurvy at this point in history?
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  223.  @Neithan02  a gallon of Bud Light?😏🍺
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  224.  @tommeakin1732  Rather broad brushed view of the subject.
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  225.  @Drachinifel  As a aside, Drones also make flying from Subs a thing again. Without the need for giant hangers and other accoutrements.
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  226. Yes, asking for Swiss cheese on a Cheesesteak by John Kerry. Very Experimental...... If you mean the Michael Pare movie ? Fun film. No reality....
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  227. Well Ernst Udet certainly thought a lot about the Helldiver. The Stuka is the result.
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  228. The cruiser Olympia and Victor of the battle of Manila Bay is still going strong here in Philadelphia.
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  229.  @Weed8Gone  Give it a rest Captain America.
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  230. Will you consider a special on the nuke tests at Bikini Atol?
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  231.  @morgan3688  It was Italy that got the rest invested in this type of warfare.
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  232. National Lampoon's American Vacation? 🤔🚙
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  233. @SnoopReddogg  they don't have enough troops to do the job. This whole idea of taking Hawaii is ridiculous.
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  234. ⛵235 years ago today.... April 28, 1789.... The Mutiny on the HMS Bounty.
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  235.  @unitedlunch1609  The Luftwaffe controled Naval Aviation.
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  236.  @bkjeong4302  Bit of Revisionist history? They were going on Naval Warfare for the last 50 years. Much the same way folks Ran into the US Civil War still using Napoleon's lessons from West Point.
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  237. It's actually a rather important day in submarine history. September 30th 1954. The commissioning of the first nuclear submarine. USS Nautilus.
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  238. How about a entire film? https://youtu.be/JvjQbwxfnec
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  239. 😅
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  240. Feel free to make your 5 hour documentary about Hermes. 🤨 He has 52 weeks of ships to do. Two other shows a week, a ton of research. And perhaps a real job? So, can the whining.....
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  241. Army-Navy Game today. Go Navy, Sink Army! 🏈 Is there any such tradition between UK services? 🤔
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  242. So will there be a Canadian anime series called, "Space first rate St Lawrence?'🙄
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  243. Cooking competition? 🤔
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  244. Who can forget "Crimson Tide?" 🌝
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  245. 🍹😂👍
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  246. Outside the scope of the channel. He's not doing Cold War topics.
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  247. Rather than redoing the Hunley or Turtle. People should look to narco submersibles of today....
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  248. I would refer you to the famous quote by Mike Tyson. " Everybody's got a plan. Until they get punched in the face. "😒
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  249. And hamburgers are not made from ham.....
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  250. Actually , it was a World War II ship. Cv-16 was Commissioned in Feb, 1943.
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  251.  @Drachinifel  the British Invasion part 2 . Electric boogaloo! 🤔 Operation Market and small Garden supply store.
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  252. Mens Room on the 2nd floor tour is a bit of a let down. 😎
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  253.  @exsubmariner  yes, the US Army Air Force what's established in 1941 from the old Air Corps. And continued as the Army Air Force until the defense act in 1947.
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  254.  @88porpoise  United States Army Air Force is an organization. With several numbered Air forces. You are just posting, just to post something...
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  255. As someone who works with Kids the age of Midshipman Farragut. It is crazy to think of a 11 year old POW.
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  256. I doubt it? They had different home ports.
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  257.  @williamcote4208  horses like K9s are useful, but expendable.
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  258. I was about to kind of say the same thing. This channel has been on how many years?
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  259. Agreed, great book and details the battle well.
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  260. Before you get to that, there is sourcing. As I recall, most of the large deposits are in Russia? Just getting enough to build an airplane out of titanium like the SR-71 required making special deals. There is no way in heck you're going to get enough to build an entire armor belt of a ship.
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  261.  @QuizmasterLaw  Hardly ever. Not really a fighter.
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  262. The M1917 Lewis gun was in 30-06 in USN and USMC use and made by Savage Arms.
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  263. So true. French design from clothes to ships is just well... French.
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  264.  @erichammer2751  oh....😮 That is quirky....
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  265. Defense spending is a balance of priorities.
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  266. ​ @tonymanero5544 the better way to look at it is that weapons had downsized by the time of the A5. And by this time, the Polaris program was in full scale. Thus the aircraft became a Recon bird.
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  267. Raise the Yorktown?😏💉💊 Just Say no to drugs...
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  268. @YUriPup  the Dutch apparently adopted it from a Mohawk word. "SKAHNEHTAI", Meaning, "beyond the Pines."
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  269. With ship size, you do have to Consider the Panama Canal. Also access to the Naval Yards like Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Mare Island. You have bridges and shallow river channels to navigate.
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  270. By Douglas Reeman.....😉 on my book shelf.
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  271. It is not Navy property anymore. And they have trouble keeping the current fleet in service......
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  272. Using main guns for AA is silly.
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  273.  @xaenon  Well... Fresh water is useful. Just perhaps in the wrong location. At US possession like Midway or Wake Island it could be really useful.
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  274. As anti shipping weapons, they work. Remember the rules of Commerce warfare were that you ID ships. Search cargoes. Let the crew take to the boats, and use the deck guns. Once you adapt unrestricted sub warfare, they can torpedo ships on sight.
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  275. In your travels to Australia did you find the, "Great Barrier Reef " to be great? Or just a kind of a..... reasonably satisfactory Reef?😏
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  276. Folks.... the name is John D. BULKELEY. Vice Admiral and awardee of the Medal of Honor. VADM. Bulkeley passed away April 6 1996 at age 84. He rests in Arlington Cemetery. The DDG-84 is named in his honor.
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  277. It just so happens I have that DVD. HMS Jamaica plays the role of HMS Exeter.
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  278. Torpedo nets. They are booms that swing out and hold the nets.
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  279. It's not like they are taking wallets and wedding rings.
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  280. IN ship news..... The Ex Soviet Carrier Minsk is on fire in China. The Former Kiev class ship looks like a total loss this morning. Cause unknown....
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  281. ​ @Pilotmario General Dynamics was incorporated in 1952.
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  282.  @stevevalley7835  He would complain the oars in "Ben Hur" were not the right color wood or something....😏
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  283. A lot of time and effort better spent making tanks.
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  284. I swear, the stupidity of the Thatcher haters is just off the charts.
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  285.  @calvingreene90  Nobody is crying for another carrier museum. Nuke or not.
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  286.  @cvproj  Ship museums have different levels of support. The Intrepid and Midway have great locations and tons of visitors. While the USS Olympia sits in need here in Philadelphia. The Seaport Museum gets little City support and one of the State Senator on the board milked the museum fund as his personal bank.... USS JFK has been on Museum hold here at the Navy yard for 10 years. No takers....😪 https://youtu.be/CUwPfKXzdDY
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  287.  @ldnstan2454  If I take 90% your earnings, how much spending would you do?
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  288. No, actually worse is that he did it a second time.
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  289. I will second a request for a Rickover video.
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  290. design decision and treaty limits on size.
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  291. How do I put this kindly? 🤨 Admiral Popov is a bloody Looney!
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  292. That's a lot of, "what if?"
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  293.  @c_o_n_t_e_n_t3420  Yeah, dark as in there are men in there. And yeah, you going to drown them to keep the ammo exploding.
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  294. For firing, the tubes are hand cranked to a angle and ejected by a black power charge on top of the tube. Gyro on the torpedo then correct the angle to aim straight ahead.
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  295.  @Kim-the-Dane-1952  Sour grapes are universal. As for the film, actually it is a team effort film. He is not the lead, Robert Montgomery is.....
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  296.  Steve Ala  Look at it differently. The World is buying USA made products. Just not from the smoke industries of old. The want US made drugs and medical equipment. Not TV sets. They want films and music. Not washing machines. They want weapons from Boeing and not Mack trucks. Apple Iphones over Bethleham Steel.
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  297. Where are you going to put hangers with all that machinery space?
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  298. The Carfax 🦊on this ship was a long one.
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  299. Coffee seems to be drug of choice for all. At sea or on land.
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  300. "Inevitable?" No. They were in a well made and crewed ship. "Inevitable," implies they had zero shot at all. Now how it blew up? Yeah, lucky shot.
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  301.  @WraithMagus  Actually, today a sub with drones would be nice to have. Subs have a huge recon and special Ops function. The ability to launch airborne drones, armed or not could be useful.
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  302. Chip on shoulder is showing.
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  303. It would nice if the US Navy could get that much use out of their LCS....😏
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  304. There was no lack of ships. Just a lack of takers. Many today face scrapyard or sinkex.
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  305. On the Merchant side... The 1950's saw the introduction of container ships. This made Liberty ships obsolete. Jet travel killed the Atlantic liner trade. So they get scraped. On the warship side? Cold War threats and defense cuts means older ships get scraped for newer, less manpower ones. The NATO threat of the late 1950's was ASW. So the need for big gun surface ships faded. The naval gun fire role in Korea and Vietnam was what saved the Iowa's and the De Moines.
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  306.  @billiardsandsnookervideosn8319  They are booms for torpedo nets. Minesweepers are different device.
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  307. Same dream.....
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  308. The Confederates have about as much life as the Oakland A's.
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  309. The quick answer? The Torpedoes cost like $10k a peice in the 1930's. You want to spend that in a Great Depression? Next, the USN Ordinance board thought they knew better. Failure has to be by human error. Our weapon is fine. Last, lab conditions and real world use was differrent.
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  310. A 5 Minute in guide for Sub fans today.
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  311. Was that a Elco or Higgins made boat? I always liked the small stuff Navy.😎
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  312. The escorts did the shooting.
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  313. At least at least you had a fancy computer program. These guys are using drafting tables and slide rules.
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  314. Yes, but the Essex class has more room.
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  315. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Oh, those loonies.... 🦆
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  316.  @alainjoyeux809  actually one of the US Navy's China gunboats. Was captured by the Japanese and put in service. USS Wake (PR-3). The ship was captured on December 8,1941 on the Yangtze River. Renamed, IJN Tatara still 1945. Then......gets crazier still..... We give her to the Nationalist Chinese. They rename it Tai Yuan. And then..... The Red Chinese captured it in 1949.
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  317. Will the marriage last after he starts listening to dry dock on his honeymoon?
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  318.  @sarjim4381  And yet the same basic engine powered the Panther & Cougar. So Rolls Royce was not total screwups.😒
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  319.  @SZKARLUPIEN  The fire control. The elevated level lets you see farther and away from sea spray.
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  320. Another week, another question about how to cheat, rig, avoid or loophole the Washington Naval Treaty? This a endless obsession thread now....
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  321. You miss read the history. Most of the losses were by dumb bombs. Not missiles. And the AA defense systems were designed for a different threat type.
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  322. That makes zero sense. Kills only count with witness confirmation and the film backs that.
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  323.  @warrenlehmkuhleii8472  Your joking? Right? The USN was tiny. It would offer little help to the Royal Navy.
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  324. To be truthful honest, Supermarine never did make a decent Naval fighter ever.
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  325.  @iKvetch558  you already have four carriers. They're only expecting to face 2.
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  326.  @brendonbewersdorf986  the US Navy did. The USS Akron and USS Macon.
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  327.  @brendonbewersdorf986  it's not possible to house them like a hanger. But they did have ships with Mooring masts...
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  328.  @jukebox_heroperson3994  not really blowing anything out of proportion. And yes, we did bad things. a lot..... They just tend to get swept under the rug of History.
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  329. A flag ship is what ever ship the task force commander rides in and has staff.
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  330.  @Drachinifel  Wikipedia basically states they stayed in the mothball fleet. But changed designation from CV's. They were never active again.
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  331. https://youtu.be/JvjQbwxfnec
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  332.  @morgan3688  If not for such pioneers, we wouldn't have SEALS today.
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  333. Class rename? Thresher Class subs renamed Permit Class.
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  334. About this carrier building question. 5 or 6 hulls are nice, but where are the pilots and planes? Aircraft production is not reaching a peak till mid war. Pilot training takes maybe a year? The USN and USMC can't fill those air groups in pre war conditions.
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  335. Greece is the "Crazy Cat Lady" Navy. Stray ships from everywhere. 😼
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  336.  @redtob2119  1. Most other nations were not into surface raiding. That is the main mission of Pocket BB's. 2. They could build full sized instead.
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  337. The Delaware river bottom till recently was only 35 to 40 ft. The Brooklyn yard had bridge clearance issues. Mare Island, I think have drydocks about the same size as Philly.
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  338.  @EdAtoZ  Utah has its own memorial. Still there.
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  339. It is probably the smallest vessel we've done a 5-minute guide on?
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  340.  @Boreas74  Merchant ships have known routes. The Fleet would avoid them. Also the fleet used a storm to hide in on the way to Hawaii. Yes, they would sink any Merchant ship with a radio.
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  341. So great quality control is a Russian shipbuilding tradition of a century plus?😏
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  342. There is some truth there. https://youtu.be/1yAahSUiXt4
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  343.  @jeff53494  You do not want smoke not interfering with flight operations. Both designs are to keep minimal smoke from interfering with your landing approach view.
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  344.  @ZurLuften  the short and simple answer to that question is, Normandy is well within the range of land-based aircraft.
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  345. That would be Commander Eugene Esmonde. RN of Fleet Air Arm Squadron 825. Commanding. Awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for gallantry in this battle.
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  346. The Ohio has the better sonar.
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  347.  @lawrencewestby9229  taking Midway is not hard. Holding it is. You're talkin about a place has no High Ground or Jungle. No natural water source. Limited defense Force. As for Guadalcanal? If the Allies lose Midway? Hard to pull off Guadalcanal at all.
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  348. Since you're Brazilian, perhaps you could tell us whom this is named for? 🤔
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  349. Seriously? 🙀 This is 2019? Seen much of modern Japan? And pay for the defense of Japan?? US forces are there for our political policy reasons. The JSDF is the 3rd biggest force in Asia. That fact they have spent that time defending Tokyo from Godzilla and Mothra; is due to the Constitution and the sea change of Pacifism. We the USA are there because of location. We spent the Cold War fighting hot wars in Korea and Vietnam. And backed Taiwan over the Mainland. Ask the residents of Okinawa? They wish the Yanks would leave.
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  350. Yes! Naval ships then and now carry small arms. And actually ship boarding is back as a active activity. While most weapons are for ship security. Many are used in counter piracy and counter drug operations. This is called VBSS duty. https://youtu.be/0vXJFU4h7DM
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  351.  @bkjeong4302  would you prefer she wind up like the Texas today?
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  352.  @sirrliv  I wish they would slap some torpedoes in that thing and end that mess. It's like watching my Mom brain dead. Let it go ...
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  353. ​ @bkjeong4302 aren't you throwing in the small monkey wrench of Coal versus oil fuel? ⛽ Is your World War II ship supportable?
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  354. 🙄 So in other words this has nothing to do with the Jonas Brothers? I thought it was named for their mom or something? ⛵
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  355. I think this was asked like two weeks ago? You are just basically looking at silhouette book. They weren't close enough for an accurate identification. Nor was it particularly relevant who got credit for shooting at you at the time.
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  356.  @kkupsky6321  we would call a ship in that position as, "capsized."
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  357.  @Waldherz  Okay, before going off the rails...... Intelligence and planning were looking at war in 1942. Thus the moves of men and equipment to the Philippines. Nobody was thinking about a attack on Hawaii in December. Nor did they know where the fleet was. Vietnam was not a civil war. South Vietnam was a independent nation and ally. The Gulf of Tonkin is a mixed bag event. But not the way you portray.
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  358.  @allangibson8494  just reinforcing the point I made. No one really plans out Wars that far or long. We would be hard-pressed to engage anyone in serious War right now in 2024.
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  359.  @karlvongazenberg8398  As a Carrier, a naval aviator would be more fitting. Ensign Jesse Brown would have been fitting. https://youtu.be/Cuo1sia2-EI
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  360. I'm waiting for Harry and William to just go out behind the castle, take off the ties and throw down. The brother fist fight is overdue.
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  361.  @marvinthemartian9584  if you look on YouTube there's entire videos on this subject. Short answer? Poor performance versus other aircraft. Handling issues. The ability of other aircraft to deliver ordinance. In general, Curtiss-Wright made a lot of crap.
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  362. Well when you're smoking unfiltered Luck Strikes three packs a day; what's a little plutonium? 🚬😤
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  363. That narrative is false. But keeps getting repeated. You also while trying to hang one man; give Admiral Admiral Hart and General Brereton a pass.
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  364.  @michaelpiatkowskijr1045  again, false narrative. Aircraft were put into the air. Not that they were very good or large number. Nor did they have much of a functioning radar system. The aircraft were caught on the ground because they had to refuel. And air operations were the responsibility of the Air Force Commander.
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  365. Like? Country Rap? Or Sushi flavored Ice cream?
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  366.  @MrDirigible  Now,now.....😐, the Man has a valid point. While not in the top 10 of bleeping things, it is not very nice.
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  367.  @lostpony4885  actually hitting something is even better.
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  368.  @Drachinifel  True. Brave, but a barn door accurate bunch.
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  369. Or.... Perhaps you need a hearing test? The volume is fine.
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  370.  @seth1422  The Ranger & Wasp did have limited operations in the Eastern Atlantic and Med. And survived.
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  371.  @seth1422  "Wildcat vs. ME109F" The Wildcat , although faster and more maneuverable than the sea hurricane, it was still some 60 mph slower than the German fighter. The lower the altitude the less the odds favored the me-109 f. The Wildcat also had a heavier punch to deliver. Verdict: as a dog Fighter the Wildcat was superior to the me-109 f, but the initiative always lay with the German because of superior performance. At low altitudes the me-109 had the edge over the Wildcat but not by much. "Wildcat vs. ME 110" The me 110 C, with his inferior performance with find it difficult to escape the wildcats' attentions. A beam or flat astern attack by the powerfully armed Wildcat was likely to meet with success, the German forced to rely on the rear Gunner for survival. Verdict: the me-110 C would be unlikely to survive an encounter with a wildcat, and only a lucky hit could stop the latter."- from "Duels in the Sky" by, Captain Eric Brown, RN page 66. So I give the USN a fair chance. In UK hands, they fared well vs. Both German and Italian aircraft. And did as well if better then Sea Hurricanes or Fulmar Squadrons.
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  372.  @wesleyjohnson3786  The Germans vs. The Royal Navy in East Africa during WW1 comes close.
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  373.  @rogersmith7396  actually in the mid 50s a lot of the Essex class got conversions.
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  374. British Invasion tour minus the Beatles & Stones? 🙄
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  375. Uh, correction needed Sir. Captain Fleming, was a Marine Corps Naval Aviator. And for his sacrifice, Earned the Medal of Honor. https://youtu.be/gSXfT3y5BNY
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  376. Uss Wahoo.
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  377. ​ @John.0z It was a time of technological Mouse versus mouse trap. Both sides kind of went down different rat holes. The Air Force played around with escort Fighters, parasite Fighters, and finally in-flight refueling. Then they thought if they can't beat them, they'll try and outrun them. And that lasted, until someone came up with the surface-to-air missile.
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  378. ​ @WindHaze10 you still face the problems that all German Navy surface ships do. Limited access to the Atlantic. No overseas bases other than captured ones in Norway or France. Few escorts or support vessels. Having a bigger ship and bigger guns doesn't change much.....
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  379. I think we can blame James Bond for this torpedo question. I vaguely remember in," You only live twice" that they try this in the harbor at Hong Kong.
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  380. 5 min guide to X Craft submarines? 🤔 Pretty please, with sugar on top. 🍩
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  381.  @ligh7foo7  the order to abandon ship had already been given. Anyone still aboard was trapped below deck.
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  382.  @scottgiles7546  there was an entire live chat just Wednesday...
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  383. Slightly? 🙄 Understatement of the day. Hard to do as they have yet to give many details to this day. Even exact casualties.
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  384.  @kyle857  Ha ha you jest? The Zumwalt is stealthy, and that is about it.
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  385. ​ @MonkeyJedi99 having worked with school kids daily, I can kind of picture this.
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  386.  @randomthings7898  the simple fact is that Subs are faster at least on the surface. A type IX U-Boat can do about 18 to say 20 knots. A liberty ship can only max out about 11 nautical miles per hour. These ships are traveling in Convoy. So you're basically traveling at the speed of the slowest vessels. Plus in rough weather oh, it's hard to maintain high speed. Also the submarines are working in ambush. They are located in Patrol Zones along the line of travel trying to intercept. Attacking at night on the surface. They'll be hard to spot.
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  387. I guess this Jersey Shore has nobody named, Snooki? 😏
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  388. The priority was internal expansion. If you're going to settle the West; you're not going to spend money on a Navy. Until we started getting into the empire business, really wasn't much need for it.
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  389.  @ArcticTemper  nothing. People overrate missiles. And Hood has armor.
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  390. A all sub navy doesn't get you far. And they act as a decoy to the Home Fleet. The RN has to keep tons ships at Scapa flow to guard against raiders. Ships that could have been in action, elsewhere.
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  391. I believe Drach did months ago?
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  392. You could do a battle in Detroit today and nobody would notice.
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  393. In Naval news. After a year, the missing Argentine Navy sub San Juan has been located finally.
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  394. Multiple decks are for wedding cakes. Not Carriers.....😏🍰
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  395. That is one hell of a time machine you guys are using? So.... who gets placed on Mt. Rushmore? Since Roosevelt never becomes president of the USA in this univerese.
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  396. More Monty Python logic. Witches burn because they are made of wood.🤣
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  397.  @isaacsolomon9908  Short answer? Great Depression cuts defense spending. No ships get built. Development moves elseware.
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  398.  @MartinWillett  Somehow, I think Western Civilization Will survive this calamity. 😏
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  399.  @LuqmanHM  You then run into a huge manpower problem. Japan never could train enough pilots to equip those carriers. Most of the best trained ones were lost at Midway in 1942. That was the cream of the crop. So building more carriers has problems.
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  400.  @louis-philippefink4688  The Arado, like it's USN counterpart the Vought Kingfisher was really a spotter, not a fighter. In the pre radar era, they were to fly and radio target info to the ship. The other duty was SAR of downed pilots. Plus the sea was too rough to stop and recover Bismarck 's planes even if launched. Thus a one way flight.
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  401.  @louis-philippefink4688  It's a quirky idea. Just needs a better plane to do the job. The Japanese Rufe fighter is what you need. The Rufe, was a A6M2 Zero on floats.
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  402.  @augustosolari7721  RN in 1943 attacked Tirpitz with midget subs. The damage, took months to repair.
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  403. Torpedo net booms. They fold out to hold the nets.
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  404. Speaking of non Capitalists.... On this day in history: North Korea captured USS Pueblo. Jan. 23, 1968. Darn ship, still there. And still on the books..... 😒
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  405. This is probably the smallest vessel 5 minute guide?
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  406. I don't think 16 aircraft of medium sized are going to do much more damage that way.
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  407.  @mpetersen6  I would agree with your analysis that the primary goal was more psychological.
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  408. HVAC tech was poor then. Thus, portholes. 😷
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  409. Think of it as a Band-Aid approach. Short-term fix to a long-term problem. Having support Oilers is always a problem.
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  410. Actually the term would be oiler. Tankers transport oil. Oilers are used for refueling.
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  411.  @d.olivergutierrez8690  he's still just a one-man operation working with 52 weeks in a year.
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  412. There was a lot of field modifications done by Crews. Rather than being issued from the factory. The most notable example is of course, JFK in his use of a 37 mm Cannon on his PT-109.
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  413. I don't think the Admiral is going to micromanage air ops?
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  414. ALL were under the Command of Adm. Hart. CINC Asiatic fleet. That was basically all forces in China, the PI, and West Pacific. At the start of war, the Cruisers and DD's fled join the ABDA. Leaving only a token force of subs, PT Squadron 3, and assorted tenders and minesweepers.
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  415.  @adammclean4871  The Usaf has a it's version of The Mothball fleet; "The Boneyard " at Davis-Monathan AFB in Arizona. Planes are kept in desert storage there. USN and USMC planes get stored as well.
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  416.  @DanielJMorgan  False claim. Those are dual purpose guns. Bigger Boom?😏 A 16 inch 50 on a Battleship is not a darn 12 gauge duck gun.
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  417.  @jakemillar649  It makes as much sense as the Star Trek crew going back in time to save some whales.🐋🐳
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  418.  @maximumvoid5326  Yes. 2001 – December 22 Battle of Amami-Ōshima Japanese coast guard vessels sink an armed North Korean spy trawler. 2002 – June 29 Second Battle of Yeonpyeong A South Korean naval patrol encounters North Korean intruders and force them to withdraw. 2006 – May 11 – The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and 4-30 Tigers dead 2008 – August 9 – The Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet sinks a Georgian Navy ship during the Battle off the coast of Abkhazia 2009 – November 10 Battle of Daecheong A South Korean patrol damages a North Korean gunboat forcing it to withdraw. 2011 – April 29 – French frigate Courbet engages four Libyan RHIB mineplanters off Misrata, sinking one.[7] 2011 – May 12 – Canadian, British, and French ships repulse a Libyan naval attack on the city of Misrata.[8] 2017 – March 16 – Somali Pirates hijack an oil tanker[9] 2018 – November 25 – 2018 Kerch Strait incident Russian and Ukrainian ships skirmish at Kerch Strait during the War in Donbass[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_naval_battles
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  419. It matters for flight ops. Most all approaches are made in a Port or left turn.
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  420. Policy aside, the logistics of a East Pacific Anti shipping war don't balance the investment, Huge area. Long transit to a patrol zone. Well protected targets. And few of them. Can they continue such ops past 1942 and risk the losses?
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  421. A lot of air cover helped.
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  422. Aye aye, sir. 😎🇺🇲
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  423. Nope. We talked about this last week.
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  424. I think you're thinking about MAD (magnetic anomaly detection)? Which is used in ASW planes and helicopters still today to find submarines. https://youtu.be/tMXOKUUX3Wg
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  425.  @ReptilianLepton  So far the Reputation of the Ford class is one step above Cluster bleep..... Word in the Navy is that the 4 ordered, are it for now...
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  426. This has been addressed in some other videos. It's a matter for Malaysian officials. It's their Waters.
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  427. Easy answer. Navies have to pay people to scrap their ships. No profit on scrapping. The market is full of ships to scrap vs demand for Steel. Plus US firms have to obey EPA regulations for hazmat that 3rd World breakers do Not. Nuclear ships are bigger headache due to a delay in operating a permanent National waste site.
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  428. Speaking of Sail..... Can we get a 5 minute guide to USCG Eagle? 🤔
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  429. Being a Russian Naval aviator has got to be a very odd career?
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  430. As far as service records for US veterans? The US national archives at St Louis handles those requests. The military records archives are stored there. The national archives has a website with the information. Be warned however, a percentage of these records were lost in a major fire in 1973. As to the boat? That would have been the unit squadron designation. Each boat has its own number.
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  431. Brenda, chill.....
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  432. To what end? Is your life in that much crisis?
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  433.  @murderouskitten2577  The British Invasion returns...🇬🇧☺
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  434. Sorry, that makes no sense. That is what funnels are for. The twin islands have more to do with air ops vs ship driving. Air ops has a better aft view. The forward island is better placed to navigate the ship.
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  435. You've given me a reason to pull out my DVD of, " the battle of the River Platte." Great naval film. On Amazon.... 😉
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  436.  @philvanderlaan5942  whining.....😏
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  437. The internal gyroscopes would make the correction to fire straight ahead.
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  438. Happy Bastille day 🥐🍾🇫🇷
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  439. 😢 Based on this? I would run from any Pressgang! I can assure you no one would take a cruise ship today if their Buffet consisted of bread, butter and Saltfish. I hate to be the one guy on the ship asking for the vegan option?🙋🏽‍♂️ I will never complain about eating spam or Ramen ever again.... And they don't exactly have Gordon Ramsay as the ship's cook here.👨‍🍳 At this point in history, have they introduced the limes and lemons to combat scurvy?
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  440. USS Pennsylvania
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  441. ​ @richardbennett1856  Midway is already pretty full of airplanes. As I recall they do have B-26's in their first real action. Sending b-17s would be kind of a stretch. And high-level bombing doesn't work on ships very well.
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  442.  @edwardteach3000  Hey you try making a historicaly good country song that charts? It's like making Scientific Gospel... 🤔
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  443. Whining over nothing
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  444. Seem the USN has taken the collision tradition to new highs lately.......😏
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  445.  @AtomicBabel  Want sad?😪 Try CV-67 USS JFK just last week....https://youtu.be/CUwPfKXzdDY
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  446.  @AtomicBabel  Seriously? That is the benchmark?
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  447. Rodney vs Bismarck.
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  448. What would you have them do? Try being in the their shoes. Play ball or wind up like Poland?
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  449. Try some decaf. 🙄☕
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  450. Well for once we can give a Russian Navy a thumbs up.
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  451. Missiles are better As a Air defense tool. Most of the ships of the era really needed guns for surface action and gunfire support.
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  452. So basically.... 1st Sea Lord=Chief of Naval Operations. 1st Lord of Admiralty=Secretary of the Navy.
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  453.  @TEHSTONEDPUMPKIN  Well 🤔 the Sardines are happy.....
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  454. Better yet, how about the reverse? A JMSDF Aegis Destroyer refights 1942. https://youtu.be/WAEU4apIx7c
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  455. The film is based on the book About PT Squadron 3.
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  456.  @philipjooste9075  Ah, that was the critical point of your question. Light crusiers were just cheaper and other building needs like Asw escorts took precedence over more heavy crusiers.
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  457.  @johnbeauvais3159  Anyone dissing "Pearl Harbor" has never watched 5 mins of "Battleship?" https://youtu.be/nCqDdsZY7RA
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  458. ​ @admiral5113 mortars date back to the age of sail. They were used to take out fortifications. Rather than shoot at walls. You would shoot over them.
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  459. They got tricked into a close-range fight.
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  460. Million? You need more female viewers.
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  461. In most cases it is a navigation hazard. Like the wreck of the Graf Spee was or the ships at Pearl Harbor. It will interesting to see what Norway does with it's newest wrecked warship.
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  462. Nope.
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  463. The term your looking for is Spar torpedo.
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  464. 😳 yeah..... easy......
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  465. Bigger is not necessarily better. You are just making it harder to handle. And slower to reload.
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  466. Patreon users....
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  467. Like most Fiat Chrysler stuff... 😒
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  468.  @rogerhinman5427  Nope. With Amtrak limits on passengers suing for damages being changed, I would not ride them. Also major bridge project Near 30th Street Station has traffic a mess. From the Airport he can hit Penn's Landing and the Navy Yard just taking I-95.
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  469. @Karl Dubhe No, but he has been to San Francisco a few times....😏
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  470.  @Dittoooooooooooo  Use? Same use it does today. The biggest Seaport in the region and sits at the choke point of all travel from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. It supports your Land operations in the CBI and Cuts the supply line of Australia via the Indian Ocean.
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  471.  @billhanna2148  Rate of fire? 7 to 8 per minute. Range? 22,000 meters max
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  472. Actually the other big issue for the ABDA force was fuel. There was barely enough for the smaller ships.
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  473. The Swordfish has the climb rate of a bus. You can't get it up high enough or fast enough to be a decent dive bomber.
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  474. Thank God for Drydock..... I need a break from Politics and even my Star Trek Drama Queens this week.🙄
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  475.  @erict7840  That is a load of crap and 100% false. You owe the man apologies.
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  476.  @LuisRamos-ou8zb  In fact the event was filmed live. It was made into a Navy training film on Damage Control shown to every recruit in training. And your basically correct. While launching a Alpha strke From Yankee Station, a Zuni rocket on a F-4B fired accidently. It crossed the deck into the Parked A-4's of VA-46. LT. McCain's drop tank was ruptured by the rocket. The fuel then ignited and started a fire among the 3 A-4's. He climbed out of the jet, seconds before his bomb load cooked off. That is fact and official.
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  477.  @randomwarehouse4702  the precision guidance required to hit a ship; is a lot different than hitting an area Target the size of a city. And by the time you are talking about; Maritime strike aircraft have already been countered by aircraft at sea. FW 200 is no longer a convoy threat. You are not getting in range to shoot anything.
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  478. 😒 Somedays being a ally of the UK is hard. The RN won the war? Okay.....
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  479. Decommissioned in 74. Sold for scrap 6 years later.
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  480. 🤔......... That is the Peace Corps job.
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  481. Rather than tie down the Home fleet in Scapa Flow, why not put the sub force on blockade? RN subs have nothing else better to do. Have them sit off Norway. The lack of Germans destroyers makes this a cheaper option.
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  482.  @augustosolari7721  Good points. Sub warfare tactics were still being developed just as aviation was. The idea of subs as forward fleet recon units is not just a IJN idea. The planes extended the detection range of the slow speed subs.
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  483. The captain's cabin tended to be at the stern.
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  484.  @gumimalac  They are booms for torpedo nets. When unfolded, the nets protect the ship from torpedoes.
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  485.  @stanleyrogouski  Model of Salem as the Graf.
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  486. With all this shipbuilding, are there any trees in England? Do old growth trees exist?
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  487. Gee, that has been only asked 50 times.
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  488. Let's rephrase that question. Using non steel materials could you reduce Weight? Top side items like the funnels and masts are places where steel is not needed.
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  489.  @brendonbewersdorf986  not when you have the proven 88 mm.
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  490.  @brendonbewersdorf986  you're making an unnecessarily heavy and unwieldy Dual Purpose gun.
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  491.  @jakemillar649  believe it or not according to the Guinness Book of Records , Nobody Has Come Close since. The highest speed attained by a destroyer was 45.25 knots (83.42 km/h or 52 mph) by the 2,900 tonne (6.4 million lb) French ship Le Terrible in 1935. Built in Blainville, France and powered by four Yarrow small tube boilers and two Rateau geared turbines, giving 74,570 kW (100,000 shp), she was decommissioned at the end of 1957.
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  492. I beg your pardon? I believe the words are duty, honor and country. Vanity has nothing to do with it.
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  493. submarine September
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  494.  @Starsky3022  no you asked the question could they have been used for the purpose of an lph. The Navy decide to use Essex classes for that role.
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  495.  @Starsky3022  LPH. Landing platform helicopter. The first iteration of amphibious assault by helicopter. Today we use the LHA. The difference with those is that they may or may not have a well deck for amphibious vehicles.
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  496.  @cristitanase6130  you have a large empire to protect and patrol. The British empire stretched several continents and oceans. It's not practical to have a battleship every place. And a destroyer is not heavy enough.
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  497. Happy 248th Birthday U.S. Navy.🎂
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  498. Could they shoot hot dog shells like the Phillie Phanatic? https://youtu.be/6DIEXyBcpUY
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  499. Torpedo nets? Not a full video.
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  500.  @hamsterdarth  Perhaps I'm of the old school? But no Victorian/Edwardian era Flag officer runs from a enemy without firing a shot. Craddock stands down.Von Spee rounds the Horn and escapes into the Atlantic. Putting Merchant ships at risk. And those deaths are on his hands.
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  501.  @nanamikamiya6500  well it wasn't directly the US Coast Guard. It was originally the revenue cutter service. They were tasked with collecting the customs and import duties. In a pre income tax America, this was a major source of funding. Also separately you had to development of the life saving service and services for the lighthouses. All these got merged together during World War 1.
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  502. That would be more of a seaplane tender.
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  503.  @shawnc1016  "Runaway." Yep, With a skinny Christie Alley.
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  504.  @lcook82  The Great Depression would stop Naval expansion.
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  505.  @christophpoll784  That is "PT 109." The story of JFK in WW2.
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  506.  @christiancobb5309  First question? Chem and biological weapons. Most ships, except the British used enclosed bridges and main guns. Thus in battle, all water tight hatches and doors are shut. Ventilation systems can be reversed to blow away gases. Ships later have sprinkler systems to wash down, leftover bio or fallout materials. Last, ships can move. So they can turn and dodge any WW 1 gas attacks.... As for Nuclear gunnery? Yes, the USN R&D did develop nuclear warheads for Naval guns like the Army.
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  507. I think USS Canon fits the bill. Available too. http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/11090.htm
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  508. Actually, the Navy is planning on replacements for the two hospital ships. There's a question about design. Cruise ships in general are not optimum. You need a design with flight deck access for medivac helicopters as well as logistic delivery.
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  509.  @coreystockdale6287  Seriously? 😏
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  510.  @brendonbewersdorf986  well actually never carried any. And then there's the whole matter of this being a first generation carrier and first generation of aircraft design for it. Naval aviation is a bit of an evolutionary process. And the Germans were very late to the game.
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  511. Battleships feed no one. And Polaris subs were needed more.
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  512. Most steel plants are not set up for it.
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  513. Again, faulty thinking. Why we have a Montana fan club today is a mystery? The idea your going increase speed by gimmicks is a dead end. The idea of replacing the guns for missiles is another bad idea. There are cruisers for AA defense.
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  514. Any chance for a special on HMS Carmania vs SMS Cap Trafalgar? 😲
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  515. Actually there has been a film on the event. It goes by the title, " Die Männer Der Emden." Sadly, it's all in German. But there is a copy here on YouTube.
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  516.  @orbitalair2103  There is no good choice. The force is too weak to win. Too slow to run. And to run would be cowardice. You engage..... Do max damage on the enemy. Delay them till Sturdee can arrive. And roll the dice.
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  517. What is this obsession people have with trying to occupy Hawaii? It makes no sense tactically or logistically. Shipping a six carrier task force halfway across the Pacific is hard enough. You do not have the ability to ship an invasion Force. Let alone sustain one.
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  518.  @marcusfranconium3392  the island of Oahu has a civilian population of thousands. With an Army and Marine force of a division Plus. The Japanese are not transporting enough men to even hold one Island, let alone the rest of the chain. Nor do you have the logistics to maintain a supply line to Hawaii. it makes zero sense. They could barely take Wake Island.
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  519. ​ @bkjeong4302 good question. But I think they decided to skip on the electronics. And just use a happy volunteer. Kind of speeds the whole development thing.
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  520. I will hold the urge to 🤢 the click bait.
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  521.  @brendonbewersdorf986  so you want a tender? Much in the same way that we had seaplane tenders.
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  522. Technology changed faster than tactics. Nobody had developed Naval aviation into a offense arm outside of wargames. Nor were aviators in command staff positions to change the traditional surface navy. Next, everyone keeps forgetting the Great Depression. All nation's held back on defense spending,
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  523. 😔 And so go the best laid plans of mice, men & the IJN......
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  524. Sad, yet true.
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  525.  @kylarstern7550  They tried that at Scapa Flow early in the war and sank HMS Royal Oak.
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  526. Handsome looking ship.
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  527.  @carloschristanio4709  no one said that at all. However, many people try to pretend we wear black hats and white Hats.
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  528.  @mh53j  what does that have to With USA administration of the Philippines? Nothing....
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  529. Are you just particularly bored today?
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  530. Propeller guards. They act as additional fenders to protect the props. Found on subs as well.
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  531.  @gregb6469  Greg, sorry but the folks in Arizona deserve a new ship. And the dead on Arizona are no more special dead than those on say the USS Maine. And that loss started a entire war. Or the other Pearl Harbor ships sunk? All have had new ships. A new Oklahoma is coming also.
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  532.  @gregb6469  Sec Nav, the USN, And the People of Arizona feel different. There is no dishonor to BB-39. Also there is no more IJN or Reichmarine.
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  533.  @biscuit4705  It was part of a attempt to streamline the number of planes types. So the F-14, A-6, A-7, A-5, and S-3 Are retired for a mostly F/A-18 force. Few types mean than`a costs and type training.
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  534.  @georgebizos944  Actually the USN did try. The problem is you have a compromised design. Tiny plane that takes time to launch, recover and store. A sub that has weight issues. A hanger that may flood. And noise from all the gear underwater.
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  535.  @morgan3688  Based on? What part of this history did you miss?
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  536.  @nothim7321  Hmmmmmm....That is a odd one.
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  537. @andersed1  You have an entire US Army division in Schofield barracks. Not to mention the Marines. This is not happening.
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  538.  @Trek001  🤔You know I was just thinking? This channel has been on for like 7 years? And I don't think we've covered the story? OR are the 2000 mile Voyage of WIlliam BliGH? I have searched for video. Have we ever done a Wednesday guide?
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  539.  @Drachinifel  Hate to barge in on this fantasy..... Who is attacking Canada by sea? Meaning, they have never needed protecting except from those Gangsters across the Lakes. So.... the point of a Canada building a battleship is ???
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  540.  @norman6422  Ships are not tanks. While one hit can stop a tank. Ships are compartmentalized. Limiting blast damage.
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  541. ​ @brendonbewersdorf986 it's not really a matter of having a larger combat Air patrol. Rather it's the placement of them. And their ammunition and fuel status.
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  542.  @MachinaDenot  I tried 2 years of Spanish. 30 years later the best I can do is order a sandwich and catch a taxi to the aeropuerto. I think my Japanese will sound worse..... 😒
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  543.  @stmcde1701  answer? Trying to send Bismarck to the Mediterranean is just a non-starter.
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  544.  @ParabellumHistory  incorrect. The Oklahoma was never scrapped. It sank while being towed back to the States.
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  545.  @kemarisite  🤷🏽‍♂️ the ever-present, "tanks are not ships" thing continues.
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  546. Nope...SSN -803 will be named Arizona. SSN-802 Oklahama....Construction soon.
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  547.  @TTTT-oc4eb  You ignore the Iowa's Post WW2 life.
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  548.  @bkjeong4302  Oh, boy.... the Bismarck Fanboys will go into shark mode BK.🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈
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  549.  @bkjeong4302  Oh boy...... now the Iowa fans. 🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈
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  550. They are certainly not forgotten or slighted. It just happens to be a warship Focused Channel....
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  551.  @Carbapenem1917  those are booms for torpedo nets.
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  552.  @JasperFromMS  Basically it is in drydock. The blocks support the keel and allow access to the bottom of the hull. The booms are to keep the ship stabilized. The men are likely painting.
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  553. Boilers are not near the magazines.
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  554. Meanwhile everyone was smoking three packs a day while doing this...
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  555. They weren't really too early. We just decided to use Essex class ships in the lph role.
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  556. As an organizational thing, it's not entirely crazy. The US follow the same path of matching Air group to carrier at the beginning.
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  557. By November 1941, we were already in a undeclared war in the Atlantic. The USS Ruben James had been sunk by a U Boat. The 4th Marines and the China Gunboats were leaving China. Reinforcements to the Phillpines were on going. MIdway and Wake Island were beefing up. The RN had Force Z in route to Singapore. Basically the charcoal of war just needed a match. If not Pearl Harbor, something else would have sparked.
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  558.  @typehere6689  Your taking a "What if," To infinity. Most industry and shipbuilding is on the wrong coast. Panama is a hard target to destroy.
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  559. Good grief.....I remember when you started this madness. 160 drydocks later? It has grown to Naval Dear Abby.🙄 I buy my used warships on Ebay and Craigslist........
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  560. 🤔..... Rifle vs. Torpedoes? Anybody else have memories of the end of, "JAWS?" 🦈💥 https://youtu.be/EQMZC_7KyIE
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  561.  @rackstraw  Deep down, I wish you could blow up sharks. I hate those guys... 😔🦈 Death as a main entree is high on my fear list.
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  562.  @AdelineLowry  offhand? Yamamoto was still commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy combined Fleet. I believe the story goes he was on some sort of inspection tour of forward areas. Information about this was leaked. And thus the United States formed shoot-down plans to intercept him. He was shot down near Bougainville in 1943.
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  563. Well..... Most things are done manually. Somebody has to turn knobs. Load ammo. Chip paint. Cook food. Every ship has this divided into departments. Deck, Engineering, weapons, supply, Etc. That adds up....
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  564. Context.... Built in 1927. Biplanes were small..
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  565. To what end? The main Cold War threat is long range Soviet strategic bombers and submarines. What is the point of trying to put short range guns on a single ship?
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  566. Maine grows potatoes?
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  567. I'd also love to hear shout out for the USCG Eagle. As for their long service? That's easy. Budgets. Coast Guard is at the bottom of the barrel. Just look at their ice breaker replacement program.
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  568.  @Underwaystudios  one, it's a simple question. Two, he never has time to answer them all. Three, it's 90° outside and nothing but Law and Order SVU reruns on.
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  569. Because they were using that system and not the metric system at the time.
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  570. Not much of a foreplay guy......😏
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  571. The Officer training Question. The USN did have schools for training on command of various small ships and craft. Miami had a school for sub chasers and PC. New London, CT for Subs. Melville, RI for PT boats.
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  572. The DD cup coast?🍈🍈🙄
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  573. 3 years and still getting the tank weapons versus ship questions?
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  574.  @bkjeong4302  The type IX Uboat would like to enter the chat....😏
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  575. Well, It worked... Sub died. Of course they get off a torpedos spread in revenge.
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  576. @Jacob Zondag You've not seen one of the great films of the Cold War by now? It's not exactly a new film....
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  577. We have a little bit of our own submarine problem up on Lake Erie. The museum Destroyer USS The Sullivans is sinking at her mooring in Buffalo.
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  578.  @dewetmaartens359  right now? She's sitting on a list of like 10 degrees at her Mooring. Are attempting to pump her out And send divers. You tube has some news video.
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  579. 🙆🏽‍♂️ Omg! PT BOATS! I have waited years for this one.... Hope we get E boats and MTB in 4 years?🧓🏽⏳A Saturday for the small Surface Warfare /Fast Attack fans.🛥
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  580. Well they do have the presidential unit citation
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  581. I swear there is a entire generation with bad hearing due to ipod use. Since I never had had one, ears still sonar worthy.
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  582.  @WillowEpp  Sounds fine on tablet and phone speakers.
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  583.  @charlieritchie7724  Think test drive at sea....... You are making sure the yard built it right. Our newest Carrier the USS Ford was full of defects.
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  584.  @borismekler  that'd be a very very expensive suicide program. You're going to spend millions and millions to train Naval Pilots to commit suicide? It would be better to invest in German technology of guided weapons instead.
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  585. Well, that's what happens when somebody decides to go off and shoot an archduke in Serbia. 😒
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  586.  @jean-lucrobinson5089  1918. Russia is out the war. Germany is on offense on the Western front. The American forces are arriving.
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  587. Bad idea on both counts. Third wave and being kamikazes....
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  588. U-571. Not a bad flick. Does bring to mind Harvey Keitel though. Was looking at another channel at Harvey's first try at a Naval film. Believe it or not, he was originally given the lead in "Apocalypse Now." Coppola wised up quick and replaced him with, Martin Sheen. I can't picture that film with Harvey on a PBR sounding like Mr. White from "Reservoir Dogs."😏
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  589. Same device. UK name vs. Italian nickname.
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  590. Wasteful? You shouldn't be thinking about last war glories. And rather Cold War priority. The sinking of Saratoga and the rest of the ships serve a useful purpose. All obsolete, and no longer of any use in service. In 1946, this was the more important test then do any kind of preservation.
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  591.  @kennethhanks6712  Last recorded U Boat attack in the Gulf of Mexico; seems to be Sept 4,1942. They sank 56 ships from 1941 till then in the Gulf. One U-boat, U-166 is confirmed sunk and found. Overall, I think the risk is manageable after the "Happy Time." I'm just thinking that you would have more flight hours and better flight conditions operating out of Florida. That is why the primary Flight Training was moved down there.
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  592. You could do your own converting? This is a 5 min video. Now you want to complicate things..... Breakout your calculator. 😑
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  593.  @adamwright9517  Not even a real question. The Royal Navy was already World best.
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  594. You could put your ear buds on?
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  595. https://flagshipolympia.org/
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  596.  @badger2305  they never were able to produce the numbers required. The Japanese system was not suited to widespread expansion. And the lack of regular Personnel rotation; in addition with battle casualties meant a lack of instructors. Combat experienced pilots who could go back home and teach the lessons learned. By the end of the war you are also facing a fuel shortage. Cutting fuel for training became necessary. The Luftwaffe faced similar issues.
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  597.  @Cbabilon675  bigger is not better. And considering it's seakeeping issues? A good thing.
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  598. It wasn't really much of a carrier force at the end of the Midway battle. Basically Enterprise Wing beat up. Yorktown not operating. And Hornet's wing gone.
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  599. Try some stock fish.....https://youtu.be/QdzAt6e1l-c
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  600. He's referring to supercharged powder loading. Adding more propellant to boost the range of the projectile . due to the inability to increase the barrel elevation.
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  601. Royal Navy trademark. They liked open bridges.
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  602.  @KestrelOwens  USS Wake surendered to the Japanese at Shanghai, China 12/8/1941.
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  603. Who is going to crew this Navy? The population is small even today.
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  604. Try, $10k for a torpedo.
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  605. The Shoulder fired SAM is a better tool.
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  606. No Hunley? 🤷🏽‍♂️ what's more Darwin than a submarine that sinks three times?
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  607. Not a bad topic...
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  608. He's doing just fine Freddy.
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  609.  @freddyfox5002  it was a bit of unrequested and unneeded commentary.
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  610.  @schullerandreas556  Ships are not tanks.... the bulkheads and compartments along with active damage control cancels out your missile. You will make a hole and kill a few, but the ship is still fighting.
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  611.  @Bluebanana2121_  Nope. He is not doing modern ships.
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  612.  @amuzaulo752  When we say armor..... we are not taking the entire plane. Mostly the seat back and near the engine.
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  613. Let us Remember the names.... The sinking of the USS Ruben James. 10/31/41.😒
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  614. Not enough Fashion Nova dess hauls....🙄💃
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  615. ​ @F-Man  a one-piece large artillery shell would be very heavy. There's also the safety issue of having the powder and explosive combined.
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  616.  @allangibson8494  I think we have different ideas of what's considered long-term?
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  617.  @allangibson8494  now that you happen to bring it up? There are stories today in the news about shipbuilders of the Titanic. Harlan and Wolf of Belfast. The future is very much in doubt for the ship yard.
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  618.  @kmech3rd  🤔 Drachinifel slays Bambi's Mom? 🦌
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  619.  Admiral Tiberius  I am still waiting for Eugene Ely to get something.
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  620.  @FortuneZer0  🤮👎
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  621.  @M167A1  Ah, I beg your pardon? For the Color of his skin? Try throwing such shade to John Stennis and Carl Vinson... Rather White segregationists and not a Navy Cross between them.
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  622.  @daysambenjemaa7250  Force Z originally had a carrier. It was damaged and could not make the trip to Singapore.
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  623.  @jessemarcus  Bismarck winds up stuck in a French port getting bombed daily. Just like the other capital German ships.
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  624. Good vs bad idea? Just technology ahead of tactics. They never got the chance to use them. Remember They are writing the books as they go.
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  625. It means nothing. And the current USS Wisconsin is a museum. It hasn't been in mothballs in decades.
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  626.  @nicoderfeuerloscher1684  Warships are not Cruise ships. People comfort is a low priority. Noise, lousy quality berthing, no AC, little privacy were just normal.
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  627. We have sent far more folks to their deaths during the Cold War on intelligence-gathering missions. There's been a long list of aircraft shootdowns.
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  628.  @michaelpiatkowskijr1045  I'm responding to your message. And it's false in that nothing was being done. That's not factually accurate. Preparations were underway before and after the attack...
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  629.  @michaelpiatkowskijr1045  actually, aircraft were up at 10 AM trying to do a intercept. They failed. They got hit after 1130. There were delays in communication as well as weather problems going on which delayed both the Japanese and the Americans operations. And frankly what aircraft they had were not particularly combat ready. Nor their pilots. Reinforcements and deliveries were still on ships when the war broke out. Nor did they have a fully integrated radar system in full operation.
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  630.  @stevewhite3424  agreed. It's the never-ending game of Monday Morning Quarterback/ Woulda, Coulda , Shoulda?
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  631.  @jimmythemermaid  They would be Stuka bait.....
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  632. As mentioned before, many of these ships were designed during periods of arms limitation treaties. This restricted the size and tonnage of ships for many years between the wars. There were certainly designs for 4 triple turrets. USS Montana among them.
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  633. In fact we have some 15,000 16 inch shells that need disposal. You can actually buy a inert one on Gunbroker.com. Bring your own crane. UPS is not carrying it to your door.
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  634.  @shadow7037932  Been asked before. Short answer, ships are not tanks. The armor and compartment system are not comparable.
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  635.  @Drachinifel  scary looking fact checker.
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  636.  @carloschristanio4709  there are no dots. Just wild fantasy.
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  637.  @richardmalcolm1457  Reagan served in the Army Air Force.
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  638. H&I network is all Star Trek universe. All Night, Sunday to Fridays.
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  639. You ID a ship before attack. All ships were registered and in a included photos or silhouette of them.
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  640. Beats the Sundsy Morning shows and Football Pre game.
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  641. That is the job. A entire career was built for one thing. To lead ships in battle. Craddock did his job.
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  642. Looking at those Crow's Nest. I don't know which is the worst experience? Having to stand watch in one of those things in a heavy sea? Or getting the dose of radiation from the radar?
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  643. Nobody in Italy wants to memorialize the Mussolini era.
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  644.  @seth1422  On the other hand.... The Yorktown had radar and the F4F fighters as a defense CAP. Yorktown also has better AA defenses.
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  645. ​ @Rdeboer  it rapidly became out of fashion as aircraft became too big. Biplanes were rather lightweight.
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  646. Yes, the tubes were bow mounted under the waterline like a sub. And fired bow on the same way.
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  647. Submariners frequently refer to submarines as boats.
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  648.  @scottygdaman  I was focused more on the idea of 28 million died in the "Great Patriotic War;" and no code of Bushido needed....
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  649.  @LawL_LawL  I reject your fleet in port idea. She becomes Tirpitz instead. A bomb range target. Not able to stop a invasion and disgracefully surrendering. 7 planes and crews; while less than hoped for. Better than zero. Their death was not meaningless. They fought to keep their homeland free of the Allies. To the last man, last breath.
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  650.  @DraftySatyr  That is a crap more than Tirpitz did sitting in Norway.
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  651. Off hand, changing ship composition really doesn't change the problem. You still have a unit Which is far from home. Outnumbered by Japanese and the Royal Navy. And lack coaling spots. Von Spee is doomed in any case.
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  652.  @vincenthopkins6345  His prior history gave him political cover. You could say the same about Bernard Montgomery or George Patton.
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  653.  @MFitz12  👏😑 aggreed
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  654. 😎💕🇨🇦
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  655.  @glennricafrente58  Yep, with bell bottoms you can keep the shoes on.
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  656. 😀lol
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  657. 9/11 Played out the same way basically.
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  658. Interesting look at one of the more forgotten parts about World War II.
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  659.  @tomriley5790  Those were the rules of war of the time. Subs followed the same rules till they went to Unrestricted warfare in WW 1. The Graf Spee did play by the rule at the start of the war.
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  660. The USN used Helilum.
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  661. Man has a life offline.
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  662.  @Aelxi  3rd gun adds complexity to a complex system. More displacement, people, power lifts, etc. Etc.
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  663.  @88porpoise  Well, the USAF history folks seems to agree with you. Although the reasoning seems a little off. Considering the same organization has various Air Forces today.
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  664. I don't think so?
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  665.  @philstothard8333  Actually, those that prey on the living. 80-year-old shipwrecks kind of take a back seat.
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  666.  @mayer492  Yes and no. No, because it was only 2 at sea. Enterprise And Lexington. You still had the rest to fight and be built. Yes, because you would kill the Navy's first team pilots and Adm. Halsey.
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  667.  @csours  Nope....... 1. Different standards. METRIC VS. English for example. 2. ADM. Ernest King USN, Chief of Naval Operations Hated, the British RN as much as the Enemy. So there was little cooperation between services for most of the first years of the war.
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  668.  @jamespfp  In most theaters, P-38's had no long range bombers to escort. And Lindbergh reached only a few units in his tour.
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  669. Lot better than my high school Spanish... Buenos dias.
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  670. Dead as development concepts. The only real work was on updates of the Iowa class. This lead to their 1980's refitting.
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  671.  @akula9713  it's very hard to conduct a war and not go to war with the United States. The United States has the Asiatic Fleet based in the Philippines. The Philippines and Guam are both US Territories. They sit with in Arms reach of your supply lines to the Dutch East Indies. Trying to interdict shipping out of San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle? Your faced with now the technical problem extreme range. San Francisco to Tokyo is 5,138 MI. Now the submarines like the i-400 do have the long range to go there; perform Patrol and return home. But their numbers are far too few to generate the reward versus risk. They only built a handful.
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  672.  @toveychurchill6468  Wood surfaces provide traction in wet weather.
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  673.  @Cbabilon675  again to what end? It's still 8:00 on a Sunday morning. You're not likely to get much more of a faster response. Nor do they have any idea where to look? There's also the command structure problem. The Navy is not exactly talking to the Army and vice versa. And nobody due to the communication problem is talking to Washington.
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  674.  @stevevalley7835  It's a bad plan. Franco was wise.
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  675. Likely a collier. Those are cargo crane derricks.
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  676.  @jonasholmberg6610  For home use perhaps. But commerical use and ship/ rail transport use goes back to 1882. In fact, even Titanic had refrigeration as far back as 1912. http://www.titanic-theshipmagnificent.com/synopsis/chapter18/
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  677. No love for ComSubPac? 😒 Skipped over the entire sub war tactics and use.
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  678. Naval gunfire support mostly.
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  679. Been begging for 3 years. He has done one video on those operations. But we have not done a whole class by class.
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  680. Hmmmm....... recycled to arm transports and smaller ships like PC`s and Subchasers. PT Crews added many nonfactory guns and mounts for firepower. You could put them ashore, but they would need different mounts.
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  681. For most of US history pre 1898, we had no oversea empire. Thus little need for a Power projection Navy. The USA was focused on internal expansion. The Mexican-American War and Louisiana Purchase reflected this. Empire is a Theodore Roosevelt thing. Nor was a standing ARmy or Navy a valued thing. The State Militia system was still in vogue. Last but not least? Most of America wants Butter over Guns. You can't eat a cannon. Even today, I want potholes filled. Not money chasing China.
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  682. World of warships actually has a pretty good viedo history on both that gun and the Bofors.
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  683. Actually the US Navy did send forces to the Pacific. But they also had significant missions in the Atlantic as well to do. The USS Yorktown arrived in the Pacific on December 20th. The USS Hornet arrived in March of 42. The carriers Wasp and Ranger supported Aircraft ferry operations to the Med and the invasion of North Africa. As for battleships, 2 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor the battleship Idaho and Mississippi were transferred from the Atlantic Fleet from Duty in Iceland and arrived in the Pacific January 31st 1942. The remaining Atlantic Fleet battleships we're older models like the Texas and New York and use on Convoy Duty. Later the North Carolina and Washington would also be transferred to the Pacific.
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  684.  @brendonbewersdorf986  On the Yangzee? Yeah.
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  685.  @brendonbewersdorf986  both the United States Navy and the Royal Navy used to have an entire squadron patrolling the Yangtze River. Steve McQueen made one of his best movies about that era, "The Sand Pebbles."
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  686.  @Rdeboer  To prevent interference on the shells when fired together. The blast can degrade accuracy.
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  687.  @greatwarships2758  Actually USS Enterprise docks that Sunday night. She was delayed by the same storm the Enemy used to sneak to Hawaii. Enterprise was thus 150 miles West when the air raid began. At least 4 or 5 aircraft were lost when they flew ahead of the ship to land at Ford Island. Either enemy or friendly fire or both.
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  688.  @MartinWillett  Tickets from the English punctuation and grammar police? 👮🏻‍♂️ Are as popular as traffic cops. 😒
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  689.  @MartinWillett  Most would consider a misplaced apostrophe, a jaywalking offense. 👮🏻‍♂️
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  690.  @sarjim4381  Pre Dreadnought back? There was only local fire control.
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  691. Pretty much. Same folks said Black men could not pilot planes.
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  692. Well I must say, your Italian is much better than Brad Pitt's.....😏
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  693. From the USA. And our Naval foe is... Spain! Thus, I select the Spanish Navy Barquentine rig, "Juan Sebastian de Elcano."
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  694.  @lloydknighten5071  Bismarck had no torpedos.
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  695.  @johnshepherd8687  The reason for building the ugly things was Gunfire support. It now can't do the job at the cost of 7 Billion each. The LCS? While weak, they are getting some use. Saudi Arabia is even going to buy some and customize them to their needs.
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  696.  @billbolton  There are a few YouTube posts on naval gun control and the computer calcuations.
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  697. The whole idea of keeping battleships in the Royal Navy makes no sense.
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  698.  @madrabbit9007  the only way to make that taste better; is to throw the cook overboard..... 😤
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  699. Turbines were not in widespread use then.
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  700. Forget the guns and armor. Was the food any good?
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  701. Too much Perrier water....😏
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  702. ​ @Drachinifel  Very good point. There were a lot of field modifications by Crews.
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  703.  @testfortester7131  Power bag material not burnt in the combustion. Such as these.... https://youtu.be/MTW_xpK-Twc
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  704. The problem is a destroyer is just too small a platform to effectively handle aircraft.
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  705.  @joshthomas-moore2656  most of the War 1812 kind of fits that definition... And pretty significantly the Korean War. The Navy and Marine Corps basically saved United Nations forces from getting kicked out of Korea by landing at Incheon. Then a few months later , wound up saving them all from North Korea.
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  706.  @philipjooste9075  Fleet vs. Force? Minor word choice by Drach. And correct, the Cruisers and DD'S left the PI to join the ABDA as planned, after the start of war.
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  707.  @skeletonwguitar4383  Easy answer? In general, down for all services with the end of conflict in Afghanistan. Some Navy projects like the new sub and frigates will get funding. Stuff like railguns and the LCS will die....
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  708.  @TheRWS96  You missing a ton..... "Do you know what makes these ships go up? FUNDING! That's what makes your ships go up. NO BUCKS, NO BUCK RODGERS....." - from the "Right Stuff" 1983...... Mothball ships are more frozen like Han Solo, than museum conditions.
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  709.  @bradleyjames1340  Why do people keep up silly dreams of using main guns as AA defense? It is not worth the time or trouble. That is not what they were designed for.
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  710.  @kemarisite  People seem to think ships run like Chevy small blocks?
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  711. It's called a five-minute guide for a reason.
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  712. Yeah, you're in the bullseye target group for this bug. It's going to be a very boring Spring /Easter. No Drach. No new movies, Sports on hold. I may actually get yard work done......😫
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  713. Nobody should expect this much content as a damn hobby. Take the money.....🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑 I have a bigger fish to fry over the demonization of all Gun related channels. It's a odd standard that they are playing with content.
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  714.  @ChaplainDMK  Short answer to all? Those were the Naval design arrangements popular In that era. Your thinking outside the box. And ahead of technology. These are hand loaded guns. Adding more people and ammo in a small space may not improve results.
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  715.  @SonOfAB_tch2ndClass  They ditched near the nearest destroyer or cruiser.
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  716.    Why do you ask them?🤔
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  717.  @FreshwaterNautical  Short answer? Nope... They face the same issues as the rest of Surface fleet. A newer bigger Bismarck does no more to change things. The Uboat is the key tool. Not the Surface force.
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  718.  @josephlinck1892  well the early U-Boat campaign with the happy time? They had no convoys. No blackouts. And very limited ASW air and Sea Patrol. They also had Torpedoes that worked.
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  719. Fix those hearing aid batteries.
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  720.  @keefymckeefface8330  Some questions just.... Well.... Raise a 80 year old wreck, 3 miles deep? Makes about much sense as, Olympic Break dancing...
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  721.  @RedXlV  Well.....🙄 The "traditions" and the USN name system are a mixed bag.
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  722.  @evanwickstrom5698  There's nothing to check. Both were crappy, nearly unflyable and moved a few yards. That it is barely flying.
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  723.  @evanwickstrom5698  Okay, your President of the Sam Langley Fan Club. And his work in Astronomy and inventing the Bolometer are duly praised. As for his aviation contribution? A golf clap from me. 👏😷
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  724. National Coffee day 😉☕
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  725. Isn't it Dutch?
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  726.  @bkjeong4302  on paper, you're right Midway should have been a victory. They just got some bad breaks. The loss of surprise and facing three carriers instead of two makes the difference. Although Hornet turns out to be mostly useless.
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  727. Next year is the 250th Birthday 🎂🎉 For the USN and USMC. Is there a set date for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines? 🤔 And will you be coming over next year to celebrate? Also, Does the RN have a version of the NCIS? 🤔
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  728. 🤣 I get it... Hate musicals though...
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  729. Retired, decommissioned.....
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  730.  dimapez  Sigh.... "What if dreams.." 😒 You want a Nazi teamed UK. And Another guy is Teraforming Mars and powering ships with Kingsford mesquite. Crazy Sunday... 🙄
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  731. Ranger did okay.
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  732. Not bad for a channel with no cat videos, dress hauls or Tic Tok challenges.... 🤔
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  733. German spies on Long Island? Landed on Amagansett, NY from U-202 on June 13,1942.
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  734. Yes, they wear glasses like Clark Kent to disguise themselves as mild mannered Destroyers.
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  735.  @johnshepherd8687  A bit...😉 To be honest, the Fulmar is a Fairey Battle with guns. Okay, for a lumbering Fw-200 patrol plane. But a dog for any thing with a pulse....
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  736. Ever watch Star Trek? The Captain from his chair has access to comms, sensors, weapons, navigation, the computer, etc. The CIC has the same role. A central command and control center.
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  737. Lol🐴
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  738.  @johnnyscott3698 What are you asking exactly? 🤔 They train like other ships and air crew do..... Ground school and flight training are basically the same everyplace.
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  739. Ironically you will get more for a model, than we sold USS JFK or USS Kitty Hawk for... 😒
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  740. ​ @themanformerlyknownascomme777 I don't know how many years it's been, but we never seem to run out of the people who think ships are tanks questions?
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  741.  @Foxttellio  People who love cage mast also enjoy Justin Bieber music.....😏
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  742. Answer? What do you call Leyte Gulf? It was your all out entire fleet action and night engagement. It failled.....
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  743. As a general rule of thumb? Submarines are given assigned patrol areas. Thus one submarine is in one box in the chart. Only that submarine is to be there. Assume everything else is enemy....
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  744. Stability is maintained with ballast tanks. As fuel tanks are emptied, water ballast is added to keep the balance.
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  745. To the first question about carriers. Are we assuming the Japanese have the folding Wing wildcats? I don't think that comes to like the -4 model?
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  746. That is a lot of ships..... and only 52 weeks in a year.
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  747. Hmmm........ Skill and bravery, alone. More charge of the Light Brigade. 🙄 A little technical knowledge and ECM can even the odds.
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  748.  @stephaniewilson3955  You just reminded me of this clip from the Bond Film, "For your Eyes Only." https://youtu.be/A8dalGrOR30
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  749.  @bkjeong4302  If Bombing 6 and Bombing 3 not get lucky at Midway, the IJN does have a shot to control the Pacific. For a year at least.
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  750.  @GrahamWKidd  not being political at all.
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  751. See last episode of drydock.
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  752. Not snarky, true.... It is a butterface ship.
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  753. His channel sticks to pre Cold War.
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  754. ​ @baxter9725 it doesn't catch any convoys. All the convoys will be rerouted away from it. And you have most of the Royal Navy already blocking its route to France. And once there, it just becomes a constant bomb Target for the RAF.
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  755. ​ @Paludion they were headed there because they were considered friendly refuge. Plus they may or may not have had extradition treaties with the allies.
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  756.  @Alche987  will the PT boats don't have a fancy torpedo data computer or anything. Everything was sort of done by sight. But yes the controls inside automatically correct after launch to run straight. That's why they were able to later use later aircraft type torpedo. Rather than a launching tube. They had simple drop racks. You could just roll the torpedo off the side and then it runs. This is all before the days of fancy wire guide torpedoes.
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  757. Best birthday cake ever...... https://youtu.be/5poA9SMZIjA
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  758.  @lonjohnson5161  I saw that movie." Around the World in 80 Days." That's exactly what they do. They start tearing down the ship and lifeboats and throw it in the boilers.
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  759. Your impression would be false.
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  760. @UNSCForwardontodawn we did. Most notably we sold ships to France and Spain.
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  761. But his point Still Remains, United States Navy still claims rights.
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  762. Is that because the rest of us are on daylight savings time?
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  763.  @Drachinifel  The French had the better solution. The F-8 Crusader. Performance and fits carriers of that size.
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  764.  @scipioafricanus6417  I'll take this one. The invention of container ships. It basically made them obsolete. Containerization change the industry. Plus commercial ships don't last a long time. They work to death and then sent to the scrap yards.
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  765.  @hektor6766  Hmmmmm......🙇🏽‍♂️ "ne-far-i-ous"[Adverb]. flagrantly Wicked or impious:EVIL. Per Merriam-Webster. Who do you cast as wicked or evil?👿
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  766.  @mattheweagles5123  The Sail is also called a conning tower. It is the main superstructure of all subs.
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  767. Well they ran the Royal Navy West of Suez. Killed the Dutch. And mauled the Aussies, New Zealanders, American Navies for most the war. That is outstanding work by the IJN.
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  768.  @_tyrannus  They have their own building program. They have a Billion folks to keep busy....
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  769. The whole barracks ship concept seems, uncomfortable at best. Just because sailors like to sail on ships; doesn't mean they want to live on them 24/7. Decent heating, running water, etc. Are not very plentiful on that hulk.
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  770.  @mxaxai9266  😒 You sink the enemy in war. Sails, steam or warp drive...
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  771. It is a traction surface. Try walking on wet steel?
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  772.  @cp1cupcake  What point?
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  773.  @Paludion  Off the top of my head, only maybe Sweden or Turkey.
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  774. Short answer to a long question? The Royal Navy has three oceans to defend. The United States has two.
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  775. You're joking? Right?
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  776.  @brendonbewersdorf986  Complicated question. ASW has many forms. A hunter killer group, convoy escort, Offshore patrol, etc... No one size fits all.
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  777.  @brendonbewersdorf986  (DE-635) USS England had 6 sub kills and earned a presidential unit citation.
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  778.  @nikolailucyk  not sure I understand your question. You mean what's left in a lifeboat?
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  779.  @jj63100  Liberty ships were result of a change in design, prefabrication, and 24-hour manpower.
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  780.  @jamesmasonaltair  carriers have pretty much given up the ASW job since the retirement of the S-3.
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  781. Cut the Bismark slack. It is not as if they had a great deal of time to work out bugs. It sank on it's only first mission. Had they had some live fire practice, they would have corrected defaults over time...
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  782. One side flies a blue flag.
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  783. I would say it's more of a function of diesel electric submarines. You have to be on the surface to get any place.
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  784.  @lilidutour3617  remaining submerged during daylight sounds like it makes sense. But as a function of a diesel electric submarine; you need the remain surface to cover any great distance. So basically you remain surfaced till you need to dive.
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  785. I had to clean a horse barn one Summer. It was on dry land and had no sea sick horses. I was glad to leave after 3 days.....
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  786. Not a bad place to sit out the war.
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  787. ​ @weatherwaxusefullhints2939 it's taken us a couple of years to get love for the small boat fans. It's on his long list of things.
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  788.  @vauldur3385  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Effectiveness_Award
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  789.  @Drachinifel  Don't mind the whining snowflake. "Oh Lord, he didn't answer a question in a day!" Boo hoo..😭 Want fast service? Pay for it.... 🤨
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  790. I'll second that one. When you think of all the pretty crappy places for a German to get stuck in.
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  791. Agreed 😞
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  792. ​ @brendonbewersdorf986 there are no hypothetical advances that outweigh the cons of using coal.
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  793. Please leave humor to professionals.
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  794.  @kamdenbarclay486  Well the New Jersey kinda kind of adds to that. Ever since battleship opened, most tourists go across the river.
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  795.  @Easy-Eight  That is a risk on a Destroyer. Yet they all have them. Safety was far from a design consideration.
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  796. Answer? It happened once in a suicide dive situation.
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  797. Original engines were manufactured General Electric. Boilers by Babcock & Wilcox, type number 8. Fuel was oil, 6950 tons worth. 4 screws, and made 27 knots.
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  798. I think they needed fuel more than they needed Fighters?
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  799.  @morriganmhor5078  it wasn't the longest flight in history. But it was the first.
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  800. Radio antennas. They fold for air operations.
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  801.  @benjaminarnold2881  That would be like having Henry Ford walk into the Ford HQ and setup shop in R&D?
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  802. They are local control optical rangefinders. Should the Main fire director be lost. The target could be ranged independently by the gun turret.
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  803. It doesn't say much about the budget of the Mexican Navy.
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  804. Electricity and HVAC.... you don't need portholes for light or ventilation anymore.
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  805.  @zombiehero1442  Nope. They would be bomber targets....
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  806. The FFG was not designed for Air defense nor was the 76mm Otto Melara gun expected to sink many surface ships. It was a ASw escort. Cheap, simple and in a shooting war, expendable.
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  807. More about Royal Dutch Shell oil then spices.
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  808.  @brendonbewersdorf986  you really can't reverse-engineer something that complicated without instructions, blueprints and the means of production. Nor does it give you the advantage of having the VT fuse ammo.
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  809.  @Drachinifel  On further review, the guns in question are M 1917 Lewis guns. These were made for USN and USMC service by Savage arms and are in caliber .30-06 Gov't. The M 1917 is basically the same as the earlier and more common Model 1913 and 1916 Built in the UK by BSA in the .303 service round. So basically Lewis guns in different calibers per nationality.
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  810.  @colinsdad1  Great question, but better reserved for a in depth video on Fast Attack craft. A 76 mm was too heavy a weapon for the torpedo boats. It was used on larger Subchasers and PC's. By 1945 the standard PT load Elco or Higgins was a 37mm Cannon bow gun, 2 5" rocket launchers with 8 rounds. 2 twin .50 BMG turrets midship, 4 MK 13 Torpedoes in drop racks. And a 40mm Bofors aft. And smoke generator. Depth charges and Mortars up to 81mm and the 20mm Oerlikon were options. A few boats had a powered quad 20mm called the Elco Thunderbolt system.
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  811.  @brendonbewersdorf986  Auxiliary Net layer-AN
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  812.  @IikkaLankinen  if you mean cruiser submarines? There were some experimental ones built between the wars.
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  813.  @mathewkelly9968  I believe the battleship Rodney torpedoed the Bismarck?
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  814.  @andykmn You're setting up a Naval Version of Market Garden. A invasion is not supportable. You have the entire 25th Infantry division, Plus USMC units in Oahu. Not to mention civilians. Your supply line from Japan is too far to support Hawaii.
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  815. ​ @jamesnelson1968 that's incorrect. Hellcats did see service in the European theater. Mostly in Fleet air arm service.
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  816. ​ @ronaldfinkelstein6335 you kind of forgot a little thing called the Great Depression?
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  817. H. G. Wells. The Steven King of the pre Dreadnought era. 🤔 It's a good thing they became authors. Otherwise, they might be in a Looney bin. Speaking of Such fantastic ideas. 🤨
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  818.  @dutchman5253  Uh..... you do realize they have not made steel in Bethlehem, PA in decades? In fact, it is a Casino complex today. https://youtu.be/swMO7jqD8mg
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  819. ACTUALLY, the French just found a sub lost in 1968 in the Med this Summer. LA MINERVE was found just 30 miles from Toulon.
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  820.  @keefymckeefface8330  it's not callous, it's the truth. When you raise your hand take the oath and you take the check. You come with the expectation that someday you going to have to pay.
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  821.  @joshthomas-moore2656  As befits an operation that would eventually bear the moniker “The Greatest Raid,” Operation Chariot produced an extraordinary list of awards for gallantry. Sgt. Durrant and Able Seaman Savage were awarded Victoria Crosses posthumously. Upon their return to England, the same high distinction was bestowed upon Commanders Ryder and Beattie and Lt. Col. Newman. No other operation has received so many Victoria Crosses. The raid on St. Nazaire garnered four Distinguished Service orders, 17 Distinguished Service Crosses, 11 Military Crosses, four Conspicuous Gallantry Medals, five Distinguished Conduct Medals, 24 Distinguished Service Medals, 15 Military Medals, and 51 men Mentioned in Dispatches.
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  822. How? And Why? 🤔
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  823. 🐏 go Navy!
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  824.  @MotoroidARFC  AOC and squad might actually like that idea.
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  825.  @Hachaimenesch  if you think about it, that is why it is easier to make a great Naval aircraft into a land based one. Rather than this move. The Sea Vampire is one of the few that worked.
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  826. Well it's not going to happen.
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  827. Clean sheet new.
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  828.  @Jon.A.Scholt  Yes, but like in horse shoes. Close works...
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  829. Sins of long gone great granddads.
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  830. Historian or not? You are not correct. The Intelligence pointed to a attack before January 1942 and in the West Pacific. All Moves and reinforcements were made with that in mind. War Warning messages were set to all command.
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  831. LIKe seeing "Charlie" of Charlie's Angels....🤷🏽‍♂️
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  832. Seems like a pudding cart before the horse not having a plan on where to put it however.
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  833.  @GrumpyGrobbyGamer  hey ,I didn't see anybody up in New York doing anything for the USS The Sullivans...
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  834. It's a ship name used a few different times in history.
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  835. She's a bit outside the range this channel covers.
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  836. The Luftwaffe tried the same tech leap with jet fighters. It failed.... Up technology on U boats does not supply skilled crews. Does not end fuel shortages. And by late 1944, the U boat pens face a invasion army.
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  837.  @omrsramsay  ships are supposed to be supported by liquid.
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  838. @wolf310ii  how are you lifting it?
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  839. ​ @carloschristanio4709 the answer to that question shows up later that year. Wasp and Hornet get sunk. Saratoga gets torpedoed. And Enterprise severely damaged. USS Essex, lead ship of her class would not even be in commission until December of 1942.
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  840. ​ @Cbabilon675 mostly it's just due to having large volume compartments. She's not carrying coal anymore.
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  841.  @kemarisite  I will never get this Obsession of people trying to use main guns to shoot airplanes?
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  842.  @joshthomas-moore2656  No. Look at Norway with a wider lens. First, Sea access to the Atlantic. Second, a semi secure hiding spot for the Navy close to trade routes to Russia. Three, factory for heavy water production. Fourth, steal the Sardines.......
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  843.  @bkjeong4302  🤔 What standard do you judge that by? Plane kills? Ships saved? Kills vs ship costs? Location and level of Air Threat? Luck?
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  844.  @kemarisite  On the other hand you deny Norway to the UK. You deny the UK the ability stop Shipping from Sweden. The RAF bomber bases and coastal forces make Arctic Convoys trouble free if they are based in Norway, instead of Scapa Flow. The Germans lose the Atomic research in Norway. The trade off taking it, is better than not doing so.
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  845.  @eamon821  R&D doesn't happen in a vacuum or with blank check books. It's the Depression era. And a era of naval treaty cut backs. So spending is stretched. Nor does leadership stay the same. New Administration means plan changes. Just look at the USN of 1980 vs 2019.
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  846.  @jeffbybee5207  Win? The CSA has no real choice to win at sea. They can not break the blockade or control the rivers. I'm not sure what a different Secretary of the Navy would do?
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  847.  @AdmiralWillisLee1942  probably just another fictional warship.
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  848.  @GAFINN2011NJ  I believe what you are referring to, are torpedo net booms. These are folding booms that when extended carry torpedo Nets.
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  849.  @jeffbybee5207  the question asked was how do the Confederates win the war by changing secretaries of Navy. Again, change in leadership is not going to materially or functionally change basic problems of the Confederacy.
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  850.  @nanamikamiya6500  skipping the whole physics of the speed of sound in water. There are different thermal layers in the ocean. Submarines often try to use hiding under these layers as a way of avoiding detection. As the temperature changes, particle density of water is going to change. This will also affect the penetration of sound waves.
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  851. Fuel tanks can be flooded.
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  852.  @derekhenschel3191  The design used 8 Nuclear reactors! The later Nimitz class uses 2. Reason enough to only build one......😎
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  853.  @Arthion  the Navy had enough 8" cruiser s in active service; the Alaskas we're not needed. The Des Moines and Baltimores worked well and didn't have a odd ball main gun to supply. Most critical in the post war period, the Alaskas lacked torpedo protection. And the Soviet sub threat was growing.
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  854. Has there ever been a conversion that was good?
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  855.  @michaelanderson8186  😏🏆 Okay. You found the exception to the rule.
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  856.  @harryjohnson9215  combination of Naval treaties, political will and the economic realities of the depression.
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  857. Beautiful cars? 🤔
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  858. A sail cargo ship? I'm not sure what the point is business-wise? In industry which is already standardized on containers, bulk carriers, ro-ro's and tankers. What do you think you're going to do it this thing?🤔⛵ I mean you talk about specialized cargo. At that point, you just go to air freight.
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  859. Air bags to make it buoyant.
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  860.  @benwilson6145  90 degrees in Texas heat, no AC & in a hammock? 😟
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  861.  @timothyhouse1622  Elon Musk could get the spare change in his wallet tomorrow. 😏
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  862. Naval architecture of the time at work.
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  863. Kinda hard to jump from cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. And they already had Maritime strike aircraft in the Fw200 that could deliver bombs. They had success early in the war.
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  864.  @nickklavdianos5136  I have to support the home team... PA land of Weather Groundhogs and WAwa.😜
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  865.  @bkjeong4302  If Sen. Byrd was around, he might have had it placed over coal mine. 😏
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  866. It is rather new technology. ABB bought them to market in 1990. Also, it is a electric drive system. FInland is building Coast Guard ships with the system. And they seem preferred for icebreakers. So the USCG may use them on new breakers.
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  867.  @theread3480  So you cancel it. Just as the USN canceled stuff.
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  868.  @theread3480  By 1943, the handwriting is on the wall for the Battleship. There is no post war Surface threat. Just America....
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  869. ​ @elliottmcnear8516 it's been covered for years. Every year someone keeps coming up with the tank ammo versus ship thing.
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  870. Admiral Raeder and Dönitz both stood trial. The Tokyo trials had Admirals Nagano and Shimada face trial.
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  871. Short answer.... The Iowas spent most of their career in reserve storage. The so called Mothball fleet. They were sealed up and ported in freshwater locations like Philadelphia Naval yard. Then, as needed they were reactivated. So in reality they have fewer miles on them than say the 50 year old USS Enterprise now retiring. AS for maintenance? Rust prevention, lubrication, mold prevention, pest control, bilge pumps running, etc. As to the economics? Today it is manpower costs, and logistical issues that prevent a return. They need huge crews to manually operate systems. They use old style fuels not in service. Have parts not replaceable and crews not trainned in BB systems.
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  872. Clever idea. But low cargo capacity to support a city.
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  873. Don't matter to you perhaps.
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  874. That's bad news. I can't imagine what's going to happen with the current conflict in the Black Sea?
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  875. ​ @davidknowles2491 based on the sinking of the Britannic? I would say no to both of those. Lusitania cannot survive with that many compartments flooded. And the damage from a mine is similar to that of a torpedo for Titanic.
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  876.  @stevevalley7835  I've looked at a video or two about the Britannic. Is suggested that the blast warped the hull. Which may have interfere with watertight doors closing. The portholes do seem to be an issue. But the captain attempting to make for land probably increased the water pressure coming in the vessel. So in the end, she has just as many flooded compartments. And is unable to stay afloat. That whole class just seems to be snake bit? Olympic, Titanic and Britannic.
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  877. Before you totally dismiss the idea. Think about drones today. A sub could find a drone very useful to operations.
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  878. 🤔 Pardon me for asking, I am well I'm familiar with John Erickson as the designer of the U.S.S. Monitor. Is there any one person who gets design credit for the C.S.S. Virginia? Or was this a design by committee type thing?
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  879.  @russianbear0027  The USN has whole film on Sub Salvage that answers your question. https://youtu.be/1G99zx9hTt4
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  880.  @joshthomas-moore2656  Hey the Germans went from Imperial Monarchy to the Nazism in the same period. Japan, They went from Pro Western Ally to Military Dictatorship in a Decade.🤷‍♂️
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  881. Different training mindset and equipment availability.
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  882. ​ @wolfman.media0 Not practical or economical.
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  883.  @Cbabilon675  Failure how?
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  884. Wednesday special on the sinking of USS Dorchester and the four chaplains?
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  885.  @brendonbewersdorf986  except that, they already had overwhelming superiority.
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  886.  @athopi  they don't.
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  887. Any to think we have Olympians crying about, "pressure? " Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles could learn a thing or two from this crew.😏 Well deserved VC.
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  888. Simple block, tackle and pulley.
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  889.  @bkjeong4302  Yeah between shipbuilding, rifle making, and home builders. Most of Europe should be deforested after the last few centuries.
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  890. Submarine September continuing?
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  891.  @johnfisher9692  Try instead harder items to target. 🙄 Hitting a ship is easier than a crane or any logistics target. They are big, full of fuel and ammo and in one spot.
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  892.  @johnfisher9692  From a single engine plane at 200 MPH, the ship is the target of choice. They're going tactical. Your targets are Strategic targets. They have a boat load of tactical targets still..... Smaller ships, aircraft, barracks, AA defense. Hard to take out a tank farm with armor piercing bombs.
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  893.  @calvingreene90  It's not as long term a thing really. Even today we have tankers offshore as floating storage farms. While Supertankers were not a thing, added tankers could have been brought in. The risk to a 3rd wave still is too high and the payload delivered too small.
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  894.  @calvingreene90  Machine tools don't sink or explode. And gunfire does little to structures. You need Strategic bombers. Not Naval strike planes.
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  895. Frequently? Try one......Very effective ASW weapon.
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  896. You have to remember there was no crystal ball. Rearmament was going on across the board in all the services. Technology Advances as well as tactics, we're changing rapidly.
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  897. Her death makes her notable.
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  898. At least they didn't try a control it with a video game controller. 😔🎮
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  899.  @sarjim4381  Well at other navies have their own cross to bear. Russian carriers and Kirov's are money pits. And India keeps throwing cash on their Russian made dumpster fires. The UK has a worst Navy today than in 1982. So at least we are not alone in crap spending. We just do it better and more of it....
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  900.  @themightynanto3158  Leadership doesn't change the odds much. Still alone and outgunned.
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  901.  HMS BELFAST  Nope. Surface ships sank few merchant ships to mater.
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  902.  @thepan8282  They are not modular. Yes, you tear down the superstructure.
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  903.  @KatyushaLauncher  Surface Raiders had limited success. The U-boats are main tool to hit convoys.The battleships are a side show.
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  904.  @captain61games49  When planes became weapons. WW1.
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  905.  @hendrikbootha7285  To what end? The main mission is commerce raiding. U-boats are the tool for that. Adding more crusiers without destroyer support changes little. They cannot beat the RN.
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  906.  @hendrikbootha7285  Same answer. First, they still lack free access to the Atlantic. Next, with code breaking; convoys can be routed arround them. A dozen cruisers can't battle the Home Fleet. And all use manpower and fuel the other forces need. Hitter needs results to support that ship program. I doubt they can return the investment.
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  907.  @Pentagon6519  That cheaper option is likely it will be sunk in a future live fire. The fire and structure damage are not worth spending on.
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  908.  @pauldamm3345  Navsea Dahlgren.... https://youtu.be/wAsTCtgQoFo
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  909. A escape hatch seems like the more likely and useful of doing things.
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  910. That's a very long and complex question. For many reasons both financial and political most commercial shipping has turned to flags of convenience. Meaning they are registered in Nations such as Panama or Liberia rather than fly the US or UK flag. That's why the merchant Marine force is so small today. The decline of the large steel industries is also another big market Factor. There's very few yards in the United States doing non-military construction contracts anymore. The cost of Labor is just not competitive for the United States or Great Britain.
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  911. But that's ignoring all their pre-war fighters.....
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  912.  @LucioFercho  keep in mind carrier tactics Are a evolutionary process. Most of the air threats did not require Anti fighter protection. It was more of a Reliance on anti-aircraft guns rather than combat Air Patrol. And most Fighters would not have the range to attack carriers sea.
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  913.  @LucioFercho  It's not that they ignored them, it is that they decided they wanted a dedicated Navigator. Several of their pre-war Fighters were single seats.
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  914. @UCqXaBmGBCI_KHtg0EJgMlZA You can have more than one MOH, for the same action awarded. There is just a limit on double awards to a single person.
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  915. If you're really into period cooking try this YouTube channel. He covers sailors rations, Grog and other things. https://youtu.be/i1NcWU0xTog
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  916. Nothing.... it's a generational thing. Tech Geeks get hung up on video pixels.
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  917. Happy birthday to the Royal Marines. 360 years of service. 🎂🥳
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  918. @coldwarrior78  You need fuel and veteran pilots to be instructors. They lacked a lot of both.
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  919. The Nevada test site is the most nuked place on Earth. See anybody in Las Vegas dying ? Nagasaki and Hiroshima are functioning cities today. This damn ship has been in the ocean for 70 years... The dangerous levels are long gone.
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  920. No Chap's pit Beef?🤷🏽‍♂️🍖
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  921.  @davidtuttle7556  I must admit it's been awhile since I've had a good blue crab. Seafood has been kind of high lately. 🤔🦀🦞🦐
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  922. Yes. The film is based on the story of Squadron 3.
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  923. Any chance we might get a Wednesday video on the whole expedition versus the Russians? As I recall there was a lot of Victoria Crosses earned in a CMB attack on the Russian fleet in harbor.
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  924.  @pilotmix.2317  this might be a generational thing, but cheating is not really a design goal.
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  925.  @Niels_Larsen  rarely is defense spending and management done in long-term stretches. As administrations and governments change, leadership and the priorities they set also change.
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  926.  @davidharner5865  the question was about trying to get around Naval treaties. The general idea was to honor them and actually do disarmament. But posters want to keep looking for a loopholes and workarounds.
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  927.  @MentalSpidec  I'm pretty sure you're never going to see a Prince Andrew, Harry or Duchess of Sussex.
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  928.  @hamishneilson7140  PBY Catalinas Did night Attacks as early as Late 1942.
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  929. Trying to shoot any Naval gun at a mountain of Rock was proven useless at Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima.
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  930. Wow.... That is all you grasp in this program? 😪
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  931.  @charlesmascari8197  That is a poor way to study history. There is more to the story.
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  932.  @AdamMGTF  Adam, your wrong on many points. That is why Blimps were used in ASW and AEW into 1960.
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  933. Correct. Blimps were the first AEW platforms. Long before the AWACS or EC-121.
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  934. That leaves a whole lot of North Africa and a lot of German troops to your West.
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  935. For info on the real boat. http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05073.htm
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  936. You do understand at the end of the day, this what sailors get paid for? The uniform, the check, the oath come with the fine print..... One day, you may be asked to risk life and limb.
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  937.  @thomasjamison2050  just to go off topic, it is said that Richard Nixon basically funded his political career based on his poker playing winning in the Navy.
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  938. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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  939. You tube has entire Navy films on the tests.
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  940.  @khaelamensha3624  Same principle. BUCK FEVER.🦌 They were more amped o e a sub hunt, than checking if it was Friendly.
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  941.  @LiveErrors  Nobody in 2019 Germany is going to spend money or breath to Memorialize the Reichmarine.
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  942.  @joaolucaslages7792  It's a pointless endeavor. The guns are not high angle, fast traversing or rapid fire enough to be AA weapons. You don't play tennis with bowling balls....
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  943.  @joaolucaslages7792  Airplanes are not ducks you shoot with a shotgun.... AA guns were made for that purpose. Using the mains in that role is a waste of time.
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  944. ​ @joshthomasmoorenew Technically the answer to your answer is, no... The conference forming the command did not take place until after the sinking of Force Z.
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  945. ​ @eliotreader8220 as explained in the video the CSS Virginia is built on the remains of what was the USS Merrimac. That's why the name is used interchangeably.
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  946. The people of the UK have always preferred their National Health Service to the Royal Navy.
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  947. Q&A Any info about wreck salvagers taking Dutch sub wrecks? https://nypost.com/2019/07/10/shipwrecks-of-wwii-submarines-mysteriously-vanish/
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  948. The MacArthur bashing has become equal in this regard.
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  949.  @Ensign_Nemo  Not to diss the Texas fans, but no ship vs ship action like Manila Bay for Olympia. 😷
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  950. You're trying to make a point; but I don't think it works?
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  951.  @jeroenmutsaars618  propeller guards. Think of them as built in fenders.
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  952. @Jurassic Aviator Depends on timming and location.......🤔 Japan, had a plan to have subs between Midway and Pearl Harbor. There was even a recon flight to be made to see what ships were in harbor. Of course, the plan failed due to US code breaking of radio traffic. So we prevented the recon flight by having a ship at the refueling point. The subs failed due to the fleet being at sea, before the subs were in place. Nor did the diversion attack on Dutch Harbor lead to a change in the fleet position.
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  953.  @StevenPLegere  And has few cheerleaders. The crappy S.S. United States down river Actually has more champions than poor Olympia.
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  954.  @sarjim4381  I'm just going to hold my tounge and enjoy this conversation. 😎🍹
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  955.  @peterwhitaker6380  https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/history/ https://www.history.navy.mil
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  956.  @erikgranqvist3680  There were a number of submarine and surface actions. Most notable, the Medal of Honor action of Howard Gilmore of USS Growler.
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  957.  @kemarisite A Example of 48's in action... https://youtu.be/imwLc2T3oks
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  958.  @alfrede.neuman9082  https://youtu.be/rZQzXJ85cdM
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  959. Battleships for Canada? Makes no sense then, even less today.
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  960. Well, the defense depends on 3 services communicating. The Army and Marines are not in the loop.
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  961.  @scottygdaman  Scott, people said the same things about September 11th..... But all the Kings Horses and all the Kings Intell agencies and law enforcement do not talk to each other. Now circa 1941, there was no CIA. Army intelligence and Navy intelligence did not have the same information or were even in a single Pentagon building. What info they had was War was comming say First of the year and would hit Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore and Java. They knew the carriers were out of port but not where. Based on these ideas. The 4th Marines left China in November, 1941 and most of the Yangtze river patrol gunboats. In Hawaii, the Army saw the main threat as sabotage from Japanese on the Islands. Not air attacks. The Navy had had weeks of alerts and nothing happened. While sea and air patrols were done. This was the weekend. That is what made the attack work. Few people on duty. Right as morning shift changes were on. War Warnings from D.C. were decoded late, and did not reach Kimmel till mid day.
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  962. Keep out the rain and sun. Top is open for ventilation.
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  963. True. The BF-109 is in the same boat. Great pilots milked the best out of a so call dated and slower design.
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  964.  @Aren-1997  I Actually like it better than Speilberg's drama stuff. It would have been a better as a Summer movie.
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  965.  @drewmac63  in their defense, most navies probably have less live fire practice in 2022 then they did then.
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  966.  @mallry1  there have been advances in Long range artillery. Both in range and accuracy. You would not probably see ships going above 155 mm in size. And there is already technology to have guns in that range with the ability to hit targets at 100 miles.
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  967.  @brendonbewersdorf986  I think it's probably comparable to the learning curve that the modern Chinese Navy is doing with their carrier development. As their ships and their aircraft capabilities increase so have their air groups compliments size.
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  968. The Japanese would reply; all that "intelligent fighting" did little, 5 years later in Korea.
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  969. ​ @tomhenry897 a lot of officers were relieved of command. Still are today.
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  970. ​ @bkjeong4302  I think even you would agree that the best AA defense; is a combat Air Patrol. Not a big ship popping flak in a limited arc of fire.
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  971. Even if you did all that, she's still pretty obsolete by 1940.
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  972.  @thehandoftheking3314  Yes... It was called RATO (Rocket Assisted Take Off). Not for carrier fighters much, but often for bomber and seaplanes. Detachable rockets were used well into the 1960's.
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  973.  @brendonbewersdorf986  Why would they? They have little sea trade and no colonial interests to secure.
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  974.  @Archie2c  just think of it as a very large remote control boat. And considering the technology of the time, likely took up a lot of room. But the principles are basically the same.
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  975.  @brendonbewersdorf986  Well.... Neville Chamberlain solved the issue. 😏
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  976.  @thehandoftheking3314  now you're thinking more of like a built-in rocket assist motor. The Air Force had such an aircraft for test pilot use. The Lockheed nf-104. This was a Lockheed Starfighter with a rocket motor assist and its tail. As well as thrusters for flight control. Legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager had an accident in one of these. But it was able to push the aircraft to altitudes near 100,000 ft. It was also the use of rockets and what was known as a zero length takeoff launcher. This was basically a catapult system for use on a mobile truck or perhaps a ship launch. Again using a rocket to give an instant take off boost.
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  977. Scratch the paint..... chew up the decking..... make a few dents. Yamato is not scared of tank guns or 105 mm arty.
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  978. Lol.... Explosion classes.😂
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  979.  @kellybreen5526  You can't touch Ceylon till Force Z, the Dutch and Asiatic Fleet are out the way. Trying overkill at Pearl with Naval guns? The entrance is still clear. The subs and Destroyers can still put to sea. Also a few hours away is USS Enterprise and her Task Group. While your ships may have air cover with 6 CV's. 4 to 5 missions in a day is taxing them and the planes.
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  980.  @kellybreen5526  Capture Ceylon? The Indian Army being next door might be a problem?
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  981.  @kellybreen5526  Perhaps Nagumo had worry about the missing carriers at Pearl? His Intel could not say where Enterprise or Lexington had gone. Nor when due to return? What it they jumped him just as his strike planes were low on fuel? He had no post strike photo recon to judge the damage reported by the pilots. Pearl Harbor was a huge gamble. It paid off well. You've won big, but you're asking him to let the bet ride.... Sometimes, Kenny Rodgers advice on gambling is the smart play.....♠️♥️♦️♣️🃏https://youtu.be/7hx4gdlfamo
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  982. 😒 just don't go, "thril up your leg" on us....
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  983. The British like National health Care more than they like ships. Rebuilding the nation took priority over preservation.
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  984. Naval Surface weapons Center Dahlgren, MD
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  985.  @Gapsx1eGewehr  I wish someone would do a English dub...🙇🏽‍♂️🎬
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  986.  @jakemocci3953  this is probably a topic better for another Channel.....
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  987.  @lexington476  Okay.... misunderstanding. Fancy way of saying cutting the upper deck.
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  988.  @jimmahon3417  at least this is better than having the battleship Missouri face off versus space aliens.
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  989.  @lesliewilson2122  That is a lot of long term planning for a nation and leadership.
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  990.  @marcusfranconium3392  Marcus, sadly I do. The idea is a fail from step one.
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  991. 🤦🏽‍♂️☕
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  992. Yep!
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  993.  @rlosable  No Women on ships? Segregation? Endless amount of uniforms?
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  994.  @AtholAnderson  USS Midway entered service in September, 1945. As the first "Super carrier," So yes. Make a difference? Not really. 2. Yeah, they go bang and ships sink. 3. nope.
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  995.  @Rauschgenerator  Sigh....🙄 The North Sea is mined. Coal smoke draws aircraft. Feel free to shovel coal to the sea floor. The Kregsmarine has enough headaches. Why add a coal burning Monitor? Your alt fuel idea is not overcoming the logistics problem or other issues.
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  996. Charles Lindbergh Would agree. Needed something on a long flight to hear. 😏
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  997.  @bkjeong4302  HMS Glorious.... 😒
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  998. Not to be nitpicky, actually the term should be, "Oiller" rather than "Tanker."
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  999.  @MrTScolaro  Nope..... https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htwin/articles/20200315.aspx
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  1000. In what Universe is it not a War?
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  1001.  @boraeananaren  There is no Declaration in the U.S. Civil War. Still a war.
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  1002.  @iKvetch558  I wouldn't exactly call it blindness. They already had overwhelming superiority in ships and planes. So adding a 5th carrier doesn't come into play.
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  1003.  @brendonbewersdorf986  hmmmmm....🤔 you talkin about something the size of a supertanker with a hanger. And trying to maneuver a Airship into it at sea? problems, problems, problems....
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  1004.  @iKvetch558  4 is already pretty massive superiority. Yorktown is only being held together by duct tape and flex seal after Coral Sea. Hornet's Air group is basically wasted in the battle. And most of Midway's aircraft are torn apart. Overall , the IJN has the better hand. The loss of surprise makes a difference. Adding two more aircraft carriers to an already complicated plan is not a plus.
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  1005.  @iKvetch558  you might try the book,"Shattered Sword" by John Lyman?
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  1006.  @MaxwellAerialPhotography  HMS Lord Clive Class perhaps? 6,000 tons and a 18" gun.
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  1007.  @Pavlos_Charalambous  Yes, arms deals today are never simple affairs anymore. 😏
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  1008. Define "we?" If you mean the USN, PT's are a coastal forces weapon. We lack enemies that pose a coastal surface threat. Two, the anti ship missle out ranged the torpedo. Three, the default mode of the USN is the blue water forces. Little time or funds get spent on Brown water forces until problems crop up. Other nations still have as some, like Sweden.
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  1009. Actually one is for ship driving and the other for air control.
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  1010.  @shaniamonde7341  Yeah... But I would trade GPS for a cure for HIV or Cancer.
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  1011. These boats have lots of field modifications and improvisation.
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  1012.  @Lord.Kiltridge  And you obviously have nothing of real value to add to the topic.
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  1013. The Coasties would say, "What are we, chopped liver?" Russia and other Arctic Nations have Naval or Coast Guard breakers.
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  1014. 🙄 I'm going to play Grinch or at least General Curtis LeMay and the Strategic Air Command. I would absolutely torpedo this project. What is the main Aviation threat? Long range Soviet nuclear bombers. In the United States own nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll showed the effectiveness of nuclear weapons on a naval formation. These ships would have little utility versus such targets. And their guns offer little coverage of protection when the best defense is to spread out the formation. Thus, spending is better used on a fleet defense fighter to provide defense in depth or smaller more numerous ships.
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  1015. That made no sense. A prop is always underwater.
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  1016.  @scottmason2557  well now that you mention it, there were some very long distance missions to deliver small amounts of cargo between Germany and Japan. But they were not specialized as a cargo vessel.
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  1017.  @themightynanto3158  three Torpedoes amidships to anything is 99% a kill. Either due to flooding, loss of Machinery space, and damage to the keel trying to keep the whole thing together.
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  1018. Accuracy is of less value as prize money. Boarding, rather than sinking Ship s was option #1.Because of prize money.
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  1019.  @timberwolf1575  True. BUT it's not enough to board a ship over. Prize money is the big pay day.
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  1020.  @cmdrbigbob  There is nothing secret about dyes. Bright colors like yellow and green so you can see them.
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  1021. 🙋🏾‍♂️ Did you catch the German Navy Corvette Visit to London? And their Musical Trolling? 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
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  1022. 😂 good one...
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  1023.  @OLzSStolz  So far, I have have found a trailer that is sub titled. https://youtu.be/z6glP_gcqvg According to IMDB the production was in German. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1808067/ Amazon and Ebay have it under the title, "13,000 kilometers." https://www.ebay.ie/itm/13-000-Kilometer-Die-Manner-der-Emden-DVD/173991361282?hash=item2882b17b02:g:eBoAAOSw3YBdTUH9
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  1024. It is noteworthy there are a few television and radio stations just a few blocks from the river.
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  1025. I hate "What if?" questions. But.... What happens if Prinz Eugen stays in company? Does The Bismarck escape chances improve? Could she have helped tow her after the rudder strike?
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  1026.  @bertholdvonzahringen6799  While shipbuilding declined. Nation rebuilding took it's place for the industry. So prices would vary.
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  1027. 🙋🏽‍♂️📱Tablet A user.
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  1028.  @lloydknighten5071  once you have pierced the hull and have water ingress? The issue with the compartments over filling with water would not change.
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  1029. Not yet...
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  1030. There are limits to size..... Small carriers need small planes. The UK carriers had major issues trying to use jets. The Essex class for the USN were too small to operate F-4's or F-14's. Smaller ships are harder to land on in a pitching deck or at night. There also the logistics and manpower issues.
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  1031.  @shirleymental4189  Well, mortars on ships go back to the sail era.
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  1032.  @gustaveliasson5395  More hindrance than help. The green crew of Bismarck now dragging a green Aircraft carrier in the North Atlantic. Still lacking fuel, escorts and the Entire RN in search. Might get the shadow force to back off? The brainstorm I guess is that somehow Graff Zeppelin's fighters rewrite history and thus no more torpedo attack? Admiral Lütjens has enough issues already.
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  1033.    Yeah, typical You tuber.... 😏
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  1034.  @808bigisland  statistical anomalies. Not really significant here. Again not of any long-term significance or military value.
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  1035.  @brendonbewersdorf986  it's possible they were used for shore bombardment. Mortars also could be used to fire illumination rounds at night. Even PT boats for the US Navy were known to install them late in the war.
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  1036. Correct. The Airfield on Guadalcanal was named for Major Lofton Henderson of the United States Marines. He was commander of VMSB - 241 at Midway. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for the battle. Pan Am actually operated flying boats. So they didn't use the runway at Midway.
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  1037.  @Hibrass  After the battle of course. A bit goofy to name both strips at Midway for one guy.
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  1038. You want a naval shell with cluster munitions?
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  1039. looks are deceiving
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  1040.  @silverhost9782  they're different classes of vessels. Their configurations are all different. South Dakota does not look like a Iowa and Iowa does not look like a North Carolina. And none of them look like Texas.
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  1041.  @RussBeatle63  Money spent there is money taken from something else.
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  1042.  @Drachinifel  That is lot of spending and ship just to back up the Queen's Navy. But with American streaks of Neutrality, It does justify a small navy. Even in 2018, they barely can afford a navy. So a Battleship in 1918 is a bit hard to buy.
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  1043. The Royal Navy got more use out of HMS Argus then they have seen out of the Russian Admiral Kuznetsov's entire career..... 🧐
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  1044. Probably the Battle of the River Plate? The naval attaches at Montevideo and Buenos Aires we're deeply involved in the action after Graf Spee stoped there.
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  1045. But salting was easy in a mass scale.
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  1046. Demand is not there. And cost of upkeep is high.
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  1047. ​ @Jimmythenail that's why they invented the torpedo data computer. Early mechanical computers dedicated to solving fire control problems.
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  1048. ​@joeb5316 Huge "What if?" The Allies lose Guadalcanal? The whole war history and strategy is changed. The Campaign for New Guinea gets bumped. You leave them with control of all the waters between Rabul and Guadalcanal. New Caledonia now becomes within attack range. Supply line to Australia is under threat.
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  1049. ​ @shironee_2384 there's the small matter of getting past Gibraltar.....
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  1050. ​ @jonathanstrong4812 could you try that question again?
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  1051.  @Hanoverfiste86  the short answer to your question is both. Japanese words can have more than one meaning.
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  1052. I notice the Spanish Navy never added a ski jump for VSTOL operation of the Harrier. Was that a cost issue?
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  1053.  @The_Dipship  Money, need, desire. You can't keep everything. Most do not make money. Plus Colorado is no way near a Ocean.
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  1054. Not possible.
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  1055.  @Wannes_  not only that, there's already an entire Italian fleet there. What's the what's the point of trying to send German battleships into the Mediterranean? The whole running past Gibraltar thing is problematic. And in a region with allied air power, the lifespan of a German battleship in those Waters would be pretty short.
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  1056. 🤔Any info on the Drydock accident with RV Petrel?
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  1057.  @baronungernthebloody553  Ships are not built like tanks. The dynamics of armor and Compartments are not the same.
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  1058.  @StupidRobotFightingLeague Simple answer? Think of a wire guided weapon like a reel of fishing line. Rather than radio, control orders are sent via a wire. The shooter with a joystick visually aims at the target from launch to hit. Torpedoes use the same system. Wire guided torps are fed updated target solutions via a wire.
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  1059.  @TheKingofbrooklin  Well...... firing fast is nice. Hitting something is better.
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  1060.  @willa.568  Same purpose. The cage came first. Just a design fad of the era.
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  1061.  @aylwinbin  About the same as her sister USS Pennsylvania.
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  1062.  @toddwebb7521  Not really. Max Speed is not used continuously.
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  1063.  @EdAtoZ  you kind of forget you're not just talking one battleship to salvage. You had all of battleship row. If you see his video on Pearl Harbor salvage; she was already a write-off. You had other bigger priorities to spend time and money on.
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  1064.  @nikospipilis7679  the RAF and the Fleet Air Arm did repeated attacks on ships in both Norway and France.
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  1065. Speaking of history.... Women have made some noteable firsts lately. The RN has its first Female Rear Admiral now. The USN has its first Female CVN Skipper deploy on USS Abraham Lincoln. And the USS Constitution has a Female skipper for the first time in 200 Years.
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  1066.  @EdAtoZ  upright? I think you're confusing Utah with the Oklahoma that capsized?
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  1067. ​ @ZIGSVIDS yes.
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  1068. ​ @UnfollowYourDreams I don't understand your question. Other than escaping a sinking ship, it's not really relevant.
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  1069.  @lavrentivs9891  Most ship losses were by dumb bombs rather than Exocets.
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  1070.  @karlvongazenberg8398  Economic cruise range matters more. It's already faster than its prey. And better armed than most foes.
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  1071.  @agesflow6815  Swab deck and paint.
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  1072. @Le Governer try the Uss New Jersey channel. https://youtu.be/Nb8S1DV9Ono
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  1073.  @tanegashima5395  Your overstressing the design.
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  1074.  @gargolus.  no fan boy love... 😷
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  1075.  @genericpersonx333  His motto is, "Give us Naval Aviation or give us Death!"🙄
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  1076.  @nco_gets_it  Ships are not tanks. Ships are compartmentilzed. The effectiveness is not there.
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  1077.  @ropersf  Your like the 4th guy asking the same thing. Answer is still the same. Ships are not tanks. Ships have compartments that make those rounds not effective. A tank has men and ammo in one place.
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  1078.  @BudroThePious  Again, ships are not tanks
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  1079.  @brycesimon4755  13 guys play hot potato with a cannon ball... 😏
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  1080. A film is not a documentary.
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  1081.  @mikoajwilk1767  nope, nada, zip.
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  1082.  @janwitts2688  Great book.
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  1083. Great topic! We need more submarine talk on this channel. 😉
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  1084.  @thijsvisser9414  Other than weapons used, carrier tactics have not changed much. Find the enemy. strike the enemy. Provide defense from enemy counter strike. Just a change in tools.
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  1085.  @sreckocuvalo8110  The Destroyer..... It's multi functions are hard to replace. You can live without Battleships.
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  1086.  @obelic71  These wrecks are in deep, deep, deep waters....
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  1087.  @dogsnads5634  I don't know why you're bringing up the f-14? They're too big to have been considered for use.
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  1088.  @lanse77lithgow  weapons alone do not make for political decisions. That's two carriers with commitments worldwide. There is no assurance both would have even been available or in the Atlantic.
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  1089.  @stevevalley7835  you'll have to forgive the Royal Navy for going back to its pre World War II tactical defense thinking. That ship anti-aircraft systems and not combat Air patrol were to be the primary stopper of Air attack. The Gannets, would be useful, but a 24-hour combat Air patrol with the air wings available is difficult to maintain. Also the Cold War threat tended to be focused on Soviet long range bombers with anti-ship missiles. Not dog fighting small A4 and Mirages.
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  1090.  @graveyard1979  as with many things, technology tends to run ahead of tactics. The development of Tanks is a prime example. In both cases, people were kind of writing the book on how to use them as they went. So the flexibility of air wing organization was a trial and error thing for all navies.
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  1091.  @scottgiles7546  In terms of Actual service time? They are on 50 year cycles.
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  1092.  @jakemillar649  On Sunday, 7 December 1941, the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the battleship was at Casco Bay, Maine, undergoing a rest and relaxation period following three months of watch duty at Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland. After 10 days at Casco Bay, she returned to Argentia and remained there until late January 1942, when she got underway to escort a convoy to England. After delivering her charges, the battleship patrolled waters near Iceland until March when she returned home.[10] At various times in 1942, the secondary battery was reduced to six 5-inch guns and the light AA battery was increased, adding two extra 1.1-inch/75-caliber quad mounts (these would be replaced by 10 quad mount 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors in June 1943) and adding fourteen 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons (increased to 44 by 1944), the attack on Pearl Harbor having demonstrated the need for this.[22] For the next six months, she continued convoy-escort missions to various destinations. On one occasion, she escorted Guadalcanal-bound Marines as far as Panama; on another, the warship screened service troops to Freetown, Sierra Leone, on the west coast of Africa. More frequently, she made voyages to and from the United Kingdom escorting both cargo- and troop-carrying ships.[10]
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  1093. Argentinian A4 Skyhawks and Brazilian A4's lasted a long time.The Argentinian's fought the Falklands War with them. Some are still flying in the US as Aggressor training aircraft.
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  1094.  @CharlesStearman  exactly. The difference between land aircraft and naval aircraft besides the whole hook thing are things like approach speeds, stall speed, visibility, Etc.
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  1095. BB 35 was done last Fall.
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  1096.  @automatiiik  West to where? There is no Coal, ammo, water or food in the Pacific. Not in French, British or US hands any way.....
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  1097.  @santiago5388  The potential threat they posed would force Von Spee to avoid action. The goal is to return to Germany.
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  1098. What if they fired hotdogs? https://youtu.be/6DIEXyBcpUY
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  1099.  @USSAnimeNCC-  Pearl Harbor comes to mind. Scapa Flow. A few submarines like HMS Thesis. If you mean deep water? Nope.....
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  1100. https://youtu.be/xCkfPeMls7s
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  1101.  @rackstraw  That was cool! 🤓
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  1102.  @OhSome1HasThisName  Kinda changing into non warships, but nothing other than the Sabre; was there was not much of a MiG chaser to be found. From the Meteor to The Phantom. There was not much to rave over.
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  1103.  @OhSome1HasThisName  yep..... interestingly some Hunters still get flown in Aggressor training by military contractors.
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  1104. Sing?🙀 It took 25 years to erase the Village People from memory... Nice pass.
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  1105.  @zombiehero1442  I hate that song so bad..... Only thing worse was wearing Dress Whites and people thinking I was a ice cream truck or Milk man.
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  1106.  @balinthavlik7238  there was an entire Aleutians campaign. Not as well-publicized or flashy as say North Africa or even the china-burma-india theater. But there was significant action there.
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  1107.  @culex818  Who is paying for this dream? And what does the RAF live on? Hopes and dreams?
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  1108.  @joshthomas-moore2656  NIGHT air OPS? 🤔 .... Even today, Not fun..... https://youtu.be/g5zgJFYFIRg
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  1109.  @Sebastian_A_Var_Herman  2 river Monitors for the Falklands?🤔 In terms of resources management; not as effective as a OPV. The RN can't be sitting on tiny rivers in the Falklands. They need a ship for bad seas and range to cover South Georgia.
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  1110. The USS Arizona is returning. A new Virginia class sub. Oklahoma as well.
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  1111. Hmmmm.... while there were reasons to fight. The sinking of the USS PANAY in 1937 or the sinking of USS Ruben James just weeks from Pearl Harbor as examples. I doubt we were that close to war. We still had a strong & Anti War base. We lacked the men and arms till well into 1943.
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  1112.  @j.a.b.nijenhuis8124  I think he didn't get his hug at Sesame Place either? 😒
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  1113. Remains that way today.
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  1114.  @seafodder6129  Well done. Well done! 👍😉🍹
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  1115.  @T3hderk87  1. No. 2. That is a silly question. Do you use a sledgehammer to kill flies or a fly swatter?
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  1116. Anyone who seriously wants to fight 80 year old ships in 2023 has a special kind of Faith going on.
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  1117. What the devil is a freeaboo? And what is considered perfectly stopping?
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  1118.  @oniichan4909  Agreed. Nobody ever said Kurt Tank was influenced making the FW-190.
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  1119.  @phillip0537  effective at doing what?
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  1120.  @vikkimcdonough6153  most of those ships were thoroughly worn out by the end of the war. Despite their historical value, they don't make any economic sense in most places. Nor was the world particularly interested in memorializing what was recent history. Most want to forget about it. There's also the major issue of funding and caretaking. Unlike battlefields like Gettysburg, ship museums are not run by the National Park Service. They take up a lot of space and require a lot of upkeep with not a lot of visitors to pay the bill.
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  1121. On the other hand..... A daytime mass PT attack is a bit of, "Charge of the Light Brigade. "
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  1122. ​ @briannicholas2757 bigger is not better. Bigger guns do not provide better return. You have fewer of them. They're going to require a bigger hull and barbette. The ammunition is going to be large and heavy. Meaning they will be slow to load.
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  1123. 🤔 Define "still work" and "battle carrier?"
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  1124. Define limited ammunition? Most aircraft only have ammunition for about 10 to 15 seconds continuous fire. Which is why you fire in bursts.
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  1125. BBQ smoker?🍖🥩🍗🔥🤔
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  1126.  @morganolson1657  War warnings were already in progress. The Yangtze River patrol recalled. The 4th Marine Regiment left China for the Philippines days before. PT boats for delivery to the Philippines were at Pearl Harbor as cargo. The carriers were at sea because they were ferrying planes to Midway and Wake Islands. So war prep was underway. They just thought it would be next month and at other targets.
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  1127. Brits like gardening.
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  1128. Night flight required instrument flight training. Flying on instruments is hard. Trying to navigate over the open ocean without landmarks, is really hard.
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  1129.  @leandro9311  Not very effective. Japan Had little Merchant traffic to sink. And had long ranges to travel.
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  1130.  @harrisonrawlinson5650  🤔.......... Short answer? Yes, but the payload is smaller
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  1131. It's a common error. People have a hard time relating to the naval system of doing things versus say the Army. I will never understand the desire of people to speak in MOS code words.
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  1132.  @jetdriver  I suppose.🤷🏽‍♂️ Naval people have our own quirky code Speak that makes little sense to most. At the end of the day; we don't need to be calling water fountains, Scuttlebutts, bathrooms, heads or walls, bulkheads. Etc., etc......
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  1133. ​ @Drachinifel I think we have a generation that needs to start getting hearing aids?
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  1134.  @unryumaru2095  there is a diminishing return to trying to go larger in size. Even land-based artillery doesn't do giant guns anymore. You still are talkin about human beings trying to physically move these shells.
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  1135.  @elcastorgrande  both ships you mentioned Saw service in the Korean War. But, they are from the later Commencement Bay class. Rather than the Casablancas.
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  1136.  @johnshepherd9676  those were not Casablanca class ships. These ships that appeared in the film were later Commencement Bay class.
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  1137. No Hans Langdorff?
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  1138.  @themanformerlyknownascomme777  it was not my question originally. But anytime you have defense policy going over several different governments. Getting a unified long-term Vision or policy is going to be difficult. At some point, the Royal Navy budget is going to be robbing Peter to pay Paul.
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  1139.  @calenedgar3722  Ironically enough, their first nuclear sub was a HMS Dreadnought. But now you are getting into the 1960s.
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  1140. Attack on the Philippines Only? In 1941 the Philippines are still US territory. Larger and more important than Hawaii. Not just with military but thousands of American civilians. There is no change.
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  1141.  @Rammstein0963.  Japan had no commerce really to raid. They had no trade partners.
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  1142.  @rodrigogoncalves6165  No.... Star shells are like flares. They are for illumination.
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  1143.  @connorjohnson7834  That is all it is. A tiny blank firing canon for making Canon salutes. The tradition dates to the days of sail. To show as a sign of peace, your weapons were empty entering a port. Gun salutes and rifle volley honor people ceremonially based on number fired.
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  1144.  @DavidConnor  True. I know of the Japanese system. I was speaking generally.
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  1145.  @therealboomhower9209  Drachinifel can't catch every one. I just catch the fly balls....⚾️
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  1146.  @MarkJoseph81  sub duty is voluntary for a reason. Those with emotional or mental defects generally are screened out.
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  1147.  @Jman7133  one vs. SIX..... the end.
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  1148. The US and UK had no battleships of that speed when built. The guns let them outgun any heavy cruiser that could catch them.
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  1149.  @Kerndon  Ranger actually did go to the Pacific. Just not in a Frontline combat role.
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  1150.  @dbuckleton  okay, let's just say the call to abandon ship was given. Everyone who was going to get off, did so.
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  1151.  @Drachinifel  No, we need dress hauls from Fashion Nova....🤣
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  1152. Or where is the fuel coming from?⛽
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  1153. ​ @bkjeong4302 in June of 42, do they even have enough oilers to do all this?
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  1154.  @sarjim4381  Agree to disagree, but buying F35's does not mean Japan is back in the Empire business. And other than PM Abe, nobody is on the expansion bandwagon of the Defense Forces.
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  1155.  @sarjim4381  Tastes great or less filling? 🤔 Okay, that's enough. Have a great Sunday, Sar.
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  1156.  @geoffreymowbray6789  Yes, the treaty is a factor for why these what ifs, never were. As well as economics and the general move in dissarmorment after WW1.
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  1157. NOT funnels... cargo cranes.
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  1158.  @gequitz  Considering the lack of seagoing females, the role is none. Port visits were few. And sick men were replaced by press gangs. By WW2, Pennicilin kept these Issues in control.
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  1159. More subs? Needs more hot women and fewer ships. 😏
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  1160. Pennsylvania, where the deer play and Groundhogs sells lottery tickets.... 😎
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  1161.  @Saberjet1950  More? Well we have a lot of Sad Penn State football fans. 😏
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  1162.  @connormclernon26  Changing subs does little. The job was to carry Midgets to Hawaii. As for Washington DC? Not practical.
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  1163.  @richardorta8960  Yes, but the USN had time to perfect the idea. https://youtu.be/BMK_j4kKGqU
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  1164.  @grahamwilson5133  More a lack of U boats than weather.
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  1165. Why were the Dutch so more popular in Japan during its closed era?
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  1166.  @rackstraw  The other odd member of that crew was a 14 year old Lawrence Fishburne at the start of filming in 1976. Talk about not checking ID.....😏
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  1167. Could be worse.... My Alama Mata has a Mumps outbreak that is spreading off campus.
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  1168. Just stumbled on some museum ship news.... While we have the ships worried about sinking, the USS Kidd in Baton Rouge, LA has the other issue. The Mississippi River has dropped so far, that the ship is high and dry on blocks. https://youtu.be/M1kQj_4o4mg
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  1169. A cruiser is a bit much for a yacht.
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  1170.  @elennapointer701  The test data gained outweighs the value of scrap steel.
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  1171.  @chandlerwhite8302  Ironically enough, I live in West Philly and have been to the yard a few times. Most are not rusting away though. Being a fresh water river, that's why the base was selected for the mothball fleet. Some like the sub they have, are on museum hold. Waiting for someone to restore them. Others like the DDG & FFG's will likely get sunk as target ships in a SinkEX.
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  1172. That makes you too slow to catch the Germans. So The RN still loses.
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  1173. The naval nerds are now finally satisfied. They've been begging for this since channel day one. Seems like this program would have been better performed by having everything concentrated in Pensacola however.
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  1174. ​ @caseyprice5061  the US had more ships and personnel.😊
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  1175. ​ @themanformerlyknownascomme777  the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico most certainly were a security issue.
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  1176. Pre Atomic age steel. That is what they are after. Highly valued.
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  1177. Shoulder fired SAMS are a simpler approach today.
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  1178.  @john_in_phoenix They seem to be on plenty of battlefields lately. And more effective and Less costly than any AA gun. On land or sea.
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  1179. Sinking on launch? Fills a sailor with confidence. 😒
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  1180. This is the Drydock to put on while driving the 24 hours of Daytona🏎️
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  1181.  @Guangrui  yes, they're all named for Commodore Bainbridge.
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  1182.  @bkjeong4302  I'm going to say due to the curvature of the Earth?🙄 20 miles...
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  1183.  @wcweathe  Well for most of that period the RN specialized in Anti Sub warfare. Along with other Nato forces at sea and the secret US Sosus system, the Brits would fair ok. But it depends on the length of war and if it stayed non nuclear.
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  1184.  @Matahpi  Attack scope is connected to the TDC. It has a smaller field of view than the search scope.
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  1185.  @SonOfAB_tch2ndClass  You can make new shells and ammo bags. We have no lack of artillery suppliers.
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  1186.  @bkjeong4302  True.....😐
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  1187. Going back to the Saipan question. A more likely post-war use is for Operation of helicopters, rather than fixed Wing aircraft.
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  1188.  @dougearnest7590  There is a difference between history discussing and political axe grinding.
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  1189. That's a pretty good description. The darn thing is about a seaworthy as a kayak.
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  1190.  @imprisongroverfurr5252  pretty easy to see Williams Jennings Bryan as being in favor of isolationism policy and a smaller defense spending focus.
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  1191.  @marckyle5895  well I checked with naval History command. USS Wasp was Busy assisting the Royal Navy. USS Wasp spent the Spring of 1942 helping the British on missions to Malta.
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  1192. Hmmmm..... Best guess is that every fleet had basic info from publications like Janes. They also had Naval attaches & intel people world wide. As to deep details about armor or weapons range? It would varry.
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  1193.  @brendonbewersdorf986  that's just the reality of War. Nor is there much desire in any of those countries to glorify the World War ii era. They very much rather forget it... You're very few Germans outside of family members who care about Hitler's Navy. Most Japanese are several generations removed from the war. And generally shy away from militarism. And Italians? Well they're the Italians....
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  1194.  @mauricewalshe8234  Think Star Spangled banner..... The whole Rockets red glare thing.
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  1195.  @Terrekain  What does Clinton have to do with fighter performance? And while you disparage the F35, it is hardly a failure.
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  1196.  @Terrekain  International cooperation is standard in the industry. And overseas sales have made the planes highly desirable. The Vstol B model may most desired of all.
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  1197. Pricey, ugly as sin, and can not do the basic job it was made for.
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  1198.  @ph89787  Benny Hill had a great joke about making assumptions.😁
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  1199.  @katana1430  ?...🤔 Like when you cheat on taxes or number of personal conquests. You lie....😑
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  1200.  @Rusty_Shackleford1  ships have the ability to seal themselves and shut off ventilation systems. Ships are also equipped with emergency sprinkler systems. Either designed to wash off radioactive or chemical agents.
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  1201.  @bkjeong4302  not completely useless. But they have too far to cover distance wise. The US carrier forces are spent by the end of the battle. Enterprises basically the only thing functioning.
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  1202.  @yusokrazee  Same as yours. So we are even....😑
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  1203. What is your question?
    2
  1204. Because patreon people pay money.... 😏
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  1205. Keep in mind that carrier Aviation is a book being written as they went. And the idea that AA guns rather than the Fighter for defense made sense. They also did not face a significant carrier opponent.
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  1206. Ships are not tanks. Anti tank analogies do not apply.
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  1207.  @Cbabilon675  star shows are exactly what they sound like. They're flares. You shoot them to light up the night sky.
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  1208. To keep smoke out of the pilots glide path to the deck.
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  1209.  @AtParmentier  Those pilots take a year to 2 years to train. Japan lacks time and oil.
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  1210.  @Cbabilon675  Your question is a little confusing but basically you're talking about the invention of the LPH. That requires about 10 years and the development of large Helicopters.
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  1211.  @Cbabilon675  That's a bit too, "Force 10 from Navarone." How do they get home? 🤔
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  1212.  @murderouskitten2577  Sounds better than the Chinese. The People's Liberation Army Navy... 🤔
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  1213.  @jacobbayadi  generally ships don't get that close, but in the case of HMS Glorious or USS Gambier Bay; both were engaged in gun actions.
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  1214. @gil7459  everybody keeps coming up with the same tank ammo versus ship thing. It's not applicable.
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  1215. @brendonbewersdorf986  technology dead end. Various Navy's tried experiments with it in the 1950's. Things like fuel cells are a better option in AIP subs today.
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  1216. Depends how deep the explosion under the hole. That's how most Torpedoes work. They go underneath and break the keel.
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  1217. On December 7th, the tanker USS Ramapo was in the Southeast Loch at Pearl Harbor. On cargo cradles were PT 27,29,30 and 42. PT 26 and 28 were being loaded as the attack occurred. Ramapo was to transport the second half of the unit to the Philippines. Instead they remained to become detailed to Squadron 1 and 2.
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  1218.  @Cbabilon675  the ship you are referring to is the Samuel B.Roberts. and basically? The safeties are still in place on the charge.
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  1219.  @keab42  some use compressed air, others used a powder charge.
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  1220.  @Saberjet1950  🤷 Common sense is not common after all?
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  1221. Marines on ship detachment did man and operate secondary and AAA guns.
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  1222. I think Gene Roddenberry has heard you?
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  1223.  @tomdolan9761  I care more about it going to cost probably the retirement of the next three generations.💰
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  1224. https://youtu.be/TqM1PS1YTo0 and https://youtu.be/W7qExnBNWJk
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  1225. That is a good question. But better, left to some of our military Aviation channels. As a general rule? Most are purpose built. Most land base designs don't work as conversions. A good naval aircraft design needs to have the strength and landing gear to withstand the stress of a deck Landing. It has to be compact to operate in a limited space available. It must have excellent low-speed handling and stall characteristics. Visibility is a must. Must have short take-off capability. Excellent ditching characteristics are helpful. They must be easy to service quickly. Long-endurance is always a must-have quality.
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  1226. Asked already.
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  1227.  @Aerospace_Gaming  You ditch and wait for pickup by Escort ships or Subs assign to "Lifeguard " duty. Seaplanes from the Battleships and Cruisers may also do Search and Rescue. In the Battle of Midway, nearly the entire Air wing of the USS Hornet was shot down, or ditched at sea. If other Carriers are available? You land there.
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  1228.  @chadthundercock5641  what do you base that on?
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  1229.  @notshapedforsportivetricks2912  it would be like a Mini Cooper getting hit by a bus.😵🚌
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  1230.  @arivael  you have a lot of optimistic hopes going on here. Even if Norfolk and Suffolk are able to shadow; that's a lot of ocean to expect a intercept? The Germans already are faster and have a head start. You have a larger combined Force to counter. But they can't close the distance.
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  1231.  @joebrown2122  What do you magically suggest? 90 Year old ships to magically appear?
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  1232.  @kkupsky6321  it's not a myth. Many turrets are designed that way. As for shooting upside down? No.....
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  1233.  @mindwarp42  but the concept of a human powered submersible had already been demonstrated as far back as a revolution with the Turtle. Was it successful in sinking a ship? Yes. Was it a design dead end? Yes.
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  1234. ​ @CorePathway 😂
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  1235.  @rdc5551  🥇😏 I really wish this fad would die already....
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  1236. @robert rowe gun size and armor. In general, Light Crusiers had 6" main guns. Heavy Crusiers had 8" main guns. Battlecrusiers had guns near Battleship size, but with less armor.
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  1237.  @jnelchef  The high hanger provided plane storage from the hanger ceiling.
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  1238.  @jnelchef  Not sure. When designed in the biplane era, planes did not weigh much. So such a suspended storage would be harder to do by the time of the Essex.
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  1239.  @juancarosio4266  Common. Understand this before the era of water treatment or the idea of Pasteurization. Since beer is and liquor were distilled, they became the beverage of choice.
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  1240. At least one that doesn't do dress hauls, tic toks or something...
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  1241. That is not the standard actually. Military service is not needed for naming.
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  1242.  @laudennis8633  the best counter to aircraft; is a combat air Patrol. HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse Showed the Battleships were not the best method.
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  1243.  @AdamMGTF  Well, we can use a more Current example. The War on Terror. No one had any idea on 9/12/ 2001 that would turn into a generational conflict. And some might say , it is still not over. 😔
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  1244. That is why they replace barrels on ships.
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  1245. Funny that you mentioned buying a warship. We have a candidate sitting here in Philadelphia. USS Canon needs saving. Just the right size too.
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  1246. Today the USN has it's own modern Midget sub, the SEAL Delivery Vehicle. https://youtu.be/unx4JhLFohQ
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  1247.  @davidandmartinealbon3155  one could make a serious argument that's what happened to U-boats. To counter aerial attack threats; U-boats were refitted with more flak cannons. This was actually a regression in performance. The additional guns retarded underwater speed and made noise which could be detected. Thus making them more vulnerable. That seems to meet the criteria of your question.
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  1248.  @0Fingolfin0  Those small weapons are penetrating Hull plating. Not the armor belt.
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  1249.  @alexadamson9959  Basically are there Richard Sharpe stories in the Navies?🤔...... Admiral Farragut of the USN sort of fits. Midshipman at age 9. Prize master at 12. Made Admiral and served 60 years and into the US Civil war. As for anyone going from Seaman to CNO? Try the late Admiral Jeremy Boorda USN. The 25th CNO 1994 to 1996.
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  1250.  @FazCraft  Yes..... The US Army and Navy have developed both guided and extended range Artillery. A Example is the 155mm Excalibur round for the Army. Able to hit targets at 40 miles. Such a weapon was to arm the DDG -1000 Zumwalt class. But canceled due to costs.
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  1251.  @galbert117  you've asked a what-if question with so many variables; you could spin the bottle and get a number of answers.
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  1252. Most repairs are temporary. To stop fire and flooding and keep power on. Any hull damage requires drydocks or divers. So for something like armor, your just planking over the holes or welding sheet metal as a patch. You can not bring the strength back to 100% at sea.
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  1253. Those were Grumman Panthers.
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  1254. The Iowa class were reactivated.
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  1255.  @roboslacker5593  https://youtu.be/rAFJXEwzL8M
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  1256.  @kemarisite  Why would anyone waste time?
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  1257.  @LiveErrors  No.... Why are you guys trying to Swat flies with a bat?
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  1258.  @LiveErrors  It is not practical or useful. AA guns are there for a reason. The Mains are not for that role.
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  1259.  @kemarisite  Main guns for AA use.
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  1260.  @nevalniq  Define impact?🤔 What does it change really? The planes are not better. The pilots are not better or more in number. There is no fuel for it or escorts. It doesn't win any battles for Japan. So, the easy answer is?(fill in the blank)........😏
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  1261.  @Paludion  not to nitpick, but I believe there's a difference between an oiler and a tanker? Oilers are used for refueling.
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  1262.  @thehandoftheking3314  it depends if your priority is air traffic control or ship handling? The rear position of the island is better at air traffic control.
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  1263.  @AdmiralWillisLee1942  it would have not made a difference. You don't have the pilots or the aircraft.
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  1264.  @stevevalley7835  for the amount of work you're going to have to do to make this even worthwhile; you can just build another Ranger.
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  1265.  @bkjeong4302  not to mention the steel embargo.
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  1266.  @strub6732  Turbines. They became the power plant of choice at sea. Hi power, fewer parts, smaller size less vibration.
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  1267.  @sirtoast4502  Does it have a ice machine? Bad paintings and cups wraped in paper? Free pool? 🤔
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  1268.  @jb76489  Simple. Point bow and shoot....
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  1269.  @LostShipMate  To allow air ops from hangers without using elevators.
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  1270. I wrecked Dad's 1982 model. 😡
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  1271.  @Archie2c  that doesn't mean you have the authority to start a war? Nor did he have the capability to do so.
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  1272.  @stevelenz8493  Because he has a life outside of You tube.
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  1273.  David Burgin  Steel and Aluminum aloy.
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  1274.  @Betrix5060  Midway is not exactly a castle or even the Alamo. The islands are small with no high ground. No force can hold for long .
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  1275. Old ships cost money. And post World War II, they were other things to spend money on. Also, not everyone wanted to remember the war. They wanted to forget it and move on. Nor are ship museums great money making attractions. Only a few noteworthy ones get lots of crowds.
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  1276. What are you trying to imply?
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  1277. You might be referring to the water hose? This is a water cooled machine gun.
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  1278.  @spikespa5208  believe it or not it's one of the most darkest countries on Earth at night.
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  1279.  @bkjeong4302  Oiler support? True... Both need refuel at sea.
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  1280.  @smokejaguarsix7757  Gary Francis Powers would disagree. As did everybody who flew a U-2 or SR-71. In 250 years, we have rarely game planned much of anything. From Custer's Last Stand to what happens when drones fly over Crimea....
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  1281. As planes got bigger? Hard to say.
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  1282.  @e.a.prince8895  That is Yamamoto lossing $500 on a craps table. Now he wants to spend your dinner money on a the $5 table..... Not workable.
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  1283. Easy answer? Nope....
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  1284.  @davidhutchison3343  That is why under the rules of war, ships were to ID ships. The Surface Raiders stopped and boarded ships. Subs did Unrestricted warfare when ASW became harder. It was standard practice at first to surface, inspect and use the deck gun to sink Merchants. On the other hand, Neutral ships trading with your enemy are fair game.
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  1285. Who decided warships should be painted grey?
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  1286.  @geopoliticsjunkie4114  actually it's less about skill and more software now. Raytheon developed a auto landing system for both the b and c model. It allows you to land the f 35 up to sea state 5 conditions .
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  1287. Speaking of peril at Sea.... Who has the greater Lifeboat voyage? Bligh OR Shackleton 🤔🚣‍♂️
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  1288.  @genericpersonx333  I would imagine they felt that those hulls were not appropriate for the task? There's also the economics of the era to consider.
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  1289. Library card.....
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  1290.  @Normandy1944  🙆🏽‍♂️ hopefully, it'll be a Jeopardy Daily Double one day....
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  1291. Okay, I see what you trying to correct here....
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  1292. They should call Otis.... They know elevator technology. 😏
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  1293. You could have expanded the training program, but you don't have the Manpower. Even today the population of Canada is only about 39 million. I think the state of California has more people?
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  1294.  @gaeliel  To raid what? They had no chance of merchant raiding.
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  1295.  @Bagheera2  And your plan is? 🤔
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  1296. Lol😁
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  1297. Sad, yet honorable death. They fought to the last full measure of devotion to duty, Emperor and nation. No one can say, the IJN didn't try. 😔
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  1298.  @edwarddunne2758  not really. While you see the ships as being useful, the aircraft that have to use them have moved on. You're going to be limited in the size of aircraft capable of operating from an Essex. You're limited to using aircraft the size of the A7 and F 8 Crusader and A4.
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  1299.  @RUSSIAN_SHRILL  it would have made no difference. You can't destroy a mountain.
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  1300. 1968. The year of disappearing subs.... Four submarines in one year. Not a good year for dolphin people.....
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  1301.  @EZEVO  How is Tirpitz magically repaired? As for 1943, the RN would be the Far Eastern Fleet and busy in the Indian Ocean.
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  1302. On the contrary, the answer was clearly no.
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  1303. Ah, the Emden story. As The story goes, the ship had stopped at the island to take out the communication station there. Underwater cables were we're relayed from there. As the landing party was engaged in that activity; the ship was engaged by the HMAS Sydney. Sydney either did not know about the landing party or spot them? Then they used and available boat on the island to make their escape and start their long journey back to Germany. There's an entire movie about it. Sadly, it's all in German.
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  1304. Short, brutal and sad.
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  1305.  @Enclave216  They use mechanical computers. See here. https://youtu.be/3HoSh3n3CaI
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  1306. 🤔The men in torpedo tube question? SEEMS to be possible. I've done a quick search and have found multiple stories from former SEAL/ UDT types from the USN, RN, and German navies. Generally the procedure is to swim out of the tube. Drain tube Open breech door Push in breathing gear Crawl in tube. Bring your knife. Close breech door. Flood tube Open outer door. Swim out - put on your tank and swim away. There is also a delivery vehicle designed just for two drivers to use from a torpedo tube. See.... "JFD torpedo SEAL."
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  1307.  @Terrekain  Procurment has little to do with users opinions or feelings.
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  1308. If you're in between? Why not go to New Jersey or Wisconsin?
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  1309.  @craigfazekas3923  Oh.... Well. I have getting over there on the to do list. Have not been to Camden in a few years. Maybe next year... 🤔
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  1310. ​Other ships have priority.
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  1311. Not really, because they didn't use it.
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  1312.  @rogersmith7396  there were three Midway's. CV-41,42 & 43. USS Midway, USS FDR & USS Coral Sea. The next class, the Forrestal did not commission till 1955. The Essex classes were given overhauls and conversions for jets, ASW use and as LPH. Lexington, Yorktown and the Intrepid in NYC are all 1950's conversions.
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  1313.  @brianpanco8325  https://youtu.be/UhCiGY75wVw
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  1314. Easier to go clean sheet design with the Type 21 U boat. Those other ideas mean stopping production of the type VII to retool. https://youtu.be/9C3AZTOQzCQ
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  1315.  @bkjeong4302  How about the Enterprise Air group at Pearl Harbor? 🤔
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  1316. Money needed elsewhere.
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  1317.  @QuizmasterLaw  overall while there was a lot of technological advance in 20 years; ships built at the end of World War I were still quite relevant in 1939. Most were lacking however in anti-aircraft defense. Mostly due to the rapid advance of aircraft technology. In 20 years aircraft had become far more lethal. As to your example of modern day Russian Navy? You're talking more of a 30 to 40 year Gap in many cases. The Russians have lacked consistent funding, training and maintenance. Due to lack of bases and long range logistics they also are not capable of long deployment voyages as a surface Force.
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  1318.  @waynesworldofsci-tech  Power boosts? Not sure you can do so really? Nor is the hull going to improve on drag or the props get more efficient.
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  1319.  @waynesworldofsci-tech  is that dash speed or sustained?
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  1320. As I hit 50 next Month, I feel your pain.....
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  1321.  @stevevalley7835  at the time the war started, reinforcement was in progress. The 4th Marines have been withdrawn from China. Both b-17s and p-40s were being sent. Even the rest of the PT boats were in Pearl Harbor waiting to go to the Philippines on the 7th of December.
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  1322.  @stevevalley7835  the islands held out for 4 months. Largely supported by submarine. But in general, expecting large shipments is not likely. But you could say the same thing to Outposts in Guam, Wake Island or Midway....
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  1323.  @stevevalley7835  I think a lot of those horses wound up as dinner....
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  1324.  @luisnunes3863  you may have a point. No one made a movie about the 300 Spartans that stayed home.
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  1325. 😒 Somehow I don't expect any North Korea museum trip plans? Speaking of Museums.. . I hear Star Trek Picard has honored the USS New Jersey. I don't think I'll be around to see that one... 🤔
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  1326. The M 1917 lewis was a USMC & USN weapon.
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  1327. As you see in the film the ship has limited depth charge storage. It's also working alone.
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  1328. Not when you consider the history of the Marine Corps. Just remember the line from the Marine Corps hymn," from the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli. "
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  1329. War film projects are not made for Naval nerds. They want A general audience. People who sit in a 4-Hour documentary on the battle are not the same people who are expecting a Avengers or Transformers movie....😏📽🎬
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  1330.  @andrewreynolds9371  been asked before, not yet.
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  1331.  @wolfshanze5980  It is the World Wide Web..... 🙄
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  1332.  @wolfshanze5980  Well.... Some in The EU can be a bit Salty. Till they need us.... 🤠🇺🇸
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  1333. Getting rid of the USS United States is the best thing that could have happened to the Navy. And Thankfully, Hyman Rickover and the Submarine Service were the better Idea. Rather than concentrating on air delivery, the birth of the ballistic missile submarine began. And the US Navy remains in the nuclear game. There were a few other minor detours to get there however. The Martin Seamaster most notably. The money spent on the USS United States would have been a waste......
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  1334.  @BlaBla-pf8mf  once again this comes up. Ships are not tanks. And the rules of design and weapons do not carry over.
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  1335.  @scottmason2557  While they had a combined goal, Combined Ops in both cases is hard to do. The Allies failed at Badly in 1942 with the ABDA fleet. Same issue, just in reverse for Axis or Central Powers.
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  1336.  @dcbadger2  way out of lane. There. Channels on Naval Aviation such as the USN Aviation Museum however.
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  1337.  @klakkat  Montana got built few months ago. We also have a sub for New Jersey this week. https://youtu.be/hn_cJeZGB2A
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  1338.  @smokejaguarsix7757  wrong on both accounts.
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  1339. One must remember that the Greek Navy has been then and today poor. If there was a Goodwill donation box for used ships? Greece would be there..
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  1340.  @LordGame2222  the Dolphins were trained in particular to find underwater mines. They have excellent low-light vision an excellent underwater directional hearing that allow them to detect and track undersea targets.
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  1341.  @cobbleturd6978  bigger is not better. The larger the gun size and caliber; you get diminishing returns in performance. The shells are bigger, heavier and harder to reload quickly.
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  1342. Nope.
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  1343. Uh, because it's the Independence Class of CVL.....😞
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  1344. Q&A Will you be doing any specials on fast attack, coastal forces, riverine units? The big ship, blue water Navy has been discussed extensively.
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  1345. The folks at the NRO would reply, "You want us to task a $40 million spy sat to watch 80 year old ship wrecks?" 😏 You would be transfered to parking Valet soon after......
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  1346.  @toothedacorn4724  While returning to Bergen, Norway to repair a misfiring engine, U-864 was detected and sunk on 9 February 1945 by the British submarine HMS Venturer, killing all 73 on board. It is the only documented instance in the history of naval warfare where one submarine intentionally sank another while both were submerged.
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  1347.  @kemarisite  Yeah, even Jim Rockford and Beretta could solve this case....😑
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  1348. They're interested in the ship materials. They're not exactly looking to swap your wallet or anything.
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  1349.  @keithmoore5306  They have to eat too. There are lower scum on the scum scale.... 🙄
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  1350. No, it's worth going to Chaps Pit beef.🍖😉
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  1351.  @janosczinder  Ranger did go to the Pacific in 1944. it was used in a training role in Hawaii and San Diego till end of the war. As to the lack of combat? Torpedo protection was weak, limits on air group size, Weight of new planes required new elevators. Had no torpedo storage originally. Refits fixed some issues, but the Newer CV's were available.
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  1352.  @kemarisite  Ranger did go in 1944. Training carrier out of Hawaii and San Diego.
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  1353.  @communismbad6236  https://youtu.be/Li2Kt4DtUdY a tank is a single compartment with men and ammo. A ship is compartmentalized and has voids and tanks. All you're doing is punching a small hole into possibly a broom closet or a other watertight space. On a tank, that explosive is going to enter the compartment and take out the crew. You need to cause large holes to cause flooding.....
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  1354.  @thomas316  still kind of a mystery... Nobody really knows for sure.
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  1355.  @michaelbriggs5503  Check books are not endless. The Great Depression in 1939 is still ongoing. The RN can not have everything. The Air Force and Army have needs too. So trade offs get made. Like refits for HMS Hood or buying planes.
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  1356. Soviet bombers are not geese.
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  1357.  @HaloFTW55  I don't know what you expect to hit with those things? A Soviet bomber not even going to come in range?
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  1358. That's kind of hard to do. You can design them to prevent explosions. Contain? Given the level of powder and explosives; not really doable.
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  1359. The sound is fine. Your hearing? Needs a check....
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  1360.  @silenceoftheyams5969  you could say the same thing about nuclear weapons. ☢️
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  1361.  @silenceoftheyams5969  🙏 Pray the guys in the silos never get that phone call....
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  1362. FRAM was a life extension rebuild for Sumner and Gearing class DD's. The idea was to extend the life of WW2 ships and update them for modern ASW weapons. So various guns, torpedoes and depth charge racks were removed and replaced by new missiles, guns , ASW gear and fire controls.
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  1363. Dating a Rumba vacuum cleaner.
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  1364. ​ @rogersmith7396 you would be incorrect.
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  1365. By 1942, there's a lack of experienced crews everywhere. Learning the US ship would be no more complex than learning how to run a new kg 5.
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  1366. Real warships? Care to explain?
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  1367. Out side box thinking. But too far outside of the tech box of 1916.
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  1368. A V-2 can't track a moving target.
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  1369. In simple terms, they are long range, Ocean going vessels .
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  1370. ​ @brendonbewersdorf986 Just Pretty fireworks.
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  1371. Bligh would not cut it in 2020. He would be in Anger Management the first time he called crew, Snowflakes.
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  1372. HMMMMMMM, the Zumwalt class gets my vote.
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  1373.  @cyberpunkprussian  in 1953 the US gave two Independence class CVL'S to France. USS Belleau Wood and USS Langley.
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  1374. A very dangerous Choice it turns out. While providing high performance, far more flammable than Diesel engines by their German counterparts.
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  1375. Just fine.
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  1376.  @crabbyguy2737  Great point. 🦉
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  1377.  @Warspite1  Some like The USS Pennsylvania had minor damage. The sister ship to the Arizona was in Drydock during the attack. Still, at 21 knot top speed it was too slow for Carrier escort. By the time repairs and upgrades were done on the West Coast; the ADBA fleet was gone. Thus the Pennsylvania was sent on operations in the Aleutian islands.
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  1378.    🤷‍♂️ Is there a Pirate R&D Lab?🤔
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  1379.  @wiryantirta  Very difficult. Ships are not modular. You have to tear down the superstructures, remove the engines, and rebuild.
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  1380.  @robertillston2350  you answered your own question. You're trying to put square pegs in round holes with a conversion.
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  1381. 😎👍 score a good day for Gen. Galland and the Abbeyville boys. His autobiography, "From the first to the Last" has whole chapter of the Air ops side of things. Also about the last good day for Adm. Raeder. From now on, it became a U boat war and Dönitz's war.
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  1382. @ℂ'𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕊𝕚 𝔹𝕠𝕟! Most tribes have no Casinos and they are some of the poorest people in our nation.
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  1383.  @themightynanto3158  No more than the Sinkings of other ships over 1941 to 1942.
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  1384.  @wun1gee  https://youtu.be/3HoSh3n3CaI
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  1385.  @joshuasantos3692  https://youtu.be/rZQzXJ85cdM
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  1386.  @typehere6689  You're going to trade off performance, displacement or protection .
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  1387. 😎👍Fire control. Engage, weapons free.....
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  1388. ​ @brandonachi  there were a few attacks. Most notably 1 Japanese submarine used the deck gun to Shell a oil storage facility. In another case, they tried a torpedo attack near the entrance to San Francisco Bay. The torpedo was recovered.
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  1389.  @danhaas9730  when you say stray rounds, it's going to take more than just small arms fire. And if they take a high explosive shell to the deck? That Little Flower class is going straight to the bottom. But the risk is small. They rarely got into gun fights. And few attacks by air.
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  1390.  @jbflotsam8132  helicopters has become the default ASW weapon of choice. And it takes the ship out of the line of fire. There's no need for it to get within the enemy's torpedo range. It has the ability to loiter on a target. Drones expand that ability.
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  1391. You have to dodge a lot of radar guns between Boston and Norfolk.
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  1392. The biggest thing as far as diet was probably Refrigeration. Ships diets for centuries mostly dried and salted preserved Foods. Now fresh and frozen food were available for use.
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  1393. Two week trip? Or... "Harold, Kumar, and Drach go to White Castle."🍔😷 Just avoid the dumpster fire called, Spirit Airlines. The Ghost of passengers are still waiting for baggage.😒✈️
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  1394. You had to be kind of an adventurous type. Very non-traditional Navy. They still are pretty different odd bunch.
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  1395.  @myparceltape1169  it's just that he's got a full schedule already. There's only 52 weeks in a year doing three shows a week. That's more dedication than most YouTube people. He'll find a spot for them. I'd love to hear about the small Navy stuff.
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  1396.  @markmaki4460  Real War? I beg your pardon but, we've spent a generation fighting a real war. The War on Terror is better labeled World War III. Lasted longer than both of the first two. Has just as many, if not more participants and locations. And most certainly cost more than the first two.
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  1397.  @dchiab818  USS Merrimack. Was burnt on purpose in the US Civil War. The CSA then used the hull for the ironclad CSS Virginia.
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  1398.  @adamalton2436  Sinking of the USS Maine in 1898. Started a entire war....
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  1399. The Zero fighter had outstanding range. It also had great speed. Because with lightweight design, it did not require a huge engine. The great misunderstanding of the Zero, is fighting philosophy and tactics. Allied Fighters fought defensively. While the Zero fighter is best used in an aggressive offensive attack Manor. That on top of Japanese philosophy on combat is why armor is rejected. It's down fall was lack of upgrades and pilot quality.
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  1400. The French Navy Sub Surcouf. Largest sub pre WW2.
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  1401. Yards busy in new construction and manpower shortages come to mind.
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  1402.  @themightynanto3158  It can be as simple as wind drift on a projectile.
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  1403.  @godalmighty83  In that case you ditch the ship and put guns on shore.
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  1404. It's flare. Not a crime.
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  1405. The idea of your going to give Pearl harbor a warning at 4 AM on a Sunday? Half of the fleet and most of the Air corps were still sleeping off hangovers at 8 a.m.
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  1406. They did even better. A sort of parasailing autogyro. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Achgelis_Fa_330
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  1407.  @darkanglesfallen4558  It would be at the bottom of Bikini Atoll with other test ship targets in 1946.
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  1408.  @vinceschmidt3 The Navy was planning long term. Hitler jumped the gun by starting War in 1939. By the time you wanted to do it, the U boat was seen as the better weapon at sea.
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  1409.  @Gipsydanger1222  They tested and rejected it. http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/fun-facts/mustangs-navy-almost.html
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  1410.  @azog23  Airplanes are not ducks....... The main guns are not really dual purpose. No, the giant shotgun idea doesn't really work.
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  1411. Swords versus plowshares. The UK was getting out of the Empire business. Not to mention 20 years of actually rebuilding a bombed-out country and industry. They made a conscious decision that with the common protection of NATO; the burden of Defense was a shared one. The French and US 6 Fleet were in the Mediterranean now. India had its own Navy as did the Australians and New Zealand. Not to mention the Cold War threat at sea had changed.
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  1412. sounds like a jinx???
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  1413. That's the other great sub inventor. Simon Lake.
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  1414.  @briancampbell3742  we do seem to be having sort of a submarine September thing going on....
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  1415. On my bucket list. 🇧🇷
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  1416. Huge surplus of Harpoon missles unused.
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  1417.  @craighagenbruch3800  You overestimate USN shipping abilities. Limited tugs and 2500 miles sailing one way. Slow travel. Limited tugs, Oilers, and escorts from Japanese Submarines.
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  1418.  @kemarisite  Aggreed..... 😏 Intelligence at best pointed to the West Pacific. And that was certainly correct.
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  1419.  @TGMaker  Short answer? No..... A 3rd strike has no surprise, bad visibility of targets and lack payloads to do needed damage.
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  1420.  @bloodrave9578  They were prepared in general. Again, they were not thought to be the main target. Shanghai, Manila, Hong Kong and Singapore were. And it is forgotten they all get hit within hours. Hawaii instead focused on sabotage. Nor can you keep alert readiness for days.
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  1421.  @protosszocker5678  You already have a Air strike and Submarine attack on Pearl Harbor. A Surface attack? There are still functional land based aircraft. The USS Enterprise task force is near attack range. The untouched subs, PT boats and Destroyers could repel or damage a enemy surface Force.
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  1422. There is no Cold War surface threat needing a Battleship force.
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  1423. I hate to fall back on the tired and overuse speech of Eisenhower. But, the old man had a point.
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  1424.  @ghrey8282  None... wacky idea.
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  1425.  @154Kilroy  🤔 Wings? You likely are looking at folding radio masts.
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  1426.  @ghrey8282  You want to put paddle steamers from the Great Lakes into the Ocean? And do combat ops?....😏 The Pyecrete ship idea has more of a chance. The USN is not that strange...😉
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  1427.  @rohannbennedicktan7226  A German Carrier task force in 1939?😏 Highly unlikely. The "What if questions" are getting way ahead of technology, policy and equipment. China is in the same position as Germany then. It takes time to make Naval Aviators and a ship a useful weapon. Give them 5 to 10 years and your German task force might be a thing.
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  1428.  @fabianmichaelgockner5988  Bismarck at the port of Brest just adds another target to RAF bomber Command. That is the prime reason to move the ships. A fleet blockade would face E boat a U boat attack daily. Not sure why Bismarck changes the Dash? The German navy lacks escorts and minesweepers. They would need more to cover Bismarck. It's more headache than adding firepower? And Tirpitz can go to Norway.
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  1429. Gold? Diamond? Bearer Bonds?🤔
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  1430. Incorrect. It is due to the pre 1962 Naval designation system. " F" is for fighter. "4F" is for fourth model Grumman. And "6F" is the sixth model Grumman. In the case of the FM2; "M" stood for Eastern Aircraft Division of GM.
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  1431. 🤖 Robot lives matter!
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  1432. Speaking of scraping..... This week the Last non nuclear carriers; USS Kitty Hawk And USS John F. Kennedy have been sold for a penny. 😔
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  1433.  @arizonaexplorations4013  Hostile? T. R. helped end the Russo--Japan War and won the Nobel Prize. Japan was not hostile.
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  1434.  @johnbuchman4854  🤖😢https://youtu.be/dtkbfkmW808
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  1435.  @peterpenberthy2918  Thankfully... Hate those guys... 😒
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  1436.  @matchesburn  Firing guns into water? Does not work well. Not enough to stop a torpedo. https://youtu.be/yvSTuLIjRm8
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  1437.  @Chironex_Fleckeri  Ships are not tanks. The question has been asked a few times.
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  1438.  @99IronDuke  You're deep into magic 8 ball/ sci fi questions Now. There's too many variables.
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  1439.  @unlimitedx53  The technology and tactics were being written on the fly at that stage. No conversion beats a ship purpose built from the start. And all lacked the flexibility to expand and change as planes changed in size and weight.
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  1440.  @warrenlehmkuhleii8472  By 1950, the USN had a carrier based Nuclear capability in service in the AJ Savage.
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  1441. Q&A "Will we ever see a feature on the Odd battle of HMS Carmania vs SMS Cap Trafalgar? "
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  1442.  @henryh.448  How about being blown overboard and becoming a POW in Vietnam? That is how powerful the guns can be. True story... https://youtu.be/zK8MA_YovU8
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  1443.  @wilsonriley1856  there was was a YouTube copyright issue. It has been removed.
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  1444.  @pegasus4781  YouTube copyright issue. Had to be removed.
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  1445.  @lupm7025  the raiders would have made it to friendly China. And the ships most likely would not have been chased by any surface ships that could catch them.
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  1446.  @sluggs4249  slugs, there's an entire history channel series on Enterprise. Drach can't really spend that much on one ship.
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  1447. The empire is a very big place. These ships are basically the Right mix of high versus low for many of these far away places. Rather than designs for the main battle line.
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  1448.  @garrymartin6474  any ship that can take on three enemies and not really lose, it's pretty good.
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  1449. Pointless to build a ship too big to dock.
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  1450.  @thearisen7301  Less love from whom?
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  1451.  @onejokeman2002  Your getting silly.....😏
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  1452.  @Kabayoth  The addition of one troopship does not change things. The UK is full of troops by 1944. To move the date other factors would need to be in place.
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  1453. ​ @Cbabilon675 a land campaign on China does not shorten the war. And you already were pulling troops from Europe.
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  1454. Depth Charges had manual setting controls. Subs had limited depth range. From 0 to say 600 feet.
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  1455. There is also the Panama Canal locks to consider as a design factor.
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  1456. Does he have a brother named Wesley? 😄
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  1457. Operating that vessel requires a hell of a lot of multitasking.
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  1458. Really had to go there?
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  1459. It's a techno-geek desire. THEY can't stand living in a World that's not high-definition and in stereo or something? They can't believe we used to live in a universe where you had to go to a drugstore to develop a picture. Or that you had to turn a knob on a television.
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  1460. In the ballpark, but the DDG 1000 is the correct answer.
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  1461. Yes.
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  1462. You in a rush to get some place on Saturday?😒⏱
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  1463. Which makes me scratch my head looking at sailors today in camo. Camo, on the sea? Why?
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  1464. Even on submarines of today; ergonomics and habitability are low priority. Accommodations are sparse and cramped. Machinery spaces and weapons take priority. Zero privacy. Limited personal space.
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  1465.  @estebahnrandolph8724  Not quite that old....
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  1466. ​ @treyandoss3056 the ship log book would record any deaths.
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  1467.  @hamonryechinaski180  honey or molasses would be a common sweetener.
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  1468.  @johndanger8717  Salt fish, like Cod was also a option.
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  1469.  @nathanbrown8680  Because Mike's Hard Lemonade sells better than Mikes's Burgoo........
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  1470. 😞Is there a HMS Jervis Bay or Rawalpindi in service or planned for the RN?
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  1471. Other than Fanboy love? There was no reason to.
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  1472. He prefers to cover pre Cold War topics.
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  1473.  @SW-pz1yy  Short answer? 🤔 All the European empires were broke after World War II. And all the colonial empires wanted to be free. Over the next 20 years; the colonial empires of Great Britain, France, the Netherlands and Belgium went away. Someone quietly. A lot went in a blood fest.
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  1474.  @sarjim4381  I Know.... Just more of a fast attack fan than the big ship navy. He has a years worth of ships already.
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  1475.  @Billy_Annizarry  You don't send big ships in narrow waters with no air cover.
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  1476.  @johnbuchman4854  Throw another two names in the mix. Marc Mitscher & his questionable action report at Midway. And Standhope Ring. CAG of the Hornet at Midway. Who wasted a entire Air group and near cost us the battle.
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  1477. You must the happiest guy from Detroit ever?😎 Everone else is trying to escape....
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  1478.  @Drachinifel  What about turret crew? Any concussion or hearing loss problems From working inside?
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  1479. What he means is, Leyte Gulf is series of 4 engagements. Cape Engano, Samar, San Bernardino straits and Suriago Strait. 4 fights with different units over several days make up what is the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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  1480. I think I'm in your camp? Long-term, the Japanese submarine Force did more than the battleships ever did.
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  1481. ​ @bobbenson6825 🌋 Nothing good?
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  1482.  @scottburton509  I would ask Captain Bligh about becoming a Public School teacher in Philadelphia. His great personality and people skills seem like great fit.😏 I could see him teaching third period English....
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  1483. I warned him when this got started. 😑
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  1484. Damn, dad would be as old as you today.
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  1485.  @boydgrandy5769  It was no longer a carrier in 1941. It was a Seaplane tender.
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  1486.  @MartinCHorowitz  Uh, retract your comment. Langley did no such thing and had been Sunk in February of 1942.
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  1487.  @brendonbewersdorf986  For the time period? Not really....
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  1488.  @brendonbewersdorf986  larger is not necessarily better. You're still talking about a gun system that's largely manually operated. Making ammo bigger or heavier it is not a plus. And without the invention of the proximity fuse, you're not really doing any more damage or increasing hit potential.
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  1489.  @WiiPlayPCToo  Short answer? NOPE. And you overestimate the willingness of the USA to spend money.
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  1490. Sorry, it was just a torpedo.
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  1491. I think you need to listen again?
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  1492. That's likely unburnt powder bag debris?
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  1493.  @ScrapyardApe  I think a lot of it got used in home building?
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  1494.  @SeveralWeezelsInaTrenchcoat  Well.... 🤔 They are Green Energy Ships. ⛵ Does it make you a better sailor? It's probably more useful as a teamwork building exercise more than anything else. Most ship jobs are done by specialist today. There's really little need for a lot of the traditional deck working. But I guess if you kind of think about it, it's a bit like teaching someone to use a five-speed manual stick transmission in a World going to electric cars. ⛽⛔
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  1495.  @5chr4pn3ll  Well, they Make America's Cup Yachts today that will do 40 Knots. I don't think any sailing shipbuilder back in the day ever imagined something that fast.
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  1496.  @metaknight115  if they can find a ship that would have held up better, I'd like to see it.
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  1497. You do realize we're not talking about the 1976 film?
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  1498.  @johnsykesiii1629  I have to understand you're trying to appeal to a wide audience of movie viewers. Making movies for hardcore Naval nerds is not exactly a money-making proposition. Nobody goes to an Avengers movie and starts criticizing how far Spider-Man can shoot a web or whether or not Iron Man having a reactor in his chest is a practical thing while eating popcorn. Could you do without the subplot? Probably. The complaints about CGI really kind of ridiculous. It's not like there's tons of warbirds sitting around to film. And no one's going to build aircraft carriers from scratch like we're doing Mutiny on the Bounty or something. Overall, I like the 76 movie.
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  1499.  @prussianhill  it may be he was likely employed his marksmanship skills on destroying sea mines. It was a common practice to shoot at swept mines to set them off. Otherwise ,the Small arms generally stay in the lockers.
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  1500.  @toothedacorn4724  the spotter planes on board were capable of carrying bombs.
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  1501.  @waynesworldofsci-tech  the " frames" are are a reference to the Cross frame members that make up the hull. The "condition" is referring to the water tight condition status.
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  1502.  @onenote6619  running joke.
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  1503. @Brian Barrigar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Inactive_Ship_Maintenance_Facility
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  1504.  @julieclark1765  The Kidd Class.... 4 modified Spruance Class DDG's that were to be sold to Iran till the fall of the Shah in 1980. They are in Taiwan now. Original name: USS Kidd (DDG-993) Tentative Iranian name: Kourosh Present name: Tso Ying (左營, DDG-1803); was to be Tung Teh (同德); commissioned on 3 November 2006 Original name: USS Callaghan (DDG-994) Tentative Iranian name: Dariush Present name: Su Ao (蘇澳, DDG-1802); was to be Ming Teh (明德); commissioned on 17 December 2005 Original name: USS Scott (DDG-995) Tentative Iranian name: Nader Present name: Kee Lung (基隆, DDG-1801); was to be Chi Teh (紀德); commissioned on 17 December 2005 Original name: USS Chandler (DDG-996) Tentative Iranian name: Anoshirvan Present name: Ma Kong (馬公, DDG-1805); was to be Wu Teh (武德); commissioned on 3 November 2006
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  1505.  @billfitzpatrick209  They have different battle stations based on threat. For surface action, the crew is not on deck.
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  1506.  @DanielJMorgan  It was 7:55 AM on a Sunday. It was not going anywhere.
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  1507.  @Rickinvegas  Not true. 1. had plenty of ships. 2. The thing was a wreck. 3. War was ending.
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  1508.  @DanielJMorgan  Nevada was at a different state of readiness and was not working with cold boilers. Arizona nor most of Battleship Row was not moving in any time to avoid a air attack.
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  1509.  @torpedo8384  https://youtu.be/UdMoU_d52GA
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  1510.  @bkjeong4302  The battle with the CSS Shenondah vs the Pacific whaling fleet. After the US Civil War ended.
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  1511.  @jb76489  Bow mounted like a sub. Point now and shoot based on target info from the fire control. Effective? Not really used. Ships rarely got in range to use them.
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  1512.  @rossswenson532  the tubes were in the bow.
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  1513.  @YorkieKDS  The Royal Navy attributed the angled deck concept to Captain Dennis R. F. Campbell and Mr. Lewis Boddington of the Royal Aircraft Establishment. The test platform was HMS Triumph, with an angled outline painted on the ship’s axial deck in 1952. Pilots made touch-andgo passes at the imitation angle, aligned five and a half degrees to port. That same year the Americans duplicated the tests with a far larger ship, USS Midway (CV-41), with similar encouraging results. The limited offset on existing flight decks cramped available space for other purposes—taxiing, parking, and servicing. Therefore, British and American engineers expanded the angle to eight degrees, thanks in part to the influence of Commander Eric Brown, the foremost RN test pilot during an exchange tour at Patuxent (“Pax”) River. In early 1952, after experimenting with power-on and power-off approaches to a dummy deck, test pilots from Pax River adjourned to Midway and Wasp (CV-18), flying angled approaches in the Douglas F3D Skyknight, Grumman F9F Panther, and McDonnell F2H Banshee jets, plus a piston-driven AD Skyraider. The consensus favored a power-on approach to touchdown and the trap, so the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics approved a million-dollar conversion of USS Antietam (CV-36) with suitable modifications at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The portside aircraft elevator was fixed in the “up” position, and the vacant space aft received an extension tapering to the fantail. A landing area seventy-five feet wide was marked on the deck, canted eight degrees port, and six arresting wires were installed to match the angle. The conversion was completed in December 1952. Preliminary testing by Patuxent River pilots included 272 day and twenty-one night touch-and-go landings, followed by seventy-eight day and five night landings in four types of jets and four prop types. The path was clear for a carrier air group to determine the feasibility for fleet aviators. Air Group Eight (“CAG-8”), recently formed at Norfolk, Virginia, under Commander Robert B. Wood with only a handful of experienced pilots, would determine how well “nugget” aviators could manage the angled deck with as little as fifty hours of jet time. Antietam left for Cuban waters in mid-January 1953. There were some in-flight engagements with the hook snagging a wire before the plane’s wheels reached the deck, and one pilot sustained a back injury. But overall the least experienced pilots had little difficulty making repeated landings on the angled deck, and Wood’s confidence grew to the point that several pilots became night qualified with four traps each. Based on the Cuban cruise, Antietam tweaked the angled deck. The cant was increased to ten and a half degrees, setting the norm for future generations of carriers. https://www.historyonthenet.com/angled-deck-new-development-aircraft-carriers
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  1514. The major US fail at Midway was human. The CAG of the USS Hornet flew his air group to the wrong location. Only Torpedo 8, broke ranks and found the enemy. Fighting 8 & Bombing 8 basically fly themselves out of gas. And thus the airpower of Hornet plays no more action in the battle. The overall victory skips this major fail. In effect, it became 2 vs 4 carriers instead of 3 on 4.
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  1515.  @silentotto5099  Midway failed because we knew the plan and time table. It expected we were in Port or reacting to the diversion attack on Alaska. Being at sea and ready at Midway knocks the plan off step.
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  1516.  @ricardokowalski1579  He was dead....
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  1517.  @stevevalley7835  Not possible, Happened...... TR’s hidden hand in Philippine history began when he was the assistant Navy secretary who lobbied, over and above the head of his superior, Navy Secretary John D. Long, to have George Dewey appointed commander of the Asiatic Squadron. Long, who took pride in not knowing anything about the Navy, was the opposite of his aggressive assistant secretary who authored “The Naval War of 1812” (published 1882). Long did not believe in a war with Spain, but TR prepared for it, often issuing orders toward enhancing the capability of the Navy while Long was out of the office. Most famous was a coded telegram TR sent, without Long’s knowledge, instructing Dewey to engage the Spanish fleet in the Philippines. Remember, the first shot in the Spanish-American War did not occur anywhere near Washington or Madrid, but rang half a world away. TR was vindicated after Dewey destroyed the antiquated Spanish fleet under Patricio Montojo, making the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, the greatest US naval victory in history. When news of the victory in Manila reached Washington, President William McKinley could not decide what to do with the Philippines, because he couldn’t even locate the country on a map! His hand was pushed, no doubt, when informed that British, French, German, and Japanese warships were also in Manila Bay to protect their nationals, and could take over if the United States and Spain withdrew.
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  1518.  @orbiradio2465  I think the idea is just lacking the technology to use it better. For example, in just a few more years they would have the ability to Launch both cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. Instead of a float plane; drones can achieve many of the same reconnaissance capabilities. And get rid of the kinky era launch and recovery system.
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  1519.  @BleedingUranium  actually the Germans were kind of pushing in that direction. They were coming up with plans for Subs to fire V1 or V2 Rockets. Eventually the US Navy did in the 1950s. The first missile submarines were nothing but converted V1 Rockets. You could definitely have used the hangar to house something like the Japanese Suicide Baka.
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  1520. Just crew. The rest is myth and speculation.
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  1521. 3 kills? He should have got one of those Carnival stuffed Bears or something for that kind of shooting.🎡🎠🎢
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  1522. @Jasper Barnes They are world famous Liners. Kinda hard to disguise them....
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  1523.  @andreaspersson5639  Missions are generally the same. The light cruiser is to scout ahead of the main fleet. Heavy Cruiser has guns 8 Inch plus. Light Cruiser has guns under 8 Inch.
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  1524. @John Milton math snob 🙄
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  1525.  @thatdude3938  "Our Germans are better than Their Germans...." -The Right Stuff, 1983🤠🇺🇸
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  1526.  @craighagenbruch3800  Well they are dropped in intervals and are depth set by the length of tether To them. They would have charts of the mine zone and nav buoys.
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  1527.  @BikingVikingHH  Please go away......😴 Most BS asked question for no real purpose.
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  1528.  @blogsblogs2348  You're Monday morning QBing with 80 years hindsight.
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  1529.  @blogsblogs2348  So..... time travel mind reading?
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  1530.    I hate yard work. This keeps the lawnmower away....😐
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  1531.  keith moore  It’s a device called a “range clock,” and you will see it in pictures of battleships from World War I until about the beginning of World War II.  Range clocks were invented by the Royal Navy (they called them “concentration dials”) during World War I to help squadrons of battleships aim at the same target.  When the United States joined the war in 1917, the US Navy adopted the concept. The standard practice of the battleship era was for the battleships to enter combat in a line-ahead formation.  The lead ship would attempt to maneuver so that, ideally, the following ships could concentrate fire from their big guns on a specific enemy target or targets.  By World War I, improvements in gun technology meant that big-gun battleships could fire at enemy ships at a distance of five miles or more.  As the British Royal Navy focused on bottling up the German High Seas Fleet, the rainy, foggy weather of the North Sea, combined with copious smoke from the ships’ coal fired boilers and big guns, made it difficult to see enemy ships clearly at range. In fact, it was fairly rare for all the ships in the line of battle to actually see the enemy at the same time, so large dials with black numbers resembling clock faces were installed on the front of the fore mast and on the rear of the main mast.  Similar to a clock, there was a short hand and a long hand.  Different numbering systems were used at various times, sometimes involving Roman numerals along with Arabic numerals, to indicate range in thousands and hundreds of yards.  Once a ship found the range to the target, it would display the range on the dials, visible to the next ship in front and behind in the line of battle. Hash marks, called bearing indicators, were painted on one turret fore and aft, indicating the angle of the turret and therefore the angle to target. With the range and bearing data from the ship in front or behind them, and proper adjustments made for the distance between the ships, gunnery officers on a battleship could target an enemy ship they could not see.  They could then pass the information on to the next ship in line, allowing the entire battle line to concentrate fire on an unseen enemy. Between the wars, improved radio communication made range clocks and bearing indicators obsolete.  https://hoover.blogs.archives.gov/2019/12/04/viva-hoover-exhibit-but-whats-that-thing-that-looks-like-a-clock/
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  1532. 😘🐑........Uh, time to get that guy liberty....😏
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  1533.  @gwtpictgwtpict4214  that was a rare operation. And require dropping flares to be able to illuminate the target.
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  1534.  @gwtpictgwtpict4214  I did not say they didn't take place. I believe I said they were rare in practice?
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  1535. Difference between a battleship that's fast and a battle cruiser? The battlecruiser sacrifices armor to achieve the speed.
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  1536. Hit the bell
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  1537.  Ron Lewenberg  By mid 1942 they met all goals and expelled all foes outside China. Not a bad effort.
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  1538.  @myopiniongoodyouropinionbad  you're talking about hard hat diving. You know like the little guy you used to put inside the fish tank? This would be a diving suit with a brass helmet an Air supply from above by a hose. Some of that stuff is still used today.
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  1539. 💡😏 What can you say about light bulbs?
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  1540. Only 52 weeks in a year..
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  1541.  @evanwickstrom5698  Evil Kenvel could make a Kawasaki "fly" too. Sorry, Langley deserved a history golf clap. Not a ship...👏😴
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  1542.  @bigblue6917  Actually, places like Starbucks have free coffee deals today.
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  1543.  @TheArchaos  More the Empire was going away. The need for a huge navy no longer made sense.
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  1544. Nope.
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  1545.  @Dave_Sisson  Quick answers? 1. JAPAN had some left hand island carriers. Why everyone else has it in the right? Most people are right handed, it is just natural. Plus when docking, most ships dock with docks on the right. So to navigate, you place it on the same side. 2. The dual islands on the QE? To separate the navigation functions from the air control functions. To see forward and not run over things call for a forward island. While flight controllers need to be aft to observe the deck. So this design splits the two jobs for efficiency.
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  1546. What is maintenance going to do vs. bomb damage?
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  1547.  @AdurianJ  Your going to have to dig into deep detail of the after action report to support that claim.
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  1548.  @AdurianJ  Nevada was not weak or old that day.
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  1549.  @AdurianJ  Nobody else did much better. Again you have not shown anything backing this bulkhead condition theory on Nevada...
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  1550. ​ @darthdooku6246 honestly, Midway very well could have been a Japanese victory. You just need to combat Air Patrol to have better luck. And you wind up with Yorktown sunk and Hornet with no air power. And four carriers floating on the Japanese side. The dive bombers don't get lucky; the battle changes....
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  1551.  @michaelkovacic2608  theoretically? They could have hit Moscow from the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. Based on the ranges of the AJ Savage.
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  1552. 🥃😛
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  1553. She becomes a bomb Target magnet.
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  1554. Since the RN does not use People name much, who was Blake?
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  1555.  @Primarch359  there were several submarines built by shipyards on the Great Lakes.
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  1556.  @Fort_Master " What is RMS Titanic, Mr. Trebeck?" 🤔
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  1557.  @michaelwanamaker9829  It also stretches a "What if?" To starting Earth and science from day one. It's as serious as asking about whale oil.
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  1558.  @michaelwanamaker9829  Planet X is teraformed? And power of choice is Kingsford mesquite? So you want to sail the Sea and smoke ribs? 😏🍖🚢 Okay.....
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  1559. Nice idea, but maybe next year...
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  1560. Been covered.
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  1561.  @panzerdeal8727  it's crazy to think you can actually fit an entire Battleship inside of one of those hangers.
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  1562.  @oliver8928  It is just a quirky design philosophy just like having open gun mounts. The Brits are just like that.
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  1563. 🇺🇸🎂 Happy Birthday 244 US Marine Corps. The message from the Commandant of the Corps 2019 https://youtu.be/A9Q4rQPVhrM
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  1564. It appears that people do use torpedo tubes in Special Force operations . The tubes are flooded and the divers swim out.
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  1565. Drifting a little off topic but, the idea is not to engage in Warfare. We have many auxiliary and other ships whose primary duty is not being a surface combatant. I don't expect the RV Petrel to be bristling with Armament now that the Navy owns that now either...
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  1566.  @lordgarion514  food is not free. Gas is not free. Content is not free.
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  1567.  @lordgarion514  Generational thing. Started with Napster. And now your generation thinks thinks paying for a product or service a alien concept? Hate to defend capitalism, but... YouTube is a business. Not a hobby. Just hit skip Ad.
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  1568.  @bkjeong4302  Aggreed. What is another Battleship to do in a U-Boat war? Lion changes zip.
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  1569.  @pioneer_1148 The USA was the leading producer of Oil. Raw and Refined. We just have a huge oil industry.
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  1570.  @harryjohnson9215  but the lack of a ship to practice from, means their skills are atrophying.
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  1571.  @kemarisite  Good reply. Folks forget The IJN lacks intel the fleet is at sea. Plans to use subs and flying boats failed. Plus the Yamato et al are not really AA escorts.
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  1572.  @lllordllloyd  It takes like 2 years time. You need the qualified candidates and you need fuel....
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  1573.  @craighagenbruch3800  Saratoga was en route And reached Pearl on the 6th. No need for the RN. Nor available.....
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  1574.  @bkjeong4302  Fuel, qualified men, and 1to 2 years time.
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  1575.  @Loretta2004  Yep.... He left pure Hobby status at year one.
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  1576. Why would you spend the money in the Great Depression? What if questions need to stay in reality.
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  1577. Copyright claim.
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  1578. Yes, he did. He was here last spring.
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  1579. The cost and work needed negates the benefits of reactivation. Instead of a quick overhaul, your doing a major build. These are not modular systems.
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  1580. ​ @SalomaoFresco we've been asking for that one for a long time. PT boats and fast attack craft are on the to-do list for about 3 years.
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  1581.  @SalomaoFresco  I was kind of hoping we would see a PT 109 special this month. This is the 80th anniversary of the sinking.
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  1582. As far as shakedown Cruise and going into battle? What about USS Monitor? 🤔
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  1583.  @peterson7082  🤓 lol
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  1584.  @Drachinifel  Firing rate can not be maintaned for any ship using humans to move heavy shells and powder bags. Even a trained crew of weightlifters will weardown in a few mins.
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  1585.  @cameronkelly8739  Your limited by facilities as well. Docks and drydocks are only so big. And ships in New York had to clear bridges.
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  1586.  @bkjeong4302  How could any ship that took that kind of abuse be labeled, "badly-designed?" Or is the Yamato fanclub just smaller than the Bismarck fan club?😏
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  1587.  @bkjeong4302  if your ship can take 12 bombs and 7 torpedoes? I'd be hard-pressed to find another ship that can take that.
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  1588. The Wayback machine. Before "Quantum Leap." We had Mr. Peabody and His boy Sherman...
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  1589.  @Tsnelo  Subs lacked the speed to travel with a task force.
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  1590.  @WhisperingDeath  Your question lacks context. The technology of Aviation moved faster than Naval strategy and tactics. In the World went from Foker Tri-planes to the Supermarine Spitfire in 20 years. 20 years ago YouTube didn't exist. The iPod didn't exist. Personal drones didn't exist. And I still got a phone book every year.......
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  1591.  @matchesburn  From a Engineering view? The job of a boiler is to heat water into steam. The steam runs a turbine. The turbine is connected to the props to give propulsion. To get maximum work from the steam; you aim to make the travel distance of the steam as low as possible. On a cargo ship or tanker, that means all that stuff aft. Leaving 3/4 0f the ship for tanks or holds. A warship likes weapons fore and aft. So amidship boiler location make sense.
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  1592.  @g_koepp  Kinda of a asked every Drydock question since number 1.
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  1593. ​ @michaelmorley7719 it gets requested every year.
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  1594.  @keithmoore5306  offhand, no one used incendiary devices or flammable weapons.
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  1595. Damn, Commie rats 🐀.....
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  1596. I used to say the same thing about the space shuttle.
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  1597.  @AdamMGTF  You would be dead wrong. USN Blimps were active in ASW well into the 1950's. They were armed with guns and depth charges. Only one, was lost in action.
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  1598. Repair how? Are you suggesting they dragged these damaged ships all the way across half of the ocean to Japan?
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  1599. Originally Force Z had a carrier. But due to hull damage in an accident, the carrier was left behind from the trip to Singapore .
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  1600.  @MrArtbv  I was referring to HMS Indomitable. I believe Hermes was already assigned to a different duty.
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  1601. Happy 245th Birthday To the United States Navy 🤠👍🇺🇸 https://youtu.be/iR4-LbpcYsk
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  1602.  @bkjeong4302  True. But he fails to grasp pre sold state technology. It took decades to make missiles work right.
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  1603.  @spikespa5208  Also, see drydocks 44 about range clocks https://youtu.be/c1rhSo0v-MU
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  1604. Only Downer.... A game in the Meadowlands doesn't feel right. Army Navy game should be played in Philly.
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  1605. Speaking of service cooperation... it's notable the USMC largely seems to be on the sidelines. Never more than 5000 men, and with few exceptions like Bull Run or the James River campaign; little effort seems to have been made to employ them.
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  1606. Try "Atlantic Fleet" for Android tablets.
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  1607.  @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X  This is the pre Air Conditioning era. They to breathe fresh air.
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  1608.  @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X  ummmmmm🤔 Cheese and wine eating make you breathe heavier? 🙄
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  1609.  @and15re1  of course not. They would wait till the fleet was gone.
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  1610. 😘🏆
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  1611.  @wcweathe  Well that is why the the Iowas were bought back in the 1980`s. A direct counter to the Kirov's.
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  1612.  @MasterOfDickery  🤗 well done sir.
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  1613. I'd say the Confederate submarine Hunley is pretty strange. Not many vessels sink three times.
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  1614. The Izumo Class of the Japanese Naval self-defense Force is an example.
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  1615. ​ @darthwarspite8544  you're kind of asking one of those impossible to answer questions. There's too many variables. As to why sign the treaty? World War 1 was over. People were interested in disarmament. Only later did military dictatorship spring up in Japan and Italy.
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  1616. ​ @JBEXPLICIT  that's exactly what they do. You may have to wait for high tide however. But you're needed to get your landing craft back to deliver additional waves and supplies.
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  1617.  @darthwarspite8544  it's just when you think about it there are economic problems with funding any defense project in the Great Depression. And you have the problem of multiple political Administrations. The long-term uniform planning for projects is difficult to calculate.
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  1618.  @Rocketsong  again you're thinking Monday Morning Quarterback. We had the very same problems on 9/11. And trying getting a scramble going on a Sunday morning is a pipe dream.
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  1619.  @delurkor  What part do they they oppose? It seems all subs tried to get in. And one did get a hit on West Virginia?
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  1620. Navies cost money, and do little for a nation of internal problems.
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  1621.  @mrdelaney4440  the physics don't change for concrete. Just thickness. 80 years later, the pens are still standing. One hit wouldn't work.
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  1622. That has more to do with the end of the war, than anything else.
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  1623.  @yt-oliverrichardsongaming  Navies are not in the preservation business.
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  1624.  @bkjeong4302  I think people have to put some context into this? Preservation of even places like the Camp Valley Forge was not a particularly popular thing. In fact, it's it's smack-dab next to the Pennsylvania Turnpike and one of the largest shopping malls in America. And other than the USS Constitution, ship preservation had not been a high priority. Also, frankly aircraft carriers are rather huge items.
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  1625. Better question, does it requre a Delorean?
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  1626.  @sarjim4381  The RN AA systems helped a lot to. A mix of short and long range systems. Backed by no AEW and ground clutter; the RN kinda was handicaped in making a full defense.
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  1627.  @sarjim4381  Yeah, 1982 was kind of a odd mix of technology. We still didn't have cable TV. Also, as I recall Argentina also operated the same type 42 DD's. Kind a handy to practice on.
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  1628.  @sarjim4381  Gunfighter vs Gunfighter.... You just reminded of a video from World of Warships. Change the opponents and the game is the same in 1982... https://youtu.be/YI-cDEGy5VM
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  1629.  @tinafoster8665  The Dreadnought is not sunk. It is resting....😁
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  1630.  @Aelxi  how can you Salvage something if no one knows where it is?🤔
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  1631.  @brendonbewersdorf986  the airplanes don't get better. The fleet doesn't magically get more fuel. And they don't magically create more pilots. So, nope.
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  1632.  @devinbrent4460  they don't have the fuel to fly them or move the ship. The Japanese Navy is basically stuck in Port for lack of fuel.
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  1633. Not crazy.... Death before dishonor was the goal. It succeeded.
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  1634. Even without the limits, the Great Depression would cut ship building ideas.
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  1635. https://youtu.be/A8dalGrOR30 old mines in action.... from "For Your Eyes Only." 1981
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  1636. That makes no sense and Titanic was a White Star Line ship.
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  1637.  @jamesvilla9215  he did the Pennsylvania class 2 years ago.
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  1638. That would not be pretty. 😷
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  1639.  @Kav.  says you. To the folks looking to eat tomorrow? No such qualms. The Dutch were dying for Shell Oil. Not the people of Indonesia.
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  1640. Questions? Have you considered a segment on Coastal Forces/ Motor Torpedo Boats/ E-Boats?
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  1641. What Philippine Navy? They don't get independent until 1946? Even in 2023 , they barely have a Navy.
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  1642.  @erikgranqvist3680  Think of it more like a car. They average 200k miles. A warship, about 30 years of use is normal. 70 year old ships and Million mile Volvos are outliers.
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  1643.  @Ralph-yn3gr  1. They were never thought of as AA weapons. Nuc or otherwise.... They have AA guns and dual purpose 5 inch weapons for a reason. 2. Did NavWeps make Nuc crusier ammo? Nope. 3 and 4. hmmm no... Missiles were a longer range option. The Loon and Regulus cruise missiles were fitted to subs as a early nuc weapon. https://youtu.be/FwwRBbpLUJI
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  1644.  @erikgranqvist3680  In practice, it has been political and economics that regulate over the Engineering tech. Nations down size and retire ships early to cut costs. Long before ships reach mechanical limits. But a good question....
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  1645.  @Cbabilon675  For simple explanation of how they work? https://youtu.be/uwLKZLFcVI4 As for Potassium use? Bit unstable a chemical for a weapon.
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  1646.  @mattmopar440  On further review...... That video has been removed for copyright infringement.
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  1647.  @Duke_of_Petchington  Define build? Neither had the funds, facilities or population to support a big navy. Nor have enemies at sea.
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  1648.  @franzfanz  I'm quite sure on French ships, they do eat well? 😛🥐
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  1649. Pretty much. Like Ft. Mc Henry and the Harbor of Baltimore. A fortified location to defend a port or river by attack from the Sea.
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  1650.  @brendonbewersdorf986  there's nothing more you can do to that design. And you are talking about interrupting production.
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  1651.  @Fluffinator129  USS Nimitz? In-service since 1975.
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  1652. The whole engaging Bismarck claim does not make any real sense.
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  1653. More ships is not the issue. The right kinds of ships is. The French have no large number of Amphibious landing craft. Nor do the Germans have the crews to man that fleet or the logistics to support non standard French weapons. Nor do more ships change the aircover or minfield issues.
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  1654.  @stevevalley7835  part of that is because they're doing filming during a live fire NATO exercise. I don't think you can win here. There's not many films that have real warships, firing real guns. I suppose people will now complain that Top Gun:Maverick has unreal Sukhoi's? 😌
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  1655.  @sarjim4381  The DDG 1000's may turn out a worse buy than the mess called the LCS. I still could refit two Iowas for the same price.
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  1656. Generally, you are not going to get paid to the end of the voyage. And you are very rarely going to go to a liberty port to spend it.
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  1657. Speaking of forts... Did you have chance to visit any US ones on your trip? Like Mifflin here at Philadelphia?
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  1658.  @Knight6831  it's a lot closer to France.
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  1659.  Israel Hands  Alderney. If you look on YouTube, there's actually a British Pathé film of it.
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  1660.  @MrArtbv  Yet they cannot Supply Rommel or hold Scilly....😏 But you want to take Malta.....
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  1661. To save money and hulls underconstruction. Also the carrier is not the main weapon system yet. Not everybody had Billy Mitchells faith in aviation over sea power.
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  1662. We already had a ship and submarine specifically named for Ben Franklin. I'm not sure why the post?
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  1663.  @reigels  https://youtu.be/RUjUm21uqz0
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  1664. @UNSCForwardontodawn United States sold CVLs to France and Spain. The Essex class carriers require large Crews that most Nations don't have manpower for. And we did notably sell cruisers like USS Phoenix to Argentina. Which later became the General Belgrano of Falklands fame. Also most of NATO's Cold War threat was anti-submarine. Royal Navy carriers fit the bill.
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  1665. Sometime ago you did a video on the fighters of the Essex class. Will we be getting the promised sequel on strike aircraft? 🤔
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  1666.  @splenditsanguinor  we've answered this several times. There were YouTube copyright issues. And thus had to be withdrawn.
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  1667.  @scottgiles7546  one, it's a non-warship. Two, he has spoke about the sinking before.
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  1668.  @alanhughes6753  I don't know why this question keeps getting asked? The planes don't carry enough weapons to do damage to a lot of those facilities. And they were already building underground storage oil tanks. And the subs were going to be replaced with new models anyway.
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  1669.  @johnshepherd8687  Well.... Wikipedia says you're right. USS Badoeng Strait. CVE-116. Scraped in 1972 and used in the film.
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  1670.  @NoName-OG1  Not clear at all. War with China started in 1937. And we and the Europeans stayed on the sidelines.
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  1671.  @genericpersonx333  how are you supposed to pump the fuel?🤔
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  1672.  @DavidConnor  Enough. .... You made your point. Move on.
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  1673.  @nickboy3024  Depends how you mean it. On one hand, he is just just a old school surface warfare guy. The other hand meaning? Reader was a Navy guy and not a huge Nazi guy.
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  1674.  @mattblom3990  Until the UK gets a long term leader, there is not going to be any big increase in defense spending. There's dream shopping with a American Express Black card. And then there's economic and political reality.
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  1675.  Neysha  The basic answer, yes. US forces on occasion did commit war crimes like shooting men in the Water. Most noteworthy was Captain Dudley Morton of the USS Wahoo.
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  1676.  @lloydknighten5071  Great, only 999 more missing planes and ships left to explain.
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  1677. Too deep.
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  1678.  @Drachinifel  I'm sure we could keep upgrading it just the same way people have upgraded the F4 Phantom over and over again. The French Navy kept using them well into the 2000s. By then, perhaps they would be using the Rafale?
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  1679.  @CharlesStearman  A mountain falling in the Sea is going to make a splash. 🏄‍♂️
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  1680.  @tricap1542  As for the bit about PT burnings at Samar? Cheap solution to a logistic problem. It was cheaper to burn them in Samar. Most boats were judged to be in poor condition. Thus not worthy of placing in reserve. Plus, you need special cradles to haul The boats as cargo long distance.
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  1681. 60 knots? I call sea story run wild.
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  1682.  @ghostfacesaint  it was mentioned. The Corsair and Hellcat were both better.
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  1683. The short answer to your question is, all the ships in the film were on active duty. In fact they were on a NATO exercise doing live fire.
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  1684.  @carloschristanio4709  Takes at least a year to rush from basic training to being a replacement pilot.
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  1685.  @Fenrir5530  he did a Pacific Sub video just a few weeks ago.
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  1686. ​ @JefferyP.Indorf Stupid is a bad word choice....
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  1687. Some simple machines like pulleys, but mostly by hand.
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  1688. Thus the reason for computers.
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  1689.  @20chocsaday  it's not that big a problem being in freshwater.
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  1690.  @michaelkovacic2608  Well... HMS Glorious missed the memo.😏
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  1691.  @USSAnimeNCC-  We already have lost two. USS Thresher in 1963 & USS Scorpion in 1968. They remain on the sea floor. Research dives have found no radiation issues.
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  1692.  @TheKingofbrooklin  Because after 5 years of World death and destruction, you really wish to push weapons proliferation? The World is in Peace/ sword into plowshares mode. Your idea would be rejected.
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  1693.  @Krieg-ch8ot  By most yardsticks, BC is the correct classification.
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  1694.  @hothoploink1509  2 ships are still just 2 ships.......🙄 It's like saying, "What if only Davey Crockett had a MG 42 at the Alamo?"
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  1695.  @dubsy1026  Sigh.... "Give me peg or give me death!" 😏 Now, time to mow the backyard. And wait for some Metal band to do a video prasing German Battlecruisers in the River Plate.
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  1696.  @randomlyentertaining8287  You Tube fans don't equal long term investment and physical support issues for such a plan. Fan love does not move a CVN.
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  1697.  @mcduck5  There would be no battle. Bismarck would out run them.
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  1698.  @sewing1243  actually he already did a a video on the mark 14 torpedo. As for your next question? The development of magnetic exploders in the 1930's.
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  1699.  @keab42  You have design constraints of infrastructure. Dry docks and piers are only so big. Ports only so deep. Bridge clearance in NYC is a major issue.
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  1700.    it's a Drama. Not a documentary.
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  1701. One side note myth not addressed........ 🙋🏽‍♂️ While these Boats were equipped with Packard Marine 2500 Engines. The engine "is not" based on the Packard Built Merlin aircraft engine. The company made two entirely separate engine designs. The 2500 has its lineage back to the Liberty aircraft engine.🛥🛩
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  1702.  @thomasjamison2050  Incorrect. War was expected with Japan. and moves were being made to reinforce bases all over the Pacific. The Marines were pulled out of China. As were the river gunboats. What was not expected was a fleet attack on Hawaii or the West Coast.
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  1703. cargo booms. The Original ship was used to deliver coal. Those are for lifting the coal out the hold.
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  1704.  @MarcStjames-rq1dm  Booms for Torpedo nets. They fold out from the hull and the nets protect the ship.
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  1705. The ballast tanks. Full of air on surface. Full of water, submerged. 🙄
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  1706.  @JK50with10  your average amusement park has more visitors. As interesting as we may think these ships are. They are no Six Flags park.
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  1707.  @windowdoog  the British appreciate National health Care far more than they do warships. They've got Buckingham Palace and the queen to bring in the tourists. The sad fact is that when these ships were scrapped they were busy trying to rebuild the nation that had been at war and been bombed to hell. Preservation was not high in the priority list.
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  1708.  @windowdoog  I keep bringing it up because the point is still the same. Ship museums don't make money. And other than maybe the Intrepid in New York and the Constitution in Boston do they draw crowds. If it was not for the National Park service; Valley forge would still be in business?
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  1709. More simple necessity every place.
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  1710. It was given a carrier trial and rejected.
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  1711.  @franzenders344  yep....😏👍
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  1712.  @sreckocuvalo8110  Starve? Not likely. But if you enjoy the Socialist goal of being equally poor? Feel free to move to Cuba, North Korea, California or New Jersey. All you are doing is cutting incentive to invest, innovate or donate. There is nothing left over to use for those purposes. And you punish those wanting to do Better. Those with capital will flee.
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  1713. I like the Firefly, except give the back seater a damn gun.
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  1714. Works for Apple computer.
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  1715.  @fazole  🤗 Well done!
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  1716.  @TheSchultinator  You mean the Island of Attu?
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  1717.  @fazole  It's still a cool line.... I still use it. 🤔 Guess that is why I am still single? 😬
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  1718.  @LordOceanus  Easier to starve and isolate, than to capture. The Crete operation would sour any idea of taking Malta.
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  1719.  @genericpersonx333  I flip the script. What good are your Italian battleships versus a rock? The US Navy found that out the hard way at Iwo Jima.
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  1720.  @genericpersonx333  What does a Von Hindenburg Germany need a big Navy for? Treaty or not. No Hitler. No Naval expansion.
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  1721.  @Wambampy  there really is no fast rule on the size of a Corvette and a minesweeper.
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  1722.  @johnm6642  it's not the sole judge of efficiency or quality. Live fire exercises are limited to certain training zones. For example, for years the Atlantic Fleet used to have live fires on an island off of Puerto Rico. But do the political and environmental issues, that is no longer available.
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  1723.  @mrbrianbrush  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMK9a-vDE5zGU_x78918nF_4u1i8lB_CA
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  1724. I suppose you dislike patreon as well?
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  1725. In 100 years of film? Lots....
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  1726. Aircraft had the same odd transition of design.
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  1727.  @jamesmasonaltair  We went from the Wright Brothers to jets in under 40 years. And jumped to the speed of Sound in about 10. That is a lot change in tech....
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  1728.  @brendonbewersdorf986  that's like asking can we make a model A Ford into a formula 1 car? 🤨🏎️
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  1729.  @kemarisite  🤷🏽‍♂️ what no magic tape measure?
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  1730.  @postron5649  except that the threat turned out to be Soviet Subs. The surface force was never really much to worry about.
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  1731.  @genericpersonx333  True..... Just saying that spending and designing for a big surface action Cruiser in 1945 with the Germans threat gone would have been a misstep. The Soviets did build as you said some big ones. But, the sub force did 90% of the Work really.
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  1732. For a nation with very little foreign policy during the era? You are probably right?
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  1733. Yes. USS Olympia here at Philadelphia at the Independence Seaport Museum.
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  1734.  @tic-tac9323  There is no technicality. Pre Dreadnought refers to The period Pre 1906. Not class type solely.
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  1735. ​ @bkjeong4302 a Pacific strategy of commerce raiding doesn't really work. Once you've captured all the major ports. Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila. What trade are they to interdict really? You could have enforced a submarine campaign to isolate Australia perhaps? But the Navy has other priorities.
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  1736. ​ @Willindor not much. Armed merchant cruisers have limited value. And they don't have troops to transport anyplace. No such ship is reaching any of their African or far Eastern colonies. So what do you intend to do with it? You have a really big ship, that has no place to go.
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  1737.  @skysamurai4649  Time and fuel management. The planes don't have the same cruise speeds. The Fighters are faster than the torpedo and dive bombers. You want ty hem to fly together. For protection and navigation reasons. It takes time to bring aircraft on Deck, spot them for takeoff, then launch. That means burning fuel waiting to form up. None of this is helped by the ships having Centerline elevators. Most carriers of the times not use catapults. That means using the entire length of the deck to take off. Again adding to your time and management problem. Last you have the need to have a combat Air Patrol as well as a reserve. So sending In Waves tends to be the result.
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  1738. Marines get the water survival training as well.
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  1739.  @gerfand  the wonders of public schools. 😏
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  1740.  @PalleRasmussen  you probably would get mail a lot better in Denmark. 🤔✉️📫
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  1741. Square peg, round hole......😏 Nice dream, wrong platform for scout planes. They Need Sikorsky to finish his work on a chopper.
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  1742. ​ @Cbabilon675 PT 109 is one of the first Elco 80ft. Boats that began with PT-103.
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  1743.  @Fusako8  I loved those boats.... a lot of Firepower on a small package.🛥
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  1744.  @iananderson5050  they have limited ability to do any sort of shore bombardment. Very late in the war, they were equipped with 3 inch and 5 inch Rockets. Some boats also were equipped with Mortars. As far as "special forces" go? Their shallow draft and high speed allow them to drop men ashore or support UDT ops. The underwater demolition teams are the Forerunner of the Navy Seals. They were employed in reconnaissance of beaches and taking out obstacles prior to Landings.
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  1745.  @fidjeenjanrjsnsfh  Actually, the PBR of Vietnam had a fiberglass hull.
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  1746. The Fulmar had the fighter performance of my 1996 Ford Taurus station wagon. 🤨 The worse job I can think of is back seater of a Fulmar without a gun.
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  1747.  @Cbabilon675  just on the face of it? The pros and cons don't add up. Added complexity. Added size and already can find Space of a ship. Increase difficulties in reloading which is already done by hand.
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  1748. It is coming. I asked months ago...
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  1749. Captain James t Kirk, from Iowa.... 😉🚀
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  1750.  @AutumnRazor  It changes everything. It's the key battle and loss of talent that they never can replace. It's like asking if the Germans win the Battle of Britain or Battle of the Atlantic?
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  1751. Still a good record worthy of a Metal Rock band. Did far more than Bismarck or Tirpitz ever did.🤨 Meanwhile, on this day in history...... 1765   HMS 'Victory' is launched 1915   German 'U-20' torpedoes the liner 'Lusitania', 1198 die 1942   Battle of the Coral Sea, Day 1: US sinks CVL 'Shoho', loses an oiler and destroyer 1942   British capture Diego Suarez, Madagascar, from the Vichy French. 1954   Dien Bien Phu: Vietminh overrun the French after a 55-day siege
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  1752.  @TheEDFLegacy  okay, I do remember the hero cat video in China.🐈🏅
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  1753.  @Easy-Eight  Even worse.... they gave us Justin Bieber. 😱
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  1754. Active salvage is going on right now.
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  1755.  @Cholin3947  that's kind of a answer that depends if you are looking at behind or ahead in time? This still the era of colonial empire. Friends and foes have interests in trade from Africa, Asia and the Americas. The Dutch used subs to great effect in the Next war in the Far East.
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  1756.  @lawrencelewis2592  why would you not recover a body?
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  1757. ​ @The_cestelin_Holland most modern cruise ships are full of very dumb things.
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  1758. ​ @vipondiu perhaps this is a generational thing? What is the obsession with lying and cheating ?
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  1759. ​ @joshthomasmoorenew electronic emissions can be detected.
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  1760.  @silent_stalker3687  the line is not funny the second time. And the term is interment camp. No one intended to gather and kill anyone in the United States.
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  1761.  @silent_stalker3687  We are going way, way, way off topic here.... Is there a point to this?🙄 Just cut to the chase with the America bashing. Straight, no chaser.🤨🥃
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  1762.  @silent_stalker3687  😒 not particularly a fan.
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  1763. Other than being last, it did nothing
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  1764. Actually one carrier was at Pearl Harbor. The Enterprise returned that night after the Attack. Both Enterprise and Lexington were at sea delivering Marine Corps planes to Midway and Wake Island. Bad weather delayed their return trips. Several Enterprise pilots were lost to friendly fire trying to land ahead of the ship docking.
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  1765. How can The submarine Hunley Not make the list? By definition; a vessel that sinks 3 times is a engineering disaster. 🤔
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  1766. Very correct! The Eniac machines took up a whole room.
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  1767. You mean England?
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  1768. There's no increase due to underwater drag.
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  1769.  @herrraja9038  well theoretically possible. But why would you want to? Bigger is not better.
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  1770.  @d.olivergutierrez8690  she was a slow ship by design. Nope.
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  1771.  @Texas_montantero  a deck is a deck, is a deck. By that definition all aircraft carriers are pretty universal. They're all flat, long, & have elevators.
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  1772.  @BenMyhillJones  See for yourself. Rather Quickly. https://youtu.be/MTW_xpK-Twc
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  1773.  @hamishneilson7140  that would make no sense.
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  1774.  @xthetenth  where do you get the idea that adding more props results in more buoyancy? 🤔
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  1775. ​ @alecsmith8341  Alec, how else can we kindly let you down? I'm sure he's a little busy trying to take care of real questions.
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  1776. On the subject of submarines and aircraft today. With the rise of drone technology, there is a possibility for a return of the idea. The USMC and USN have used small done helicopters like the Fire Scout and K Max. These can fit on a large sub and cary a payload. We have even smaller battlefield drones that could do surveillance. Something of that size does not need a special hanger or launch system.
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  1777. What do you mean wondering? He has a pretty regular schedule.
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  1778.  @frankbarnwell____  I was hoping we were going to shoot the tugboat.
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  1779.  @Cbabilon675  you might want to rewrite that question.
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  1780. Okay, again simple answer. Lexington and Saratoga we're conversations of battlecrusiers. Remember that Nasty Naval treaty of 1922? They were a result. Over time, refits and experience; the big guns get deleted to save weight and add AA batteries. Basically all early carriers are experimental designs in size, arms and capacity.
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  1781. Simple answer? Different range and volume of fire. The 5" guns are long range AA defense. While lighter 20mm and such are close in weapons. You have mix to defend at all angles and ranges. Placement is basically where is open room & clear field of fire?
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  1782.  @dziugasluscinskas5742  if you want to play the game of technical capability? In theory, it's possible. Is it economically viable? Hard to say. Is the vessel in any condition to be salvaged? Hard to say.
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  1783.  @strub6732  Yet they still hold Islands taken in 1945.
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  1784. Tin can indeed. They look aweful to ride in anything other than flat calm seas.
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  1785. Cruisier and destroyers do the role cheaper, with less manpower. Plus you want a number of ships. A single large ship would not give a task force 360 degree protection.
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  1786.  @vikkimcdonough6153  no Spanish-American War screws up the entire historical timeline. Theodore Roosevelt remains a rather obscure assistant Secretary of the Navy. Everything becomes a Magic 8-Ball from there.
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  1787. It will come. Just not anytime soon.
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  1788. Minor correction. Pitcairn field was sold to the USN in 1943. 🙋🏽‍♂️ I miss those P-3's....😔
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  1789. What, no Imbrew sponsor? "Imbrew! Official drink of this channel presents, Drydock. "🤔🥤
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  1790. Since we seem to be in a submarine mood? Let us celebrate today the anniversary of the commissioning of the first nuclear submarine. On this date in 1954. SSN – 571, USS Nautilus Entered history and changed the World forever.
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  1791. @Dylan Raymond Complete the question... The ship docks & is repaired. Now ask the question again. Do you want a German answer or UK answer? 🤔
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  1792. 😏A Dingo ate my YouTuber...
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  1793.  @glauberglousger6643  from a quick glance? Differences between the Mark 6 and the Mark 7? The Mark 7 of the Iowa's has a heavier turret. Shorter barrel life. And slightly more range.
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  1794. It's not a AA gun.
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  1795.  @johnloman2098  to your first question? The Destroyer Charles F Adams got scrapped last year. She was one of the last all gun Destroyers built in the 1950s. And was built at Bath Iron. expect with the recent retirements of the cruiser Force That Aegis ships will be available soon.
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  1796.  @luisnunes2010  That's putting tactics over technology. Missiles were in there early stage development by all. And a sub would have to carry dangerous rocket fuel. Missiles on subs needed another 10 years and electronics to really work.
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  1797.  @chuckwingo11  Folding booms for torpedo nets.
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  1798. Should have offered him a Coca Cola....
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  1799.  @javabro212  Well in most ways they did outperform and out last the Fletcher's. And had more growth prospects.
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  1800.  @CiZX636  Very screwed.... The RN of 2020 is a shadow of its peak. It's weaker than the Force of 1982. They lack the numbers to do anything. They can't escort convoys. Fight u boats. Hunt surface raiders. Do many air strikes or Amphibious missions.
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  1801. Answer? Draw.... missiles are fine on unarmored ships. But would not slow a Iowa. To see what modern weapons can do, watch a sinkex..... https://youtu.be/imwLc2T3oks
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  1802.  Golden Eagle  Actually they still have the original mech computers. https://youtu.be/wPRY5gGS3c8
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  1803. Long overdue for a new ship to be named.
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  1804.  @biscuit4705  Radars have different uses. Air search, surface search, fire control, air traffic, weather, navigation, etc.
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  1805.  @seasirocco3063  2 Two floatplanes vs. 100 Hellcats and Corsairs?
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  1806.  @captainobvious9233  Iowa escapes. She outruns the shadow cruisers and shoots down all torpedo planes. KGV and Rodney are left behind.
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  1807.  @Knight6831  not really. As useful as they may have been; the main Cold War threat at sea was subs. Many of the Essex class were dedicated to anti-submarine warfare. With NATO in the US Navy taking over for the Royal Navy and what used to be the empire. Those carrier dollars might have been better spent on sub hunters rather than Phantoms.
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  1808.  @johnshepherd8687  I actually second that nomination. The Crusaders served the French very well. And we're optimally sized for a Royal Navy carrier the size of the Audacious class. However, they wanted to continue their buy local policy and spent the 50s with rather disappointing Naval aircraft. I certainly would have rather gone to war in an F-8 then a Sea Vixen any day.
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  1809. ​ @curiousentertainment3008 you're still resulting in a lot of ship resources, for very low capability. At best, it's useful as a airplane Ferry.
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  1810.  @curiousentertainment3008  Never worked out that way however...
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  1811.  @johndouglas3896  Japan wins.
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  1812.  @MFitz12  I hate to play Grinch, I'm not sure any of this makes any sense in a Cold War Naval environment?
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  1813.  @RedXlV  Knox class frigates? Even those are pushing 50 years old now.
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  1814. You never heard the Village People then?
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  1815. Seriously? That can turn into a very technical question quickly just for the USN. Let alone other nations. And those rules change over time. Some never have a name. Just a number... Like LST 1337 or PT 106. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_ship_naming_conventions
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  1816. They are equivalent because they serve the same role.
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  1817.  @spider0804  You done now?😏 Has the President of the USS Atlanta fan club shown that it is the greatest thing to sail the seas? If yes, may your day be filled with rainbows and joy. Sorry, If I decline the $19.95 membership and coffee mug.☕
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  1818.  @zombiehero1442  The Stukas would sink them before they left home waters.
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  1819. Well with the current United States Navy? There may be some question about finding the ocean. 😒
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  1820. You're On this fan club? 🙄 Summer cruises? You can do training on numerous ships alot cheaper.
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  1821.  @sarjim4381  If teaching is the goal, a smaller ship would be better. There were a ton of DE, SC & PC's left over. Enough to attach one to every NROTC unit. Crews would learn each division in rotation.
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  1822.  @jb76489  You answered your own question. Ships with now tubes required you to turn bow to target. They were not useful or used much.
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  1823.  @JYF921  Why? Obvious answer is they were Communists. 🤨
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  1824.  @nickboy3024  There was little Navy left afloat to fight. And little fuel for what they had. Obvious answer? Not much... 🤨
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  1825.  @Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan  escort carriers from World War 2? First, were not built for long service. use. Their role in ASW work was filled by Essex class ships. Due to their size, the small carriers could not operate modern planes. Even in the role of helicopter carrier; the escort carriers would be again too small. The first helicopter carriers were Essex class ships converted for helicopter use. Most small carriers would have no room to carry Marines. Lastly, the Cold War lead to a change in Maritime commercial ships. Liberty ships were replaced by larger & faster container ships. Escort carriers would be too slow to escort those vessels.
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  1826.  @bkjeong4302  for a initial invasion they might have built the needed seaLift. Rather than capturing a beach; they would use paratroopers to secure a port. Then shuttle men over the Channel. With a port, they could offload trucks and tanks.
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  1827.  @mitchelloates9406  to a certain degree being locked in a fjord is a soft kill. There were no cranes. No dry docks. No fuel tanks. No ammo storage dumps. It was just a sheltered place to anchor. Not a real shipyard.
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  1828.  @NM-wd7kx  Calibre is the English or Imperial measure system for firearms and artillery. It is the internal diameter or bore of a gun barrel. Is usually expressed in hundreds or thousands of an inch and typically written as a decimal fraction.
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  1829.  @Kris-qy7hh  A guided Missile Cruiser in 1950? Just what system would this be? And is the mission surface warfare, air defense or some cruise missile platform? 🤔
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  1830.  @reluctantbias8508  It takes a lot to sink a ship. See here https://youtu.be/4a_UWBDxBZc Now wonder how many hits a BB can take....we had ship survive nuke blasts and not sink. Crew would be fried and radiated. But they were still afloat.
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  1831.  @n3zyd  Still yes. War or not. They are major advances in Aviation.
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  1832.  @BrianRosborough  You've taken the wrong conclusion of events. CV were also primary targets. The USN needed them to deliver USMC aircraft to Wake and Midway Island. USS Enterprise arrived later that same day. Bad timing, not lack of care about carriers.
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  1833. Likely, ordered scrapped and crew sent on shore. The cost vs. Benefit of Tirpiz made her not worth keeping in the service in the Baltic. Hitler had lost all faith in the surface Navy.
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  1834.  @murray1453  Tirpitz does more as a threat in place in Norway than playing sub target in the Baltic Sea. Hell, I would be scared they would all just sail to Sweden if I was Hitler. She may not have used those main guns much. But as a decoy, served a worthy purpose.
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  1835.  @Ushio01  At today's prices? Escorts are a Billion plus now.
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  1836. Happy birthday archduke Franz Ferdinand. 😏🎂
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  1837. The County class were 8" CA. As was Hms York.
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  1838.  @markjoenks2217  He goes to the Tokyo war crimes trials with the rest of them.
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  1839. I believe you're referring to the so-called ,"inactive ready reserve?" After finishing active service you were held on the books subject to recall for a number of years in an a no drill, unpaid status.
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  1840. Swordfish vs. Zeroes? 😔 Just jump overboard and save the trip to the next World.
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  1841.  @christopher5723  That is like saying omnicron is better than Delta Covid.... 😏
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  1842. To land a bomb down a hatch is a Harlem Globetrotters type shot.😏
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  1843.  @Zoozorocks01  That's why we have 9 Fast and Furious flicks....🤗 It is Avengers with NOS!🚘
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  1844.  @DavidConnor  Bravo, bravo.....🤗 Loved your reply to the resident "BB hater."
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  1845.  @havokvladimirovichstalinov  Yes. The mains and secondary guns could engage different targets.
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  1846.  @colinsdad1  From the Book "U.S. Small Combatants" by Norman Friedman. "The rack was reportedly invented One Night in February 1943 by Lieutenant George Sprugel and Lieutenant (J.G) James Costigan of PT 188 who wanted a torpedo that can be rolled into the water rather than fired. At this time, Bureau of Ordnance considered the tube essential to prevent the standard torpedo gyro from tumbling, But airborne Torpedoes have been able to slide into the water. An experimental model was built at the New York Navy yard scrap shop, and P T 188 was tested with it at the Newport torpedo station with a mark 13. A bureau Ordnance officer witness the test, and MTB Squadron 12 was the first to be equipped with the new system. By August 1943, the standard approved PT Armament was four launch racks."- page 157......
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  1847.  @colinsdad1  PT armament is one the few examples of folks in the Pentagon, Actually listening to feedback from PT crews in field. As the boats got into action in the South, SW Pacific and Mediterranean ; the set ups were changed based upon the targets and threats faced. Some wanted a better AA defense. Others facing stopping barges found the targets too shallow draft to use torpedoes. They added more guns like the 37MM used in the P-39 Aircobra and the 40MM Bofors. In contrast, British MTB's and German S boats tend to be lighter armed...
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  1848.  @colinsdad1  The early mounts were. But a factory made mount was soon made for both Elco and Higgins boats.
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  1849.  @nikujaga_oishii  anything serious is going to require a Destroyer or submarine tender.
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  1850. This story is worse than I ever thought possible. God only knows how many subs were lost due to these issues.
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  1851. No ,different class.
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  1852.  @bkjeong4302  Range does not equal kill power. No FFG has that many weapons to damage a BB.
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  1853. Ouch!😲
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  1854. Useless? That is a bit of a slur. Like to defend that comment?
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  1855.  @XxAces15xX  🙄 Swapping a entire ship powerplant and systems is not like dropping a Chevy LS into a 1975 Nova...... There are zero pros worth the undertaking.
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  1856.  @clash3583  At the beginning of the Pacific War, First Air Fleet included six fleet carriers: Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū, Hiryū, Shōkaku, and Zuikaku, and two light carriers: Ryūjō and Kasuga Maru (later renamed Taiyō).
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  1857. Useful? They hadn't even become airworthy?
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  1858. 😢 U boat post? Was Hoping for USS Reuben James. Sunk October 31,1941....
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  1859. Because she didn't do anything interesting till sold to Argentina.
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  1860.  @Charliecomet82  You know your old, when you remember the Falklands War live.🙄 Hitting 51...
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  1861. Basically? Yeah...
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  1862.  @kemarisite  Outstanding long version. 😎👍
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  1863. YES. The Kormoran vs. HMAS Sydney in 1941.
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  1864. Folks, let's keep in topic. That is Naval history.
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  1865.  @justdags6611  The effective length of the barrel (from breech to muzzle) is divided by the barrel diameter to give a dimensionless quantity. As an example, the main guns of the Iowa-class battleships can be referred to as 16"/50 caliber. They are 16 inches in diameter and the barrel is 800 inches long (16 × 50 = 800).
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  1866.  @PointyHairedJedi  A little thing called the Great Depression perhaps?😏 Not to mention tons spent on the Maginot Line ate most French defense spending.
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  1867.  @jameskerr5901  Checked your local library?
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  1868.  @N0rdman  Glad to help.
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  1869. Well that was a tug rather than a Flower class. 1958 film with William Holden and Sophia Loren. She was a hell of a roommate. 🙂
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  1870.  @Hachaimenesch  eventually they did buy hellcats.
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  1871. SIGH....🙄 Tank folk again.
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  1872.  @kemarisite  🙄 tank people..... If we had a dime for every version of the same question?
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  1873.  @witeshade  sounds like a lot of audiofile geektoom. How much audio quality do you really need for cat videos and chicks doing dress hauls? 🤔
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  1874. He posts every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
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  1875. There's a lot to wrap up in that question. Safe to say that first technology changed rapidly over time. The Cold War threat was not a Soviet surface Navy. Large ships like this are terribly Manpower intensive a trend which we're going towards more Automation and smaller crew. And most of those missile conversions were not for anti-ship use.
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  1876. A freighter with Davits to carry the boats as deck cargo. They had no built for the job tender.
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  1877.  @johnfisher9692  the short answer is this is the first and only mission that the Bismarck had. Apparently during Shakedown, this did not come up.
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  1878.  @unryumaru2095  Bigger is not always better. Except in adult film.😲🍆 21 inch gun is a table napkin idea that should never leave the bar.
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  1879. @Robert Miller Prices are nuts for everything now. Just had roof work done last week. checkbook is still in pain.
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  1880.  @Drachinifel  basically, not much different than things like the nuclear proliferation treaty or the ban on landmines. Not everybody has signed up or has lived up to those goals.
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  1881. It's cheaper.
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  1882. 🙄🏆enjoy
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  1883.  @MarcusAgrippa390  General Tojo had leadership of the government. That might be some of the bias.
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  1884.  @ELCADAROSA  Hoagie..... I'm a Philadelphia guy.😷
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  1885.  @mpetersen6  Reds are dangerous.....😷
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  1886.  @ELCADAROSA  Used live in Warrington...
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  1887. Why no Destroyer escort? 🤔
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  1888. Strategic planning. We made plans to counter everything. Friends and Foes.
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  1889.  @edwardpike3386  when you go to the point of formatting War plans it does.
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  1890.  @seanmalloy7249  actually there's been a few generations. It's been a few generations. The last production B-52, an H model rolled off the production lines on October 26th 1962! 😮
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  1891. Minor nitpick. USS Arizona, not in commission.
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  1892. I think people are making the same sort of mistake as those who generalize about Firearms calibers. When a person says a rifle is a .30 caliber; there are a endless bunch of different chambering. People make the same mistake when they use the imprecise," 9mm. " there are a ton of different rounds in the 9mm class that are not 9 mm luger/parabellum. Naval shell ammunition is not some sort of NATO standard that you can just interchange.
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  1893. Nope
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  1894. Ask Space X or NASA how easy that is...
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  1895. Ask Bill Gates to cut a check..... 😏
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  1896.  @lilidutour3617  By 1944, The Battle of the Atlantic is going the Allies way. The XXI boats are too late to change the tide.
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  1897. ​ @michaelkovacic2608  not going to happen. Even today it's open to recreational diving.
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  1898. ​ @joshuavinicombe5774  how do you module build a wooden worship? The concept wasn't even invented.
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  1899. ​ @Christopher-os7eo  basically, yes. They are probably design studies? But nothing reaching the plan stage.
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  1900. You would have to set up some sort of Derrick.
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  1901. @wolf310ii  you actually believe that? Wrapping torpedoes in life jackets?
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  1902.  @bkjeong4302  Sorry, but this endless love of airpower is flawed. Aircrew are a pricey to train and supply labor force. Planes are a pricey delivery system vs. Artillery. Planes lack the ability to sustain that firepower for more than a few mins. More carriers mean more escorts and supply train ships to work with them.
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  1903. @Katyusha Wrong.... Carriers cost more. Air wings cost a ton and the aircrew supply is not endless. The sub force is a better investment. Blockade of Japan and killing the Logistics to the Empire.
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  1904.  @bkjeong4302  Hmmmm.....BB crew vs. CV crew, air wing, escort crews. Scales looking heavy...😏
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  1905. Amtrak has changed it's legal policies on liabilities and lawsuits. Your better off flying.
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  1906. ​ @themanformerlyknownascomme777 are you asking when the need for multi-role fighter capability for aircraft became a priority? Rather than have designated attack aircraft?
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  1907. ​ @stevevalley7835 this is really confusing as a question. As the term fighter bomber predates the multi-role concept. But you are correct in that the need to consolidate aircraft types; the f-111story is a major milestone.
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  1908. ​ @haydenfletcher6227 if you mean night vision as in its modern guise? The answer is no. It's sort of predates the electronic era. You had early infrared spotlights that could be seen. But nothing in the modern sense of night vision goggles and thermal imaging.
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  1909.  @carloschristanio4709  well as I stated in the answer previous, basically the situation did occur later in 1942. Two carriers sunk. One torpedoed and out of action. Enterprise damaged and alone till early 1943.
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  1910. It is not like he has the budget of Top Gear.....😒
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  1911. After the attack on the fleet, war exists with Vichy. So, noé4455 change. Japan in the Home Fleet? They are better used in the Indian Ocean vs. German East Africa or support in the later ops in Russia in 1919.
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  1912.  @armchairwarlord  They resisted the landings in North Africa with force. That makes them the enemy. As for Japan in The Home fleet thing? You have the same issues the ABDA fleet did working together. Makes little sense to send ships to the UK. Instead, those RN units in the Indian Ocean would return home.
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  1913.  @armchairwarlord  1. Small comfort to those facing the flying lead. 😞 "Hey, they are not bad, just Vichy being Vichy." As for number 2? Uh, Emden & Kongisberg were arround.
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  1914.  @dixieduffy7  probably not. The main goal is penetration. Not air bursting and sending fragments. Not really particularly useful in naval combat.
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  1915. Did you have a chance to go down to Portsmouth and visit the American Carrier group?
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  1916.  @biscuit4705  nope.
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  1917.  @bkjeong4302  But with everyone shooting, awarding kills gets tricky.
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  1918. When all is said and done. It still comes down to the better crew and tactics. Even Mike Tyson can lose a fight.
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  1919. Why do people have this obsession with trying to cheat? Arms negotiation policies were meant to do just that. Control arms and their proliferation. Not create loopholes. not to make more weapons of war.
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  1920.  @dougjb7848  that kind of still defeats the purpose of arms limitation. And trying to carve out exceptions, is cheating.
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  1921.  @dougjb7848  very nature of the question is trying to scheme and make loopholes for something other than arms limitation.
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  1922.  @king_br0k  Tracer rounds are used for anti-aircraft use. Not main gunfire.
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  1923.  @king_br0k  A tracer burns for seconds. Not 20 miles. Your tracking short range rapid fire at AA targets. Not a surface action one.
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  1924.  @brendonw5687  right off the bat, probably not a good idea. You are going to put a lot of Mass up high on a rather narrow hull. Making for stability issues.
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  1925.  @king_br0k  but you're not using artillery in that fashion.
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  1926.  @king_br0k  I hate to be the party pooper on the parade of ideas, but nobody did. Then or now.
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  1927. All of Europe was in rebuild mode for 10 years. The Cold war And nuclear weapons were more critical than old ship preservation.
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  1928. That's nice and theory , but where are they going to get the money?
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  1929.  @sarjim4381  To add to the What if... "How does the battle go if USS Langley is not sunk on Feb. 27th?" A full Squadron of P-40's & pilots were lost. They could have balanced the airpower situation.
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  1930. "Mission of the Shark" Good film about the sinking. https://youtu.be/AolsS_ZisAA
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  1931.  @Vanilla0729  Because it is still US property. The rest is self explanatory.....
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  1932.  @strub6732 Quality did vary by ship. All had shakedowns and work ups prior to deployment. That gave time for green crews to learn and gel.
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  1933. Keeping a hull clean of marine growth does more to aid performance than playing with engines or props.
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  1934. Other than being made of steel, not really. The worlds don't intersect design wise.
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  1935. 😏 99 problems and this is your 1? Congratulations. 👏
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  1936. No luck. Skill, math, training.
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  1937.  @UchihaPercy  purpose built is still the better way to go.
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  1938.  @ShadrachVS1  Other than a flag? How?
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  1939.  @bkjeong4302  What do you mean? Naval policy was never priority for Hitler. What is a design change here or there going to do?
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  1940. Not just subs.... field updates and upgrades may be due to Captain's personal choice or new features being developed.
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  1941.  @toddwebb7521  yeah, I did see a story about those unmanned drones. And that does make sense for that purpose. I just think a sail powered cargo vessel like this has a lot of issues. There's no speed advantage. It doesn't use standardized cargo containers. It's volume low is small. The masts kind of get in the way of any sort of cranes. 🤷🏽‍♂️ It might make an interesting yacht? But for what they're able to carry , you could probably call UPS...
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  1942.  @jbepsilon  Maybe I'm just getting old? I'm not sure my coffee takes any better if it's freeze dried Taster Choice or some Eco delivery bean?🤦🏽‍♂️☕ Well, God bless them for having a neat gig.
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  1943.  @dougfoust117  I meant how to salvage the sub.
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  1944. There was never intent to reuse the Oklahoma.
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  1945.  @johneasler9967  He did not do such a thing. You are the second numb nut pushing that lie.
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  1946. ​ @typxxilps when we speak of diving. You're generally referring to hard hat diving. They would not have been very useful in open-ocean.
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  1947.  @scottburton509  it wasn't stored on board. They had to land and find timber.
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  1948.  @vikkimcdonough6153  Subs don't have the capacity. Even in modern submarines, a SEAL team is not that large. There's no way you going to get enough subs and people to steal a battleship.
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  1949. You guys need a hearing aid or Q tips.
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  1950. The video is closed captioned. Go to your YouTube settings and turn it on.
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  1951. @randomwarehouse4702  I know perfectly what you are asking for. And responded so it why it is not a good idea. You are not stopping any convoys. And you are going to lose any air bases to reach any after D-Day. And there is already air cover at Sea to deter the planes from getting close enough to launch any.
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  1952.  @randomwarehouse4702  they don't even have an airborne surface research radar to find any convoys. And you need multiple aircraft to attack a convoy. Escort carriers and catapult merchant ships have already defeated your early War plan.
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  1953.  @jonsouth1545  it can be argued the Imperial Navy and the U-boats damage Great Britain's economy more.
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  1954. You're dreaming. It's nice to have dreams. But a nineteenth-century steam and and battery powered submarine is just that.
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  1955.  @alt5494  Okay... been a few years since thermodynamics class. Well, over 30... I've heard of sodium nuclear reactors. But your using heated Sodium to create steam and thus work?🤔 Off the top of my head..... Assuming the Metallurgy of this work? The heat generated in a sub would be rather uncomfortable at best?🤔 What works the pump? How do you make the exhaust watertight?
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  1956.  @alt5494  This also run smack-dab into the historical timeline of the invention of the internal combustion engine and electrical generator....🤔 This Jules Verne Sub would be made obsolete by Mr. Holland's sub rather quicky.
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  1957. One day... one day...
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  1958. If you had a spotter to correct fire? Then, sure it's effective.
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  1959. I'll vote Pennsylvania. 😤
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  1960.  @ComradeBenedict  Born and bred PA resident bias.😜
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  1961. What are those?
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  1962. What if. Woulda could a shoulda..... The desire to spend defense money was not popular or available.
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  1963. You wre trying to go back to the years and years of people trying to compare tanks to ships. The circumstances of tank ammunition design and ships doesn't carry over.
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  1964.  @hughgordon6435  we just have years and years of the same question.
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  1965.  @hughgordon6435  perhaps your mommy never told you no? Sorry you are not able to handle a adult conversation without throwing a fit.
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  1966. Why would you use the UK as an example?
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  1967. @TheArklyte  you can carry more on a barge than a submarine. It's like trying to do a Berlin airlift With Alaska bush planes.
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  1968. Yes, bits gun powder bag not burnt.
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  1969.  @super44lover  that's the purpose of chain of command. The executive officer is next in line. You just keep going on down the line.
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  1970.  @wildkarrde3370  open mounts almost invariably are hand loaded. And aside from the shield, you are exposed to the elements.
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  1971. He was there several months ago.
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  1972. ​ @RedXlV you have portable cranes on carriers capable of moving an aircraft.
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  1973.  @stevevalley7835  but the Britannic was built after Titanic. And with changes made to the design to increase watertight integrity.
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  1974.  @AndyorAndrew  don't you want gunpowder to explode rather than just burn?
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  1975.  @stevevalley7835  I know what your trying to say. I'm just not sure pouring gin on gunpowder is going to produce the effects as if it's dry? You want to have expansion of gases rather than just flames.🔥
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  1976.  @user-tp1bi6of3v  bingo....
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  1977. Based on what?
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  1978.  @LikeUntoBuddha  The term is SAG. Surface Action Group. The Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles were a compliment to the guns. And sorry, The Montana's size and speed equals a Sub Captain's dream.
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  1979.  @LikeUntoBuddha  Compared to to other ships of the era.
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  1980.  @LikeUntoBuddha  Russia
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  1981. Head scratch.... Lexington was used as a newer Essex class carrier. And served well into the 80s. And is a museum ship today. Saratoga was one of the first Forrestal class carriers built in the 50s.
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  1982. The good guys won...
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  1983. Agreed!
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  1984.  @AdamMGTF  https://youtu.be/WlfZrT8Rh8o
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  1985.  @AdamMGTF  no nothing else from that era still around. Just the one ship in Japan.
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  1986.  @richardm3023  nothing goes on down by the riverfront. No worries down there.
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  1987.  @richardm3023  just a lot of cold water and concrete. Typically off-the-beaten-path for tourist and trouble.
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  1988.  @RedXlV  you have to remember not everybody sees War as something they wish to remember. Ships rather pricey items to keep up. Nor do they draw in money like Disney World....
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  1989.  @USSEnterpriseCVBB1  think about drones rather than missiles.
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  1990. @jackhowe6  the captain's cabin is in the stern. You would be crapping right by his window. 🪟
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  1991.  @samadams2203  They're not apples to apples replacements for Battleships. They also need a long time to train Airgroups.So you have a cost and manpower issue. Carriers are restricted in bad weather and at night ops. They also can not provide Gun fire support. As for the surrender? After years of war and death? The could have had it any place...
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  1992.  @joshthomas-moore2656  Things change in 30 years. The America of 1945 is not the America of 1975.....🤨
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  1993.  @Gingerbreadley  You never have watched Das Boot? Getting passed Gibraltar is not easy..... https://youtu.be/CIQETV30_u8
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  1994.  @Gingerbreadley  All Uboats in France could not pull that off during the entire war....😷
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  1995.  @sergarlantyrell7847  And not exactly getting rich doing it. I'd rather be Tiger Woods than Dratch. Richer and fewer headaches.....😷
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  1996.  @Gingerbreadley  You already have a Italian Navy in the Med. And the Luftwaffe Support for North Africa and Med was massive. Adding more , does little...😷
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  1997.  @joshuasutherland6692  That is a political decision. The problem is Germans changed politics and policy. You also have the a Great Depression curtailing defense spending.
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  1998. bits of unburnt powder bag
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  1999. I doubt it very much. You make your own way home.
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  2000. Turn captions on.
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  2001. Drone lives matter. 🤖
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  2002. 🙋🏽‍♂️ Reports today the wreck Of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance in the Weddell Sea near 10,000Ft. Down.
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  2003.  @iancarr8682  blades? 🤔
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  2004.  @MattLovesArchie  how is she useful? They have no fuel. Few pilots. Few escorts. 🤔
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  2005.  @Nila9579  it always amazes me the interest in these things? They're really more of a novelty item. Yet ,we keep getting this request year after year.
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  2006.  @joespeciale5875  it's been addressed before.
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  2007.  @Tomyironmane  there are a lot of reasons, but basically a left-handed aircraft approach was the norm. Thus the placement of the bridge Island.
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  2008.  @hamishneilson7140  the USS Ranger pioneered side elevators as early as the 1930s.
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  2009.  @johnshepherd8687  if you want to use that standard? World War II is an extension of the Spanish Civil War.
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  2010.  @glocke380  there been incidents where submarines have used their Stern torpedo tubes.
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  2011.  @johnshepherd8687  unlike the Sino-Japanese war ; the Spanish Civil War had considerable foreign involvement.
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  2012.  @johnshepherd8687  that's a strange distinction you're making. You originally wanted to make this about a start point of World War II? Yet, the Spanish Civil War has more potential than does China.
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  2013.  @warhawk4494  you'll have to wait for that one. That's on the to-do list.
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  2014.  @spinetanium3296  that's more of whatever is available and how far...
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  2015.  @spartan5157  as far as a war prize? Kind of a service headache. The Royal Navy wound up supplying most carriers.... remember most of the world had to spend the next twenty years rebuilding from the war. Nations like the Netherlands and Canada or Australia really did not have the funds or manpower to maintain a carrier Force. Over the years they got out of the business. Plus Nations like France lost their overseas territories in Africa and Asia. Thus Less need for them.
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  2016.  @cp1cupcake  1. Richard H. O'Kane. Final Rank: Rear Admiral. Born Dover, New Hampshire 2nd. of February 1911. Graduated US Naval Academy 1934. He served in the cruiser USS Chester, and the destroyer USS Pruitt, and then in 1938 trained as a Submariner. In 1942, Richard served in the submarine Wahoo as her executive Officer. As a Lieutenant Commander, he was Captain of the submarine USS Tang, and made five patrols in her. They were all made from his base at Pearl Harbor. Patrol 1. January 1944 for 44 days in the Marianas. Results, 5 ships sunk. Patrol 2. March 1944 for 61 days to the Palau area, and it was totally uneventful but Tang did rescue 22 airmen and take them to Hawaii at the conclusion of the patrol Patrol 3. June 1944 for 36 days to the East China Sea. Results, 10 ships sunk, his best patrol. Patrol 4. August 1944 for 34 days, again to the East China Sea. Results, 2 ships sunk. Patrol 5. September 1944 , his submarine lost to an accident off China on 24th./25th. of October 1944. One of his torpedoes came back on a circular course to sink his boat Tang. Richard O'Kane became a Prisoner of War of the Japanese until the war ended. Results, 7 ships sunk before losing his submarine. Award of Medal of Honor. On release from POW camp, was awarded the Medal of Honor. The top US Submarine Captain of WW2. Richard O'Kane was credited with sinking 31 ships to total 227,800 tons, the best result. Janac results: O'Kane's credited wartime results were scaled down to: 24 ships sunk to total 93,824 tons. He made Captain in July 1953, to retire as a Rear Admiral in July of 1957. Richard died on the 16th. of February 1994. Dick O'Kane was honoured by naming DDG 77 USS O'Kane after him.
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  2017.  @calenedgar3722  not going to happen.....
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  2018.  @thomasjamison2050  not likely. You already have four aircraft carriers. That's already Superior fighter opposition to both the fighters on Midway and the expected carriers.
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  2019.  @thomasjamison2050  not missing the point at all. Rather than spread the job; you're putting all your fighter eggs in one basket.
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  2020.  @dkgamez2959  It would look like the Iowa's with 3 more 16 inch guns and slower.
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  2021.  @cornpowa  https://youtu.be/Pi_VdLrkDME
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  2022. 🤔 industrial espionage is more imaginary than Actual. Your are suggesting someone going to the expense and trouble for little gain. And have the ability to do the necessary chemical analysis.
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  2023. ​You watch too much television. This is not a serious question?
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  2024. ​Well.... 🤔 If You could consider the confined space of Pearl Harbor? The oil contamination 🛢️ would take a long time to dilute. Unlike the open ocean. And there was very little equipment at the time to deal with oil spills. I imagine there must have been an effect on marine life and birds for quite some time.
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  2025. ​You want to send most of the German surface fleet to Madagascar? 🤨 How does this make any logical or logistics sense?
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  2026.  @coldwarrior78  Navy and U.S.M.C. notable and historical figures. Frequently, those who have been awarded the Medal of Honor or Navy Cross.
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  2027. CVN? Aircraft carrier, Nuclear powered.
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  2028. Bit of a stretch. The war started in 1939. They had kept up on the results.
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  2029. It's an evolution thing. They are making this up as they go along.
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  2030.  @sgtmarcusharris4260  👍Sums it up well...
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  2031.  @bkjeong4302  🎅 I love how you put Christmas coal in the stockings of Battleship fans every week.
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  2032. Most of the ship is at Battle Stations inside the ship. really doesn't matter what time it is.
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  2033. You would not leave the ammo in the gun.
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  2034. As to Mitchell? His only effect on the Navy was funding. As in 1947 when the USAF was formed, it caused fights over funding and missions. Even in the late 30's, aviation had a scouting role. Not a strike role. Float planes and flying boats were there to spot for naval gunfire & find the enemy. The airship program again was designed to scout ahead in a pre radar era. It was only about 1940, when all Navies had planes and weapons that could do real damage & equal land based planes.
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  2035.  @christopherreed4723  the film did not use any models of the actual Graf Spee.
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  2036. That is a airship...
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  2037. That doesn't make sense. If Bismarck doesn't shoot at Hood, it doesn't explode.
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  2038. Unburnt powder bag bits.
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  2039. That is why the Mothball fleet is located in freshwater sites in CA, VA and PA.
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  2040.  @spikespa5208  I wouldn't exactly go fishing there, but it's a few miles from the bay entrance and open sea.
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  2041. YouTube is run by the same as Google. And have the same Silicone Valley bent philosophy. What is popular is not always with their political thinking.
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  2042.  @calvingreene90  Not to mention armor piercing bombs are wrong for oil tanks...
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  2043. Because he is using a mouse..... Duh. 😏
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  2044. This was last spring.
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  2045. Speaking of weather..... Has anyone else seen the Richard wh Whitmark film, "Destination Gobi?" It's about the true story of a US Navy weather team operating in secret in the Gobi desert. The purpose was to provide early warning weather information. Their bass gets attacked by the Japanese. And they have to make their way all the way by land and by sea to Saipan.
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  2046. It's February, 1942. Just what do you expect on a support ship?
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  2047.  @Paladin1873  In a perfect world how many escorts are putting on this task group? It's a plane ferry and tanker. How many DD's do have to spare?
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  2048.  @Paladin1873  Not unprepared.... They're caught while beefing defense over the region. The US expects war. But in 1942.... All moves and updates are for war After the New Year. They ran out of time...
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  2049.  @Paladin1873  In fairness to FDR, the focus was on Germany and the U boat war in the Atlantic. While Japan was sending diplomats to talk Peace... The threat from Japan was seen as a Western Pacific region issue.
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  2050. I would also note "Night Action" by Capt. Peter Dickens RN. Former CO. Of 21st. MTB Flotilla. And Great Grandson of the writer Charles Dickens.
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  2051.  @bertholdvonzahringen6799  Poor reason to spend defense money.
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  2052. He meant the use of a large CV for ASW. That was unusual. Prior to this, CVE or CVL's were used.
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  2053. High explosives or Armor piercing are the choices. Some Nuclear shells and extended range and GPS guided rounds have reached the R&D stage.
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  2054. Actually the aircraft predates everyone thinks of.
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  2055.  @connormclernon26  It would be off the price charts, but okay Titanium armor. https://youtu.be/FeVTZlNQfPA
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  2056. Great book on period Naval Aviation.
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  2057. Robot Chicken Drydock? 🙄 Seth Green has a bigger budget. And a fellow Lamberon High Alum. 😏
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  2058. What is more crazy? Surcouf or James Bond's Lotus/sub car? 🤔
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  2059. 🤪lol
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  2060. Well, more tax money where that came from.......🤑
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  2061.  @sarjim4381  LCS..... Perhaps we could call them oversized, grey, assault fishermen? Put some chairs on the flight deck. Make our money back taking guys Marlin and shark fishing? The 57mm will be for anti Greenpeace and PETA activist use.
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  2062.  @sarjim4381  Picture Rodney Dangerfield with a LCS to play with?😂 https://youtu.be/Zp7QoR8vMW8
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  2063.  @kemarisite  Been thought of already. Gun and ammo not compatible.
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  2064.  @sarjim4381  Nope, rather than fix the gun. They changed the mission. To surface warfare and dumped the NGF role.
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  2065.  @sarjim4381  https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a27496295/uss-zumwalt-mission/
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  2066.  @kemarisite  Any plans for trying to use the Army 155mm Excalibur round is DOA. The gun fire mission is now dumped. https://news.usni.org/2019/01/21/navy-studying-hyper-velocity-projectile-ammo-zumwalt-guns
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  2067.  @kemarisite  Now we have a CVN that can't deploy F35's? The spending fun continues......🤑🤑🤑 https://news.usni.org/2019/06/03/congress-unhappy-with-ford-class-inability-to-deploy-with-f-35-fighters
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  2068.  @RedXlV  Well they did.... 🙄 They are the same size, but not interchangeable. Nice, way to spend $7 Billion a ship.
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  2069.  @RedXlV  It is a giant cluster bleep......https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/navy-has-spent-billions-stealth-destroyers-and-ammo-cost-800000-bullet-61017
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  2070. At some point these so called comparisons become crystal ball watching. The crew, tactics, skills and bravery are not calculated. Just on numbers, the ME 262 Was unbeatable as a fighter plane. Reality, didn't play out that way.
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  2071. A barometric fuse on an artillery shell? Why?
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  2072.  @hughgordon6435  I'm not sure how you're going to fit that inside of a AA shell in the pre transistor electronics era?
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  2073.  @danpower-JP  the simple answer to your question? Manpower. While the Essex class has more capability than a CVL; they also require a huge manpower load. Something most navies did not have a ton of. Plus the availability of surplus Royal Navy carriers.
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  2074.  @marcusfranconium3392  The Axis was not in full effect to the point of that kind of tech transfer.
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  2075.  @marcusfranconium3392  politically they were allied. But there was no infrastructure or military cooperation that you're suggesting.
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  2076.  @marcusfranconium3392  there is a legitimate need to support domestic industry.Buying imported does not help local shipyards or aviation jobs. Also both had independent military goals.
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  2077. The guy has a year backlog of ship topics. It'll come in time.
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  2078.    Off hand? You can go back to 1667 and the Dutch raid on the Medway. Chain was used to provide protection to English ships there. The US Military Academy is famous for being a site for a chain blocking ships going up the Hudson River. The South in the US Civil War used chain and mines on various rivers as well. A torpedo net is a take on the original idea....
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  2079.    Slave ships? Here is a quick link. https://youtu.be/6PwnMHkOUxY
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  2080.  @USAACbrat  Japan and Russia have a number of Flying boats in operation today and in production.
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  2081.  @USAACbrat  Russia's newest bird. https://youtu.be/VkKGmdTnXsI
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  2082.  @scottgiles7546  short answer to your question is , not really doable.
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  2083.  @jonathanwhite5132  it's all very theoretical. But not very successful. They have no experience in such operations nor do they have aircraft really designed for the job. This is on top of all the other problems that German surface ships have just getting to Sea.
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  2084.  @davidalbeck811  this was a brain teaser. And it took about an hour of searching. It is the Mark 8 radar antenna. It is part of the main Gun Mark 37 Fire Control director system. It provides range information. https://navsource.org/archives/01/038/013838b.jpg
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  2085. I'm not sure what you're basing this on?
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  2086. UH, actually. In WW2, the USN had 2 training aircraft carriers on the Lakes.
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  2087. While the dream was there, the ability was not. Both were well defended and extreme ranged targets. The Axis tried the whole Desert War to reach Suez by land. By sea? The RN Med fleet at Alexandria is in the way. The Axis faces the same issues in Panama with US forces.
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  2088.  @jarvisfamily3837  Correct.
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  2089.  @TheSchultinator  No ship has the name. Nor are any on the building list using the name.
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  2090. I keep thinking about that scene in that James Bond movie, "for your eyes only." Where the British have the fake fishing trawler and it catches a mine in the nets.
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  2091. ​ @rhedosaurus2251 Defend with what?
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  2092.  @rhedosaurus2251  they have no fuel.
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  2093.  @filecabinet827  that is a silly question.
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  2094. @filecabinet827  it's not even reasonable.
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  2095. @filecabinet827  I tend to be serious and bring the pretzels. 🥨👨🏽‍💻
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  2096. Attacking Malta is rather pointless. As MacArthur proved in the Pacific, isolation and island-hopping of strong points is the better option. Malta is meaningless without supply.
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  2097. Some people might say the glory of a society is best shown in things other than it's militarism. The French probably care more about the cathedral of Notre Dame than they do their Navy. Few people go to Italy to look at the Sistine chapel or the Tower of Pisa only to decry the lack of World War II ships.
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  2098.  Ezequiel Flores  not really. They've never had large warships.
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  2099. February 3rd, 1943...... Sinking of troopship USS Dorchester & loss of over 600 souls. Can we get a Wednesday Special on the 4 Chaplains story? 🤔
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  2100. More MacArthur bashing. Patton couldn't manage a damn thing.
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  2101.  @RedXlV  Garbage. He retired from the US Army and took a Job running the Philippine Army. He was recalled to service by FDR.
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  2102.  @menschman1464  Star trek calls them crewman.
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  2103. They played a huge part in the Guadalcanal campaign and again in the Philippines. Their ability to operate at night and in confined Waters semicolon made them optimal compared to larger surface ships.
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  2104. Actually there are a number of radio stations as well as two TV stations located only a few blocks away. Not to mention the Philadelphia Coast guard station.
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  2105. That's probably why people cooperate with Bob Woodward on his books?.....😏
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  2106. It's not very practical to try and source exotic woods in the quantities required for shipbuilding.
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  2107.  @calvingreene90  one would hope the Italians would step it up a notch. If I was Hitler, I would be putting pressure on the Italians to pick up the slack in that regard.
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  2108. 🤔 we need more grog.🥃
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  2109. Interesting question. And sad to say, there have been a lot more sinkings than the Britanic. And by both sides. And again in WW 2. Wikipedia has a page of ship loses and causes.
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  2110. Anyone else feel like you're listening to a debate about Norwegian blue parrots? What was the question again? 🙄🦜
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  2111. Sad fate. 😢 Survive the sea, only to die a jungle slave worker. But, made for a great William Holden film.
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  2112. There is nothing to be gained. It's better to have them neutral and as trade partners the same way they used Sweden.
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  2113.  @stevevalley7835  You spend a entire Civil War helping Franco. And to gain some port access you want to take Spain now? Somehow, that cost benefit analysis doesn't work. And one with wrecked infrastructure with an army that's already overextended.
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  2114. A film of a theatrical nature requires integrity because it's of a historical event? Who set that standard? The job is to sell tickets and popcorn. You're trying to set a standard that most films for the last century of motion pictures is never going to meet.
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  2115.  @JohnRodriguesPhotographer  you might try finding your values someplace other than a Cineplex or a drive-in?😏📽🎬🍿🌭
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  2116.  @JohnRodriguesPhotographer  😌 mine are pretty intact and clear.....
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  2117.  @JohnRodriguesPhotographer  I don't have any in my area. But there's still some out there. Last one in our area is now a Home Depot.
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  2118. It's all rather wordplay about the same thing.
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  2119.  @colbeausabre8842  when it gets down to it, we're doing a lot of word play. Tomato vs tomatoe.
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  2120.  @shaider1982  It is the little things, that kill you..... Like the windows on the first jet airliner. The De Haviland Comet.🙄🛬💥
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  2121.  @Hendog1001  they likely would have been in Port.
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  2122.  @thomasjamison2050  😏Very Romantic kind of guy.....💏
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  2123.  @hamishneilson7140  if the British were smart? Copy the German Playbook. Use British submarines and unrestricted Warfare.
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  2124. That's probably a little bit out of the scope of the channel? But the Truman administration had a lot of bad ideas. That was just one of them.
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  2125.  @eiwtsexiang  didn't we just hit these last week?
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  2126.  @AdmRose  yes. I believe it was?
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  2127.  @murrayscott9546  Hmmmmm, why not?🤔
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  2128.  @jamessimms415  USS Wahoo massacre...
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  2129. bad idea.
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  2130. That is in Maui...... It makes zero sense. No facilities.
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  2131. That's not quite a good comparison.
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  2132.  @bearzilla2462  somebody got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? 🙄
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  2133. It's definitely a game changer.
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  2134.  @johnrhoades6214  He is going Coast to Coast.
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  2135.  @officialemmceejay5369  The bell was used as a alarm and to mark the time to change the crew watch standing.
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  2136.  LTrain 45  https://youtu.be/zIMhAmjlTUo
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  2137.  @taotoo2  Are you serious? 🙄
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  2138.  @lexington476  Dreadnought refers to HMS Dreadnought of the Royal Navy built in 1906. Everything made prior become obsolete.
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  2139.  @rudolfthecat1176  signal flags .
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  2140.  @Gingerbreadley  Sigh...... next year.
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  2141.    That makes no sense.....😏
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  2142.  @DarkRazor95  You're all over the place making stuff up with Impossible scenarios and what if ?
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  2143.  @AdlerGordon  Your doing some broad paint brushing of history.
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  2144.  @Dylan-lw1xc  They did... In the the 1980's with the US Navy.
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  2145.  @space318  Why? 😠
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  2146.  @table697  Simple answer.... Nope.😏 It's a good system, it's not that good......https://youtu.be/dKrpEfNaQO8
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  2147.    In your universe, perhaps? 😏 Nothing that rises to a advantage.
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  2148.  @Drachinifel  fingers crossed.... but you made my day finally. 😁
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  2149.  @kingquackie7284  uh.... A drum of Hoppe's 9 and a big bore brush? 🙄
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  2150.  @doubledekercouch  Just add more sub targets for Tang, Wahoo and company....
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  2151.  @disbeafakename167  You want both. A rail has a narrow cone of fire. The launcher gives a shotgun pattern, but is less precise.
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  2152.  @stevevalley7835  Your thinking way out the box. Doubtful anyone was playing with a slide rule trying to measure powder. And where do you put unused power exactly?🤔
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  2153.  @CharlesStearman  I think that is what I said?
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  2154. ​ @Tundraviper41 that's a bit large to be a useful dual-purpose weapon.
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  2155. The whole term supercarrier is really rather meaningless and made up in the first place.
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  2156.  @RonJohn63  it's just a really big aircraft carrier.
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  2157.  @RonJohn63  what do integrated circuits have to do with anything?
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  2158.  @RonJohn63  we were having commentary about aircraft carriers. You have changed the conversation into a non topic.
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  2159. So your red shirt guy working for Scotty on Star Trek? 🤔
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  2160. Dictionary needed.
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  2161. Speaking of combat camera. Supposedly that is how John Ford, injured his eye. He was wounded while filming the Battle of Midway.
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  2162. USS Olympia is older than Texas.
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  2163.  @johnlee1297  Texas never fought anyone. Golf clap.👏🏿😏
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  2164.  @leb41717  A combo of naval treaties, A Great Depression & other spending needs.
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  2165.  @Gingerbreadley  Quick answer? The Fleet Air Arm in Mid 1942 was flying a mix of Sea Hurricanes, Fulmars, and Martlets (F4F Wildcats) as fighters. And Fairey Swordfish or Albacores as strike and scouts. All would be easy kills for carrier Zero pilots. And ship AA defense would eat the rest. On the bright side? They would not waste a air wing like Hornet did at Midway. And the Armored Decks would have kept the carriers fighting. Would any planes come back land? That is iffy. The US won the battle by the dive bombers getting lucky on 3 carriers. The RN has no dive bombers. So the CV's survive. But due to planes available, the RN looses Midway on quality and numbers.
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  2166.  @chrisbixler8260  Yep, Spanish American war.
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  2167. Los Angeles class sub.
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  2168. The spelling is Bulkeley, John D.
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  2169. Those are too small. Think more like Sub deck guns, those can do reall ship damage.
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  2170. Hmmmm.... The crew of the USS Ruben James might disagree?
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  2171.  @coltinyancey6420  How so?
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  2172. 🤔 While you have visited some interesting facilities; I don't think you have done a video on the Royal Naval college? Could we put that on a Wednesday list?
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  2173.  @thepan8282  Solve? There's no such thing m
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  2174. We have yet to have ship guides to U-Boats or E Boats. Anytime this year?🤔
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  2175.  @erikgranqvist3680  Was there any battles in the Aleutians? It was entire major campaign zone. https://youtu.be/BpzA7RqUvc4
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  2176.  @moose2577  USS Oregon.
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  2177.  @erikgranqvist3680  The USS Grunion was lost in action as well. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Grunion. Additionally https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1943/aleutians.html
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  2178.  @joelhoover2524  You mean relieve Wake?
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  2179.  @joelhoover2524  Well there were 2 sets of Civilian. Pan Am Employees and the construction workers. The Pan Am Employees left on the last clipper. The construction crews still had work to do. Also the new C. O. Had only just arrived. Same with the fighter unit. Overall, the same movement was underway at Shanghai. The 4th Marines and most gunboats were sent to the Philippines at the same time. The B-17's at Pearl Harbor were heading to the Philippines. As were PT boats for Squadron 3. Kimmel was moving stuff all over. They ran out of time.
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  2180.  @DELTATROOPER5555 Most ships today are Panamanian or Liberian registered. With crews all over the place. Owners, just as mixed.
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  2181.  @ArcticTemper  Without air cover, the RN wouldn't be able to operate.
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  2182.  @herrraja9038  Nope..... https://youtu.be/zASZ1nabYN0
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  2183.  @BrigadierBill  These What If questions Have so many holes.. Germany was a political and economic basket case. Without Colonies. What is the point Pre Hitler, of a bigger Navy?
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  2184.  @BrigadierBill  Why is anybody going to cut them treaty slack for more tonnage per your question?
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  2185.  @BrigadierBill  Why even give Germans a rowboat? The plus side to the World is zero. Didn't do much for the Germans in the long run; but drown a generation....
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  2186. @Yu Hin TAM Basically, yes.
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  2187.  @fox_sake_9242  By hand. Everything is manual labor.
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  2188. @mpetersen6  that would reduce cargo space. You can just make the crew walk the deck.
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  2189. Hmmm, Amtrak just moved to a no Sue policy. Not sure I trust them after the wreck here
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  2190.  @vipertwenty249  🙇🏽‍♂️ I was wondering. It does seem to be a noticeable absence in the dietary menu of the time.
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  2191.  @vipertwenty249  so not much of a salad bar?🙇🏽‍♂️🥗
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  2192. There's a reason why the Victoria Cross is rarely awarded.
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  2193.  @stevevalley7835  good answer....
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  2194. You have publications like Jane's Defense. Ships all had books with reference silhouettes of enemy vessels.
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  2195. Yes. They are too big.
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  2196. Eventually..... we have years of topics to do.
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  2197.    To be fair, the commanders of 8th Army And X Corps (Walker & Almond) bare the responsibility. As for the Chi coms? They had us outnumbered.
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  2198.  @sarjim4381  The same could be said about the rest of the founders. Arnold, Jefferson, Burr, etc.
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  2199.  @sarjim4381  Kinda hard to get into deep details when you trying cover 250 years in 180 days.
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  2200. Disbanded? That due to a lack of funding or just out of stuff to find?
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  2201. That's just how things are. Surplus steel is not in high demand. And we have an oversupply of ships. And as you cite, regulations make foreign not an option.
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  2202. HE said basically the same thing. They were in the yards so they got the night groups and planes.
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  2203.  @WBtimhawk  Too big and slow traversing for DP use.
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  2204.  @tortugagreen9924  not hard to figure out. Projects got cancelled.
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  2205.  @thomasjamison2050  Seriously?
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  2206.  @i.alicorne  🤔 hmmm....... Doubtful. It's nice to Have the Royal Navy, USN and the Maritime JSDF all one team outside a Mothra film. 😏🦋
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  2207.  @MatthewChenault  🤔Any relation to the general? Just curious....
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  2208.  @TheJudge2017  Based on that? You can't..... Subs had designated patrol zones. So they should not be in the same place as other units. But there was no friend or Foe via Sonar.
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  2209.  @MatthewChenault  Familiar with Maury. What Evil treatment?
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  2210.  @MatthewChenault  I was kind of referring to General Chenault. As for Maury and statues? Trump was right. The Left has gone beyond Confederate heroes.
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  2211.  @robertschultz6922  anything is possible if you want to throw enough money and resources? But you are talking about taking resources from other production. For rather small scale products.
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  2212.  @robertschultz6922  quick look at Google , says it would be rather difficult. You basically have most of the industry involved in making steel from scrap. You only have four major companies. Most production is for the auto or construction industry. We have more Onlyfans creators than steel workers today.
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  2213. Old names like Spery, IBM, GE, Westinghouse, etc.
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  2214. Short answer? Yes. Previous command was not needed. Promotion was not based solely on merit.
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  2215. After 400 years you kind of had your quota....
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  2216.  @mannys9130  I think you're confused? Mankind was not horrified enough. And we spent the entire Cold War developing more of them and Thermonuclear ones.
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  2217.  @tinafoster8665  aviation fuel and explosives don't mix. It basically boils down to that. Ship fires are a very unique beasts. It's possible to have different classes of fire in progress. ( Class A, b, c, d)
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  2218.  @fulccrum2324  are you really that too lazy the scroll?
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  2219.  @Ralph-yn3gr  that makes absolutely no sense. You do realize the purpose is arms limitation?
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  2220.  @Zajuts149  of course.
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  2221.  @arrvidcarlson8107  well , we had something called the Great depression.
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  2222.  @mannys9130  Great lengths? HMMMM....🤔 considering the volume of tactical nuclear weapons, not really. And trust me we were very prepared and ready to use on several occasions.
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  2223.  @Ralph-yn3gr  not when your goal is to turn swords into ploughshares. They called it the war to end all wars for a reason. It was a worthy goal.
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  2224.  @lonjohnson5161  moviegoers don't want to be seasick. And the guns are stabilized. But if you want to rock and roll with waves? Try Das Boot. Riding a U-Boat Heavy Seas will make you want to hurl.
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  2225.  @scottjennings503  you might try the Eagle boats of WW 1.
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  2226.  @marvinthemartian9584  it depends on the level of the offense? Even in today's Navy, there is criminal and then there is non-judicial punishments. These typically range anything from confinement to quarters or loss of privileges.
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  2227.  @jasondouglas6755  you have a very interesting question! And after thinking it over for about 20 minutes, if Crete is held by the allies; axis oil production in the Polesti oil field enters easy bomber range.
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  2228. Huh? Are you trying to imply there's some sort of 1940s Photoshop here?
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  2229. Tax money wasting away. 💸💸💸
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  2230.  @johnsykesiii1629  cost benefit analysis doesn't quite work out in 2022. Raising timber for ships that don't go anywhere anymore.
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  2231.  @bradmiller2329  Those are Anti ship and Cruise missiles. And had separate launchers.
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  2232. Understandable rant. But we're going a little off topic.
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  2233. Most ships fly the flag of Liberia or Panama today.
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  2234.  @johnshepherd8687  Oh really? On what nations authority?
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  2235.  @johnshepherd8687  A few ships have contractor security. Most don't. That is a far cry from placing US troops on non US flagged ships. As for the NATO operation? It's doing nothing for those crews being held for ransom. https://youtu.be/xCquks_CSEQ
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  2236.  @johnshepherd8687  Very few ships are in the US Merchant Marine. And most of them are In coastal routes or going to Hawaii or Other islands.
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  2237.  @johnshepherd8687  That's why ship companies use contract security.
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  2238. He visited on his second trip.
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  2239. 🤔🙄hmmmmmm
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  2240. If we give praise to Spruance for the win; would he be held equally in the negative for loss of Hornet's airpower? And possibly loss of the battle? MIdway could easily end in Yorktown sunk. Hornet useless. And the IJN Combat Air Patrol with a win and 4 CV floating.
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  2241. In regards to naval anti-aircraft fire control? Try this film.... https://youtu.be/z_HUZSk8c2c
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  2242. You must be a crap shooter?🤔 Because that plan is a hell of a dice roll....🎲🎲
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  2243. Is it the one by Penn Treaty Park?
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  2244. Will you sound freaks ever be happy?
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  2245. https://youtu.be/U8raZneOVh4 https://youtu.be/uTVj_ZSwxGE
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  2246. Few and far between?
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  2247.  @sarjim4381  Speaking of food and drink..... This channel has alot on 18th and 19rh century eat and drink. https://youtu.be/QdzAt6e1l-c
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  2248.  @fguocokgyloeu4817  it's been a year since the fall of Afghanistan. Nobody's paid any price for that either.
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  2249.  @darrylviljoen6227  how do you justify keeping an obsolete battleship on the active duty roll?
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  2250.  @kemarisite  also considering these guns are hand loaded, bigger shells are going to be a pain in the butt to load.
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  2251.  @metaknight115  you seriously want to send them without air cover?
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  2252.  @nikolajwinther5955  a flagship is the ship which carries the flag of the commanding Admiral.
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  2253.  @Knight6831  🤔 Heck of a "Quantum Leap" episode question? What if Admiral Lockwood never became Comsubpac?
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  2254.  @BestAnswer12549  Actually, yes! https://youtu.be/pg_j8_NjZxw
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  2255. 😏🎷🎸🥁🎵🎶🎶When we start a Rock cover band, we will be; " Paladins of Chivalry!"
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  2256. I got that one on the Shelf.📖😏
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  2257.  @garrettledford1147  Ask a question that makes sense.
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  2258.  @Tishirobearcat  Hospital ships are white. So combat ships are grey.
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  2259.  @blackbirdsr71  Yes, real thing.
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  2260.  @insignificantgnat9334  Nope. It's like asking to bring back Union Blue uniforms.
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  2261.  @Zeppflyer  Correct. They were called US Federal Ships for time...
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  2262.  @nathanbrown8680  Hospital Ships are White. Cruise ships are White.
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  2263.  @carp0nastick Engineering fail.
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  2264. Will the UK preserve the Type 82 HMS Bristol ?🤔
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  2265. That is not even a match worth asking. Light crusiers have no shot.
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  2266.  @marseldagistani1989  You said light crusiers.
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  2267.  @TheKingofbrooklin  more word play than anything.
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  2268.  @bkjeong4302  You would think we would have run out of, "What if a Parrot had 11inch guns questions? "
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  2269.  @gurk_the_magnificent9008  I forget this channel doesn't like links. But the US Navy is working on airborne drones deployable from decoy launchers.
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  2270.  @Fronzel41  Yes, and no. Take out the command and control and yes you take a ship out the fight.
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  2271.  @vipondiu  https://youtu.be/IlXI2-GJPg8
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  2272.  @alexlam5772  Please learn to spell rate.....
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  2273.  @lexington476  Sigh......😥 Billions spent in education....... R a t e! Rate......
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  2274.  @Triggerhappypilot  as a example..... https://youtu.be/MTW_xpK-Twc
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  2275.  @glennricafrente58  A timid leader is as bad as a over aggressive one.
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  2276. The Seafire was a poor Naval fighter. The P-51 was tested and rejected. Naval aircraft are more than a hook. The Hellcat and Corsair were far better planes for the Fleet air Arm. They made a mistake waiting till the Phantom to buy American again.
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  2277.  @rodrigogoncalves6165  Hard to view from, weak structure and landing gear, hard to land. They wrecked more than enemy killed. https://youtu.be/MnVJJ9BVLGU
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  2278.  @gregorywright4918  Exactly. The Seafire was many things. Great naval fighter? Not exactly...😏
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  2279. The bigger favor is that it led to Hyman Rickover and Polaris.
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  2280. Isn't this a little bit of generational Nitpicking? And criticize people using Winchester 92s in a film that's not post 1892? Or complain about airplanes in the film, "Battle of Britain" having the wrong engines? It's a movie. It's entertaining. Leave it at that. Old warships don't grow on trees.
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  2281. While in Philadelphia, give the Navy Yard a quick visit. https://navyyard.org. Can't promise my schedule 4 months ahead.
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  2282.  @Gingerbreadley  War does not work like a Chess match. Skill, strategy, logistics, policy and etc. Effect the game.
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  2283.  @Bird_Dog00  search YouTube channels for Pearl harbor salvage films.
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  2284.  @captainobvious9233  Towing the Hornet would slow down your escape from the warzone. At dawn, Allied planes will be searching for you.
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  2285.  @JoramTriesGaming  Those are booms for torpedo nets. They swing down and hold the nets to protect the ship in harbor.
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  2286.  @lightfootjpauls  All are ready for ship breaking. Nope...
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  2287.  @GaldirEonai  At most, they would do Air Sea Rescue. Picking up a downed aircrew or spot a life boat.
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  2288.  @adamalton2436  Your jumping the gun....Were engaging U boats as Late as the Sinking of the USS Reuben James 10/31/1941. Without any pursuit.....
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  2289.  @juliaharrell4072  They operated independently.
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  2290.  @Kabayoth  The oil fields at Ploesti, Romania were the main supplier of oil and fuel .
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  2291.  @TraditionalAnglican  yes
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  2292.  @Norbert_Sattler  German aux cruisers were surface Raiders designed to look like cargo ships. They had hide away guns and torpedoes. Most famous was the Kormoran, that fought HMAS Sydney in 1941. The Allies had Q boats with hidden guns too.
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  2293.  @Norbert_Sattler  I know... But there is little need for warships to have hidden guns.
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  2294.  @Norbert_Sattler  Subs sit low in the water. The biggest radar target is the sail. And the need to retract guns could slow time to crash dive or even fail due to marine life geting caught in the mechanicals.
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  2295.  @Kabayoth  Oh Really? https://youtu.be/-MnVztevu8s
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  2296. Nope.
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  2297. You're kinda nitpicking. Its not like there is a ton of B-25's still flying to film.
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  2298.  @DonaldMcKay3768  even the speed freaks at Dodge say that by 2024 they're going Ev.
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  2299.  @marcusfranconium3392  you can't do all that and do Hawaii at the same time.
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  2300. Prinz Eugen..... 🤔
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  2301. Will you be visiting the Navy Yard while in Philadelphia? If you're doing the ship visits might as well take in the Navy Yard too. 🤔 As for the virus thing? One or two cases in the region as of today.
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  2302. ​ @Keaperman I'm not sure where you got that figure from? But that is way too many... Four is more of a realistic number.
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  2303. ​ @toastytoast9800 I think it's due to production numbers as well as priority being needed for Pacific use? There are no coral reefs that require a tracked vehicle to climb over at Normandy.
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  2304. ​ @imprisongroverfurr5252 A post Civil War invasion of the Caribbean? The Spanish-American War was challenging enough in 1898. I don't think it goes any better in 1866?
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  2305.  @Keaperman  I don't think you'll ever find a situation where four squadrons of destroyers are assigned? You don't even have that many assigned to a aircraft carrier battlegroup today. Even the last mission of the Yamato; only had a light Cruiser and 8 Destroyers.
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  2306.  @kahumike  Need a gun video? https://youtu.be/mjiyk0wMtAc?si=HiK1ti06U0DNb6DF
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  2307. I don't get the point here? Both systems exist and are used.
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  2308.  @Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan  A dozen battleships to fight whom?
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  2309.  @Rauschgenerator  Not at all. They had no coaling stations. It is not practical to refuel underway. And the smoke gives you away.
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  2310.  @Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan  The RN and the UK can't afford vanity projects. The Axis is dead. The nation is going to take 20 years to rebuild. A dozen battleships in the 1950's is money better spent on the Fleet Air Arm.
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  2311.  @bkjeong4302  I'm starting to warm to your view. Other than naval gunfire support, they have little Cold War role. The Soviet threat is Subs.....
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  2312.  @and15re1  For What purpose? The US needs don't require Monitors. The only special type they need, are the China Gunboats.
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  2313.  @archlefirth2279  For shade during deck events like Church services.
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  2314.  @rlosable  That does not leave many items then.
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  2315.  @Rauschgenerator  https://youtu.be/hUJe7IqJBao You seriously want to keep doing this?
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  2316.  @and15re1  The monitor sucks in Ocean travel.
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  2317.  @fredvieth2587  Torpedoes used compressed air that left a trail you could see. https://youtu.be/INf4ukENbL4
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  2318.  @kemarisite  True. But both are late game toys.
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  2319.  @justdags6611  Well.... in the water is simpler. Ship is huge and heavy. Kinda hard to move something as big as a building.
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  2320.  @jeff6280  Pearl harbor has been covered long ago.
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  2321. He was there months ago.....
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  2322.  @Michael_OBrian  Likely sent to the Nuke tests in 1946.
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  2323.  @Mf787-5  Not really. Too slow and no foes to fight.
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  2324.  @reksiohundson8706  rather than scrapping they would have been sent to the bikini test; just like Prinz Eugen.
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  2325.  Declan McCaffrey  he already did. It's been removed for copyright violation.
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  2326.  @craighagenbruch3800  that's a radio antenna up front.
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  2327.  @chriscookesuffolk  size. Basically anything under 80 ft is a boat.
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  2328.  @karlvongazenberg8398  actually they had drones assigned by that time.
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  2329.  @bkjeong4302  they likely would have took them to Bikini Atol. just like Prinz Eugen.
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  2330.  @champagnegascogne9755  they already had a successful purpose built carriers designs. What's the point of converting the Alaska's?
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  2331.  @reksiohundson8706  I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here? The war is over.
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  2332.  @janwemmel4414  that's just a job you sign up for when you take the oath.
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  2333.  @bluemarlin8138  that's just word play. They were in the inventory. And they did go to sea on various ships.
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  2334.  @reksiohundson8706  the answer to your question is called the ddg 1000. That was their entire reason for construction. Now they are three ships looking for a mission. Currently they're using them in test with unmanned naval vehicles.
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  2335.  @bkjeong4302  the sinking is worthy of a Wednesday special.
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  2336.  @bkjeong4302  well that kind of gets us back to the DDG-1000 mess. Basically sold to us to do the same job.
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  2337.  @bkjeong4302  I would agree. Propaganda value was spent instead on Tokyo War trials. Hanging people, is more important than scrapping a battleship.
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  2338. We do live fire SinkEx every Summer on dead ships.
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  2339.  @sarjim4381  Any idea how fast the PHM's could do? 🤔
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  2340. Changes in the treaty would have made no difference.
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  2341.  @jeffreyskoritowski4114  I'm not just talkin about the Seafire. Every plane after into the Jet era was lackluster. The company never had a great plane after the Spitfire.
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  2342. ​ @zilla11547 not really since Pre World War II.
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  2343. ​ @comrade_commissar3794 that's over 20 miles.... that's not practical.
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  2344.  @comrade_commissar3794  a 20-mile net is pretty freaking long.🙄 A minefield is a better tool.
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  2345.  @ironwatsas6179  if you believe Wikipedia? The Argentine Navy was still flying Supermarine Walruses from Cruisers, well into the late 1950s.
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  2346.  @comrade_commissar3794  in practice, it didn't work out that way....
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  2347.  @comrade_commissar3794  For good reasons.... Too far.Too unwieldy. Ecologically bad. Not deemed effective. And interfering with shipping. Thus.... not used ever.
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  2348. ACTUALLY, yes! Remember, this was the coal burning era. So as a emergency backup power, they had the masts that could rig a sail.
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  2349.  @bottoslappbig1303  The goal was disarmament.
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  2350. Not true. Reinforcement was in progress. Planes were enroute. PT boats were in Hawaii waiting to go. The 4th Marines left China for the Philippines days before. National Guard units were shipped there in the months before. Reinforcement like Wake Island was done. Just late...
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  2351. Your mixing terms. '"V" is Aviation. "G" is for Guided Missile. The Russian stuff makes no sense.
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  2352.  @WhisperingDeath  you would be surprised how many people can't swim.There are many people who joined the Navy and Marines and cannot swim a lick. But they make it part of basic training now to learn.
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  2353.  @BrunoAvellar  Duke and Duchess of Sussex? 😏
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  2354.  @Pavlos_Charalambous  Still a long, long list of strays. I hear they may get some type 23 RN frigates.
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  2355.  @Pavlos_Charalambous  https://youtu.be/0Cv8wK_SPUM
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  2356. Oh, lord......Magical 1950's Nuclear plants? 🙄
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  2357.  chris younts  This disscusion has left all reality.
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  2358.  @toddwebb7521  You can't drop a Nuclear reactor into a ship like a LS Chevy V8...... It also would would be competing for money with the Polaris SSBN, Enterprise CVN, and a ton of other Defense programs.
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  2359. Design Trends and Fashions change over time. Just like automobiles. You don't see Tail Fins or pop up Headlights anymore.
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  2360. HMS Jamaica plays Her in the film.
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  2361. Myth.
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  2362.  @keithmoore5306  It's only a 5 minute guide...🤷🏽‍♂️ you could easily go into an hour dive into just American PT Boat operations and the different classes of them. And then add in operations in the Mediterranean, North Sea, Etc....
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  2363. Deserters? They had their chance. 😤
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  2364.  @chrisnorman1183  Rather broad question. As technology improved, the capabilities have improved. The modern evolution is today's SEAL Team Delivery Vehicle. https://youtu.be/unx4JhLFohQ
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  2365.  @thurin84  so is the whitewashing of History. The story of America has its dark sides.
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  2366.  @thurin84  on the other hand the term,"Yankee go home " was a earned one.
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  2367.  @thurin84  I would phrase it a bit less harshly.... We are Nation of plenty in a World of lesser well off. We have for reasons of political, security, economics and generosity have decided to aid other nations in development. As I sit doing my taxes however this weekend, do question if we could keep that generosity around here a bit?🙇🏽‍♂️💸💸💸💸 💸
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  2368.  @thurin84  Hmmmmmm, I could make a good balloon joke.🤔🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈💸💸💸💸💸💸 Sidewinder missiles are not cheap.
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  2369.  @thurin84  there's some technical reasons. Balloon altitude is pretty-much pushing the limits of the F-22. It was also the desire to get a quick deflation of the balloon. So they decided to go with the missile shot.
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  2370.  @thurin84  you still have the altitude problem. Reports are the balloon was flying at 65,000 feet. The F-22 did a missile launch at 58,000. That's pretty much at max operational ceiling. It doesn't have the engines or the high lift wings of say a U-2.
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  2371.  @thurin84  u-2 spy planes don't have guns. And no, the F-22 is maxing out at 58,000.Thus a missile shot.
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  2372.  @thurin84  the f-15c models are being withdrawn from service. And strike models are not going that high
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  2373.  @thurin84  so?
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  2374.  @thurin84  Yet, it wasn't....🤔
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  2375.  @thurin84  I think maybe USAF has a better idea of the tools they have at their disposal? We are now up to four intercepts and shoot downs. 0 gun kills.
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  2376.  @thurin84  three engagements and three victories by the F-22. Details on the shootdown over Lake Huron still coming. And yes no guns.
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  2377.  @vonn4017  Uh, no. NJ is East Germany with traffic circles.
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  2378. The small ship Navy has always had different way life than the Big Ocean Navy.
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  2379.  @Lord.Kiltridge  I at least would like to talk about a Destroyer Escort.
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  2380. Stop whining about it. Christ, you guys are childish about a voice .
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  2381.  @KingGuyles  🖕😐
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  2382. 😏 I'll give you points for enthusiasm. Practicality and economically? We couldn't keep doing that.
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  2383.  @cleverpete  hopefully someone by that time will have come to their senses and have called for peace. That's a lot of ships sunk and a lot of people fed to sharks ...
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  2384. Here is a link to a USN training film on Abandoning Ship. https://youtu.be/HgGCoIPo5vE
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  2385.  @leftcoaster67  in this case he might have been right. I could see his b47s toss bombing this thing to death.
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  2386. Drydock 157.... Drach, makes, "Gone with the Wind" length YouTube video. 🙄
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  2387.  @Alex-cw3rz  that plan is a non-starter. You are going to sail monitors over and shoot the locks? And the Germans are not supposed to notice? 🤨
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  2388.  @Rammstein0963.  what people don't understand is Intelligence was expecting a event First of the year. But not, in Hawaii. Preparations were well underway and reinforcements were being sent all over the place. Marines in China were withdrawn. Planes sent to The Philippines, Midway and Wake. Plans made for the Asiatic Fleet to withdraw South. There really was not more they could have done at 8AM on a Sunday.
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  2389.  @fidjeenjanrjsnsfh  flagships are not so much about being powerful. If you look at Fleet flagships today, they're not powerful at all. In many cases more about accommodations for the additional staff. Also, you may not wish to be in an obvious Target?
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  2390.  @Archon1995  well, this is a case of Technology being ahead of tactics. Having a search radar is nice. Being able to interpret and understand how to use that information is entirely different story. Post Infamous story about the Pearl Harbor air radar is a example of this. Having it is nice. Understanding what you're looking at and using the information is a matter entirely different. They were still writing the books on radar.
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  2391.  @Alex-cw3rz  I don't think you're going to be able to depress the gun far enough to do anything. Nor are the Germans not going to notice your approach.
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  2392.  joanne chon  Money? These are warships. They don't carry loads of money.
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  2393.  @51WCDodge  I'm not clear what we differ on?
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  2394.  @Fulcrum205  fulcrum, I'm very aware of what prize money is.
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  2395.  @tomaseidtner8116  Better? It's not a bad design for the job actually. And yes, with regards to costs and treaties, it's not everything you can dream of.
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  2396. @Brainy Smurf "Photographer's Mate at Work « Naval History Blog" https://www.navalhistory.org/2016/07/28/photographers-mate-at-work
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  2397.  @kemarisite  I think we are getting too many gammer types vs. military history folks. They seem over focused on fantasy match ups and weapons combos.
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  2398. Will we ever get a special on E Boats, MtB, and PT boats? How about the USCG cutter Eagle? 🤔
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  2399.  @GoodGnewsGary  Flag ships are less about power and more about command and control. Bigger ships have room for command staff and communications.
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  2400.  @viscounttudon68  Here you go.... https://youtu.be/O9KjkOvBWUk https://youtu.be/f2XaXE_4I3A
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  2401. ​ @BHuang92 Once you've taken Hong Kong , Manila and Singapore. There really is little commerce to go raiding after?
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  2402. ​ @Blockio1999 a single ship threat is not worthy of changing production.
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  2403.  @joshthomasmoorenew  It seems likely. It is similar to the RN practice of displaying "Battle Honors." Since the ship is named in Admiral Spee's honor.
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  2404.  @gregb6469  They have nothing to do with the WW2 era. That is the point. Today's German and Japanese reject that stuff.
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  2405.  @gerardmdelaney  Nope.
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  2406.  @albertoswald8461  Not logical is right. We have used names of lost ships before. Oklahoma and Arizona. Are way overdue.
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  2407.  @albertoswald8461  Sorry, but it is a honor. not a sacrilege. Maine, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Princeton...... All have been lost.
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  2408. From antiquity to about Korean War.
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  2409.  @atomicsquirrel6457  There was never a design for the rank or a 6 star insignia.
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  2410. Where's my posts?
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  2411. It has no value anymore as a commercial vessel.
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  2412.  @cvproj  Well some miss it now. The Super Hornet lacks the range and speed of the F-14.
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  2413.  @sreckocuvalo8110  depends on range, angle, velocity, etc.
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  2414.  @peterzellinger6316  How would anyone know? 🤔 Nobody was recording gun noises 75 years ago.
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  2415.  @georgea.567  Well, 2 Typhoons...
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  2416.  @gwtpictgwtpict4214  But the RN lost track of the position. And the Prinz Eugen Radar still works. The second ship adds more AA guns to stop the torpedo bombers too. Does history change? 🤔 Maybe....
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  2417.  @micnorton9487  What I meant was; Halsley ran the fleet into a second typhoon some months later.
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  2418.  @jesseestrada8914  that's highly unlikely. Plus I believe as museums they have certain agreements on how the ships are to be used or marketed. I don't think selling parts of the ship is contractually allowed?
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  2419.  @saoirseewing4877  sort of depends on location, number of torpedoes and Warhead size. The preferred method these days is to place a torpedo under the hull and break the keel. Versus the torpedo protection which was designed to counter a direct hit.
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  2420.  @chrissouthgate4554  it's not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison. The ships have different levels of protection.
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  2421.  @morat242  the number still workout for Japan. The UK has three oceans to defend. The United States has two. Her Rivals are spread rather thinly.
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  2422.  @morat242  everyone's economy was imploding in the Great Depression.
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  2423.  @MrToymaster1  that is a ton of Woulda, Coulda, Maybe, what if, Magic 8-Ball speculation?🎱🙄
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  2424.  @gregorywright4918  the only thing that pulled the United States economy out of the depression was the war. At any rate, most nations were focused on disarmament not arms building. The whole point of treaties controlling shipbuilding in the first place.
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  2425.  @AdmiralWillisLee1942  I'm not sure what do you mean what if? Pearl Harbor surviving Standards were rebuild and we have the results.
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  2426.  @icefox192  Weapons tech has not advanced to make those changes worthwhile.
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  2427.  @allenkellogg7499  that makes no sense? The only carriers in the inventory out of service were too small operate modern jets. The Essex types could not even operate F4 Phantom. Let alone the F-14. Nor was there any going to be any increase and air wings. The Iowa's were reactivated as surface Action Groups.
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  2428.  @calenedgar3722  You still require basic ventilation. However ships as part of nuclear, biological & chemical protection are designed to shut some of that down. And in a worst-case scenario, there are self-contained breathing devices for onboard.
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  2429. You're also away from support from the US. Sydney creates more issues than it solves.
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  2430.  @coartramey7382 Okay...... Not a expert on Sydney harbor, but it might be easier to attack. Huge Anchorage, but depths vary. No mountains. Few airfields. Radar in 1941? Yeah, actually it might be easier.
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  2431.  @coartramey7382  Australia is at war in Europe. Not the Pacific. Australia lacks the codes breaking of the United States. Sinking the Asiatic Fleet in Manila and Force Z in Singapore are already goals and planned. As for sneaking into the Coral Sea? There is a ton of empty Ocean outside the trade routes. From the Marshalls, it is a easy jump. Yeah, this in looking easier for The IJN......🤔
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  2432.  @hughfisher9820  We need to do something soon. Sending a ship 7 months at sea with zero port calls is just fucked up.....😪 https://news.usni.org/2020/08/09/carrier-eisenhower-returns-from-deployment-after-spending-almost-7-months-at-sea
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  2433. @Jurassic Aviator I would disagree with that view. The ships and the F-35 are systems. Unless you plan on writing a check; Cost is a issue. Your plan would leave no money for anything else. Like escorts and support ships. Nuc power has it's cons. High upfront cost. Ports closed nuke ships. Nuc trained crew hard to get. Disposal of waste a issue. Catobar? Ski jumps need zero power. EMALS is mess in progress. The benefits in payload for cats for the size in air wing are arguable. As for the F-35? What is your better option?
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  2434.  @its1110  Well nuc ships don't need canvas. 7 months with no port call leads to bad morale and retention.
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  2435.  @captainbullcat4757  Your getting silly..... Going bigger is a diminished return. Too heavy to operate. Too slow. Too useless...
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  2436.  @jakemillar649  Rodney won the battle already.
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  2437.  @nobodysbusiness87  Sea monster from Greek mythology.
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  2438. Yes. However about a quarter of them wound up dying as prisoners of War.
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  2439. ??? Not sure what you are thinking here?
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  2440. Not really. 🤨
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  2441. That's what Naval planners do. Planners have to plan....📐📏👷‍♀️
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  2442.  @bkjeong4302  Depends on target and range. Same power the USN lacks today. Yet billions of dollars spent on the Zumwalt class.
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  2443.  @joshthomas-moore2656  not really.
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  2444. Generally, forward facing like a sub.
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  2445. He's already done a video on the Canadian Navy.
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  2446. ​ @FrankBarnwell-xi8my this whole invasion of Hawaii thing keeps coming up. It never makes any sense. And never has any practical way of being pulled off. Midway makes even less sense. You don't even have water to support the force there.
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  2447. @andersed1  The whole armed population thing? Nice in theory. Invasion never makes sense. Yet remains a fantasy topic. Midway is not much better.
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  2448.  @iancarr8682  short answer? Weapons tend to get polished very much and shot very little. Live fire testing was not a high priority and quality control inspection of shells not as super high priority is it should have been.
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  2449.  @hughgordon6435  that's only in cartoons... 😒
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  2450.  @hughgordon6435  I suppose at the close ranges tanks operate semicolon it's theoretically possible? But the physics and trigonometry to pull off such a thing at sea is Powerball winning lottery kind of type numbers. The only thing I've ever heard of that even comes close is Carlos Hathcock and his down the scope sniper shot.
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  2451.  @metaknight115  still gets beat by USS Massachusetts.
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  2452.  @ArcticTemper  it would be like every other rust bucket ship in the world. That's why we have ship storage facilities.
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  2453.  @metaknight115  I don't know about faulty, but they seem to have gotten a job done.
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  2454.  @metaknight115  it's a what if question with basically a crystal ball variables. You really can't give an answer to whether or not it would have made any functional change tactically.
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  2455.  @metaknight115  and how many hit score did the French make?
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  2456.  @metaknight115  sounds like a lot of wouda, coulda, shoulda? So there is little to suggest a performance upgrade completed or not? Still a crew with no practice. No motivation. And in Harbor. Sounds like a Sitting Duck to me?
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  2457.  @metaknight115  Hmmmm...... I believe the credit for that hit might go to the coastal defense battery? https://youtu.be/xKCa2B30WC0
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  2458. That's not very practical.
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  2459. YouTube copyright rules violation.
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  2460.  @lamwen03  The Congress was not gung ho for defense spending. The current one even less so. As the training? Doubling or tripling output pre war is very optimistic.
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  2461. Does anyone person get credit for this design? Or was it just a bureau design?
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  2462. Rather limited airline routes go to Long Beach.
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  2463.  @TheDiablotak  I just checked the website. That is very limited service. The service is mostly regional. Maybe 1 flight a day to JFK? No major airport East of Austin, Texas.
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  2464.  @larrytischler570  First, War had not been declared. Next, the weather delayed any strikes. None these units were at full readiness yet or had the ground support to mount offensive operations. Next, air ops were not MacArthur's problem. It was the Far East Air Force commander who bears that responsibility.
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  2465. I thought that's what he was trying to say? Isn't that kind of a original Dutch Colony name?
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  2466. I think it sounds funny because it was originally Dutch?
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  2467. @RonJohn63  it's part of the Mohawk River Valley. So kind of that one.
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  2468. The drydock is posted every Sunday morning.
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  2469.  @greatwarships2758  Yes, he reads them all. Just place it under the Q&A .
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  2470.  @greatwarships2758  Is this something not covered in other episodes?
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  2471. ​ @alexandercorbett3095 it's an idea that is good, but needs for technology to keep up with the tactical idea. Launching large liquid-fueled weapons from the surface has its issues.
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  2472. ​ @michaelkovacic2608 I don't see how you wre saving time?
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  2473. 🙋🏽‍♂️ this week in history. 80 years ago this week, a young lieutenant Junior grade lost his torpedo boat during a night action. Any chance we might get a PT 109 Special?
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  2474.  @aaronmoore569  you're making a point which is pointless.
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  2475.  @alexandercorbett3095  Actually the United States Navy pursued the idea. It was called The Loon cruise missile. An American-made copy of a V1. And yes, they got it to work from submarines. As I said earlier, it took time for technology to catch up with the tactics.
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  2476.  @gregorywright4918  the U.S. Navy did actually get it to work. After the war they made a copy of the V1 called The Loon missile. And did launches from submarines on the surface. There's some videos online here on YouTube about it. All of this predates the whole Polaris missile system.
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  2477.  @michaelkovacic2608  just because you can convert something, doesn't make it a great idea. What is a German aircraft carrier supposed to do anyway? You're not going to send it to the Mediterranean. You're not sending it into the Atlantic to chase convoys. You barely have a surface Force capable of doing a surface action let alone form a carrier task force. And they spent half of their time trying to get ships in and out of the Baltic? So what's the whole point?
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  2478.  @ScarecrowFive  understand there were Salvage and rescue efforts going on continuously all over the island. It's a matter of Manpower and Technology. No, nothing could have been done more.
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  2479.  @Atlasworkinprogress  I think your ship might be too big? Are you going by the size of the old Panama locks or the new ones?
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  2480.  @mikethompson5312  Mighty midgets?
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  2481.  @nickierv13  Why would there be a change in operation? The rest is just normal logistics support.
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  2482.  @deathshot555  Stalin would laugh you out the room with that idea. You would trade needed tank production for a ship as useless as Tirpiz? That is basically what you are building. A ship to be stuck in Port for most of the war.
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  2483. I'd Rather Be Alive U-Boat Ace. Then a dead member of the German surface Navy.
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  2484.  @neil2742  that was a confusing question. Every ship and every engine is going to have a different propeller and drive system to reach a said speed. That particular ship was 1,400 revolutions. On a different ship it'll be something else to reach the same mark.
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  2485.  @jefferyindorf699  West Virginia is a very good choice.
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  2486.  @galbert117  Admiral Fletcher.... Started off fighting the biggest carrier battles of the war. And spent the rest of the war on the sideline. Could he have come back after a rest? Maybe?
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  2487.  @bkjeong4302  🤷🏽‍♂️ Once again BK rains on the dreams of the battleship fans... but, I agree with you. It makes even less sense than just blindly going out into the North Atlantic looking for convoys.
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  2488. All Navies used the same system. Floatplanes were used to spot and correct long range fire and find targets pre radar. Carriers were designed to scout for the battlefleet. Prior to WW2 they lacked planes and weapons to be a offensive threat.
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  2489.  @Eulemunin  Until air dropped torpedos and Dive bombing became popular, scouting was the main role for all carriers till 1930. That includes Japan. Carrier planes lacked the speed, range or weapons of land based planes of the era.
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  2490. I'm not sure what you think you're going to accomplish? You a're not destroying a mountain. 🌋
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  2491.  @onenote6619  that's kind of taking the whole "what if?" thing to its 10th degree.
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  2492.  @onenote6619  that's a lot of time and effort for a place that frankly you can just bypass. The only reason we went to Iwo Jima in the first place was to build an air field. The war could have continued without that much effort In trying to blow up caves. There is very little return in the research or trying to modify planes.
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  2493. ​ @SuperchargedSupercharged  Good question, as it seems the US Navy owns it now....
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  2494.  @williammehta9534  It's a Secret. 🤨
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  2495.  @jerms405  Because people wanted peace and not War. That is the reason for the treaty and the League of Nation's. Add in the Depression, and you have 2 major reasons not to bust the treaty
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  2496.  @ethanhatcher5533  Rephrase the question. Capture continues today. But it falls out of favor as guns gain power and sail age goes away.
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  2497.  @johnperetin5944  There was little commerce to raid. US shipping is too far or protected. Other than Australia and NEw Zealand, the IJN controls the sea to the Indian Ocean.
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  2498.  @grumpyoldman-21  True. No shipping, the UK is dead.
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  2499.  @christofferthorsson7657  I think you misunderstood him. They had fire control like everyone else.
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  2500.  @TheJsmitty85  Not much. Odd ball ships, non American weapons, Metric tooling, french speaking. More pain than help.
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  2501.  @grumpyoldman-21  Next World War? It's called the War on Terror and is still in progress.
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  2502.  @caracal2455  Small Navy?
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  2503.  @TheKingofbrooklin  Rate of fire is dependent on human Fatigue. These systems require manpower moving shells and powder from magazines and into breaches.
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  2504.  @kiltedguard  National Archives has stuff like that.
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  2505.  @Jman7133  neither were practical events. There's no way to mount a serious invasion. But as to your main question? It's a long swim back to San Francisco. The Navy has no basing options in between.
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  2506.  @jasondouglas6755  smoke screens first came about with the introduction of steam power. They could naturally make lots of smoke with coal burning engines. Chemical smokescreens came later.
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  2507.  @EdAtoZ  True. But the war has turned by that time.
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  2508.  @EdAtoZ  I think they lost any interest after all the time spent on the Oklahoma. That's why Arizona and Utah are still there.
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  2509.  @1SKIALI  actually at the Battle of Midway; USS Yorktown supposedly got hit down its funnel.
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  2510.  @EdAtoZ  Yep. 😏👍
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  2511.  @jean-lucrobinson5089  you kind of asked one of those impossible questions? Can't prove or disprove or check.
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  2512.  @craighagenbruch3800  not enough time.
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  2513. 🤔 what Japanese pilot gets credit for the strike?
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  2514. Well in a 2024 World, the tide has flipped. They are far more capable of producing ships than we are today.
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  2515. USN carriers did see action. Ranger was at the invasion of North Africa. Wasp did a ferry run to Malta.
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  2516.  @coldwarrior78  actually, the B-26 was a torpedo bomber.
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  2517.  @rocksteadychampion  ship museums are not Disneyland. None of them attract huge crowds.
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  2518.  @lonjohnson5161  Nope.... Mitchell changes nothing actually. Not for the Japanese and not for the Americans.
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  2519.  @Niels_Larsen  long-range missiles and rocketry take another few decades to be practical. You see early use in World War II. It is not till the 1960s do they get viable. But that is largely in the role of surface to air or air to air. It takes a little longer for ship-based surface-to-surface missiles to dominate.
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  2520.  @user-gv4zb9rc6u  I think you are thinking of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales? And they got torpedo hit.
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  2521.  @joshthomasmoorenew  Again, not much more. The Navy already does their own ballistics tests. And the ships are basically Idle. With no crew or damage control.
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  2522.  @scottgiles7546  Actually, the B-26 was designed to carry torpedoes.
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  2523.  @nowthenzen  It's a training issue. It has zero to do with recruitment. Swimming and survival training is taught as part of basic training whether or not you have any skills prior. From personal experience, most recruits Navy and Marine have very little swim skills.🏊‍♂️
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  2524. @user-gv4zb9rc6u  they were level bombed. But it's the Torpedoes that did the real killing damage.
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  2525. @Niels_Larsen  Not exactly.🤔 The guns stay. Big ships fade... The lack of big ships, mean you don't need big guns. Aircraft remained the more flexible tool into the 1960s.
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  2526. @user-gv4zb9rc6u  based on Wikipedia reports on the battle. There was only minor bomb damage. Torpedoes did the majority of the killing. Both ships only receive like maybe less than three hits by bombs.
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  2527. @Niels_Larsen  ships still have Naval guns for fire support. Very few targets require anything bigger than 155 mm. Destroyers manage to do the mission. Large heavy manpower intensive ships with very little use otherwise became irrelevant. Which is why they are all gone.
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  2528. @arpkahn670  pretty sure there's a control ship running the operation. And to preclude friendly fire, the target ship is painted something other than grey.
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  2529. @TimInertiatic  it would have made the king and the Czar very unpleased.
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  2530. Only been asked 25 times in the last 2 years.....😒
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  2531. Tanks however don't have compartments, voids, fuel and water tanks.
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  2532.  @jp-um2fr  we've kind of gone down the whole anti-tank road before on this channel. The principles of anti-tank weapons and ships just don't match.
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  2533.  @donjones4719  Well Actually Nautical miles would be used.
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  2534.  @lavrentivs9891  Same way fan boys rave about A-10's. Yet most of the work last 20 years has been done by Hornets and B-1b's.
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  2535.  @lavrentivs9891  A lot based on this example. https://youtu.be/qzn5L-82GdE
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  2536. Your kind of mixing apples and oranges a bit. The Gatling gun faded from use because of the superior technology of true machine guns. A powered Gatling guns advantage is that the multiple barrels able to fire and resist over heating while keeping up a high rate of fire. The cons of that is a rather bulky mounting requiring significant power and ammunition feeding. CWIS was was developed with the specific task of being a last-ditch defense of anti-ship missiles. These were small high-speed targets that may not have been stopped by anti-missiles or dual purpose gunfire. You are trying to make it into some sort of all around solution to air defense that everyone should have just jumped on? It's a little bit more complex than that. It requires not just the gun itself. But the whole fire control and the radar tracking system.
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  2537. I would disagree with your assessment.
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  2538.  @MattVF  Most of it.... Naval Air development is a process.
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  2539.  @robster3323  Sounds fine.
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  2540.  @karlvongazenberg8398  Commerce raiders don't look for fair fights.
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  2541.  @Soundwave3591  They don't have the fuel or support ships to run that.
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  2542.  @briannicholas2757  😢 Sad, yet likely not off the mark. Crazy how some idolize these jerks.
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  2543.  @campbell1871  Well you saw the film. Taking on 2 light and a Heavy Cruiser speaks volumes. Pre war? Everything short of HMS Hood and HMS Repulse.
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  2544.  @rayopeongo  Ships lacked great HVAC systems. You need portholes for that and a folks like a window.
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  2545.  @ScythianGryphon  Tow target. Plane tows a target much like a glider is. The guns try to hit the banner.
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  2546.  @rayopeongo  https://youtu.be/8RHcz1KS7F8 a example how people comfort is lacking.
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  2547. I've always found the ship girl thing kind of weird? I like anime women. I like ships. But the mixing of the two? Very odd...
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  2548.  @Rooster_0451  Stupid? Try practical.
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  2549.  @connormclernon26  Bit broad in scope. What are you seeking?
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  2550.  @crispico4727  Basically it is the symbol of the Emperor. It is on everything.
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  2551.  @connormclernon26  https://youtu.be/JqBDaJsqOSY
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  2552.  @redtob2119  Why not just wish the Genie of the lamp:🧞‍♂️ for Ariana Grande to ring your door bell?
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  2553.  @johnbeauvais3159  Try this https://youtu.be/5UgskJY20es. The Guppy program.
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  2554.  @bkjeong4302  What was not on Destroyers?🤔
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  2555.  @zhoufang996  Naval surface warfare test center at Dalgren, VA.
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  2556.  @andrewphillips8341  Need a Luden's? 🙄🍬
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  2557.  @83DRIFTKING  Kinda useless vs. U-Boats.
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  2558.  @JSremus  PBY Catalina Black Cats were doing Night attack by late 1942. By 1943, Radar equipment for TBF Avengers became available.
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  2559.  @jayadkisson2075  Not much. They have logistics and operational issues.
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  2560.  @georgekraft8605  lunatic war criminal?😏 ........ Thanks for sharing.
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  2561.  @jakemillar649  Nice idea. But, he has 52 weeks of shows largely planned already.
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  2562.  @Lord_crush777  you're thinking of this out of context. They were put in reserve as weapons. By the time they were released from reserve in the mid 50s; people were trying to move on from the war. Also ships as museum pieces are very big and pricey to maintain items. Notice the number of ship museums in trouble now.
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  2563.  @AC_WILDCARD  Bon Homerichard is not worth saving.
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  2564.  @TexasSpectre  She will make a great Sinkex target.....
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  2565. As far as the "Band of Brothers show🎬❓" 🤔 I would try " Masters of the Air" Model. This would be set on The story of John Bulkeley and his PT boat Experiences in WW2. He earned the Medal of Honor for leading the famous torpedo boat squadron 3 in the Philippines. And his evacuation of Douglas MacArthur most famously. Even later, he transfers to the Atlantic and commands a squadron at D-Day. He is the subject both the novel and the John Ford film, "They were Expendable." This provides you the basis of small unit, small cast adventure to follow. The ability to film action scenes without the need for hundreds of extras. And ties into conveniently the story of JFK and PT 109. With the books on both events as well as films. You have the basis of a basic miniseries screenplay. And it's a lot less complicated than trying to recreate a carrier operation. 🤔🎬🎥 And you still have some existing boats available. And others can be recreated.
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  2566. He did in December. https://youtu.be/Al1wpBp30zU
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  2567. I think the story is better set to music. Say, hello to Johnny Horton's Song, "John Paul Jones." https://youtu.be/9s58mlY1R6k
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  2568. Well... This one for sure. https://youtu.be/A8dalGrOR30
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  2569.  @kitsune9726  V in the United States Navy always has stood for Aviation, fixed wing. Z is for Aviation lighter than air. H is used for helicopters and tilt rotors.
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  2570.  @88porpoise  V is for fixed wing Aviation. Z is for lighter than air Aviation. H is for rotary wing
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  2571. Well.......will they say that In 50 years? People are fickle.
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  2572.  @l0ckandl0ad  The PBY was used for night time torpedo attack through the end of the war on Shipping.
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  2573.  @mytube001  Those are too big to use on a Destroyer.
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  2574.  @s.31.l50  There is no good answer other than, closer the better. It varies number of topedoes, speed of target, speed of weapon. spread size, sea state, etc.
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  2575.  @Eric_Hutton.1980  Defense budget cuts by President Carter. It was one the programs killed.
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  2576.  @joshuaroman5410  It is a technical dead end. Human power limits the range and endurance. The Spar torpedo limits you to targets at anchor.
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  2577. Your response is a sad one. Your knee-jerk reaction airy response to label something. Instantly, because it does not cater to your political ideals.
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  2578. ​ @xr33tk it's an open forum.
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  2579. The Wasp as well... https://youtu.be/3QQ-sYTgtQc
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  2580.  @lucidnonsense942  changing the barrel length doesn't change the action however. And aren't the gun partitioned in the turret?
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  2581.  @kemarisite  Okay... Thought They were more like the Iowa main Turrets. 🙆🏽‍♂️
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  2582.  @waverleyjournalise5757  we're not talking about using a different gun. We're talking about the Centerline offset.
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  2583. ​ @DarkFire515  the advantage of nuclear power is very simple. No need for refueling every few days.
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  2584. ​ @thehuscarl4835  short answer to your question is , yes. Segregation was very much in Vogue. Until mid War, black Americans were not even accepted in the Marine Corps at all. And until mid War, Black and Filipino Sailors were restricted to duties as Mess Attendants and Cooks only. By 1944 USS Mason and USs PC-1264 were commissioned with all Black Enlisted members. And by 1945, the first 13 Black Officers were in service. Segregation continued in the military well into the Korean War. And after the 1947 desegregation order by President Truman.
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  2585. 🙋🏽‍♂️ Any updates on the RV Petrel Drydock accident in Scotland?
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  2586. Claim Based on?
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  2587.  @trevorhart545  wh sort of drifting off topic here. Personally, I see the f-15 program as more of a bailout for Boeing.
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  2588.  @Solidboat123  a shorter submission is just to say, the f-15ex is a bailout for Boeing.
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  2589. This time, let the Brits take city.... It be a improvment.😏
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  2590.  @bmouch1018  Radioactive crab would taste funny.....🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
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  2591. Your spending money and time on a oddball ship. More War prize, than a working tool.
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  2592. Videos are released to Patreon before being released YouTube.
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  2593. They did get carriers from The Americans.
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  2594.  @khaelamensha3624  the French did get carriers from The Americans.
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  2595. A third wave would have perhaps had a better target, the Carrier Enterprise.
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  2596. Those things with their lack of freeboard looks sketchy as hell.😮
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  2597.  @sadwingsraging3044  They still have longer service at sea.
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  2598.  @crazywarriorscatfan9061  You have a anti gravity system?
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  2599.  @Knight6831  They replaced the Leander Class I think?
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  2600.  @thomascolbert2687  How does that work? 🤔
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  2601.  @crazywarriorscatfan9061  How do you move it? A drydock is temporary.
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  2602.  @counterstrifekid  All weapons are demilitarized.
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  2603.  @ThirdHornet  Lot of gymnastics in that idea.🤔
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  2604.  @Milo_1368  nope.
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  2605. First of all, when do we actually declare war? Second, you seriously want to put two carriers versus six?
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  2606. That's not necessarily accurate. Coastal artillery would have been backed up by anti-aircraft defenses. As well as interceptor forces...
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  2607.  @kemarisite  Air attacks with dumb bombs have accuracy issues. As demonstrated at Normandy. Open or not. The guns survived.
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  2608. Just to be clear, we're talking about two entirely different airplanes that just happen to have the same name. The Spitfire you know only shares its name and designer with the other aircraft.
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  2609. try "Atlantic Fleet." found in the Google playstore.
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  2610.  @brucetucker4847  Actually they did "Pacific Fleet" first. "Atlantic Fleet" is a improved version by the same maker.
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  2611. 🤥 the Pinocchio of Warships.
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  2612.  @Someone-wj1lf  all the captains of the C.S.S Hunley? 🤦🏽‍♂️
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  2613.  @bkjeong4302  are you suggesting they would wind up like China did? Dominated by foreign powers?
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  2614.  @alexmoskowitz811  ships are basically physically limited by anchorages and facilities. There's no point in making a ship so big that you can't dock it any place. Or can't dry dock. Or can't fit under any Bridges. It's the same basic reasoning why ships are basically limited by things like the Panama Canal. For many years, ships were designed to fit the dimensions of the locks.
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  2615.  @bkjeong4302  I think basically they face the same fate as China. Dominated by Colonial powers.
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  2616.  @MasterOfDickery  Fuel tanks would be flooded. Not living spaces.... The tanks have the needed pumps and valves for control.
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  2617.  @mload45  It's kinda of a made up term anyway. At what point does it become "super?"
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  2618.  @joshthomas-moore2656  All 4 were wrecks. There is little evidence they could make it to a base for repair.
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  2619.  @adamalton2436  Yes. Bombs and torpedo fuses have to travel a distance for the safety system to disengage. So they do now blow or launch or release.
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  2620.  @typehere6689  It is also why Drachinifel can never answer these all alone. Let's try to stay close to the real world.
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  2621. Patreon users get first look.
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  2622. ​ @sgtmarcusharris4260 that's kind of a rather broad question?
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  2623. Great tour and insight into the command and control of Western Approaches. Nice change from the typical topics.
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  2624. cold....Not much insulation or drywall on a ship.
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  2625. In general, NATO gave a blanket to Europe. The UK, the Dutch, the Germans, etc. The USN arried the ball in the Cold War. Thus, they cut budgets.
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  2626. Drone technology may a lead to return of aviation to subs. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2020/12/10/us-navys-new-submarine-launched-drone-guides-torpedo-attacks-from-unprecedented-range/?sh=49ea9aaa5f19
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  2627. You had to put into a harbor to do recoaling. There is no practical way to transfer coal underway.
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  2628. Does anyone have the film 2012, "Die männers der Emden" in English or subtitles? https://youtu.be/JvjQbwxfnec
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  2629. Already covered. But due to copyright issues has been removed.
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  2630. ​ @bkjeong4302  🤔......Other than environmental reasons? I'm not sure why you would make the effort?
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  2631. ​ @themanformerlyknownascomme777  it's just one of those projects that gets put on the back burner in the world of infrastructure projects. Always on the wish-list, never in the budget. Just like locally, it took decades to get a connector between Interstate 95 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Something you should have done back in the 50s.
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  2632.  @bkjeong4302  that's a lot of effort just to get fuel? Not to mention the risk of contamination? I would guess maybe the PT Boat Squadron in the Philippines would resort to something like that considering the lack of field Supply? Trying to get wet coal out of a sunk ship seems problematic. The main reason I could think of is a Pearl Harbor type situation. Where you wanted to empty fuel tanks from ships to assist in the Salvage and stop any kind of environmental problems.
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  2633. That is cockpit placement, rather than the engine.
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  2634.  @chrishopwood6938  Rodney sank Bismarck already.
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  2635.  @randomlyentertaining8287  Naval Tactics and weapons were not as fast to change as Aviation technology was.
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  2636.  @GCJT1949  https://youtu.be/D59lGC064V8
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  2637.  @themightynanto3158  So a half hearted Kamikaze? 🤔
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  2638.  @FreightLurker  Ever rented a car at Avis or Hertz? 😏
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  2639.  @joshthomas-moore2656  Now try it on a straight deck, without a high tech HUD in a A6M Zero.....🤔
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  2640.  @ykonoclast2851  Um........ They are just Frenchman. Great at Wine and Cheese. Ships? not so much.😏🧀🍾🍷
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  2641.  @namakuraihan3382  Hmmmm, kill a ton of refugees.......🤔 https://youtu.be/2UcYu3HrmWo
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  2642.  @erickland5105  Mixed question makes no sense. The speed is not changeable. They're never designed for escort duty. As for the rebuild? Why go backwards?
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  2643. Probably just politics and a need to honor the new state of New Mexico.
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  2644. Today, they have a better idea. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2020/12/10/us-navys-new-submarine-launched-drone-guides-torpedo-attacks-from-unprecedented-range/?sh=49ea9aaa5f19
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  2645. Actually the riverfront is quiet in that regard.
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  2646.  @bkjeong4302  Yes and no. Aviators and crews are specialists. They take time to train and form effective units. Not even talking planes worth a damn. Surface ships and sailors are cheaper and easier.
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  2647. I've never heard of anything like that.
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  2648. Have a American Express Black card? 🤔 For the right price, yeah. North Korea will sell you one.
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  2649. And submarines with steam was tried. It was a fail.
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  2650. ​ @Senthiuz  😊🥃hmmmmm. Interesting....
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  2651.  @dougearnest7590  I get the same impression. I think Christopher has his timelines off.
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  2652.  @strixaluco7423  The better question is ask Hitler not to start a war in 1939. His moves makes planning moot.
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  2653.  @lamnaa  They die like HMS Glowworm did.
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  2654.  @Sei_gsicht  Well, the USA pre 1941 is Neutral. And the USA runs the Panama Canal. As for Suez? Suicide missions were not in vogue.
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  2655.  @Aubury  At the time, the US was the prime exporter of oil.
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  2656.  @karlvongazenberg8398  Truett... Ditching is a very tricky thing. Then again bailing has its own hazards. Thus, thank you Martin Baker and your seats....
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  2657.  @moonfale  Lose Gibraltar, you lose the gate to the Mediterranean.
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  2658.  @rimmipeepsicles1870  Try the USN definition. https://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=800&ct=4
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  2659.  @michellegoodman8722  Harry Potter at Sea? The Ship Fairy? 🧚‍♀️
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  2660.  @Mongo63a  Obvious? The cage is easier to build and assemble.
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  2661.  @Marechalkev327  Impossible question. The government changes too many times. There is no political or funding plan that lasts more than one administration.
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  2662.  @karlvongazenberg8398  Tested and rejected.
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  2663.  @Sei_gsicht  I'll give you credit. It is a outside the box idea. And like the Doolittle Raid, ambitious and daring.
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  2664.  Tom Sanders  Not true.
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  2665.  @michaelblaszkiewicz7283  So where is the same charge on Kurt Tank and the FW -190?
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  2666.  @michaelblaszkiewicz7283  I think the Mythbusters need to settle this...
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  2667. ???? Just add more targets. Carriers sitting in port don't fly aircraft.
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  2668.  @shaunaemery9618  Circa 1939? Few planes flew at night or had detection equipment other than visual. So Royal Oak still sinks....
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  2669.  @shaunaemery9618  It is stretching the "ifs" pretty far. I've done it in game play, but spotting periscopes is hard.
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  2670.  @shaunaemery9618  Yep! Best app game ever.
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  2671.  @shaunaemery9618  tried it and found it clunky. Atlantic Fleet improved on Pac Fleet's faults.
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  2672. The rare Sub content? The Underwater warrior wearers of the Dolphins 🐬need more love.🐬💕 Can we get a special on Sub Aces like RN Lt. CDR David Wanklyn,VC & DSO?
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  2673. That is a whole legal mess. That's why you will notice people do not use copyrighted music on YouTube videos. Literature, music, films have such protection. And earn royalties for use.
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  2674.  C  why do you want a bunch of Oddball caliber guns that have no dual purpose role?
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  2675.  @thesuit4820  armor itself? Rather well.
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  2676.  @iDuckman  it's one of these strange obsessions of war game fans thinking that ships are somehow shooting ducks or something? The guns are too big and traverse too slow to be truly dual purpose.
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  2677.  @jimtalbott9535  why would anyone want to keep a hull for 40 years?
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  2678.  @Hailfire97  it would have been a waste of resources.
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  2679.  @iDuckman  the mechanics of the game? No, I'm not a player.
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  2680. ​ @zacharyparker556 even without the treaties, the Great Depression would have curbed shipbuilding.
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  2681. ​ @King-mitch she would get scrapped like everything else. The United Kingdom would spend the next twenty-five years rebuilding from World War II. And getting rid of parts of the Empire. Museums and memorials were not a priority. People wanted to forget about the war. And frankly, were already engaged in the Cold War. If they were not going to keep Vanguard. There is even less reason to keep Hood. Kg5 defeated Bismarck as did Rodney. They were not spared.
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  2682. ​ @spitezor feel free to substitute World of warship for your checkbook. 💳
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  2683. ​ @Berthier_Enjoyer you do remember a little thing called the Great depression? Lot of defense cuts.
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  2684. And still useless... which is the bigger point.
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  2685.  @KB4QAA  🖖😎 Thanks!
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  2686.  @marhawkman303  U 505 is in Chicago.
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  2687.  @Marin3r101  it's most certainly a ship.
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  2688. I wish we had a cheap Congress. Today we're spending $4 billion on destroyers that don't do the job they were designed for.
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  2689. There was no advantage if your escorts supply ships could not keep up.
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  2690. What are you referring to? We're talking about British submarines.
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  2691. Von Spee to the Mediterranean? 😳🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹 How many cocktails resulted in this idea?
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  2692.  @RedXlV  😳 Your sober and serious?
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  2693.  @Salty_Balls  Worked for Captain Kirk....https://youtu.be/SpPgavT5am4
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  2694.  @discountskeletor3326  Not his zone. Wants to be non political. Some systems still classified.
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  2695.  @johnfisher9692  The answer is MTB's. No steam power.
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  2696.  @billpilling5725  It's a radio antenna. Added during a earlier refit reactivation. Wisconsin was just skipped.
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  2697.  @Aelvir114  your in the Olympics' fan club. He is not. Simple...
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  2698.  @karnw8611  Bad idea. The enemy goes around you to the other side of island.
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  2699. What do you expect them to do? They have no cruisers to fight. And the gunfire support role was already filled.
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  2700.  @lex0266  it's strictly a in port operation.
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  2701.  @themightynanto3158  regular ship operations in the Arctic are hard. Carrier operations in those conditions would be very hampered.
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  2702.  @joshthomas-moore2656  I think the results speak for themselves. Except many of the lessons were learned by folks overseas rather than here in the United States.
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  2703. It gives them a better chance to win for the same reason Midway gave the US a chance to win. Trained Naval Aviators and those who lead them are hard to replace. New ships? In time.... but the brains take longer. How many years did it take to build a William Halsey? Or the Squadron leaders? Wipe out the first team, and then you beat on the second string for 2 to 3 years. Two air wings is a lot of experience to replace.
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  2704.  @erikgranqvist3680  Underway replenishment, as seen here today. https://youtu.be/MvnTrA8AbtA
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  2705.  @RedXlV  Pilots prefer to land in a left hand approach turn. Thus, the Island is on the wrong side... https://youtu.be/SPlqoeaPUu4
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  2706.  @Gingerbreadley  That can be a bit of a challenge. Some yards specialize in certain ship types. Like Electric Boat in Groton, CT makes subs only. Others are limited by physical locations and equipment. The Brooklyn Navy Yard had limits on ship size due to bridge heights and depth of the river.
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  2707.  @ZacLowing  The cats were removed the hanger launch idea faded away.
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  2708.  @TheKingofbrooklin  The Germans lack any support. No way to refuel, arm, or repair. They lacked escort Destroyers to go with them. Last, how do they get back to HOME?
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  2709.  @thebismarkandthehood  🤨 Nobody was walking the deck with a tape measure. How are you in the USA going get this intel?
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  2710.  @johnperetin5944  Expand? Mines can be defensive or Offensive. You use them to deny sea area access. In a subs case, it is offensive. You lay mines on a known shipping route to sink enemy ships. It forces the enemy to spend resources and time mines weeping. If you sink something? Bonus point for you. How's that?😎
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  2711.  @Frostfly  Uh, we call them Germans.
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  2712. @Dylan Raymond 🤔 They checked to see if Charlie The Tuna was Jewish. He was a Baptist. So once again, Charlie didn't make the cut. But the Yellow fin Tuna? They had stars on and were sent to camps.....🐟✡
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  2713. We don't have the planes or crews however. LHA's are available.
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  2714. USS Oregon
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  2715. ​ @bkjeong4302 Well how about a Destroyer Minesweeper? Ala The Caine Mutiny. "🤔
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  2716. ​ @kapteinzilla to deny War prizes to the allies.
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  2717. ​ @vikkimcdonough6153 Halsey gets better movies made.🙇🏽‍♂️🎬
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  2718. ​ @darkslayerdsx1216 prior to the invention of gunpowder, yeah.....
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  2719.  @samoilenko3887  it sounds like kind of the same dead end as people trying to make airplanes that could fly birds.
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  2720.  @samoilenko3887  🤔 what's a diesel punk ?⛽
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  2721.  @Yamashiro_Kai  they had one under construction.They Face the same basic problem as the rest of their surface forces. Lack of escorts, lack of Oilers, and access to the Atlantic. They also have zero experience. Many other nations have several carriers and years of experience Crew.
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  2722.  @AlmiranteBrown-rf9qv  Theoretically, perhaps ? But, that shipbuilding capability is better used on other things.
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  2723.  @AlmiranteBrown-rf9qv  U-boats mostly. Escorts and Logistics. Spending money on big surface Raiders was a waste. They were not efficient for Commerce raiding. And they were not numerous or supported for Fleet action. You are Building more ships that essentially are just going to sit in Port in France or in a fjord in Norway. And they were always notoriously short of things like Oilers to refuel any of these things. And they were lacking and destroyers for a lot of their Coastal shipping escorts of their limited shipping. Also these Fleet units use tremendous amounts of fuel . Oil being used for another one of these heavy Cruisers or battleships is fuel needed by the Luftwaffe or by Rommel.
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  2724. Yes..... That's Royal Navy way. He had his orders and the Empire was at war.
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  2725.  @gregorywright4918  bad Moskva joke....
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  2726. As shown, defenses can be breached.
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  2727. 5.25 inch guns.
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  2728. I think it's time for you to get A miracle ear?
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  2729.  @marcwilke2521  honestly. the audio sounds fine on my device. 🔊
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  2730. For a film on early Acoustic torpedos... https://youtu.be/svIvwPvtlrc
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  2731. ​ @Strongpoint_S your hypothetical is hypothetically Broad. And strangely considering the time, would likely involve nuclear warfare. So the reactivation of large numbers of ships would be a moot point.
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  2732. ​ @Spitfire6177 size of aircraft is a major factor. There are also the space limitations on the hangar deck being occupied by this equipment. The early Essex class ships soon discontinued the practice.
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  2733.  @venomgeekmedia9886  that would make zero sense.
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  2734.  @nerva-  basic answer? This channel covers hundreds of years of ships from many nations. There's a lot of stuff on the waitlist.
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  2735.  @nerva-  personally, I think there are some topics that have been waiting several years. Submarine as well as fast attack /torpedo boat fans would probably say wait in line. The Independence-class will get there day. But not before the various U-boats or God forbid the various British submarine types. And the E-boat has been waiting since day one.
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  2736. Uh, rebuilding a bombed out nation takes priority. Same with the rest of the Empire.
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  2737. ​ @Cbabilon675 eventually yes. It's a better gun system.
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  2738. ​ @themanformerlyknownascomme777 now you are sort of getting into a political /economic answer. The post-war UK governments changed a lot. And their primary focus was reducing the empire and taking care of domestic needs. You're also going to have to balance the needs of naval aviation with that of the nuclear force. Are you going to be able to afford missile submarines or an aircraft carrier?
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  2739.  @TheNoobYouHATE  I find mine on Craigslist. 😏
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  2740.  @rodrigogoncalves6165  What do you mean successfully? Star shell are designed to light up the sky.
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  2741.  @MillerFourFingers  No reloading of Torpedoes. No storage or cranes to lift them.
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  2742.  @frenchy18692  Why? Odd question. They needed to fuel, arm and resupply. They were the only combat task force ready to engage the enemy. Go where? The West Coast? That makes zero sense.
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  2743.  @connorjohnson7834  A gun for saluting..... 😑 A blank fire canon for ceremonies.
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  2744.  @charlessandoval3382  1. It called disarmament. Great War was over. Nations wanted less war. Not more. 2. Brits lost interest in lighter than air after the R-101 crash.
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  2745.  @frenchy18692  They were back at sea in under 24 hours.
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  2746.  @therealboomhower9209  A frigate is a anti sub / patrol / escort smaller than a destroyer.
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  2747. You're talking about pre transistor electronics.
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  2748.  @Ent1610  pretty useless. No fuel. Outdated planes. No pilots.
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  2749.  @TheArklyte  other than being a choke point of traffic in and out of Singapore? As for non attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines? We were already close to war with Germany just weeks before with the sinking of the Reuben James. Attacks on Singapore and Hong Kong probably would have drawn us into war still the same vs. Japan. We are already trying to fight a covert War in China with the Flying Tigers.
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  2750.  @fguocokgyloeu4817  on what charge?
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  2751.  @luke5196  most homes and buildings did not have air conditioning, let alone ships.
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  2752.  @seppokajantie9588  nope
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  2753. Wrong. The role was killing merchant ships. It's guns are plenty for the job. It's designed to outrun a battleship.
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  2754.  @jeffrey8847  Changes add no plus. Your obsession on speed is tempered by a lack of bases or UNrep. The weaker gun drops range and power.
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  2755.  @jeffrey8847  The Germans are not seeking a Jutland 2.0. They are killing shipping. Your looking for a fight they can't win.
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  2756.  @jeffrey8847  What about the treaty restrictions? 🤔
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  2757.  @jeffrey8847  Limited ammo? Just how much do you call enough?
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  2758. It was...
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  2759.  @themightynanto3158  does little to stop torpedoes.
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  2760.  @dbuckleton  of course they're evacuated.
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  2761.  @borismekler  sadly, we all learned that lesson about 20 years ago in 2001...😏 Guess they skipped the landing part of flight school.
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  2762.  @johnfisher9692  entirely different design.
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  2763.  @Archie2c  Uruguay was a neutral country. The Allies had no right to do anything.
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  2764.  @KibuFox  What are else are you going to use a torpedo room for?
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  2765.  @arivael  airplanes are not ducks. And Battleship guns are not shotguns.
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  2766.  @tomwarner2468  well there is a whole thing called the Great Depression?
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  2767.  @Mree17  Where do you magically get 6 stars from?
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  2768.  @hillbillykoi5534  I thought you supposed to use rid X for a septic system? Drano is just drain cleaner.
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  2769.  @joshthomas-moore2656  would have been covered in radiation like everything else.
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  2770.  @JarmoLaakso  https://youtu.be/z_HUZSk8c2c
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  2771.  @MravacKid  place off the Nile delta, between Baltim and Damietta. The battle erupted when six Israeli Sa'ar class missile boats heading toward Port Said were engaged by four Egyptian Osa class missile boats coming from Alexandria. It lasted about forty minutes.[1] The Osas fired Styx missiles, missed, and begun withdrawing back to Alexandria when the Israelis began to give chase. Two Osas were sunk by Gabriel missiles within a span of 10 minutes, and a third was sunk twenty-five minutes later. The fourth made it back to base.
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  2772.  @MrIluvbutts  short answer? It would be a game changer for Polar operations. Currently only submarines spend much time up there. Lack of ice would take away their hiding place. You also with thinner ice have the possibility of using the Northwest Passage. Meaning surface vessels could travel the polar route between Asia and Europe rather than use the Panama Canal. It would also mean a reassessment of assets to protecting infrastructure such as oil drilling.
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  2773.  @eiwtsexiang  that's a ton of questions.....🤔 But, let's shag the flyballs... 1. No artillery shells are not glowing as they fly through the air. However, you might be thinking of smaller so-called Tracer rounds? Tracer rounds are shells or bullets with a small pyrotechnic charge at their base. When fired, a chemical component is ignited and makes them visible to the naked eye. 2. Japanese shells? They just look like regular shells, with the paint dye inside. 3. Yes, the Japanese did have anti-aircraft weapons. The whole thing about using beehive shells is a rarely used thing. Trying to use your main guns like it's a shotgun is not very productive. 4. Due to curvature of the Earth, the distance you can see will change depending on height of the Observer. This is why ships have Fire Control located in high masts and towers. The effects of weather also play a role. In general, the human eye can see about 3 MI or 4.828 km. 5.? 🤷🏽‍♂️ 6. Japan had radar. But their Electronics knowledge and Industry was in its infancy. They were late to develop it. And to adapt tactics to use it... by the same token, So were the Americans... 7. That kind of precision? Not particularly practical. 8. Again, that kind of precision is not really practical. Trying to take out antennas and masts is hard. 9. Guns and ships very. But yes, all almost have local control whether the gun mount is open or enclosed.
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  2774.  @kyledean4512  I believe I answered this yesterday? The Yom Kippur war of 1973. Israeli versus Egyptian missile boats.
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  2775. Nobody likes cops. Especially the grammar and punctuation cops.🙄👮🏻‍♂️
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  2776.  @colbeausabre8842  strange reply, because we agree. Midway's value was as bait for Nimitz. They had no long term need to stay.
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  2777.  @gregorywright4918  well the whole point of the operation was Midway as bait to get the carriers into a battle. The whole code breaking thing screwed up the element of surprise.
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  2778. ​ @Robert53area They don't even need extra carriers. What they need to do is just find Hornet. With her self-deleting air group. She wouldn't have put up much of a fight.
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  2779.  @sarjim4381  Yet Trump telling Germany to do the same thing, does not?
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  2780. The Great Depression. Do you want eat or buy old 2nd rate ships for a 3 rate Navy?
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  2781.  @geoffreymowbray6789 Damaging? In numbers perhaps. But performance wise, they are mostly obsolete ships. The money spent keeping them could go elsewhere. It also retards Research and Development.
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  2782.  @Lassisvulgaris  I enjoy humor. Don't see any.👀
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  2783. How about location on that Earth's crust? I don't recall any large deposits of titanium in the United States?
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  2784.  @topsecret1837  As I thought. Hard to get.
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  2785. https://youtu.be/lN79g34wjQA
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  2786.  @EZEVO  In simple terms? It's a nautical name for a wall. In a collapse, water pressure is causing structural failure of the compartment bulkheads.
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  2787.  @MasterOfDickery  Why would they do any better?
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  2788.  @MasterOfDickery  That is a thin layer of difference.
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  2789.  @MasterOfDickery  The only thing that saves Force Z, is air cover. Not more flak guns.
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  2790.  @maxie7116  In general, escorts stay close. A Wolf pack of Uboats would pounce on a undefended convoy. Later, hunter killers groups would seek and pursue Uboats. Japan did little commerce raiding in the Pacific.
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  2791.  @derekhenschel3191  The Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Hancock(CV-19) was conducting flight operations on July 14th 1955 in the Pacific. As he approached the Hancock’s axial deck for recovery, Lieutenant Commander Jay T. Alkire settled in close while drifting left of the center line and was unable to gain sufficient engine thrust to clear the round down at the end of the flight deck- the ramp. Alkire’s aircraft, Vought F7U-3 Cutlass Bureau Number (BuNo) 129595, side number 412, struck the ramp and the jet exploded and disintegrated around him. Burning jet fuel was deposited in the port side deck edge catwalk. film of the crash is found here. https://youtu.be/iLVFse5Dyto Many of the narratives of this mishap claim several members of the deck crew were killed that day. While injuries were definitely suffered by some Hancock crew members, including several in the port side catwalk where the much of the jet’s burned for several minutes, they were all treated by the ship’s medical personnel. The ship’s logs clearly indicate that LCDR Alkire was the only fatality associated with the mishap. LCDR Jay Alkire was VF-124’s executive officer at the time of his death. During this single 1955-1956 deployment aboard the Hancock, VF-124 Stingarees lost 5 of their 16 Cutlass pilots.
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  2792.  @sirtoast4502  Planes? Not really. Cruise Missiles were the next direction. Then Ballistic missiles. However, with drone technology. You may see a come back of the idea. A sub can easily today use small drones for Intel collection on shore. A drone can provide SEAL team support or do sample collection of say a NK nuke site.
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  2793.  @gokbay3057  correct. 😖 The Lines and people have flipped and flopped on the map & my memory....
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  2794. It wouldn't have worked out that way. They still would have obeyed the cruiser rules of the time. And would not fire without warning.
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  2795. What are you talking about?
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  2796.  @scottgiles7546  They have never been designed or described that way ever.
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  2797.  @super44lover  Very common in both. As far as aircraft goes? Generally long range ASW is Land based or were seaplane. As was blimp units.
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  2798.  @spikespa5208  There is no way to answer that without studying every ship history and personnel records.
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  2799.  @erikgranqvist3680  Salt content does effect buoyancy.
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  2800.  @rafale1981  Grog? https://youtu.be/JB7pk7AfV2E
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  2801.  @grahamwilson5133  There's not enough U boats in that time period to matter. Nor do they have French ports to work from. So the cold winter, does not really factor.
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  2802.  @kylarstern7550  Are making a silly question just to ask question?
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  2803.  @bigblue6917  Not really..... Where are these ideas coming from?
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  2804.  @Drachinifel  🤔 Hmmmm .... First come, first served.
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  2805.  @Emdiggydog  Not dual purpose. The 5 inch guns were.
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  2806.  @salaminshikiya9351  The 5 inch in the USN was a full cased cartridge. No powder bag.
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  2807.  @andrewkennedy5946  Will the USS Winston Churchill do?
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  2808.  @paulmeredith800  What the treaty didn't stop, the Great Depression would.
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  2809.  @generalming7407  Your overthinking something simple. Manpower and elevators. You move shells from ready racks to the elevator. The elevator takes power and shell to gun breach. You load, it fires, repeat. https://youtu.be/0OmOQs0ziSU https://youtu.be/N0D-ulUrMIo
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  2810.  @craighagenbruch3800  The Oka. A manned missile. https://youtu.be/dxqsA3Ui-FY
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  2811.  @JosephOlson-ld2td  We know... We talking about the replacement Houston.
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  2812.  @andrewhendrix2297  Andrew, the guy has 3 videos a week. Cut him a break.
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  2813.  @scottgiles7546  Nuclear power rather than weapons.
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  2814.  @connormclernon26  Nuclear power and GPS. Both are major developments of the Century. One for propulsion and making subs true submarines. GPS changed Navigation forever. Ships can navigate without sextant or magnetic compass even under ice.
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  2815.  @mbgaming1017  He does not cover ColD War era events.
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  2816.  @nicolassantiago5581  Games are just games. RN had many shell types. AP, HE, Star, etc.
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  2817.  @mellothejello3285  The rest was scraped of course. Ask the Museum.
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  2818.  @Nonsense010688  Officer Candidate School..... They produced officers in 90 days. Unlike the Naval Academy or NROTC program.
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  2819.  @vshadofe  Ship size is limited by dock and drydocks. Bridges, depth of harbors and the Panama canal. Thus, not much bigger than historically built.
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  2820.  @salaminshikiya9351  Here is the Magazine for the main guns on a Iowa class. https://youtu.be/N0D-ulUrMIo
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  2821.  @sarjim4381  Yeah, big story here in Philadelphia. Temple University in just 2 weeks has over 90 students with Mumps. Now it popping up at other schools like Drexel University across town. Seems to be a mix of import students not up on shots and the home grown anti vaccine kids. I try to avoid campus now.
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  2822. Expecting every large ship in the British Navy to just explode? Not very practical. And still doesn't really change the basic problems for German surface ships. Access to the Open Sea. Lack of bases. Access to fuel. Or the situation on land.
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  2823.  @Thirdbase9  how about David Farragut getting a ship command at the age of 12?
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  2824.  @avg2959  you do realize they have secondary guns? The 5-in guns are perfectly Suited for gunfire support in that situation.
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  2825.  @chocolatecatdad  it's a theatrical film. It's not intended to be a documentary. And as War films go? Pretty well researched and recreated in detail.
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  2826. All the ships are on freshwater other than Pearl Harbor. That helps...
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  2827.  @gregorywright4918  I guess that is why they store ships there long term. Low salt content.
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  2828.  @elennapointer701  Scrapyards had no lack of ships to scrap. Hell, we have a backlog of ships waiting to be scrapped now.
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  2829. https://youtu.be/sM76qctCkx8
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  2830.  @IdleDrifter  By September 1942, they've already sunk their last ship in the Gulf. Defenses are too strong. Air patrols are constant. The coasts are blacked out now. And Miami is hot bed of sub chasers and PC schools.
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  2831. That situation never really seem to show up in European operations? Night Intruders chasing British or American Boats did not happen much in the Mediterranean or North Sea. So while the potential is there, doesn't seem to have worked out that way.
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  2832.  @davidmcintyre8145  the answer to that question is , they had a enough trouble trying to avoid Friendly Fire. A number of boats were shot up by Allied aircraft. But trying to shoot a speeding boat at night is a bit problematic.🛩
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  2833.  @davidmcintyre8145  And the PBY made quite a career of such ops...
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  2834.  @davidmcintyre8145  true, but they're better targets out there for them to chase if they did. The resources would be better used in an anti-shipping campaign much like the Black Cat PBY.
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  2835. ​ @danpower-JP  Define major power? Also, Define your Marketplace? The time period That you are looking at has few customers or nations with small Manpower needs. Also not only are you needing a carrier, you require all the support that goes with it. The Royal Navy had ships that were a better fit.
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  2836. ​ @fidjeenjanrjsnsfh  well that's not particularly accurate either. Saying that guns are better than aircraft in utility is not the issue. You have limited customers. And customers with much smaller Manpower. British carriers in general were a better fit.
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  2837. ​ @1903_Springroll  anything that penetrate the submarine hull is going to do damage. As for a high-explosive splash? No more than a depth charge would do so.
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  2838.  @darkstock5103  Speed and Air Superiority. The US had air superiority during the day. The Japanese did their best work running convoys at night. You did not want to have slow-moving battleships any area at first light. Also the waters around that area were difficult to maneuver large ships. So they decide to use ships that could get in the area, do job and get out quickly.
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  2839.  @john_in_phoenix  how much does it cost to train someone to use a stinger versus a five-inch gun crew? And how much effort are you going to put in and rounsd fired to hit something? The Stinger will win every time.
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  2840.  @Alpheus1151  actually a very good question. HMS Warspite at the Battle of Narvik for sure.
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  2841.  @Jalu3  For scope of the channel, the Story of Admiral Gordon Chung Hoon might be notable? First Asian American grad of the Naval Academy. Was on crew of the USS Arizona, but ashore at its sinking. Captain of the Destroyer USS Sigsbee. Received the Navy Cross and Silver Star for Gallantry. Made Rear Admiral in 1959. DDG-93 is named for him.
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  2842.  @jakemillar649  Opportunity..... other than a torpedo hit on Pennsylvania, The enemy had few chances.
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  2843. It makes no sense. The whole idea is Goofy. And Admiral King would never go for it.
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  2844. You may be right to suspect a political bent here. Russia didn't stick. Impeachment on phone calls didn't stick. So now, the media is hopping this will tip the election.
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  2845. For more info on David Farragut. Here is a short film from the US Navy. https://youtu.be/OojoMISSGHk
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  2846. Are you asking could the UK of the Cold war fought another Battle of the Atlantic?
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  2847.  HMS BELFAST  Why? The war is over. Downsizing of the Navy is Needed. Most of the fleet is old, damaged and manpower heavy. Plus they have no foes. So they are all sent to reserve status.
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  2848.  @blogsblogs2348  Come again? 🤔 A what to do what?
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  2849.  @DannyHeywood  nope.
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  2850.  @jaytea2283  You mean as a floating crane?
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  2851.  @sealpiercing8476  That makes no sense physically or economically.
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  2852.  @sealpiercing8476  Not in the volume needed to fuel a navy. Your spending more time and energy than the material will provide.
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  2853.  @Stratiljirka  Admiral Hyman Rickover is the father of the Nuclear power ed Navy. SSN-795 will be the 2nd Sub named for him. SSN-709 was first.
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  2854.  @sadwingsraging3044  Catch all term for large sailing ships. Where as they're classed by the sail and mast configuration. Schooners, Barque, brig, etc.
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  2855.  @Hardcase_Kara  Few have a civil use. But here is one. https://youtu.be/BoSXhLATGWE
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  2856.  @juliaharrell4072  Nope...
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  2857.  @NoNameAtAll2  😔 That's not a good idea.
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  2858.  @Strongbeef_Hoofstomp  Nope.
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  2859.  @nonii8526  https://youtu.be/0OmOQs0ziSU
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  2860.  @kemarisite  Midway had a Marine Corps fighter sqn.
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  2861.  @kemarisite  The better question to ask is what happens if Hornet still had a air group?
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  2862.  @adamalton2436  Actually ships like a combo. Codag.... Gas turbines for high speed and Diesel for low speed operations.
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  2863.  @calvingreene90  Many ships have both systems. Gas for hi speed. Diesels for slow ops.
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  2864.  @nietzwietz9153  Uh, the IJN wins...
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  2865.  @DanielSilverthorn  Radio is faster.
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  2866.  @WickedMuis  Prop guards. They act as fenders and keep the props clear of docks, pier piles.
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  2867.  @ecpgieicg  Subs lack space for command staff.
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  2868.  @clodenjoy3820  They had experienced pilots. They lacked fuel. Lack of fuel started the war. And Submarine warfare stopped the supply from Indonesia. That fuel shortage left the Japanese military crippled.
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  2869.  @Natogoon  That's pushing things. Hawaii has long range patrol planes and coast Artillery batteries to stop you.
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  2870. I believe like on other submarines with deck guns; ammunition is just passed by hand?
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  2871. The need of South American countries to engage in a naval arms race is kind of curious. None of them have any colonial empires or huge Merchant fleets to protect.
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  2872.  @augustosolari7721  you kind of expect them to have land territory tiffs. Like the current Venezuela vs Belize thing. Breaking out battlesships? not so much ...
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  2873.  @candidmoe8741  large Capital ships are a rather heavy expense for Cash poor countries.
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  2874.  @mikemcghin5394  they got wrecked of course.
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  2875. We have a National park and monument system. Don't think any museum ships are under them.
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  2876. Still are.
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  2877.  @bkjeong4302  It's prey would have been Merchant ships.
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  2878. Great question. Your great answer? In most designs, priority is to machinery over people comfort. The best example of this is a submarine. Take a tour here. https://youtu.be/rTVzPUJPq-4
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  2879.  @josh8344  Seriously? Not happening.
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  2880.  Kelamaty  this channel is for pre Cold War.
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  2881.  @grantlee5737  define effective? Did they work? Sure. Did they see any action? Not really.
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  2882. For a Film version of events.... https://youtu.be/JvjQbwxfnec
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  2883. Taiwan has the oldest Subs at last check.
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  2884.  @notshapedforsportivetricks2912  They would have to be removed for action. And yes, it was a bad arrangement.
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  2885.  @thomasgroenke5734  They would lose due to inferior aircraft in the FAA.
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  2886.  @johnshepherd8687  If you thought TBD vs. Zeroes was bad? Swordfish and Fulmars would be like kicking Kittens....😏
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  2887.  @LiveErrors  Well.... Jimmy Dean has a good a song about a shipwreck.🇺🇸🤠🚤 https://youtu.be/Sr0AtgBpXPY
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  2888. Reloading was done in port.
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  2889. If you having a problem with Command Decisions, you need to take them up with LBJ.
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  2890.  @tylerkenzer8354  In the original design, aircraft could take off directly from the hangar. American carriers had a similar capability with side launching catapults.
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  2891.  @jamesonbetts1832  most planning is a joint effort. There is almost never a sole person thought process going on. That's the role of the staff. Nimitz Nor Yamamoto just woke up in the morning and Drew up everything.....
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  2892.  @sharkman2857  do you realize your asking him to just play critic of other people's content? I would just go and visit some of his community links.
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  2893.  @robertdendooven7258  Saratoga was steaming to Pearl Harbor. They were not able to sail from San Diego until June 1st. They needed to load airplanes, stores and collect escorts. As well as a brand new group of aircrew. She arrives on June 6th. She then has to refuel. Saratoga provides replacement aircraft and air crew for both Midway and the remaining carriers in the next few days.
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  2894.  @JacksonHall611  they had six Frontline aircraft carriers. It's not really a lack of them until things go bad.
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  2895.  @bkjeong4302  I don't think any of the services in 1941 have the capacity of providing additional trained air crew? Essex doesn't even get into action for about 5 months after its commissioning.
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  2896.  @robertdendooven7258  They were coming out repairs in late May 1942. They were torpedoed on January 11th. They then go to Bremerton, WA till then. Had to travel with a green crew South to San Diego For a green air group. It took 6 days to get to Hawaii. It's just really a matter of by the time they got everything together, the battle is over. The timing is fortuitous however. The Replacements in both men and aircraft are badly required. They also have to refuel at Pearl Harbor their escorts. There is a lack of Fleet Oilers. The Air Group also is still trying to get carrier trained and Qualified.
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  2897.  @marckyle5895  they are spending 5 months in dock. They are not even doing qualifications Till they pick up the air group and escorts in San Diego. So you have a largely green crew. A green air group. And green escort.
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  2898.  @Drachinifel  Why was Rear Admiral Fitch not given TF-17?
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  2899.  @Moredread25  interesting photograph.👨🏽‍💻 he does appear to be a US. Army General. And those would be Calvary boots and pants.
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  2900.  @Moredread25  based on his rank as a Lieutenant general 🌟🌟🌟; It might be Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.? He was the commander of U.S. 10th Army at Okinawa. He was killed in action there in July 1944.
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  2901.  @Moredread25  I'm trying to figure out any other Army Lt. General s it could have been? Based on the boots, it's possibly Major General Innis Smith? Commander of I Corps and previously commander of First Calvary division?
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  2902.  @Moredread25  How about Gen. Walter Krueger? U.S. 6th Army?👨🏽‍💻
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  2903.  @Moredread25  Lt.General Robert Eichelberger U.S. 8th Army?
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  2904.  @marckyle5895  It is kind of hard to do worse than Hornet. You essentially wipe out half of the task force air power; with little but the sacrifice of torpedo 8 to show for it.
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  2905.  @phineasbogg1318  King was already busy with other things in the Atlantic War. Now, why not Fitch from Coral Sea is given command is my question? He was senior to Fletcher I believe?
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  2906. No, it's a early crash barrier.
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  2907.  @paulm7842  yes, he did. He visited on his second trip to America.
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  2908.  @Aetrion  you're a couple of months out of date. Already been there, already happened...
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  2909.  @kuroinamida4630  https://youtu.be/cbXyAzGtIX8
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  2910.  @cipher315198  you're a few months late, but yes he saw both.
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  2911.  @Goblinstomper24  they die.....
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  2912.  @lonjohnson5161  of course there stops. No you can't shoot the ship with your own gun.
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  2913.  @bjorntorlarsson  The barrels are smoothbore.
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  2914.  James Harding  Change? It changes based on rig and mast number.
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  2915.  @madcat789  Never common. Saw use in War of 1812. Then fade from use till WW2.
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  2916. While in Philadelphia, give the Navy Yard a visit as well. https://navyyard.org
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  2917. Rate. The term is rate.
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  2918. No, as early as 1950 the BB's were not operating with the carriers. They lost a escort role very early.
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  2919.  @captaincharlemagne  Hmmmm......Kind of? With full War Production, it would be the same process. Might take longer? Fewer needed.
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  2920.  @thehuscarl4835  the original Dual Purpose was provide Marksman who would operate from the mast tops. As well as ship security/landing forces. They would operate the ship's brig. Secure Naval bases and ports. They would also act as gun crews. While Bluejackets specialize in ship operations.
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  2921.  @allenporter6586  Not yet.... submarines kind of wait in line as a topic.
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  2922.  @Tundraviper41  Naval Aviation is not his particular expertise. There are a few other channels that delve into that in detail.
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  2923.  @scottgiles7546  Engineering failure is a overreach. They are a product of their time and technology. They are emphasized on efficiency and ease of construction. They are not the meant to last as long as the pyramids. You could have said the same thing about other bits of War. No one thought any of this would be collectible or historical.
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  2924.  @imprisongroverfurr5252  Because, they only made one good movie about it. And the main parties are Anzacs and Turks. Anything outside of the Western Front is generally a afterthought. You hear even less about Middle East or the African campaigns. The naval Topics outside of Jutland and the U-Boat War are remembered only by the Naval nerds here.
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  2925. Well they're operating in different Command structure and berthing. They're not doing the same watches. They're not berthing together. There's interaction in the mess and Ward rooms. Then again, even on a ship's crew. Different departments don't Mix much. Weapons people are not hanging with the engineering people. Your person who's in the laundry, is not traveling to CiC.
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  2926. Talk about old ships.... Long road to the breakers.
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  2927. 🤔🎱Magic 8 ball QUESTION. There are so many variables? He's an important piece. But not necessarily the controlling piece. You can also even make the case just like on the allied side; for his replacement. Many commanders from early in the war, were not in power by mid War.
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  2928. ​ @greenbean7853 I don't understand your question? What is the point of sticking with the 14in gun when your opposition is out powering and out ranging you?
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  2929. ​ @paulamos8970 it's interesting that you picked up on the different uniforms. Since this is a photo and they're wearing dress uniforms? I think the crew in white do not have have their issued blue uniforms available? Blue appears to be uniform of the day. It may be a supply issue? Maybe it is all in the laundry? Or perhaps these guys are transferred in from a another ship?
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  2930. ​ @paulamos8970 on second thought? 🤔 We also have two dogs? It maybe possible we have crews from two different ships here? Ships don't normally have more than one mascot.
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  2931.  @CharlesStearman  those are more dress uniform. Not really working gear. The two different mascots make me think we're just talking about two different crews.
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  2932.  @nowthenzen  I think you are getting more into the realm of the USS Alaska fanclub.
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  2933.  @landshark_8024  movie accuracy? It's a Disney/Jules Verne science fiction Epic?
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  2934. It took till the 1980's for tanks to get those.
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  2935.  @simonolsen9995  I like the Buccaneer. Best thing to come out of the TSR2 mess.
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  2936. There's no one person to blame. The whole affair is just due to circumstances and policy.
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  2937.  @abberant3112  Channel playlist..... under Cruiser.
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  2938.  @centurion_a4136  Fast Battleships? Treaties limited building. The Depression saps money to do so. Political will not there.
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  2939.  @eitanrosen464  🤔 off hand? PT boats. Large numbers to Russia and the Royal Navy.
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  2940. Most nations wanted to focus on post war rebuilding. Not fleets for a Cold War. The RN gave and sold many ships to Comonwealth nations like Canada rather than mothball. The USN did the same as well to boost Allies like France and the South American navies.
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  2941. Rather than turbine or triple expansion Steam; a better option may have been Marine Diesel? As submarine diesels became more popular and advanced. Their use will become more widespread.
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  2942.  @abrahamdozer6273  actually diesel locomotives were already replacing steam at that time. A marine diesels on Subs were in constant development. Very suitable for ships of this type.
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  2943.  @abrahamdozer6273  I would agree with that statement.
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  2944. Critic..😞
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  2945.  @hughgordon6435  this is hardly an April Fool's joke. Hundred percent legit and serious.
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  2946. Ships are not tanks....
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  2947.  @nunyabidness674  Not really the same. Anti tank weapons only need to enter the crew space. Then it kills the crew or sets off ammo. Ships are compartmentalized. They have voids and tank spaces. A hit in one space is not critical snd is contained. Also shape charge does not make a hole to cause flooding.
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  2948.  @colbeausabre8842  VMFA-211 The Wake Island Avengers. A F-35B unit today. They Did that cruise last year with the RN.
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  2949. I was kind of hoping for something Halloween related? 🎃 Where's all the sexy sea mines? The sexy Naval Aviator? The sexy Midshipman? 😔
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  2950.  @AdamMGTF  Adam, the question is about subs for WW2. Not wood ships of 1812.
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  2951. A Graf Spee out ranges and out damages the Americans.
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  2952. The Canadian forests are lot closer and numerous.
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  2953. Neat design.
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  2954. Today wreck finders have found the IJN Akagi! The 2nd of two Japanese Carriers lost at Midway. Last week the same group Found the Kaga. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/10/21/wwii-battle-midway-japanese-aircraft-carrier-found-deep-sea/4052226002/
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  2955.  @xt6wagon  those shape charges work on the principal of focusing the blast in a very small jet in a confined space. Ships have hundreds of compartments and voids. That's rendering the whole anti tank theory mute. All you've done is punched a small hole and maybe burnt up the laundry. You need to be able to cause large-scale flooding.
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  2956. 🤔🤔 .......Welcome to Budweiser's, "Real Men of Naval Genuis." Forget the Grog, have a Bud Today!
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  2957.  @zstewart  in simple terms? Mine sweepers have on either side what are called paravanes. These basically cut the lines of moored mine cables. Once you cut the mine cable the mines float to the surface and they are detonated by gunfire.
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  2958. Merchant cruisers were a thing. And a open mount is doable.
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  2959.  @tokiri485  https://youtu.be/o3E80CRKcPg
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  2960.  @AtParmentier  You don't have pilots for more carriers or the escorts.
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  2961.  @calvingreene90  Nope.
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  2962.  @bkjeong4302  Exactly. A bit like Obamacare. You added users. Not a single hospital or doctor to treat them. Making more carriers is not doing much. Not to mention a lack of fuel for them.
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  2963.  @johnshepherd8687  On paper. Battles are fought by people and tactical action. Capable does not mean able.
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  2964. @Stuart Aaron Trying to play MacGyver in the North Atlantic was never a great option. He needs a Drydock.
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  2965.  @awokennightmare4075  18 inches. Bigger is not better. Just harder to handle and slower to load
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  2966.  @TheOhgodineedaname  Your building a pipe bomb. If the barrel is obstructed, shooting is just going to force the explosion to take path or least resistance.
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  2967.  @propyne5460  USCG Cutter Eagle has sails. ⛵
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  2968.  @AtParmentier  The US fuel embargo over the war in China led to the whole War with the USA. And led to taking the Dutch oil fields.
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  2969.  @johnshepherd8687  South Dakota still lost the fight. They were made combst ineffective. Saying they can take a punch only goes so far.
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  2970.  @mostevil1082  The old way: USN carrier pilots were generally pretty skilled at navigation. One took into account the mission parameters - - - go so far at such and so speed and on such and so bearing, do whatever you supposed to do, then go back on this or that bearing to find the ship. Each pilot had a plotting board for keeping track of where he was based on the mission parameters. Before taking off, with some notable historical exceptions, he would be given the location of "Point Option" - the location of where the ship expected to be at the end of the time allotted for the mission. So starting from a known point, time, bearing, and distance navigation to another point, do your business, and time, bearing, and distance to a pre-plotted point. The new way, as DA noted, was utilization of the YE-ZB homing system, developed by Frank Akers, which all USN carriers had at the start of the war. Without going into the boring details, this system used a morse code transmission of a particular letter for a particular bearing, a different letter for each 15 degree sector. This was a UHF line-of-sight system, so the higher you were the better. If the letter you were receiving changed, then you knew you were moving tangentially to the transmission point. You simply found the strongest signal and followed it back to the ship. In the early days of the war it was a fairly new system and some pilots were more proficient with it than others and those less proficient tended to be less believing. For example on the 4 May 42 Yorktown strike on Tulagi, there were 4 F4Fs very hurriedly sent off to deal with some F1Ms that were bothering the SBD and TBD strike planes. After performing their mission, shooting down 3 of the F1Ms, and shooting up a destroyer they happened upon, they started to head back to the ship. The division leader signaled for an increase in altitude to pick up the YE-ZB signal, but his section leader did not see the signal (although the section leader's wingman did). So the division leader and his wingman pulled up through the cloud layer, picked up the signal, and, after milling about a bit waiting for the other two, proceeded back to the ship. The section leader left behind had a problem, his radio did not work. His wingman's did. Eventually they came up through the clouds and the wingman picked up the YE-ZB signal. He also made radio contact with the ship and started flying a box pattern so the ship could get a good radio fix so to tell him which letter he should be listening for. Well, as far as the section leader was concerned, his wingman was flying in all sorts of odd directions for no apparent reason and finally signaled him to knock it off and then led the way back to Guadalcanal where they bellied in on Cape Henslow - - - with the wingman keeping a running commentary with the ship the whole time. Result was two of the ship's 18 F4Fs were lost for no apparent reason. The two pilots were rescued the next day through some extraordinary efforts by the crew of USS Hammann. Apropos of nothing else, I have the original flight instructions for this mission carried by the division leader. It clearly indicates the ship's location relative to Tulagi and the Point Option for the return. The division leader was clear in his recounting that the instructions would have gotten him back to the ship, but the YE-ZB was easier. Even worse happened at Midway when the VF-8 strike escort improperly used their YE-ZB and all 10 of them ended up ditched at various locations. Fortunately for some of them some rather diligent PBY crews managed to find and rescue 8 as I recall. This was a combination screw up in that the flight was not given a Point Option and their own unfamiliarity with the YE-ZB system sealed their fate. They actually saw the smoke of the US task group off to their north as they headed off into the expanse of the Pacific, but were so screwed up in their navigation that the leader presumed he was looking at the Japanese. http://ww2f.com/threads/carrier-aircraft-navigation-how-did-they-do-it.21172/
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  2971.  @Shenaldrac  🤨 Defense spending and planning turned into a 🍆 size contest? Rarely impresses ladies or the IJN.
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  2972.  @SirDamned  The change to oil was in progress. That is why the USN sent coal burning Battleships to the Home Fleet.
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  2973.  @tuxedoederminenaswall3751  Would you call a Torpedo with a nuclear warhead, super? Then yeah... 🤔 As for the sub carrier idea? Sort of... Think drones; not manned aircraft. One of the main roles of subs is reconnaissance and special operations. The ability to carry droness that can go inland under the radar and do photo or signals Intel would expan their reach. In theory, a drone could even do ASW work. Dropping Sonobuoys for example.
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  2974.  @peterchampagney4990  actually the USS New Jersey YouTube channel has just done a bunch of videos about battleship cove.
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  2975.  @johnshepherd8687  Theoretical ability goes only so far. Superior tactics, bravado and skills win over machines. Savo Island is a example.
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  2976. Spooky Naval tale? Hard to beat the Flight 19 story. Or The Blimp crew that disappeared. 👻
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  2977. So what do you call a French aircraft carrier?
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  2978.  @connormccue2353  largely aircraft would be Ferried as shown.
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  2979.  @bambukouk  that's not accurate. The japanese-built carriers with with control Islands on the Portside.
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  2980.  @bkjeong4302  Still, 2 more than "All....."😉
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  2981. You must be watching too much Captain America? Vibranium shields are not real. 🛡️
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  2982.  @Thorbrook  could you try and post serious questions?🙄
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  2983.  @jimtaylor294  sufficient is kind of a stretch. The oil is all imported. And you have no Oilers to refuel underway.
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  2984.  @bkjeong4302  of course they have to import all this oil. And they have no Oilers for underway replenishment.
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  2985. @Thorbrook  what do you think of shell designed to sink a ship, is going to do to a human body? Bounce off?
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  2986. @jimtaylor294  Reliable? Is a Debatable bar. And Capital ships spend more time in port than burning fuel at sea. The USA was still a main supplier at the time. 70 % of World production was from the USA.
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  2987. @ferenckovacs3939  sunlight apparently can go down as deep as like 80 m. The wake going to make a trail also. Likely the sub is at periscope depth. Only about 60 feet deep.
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  2988. @jimtaylor294  Actually, it was a rather clear and in English. And the sunken tanker fleet would beg to differ about the level of protection.
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  2989. @jimtaylor294  Mr Taylor if you disagree? You are free to do so. Your approval is not sought or required.
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  2990.  @BastuGubbar  I believe the obvious reason is, a source of ignition lights off powder and ammunition in a confined space. They have all different reasons however.
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  2991. @samoilenko3887  🧐 Does the Red Baron get a F-22?
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  2992. Swedes are just like that. From cars to fighter jets. They surprise people.
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  2993. Question 1? Major design issue. Ship design is a ballance of speed, weapons, handling, space. To add a fouth turret means more displacement, less freeboard, more length..... and the cons go on. All just to shoot some more? If your running away, add speed over more guns.
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  2994.  @Napalmratte  Some ships did. The Graf Spee is a example.
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  2995. With all these open Bridges and open weapon mounts: was any thought given to NBC protection?
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  2996.  @gregorywright4918  I know it was designed in World War II. But it stayed in service well into the Cold War. Even our ships were upgraded over that time.
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  2997. I'm sorry , I'm missing the Joke? What is this you guys keep muttering about bagging?
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  2998.  @joshthomas-moore2656  I guess the basic answer to your question is, HMS dreadnought.
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  2999.  @fluent4530  most would say Pearl Harbor is the answer to your question.
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  3000.  @ramal5708  you don't have to ask the same question every video.
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  3001. @UNSCForwardontodawn probably the same. The Convoy is told the scatter and gets picked off.
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  3002. Ships carry books of ship silhouettes with specifications. From sources like Jane's defense and lloyds of London.
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  3003. Nice idea, but he has 52 weeks of ships already.
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  3004.  @hughgordon6435  Uh, the the main functions of a ship? It's bridge. It's captain. It's fire control equipment. What are you shooting at? The galley?
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  3005.  @roccopantaloons9115  rather absurd. But you are shooting at a bunch of wooden ships.
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  3006.  @keithmoore5306  it's not practical to build larger guns. You're not getting better performance. Bigger is not better. Nor is building a 100,000 ton Battleship particularly useful. You wind up with a ship which is bigger than most of your facilities. It's rather pointless to build something that doesn't fit your dry docks as an example. Or in case the United States Navy , bigger than the Panama Canal locks.
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  3007.  @keithmoore5306  it would be nice to keep the ridiculous questions to a minimum.
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  3008. Hornet is part of the Yorktown class. The Wasp is a one-off. Basically built to meet treaty restrictions. It's a design full of compromises.
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  3009. You're not going to keep unstable live explosives.
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  3010.  @lightfootjpauls  Marine detachments at battle stations did operate secondary and AAA mounts on ships. This was part of Marines going to Sea school back in the day.
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  3011. It turns in a suicide mission. The u boat has limited speed and range submerged. The ability to escape would have been much like the midget sub attacks on Pearl harbor or Sydney Harbor in WW2 by the IJN.
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  3012.  @TheLiverTea  sadly, probably true.💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
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  3013.  @88porpoise  I think you meant to say the C model vs the A?
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  3014. Your reaching. Canada is not thinking that way in 1933.
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  3015.  @TraditionalAnglican  The population of Canada in 1930 was just over 10 million. 61,000 Died in WW1. They had no great Naval threat since 1812. Canada is not big on defense spending today. Even less in 1933. They lack the cash, desire, and a enemy.
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  3016.  @csours  Yes, There were DD'S with Aircraft. Subs as well.
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  3017.  @bkjeong4302  Seems the Montana fan club is online? 🙄
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  3018.  @slycat6586  Yes, there were a number of VC's awards in both wars.
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  3019.  @lolfunacount  Tonnage vs. crew is not a good measure. Most merchant ships have crews under 30.
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  3020.  @1SKIALI  Yes. PT boats carried depth charges for just the same purpose. Stop pursuing DD's.
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  3021.  @matthorn9209  The cancellation of all of the above makes more sense. The Uboat was what was needed. Not surface ships.
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  3022.  @crispico4727  US Civil war...😐
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  3023. @Dylan Raymond Yes. Here are some in action. https://youtu.be/eZt7PAaTjns
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  3024.  @issacfoster1113  perhaps both sides got a case of Buck fever? Hunter's get out in the woods and think everything looks like a deer.
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  3025.  @fguocokgyloeu4817  well with the European War over, you could focus all of your efforts on Japan.
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  3026.  @RoonVonBismarck  you're kind of looking at it from a odd View. Germany was broke. Politically unstable. And until the guy with the funny mustache got in office was not in the empire business. Add on treaty restrictions and there really isn't a great motivation to do any of the above your suggesting.
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  3027.  @brendonbewersdorf986  fire control radar. For directing the guns. And as you mentioned surface search and air search radar.
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  3028.  @ChristianSlotHolck  you might try looking at his video on the USS Constitution.
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  3029.  @scottmason2557  there's constant searches for missing in action personnel. But, in a naval context? There's not much to find if you're going down with the ship.
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  3030.  @phillip0537  Oh, we have had 3 years of, "Ships are not Tanks" Questions. The principles of tanks and their armor are a apple and orange thing.
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  3031.  @sadwingsraging3044  Anti Sub Weapon that replaced the depth charge.
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  3032. Have you touched on the execution of Charles Fryatt by Germany in WW1? 🤔 A Merchant Captain acussed of sinking a U-boat.
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  3033. Well today, we have no shot.
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  3034. Rather hard to ignore.
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  3035. There would be no change really. The force sent out were what they had available to respond...
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  3036.  @arivael  they had the split forces because they didn't know which way they were coming.
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  3037.  @arivael  the question however is whether adding Tirpitz makes a difference? The answer is no. Adding a third ship doesn't mean the RN have more resources to counter.
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  3038.  @arivael  But, in that case.... There is nothing to slow the Germans down. THey never get a hit or leak fuel from Engagement with PoW. Tovey can't catch them before they exit the Denmark Straits.
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  3039. 🤣🐍
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  3040. It's more of an issue of modern steel plants not designed for making those items.
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  3041.  @riverraven7359  The days of places like Pittsburgh and Bethlehem steel are long gone.
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  3042. They have hangar space available for activities. so, nope.
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  3043. Except they were designed with torpedo protection too.
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  3044.  @GaldirEonai  Today we do... https://youtu.be/yCUxF8r2sNI
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  3045.  @Billy_Annizarry This was answered already.
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  3046. Huh?
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  3047.  @hailexiao2770  most of us would just say, "capsized."
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  3048. ​ @matchesburn  Uh, no .... 😅
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  3049. ​ @DavidLopez-nc5pq  did you realize the range of a depth charge is pretty short?
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  3050.  @nathand.9969  the short answer to your question? The Navy was not involved in the development process. Use of helicopters and the tactics were being written as they went. Nor were helicopters particularly powerful, have long-range or much payload. Or have trained Naval aviators.
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  3051.  @matchesburn  hedgehogs work on contact. Watch your tone.
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  3052.  @matchesburn  because it's farcical.
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  3053.  @DavidLopez-nc5pq  I'm not sure how people keep going with ideas not used then or now? Nobody was going around throwing depth charges at torpedoes. Then there's the small matter of how much distance the torpedo will cover while you are trying to throw depth charges?
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  3054.  @matchesburn  Open forum. Open to all opinions and insights. We agree to disagree with your proposals. And history would seem to back my view.
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  3055.  @matchesburn  you realize in the year 2023 no one has done any of these ideas of yours? Nor in the last 80 years.
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  3056.  @matchesburn  Ummmmm..... Pretty please, with Sugar on top.😏
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  3057.  @matchesburn  actually, I'm showing remarkable restraint to your childish behavior. Have a blessed day.
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  3058.  @matchesburn  fact remains , you trying to shoot Torpedoes is a dead end.
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  3059.  @1489mjwilson  Think auto junk yard for ships. https://youtu.be/ZPEKhPOjvbo
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  3060.  @beigethursday1352  Most that lived became POW's with the fall of Singapore. Ever see "Bridge over the River Kwai?"
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  3061.  @nerdymidgetkid  It's not easy to do night ops even today..... https://youtu.be/uTVj_ZSwxGE
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  3062.  @BillWilsonBG  Try building a kid's bike without instructions? 😏 Now goes times 10....
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  3063.  @ibbi32  Capture of U-505..... https://youtu.be/UW3zMXSce_0
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  3064. 🥇 enjoy...🙄
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  3065. Well said. 😷
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  3066.  @animeboy-qy5sq  Says whom?
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  3067.  @Sonicspeed-hz9qn  Done last year... https://youtu.be/xDOTezQddY0
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  3068.  @JohnRodriguesPhotographer  🤔 You just said the topic had been done to death by other channels. Yet, your asking the same thing?
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  3069.  @dunidane5206  Plan for what?
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  3070.  @TheAngelobarker  Well the pt boat/ E boat fans are still waiting to dance too. So we both sit next to the punch bowl....😢
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  3071.  @ramal5708  Your moving deck chairs for what end? The Montana's were not needed.
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  3072.  @jakemillar649  Easy answer? Yes and Japan wins in a cake walk.
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  3073. And thus the bitter feud between the Navy and USMC Begins. They were mad about Wake. Even more so about Guadalcanal. 🙇🏽‍♂️
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  3074. No.😏
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  3075. To be correct, they were the Revenue Cutter service. Not a military force.
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  3076.  @ryanferrell2921  basically this channel is Korean war and earlier.
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  3077. Best answer? Look at the Iowa class. The designs and funding date to pre 1939. The first keels laid to commission at max war conditions took 3 years. The last two never even were finished.
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  3078. Churchill being a fan helped too.
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  3079. Sorry, no sleep. Getting ship names mixed up.
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  3080.  @generalsupreemo9776  that still doesn't makeup for the lack of rain. The old locks are still going to use millions of gallons of water with all the traffic. ⛴️
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  3081. What do you think the Seaplanes are for?
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  3082. ​ @aslamnurfikri7640  There is no real value. They have zero experience. Little sea access. Few escorts. No real mission.
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  3083. That doesn't really sound like an upgrade. This constant desire to want to turn them into missile barges is a poor use of the ships.
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  3084. ​ @LeftToWrite006  where do you see something on the barrels?
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  3085.  @Wee_Langside  you are misreading the conversation. Winning a war in a week, is hardly logistical planning is going to support one that's going to Last 5 Years.
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  3086.  @laudennis8633  how do you even figure this? Their primary design is not anti-aircraft defense.
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  3087. Ships today don't have Crew to be chipping and painting anymore.
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  3088. PT Boats At Pearl Harbor On 7 December 1941 According to an after-action report dated 12 December 1941 from the commanding officer of PT Squadron One to the Commander of the Pacific Fleet. Six of the squadron’s boats were moored together at Berth S-13 at the Submarine Base. The other six boats from the squadron were on board the USS Ramapo awaiting transportation. Other boats were docked next to a barge where their crews were eating breakfast. These boats were in three nests of two boats each. The squadron duty officer, an Ensign named N.E. Ball said that he was standing with a Chief Petty Officer on the barge when the Japanese attacked. When he saw the first bombs explode, he gave the order to man the guns. The air compressors that ran air to the twin .50 caliber machine gun turrets were started and the guns were fired at the attackers. It has been confirmed that the PT boats were the first vessels at Pearl Harbor to fire back at the Japanese. It is claimed that PT-23 was responsible for shooting down the first Japanese torpedo bomber of the war. Witnesses are said to have seen the plane burst into flames and crash near Halawa. https://www.ptboatworld.com/PT_Boat_Info/pearlharbor.htm
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  3089. PT Boats At Pearl Harbor On 7 December 1941 According to an after-action report dated 12 December 1941 from the commanding officer of PT Squadron One to the Commander of the Pacific Fleet. Six of the squadron’s boats were moored together at Berth S-13 at the Submarine Base. The other six boats from the squadron were on board the USS Ramapo awaiting transportation. Other boats were docked next to a barge where their crews were eating breakfast. These boats were in three nests of two boats each. The squadron duty officer, an Ensign named N.E. Ball said that he was standing with a Chief Petty Officer on the barge when the Japanese attacked. When he saw the first bombs explode, he gave the order to man the guns. The air compressors that ran air to the twin .50 caliber machine gun turrets were started and the guns were fired at the attackers. It has been confirmed that the PT boats were the first vessels at Pearl Harbor to fire back at the Japanese. It is claimed that PT-23 was responsible for shooting down the first Japanese torpedo bomber of the war. Witnesses are said to have seen the plane burst into flames and crash near Halawa.
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  3090.  @Paladin1873  but the point is, that the boats in Hawaii were first in action.
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  3091.  @Paladin1873  🤔 I don't think it was a issue, but ok...
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  3092.  @notshapedforsportivetricks2912  or will we get a Rum Ration on the "Pirates of the Caribbean? " 🤣
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  3093. Interesting you bring that up. There was an interview with former Chief of Naval operations, Admiral Mullins this week talking about his experience as an operator of the DASH.
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  3094. go to you tube settings
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  3095.  @griffigt  You try under the settings/general/ dark theme.
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  3096.  @lloydknighten5071  Odd question. Real.
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  3097.  @Teiichi42  Wrong is a strong term.
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  3098. That doesn't make a lot of sense? That type of vessel has no accommodation for people.
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  3099.  @allangibson2408  it's also extremely unnecessary.
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  3100.  @allangibson2408  there's little need to move troops like they are illegal immigrants. They had plenty of Passenger ships. There is no speed advantage in a convoy. So the idea using your refrigerated ship is a moot point. It's also a unheated, unventilated space with no head facility and in emergency, a little chance for escape...
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  3101.  @benwilson6145  that still doesn't make it a good idea.
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  3102.  @benwilson6145  just so happens I'm involved in a war online. And it's being fought pretty much like the battle of the Atlantic. Star Trek Fleet command. Been going on since Thursday. Eventually they will see the futility and the expenditures of War.
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  3103. The logistics alone are problem. World War II as a topic is dated. We had 40 years of World War II movies. Like westerns, not in Vogue now.Nor is your average movie audience of 18 to 24 a prime demo for a World War II Naval movie.
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  3104.  @jlvfr  And most are on land. Smaller cast, easy to film, easy to find props. 80 year old Japanese ships? Harder to find. Then the nitpicky nerds will balk about CGI. Or how all the actors today are imported.... Then there is budget.... what Studio is going to roll the dice to make a, "Dunkirk at Sea?"🤔
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  3105.  @0Fingolfin0  it means exactly what it says. The ships' armor is designed to defend against the same type of projectiles as it's using.
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  3106.  @TheKingofbrooklin  The treaty fails then. Naval arms race begins.
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  3107.  @readhistory2023 I think what you're trying to ask is whether or not radar rangefinding was any better than optical range finding? The calculations in order to land a projectile don't really change. And as you noted there are computers to help make the necessary calculations. Radar is able to make that estimation in all weather and at night. It provides a confirmation of a optical results.
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  3108.  @Rammstein0963.  Headscratch....🤔 If Germany is a ally, who is the enemy? And Germany lost its overseas territory. Where's the need for the Navy your dreaming? Capital ships are for power projection.
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  3109.  @michaelmacleod7051  The graveyards of 1918 are not going anywhere.
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  3110.  @haydnvonmed6624  Actually over a year back he touched on the Triangle thing.
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  3111.  @aliceosako792  For a detailed talk of the Brewster Buffalo, see......https://youtu.be/dOLIVGvv6yY
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  3112. You still have a logistics problem. Lots of bases from Wake Island to Burma to support. A lack oil reaching the home islands. A Million men in China to support. A nation to feed. Radar and better ASW do not balance the scale much.
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  3113. https://youtu.be/ONXYhli8jTA
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  3114. Oh my God. This is one of those ships sitting on my model ship shelf. The days of plastic ships and modeling glue.
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  3115. If it makes you feel better, I consider the War or on Terror, the real WW3.
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  3116.  @MichaelLlaneza  We have a ship for Bob Hope actually.
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  3117. They don't care. Just like the NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball, Etc.
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  3118. That was three years ago..... 🤦🏽‍♂️
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  3119.  @jessemarcus  They have no major shipyards in Canada.
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  3120.  @m.sydneyvern2260  Nope.... Still out of fuel and pilots. You need to stop US Subs. Not play with Yamato and Shinano.
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  3121.  @Mclaren302  yes.
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  3122.  @bkjeong4302  Hmmm....... Disagree. I know you hate Battleships. But the reactivation was not a waste and did counter the Soviet threat. They as a Surface Action Group freed up Carriers from other duty. Amphibious forces even today lack fire support. The Harpoon and Tomahawk added range and options for the fleet.
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  3123.  @chrisjohnson4666  The US is still Neutral. How does that work in May, 1941?
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  3124.  @lalucre1803  https://youtu.be/cbXyAzGtIX8
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  3125.  @jessemarcus  Canada never built most of its ships. And never anything the size of Hood. Their carriers were all ex RN transfers.
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  3126.  @chrisjohnson4666  There is a thing called fiscal priority. Between a Great Depression, dissarment after WW1, and need fund the other services. Things get back burnered. There is no blank check in defense spending.
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  3127.  @bkjeong4302  They were not needed or intended for air defense. The CG-47's have that role in a Task group. Thus, the refit added CWIS.
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  3128.  @chrisjohnson4666  Your not looking at this in the context of the time. They just lost a generation in WW1. Nobody wanted war or could afford it. Thus the Washington and London Treaties. The governments in the inter war years did not foresee the threat.
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  3129.  @chrisjohnson4666  They still have a Air Force and Army to fund. Both lack modern tanks and planes.
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  3130.  @jessemarcus  True... But we are talking warships. They have never built large ones. Nor have experience in doing so.
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  3131.  @chrisjohnson4666  Well.... If HMS Warspite got a refit, I guess Hood could too... 🤷‍♂️
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  3132.  @admiralwheatman2808  West Germany with a Battleship? Mariah Carey at my house this weekend is more practical. 😏
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  3133.  @crispico4727  More a rate of people than machine.
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  3134.  @bkjeong4302  Pointless is a bit harsh.
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  3135. They are not hot on fighting things other than Godzilla. Hiroshima and Nagasaki have left a long scar on the society. It's taken 75 years to push them to build the Izumo class..
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  3136. In any scenarios, does Japanese Army airpower show up?
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  3137.  @stevebloom5606  I'M talking about Japan ese Army planes in the Islands.
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  3138. Huh?
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  3139.  @isaacsolomon9908  One destroyer put out of action. The ship concerned was a World War I-vintage destroyer (Giuseppe Missori) of the Italian Navy, that had been seized by the Germans and reclassified as a torpedo boat, TA22. It was attacked on 25 June 1944 and damaged so severely she was never repaired. She was decommissioned on 8 November 1944, and finally scuttled on 5 February 1945.
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  3140.  @datgood121  Which one?
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  3141. Armor alone does not give you that much fuel economy.
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  3142.  @RCAvhstape  Basically about the same as British pilots flying Bf-109's.
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  3143.  @migkillerphantom  You just made a really dumb comment....😡
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  3144.  @tomriley5790  https://youtu.be/-gg9rclfr44
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  3145.  @Harry.said.so.  Tanks don't face plunging fire like ships do.
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  3146.  @BobSmith-dk8nw  I will never get why folk mistake tank warfare with Naval warfare?😏
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  3147.  @joshuasutherland6692  Submarines......
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  3148.  @Tuning3434  has there ever been an above par Starfleet Admiral?
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  3149. I guess we'll just have to wait for HMS Reggae?
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  3150. It means an increased powder charge.
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  3151. ​ @JKSSubstandard there's nothing wrong with the copyright laws. You want to use someone's material? Compensate them.
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  3152. ​ @geoffburrill9850 feel free to compose a new one then.
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  3153.  @TestTestGo  I don't care if it's Arthur Doyle or Walt Disney. It's their work. Their ideas. Their art. If you are able to monetize a YouTube channel. You are able to profit off of that work. Therefore the Creator should be able to receive a royalty. Music is full of artists who signed bad deals and get nothing now.
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  3154. I don't think additional equipment is going to change the problems of the ABDA Fleet?
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  3155. ​ @marcusfranconium3392 I don't think getting more pawns to the chessboard with the leaders noted would have changed much.
    1
  3156. Chicken or egg?
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  3157. They should have used it to fire hotdogs! https://youtu.be/6DIEXyBcpUY
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  3158. 😔Uh, no.....
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  3159.  @mike-ph3fk  New clean hull design and Snorkels to run Diesel engines submerged.
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  3160.  @EthanMKim  Not long enough range and not powerful enough.
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  3161.  @dominikhalovanic2818  Nope.....
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  3162.  @christianaraje3569  We all eat Tuna instead of Hamburgers? 🙄🇯🇵
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  3163.  @DurinSBane-zh9hj  Why? People like fresh air. HVAC was not a option.
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  3164.  @TankerBricks  This falls under "Wishin' & A Hopin'" for a change in history.......https://youtu.be/vbAoOeXC2Sg
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  3165. The whole term is meaningless and rather arbitrary.
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  3166.  @winstonviceroy6125  what they really need, is for Charlton Heston to comeback and do his Moses thing on Lake Erie! 🙄
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  3167.  @triggerfingerstudios  there is already been a video on the class in general. It's kind of a stretch to do every one of the class.
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  3168.  @stevevalley7835  conversions of battleships never really work well. PLus they only make 21 knots. And have little Space for fuel....
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  3169.  @stevevalley7835  but you already have too many compartments and machinery spaces to make it worthwhile. And are you really making enough wind over the deck at 21 knots to take off an airplane that is loaded?
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  3170.  @dennisadams_dendad  Highly doubtful. Most conversations are were of non complete ships. That is a lot time and effort better spent on building from scratch.
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  3171. https://youtu.be/wPRY5gGS3c8
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  3172. Would you settle for the next best thing? https://youtu.be/8FqcLlJ1wTQ
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  3173. Buy a hearing aid.
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  3174.  @LostShipMate  Your point?
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  3175.  @LostShipMate  Well Hollywood is going try it again...... https://youtu.be/Q-OhjLLhztg
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  3176. 10 mins was a good overall.
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  3177. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Inactive_Ship_Maintenance_Facility
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  3178. Let it all happen? Not a great career builder.
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  3179.  @dernwine  You let the attack happen. Career ends. Forget winning the war, my life sucks and I get blamed. Sorry, needs to be a pay off for me. As for what does he do? I would hope he asked the President first what to do.
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  3180.  @dernwine  Sorry your hypothetical, is hyper stupid on many levels.
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  3181. Pinwheeling is the term as I recall. Using the air group instead of tugs.
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  3182.  @l.h.395  That made no sense......
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  3183. Short attention span?😏
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  3184. 😂😂😂😂👍
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  3185. Do any other navies have a branch like, the NCIS?
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  3186. ​ @jeremysalkeld8742 the invention of the turret makes them obsolete.
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  3187.  @20july1944  if you wish to bypass thousands of American prisoners and civilians? Try selling that to the American people?
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  3188.  @johnshepherd8687  which didn't turn out to be a great choice either. Still he gets a free pass in history. My only point is that some people play favorites. And other people seem to get a hate Club industry.
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  3189.  @Archie2c  his bomber force was barely combat ready. And would have been slaughtered. Not to mention weather over Formosa prevented such a bombing.
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  3190.  @kkupsky6321  🙄I had to head scratch that one for a bit. Not much a late night TV show guy anymore. 📺
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  3191.  @danwilliams4051  you would be half correct. We're talking about December 8th and the Philippines.
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  3192.  @manfredlunsen6756  Hard to answer. THere is no set answer....... Ships vary. Speeds vary. Engines vary. Weather varies....
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  3193. 🤔 short answer? Would the world be a better place if Gordon Ramsay was making bratwurst and sauerkraut instead of beef Wellington?
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  3194.  @TrickiVicBB71  False position. The RN was short of escorts. Churchill didn't trap anyone. FDR had his own ideas and pushed the Neutrality Patrol. And had Japan not attacked; The US may have already gone to war in November, 1941.
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  3195.  @MarkoLomovic  Time to hit the books. Time read on these topics in depth to learn more.
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  3196.  @cullenjackson6890  Morbid picture not clear? Fire, water, screaming. Blah, blah blah.
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  3197. Nope.
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  3198. A great film and true story.
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  3199.  @peterjrgensen2792  he's kind of a busy guy with these many questions. So we like to Shag the softballs.
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  3200. But he missed out on some great barbecue.
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  3201. That is a bit vague. Can you specify things a bit?
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  3202. Are building a fleet to with it? Meaning no war till say 1944? If not, it has little to do. Land based bombers can hit the UK. And she's not a great surface raider. Who is going to escort it?
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  3203. nope
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  3204. I don't understand your question ❓ even with a catapult, you require wind over the deck.
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  3205. Even worse is air crew. There is no way pre war to fully train 6 air groups.
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  3206.  @calvingreene90  A given? This is still the Depression and a Neutral America. Defense spending goes only so far.
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  3207.  @calvingreene90  That build up took time. Even in 2020 we don't have the ability to fill 6 air wings. You don't even have more than Ranger to train on in early 1942. Teaching basic flight and being carrier qualified and combat ready took time.
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  3208.  @calvingreene90  The Navy still has the Fight with the Army for defense. And the nation is still pushing Neutrality.
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  3209.  @calvingreene90  Huh? We change topics? Why are you talking RAF and the AVG?
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  3210. That comes with the paycheck every two weeks. That's just part of the job.
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  3211. Apparently, that's why we are renaming bodies of water? 🤔 Expect the Atlantic to be renamed," the ocean of America."
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  3212. ​ @themanformerlyknownascomme777 It's weight, size, power required are cons. The Bofors is a better dual purpose gun.
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  3213. ​ @Niels_Larsen trying to foster a mutiny among a foreign Nations Navy, is not exactly handling it better.
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  3214. ​ @eiwtsexiang why would you place an engine room forward? There's no advantage to making a longer more complex drive system.
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  3215.  @lonjohnson5161  machine guns are not particularly useful without mountings. And a ship mount is not particularly useful to Marine Infantry.
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  3216.  @DubGathoni  because you work for civil Authority.
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  3217. You sound like Obi-Wan Kenobi talking about lightsabers.
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  3218. You're complaining just to complain.
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  3219. @UNSCForwardontodawn Nope. They need U Boats. Not Any more Battleships of any gun size.
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  3220.  @bkjeong4302  Agreed... In this case, they are useless toys stuck in port for most of the war.
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  3221.  @Sei_gsicht  Your building ships that will spend most of the War as target practice for the RAF. They chAve no support to form a task force. Few access routes to open sea. Eat resources in fuel and men better used in U boats.
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  3222.  @joshthomas-moore2656  Personal Experience? Not much, even 30 years ago. As A San Deigo sailor, there was a pistol qual that lasted a day. Rifles were non functional drilling pieces. There was no range at all. In the fleet? You might qual on the line guns if in the deck department. Corpsmen with the Marines would have more training. The Seabees would have lots of small arms training due to combat on land. Marine Detachments are are different animal entirely. They practice and are married to a weapon.
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  3223.  @calvingreene90  Change Fire Control systems? They are not modular like that.
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  3224.  @WinterVulpine  Head scratch....🤔 They did that already by making Corvettes, sub chasers, getting US 4 stackers in Lend Lease.
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  3225.  @coltaxe100  Sigh....😌 why design a ship that at best, may not be ready till 1946?
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  3226.  @calvingreene90  Does this look modular? https://youtu.be/DsDm1-OIeq8
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  3227. That's a stretch even for him.
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  3228. What about the incredible Mr Limpet? 🤓 I saw a fish win the entire Atlantic War without Contacts or Lasik.
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  3229.  @eshafto  That's your system then. Sounds fine to me.
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  3230.  @deonmurphy6383  Place called, Canada.... 🙄
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  3231.  @rolfs2165  Nope.
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  3232.  @DFWTF  Saratoga was on the West Coast Training. Lexington and Enterprise were returning from ferrying USMC planes to Wake and Midway Islands.
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  3233.  @Lord_crush777  what do you mean what is the outcome? You've already presented what the outcome is.
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  3234.  @hs5312  going bigger is not better. You have diminishing returns in usefulness.
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  3235.  @IanLthestig  !. No. 2. Torpedoes of the time were spar torpedoes. A bomb on a long stick. You had to ram another ship with it. Motorized torpedoes would have to wait a few years.....
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  3236.  @jamesb4789  there is some evidence to suggest that it was a midget sub that attacked the West Virginia.
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  3237.  @mattmopar440  you must look at some strange movies? Off hand other than Matthew McConaughey, I can't think of many movies of Atlantic fleet sub operations. But yes they were there. Electric boat built most of them in Connecticut and still do. And the submarine school is in New London, CT. So most operations in the Atlantic would have been training.
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  3238.  @IanLthestig  😎👌
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  3239.  @neonclear8500  I've never understood the anti officer bias? The the idea and ncos have some sort of great superiority and skill or leadership is a myth. And while many are great in their technical rating, tactical command is generally not their forte.
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  3240.  @gregorywright4918  the splashes are consistent with the submarines props breaking the surface after firing. And wave reflections off the ship are clearly in line with a sub in that zone.
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  3241.  @gregorywright4918  https://youtu.be/5rhbN9NOSag
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  3242.  @neonclear8500  unfortunately, you're thinking at the platoon squad level. Being a sergeant major does not mean you should be running a battalion. Nor does being a chief petty officer mean you should be running a destroyer.
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  3243.  @neonclear8500  I don't think nationality makes a difference.
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  3244.  @gregorywright4918  you overestimate the threat of aerial torpedoes to the sub. As for the targeting? It's a target of opportunity. Their mission is separate from the aerial attack anyway. And despite your dismissal of the available evidence; it all points to being more likely than unlikely.
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  3245.  David Parry  Was that supposed to be funny?🤔
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  3246.  @kopfauftischhau216  The USS Arizona perhaps....
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  3247.  Golden Eagle  It's not really a tech issue that way. The steel industry is not into making that stuff now.
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  3248.  @johnfisher9692  The turrent has a hatch to expel cases to the deck. Modern guns still do the same. As for reloading? I don't think it was practice to retain the brass then.
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  3249.  @craighagenbruch3800  The Type XXI U boats? Only 2 or 3 made war patrols.
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  3250. Off hand , I don't think there is any speed limitation?
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  3251. This is a five-minute guide on the ship. It's not intended to go into a deep detailed review of the incident. Which in general is outside of the scope of the channel.
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  3252.  @RelativeGalaxy7  You expect alot from a nation with the population of say Pennsylvania.
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  3253. You can't land them. Nor do you have the ability to put them below deck. So, nope. Not till post war.
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  3254. ​ @bkjeong4302 Hmmmmmmm........🤔 Can any single ship loss change the War realy?
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  3255.  @Thirdbase9  Exactly..... Guam, The P.I., Wake..... All American soil.
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  3256. Explain what?
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  3257. To what end? You lack pilots, planes and fuel.
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  3258. 😎Drach, on the subject 💰.... Remember, these words. "No Bucks, No Buck Rodgers." https://youtu.be/a7rGA0Zv8R4
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  3259. Bulkeley.....
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  3260. Logistically, all those ships use a ton of fuel. And you don't have supporting Oilers to go with them.
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  3261.  @marting1056  But you are going to need an oiler if you are going to do a big ship move. They don't even have destroyers to screen Bismarck and those other ships.
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  3262.  @marting1056  I'm aware of their limitations. That's why I made the comment.
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  3263.  @LucioFercho  They never had regular dedicated Olier support of Task Forces. Refuel of a lone surface raider or U-Boat is not really the same thing. That oil supply is better spent on other things. So the Surface fleet spent most of the war, not at sea.
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  3264.  @LucioFercho  Not your son. Dad's ashes are comfortably in the dining room, thanks. And your handful of random ships again achieved nothing to support fleet ops.
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  3265.  @LucioFercho  and still lost the war so what's your point?
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  3266.  @LucioFercho  I do... And it achieved nothing.... But, you can get a little golf clap for the Altmark. You can't Supply anyone sitting in a fjord or at a dock in France.
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  3267.  @LucioFercho  I don't know what you think you are trying to achieve here? They still can't support a task force at sea. The surface Fleet remains in Harbor for most of the war. And your resupply achieved nothing.
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  3268. Not a great plane either.
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  3269.  @williammehta9534  🤨.... Nope. Aside from people being off deck? If in rifle range? You're in ship gun range..... 🤨
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  3270.  @Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan  Simple answer? Separate power and shell. They don't use single cased ammo.
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  3271.  @beyondsingularity  Save money? The USN has to pay money to scrap ships. https://youtu.be/bpLDmYx5XO8
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  3272.  @hart-of-gold  Based on the history of 1941? In port at Darwin doing repairs seems likely. It would have then been called to back up Force Z at Singapore. Or ended up with the ADBA fleet at Java.
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  3273.  @xxnightdriverxx9576  Missiles are not the answer to Artillery. They can't sustain fire on area targets.
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  3274. The Oldsmobile M4 37mm cannon was designed for the Bell P39 Aircobra fighter. PT crews field modified the guns for use vs. Japanese barges. The Barges were shallow in draft, and thus poor torpedo targets. Later they were factory installed on Elco and Higgins PT boats as the M9.
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  3275. Today, under 100 ships and subs. https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/the-equipment/ships
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  3276. Wrong film, wrong ship.
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  3277. ​ @Potatoesservedraw  I don't see either of these proposals of making much sense? There is little commerce raiding to be. And submarines do most of it. And most seaplane operations are not done in open-ocean.
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  3278. ​ @bkjeong4302  We are still asking a lot for a single ship and air group with zero experience. They hadn't even mastered the whole flying part.
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  3279.  @kopfauftischhau216  Short answer? Yes. The US developed nuclear shells for land and sea use Artillery.
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  3280.  @TheSchultinator You needed advances in electronics, hull design and nuclear power to make that practical. That took well into the 1950's.
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  3281.  @Wallyworld30  Now your being silly...
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  3282.  @MGBait  https://youtu.be/GUGW7GmHQsk
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  3283.  @Tepid24  Your in magic 8 ball question land now.
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  3284.  @TheSchultinator  Without the items I noted, your really not going to have much of a sub hunter. It has to be quiet, fast, and be able to detect the enemy first. Those giant leaps happen after WW2.
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  3285.  @CharlesStearman  They are more of the exception.
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  3286.  @ChevelleSS-yr3gb  the ships were built pretty much in secrecy. And there was limited human Intel in pre-war Japan.
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  3287.  @karldubhe8619  it would probably be easier to send them to America? Let the U.S. Navy train them.
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  3288. Sub Actually....
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  3289.  @sarjim4381  That is nice, but...... Singapore is boring and pricey.😴😴😴😴😴 Sailors want to go to Thailand. 😎 Singapore in contrast is, "Singa boredom."
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  3290. Pike sounds like James Bond's Q.
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  3291.  @scottygdaman  So explain Soviet culture? 🤔
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  3292.  ALSO-RAN !  It does nothing at home. They had a valid mission and died with honor. Not Surrender.
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  3293.  ALSO-RAN !  Actually there is no difference.
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  3294.  @dn9463  We would do the same thing. And have in the past.
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  3295.  @andrewtaylor940  Hmmmmm...... I would debate your explosion claim. While notable and huge historically, the First World War explosion in Halifax, Canada of 1917 ranks higher. An estimated three kiloton explosion. That would make it about twice as big as the Beirut explosion last year estimates.
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  3296.  @fuzzydunlop7928  He was not in control of the government anymore than the other Monarchs. Don't see you crying about them?
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  3297.  @miskatonic6210  Very oversimplified version of events.
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  3298.  @_byzzer3228  men doing their Duty for their country. I give them their credit.
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  3299.  @apassionatenerd.3564  no more than the words duty, honor, country.😏
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  3300. The cargo and tanker ships were used. But, they were made obsolete by container ships and the supertanker. Warships have little merchant use.
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  3301. Escort Destroyer is a duty to perform. Destroyer Escort is ship type.
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  3302.  @ncmarmstrong442  Hmmm.... Tomato vs. Tomatoe I guess? 🤷🏽‍♂️
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  3303. Naval nerds have no concept of reality.
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  3304. Why? It's useless for the role.
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  3305.  @Eboreg2  A Battleship and a Whaler are peanut butter and velcro. Other than floating, they make no sense to use
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  3306.  @ariancontreras4358  nope....
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  3307.  @kemarisite  it always helps to have friends in high places. He had the name recognition and past glory to rely on as cover. Special treatment for special people.
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  3308.  @ariancontreras4358  by that time, you have a diminishing return in usefulness. Going to a caliber bigger, is not going to improve AA performance much.
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  3309.  Free Speech  are you familiar with the phrase,"guns versus butter?" 🤔 The Cold War as we knew it as a threat, disappeared. The need to protect colonial empire as it was in Queen Victoria's Day was gone. The citizens as well as the politicians value national health Care far more than the ability of destroyers to do anti-submarine warfare. You're talking about expenses & expenditures for little visible return on investment to the public. Your average Britain cannot eat a helicopter. The Royal Navy is not alone in the lack of defense spending. As current events have shown, most of Europe has taken the same approach.
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  3310.  @swansinatorjr3453  I'm 80% sure he has covered Scapa Flow in the last 3 years.
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  3311.  @Clonetrooper17  seems a little bit inefficient to build a factory just to supply one ship. Easier just to buy surplus ammo from Italy.
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  3312.  @RedXlV  I wouldn't put that much stake into Halsey. Much lesser flag officers suffered that fate without the morale collapsing.
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  3313.  @johnortmann3098  I'm sitting here trying to picture the Nebraska Navy? 🤔
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  3314.  @RedXlV  I think you're just reaffirming my previous comment?
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  3315.  @stevevalley7835  that doesn't exactly equate to actually hitting anything however.
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  3316.  @Valorius  you missed the overwhelming point, that they don't fit on a ship that size.
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  3317.  @Valorius  they don't fit the lifts, they don't fit the hangers and very short to land on.
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  3318.  @Valorius  a Malta is not a Nimitz.
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  3319.  @genesis-1182  it doesn't matter how many ships they have. By that time they have no oil, without oil the ship stay at anchor.
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  3320.  @norahc.  it's a bit similar to how sniper scopes do range finding. The periscope is using gradations of a known value of meters or yards. All submarines have a book of ship silhouettes of known vessels based on their registry. Based on that information you can estimate how large a vessel is and its distance.
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  3321.  @kibecawest9867  Jimmy Dean's Pt-109 or Johnny Horton's various tunes beat bad Euro Metal noise...🙄
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  3322.  @MrNikolai07  Not much different from helicopter crews today. They tend to stay with their department when on duty. In the Wardroom, kind apart from the other officers. Much like a ships doctor.
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  3323. I'm not sure how much more detail you can get besides it's a flare?
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  3324.  @RedXlV  you would be ignoring the treaty restrictions. Would likely require more beam. And you would likely sacrifice protection to maintain displacement and speed.
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  3325. Added point on swimming. Part of the reason for bell bottom pants uniforms is based on the ability to undress with shoes on in the water. Your pants could be then used as a ad hoc PFD. For a example of the swimming qualification, see here. https://youtu.be/7dTU_bVLMOw
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  3326. It would help if Vince Fumo didn't steal most of the money from the museum.
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  3327.  @karldubhe8619  want a link to it? https://youtu.be/JvjQbwxfnec
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  3328. Even today, it takes a lot of hits to even sink a non armored ship. Example? Try the Sinkex this last Summer off Hawaii on a LST. https://youtu.be/qgVDyL6sKrI It took several rockets, a Harppon and a sub torpedo to kill it.
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  3329.  @warrentb1  see some weapons in action.... https://youtu.be/qgVDyL6sKrI
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  3330.  @99IronDuke  He is taking the "What if? " and stretching it a full 180 degrees. He also has a time traveling Delorean....
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  3331.  @notplebbes9108  He has a year long list already...
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  3332.  @WandererJester  Come again? 🤨
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  3333. @UCBYTIrfE3Jp7QTThjph6R0g Minesweeper, Torpedo boats, gunboats, corvettes, sub chasers, air sea rescue, tugs, LcI, LST. Tenders, etc., Etc.
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  3334.  @Starwarsgeek-98  Sort of. The guns were fired into the water to make giant splashes at low flying torpedo planes.
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  3335.  @Starwarsgeek-98  🤨 More detail? The mains don't do much more. They are not set up as dual purpose guns. Nor are the fire controls.
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  3336.  @Starwarsgeek-98  Air search radar has nothing to do with main fire control. The ships have AA guns and directors for a reason.
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  3337.  @aidancloke4398  The US 6th and 7th fleets have ships called LCC for the role. https://youtu.be/ZHglounKuGw
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  3338. Useful for stopping a chasing destroyer as well. A shallow depth charge would crack the keel of many.
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  3339.  @CharlesStearman  More a PT boat thing.
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  3340.  @johnshepherd9676  I believe I said that?
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  3341.  @johnshepherd9676  🤔Hmmmmm. It wasn't exactly multiple choice or true false? But, okay.👩‍🏫
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  3342. The saga of Merchant Seamen is one of the overlooked features of WW1 and WW2. No medals, No glory, No Veterans Benefits.... Yet, they died by the thousands. Nameless, faceless people who did the work that wins wars. LOGISTICS! Planes and tanks do not run on hopes and dreams.😒🚢⚓
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  3343. These trips were earlier this year. Around Easter time and again in May.
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  3344. Any pants work. The bell bottoms are just easy to get off.
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  3345. Who was the captain of this vessel? Or did they change Captain's regularly?
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  3346. Bismarck accomplishes absolutely nothing. Convoys are rerouted. The Royal Navy sends everything to hunt it down.
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  3347. ​As far as mines go? You kind of ignore the depth of the ocean. And as far as the B-29 goes? Different priorities for the Air Force in targets.
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  3348.  @Emps597thADR  V is for Aviation. Not vessel.
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  3349.  @stevevalley7835  I suppose I should have added the fixed wing designation and that response. You forgot Z. For lighter than air Aviation.
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  3350.  @apparition13  No, the ammo is not interchangeable.
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  3351.  @stevevalley7835  I had a chance ti visit NAS Lakehurst once for work. The Hanger number 1 they used for the Airships is massive.
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  3352.  @brianpanco8325  Lack of Shipyards. Other than the Navy Yard at Mare Island at San Francisco; Few big yards in the West Coast. The Kaiser Yard for Liberty ships was built from scratch.
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  3353. 😷👏
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  3354. He addressed this a few times already.
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  3355. Thankfully the World nor the General did not take your suggestion.
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  3356. @maryholder3795  I think it's unfair. The unreasonable hate towards him versus other officers is ridiculous. But, that's what happens when other people get better movies made of them.
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  3357.  @TraditionalAnglican  tactics and technology are not moving at the same rates.
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  3358. The Battle of the River Plate. They were very busy.
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  3359.  @michaelkovacic2608  that question is impossible to answer. There are way too many variables in your alternate universe.
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  3360.  @vikkimcdonough6153  Well.... that sounds good in theory. Just where exactly?
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  3361.  @johnwolf2829  who's going to do all this repairing work in Singapore? After the slaughter of the population, I don't think you're going to find too many people amped up to be working in a shipyard there?
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  3362.  @kemarisite  well if they don't explode when you hit a ship, why should they explode at all?
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  3363.  @johnwolf2829  doesn't it mean taking valuable ship workers already busy in Japan?
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  3364.  @johnwolf2829  Well....they had a chance to make that calculation. And chose different. 🤷🏽‍♂️
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  3365.  @johnwolf2829  I think we answered that question? Which is why it wasn't done.
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  3366.  @johnwolf2829  on the contrary, you're just expressing negative feelings because you did not get positive validation for your idea.
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  3367.  @AdelineLowry  adding armor as you suggest, takes away for their valuable attributes. Namely speed and maneuverability. Armor is deadweight. The prime attribute of Destroyers and other vessels is speed maneuverability. Add protection, you are going to sacrifice those or weapons as a trade-off.
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  3368.  @jeffjr84  2 years ago. https://youtu.be/Ki6929WP-Sg
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  3369.  @douglasplatt7083  actually quite a few. Notable action is of course Bismarck. You saw torpedo actions in the Solomon's campaign. And of course there's the famous torpedo action of Taffy three at the Battle of Samar. There was also the Battle of Narvik.
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  3370.  @michaelmacleod7051  it's a completely awful idea. Nor would you be able to support jet aircraft adequately. They considering the huge number of carriers already available purpose-built? It's just a silly idea from the get-go.
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  3371.  @semimiller7609  You are just rearranging the deck chairs. Changing hulls does not fundamentally change the problems of the German Navy.
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  3372.  @michaelmacleod7051  it's not a modular system exactly. But basically, yes.
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  3373.  @jasondouglas6755  if you don't mind, I'll take this question. Segregation was in full effect in both The Navy and Marine Corps. African Americans were barred from the Marine Corps until 1943. As for the United States Navy? African Americans allowed in the naval service but restricted to enlisted ratings of Stewards and mess attendants. There were no African Americans in the Naval Academy. And the first black officers only appeared very late in the war coming out of ROTC and OCS. As the war continued, African Americans were assigned duties primarily in support roles such as cargo loading and unloading. This situation continued well after the war until President Truman's order of desegregation in 1948. It did not achieve true mobilization until the Korean War. The USS Mason, a Destroyer Escort is noteworthy in US Navy history as being the first ship with an all African-American crew during World War II.
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  3374.  @johnshepherd8687  by the same token, battleships generally do not travel without escorting Destroyers or Cruisers in support. They operate as part of a task force. Not just random aimlessly looking for one on fights.
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  3375.  @icefox192  you can take depth readings of the area to be mined. You generally lay them in areas of high traffic. And in relatively shallow Waters.
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  3376.  @jasondouglas6755  🤔hmmmmmmmmm the hand guy? Good question.
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  3377.  @jasondouglas6755  🙋🏽‍♂️ glad to help.
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  3378.  @pork_cake  what do you base this claim on?
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  3379.  @Knight6831  the short and obvious answer to your question? French defense spending was focused on building the Maginot Line. Thus, French Navy took a back seat.
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  3380.  @johnshepherd8687  the glass half full view might be, because everything else got sunk the night before? 😒🥃
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  3381.  @TheMarelis  you would not believe how many times this has been asked in 3 years? And the short answer to your question is no. They're not designed to penetrate the thicknesses involved. Tank rounds are not going through a foot of armor.
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  3382.  @TheMarelis  The big thing with ships is that unlike tanks they have compartments, voids and fuel tanks. There is no one space to enter and kill. Also those anti-tank rounds generally Focus blasts in very small holes. You need major openings to cause flooding. The armor theory does not transfer over and the ranges are longer.
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  3383.  @TheMarelis  nope.
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  3384.  @davidrenton  great topic. Great many to pick from. Will always have a soft spot for the great John Ford epic, "They were Expendable."
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  3385. 1. Air Command was not his responsibility. That was the Commander of the Far East Air Force; Lewis Hyde Brereton. 2. Air Units were on the ground refueling. They were up for hours after the alert came.They planning a raid on bases on Formosa, but it got delayed. The claim they were not prepared is false. 3. They had no radar and few working P-40's to counter a attack even if they wanted to.
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  3386.  @TraditionalAnglican  The strike was delayed by weather. And less than 60 operational planes. Not mention outnumbered 3 to1.
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  3387.  @TraditionalAnglican  After hours in the air the CAP came down. They were caught refueling, And the weather delay was there. Sending 30 B-17's vs. Zeros would have done Little. Again, the pile on of MacArthur is popular yet unfair.
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  3388. That's probably the moshulu. Floating restaurant.
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  3389. Well China? The PLA .... Japan? The JSDF?
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  3390.  @stevevalley7835  by 1941, there was a entire reinforcing program. Defenses were being changed on the ground, Sea and air. It just was a matter of timing. America was looking for a war in 1942.
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  3391.  @frankgleaves1084  1943 for war with Germany? We were already in a pretty much in de facto War with the sinking of the USS Reuben James.
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  3392.  @frankgleaves1084  other than Hitler declaring war, on what basis? Raising an army to fight in 1943. Fine. But, on what basis does he have at that point?
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  3393.  @frankgleaves1084  Depends on Hitler, and the status of the United Kingdom. Are they still in the game in 1943?
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  3394. Not really ideal. Raiders needed to ID targets. Search cargoes. Take off crews before sinkings. Planes can't do that.
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  3395. Seriously, I think some of you complaining about audio need to turn captions on or check your hearing.
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  3396.  @electricdreams8237  3 comments are a help. The 85th saying the same? Not really.....
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  3397.  @Nyx_2142  And without a paycheck...😏
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  3398. 👨🏽‍💻 Do other Navies have their own version of a NCIS?
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  3399. The Ryan only equipped 1 squadron, and did not deploy. Same for the FH-1. It was soon replaced by the Banshee.
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  3400. There's still a little something called, "The Great Depression." There is no great change. This obsession with cheating on treaties is a modern generation thing.
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  3401.  @dougjb7848  most of FDR's program was non defense spending. Nor was the nation or Congress in a pro defense spending mood.
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  3402. Doubtful. It's hard to recruit Nuclear power sailors in big numbers. AND We still lack a national disposal waste site.
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  3403. Less carrier, more National health service. 😷
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  3404. 🖖😏
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  3405. I'm a little confused about one section of your comment. What Philippine Navy? They don't become independent till 1946?
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  3406.  @stevevalley7835  it just seems kind of bizarre people thinking of the Philippines with battleships in 1922? The Philippine Navy couldn't even do that in 2022.
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  3407.  @stevevalley7835  🙇🏻‍♂️Patreon Questions always are head scratching. I'm still wondering why anyone would worry about dying from stuff coming down a voice pipe? It's sort of like worrying about being hit by a meteor.🤷🏽‍♂️☄
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  3408.  @TrueRainsie  Kinda hard to do that magic trick...🧙‍♂️
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  3409.  @Knight6831  🤷🏽‍♂️hmmmmm....
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  3410.  @RedXlV  you just don't ignore the Great depression.
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  3411. Hmmmmm....... No Loonies, a proper flag, and they would drink milk from cartons. Plus less Anne Murray and Celine Dion music.
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  3412. Can you add a 5 min guide to the USCG Eagle? 🤔
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  3413.  @hammondpickle  fewer crew, less weight, less cost.
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  3414.  @michaelj132  nope. Asked many times.
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  3415. They had the brainstorms working. Just lacked the tools. It took the planes another 10 years to develop into war winning tools.
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  3416.  @Snowbird815  the term you're looking for is hydrodynamics. Yes ship designers use test tanks, the same way aircraft designers use wind tunnels.
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  3417.  @johnfairhurstReviews  I doubt there was any type of Iran nuclear inspection type deal to verify.
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  3418.  @Snowbird815  well you can just look at the ships for your answer. Superstructures were built for function. Things like protection, and weight savings are far more important. Where aerodynamics would be an issue? The exhaust smoke. You would like to design your superstructure and exhaust stacks to move the exhaust smoke efficiently and clear as possible. Thus providing clear vision for fire control spotters; and to reduce issues with antennas and radars.
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  3419.  @johnfairhurstReviews  you have to look in the context of post World War I. Disarmament was in vogue. Arms treaties did not have a inspections and verifications clauses as found in today's negotiations. In much the same way the League of Nations had it's issues and fell apart.
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  3420. Sorry, but like Custer. Waldron is a hero because he died well.
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  3421.  @stevewhite3424  😏 Said it more eloquently than I would...
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  3422.  @stevevalley7835  🤔......... Speed and range favored the Zeppelins. Remember the primary use of Naval Aviation was for scouting.
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  3423.  @stevevalley7835  this is a matter of technology moving ahead of tactics. Both the concept of Naval aviation and the tools they're using are still developing. The whole tactical use of them especially in an offensive manner we're still works in progress. It would be like if we went back in time and gave George Washington M16's. they still will be marching around in line with drummer boys.
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  3424. It kind of comes down to crew trainning and internal design. As a example of this https://youtu.be/C2sYtq7hI74777e
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  3425. You realize this stuff costs $$$$$?😏 It's not a blank check.
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  3426. Been asked many times. Maybe next year.
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  3427.  @Drachinifel  Well the US Elco and Higgins PT, German E boat, and Vosper MTB for a start... The China Gunboats of the RN and USN, would be interesting. Soviet and Swedish PT and missile boats are interesting still today. 🙄
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  3428. I will just politely say that's outside the scope of this channel.
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  3429.  @gregorywright4918  this is about the guide history concerning the ship. The channel in general does not delve into topics beyond the Korean War. And he has stated many times wishes to refrain from getting into overly political discussion. Which this topic generally just turns up.
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  3430.  @gregorywright4918  😒 Missing the humorous part?
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  3431.  @billbrockman779  I hate to play accountant, but I doubt we put that much effort to protect Military cemeteries here or overseas. A nice fence. Some groundskeepers. A night watch guy or two? That kind of sat coverage would be be better spent tracking whales or sea garbage.
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  3432.  @Billy_Annizarry  How? Better team won.
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  3433.  @kemarisite  In other words, the better team won...
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  3434.  @DELTATROOPER5555  Because the US entered the war vs. Germany.
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  3435.  @leogazebo5290  secret mission?
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  3436.  @bryanchong1713  it's more of, it just wasn't a thing. There was no great Groundswell to keep every bit of War memorabilia and trophies. Most folks just wanted to forget War. Demobilization was the goal rather than preservation.
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  3437.  @John.0z  you already had hanger catapults for those operations.
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  3438.  @blitzy3244  surface Raiders and auxiliary Cruisers would often use disguises and misdirection to fool identification identification.
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  3439.  @captainobvious9233  there is no standardization really. They all have same common items. But arrangements are all over the map.
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  3440.  @leogazebo5290  there does not seem to be any validity to that. Even by Asiatic Fleet standards, the Isabel is a pretty minor vessel. There's a report they were asked to do a minor reconnaissance mission. Nothing as exciting as starting or instigating War.
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  3441.  @leogazebo5290  I keep forgetting this webpage doesn't take links. But it seems that the ship skipper wrote a book called, "The Isabel myth." By Sears R. Jayne.
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  3442.  @Aphelion9773  no not really. a belt is protecting what's most important.
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  3443.  @richardcutts196  you're looking at this out of context of the period. Disarmament was in Vogue. As was The depression.
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  3444.  @richardcutts196  the ability to do those things was there. The motivation was not. That was the point of my comment. They were more concerned about the last war. Not really preparing for fighting the next one. This is still the pre Nazi years.
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  3445.  @communismbad6236  Ships are not tanks.....
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  3446.  @JuliGagarin  nope
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  3447.  @communismbad6236  So asking about shape charges and other anti tank stuff makes no sense then.
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  3448.  @alexanderhartmann7950  Not much of a Soviet Pacific force worth anything.
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  3449.  @isaacsolomon9908  As I recall B-17's and B-26's at Midway attacked with no hits....https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/b/battle-of-midway-army-air-forces.html
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  3450. Try getting from Caleb from Shriners Kids to make a plea. Or Drach could go the Onlyfans route? 😁
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  3451. You get a thumbs down.
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  3452.  @lizardb8694  Be fair....It was not a ruse. He was a tech rep and talked his way into going on missions..
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  3453.  @jamespfp  It's also way off topic. The Lindbergh story is well known in P-38 fan circles or in discussions about Ace Tomas McGuire.
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  3454.  @gregorywright4918  The Soviet copy of the B-29 was Flying as early as 1947. The TU-4.
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  3455. Sorry, but we Yanks do....
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  3456. It has no practical use today. But shooting at a giant rock is not particularly practical either.
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  3457. Huge Convoys going where? Everything West of the Dateline sans Australia is in enemy hands. Everything East is far away or protected.
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  3458.  @williamstall4420  Not really. There were no trade routes going on.
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  3459. All were in the same learning curve of tactics and technology.
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  3460. BRITISH INVASION 3.0 CANCELED! 😫😫😫😫😫😞😞😞 For some reason the news media is anti UK? They badgered the Trump administration on giving the UK a ban pass in the news conference Friday. No Drach. No James Bond movie. A World virus? This is the work SPECTRE.....🐙
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  3461.  @karldubhe8619  I think we're sliding back into the people confusing tanks with ships or argument. You want some sort of blast panels or something? Tank technology and ship technology don't really cross over.
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  3462.  @akula9713  by the middle of 1942, Japan already has control of the Western Pacific. all the major port destinations are under their control. Intercepting traffic to Hawaii is at best hard to do. You have anti submarine forces patrolling the area the amount of shipping is limited.
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  3463.  @bkjeong4302  🤔What do you call the Asiatic Fleet? Hardly the Pacific Fleet, but hardly insignificant. Probably more dangerous than British, Australian or Dutch forces.
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  3464. It was pretty rainy Monday.
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  3465. I think you have to put speed in the context of the time. They are already faster than most seagoing vessels in most of History.
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  3466.  @bkjeong4302  they were faster than the standards.... even today, how many ocean-going vessels do you see capable of 33 knots?
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  3467.  @bkjeong4302  destroyers and cruisers are not 45,000 tons Plus.... speaking of carriers..... anyone see a cause for the fire on the former Minsk yet?
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  3468.  @coldwarrior78  you maybe thinking of Indonesia rather than India? The former carrier USS Langley was ferrying Army p40s to the Dutch East Indies when it was sunk. The p-40s of the Flying Tigers were delivered by cargo ship and were assembled.
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  3469.  @themanformerlyknownascomme777  you're putting technology ahead of tactics. And the tactics of using such technology had not been developed. Just like the tactics of other new weapons like aircraft and submarines were being made up as they went along. So the basic answer is no
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  3470.  @iansadler4309  the Flying Tigers p-40s were delivered by cargo ship and assembled. He may be thinking however of the USS Langley. It was supposed to deliver p40s to the Dutch East Indies. Those aircraft and most of those air Crews were lost when the ship was sunk.
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  3471.  @colbeausabre8842  did not happen.
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  3472.  @tomdolan9761  I'm not sure what speed advantage there is? A man can only shovel so fast.
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  3473.  @CTXSLPR  they're not modular systems. And Coast artillery is a Army responsibility.
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  3474.  @RedXlV  just because they did it , doesn't mean you have to. There's no great advantage by doing so.
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  3475.  @RedXlV  except that Air Attack was rarely an issue. No one ever invented a InterContinental bomber other than the Americans. I think most people would probably have gone with the disappearing gun or at least a concrete gun mount. Bringing an entire ship turret, just brings a whole lot of unnecessary complexity. Plus, you rarely need to revolve a Coastal gun. The Fort Drum experience is sort of the exception to the rule.
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  3476.  @stevevalley7835  😏Size matters to some ladies. Lol , I could not pass that one by.
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  3477. Expediency?
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  3478.  @Drachinifel  Question. Any thought of using Zepelins to spot for the Grand Fleet instead?
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  3479. Non interchangeable.
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  3480. There were 5 subs. One did hit the West Virginia.
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  3481. land Arty rarely have moving targets.
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  3482. The VC is a very, very rare award.
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  3483.  @messa2218  that's sort of the purpose of secondary guns. The close range Fight never comes to pass.
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  3484.  @silenceoftheyams5969  changing the weapons has no effect on its operational use.
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  3485.  @blacksmithpanzer4517  Naval aviators all start off on land. Landing at Sea comes later. While the vessels were small; many of the escort carriers were similar sized. The only benefit of freshwater: is the recovery of many of the airplane wrecks found at the bottom of the lake. Some of those aircraft have been restored for museum display.
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  3486.  @Trekpanther  this question has been answered before. Basically post wa Era between the World Wars. As ships were brought into refit, they were replaced with tripod Masts.
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  3487.  @Amiryllis_Thorn  you may be confusing tumble home designs with ram bows. Both were in vouge at the time.
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  3488.  @Niels_Larsen  anime series you're looking for is called , "Zipang." You can find it on YouTube.
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  3489.  @Niels_Larsen  no you can't intercept shells.
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  3490.  @AtholAnderson  merchant ships really aren't worships.
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  3491.  @Niels_Larsen  that's exactly what we're saying. You can't reinvent physics.
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  3492.  @Trigm  Carriers were not a sure thing. Naval aviation at the time was actually largely dedicated to seaplanes. So a lot of funding and structure was focused in that direction. Then you had the third branch with lighter than air. So building carriers and their funding is not a sure thing. Nor were their tactics thought of in an offense role. The prime focus was scouting. It wasn't until technology to carry weapons and leaders in Naval aviation pushed forward in offensive role did carriers become the weapons that they did in the 1940s.
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  3493. Airplanes don't run off curves at 130 mph.....
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  3494. More shipwreck news. Wreck finders in the Philippines think they have found the wreck of USS Johnston. https://youtu.be/lb_801AIhU0
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  3495. Barfight? Yeah, you might say the Germans walked into the wrong Mob bar in the Bronx..... https://youtu.be/jnpE-hGNVj8
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  3496. Slimeball parasites? That's a bit harsh.
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  3497.  @baxter9725  Bismarck doesn't do anything. The convoys are scattered. Bismarck is hunted down till she's run out of fuel.
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  3498.  @tallyho4686  🤔 Into what?
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  3499.  @mikeynth7919  yep! It is a link thing....
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  3500.  @bkjeong4302  historic preservation was not in Vogue. And certainly not for old tankers. Even the National Park Service was not that old of an agency taking care of battlefields and such.
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  3501.  @gwtpictgwtpict4214  it's definitely the link thing. This is one of those pages that doesn't allow links.
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  3502.  @jimtaylor294  when you look at the Polish military, I don't think they've got the money for it? They barely had an Air Force.
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  3503.  @KevinLangmuir  I'll never understand the people who hate the Washington Naval treaty? 🤷🏽‍♂️ Disarmament is a good thing. And definitely was the popular feeling. The Great Depression is your bigger stumbling block. No one has the money for the kind of spending you are looking for.
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  3504.  @Classicman_269  the submarines would have been needed for lifeguard Duty.
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  3505.  @sanguine_potato7524  that's too theoretical a question really? And as it turned out, by that time they were canceling orders.
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  3506.  @haydenrasmussen5117  The "Albacore hull," named for USS Albacore of 1953. WAS the result of 2 experiments by by two of the Major Submarine engineers of the time and different design theories.... Swede Momsen and Hydrodynamic hulls vs. Hyman Rickover & Nuclear power. Both are trying to achieve higher performance out of submarines. But going about it differently. Both Nautilus and Albacore were basically experimental submarines being built at the same time pushing each Concept. Admiral Momsen focused on maximum underwater speed. Admiral Rickover wanted to achieve the same goals based on a nuclear power plant and a modified Tang class submarine Hull. Albacore was commissioned in December of 1953. USS Nautilus was launched a few weeks later in January of 1954. The result was a conventional powered submarine that could out anything made before. It was this prototype had led the designers to marry the hull design of the Albacore; with the nuclear power of the Nautilus. This led to the legendary USS Thresher class.
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  3507.  @germanvahatov4314  probably the main difference is the increased use of welding over riveting as a main construction method.
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  3508.  @theacme3  not really.
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  3509. ​ @ar4040smith It was bad back to the war in China.
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  3510. ​ @johnsmith-kd8br what are you going to do a Soviet battleship?
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  3511. ​ @bkjeong4302 I've never understood the obsession with trying to use main guns for anti-aircraft use?
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  3512.  @bkjeong4302  it just seems like a waste of time. The guns are too slow to train. They have no high angle of elevation. Airplanes are not flocks of ducks waiting for grandpa's 12 gauge...🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆
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  3513. HMMMMMMM, the Zumwalt class gets my vote.
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  3514.  @cyberpunkprussian  What sales are you referring to? There's been no sales of ships that size in decades.
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  3515.  @MasterOfDickery  🤔 Headscratch...... Could you rephrase that again?
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  3516.  @The_New_IKB  Based on track record? Lousy.....
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  3517.  @MasterOfDickery  Correct. Everything else you were saying is cloudy however.
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  3518.  @devinmeyer449  https://youtu.be/_yBbb7DyWKo
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  3519.  David Burgin  try... https://youtu.be/As3NzDQknVc
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  3520.  @erikgranqvist3680  this might help? https://youtu.be/ZLMK7kUneeU
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  3521.  @readhistory2023  Correct... The secondary guns have a separate director system since they are dual purpose. Anti air and Anti Surface... See here...https://youtu.be/z_HUZSk8c2c
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  3522.  @ronaldb4885  Keep in mind Electric power development on land was just as rapid.
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  3523. Only if It is a good one.
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  3524. Richard Widmark did a movie, "Destination Gobi." About a USN weather team in China. https://youtu.be/5zB67odK8N4
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  3525.  @themightynanto3158  simple answer is basically every time ship sank there was an oil spill. Most of them due to the small size of vessels of the time, limited the environmental impact.
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  3526.  @Someone-wj1lf  you still had working us surface forces such as the two carrier groups at sea. In fact Enterprise arrives late on 7th and loses several aircraft to friendly fire and some to enemy aircraft. They were also coastal defense installations. The submarine Force and destroyer and cruisers were also largely intact. It was also a small detachment of PT votes available. There's nothing really to be gained by exposing surface ships. This kind of goes down the rabbit hole of actually invading Oahu which makes no sense.
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  3527.  @janwitts2688  Well.... 😒 We needed practice before our island collecting and fighting Boxers in China. Yes, Native Americans got a bad deal.
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  3528.  @jimtaylor294  the threat to US trade on open seas ended with the Barbary Pirates.
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  3529.  @genericpersonx333  that's only because because the federal government had not exploded into the octopus of agencies that we have today. They may have been spending, but it was mostly on garbage left over from the Civil War. The non military Government was still limited.
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  3530. 🙆🏽‍♂️😽😽😽 seasons greetings from the cat family.
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  3531. The effect comes in play in all long range shooting. Snipers doing 1000 yard plus for example .
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  3532.  @deanroberts2021  Without Spain in the war, the idea is a non starter.
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  3533.  @davidknowles2491  Look for yourself how wide it is. HMS Queen Elizabeth just passed thru. https://youtu.be/C8D-Aa2SIf8
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  3534.  @stevewindisch7400  Your thinking way ahead of tactics or technology.
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  3535. Steam turbine blades are only designed to spin in One direction.
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  3536.  @attilarischt2851  Humanity has always been a thing. War is about destroying the enemies ability to wage war. Not to drown people or make sharks happy. For the sea is the common enemy of seamen of all flags.
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  3537. Time to buy a external speaker or earbuds.
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  3538. There's an entire Asiatic fleet in the Philippines? What are you talking about?
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  3539. New film? "Midway" is about that battle with the raid as part of the backstory.
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  3540. Conditions of US yards is not going to matter. The economy of Great Britain was stunted for like the next 20 years. They are not out producing the United States in any industry.
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  3541. Nope. That version of the Saratoga was built in the 1950's.
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  3542.  @brucetucker4847  Yep, CV-60 was scrapped last year.
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  3543. ​ @jbflotsam8132  in general, helicopters or drones are likely a better weapon.
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  3544.  @AtholAnderson  why would you even get close enough to? Doubtful.
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  3545.  @jbflotsam8132  not really. The missiles can't detect anything. Your still asking the ship to use sonar to search. The asw 🚁 has that ability.
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  3546.  @Idahoguy10157  That is the flaw of the RN. They have 3 Oceans and the Med sea to defend. So the decoy effect of German ships outweigh merchants sunk.
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  3547. Nobody wants a 60 year old ship needing 5000 crew.
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  3548. ​ @zoranocokoljic8927 All ships have Vents for fresh air. Air conditioning was probably not available however.
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  3549.  @nikujaga_oishii  Well, you can ask the Houthis? They seem to be the primary practices of surface raiding right now. Or more likely, surface terrorism. Of course they have a lot more tools available.
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  3550.  @waynesworldofsci-tech  as long as you can outgun an outrange your foe; it works. The big Subs just never got a chance to prove it.
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  3551.  @nikujaga_oishii  well there isn't very much return for anyone to just randomly go out into the ocean and hunt down commercial shipping. No one is going out for prize money anymore.
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  3552.  @manythingslefttobuild  regular submarines pretty much did that. They didn't really need the big gun. Bigger the gun slower to reload. And you really don't want to be hanging around on the surface shooting that long. So going above 5 or 6 inch guns really doesn't do much for submarines. Then there's the whole penalty underwater with noise and turbulence.
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  3553.  @Niels_Larsen  there were definitely were projects after the war. But , I think the Germans were a leap ahead with the technology. But everyone already knows the whole story about everyone grabbing German scientists and rocket technology.
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  3554.  @cliffcliffdafif9426  well if you miss, you can't cause damage.
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  3555.  @gregorywright4918  Yet, Naval Aviation gets it's due. Hard to talk the Pacific Naval war without discussing the major part. In general, we are already heavy on Surface Warfare coverage here.
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  3556. I suggest you keep in mind the context of events in 1968.
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  3557. Ships are not modular. You can't plug and play. It not like engine swaping a car.
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  3558. Greetings fellow Keystone taxpayer... 🙋🏽‍♂️
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  3559. 😏 Captain Brooke has such a Long & polite way to say, "Care to step outside and take a ass whipping?"⛵⛵
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  3560.  @zednotzee7  it's more they're only 52 weeks in a year. You can only cover so many topics. The fast attack stuff will come.
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  3561.  @johnlavery3433  goes beyond the catapults. Several other faults, notably the weapons elevators. As for replacement? Not going to happen. The rest of the class been authorized or has started construction.
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  3562.  @markmaki4460  this is one of these YouTube arguments that crops up from time to time. It's kind of pointless. You still earn a spot in Arlington...
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  3563.  @Alex-cw3rz  Say 2 shots a minute. To give you a idea what is like.... https://youtu.be/MTW_xpK-Twc
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  3564.  @redtob2119  You could ask the same about the Army or Air Force? Mostly, leaders bad. Morale bad. Training, so so. So they stay in port....
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  3565.  @locomotiveAlex1996  Until you make it cost effective, nope. Right now, they are just laboratory weapons.
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  3566.  @TBone-bz9mp  They are a culture of rules.
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  3567.  @audacityHD  Duty, Honor, Country.... once you see the Enemy, no matter the odds. Fight is on. Would you like to be the Admiral who ran way?
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  3568.  @GaldirEonai  Those are booms for torpedo nets in the folded position.
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  3569. @Valentijn van Troost Those are propeller guards. They act as fenders and keep blades being damaged.
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  3570.  @strub6732  Not very. They have poor elevation and field of fire. The need for dual purpose guns made them obsolete. So most post WW1 designs shifted to turrets.
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  3571.  @christiancobb5309  It still blows up when hit.....
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  3572.  @Ponja__  It keeps you dry and warm. Try working a open gun with waves splashing?
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  3573.  @The_Dipship  Because nobody is thinking 80 years later this would be a nice museum. Nor are most money makers or well visited. The exception are things like the USS Intrepid. Aviation is the same way. While the Smithsonian Air & Space museum is packed daily. Who goes to the USAF museum or the Naval Aviation Museum? Battlefields? Same way. Valley Forge. George Washington's great camp sits in short distance from the 2nd largest mall complex and the PA Turnpike. Everything outside the park is developed.
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  3574.  @ProperLogicalDebate  It really is not necessary.
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  3575. You can't really. You have constant change of governments. And a economic depression. So there really is no ability to do long-term planning consistently.
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  3576.  @toddwebb7521  Sadly that has become an issue with both the Naval Academy and West Point lately...
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  3577. The United Kingdom values National health Care More than ships.
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  3578. ​ @jebewok8118 Ideas and technology not there. 🙄
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  3579. @alexmoskowitz811  Like a mast?
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  3580. @rapidrhinos2254  👷🏻‍♂️👷🏾‍♀️📐📏That the job of Quality control inspectors. But, sea trials find issues....
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  3581.  @themightynanto3158  It is not required in most, even today. Not sure what the percentage of recruits that cannot swim are; but I'd be safe to say 25% Plus based on my experience. Likely more.
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  3582.  @yaki_ebiko  Nah..... That works in western movies. But nobody goes Wyatt Earp in a naval battle.
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  3583.  @WTFproductionCrew  The RAM missile is a cheaper, simpler, less power required solution.
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  3584.  @kemarisite  Better to reach out and touch someone farther away.😉
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  3585. 🤔 When is the last time you saw someone smoke a pipe? It's like asking when is the last time you used a pager? 📟 like 2006....
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  3586. Does a Carrier help? Yes, but... they were outnumbered and outclassed in the air. The Fulmar could drive off the bombers for a while, but would fall as soon as Zeros appear. The Swordfish would do little to stop the invasion on the ground. FORCE Z like US Asiatic fleet, flee to Java rather than stay in Singapore.
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  3587. @Frederik Nielsen Some call that a weakness. But if used offensively, and agressively, it is a plus. Ninja vs. Armored Knight. The Ninja traded Armor for speed and agility. With the right tactics and weapon they defeat the defense minded Knights.
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  3588.  @Tuning3434  What you call cannon foder. They saw as a proud death in service of the Empire.
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  3589.  @Tuning3434  Agreed. No debate. Just giving the other side of coin.
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  3590.  @sarjim4381  True... But they get a R&D boost From the Germans. Had the war not turned so bad, they could have bought that tech to production. Oh well...
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  3591.  @DERP_Squad  It's simple. Iron balls hit wood. The wood shatters and sends splinters everywhere.
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  3592. Is a slight error. He is certainly referring to her sister ship.
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  3593. Not really. They are still slow.
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  3594. The Macon and Akron had no catapults.
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  3595.  @ovk-ih1zp  Well....🤔 Angelina Jolie has one. https://youtu.be/JcBO7o8QlnQ
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  3596.  @danhaas9730  still, remember that the defense of Hawaii is still a split organization. It wasn't great communication Army and Navy. Not to mention the problems with long-range communications that day. It's a bit like 9/11. Even after we had ideas about the first hijacking, by the time we got planes in the air and on station. It was really too late to do anything.
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  3597.  @pizza12375  Strategy? 🤔 They got caught napping and got ass whipped. There is no strategy to replace poor watch keeping and trainined foes in Night operations.
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  3598.  @RZ350NC  He has 52 weeks of ships already.
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  3599.  @userofthetube2701 To be honest you could ask the same about the West Indies. There is no budget coming out of Depression era Holland to build a Navy to defend the colonies. Where is the political will?And what did get built would likely stay in home waters to counter Germany.
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  3600.  @scottgiles7546  http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/fun-facts/mustangs-navy-almost.html
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  3601.  @kemarisite  For a new green crew on mission one; they did better than others would have.
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  3602.  @hckyplyr9285  CA's not DD's.
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  3603. Not practical. Those ships lack the space or facilities.
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  3604. 🏆
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  3605.  @matthewwillis5650  Superior? The Sea Hurricane had its own issues. The Martlet was better is that role.
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  3606.  @themightynanto3158  Battle of Coronel -1914. https://youtu.be/NOAwBoZHA5k
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  3607. Hey, seaplanes and tenders lasted well into the 1960's. Russia and Japan still operate flying boats.
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  3608. Already dropped hint a few weeks ago. Glad to see another MTB fan.
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  3609.  @keithmoore5306  The UK in general likes national Healthcare over National defense. Even the average American cares more a Britney Spears pets; than defense policy.
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  3610.  @keithmoore5306  It is great, if not sick....😷
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  3611. They do nothing as the shipyards are still occupied with other projects. You can pay for them, but who's going to do the work on them? Everything else has a higher priority.
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  3612. How? They are not a match.
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  3613.  @MarkJoseph81  Not yet. Leaving soon.
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  3614.  @garychisholm2174  you've heard of the Nuremberg trials? The Tokyo war crimes trials were the same thing.
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  3615.  @cjwatts721  This channel deals in pre Cold Wat era mostly.
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  3616.  @unemployed_history_major4795  That would require holding US personnel guilty of the same thing.
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  3617.  @feelgoodlost9971  Unlike shipwreck treasure hunters of Spanish gold; these salvage hunters are looking for pre 1945 steel. Ship steel made before the atomic bomb has a purity needed for certain applications.
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  3618. BK 👏😏 Fellow wise man. What kind of Soviet bomber is going to even come close to the gun range of this thing before it nukes them all? What is needed is a fleet defense fighter and smaller vessels to provide a ring of Defense in depth. But it makes the World of Warship crowd happy.
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  3619.  @BestAnswer12549  if we can toss a bomb from a distance. So can the Russians.https://youtu.be/mqIJL8lx00o
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  3620.  @BestAnswer12549  my main point is , that this AA battleship won't even get a shot off. The Cold War threat really wasn't Mig Fighters or anything out at sea.
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  3621. Rocky can't climb the steps this weekend. Justin Bieber concert is getting set up.
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  3622. ​What do you mean," proper?" And to what end? By that time, the surface Navy is over.
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  3623. ​Here we are with the tank people again...... Tank armor and ships are very different.
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  3624. @yolkiandeji7649 I'm not sure what you are asking? Many of these items have long lead times. You have to get funding available. Set up production.
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  3625. @SS-ec2tu  they are preset to go off at a determined depth.
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  3626. @jliller  it could be just as simple as the new administration? Those are vestiges of the Old Navy and the Imperial system. A bit like current events here in the United States.
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  3627. @lonjohnson5161  not true. Not for ramming. It is a net cutter for sub nets.
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  3628. @gfdx3214  You are going to just skip over the whole Great Depression and a general anti war feeling after losing an entire generation? The money is not there. And the cheerleading for more arms is not there.
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  3629. @gfdx3214  and based on the results between 1935 and 1939; do you see the UK realistically expanding more than it did? People keep demanding more defense spending. The people who were there at the time; didn't see it that way.
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  3630. It's not that simple. And the Sea Hurricane was not a good fighter.
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  3631.  @bertholdvonzahringen6799  Define Early?
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  3632.  @comstr  There were no gaps or flaws. It was 7:55AM on a Sunday. The ships were not at battle stations.
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  3633.  @timengineman2nd714  Limited tugs, Long travel, few escorts or Oilers.
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  3634.  @donaldrobertson117  The UK was into downsizing and giving ships away. The Empire days were over. Look at the RN today. It's smaller than 1982.
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  3635. You are adding even more complexity to the logistics. How many calibers of guns do you want in a fleet? Not to mention the ammunition?
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  3636. @4353HUNVRTNG I've heard people make the same argument that the British Army for example; should have been entirely with M1 Garands in the same thought process. Although,fun fact. We did actually via Lend Lease send 38,000 M-1 Garands to the UK. Most never were issued however. Some Saw limited use in World War II and Korea.
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  3637. Youtube has videos on other channels on this.
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  3638. I think that has much to do about your own algorithm?
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  3639.  @Krazmedic  I don't see any such ads
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  3640.  @Krazmedic  still has little to do with History Channel views or subs.
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  3641.  keith moore  Both Systems saw use.
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  3642. Just to put this place in perspective. The population of Canada today is only 37 million. California alone, is about 40 million. Yet they have a Navy in Canada? 🇨🇦🤔 Loonies 🦆
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  3643.  @jerry2357  42 million, a rich World Empire and Centuries of Naval Power. Canada? 🇨🇦🤔 High bar to reach.
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  3644. Wrong... "Greed is Good." -Gordon Gekko🤑🤑🤑 https://youtu.be/VVxYOQS6ggk
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  3645. Pearl Harbor is just one part of a larger plan.
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  3646.  @rambling_reiver  You answered your own question. They need wind to launch planes.
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  3647.  @Jinkuzu  You're thinking about tactics too far ahead of reality. The German Navy was planning for a War in 1945. Not 1939. It takes years to get the equipment and training to use ships in war. Bismarck was lost on mission one. Nice idea. Just not a 1939 practical idea.
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  3648.  @crazysithslave  In theory. Why anybody would need too is head scratching. Range to targets is not a issue for the Germans.
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  3649.  @SageofIrrelevance  😏 Nope....
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  3650.  @markbodewig8748  Uh, something called U boats. Forget the surface force.
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  3651. They also had radio direction finding equipment.
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  3652. You want a Ken Burns documentary. That does not make for a money making film.
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  3653.  @tominiowa2513  History nerds have to be practical. The general public wants, "Avengers Endgame." You want a Ken Burns Documentary. The result is in the middle.
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  3654. The Navy had the A-3 And A-5.
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  3655.  @tomdolan9761  the Next Generation 6th generation fighter is already on the drawing boards. Next Generation aircraft are also going to be manned optional.
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  3656.  @fabianmichaelgockner5988  The Dash was successful. Success is about air superiority. Not shio types.
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  3657.  @fabianmichaelgockner5988  The invasion of North Africa? The ships would not try to challenge a combination RN/USN force. Again, Bismarck joining the other ships changes little. The RN and RAF still fail for lack of air superiority and intelligence on the movement.
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  3658. Portholes? Design tradition dies hard. And AC was not is wide use. The second question? The Great Depression cut all defense spending.
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  3659. Some information is just public info. Patent records, reports to Janes, non classifed documents, etc. Then you have intel collection by Naval Attache. And lastly spies.
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  3660. You forget Battleships have 5 inch guns and lots of them.
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  3661.  @kemarisite  You don't need to get that close. That's more a spotter issue.
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  3662.  @admiraltiberius1989  Still doesn't make a DD better. Range and fire control? That's all a matter of spotters on the beach to adjust fire. Getting close is not needed.
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  3663.  @roberthutchins1507  Half right..... This is the pre 1962 system. In 1962, the DOD unified system for all services came online.
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  3664.  @johnivkovich8655  It's really just the Navy naming System of the time. Grumman was designated F, Vought was U, D for Douglas and so on. The first F is the plane type, F for fighter, T for torpedo, S for scouting. 4 is the 4th model.
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  3665. Bad truck made into a bad boat, that kills tourists....
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  3666.  @nicjobro_4653  World of Warships channel has 2 good videos on the 40mm and 20mm guns.
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  3667. More hot dog launcher at sea..... https://youtu.be/6DIEXyBcpUY
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  3668. Will the UK preserve HMS Bristol?
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  3669.  @mpetersen6  https://youtu.be/dtkbfkmW808🤖. We will miss him.....
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  3670.  @tomhath8413  lol🤖🤖🤖🤟
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  3671.  @peterpenberthy2918  Kinda ironic. How many Poles died making the V-2 rockets for Von Braun? 🤔🚀 Now they have a Space program less than 100 years later. Wow....
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  3672. Short Answer? Not his area of expertise. Involves a lot of politics for the Cold War. Lot of information is still classified. Etcetera ,etcetera, etcetera.
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  3673.  @sooflower_183  your going back years now... try his earlier dry docks.
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  3674.  @philipprucz3099  Your question implies that leadership alone; would overcome all other issues for the Central Powers or Axis forces?
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  3675.  @99IronDuke  You can't guess the leadership changes in the UK over that time. Nor make the case for massive defense spending as Neutral. The War scarred the World to disarm. Not expand weapons making or buying.
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  3676.  @99IronDuke  But that is what makes your question impossible. Too many "What it's in a different timeline."
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  3677. https://youtu.be/3HoSh3n3CaI
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  3678. The funnels are for function over looks. The shortest exhuast is a straight pipe. Pa1
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  3679. Remove guns to save weight? So..... what are they to fight with?
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  3680.  @louis-philippefink4688  Pull off this trick, and save Bismarck? Knights Cross with Diamonds for you From Hitler.
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  3681. ​ @GaldirEonai it's cheap. It's cheaper and faster to sink a ship.
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  3682.  @tombogan03884  they fold up along the sides. I don't think there was any sort of special power mechanism needed?
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  3683. https://youtu.be/DPV_VjzU9kE
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  3684. Also speaking of storms. I heard the Thailand Navy lost a Corvette a few days ago. They got caught in bad weather .took on water. I think they lost a few people?
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  3685.  @wardaddyindustries4348  again due to YouTube copyright infringement, it's no longer available.
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  3686.  @joshthomas-moore2656  well..... 😏 That's how it sounded to the rest of the room.
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  3687.  @wildkarrde3370  there's no such rule.
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  3688.  @sproge2142  the YouTube channel, "military aviation history"last week has a full video on the topic.
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  3689.  @wildkarrde3370  about renaming a class of ships.
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  3690.  @InLoveWithCities  The issue is time. You can't get that in depth on WW2 in 180 days. You have 250 years to cover.
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  3691. Time, lack of hanger and sea conditions.
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  3692. So basically the RN submarine course is like the Star Trek Kobayashi Maru exercise? 🤔
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  3693. I would call it kinda Cheesy...🤣
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  3694. Long live the Pennsy! 😤 USS Pennsylvania 😥👍👍
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  3695. Too high a price paid.
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  3696. WELL.....time will tell how long she stays in service....
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  3697.  @ManiusCuriusDenatus  there was a cruiser named for her also.
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  3698.  @Vespuchian  Taiwan's Navy has a sub pushing 75 years of use.
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  3699.  @Ataximander  The nuclear tests are likely the best guide for those effects.
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  3700.  @notknightbean  Your stretching theoretical to real as far as it goes. There is a human element that makes all such questions no better than using a magic 8 ball. What is a "stupidly long ship?"
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  3701.  @Ushio01  All of those ASW weapons are forward mounted.
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  3702.  @jeffrey8847  The answer is simple, no. Cargo subs lack volume needed to replace real ships.
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  3703.  @EdAtoZ  Explain what your asking? The planes are a utility item.
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  3704.  @EdAtoZ  Exactly. You sum up their pros & cons and uses okay. Result? They are not a big plus or minus to the ships in actual action. Radar kinda filled the targeting role. And ground spotters could do the job inland.
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  3705.  @Kabayoth  Manpower does not give you better weather. Better tides. Better air superiority. Solves the logistics or clears a beach obstacle. Adding another division of troops if anything would be sent to Italy. Not sitting in reserve in a already crowded UK.
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  3706.  @kierenheinz7880  Ask the Greeks. They would say it was cheap and most modern of options available.
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  3707.  @Kabayoth  Your premise is a invasion based solely on manpower numbers. The problem is, your stacking up this huge ground force with no place to go. Having the Normandie takes you from point A to point B. Point C is France. Until 99 other conditions are met is a invasion possible. There is more to the operation than boots on the beaches. Trying this in 1942 or 1943 would have made Stalin happy. But would likely be a bigger Dieppe disaster.
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  3708.  @ariancontreras4358  Why should they? The 5 inch had been standardized. Your adding to a crowded logistics system without a real upside.
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  3709. 😑🏆 enjoy
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  3710. ​ @bkjeong4302 the United States Navy has long had a standing Marine Mammal program. Mostly using dolphins for underwater activities.
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  3711. ​ @baxter9725 Bismarck doesn't do anything. Convoys get rerouted. Bismarck is alone.Is hunted down and sunk. Bismarck accomplishes nothing, other than sinking Hood.
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  3712. ​ @justingreenwell Halsey had more friends in Washington.
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  3713. @vikkimcdonough6153  you are using mirrors to bounce light. But have no way to magnify it? I don't see where there's any advantage here or ability to use that to determine range? And I don't think there's ever been a issue with fragility of optical rangefinders?
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  3714.  @WarrantOfficerWill22  last time I checked, Java belong to the Dutch for centuries. So unless the wood grows in Borneo; access is going to be a bit hard.
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  3715.  @fennicfox4600  actually, that home is still to be determined.
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  3716. @fennicfox4600  that's kind of a major issue. Seeing how this is, January 2025.
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  3717. @vikkimcdonough6153  last time I checked, telescopes still have glass. I really don't see where where you have made any improvements on a rangefinder?
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  3718. @vikkimcdonough6153  Do you see anyone using this process in rangefinders?
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  3719. @vikkimcdonough6153  I think laser range finding and radars are hardy enough. But you never know.
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  3720. @WarrantOfficerWill22  no, he did not. Apparently, not found to be economical source.
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  3721.  @kimleechristensen2679  The nets are not for use at sea. More for at anchor.
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  3722. What is the Italian Navy good at? 🇮🇹⛴️🤔....... Ummm....... 🤔....... Ummmm..... Good Pizza at Sea?🤔🍕
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  3723. 🤔 Penny Pinching? I wish..... now we have a Navy Building 4 billion dollar Destroyers that don't do the job they were designed for.
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  3724.  @shatteredreality46  Midway Island has planes. It acted as a 4th carrier. Meanwhile Hornet lost most of their planes and did little.
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  3725.  @shatteredreality46  A better question is not 6 carriers; but why drag a invasion force along? A invasion never made sense. Nor was the place supportable by Japan. Those escorts and the Main body would have been better spent screening the carrier force.
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  3726.  @shatteredreality46  Yamamoto, forgot the KISS principle.... It applies to engineering and military planning. 😏
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  3727.  @Emdiggydog  Many families can make that claim.
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  3728. One more gun. One more gun crew. Aside from that? Added weight and size to fit the 3rd gun. Other than that? They all work the same. Speed varies by crew skill.
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  3729. Lines for signal flags?
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  3730.  @mytube001  Actually, flags were used as radio signals can be intercepted. Morse lamp and Semaphore were other visual communication systems.
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  3731.  @Drachinifel Mel Brooks had his own problem with job title word play......https://youtu.be/oBIxGjSHzF8
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  3732. No..... Why do guys keep up the silly use of main guns in the AA role? And please don't start yaping about the Japanese.
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  3733.  @timengineman2nd714  the guns lack the speed, elevation and direction for the job. Throwing 8" shells as AA is a poor idea.
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  3734.  @gregorywright4918  The ship has DDG and or CG escorts for AA.
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  3735. https://youtu.be/wPRY5gGS3c8
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  3736. 16 Destroyers? The Royal Navy of 2024 doesn't even have 10 destroyers. 😢
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  3737. This channel doesn't cover modern stuff.
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  3738.  @douggallagher8809  (1.)Why not? (2.) Every navy is different. Nothing new there. (3.) Top speed pales issues about air group size and protection.
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  3739. More MacArthur bashing....A cottage industry now.
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  3740. They face the same issues as all German raiders. Access to the Shipping routes and No long range escort and Unrep supply chain for.Ops.
    1
  3741. Not just heavy guns. Snipers have to factor it as well.
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  3742.  @bkjeong4302  I'm not sure that is true.
    1
  3743. Have any other ships been named for Napoleon?
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  3744. As seen in Buffalo, New York; preservation is not easy....
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  3745. On the contrary, land based Artillery is not any more accurate.
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  3746.  @bkjeong4302  But when the math works, the fireworks are amazing. 😏
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  3747.  @DrivermanO  🙋🏽‍♂️👫👬👭🎙🎶🎶🎶 So long, farewell Auf Wiederseh'n, goodnight [MARTA]👱‍♀️🎙 I hate to go And miss this pretty sight [REMAINING CHILDREN]👭👬👫 So long, farewell Auf Wiederseh'n, adieu [FRIEDRICH]👨🎙 Adieu, adieu To yieu and yieu and yieu [REMAINING CHILDREN]👫👬👭 So long, farewell Au revoir, auf Wiederseh'n [LIESL]👩🎙🙋🏽‍♂️ I'd like to stay And taste my first champagne [REMAINING CHILDREN]👭👬👫🎙 So long, farewell Auf Wiederseh'n, goodbye [KURT]🧒🎙 I leave, and heave A sigh and say goodbye Goodbye [BRIGITTA]👩‍🌾🎙 I'm glad to go I cannot tell a lie [LOUISA]🧕🏻🎙 I flit, I float I fleetly flee, I fly [GRETL]🤷‍♀️🎙 The sun has gone To bed and so must I [ALL CHILDREN]👭👬👫🎙 So long, farewell Auf Wiederseh'n, goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye🙋🏽‍♂️🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
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  3748.  thel vadamee  Tactical nucs have been off USN ships since the Bush administration.
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  3749. With no Tom Brady? That will change....😏
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  3750. 🤗 smart critic.
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  3751.  @DERP_Squad  Recipes varry.
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  3752.  @nicoderfeuerloscher1684  they really aren't. Nobody has warehouses of spare turrets and spare engines. You order as needed.
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  3753.  MRGRUMPY53  nope.
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  3754.  @cwjian90  Yes. It was part of the Rum and slave trade
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  3755.  @pozzyjr1675  it's pretty useless trying to shoot a torpedo.
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  3756.  @jameszeng5978  originally the RN and USN did the same. Basically policy changes in the 1930's led to formal names.
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  3757.  @HMSFord  The Buffalo story has no real silver lining or bright spots.
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  3758.  @Ent1610  Sigh.... 🙄 Magic 8 ball question. It does nothing more than other German ships did. The Atlantic does not change. Access to it, does not change. Lack of fuel, does not change. Lack of escorts, does not change. So other than making a bigger wreck on the bottom of the ocean; buying the Yamato doesn't do anything.
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  3759.  @chocolatecatdad  The Shitty Kitty... USS Kitty Hawk. The Forest Fire. USS Forrestal.
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  3760. It's still kind of a leap to go from carrying on a neutrality patrol to start engaging in combat with a nation not at War?
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  3761. ​Not quite similar and different War.
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  3762.  @benconway9010  The Pennsylvania Class was done already.
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  3763.  @adamwolson631  Ditching Torpedoes was a start. Smaller masts was another.
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  3764.  @thedevilinthecircuit1414  🤷‍♂️😏 Naval Architecture like building Architecture has style periods and technology changes. That turret design just ran its course.
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  3765.  @ibbi32  Johnny Horton rules.....😷
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  3766.  @kemarisite  USN Black Cat PBY's would beg to differ......
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  3767.  chris younts  No..... This a Saturday ship history. Not a bio on the last Captain or even about the sinking.
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  3768.  @kemarisite  To be fair, Admiral Crutchley R.A.N. & Kelly Turner USN. Were senior.
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  3769.  @kemarisite  People train a lifetime to fight a a battle. He got caught pants down and half sleep. Not the best mindset to make decisions.😴
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  3770.  @prussianhill  There seems to be a huge Kriegsmarine fan Club? This Surface fleet still lacks sea access. Fuel, men, air cover, logistics ships and escorts. They are not Surface Raiders and are too weak to beat the Home fleet. So what is the point? Build up to do what?🤔
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  3771.  @kemarisite  Still a threat that could damage them just long enough to bring Hell come dawn....😏
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  3772.  @a_friendly_alien4289  Depends upon what you need to upgrade and the cost? Case in point? Use Current Events. the Burnt USS Bonhome Richard in San Diego. Is it worth throwing money at? Is reactivation of a ship in Mothballs even worth it?
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  3773.  @kemarisite  Even the Chicago Cubs got lucky and won a World Series...So could a PBY.
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  3774.  @ditzydoo4378  Lifeguard subs were in places attacks were to be going on. The Indy was going to the rear area.
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  3775.  @prussianhill  You're massing of force changes little. They lack the logistics to support a force at sea. You lack a Destroyer force to screen your force. They have limited sea access to do anything in the Atlantic. They lack the fuel and manpower to move them. And with code breaking, their movements are predictable. As for a mass raid? Not needed. As long as they are stuck in port in Germany, the Baltic or in Norway they are neutrallized.
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  3776.  @prussianhill  Destruction is not really needed. Same idea as the Pacific Island hopping campaign. Bypass strong points like Rabul. You use mines and Subs to contain the enemy. As long as they are out the fight; there is nothing gained trying to waste resources sinking them. They will wither on the vine like the IJN.
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  3777. Government does not work that way.
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  3778. In retrospect, doubtful they stop the loss of Force Z or Singapore.
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  3779.  @joshthomas-moore2656  Be like Steve McQueen. Browning 1918 BAR and a axe.... 😷https://youtu.be/pxxWd56CQJw
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  3780.  @AtholAnderson  Simple answer? Spain Does not need A Navy. It needs to take Gibraltar. And close the Med. That's game over for the region. Malta and Tobruk fall soon after. Naval power shifts to Italy. U-boats have Atlantic access.
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  3781.  @AtholAnderson  Not really. You just made things complicated with that idea.
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  3782.  @fox_sake_9242  Kinda hard to do anything together due to location. The most they did was technology trade and some German raids on Indian Ocean shipping. Plus sinking HMAS Sydney. Germany and Japan managed a few sub runs between nations.https://youtu.be/6_4yaH6Y_hQ
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  3783.  @stevevalley7835  Hmmm.... Italy🇮🇹. 🤔 The "Fredo Corleone," of Axis Powers... https://youtu.be/5Weaop_aiTg
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  3784.  @stefankoscielniak3611  Only if it landed close by.
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  3785.  @ussenterprise3156  Major difference? Germany still has a Overseas Empire. So ships to support them get priority. The Great Depression curbs spending, so Nations still downsize.
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  3786.  @joshuasutherland6692  A Steam Turbine will always be simpler, have fewer parts, and less vibration in motion. Your trying to do the opposite.
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  3787. For a great lecture on Admiral Fletcher and how history has snubbed him. see this one. https://youtu.be/ltDL-JKO70E
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  3788. 😏 Naval nerds appear to be easily triggered.
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  3789. Still a old boat and outdated weapons. No guarantee of success.
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  3790. They were given basically what the shipyards had. Old guns and some add on protection for the bridge. The rest of time was spent stripping the Luxury items not needed for war.
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  3791. Starbucks would serve more tea...
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  3792.  @The_Dipship  https://youtu.be/2HkLZekOZLU
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  3793.  @joselitostotomas8114  America was the major oil exporter.
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  3794.  @Emdiggydog  Pre-Dreadnought is anything built before HMS m Dreadnought in 1906. Fast Battleships, refer to new 33 knot ships built to escort carriers.
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  3795.  @brucev6642  Anti torpedo nets. Sub nets are to protect a Harbor entrance.
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  3796. Didn't you sort of just answer your own question? What's the point of not following the naval treaty if you want to get into the good graces of the world? Also there really is no point in going outside of treaty limits for a Navy at the time barely did any Blue water activity anyway.
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  3797. Your talking about a nation with the population of California having a carrier Navy. That is big commitment of money and manpower for a small naval power.
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  3798. I believe you mean BREN gun?
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  3799.  @gonebabygone4116  You are correct in that it was the anti-tank version used in that application. Later Crews would switch to the aircraft gun as Barge hunting became the main mission. Japanese barges for transporting supplies generally had a shallow draft. Thus rather than use deep running torpedoes ; they effectively slowly transformed into motor gunboats. They faced a similar situation in the Mediterranean. Eventually the larger 40 mm Bofors became the weapon of choice. Some more ambitious boats, mounting two of them. Of course these large guns added weight and cut into boats ability to make speed. 🛥
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  3800. The term is Coast Artillery and was done months ago.
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  3801. ​ @bkjeong4302 🤔 Good Question....
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  3802. ​ @titincat172 the answer to that is kind of all over the map. Some became War prizes. Some became targets. Some got scrapped. One even got buried...
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  3803. Does the Royal Navy have a equivalent to the NCIS?🕵️‍♂️ How about the Seabees?👷🏻‍♂️🔧⚓
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  3804.  @stevevalley7835  Probably, second hand. Between the United States and the Royal Navy; many ships have had long second lives with other navies. I believe the Philippines are still using an old LST in their dispute with China. It's basically an old rust bucket on a rock with a handful of Filipino Marines.
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  3805.  @ardenelenduil2334  VLS vs. the open launchers? No added benefit really vs cost. The CG-47'S needed them for the air defense role. The ships were retired due to the post Cold War draw down.
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  3806.  @arkhaan7066  Your basically describing the German Graf Spee.
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  3807.  @boydgrandy5769  Wrong... The Langley was needed to ferry planes to defend Java. That is how she was sunk. Moving P 40's to stop the Invasion. They failed...
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  3808.  @Drachinifel  Delusional....🙄 My thought as well.
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  3809.  @Vespuchian  Reasonable range?😏 Does the name Ferdinand Magellan ring a bell?
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  3810.  @bkjeong4302  Is that really a fair match? The Americans were Green as grass in experience.
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  3811.  @darrellsmith4204  You need to watch CSPAN more..... Few crystal ball users in office.
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  3812.  @Vespuchian  How else do you move short range fighters over a Ocean?
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  3813.  @arkhaan7066  Your still building a over sized odd gun sized Cruiser or a under gunned and protected Battleship. So you have HMS Hood as a model if you dislike the Graf Spee comparison.
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  3814.  @bkjeong4302  Still, what is the point of a 10" Cruiser?
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  3815.  @Vespuchian  The point is, there is no flat answer to the question. A voyage could take hours or Around the globe.
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  3816.  @ardenelenduil2334  You could take a tanker Hull. Do the same thing. Have a 500 tubes. And build it for less than your Iowa conversion.
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  3817.  @budmeister  Sorry, I have no "camment" to delete. 😷
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  3818.  @budmeister  You do realize that you punched me first? Turning the other cheek leads to a sore jaw and lost glasses in my experience. 😐 I have no desire to be a dick about your issues or anyone else's. Matter settled. Moving on....😷
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  3819. Buddy Holly is considered the Jesus of Lubbock, Texas.....😃🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
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  3820.  @ironmanhowes8200  contradicts the guide how? The ships configurations changed over time.
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  3821. I'm still waiting for my E boat and MTB specials.....😏
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  3822. Some US battleships did have torpedoes. Many of the US standards had forward bow tubes.
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  3823.  @tomriley5790  It's a design tradeoff. Speed vs. Seakeeping in bad weather.
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  3824.  @nathanbrown8680  It's not that mysterious. After doing the Alphabet, someone decided to honor the people of the Empire. Each are Native to a nation in the Empire of Great Britain.
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  3825. It's more likely the local radio as well as TV stations located close by. The Philadelphia Coast guard station has a transmitter located just a few blocks as well.
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  3826. You must like Chrysler stuff?
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  3827.  @paulwallis7586  If you mean the cargo? Not a factor.
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  3828.  @paulwallis7586  Well....That's second guessing the guy with few cards to play.
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  3829. I know we've talked about alternative fuel systems. Were there any developments on the battery side? Did anyone know about nickel cadmium or lithium ion batteries?
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  3830. The planes did the work.😐
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  3831. Good grief..... Beyond nitpicking.
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  3832. @cas curse It's backseat driving to the tenth power. It's not like you guys pay for this. Instead, he gets whining about mouse clicks.🤨
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  3833.  @davidhimmelsbach557  he already talked about Ferry operations.
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  3834.  @stevevalley7835  your example of the USS Maine is a good one. But, in both cases that would have been a salvage operation for removal. The idea of trying to put this thing back in the service is just out the question. I think simply because of time and money Arizona and the Utah just never got the attention that Oklahoma did.
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  3835.  @fjthatguy9496  well if you believe Google? The word" Marine" is the word for "Sea" in French. Apparently the French would refer to English troops arriving by the sea with that description. That is why they are frequently called soldiers of the sea.
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  3836.  @vikkimcdonough6153  Humpty Dumpty would have had more success by all the king's horses and All the King's Men. There is no chance of spending any amount of resources for return to service. That is just a catastrophic loss. It likely would have been salvaged just like the Oklahoma. However time and money left the Arizona and Utah uncompleted for removal. The ship has just been structurally deformed and weakened in such a massive fashion; that thinking about repair is just not a consideration. This is a vessel that already in 1941 is considered elderly.
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  3837.  @stevevalley7835  I think Arizona and Utah would have been removed like Oklahoma eventually. I think the end of the war just kind of lessened the whole idea to the back burner. The idea of the memorial came much later. I think we'll just have to wait for the anime series, "Space battleship Arizona.... " 🌝
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  3838. On the contrary, the Bearcat was lacking in the long-range and multi-role capabilities. The Ryan Fireball should thrown into this mix at the time as well.
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  3839.  @johnsykesiii1629  there are people who will criticize the 76 film for using stock footage.
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  3840.  @johnsykesiii1629  How about this cgi? Lol🐱 https://youtu.be/w3rQ3328Tok
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  3841.  @themanformerlyknownascomme777  that's an impossible crystal ball question.
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  3842. Numbers make a difference. The more escorts, the harder for Uboats to attack a convoy.
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  3843.  @jlsperling1  When I referred to units "in China," yes that includes the Gunboats. As well as the rest of 4th MARINES. A number of which had not yet moved to the Philippines.
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  3844. Really enjoyed your recent Star Trek universe ship review. Are you a Star Trek fleet command player by any chance? 🤔
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  3845.  @cringyhuman3210  rather hard to walk on a wet metal surface. That's why the decks were covered and a material cool to walk on and provides traction.
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  3846.  @eitanrosen464  impossible to give a real answer.
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  3847.  @waynesworldofsci-tech  Star Trek tabletop game?
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  3848.  @kamikazeviking3053  assuming of course you survived the sinking, and the exposure ,and the sharks?🦈🦈🦈🦈 You would be giveb 30 days survivors leave. Then be available for reassignment.
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  3849.  @TheRWS96  Like USS Cod? https://youtu.be/6cxLDHukRF4
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  3850.  @adamfrank5510  The draft..... The Navy downsized after the war.
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  3851.  @beigethursday1352  That makes no sense. Those are not dual purpose guns.
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  3852.  @jamesharding3459  You mean compressed oxygen? https://youtu.be/Rgi4ta5HZjk
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  3853.  @DanielJMorgan  We can play, woulda, coulda, shoulda...... Answer is still, no. They are not getting to battle stations and getting up steam to move any place.
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  3854.  @ed4415  Ships are not tanks.... 😑 The armor needs of tanks are different. Ships have voids and compartments. Ships have to worry about plunging fire. It's not 🍎vs🍏
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  3855.  @DanielJMorgan  Since you bring it up, this is how to light a boiler.....https://youtu.be/bs35Vigmu_c
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  3856.  @DanielJMorgan  Because your question was worth belittling. 🙄
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  3857.  @DanielJMorgan  You asked a question. You got answers. More than one. And none agreed with you. That is your ego melting down. Not a attack on you.
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  3858.  @stephenfabina726  Heat has to reach high levels. Your home Oven reaches 500 degrees Fahrenheit without a sweat.
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  3859.  @stephenfabina726  Jet fuel does not melt steel beams. Steel heated does lose strength and gravity brings down towers.....
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  3860.  @kemarisite  Knocked that out the silly ballpark....⚾️🙄
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  3861.  @stephenfabina726  https://youtu.be/zCznMbj2Yn4
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  3862.  @bradleyjames1340  Oh, boy...... 🙄 There is a right way to shoot down planes. A flash bang grenade at sea is not one of them.
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  3863.  @MililaniJag  5 mins?🤔 try this video..... Not a chance. https://youtu.be/bs35Vigmu_c
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  3864.  @MililaniJag  Interesting place and problem.....🤔
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  3865.  @robertneal4244  Your 3rd strike fails. They have no surprise at all. Nor have the payloads to do the damage needed.
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  3866.  @eviper1054  It will make a great SinkEx target.
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  3867.  @comms9803  yeah, Men on West Virginia and Oklahoma lasted a while.
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  3868.  @mrmarkus554  The ships have been covered in his ship series.
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  3869.  @TEGRULZ  Your right, it is crazy. The ship was a right off.
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  3870.  @postsepp5253  Simple answer? They found those turrets too damaged to play with. So they took what is usable.
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  3871.  @postsepp5253  Yes, they are damaged. That's where the bomb hit was.
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  3872. Wild guess? These are World of Warship fanboy questions?
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  3873. Germany is broken by WW1. How are they going to keep a fleet, pay war debt, and survive the Depression?
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  3874.  @Knight6831  not sure what you mean? Battleship row was pretty much beaten up. Arizona is just special cuz her magazine went up. The rest were pretty sunk or damaged badly.
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  3875.  @Tdelliex  biggest claim to fame? Sinking the Wilhelm Gustloff on January 30, 1945. And killing 6000 souls.
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  3876.  @lex0266  not effective at all. And put a large number of high explosives in your bow and was a flood risk.
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  3877.  @Underwaystudios  nope....
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  3878. @Karl Dubhe how do you mistakenly sink a Target?
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  3879.  @trevortrevortsr2  I'm sure they're plenty of folks in the ministry of Defense with ideas?
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  3880.  @Trekpanther  that's pretty much the rule for the secondary people. Somebody has to be a stretcher Bearer. Somebody has to do damage control.
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  3881.  @leonhardtbelgar2468  basically not at all. There is no one for them to fight. They were already other plenty of battleships available. And they're too slow to operate with the carriers.
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  3882.  @mtgAzim  it refers to muzzle diameter and barrel lengths. For example, the description: US Navy 16-in/50 Mark 7 Mod 0. Means that the gun was developed by the Navy of the United States of america, it has a board dimension of 16 in diameter. A barrel length of 16 * 50 inches long. And is the seventh version of The gun.
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  3883.  @travis5376  what do you mean by reaction?
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  3884.  @jonathanj8303  profitable? Greece is the crazy cat lady of naval ships. No , nobody ever makes money off sales to Greece.
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  3885.  @RupertFoulmouth  the simple answer to your question is politics and the need to honor the new state of New Mexico. As to your longer question the naming conventions of ships is not particularly straightforward and has changed over time. Different classes of ship are named for different reasons.
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  3886. @Karl Dubhe that's why they have practice ammunition.
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  3887.  @sarjim4381  1918..... We will be in "Walking Dead " mode if we reach those numbers. 🙄
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  3888.  @sarjim4381  Can we handle things?🤔 Here is one answer.....https://youtu.be/Risbi82nr0k
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  3889.  @Moredread25  it's very hard to answer that question. Military pay varies by your rank and time of service.
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  3890.  @MaxwellAerialPhotography  basically , that's the function of a torpedo. And most of your so-called any ship missiles don't affect anything below the water line. Finally late War, there were some guided bombs. But nothing that would have changed the outcome radically.
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  3891.  @jenniferclark746  I think the captain would probably be asking why you're taking a crap in his chair?
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  3892.  @QuizmasterLaw  Ranger was built ground up as an aircraft carrier.
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  3893. @lime master which one are you referring to?
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  3894.  @tmutant  🤔 and the question is?
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  3895. @lime master 🤔🍋 No Lemon?
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  3896. So they accidentally invented the first naval hot dog/T-shirt cannon?
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  3897.  @bkjeong4302  Disagree. A ship just of AA guns offers no fire support.
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  3898.  @bkjeong4302  The 5 inch gun lacks range to hit inland targets beyond the beach. In general, by wars end the entire AA cruiser was obsolete.
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  3899.  @bkjeong4302  What happens when your Atlanta class faces enemy Cruisers? Too light to hurt a Heavy Cruiser. Too light on Armor to trade shots with most 6" light Crusiers?
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  3900.  @silentotto5099  He still had a surface force and invasion force to play with. Four carriers was more than a match for Midway airpower.
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  3901.  @silentotto5099  In the Japanese defense, they did try. They were not able to get updated intelligence on ships in Pearl Harbor. They had no idea Yorktown was repaired. And the sub force failed spotting the US fleet.
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  3902. @D. C. Keasling He would be going out on a lonely Historical and Military strategy limb. The timing is beyond coincidental. Nor was there any great US military force in Alaska prior to the invasion.
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  3903. Head scratch..... So you have 21 knot ships that can not Chase a cold, have huge crews and weak guns? Why is that a good idea or deal?
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  3904.  @Knight6831  Yes.
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  3905.  @stevevalley7835  military strategy and political don't always go together. Nobody really planned the Pacific acquisitions.
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  3906.  @redaethel4619  🤣 nope.
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  3907.  @MrPhoenixpro  Not really. Rockets lacked the guidance, payload and reliability.
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  3908.  @stevevalley7835  True. But this is due to Teddy Roosevelt playing king for a day. Not any real plan by McKinney or his Administration. America's Empire kinda is just a fluke.
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  3909.  @Knight6831  Well.... That's going to take a major shift in UK Defense policy and spending. That's a political and cultural problem. The UK of today is Generations removed from WW2 or even the Cold War. They are never going to build much beyond a 100 ship Navy again.🤷🏽‍♂️
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  3910.  @stevevalley7835  Other than FDR, War is a hard sell to most of America in 1939.
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  3911.  @redaethel4619  Did you eat the Academy Mascot? 😳
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  3912. They are not a bad idea though. They are just using the wrong technology.
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  3913. Why does it bother you that much ?
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  3914. withdrawn for copyright infringement.
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  3915.  @theleva7  It's outright censorship and politics deciding content of channels. It's just as bad as Tumblr purge in December. But your right. Some advertisers prefer endless cat videos and stay as PC as possible.
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  3916. Halsey is still returning from the raid on Tokyo?
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  3917.  @ph89787  do we have enough Fleet Oilers to do all this?
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  3918.  @dejangabrovsek6534  The Royal Navy does not name ships for past heroes like the USN.
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  3919.  @Alex-cw3rz  The UK can not aggree on anything. From Brexit, to a PM, to what Royal they hate this week..... Yet you want a dream Navy?🙄
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  3920.  @dejangabrovsek6534  The Admiral's are a exception.
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  3921.  @b.griffin317  These were coal fired ships. The rigging is for emergency use of sails
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  3922.  @Alex-cw3rz  A whole £15 billion? How much did they spend on the Olympics?
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  3923.  @michaelsullivan6127  I see no plus side. The main guns are overkill already. Why add a bigger non dual purpose secondary? 🤔 Ditto on your thoughts.
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  3924.  @michelangelobuonarroti4958  Influential implies a standard to follow? For that, Yorktown is a bad choice. The Type XXI U Boat however does. It set the stage for sub development since 1945 worldwide.
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  3925.  @Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan  The same for all Navies. Artillery spoting, search and rescue, reconnaissance.
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  3926.  @solarisengineering15  Live fire tests are done practically yearly. They are called, Sinkex. Every Summer off Hawaii, the USN holds the annual Rimpac exercise. And target ships are hit with everything up to torpedoes. A ship is not a tank. The compartments contain damage and flooding. See for yourself here. https://youtu.be/VVsnUsbJ-Xk
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  3927.  @CharlesStearman  The added spars and rigging are not needed for signals flags.
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  3928.  @sirboomsalot4902  USNS Comfort.
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  3929.  @No1Chrispycat  for rigging sails.
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  3930.  @michelangelobuonarroti4958  There are many ships with far more battle star honors than Yorktown. And to claim a single ship influenced the outcome of the War alone is a bit of a stretch.
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  3931. The idea is to honorably die for the empire. Survival and fuel status was meaningless.
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  3932. @John Milton The American way....🤠🇺🇸 " Give me Miles and Gallons or give me death!"
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  3933. @John Milton Dad would agree. Helped send stuff to Space for decades.
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  3934.  @craighagenbruch3800  most of those mines were contact mines. That is type with horns. So no timer needed. Magnetic and pressure mines work differently of course.
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  3935.  @fabianmichaelgockner5988  Well, why not?🤔 Why else would you keep it any longer? While we on this channel have sentimental value to these things, they are war surplus.
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  3936.  @fabianmichaelgockner5988  Wikipedia for what it's worth, has a different view. First, the ship was apparently damaged in a collision with the Prinz Eugen. She was never fully repaired. Second it is stated she was used as a barracks ship for mine Crews. Not used for mine sweeping.
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  3937.  @ricardokowalski1579  do you happen to have block ships handy? 🤔 The Royal Navy is already borrowing lend lease ships from the United States. It's not like they have a ton of ships in surplus.
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  3938.  @fabianmichaelgockner5988  as stated, being a barracks ship or flagship is more about personnel and staff Space. Not actual mine sweeping... It does not appear to be seaworthy.
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  3939.  @ricardokowalski1579  agreed. Leipzig was definitely one of them.
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  3940. Oh trust me, we get plenty of tank questions. Which basically boiled down to, ships are not tanks....
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  3941. He did shows on New Jersey months ago.
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  3942. Strangely enough? As big as a naval nerd that I am and living right across the river. Haven't been able to visit yet.😔 Of course I can say the same thing about Independence Hall or the Liberty Bell. In 51 years, I've seen the Bell once. I've driven past USS New Jersey. I used to work right outside of Camden. Just one of those tourist things I just haven't been on. I really should go.
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  3943.  @rbaron7352  I have been to the Olympia and Becuna. But, it has been a number of years.
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  3944.  @jb76489  Battle of the North Cape.....https://youtu.be/KbRMEPPbSyg
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  3945.  @kingdomofvinland8827  Others have done the story.....https://youtu.be/bbhUsJEIyTg
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  3946.  @mikkivance5079  Bad trade off. Result is fewer weapons and limited ammo.
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  3947.    🤷‍♂️
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  3948.  @miwky406  You're asking a magic 8 ball question. What is this wonder project?
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  3949.  @rafale1981  Flank is above full speed.
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  3950.  @adamwright9517  The Bismark is not hit in the rudder. The shadowing cruisers Norfolk & Suffolk lose contact. They need a few more hours to reach air cover and a safe port in France.
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  3951.  @Kai-tm8lx Ships are not tanks..... Ships are built with compartments and voids. The systems are not the same.
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  3952.  @stewartellinson8846  Very policed. The air and sea lanes were under observation 24 /7. The strong currents made travel submerged hard as well.
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  3953.  @kemarisite  Most likely option is ditch by a escort ship.
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  3954.  @miwky406  Your question implies some great technology Leap. Nothing in 1945 to Even 1949 reaches That. 1955, the First Nuclear Submarine does that. The question is not irrational, just vague.
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  3955.  @stewartellinson8846  That's a clearer question to answer.
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  3956.  Roy Futrell  Why would anyone develop a manned torpedo in 2020?
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  3957.  @blogsblogs2348  Trolling implies Some motivation to annoy or harass you. There is nothing like that going on.😐
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  3958.  @Thirdbase9  Even Chinese people find technology a better solution than suicide weapon tactics. Were you thinking about more like a SEAL delivery Vehicle? Or the Japanese Kaiten 2.0?🤔
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  3959.    You know, your custard question is the most thought provoking and problemmatic of the day! 🤔 What flavor? How do you swim in it? Can you surf on Custard?🤔
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  3960.  @Thirdbase9  The term today is Special Ops delivery Vehicles. And several nations are investing in them. There's also unmanned sub drones that are entering use.
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  3961.  Roy Futrell  Roy, it would help if you lose the profanity and carry on in a adult manner. Acting your shoe size is never a good idea. It would also be useful to use the terminology of the day. Special Operations Vehicles. Not Manned Torpedo.
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  3962.  @rossswenson532  The Battleship USS Nevada. Sister ship to the the USS Oklahoma. It was the only one the BB's to make for sea. Due to damage, it was beached. so not to block the Harbor. Infact, the wreck of Nevada was found a few days ago.
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  3963.  @larrytischler570  Yep... the words Neville Chamberlain and Defense Hawk; don't match....
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  3964.  keith moore  It's actually in the Naval regs. "In battle, the Marine detachment mans gunnery stations, normally in the antiaircraft battery. At this time, the senior Marine officer and his detachment officers ordinarily perform various gunnery control duties. As far as practicable, the detachment is employed as an intact division in the organization of the ship for battle. All Marines, except orderlies, turn out with the bluejackets to handle ammunition when it is brought aboard. They generally assist in provisioning the ship, and square away their own compartment. In port, Marine sentries guard the gangways. If the ship captures an enemy vessel, they may be assigned to the boarding party and prize crew." https://books.google.com/books?id=1TlQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA228&lpg=PA223&ots=8GTMXkPOPj&focus=viewport&dq=Marine+ship+detachments+and+gunnery&output=text#c_top
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  3965. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/36t2ob/when_did_the_british_navy_stop_awarding_prize/
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  3966.  keith moore  Okay, tighter question... Quick answer? Not every gun. Marine Detachments were Company to platoon sized units. The ship gunnery officer would detail their placement. On a BB, they could have a entire 5" turret crew.
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  3967.  @gwtpictgwtpict4214  nope. And that we agree.
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  3968. This obsession of trying to use large caliber guns for AA is a dead end. They are big. they're slow to traverse and load. They don't have the fire control or the high angle to do anything.
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  3969. Were you going to write the check? There was a Great Depression going on. There was no fiscal or defense threat to justify the expense.
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  3970. Actually the money would have been spent better on what the actual threat was. Anti-submarine Warfare. Soviet surface forces was not the worry. It was their submarines. It's rather pointless to keep something like Warspite.
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  3971.  @Lancasterlaw1175  they had no Logistics. They had no bases. Their surface ships rarely went in to the Atlantic or the Med. They were not that much a blue water threat then or now.
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  3972. Pike, sounds like Q Branch from a Bond film. Ice ships ...., jet packs.... armed Aston Martin. 😏
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  3973. 🤔..... Yeah. We are a bit heavy on Battleship fandom.
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  3974.  @michaeldenesyk3195  basically the same thing. Visual observation of fall of shot and then correct. Not much more advanced than the age of sail.
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  3975. Spotter planes to direct fire.
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  3976.  @hughgordon6435  like I said spotter planes
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  3977. I think the Arizona is gettting repairs done.
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  3978.  @jameson1239  No. But the Park Service has it closed till fall 2019 for structural repairs.
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  3979.  @jameson1239  Thanks Captain Obvious....🙄 We are talking about the Memorial built over it.
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  3980.  Ron Lewenberg  I didn't say January. And by the time of Midway they had control of everything West of Midway and West of India.
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  3981.  @JJ-eb4tx  nope.
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  3982.  @Wlz-23  he's a lefty.
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  3983.  @dejangabrovsek6534  you would occasionally have ships send shore parties. Such as with the SMS emden taking a island communication station in the Indian Ocean. Or when US Naval forces had to go down to Veracruz, Mexico. They use disembarked sailors to carry out a police action. In the various colonies, they might have to be used when Army troops were not available.
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  3984.  @dejangabrovsek6534  are you familiar with the defense of the foreign legations during the Boxer Rebellion in China? Look up the film, "55 days at Peking."
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  3985.  @lonjohnson5161  https://youtu.be/A8dalGrOR30
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  3986.  @lonjohnson5161  have you never seen the James Bond movie, " For your eyes only? "Opening scene, British intelligence ship designed as a fishing trawler; snags an old mine in a fishing net. Blowing the boat up.
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  3987.  @nitsu2947  Russian Kirov class
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  3988.  @babamukuru666  Nope.
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  3989.  @f12mnb  That made no sense....
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  3990.  @lightburnsky3926  There are many. Few are chasing wrecks. The Atlantic is covered in wreckage of subs, escorts and merchants.
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  3991.  @tomhsia4354  🤨 The RN would disagree. They were not playing games as you suggest.
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  3992. You are gambling...... Without battle damage recon planes, you have only pilot reports to go on. A 3 rd strike lacks surprise and as it turns out Enterprise is in attack range. The gains on logistics are not a sure thing. Unlike ships, they are harder to kill and spread arround the Harbor. Ships are easier for pilots to hit. And they are full of fuel and ammo.
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  3993. You heat it. Heat it high enough, It becomes workable.
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  3994.  @08jag81  Kurt Tank And the boys at FW would disagree. You can make a fast and aerodynamic air cooled design.
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  3995.  @johnfrancisterne1072  I wouldn't say irrelevant. Just that other factors as well as sheer power overcame the advantages of the inline.
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  3996.  @08jag81  the Sea Fury was a great bird.
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  3997.  Ron Lewenberg  Ship naming has neither requirements for the honor.
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  3998.  @DanielBrown-sn9op  Not true. FDR had a Midway class CV named for him.
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  3999. No, just there are few returns in going bigger. The Germans in both wars built huge railway guns as long range artilery. But now the gun is too big move, too big to hide, and too slow to fire.
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  4000. There's more to come. Part two has just been posted.
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  4001. R.I.P. Marko Ramius, Captain, Soviet Navy.....😥 https://youtu.be/PWU9g1Fce3U
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  4002. Fletcher wasn't to blame for Savo Island.
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  4003.  @papajohnloki  Some of that criticism may be misplaced. Have you watched this lecture on Fletcher? https://youtu.be/ltDL-JKO70E
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  4004.  @John.0z  you have to look at it in context of the time. First you have several administrations with different defense policies. There's also the factor that frankly NATO was a security blanket on land and sea. As the empire pulled back. The US 7th and 6th Fleet filled the void. The Soviets did not have a aircraft carrier threat. Everyone instead focused on stopping anti-ship missile carrying lumbering Bear bombers. That's the Royal Navy went back to its pre-war concept that ship anti-aircraft defense is the prime focus, rather than combat air patrols. So with the US Navy picking up a lot of the heavy lifting all the European nations cut back on the size of their navies and their capabilities.
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  4005.  @gamerfan8445  Likely so. As the owner of a old house; a newer one is cheaper to build and run by far.
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  4006.  @gamerfan8445  Long term? Yes.
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  4007.  @keithmoore5306  it's not British Waters. The ship may be yours, but you have no Authority there. There are wrecks all over the World.
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  4008.  @keithmoore5306  what are they going to do? You can't protect every shipwreck for the last hundred years.
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  4009. 5in 38's will be more than enough for Olympia.
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  4010.  @goodman4966  Doubtful, but not impossible.
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  4011.  @thedamnyankee1  DC is sort of a hit or miss, learn by events vs. Training thing. Overtime, all sides learned to train sailors for DC as well as form trained DC teams. Also ship designs vary. Kinda hard to make a generalization on who does it better.
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  4012.  @ladyponfarr5479  Antennas...
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  4013.  @jerbear3915  to San Jose? 🤔
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  4014.  @daringuncle8889  https://youtu.be/3HoSh3n3CaI
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  4015.  @sarchlalaith8836  Pre Radar you could see as far as the horizon. About 20 miles on a clear day. That is why ships have always placed spotters up high in the age of sail.
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  4016.  @sarchlalaith8836  Well larger planes lead to bigger deck carriers, square elevators over t shaped ones, catapult gear, higher speed hulls. Unlike pre Ark Royal ships.
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  4017.  @mattmopar440  All early carriers were kinda of experiments. No common size, design, dockyard or arrangement. As folks built more, by trial & error you learned what worked and what sucked.
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  4018.  @derptank3308  😒 Why should they buy a dated American design, when they had a dozen UK firms making planes of the same quality?
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  4019. ​ @markmaki4460 I think it's Dutch, rather than Native American?
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  4020.  @colbeausabre8842  I wouldn't even go that far. None of Supermarine's Naval Fighters were great.
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  4021. Just because it's pretty or British, does not make it a good Naval fighter.
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  4022.  @petriew2018  Hmmmmm.....🤔 Japanese scouting resources were limited to scout planes from their Cruisers. Infamously, one of them had Communications difficulties. The Combat Air Patrol was not bad. They were overworked by numerous attacks either play planes from Midway and Carrier torpedo attacks. They were low on fuel and ammo. But more critically lacking altitude. Down on the deck chasing torpedo planes, when the dive bombers came through. Change up the timing a few minutes; and the battle changes.....
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  4023.  @petriew2018  🏈 That is ton of Monday morning QB.
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  4024.  @razgriz9146  Well.... "Pointless" is a bit strong. As a strategy to get your Enemy to react, it made sense. In Retrospect, it is the More successful part of the Operation. You tied up military forces in the region for a year. We can look at the plans in hindsight; knowing we read the Japanese codes. The Japanese also were not able to get Aerial confirmation of the situation at Pearl Harbor.
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  4025. Worse how?
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  4026. There's no point in building escort carriers if you don't have pilots.
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  4027. Actually there were a number of spare barrels.
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  4028.  @Philip271828  they didn't have to make barrels. The US had a supply of spares.
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  4029. Define repair? That's generally a yard work situation.
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  4030.  @sreckocuvalo8110  Incandescent lights would not have the output of modern LED or halogen lamps.
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  4031.  @calvingreene90  But, then there are the pros and cons. The light gives you away to others. The rare night fights. The development of radar...... Interesting idea.
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  4032. Release dates may change....Already MGM has kicked the new James Bond movie from April to November due to the Coronavirus thing. Right now it's set for June arround the same time as Top Gun 2.
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  4033. ​ @WarrantOfficerWill22 It would have been a one-off design. And developments Would Have Made It obsolete almost immediately.
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  4034. ​ @laminat0996 Are you talking about air to ground or surface to surface?
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  4035. ​ @bkjeong4302 I think it's more based on the experience on the Langley?
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  4036. ​ @Niels_Larsen That makes no sense? As you need to commit a mutiny against a agency run by the government.
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  4037. ​ @SPF-82 The A4 and A6 were better aircraft. The A1's long use is due to change in Mission. Reliance on Essex class carriers. Hi load capability and loiter time. Size of the Essex class Made them better suited. They also found themselves with a very long land-based role.
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  4038.  @johnshepherd9676  And over time, It did replace the Skyraider. And it was Replaced by the A-7. So.... what do we disagree about?
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  4039.  @Wannes_  just a shade outside of normal Channel scope. Construction did not begin until mid 1952.
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  4040.  @johnshepherd9676  Clearly the life of both the A-1 And A-4 are closely linked to Service on Essex class Carriers. As the ships began to retire, the need for or missions for both changed. The size of the aircraft made them uniquely adaptable from operating with them. Had the war not begun, you probably would have seen a more rapid replacement of the SkyRaider. It would hang on for a few more years other missions and being a land-based aircraft. I believe it's last carrier strike mission was in February of 1968 per Naval Command.
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  4041.  @imprisongroverfurr5252  🙇🏽‍♂️Hmmmmmmmm....... USA still caught flat footed. Still would take time organizing the supply chain of the Alaskan Highway and such. The Fleet repairs of the Pearl Harbor survivors like USS Pennsylvania might go up a notch? The biggest offhand problem in that alternative? Do you take away resources to the Guadalcanal campaign? While the Aleutians are a Army problem. Do you have the shipping and combat forces to do both? Being Alaska, it might seem like the more priority Threat? But, so is a finished Guadalcanal for the Japanese.
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  4042. Nope.
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  4043. If you check he does have a video on The Sullivans. They have patched it up and making repairs still.
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  4044. Enterprise did have losses. Several planes were lost to enemy and friendly fire.
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  4045. That's a lot of radar guns to dodge.
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  4046.  @ph89787  The submarine Surcouf. They would love a sub with big guns and a plane.
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  4047.  @giovannifontana1433  the concept wasn't invented yet.
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  4048.  @jamesmchenry4708  The Turtle? The one man submersible of the US Revolution. That was small... 🐢
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  4049.  @Oszczywilski  Nobody goes to McDonald's for the Quarter Gram with Cheese..... 🍔🙄 Down with Metric..
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  4050.  @Oszczywilski  ..... .00276 pounds. Happy now?🙄
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  4051.  @Oszczywilski  point still stands...
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  4052.  @stevevalley7835  Hmmmmmm....Where do you reach that conclusion? The Philippines were equal, if not more of value as a territory.
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  4053.  @stevevalley7835  FDR choose a Germany first policy. So history does not change.
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  4054.  @stevevalley7835  Hmmm... Not too sure about the current guy. He might leave you behind? 😔
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  4055.  @amerigo88  I think this Fall there is a remake of "West Side story.?"
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  4056. The decks are steel covered by teak wood. The guns can fire in any direction needed. The deck will be fine.
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  4057. Wikipedia says number four on the kill list.
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  4058. He has 52 weeks already set.
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  4059. ​ @vikkimcdonough6153 I think for most allied destroyers; your talking about trading firepower for eyes in the sky. Room needed for a aircraft catapult. Is going to mean giving up space for for weapon systems. Are you willing to sacrifice depth charge racks? Torpedo launchers? A dual purpose 5"or Etc ?
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  4060.  @johnmcmickle5685  if you are going to go through that much effort? You might as well just build a escort carrier from scratch.
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  4061.  @TheKencoffee  S. S. (Steamship). M. V. (Motor Vessel). RM (Royal Mail Ship). H. M. S. (His Majesty's Ship) H.M.A.S.(His Majesty's Australian ship). U. S. S. (United States ship). A CVN, is a naval type designation. Aircraft carrier, nuclear powered.
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  4062.  @marlinstout4180  there is zero reason to try and modify or keep them. They are Surplus to requirements with a navy full of carriers.
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  4063.  @ericdueck9405  there is no worry about attacks on Lake Michigan.
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  4064.  @marlinstout4180  So you have just asked a question you already have the answer to?👏
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  4065.  @marlinstout4180  You are basically rewording the same thing. They have no value or use. And were already obsolete. They were already obsolete when they were put in commission. They were simply a stopgap measure of expediency. The technical factors you just mentioned. just reinforces you already know the answer.....
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  4066.  @marlinstout4180  there's no confusion. The answer was always the same.
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  4067.  @AkronCorfu  he visited the ship like about a year ago. And have some videos on it.
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  4068.  @boomsssboom9804  You don't have the numbers of aircraft. Your talking about a handful of aircraft, not a squadron. And while you have people able to do tests and evaluation. You don't have manuals and replacement parts to be able to sustain a training program long term.
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  4069.  @willarth9186  you might have had interference with the Army Air Forces? Millville, New Jersey was a major training base for p-47 fighters. They likely did a lot of their training over the bay? Being a non-populated area.
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  4070.  @willarth9186  did you happen to catch the USS New Jersey move down river yesterday?
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  4071.  @willarth9186  yeah, there were some pretty good live streams yesterday...
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  4072.  @the_undead  Hmmm..... Current events say different. 😏
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  4073.  @jayteegamble  Those are shallow water wrecks. Wrecks a diver can reach. Nuclear subs cannot reach 17,000 feet.
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  4074. Ditto
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  4075.  @jbrwokyruges  nope, hasn't done it yet....
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  4076.  @joestendel1111  The Navy has improved only a bit since they tried in 1812. 😷
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  4077.  @michaelwu358  You must like your cousins? 🤔
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  4078.  @michaelwanamaker9829  🙄... Kingsford charcoal would be worth more than Exxon Mobil. Buy stock.
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  4079.  dimapez  The company is not British. They could buy buy it open market like everyone.
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  4080.  dimapez  US knowledge and production predates 1940. Nor was a secret item.
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  4081.  dimapez  "USA Bofors 40 mm L/60 Model 1936 - NavWeaps" http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_4cm-56_mk12.php
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  4082.  dimapez  Still available, not secret, and not stopped by Germans.
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  4083.  @mxaxai9266  Depends if tactics and technology move that fast.
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  4084.  @craighagenbruch3800  The Baltic Sea.
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  4085.  keith moore  https://youtu.be/wHUCV_EDOFI
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  4086.  keith moore  Still, they had programs under way. They had no need for the I class subs.
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  4087. They had catapults.
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  4088. The Philippines have great strategic value. The Asiatic Fleet base there is more of a direct threat then the British at Singapore or the Pacific Fleet at Hawaii.
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  4089.  @philipjooste9075  Wrong... Bulkeley, John D. Vice Admiral USN.
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  4090. VADM John D. Bulkeley USN.
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  4091.  @panzerdeal8727  they will fit quite easily.
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  4092. Do you have a real question that does not need a crystal ball?
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  4093.  @coryclemett5569  land planes on a carrier? Well 1963, the US Navy tested Landing and take off with a slightly modified C-130 cargo plane. Using brakes and thrust reverser oh, they were able to land successfully without a tail hook. Several videos on YouTube
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  4094.  @craighagenbruch3800  🤔 Piracy in general would be great Wed special video. As to the second question? Rules of engagement very by time and place and Nation. Just look at World War I and restricted sub warfare. The whole surfacing, boarding, and playing with deck guns got old real fast.
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  4095.  @and15re1 " Reprisal, laid down in July 1944 at the New York Navy Yard and launched in 1945, had her construction cancelled on 12 August 1945 due to the cessation of hostilities when the ship was about half complete.[39] She was scrapped incomplete after tests. Iwo Jima (CV-46) was laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding yards in January 1945, but was cancelled in August 1945 for the same reasons. She was broken up on the slipway. Six fiscal-year 1945 ships, none of which received names, were assigned to Fore River (CV-50), Brooklyn Navy Yard (CV-51 and CV-52), Philadelphia Navy Yard (CV-53) and Norfolk Navy Yard (CV-54 and CV-55). Their construction was canceled in March 1945. Oriskany (CV-34) was ordered and laid down as an Essex-class vessel, was completed in 1950 to the much modified SCB-27 design, and from commissioning until her reconstruction 1957–59 was listed as the lead ship of the separate Oriskany class."-wiki
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  4096.  @Knight6831  Enterprise was already in service.
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  4097.  @Soundwave3591  I highly doubt they would have been a Jutland 2.0.
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  4098.  @Knight6831  by the time you get to Vanguard, the air threat has changed.
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  4099. turn your captions on.
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  4100. Where do you get 85% from?
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  4101. If you think about the illness question? Let's just look at today. We have merchant ships all over the world stacked up for the last 3 years. And there's not been a major covid outbreak at all in the merchant or military navies really. Being at at Sea, you're basically quarantined from most problems ashore.
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  4102. ​ @michaelkovacic2608  Not just No, but Hell no.
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  4103. Being a mid-fifties built design, most ship topics stop around the Korean War for this channel.
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  4104. Submarine can't keep up with the surface ship. How are they going to fight together?
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  4105. It's not just an issue about visibility. They have different handling characteristics, especially stall speed.
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  4106. That is a judgement call.
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  4107. The Russians wish they had a carrier that good.
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  4108.  @lordgarion514  what a whiner.... 😏
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  4109. Off hand? Nobody.
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  4110. Best ammo? You are reaching at straws for a real question.
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  4111. 🤔Pepsi Co?
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  4112.  @77thTrombone  head scratch..... Why would I not kill microbes?
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  4113.  @77thTrombone  Chlorine for water purification is normal. Okay then....
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  4114. Very strong words you are using.
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  4115.  @smokejaguarsix7757  They were not searching. Scouting planes do that. The problem is figuring where the ships are to be by the time you fly there.
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  4116.  @frankpienkosky5688  Sadly, very true here in Philadelphia. 😏
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  4117.  @frankpienkosky5688  In this battle? A lot of both on both sides.
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  4118. Neither the Axis or the Allies were prepared for a long conflict.
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  4119. Selection of the yf-23 preventing Wars? That's pretty far-fetched.
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  4120. Your point?
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  4121.  @Tepid24  Just look at issues of Popular Science magazine from the time.
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  4122. The Uss Oregon. BB-3
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  4123.  @calvingreene90  The Iowa's have good fuel range. As far as air defense goes, that is what we have DDG-51's for. Have the BB as part of a task group rather than a single. Rebuild and upgrade the existing steam system is quicker and cheaper.
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  4124. ​ @smokejaguarsix7757 I'm going to be completely honest with you. I replayed this video twice. Sound is just fine. My vision may be crappy, but my hearing is just fine. Have you checked your device settings? And when was the last time you had your last hearing test? Hearing does change over time.
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  4125. ​ @ryanwilbur3554 as with most things on YouTube, probably an issue with use.
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  4126. ​ @Onethirtytwo change was made due to copyright issues.
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  4127.  @dangray4086  you do realize of course there are legal issues involved here?
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  4128.  @geoguy001  when you say legal? I don't think Hitler was honoring any of those agreements by the time they were under construction?
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  4129.  @geoguy001  well, if there's no treaty to enforce? There's nothing illegal. Of course I'm not into maritime law. But I have stayed at a Holiday inn Express. 😏
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  4130.  @dutchduke8864  I think basically nations were interested in actual Peace and disarmament, rather than cheating. A sentiment which did live on for a few years.
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  4131.  @YourServant227  Yep.... copyright issues.
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  4132. Doesn't really work that way.
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  4133.  @stevevalley7835  rate of fire is going to drop simply due the physical fatigue. As for adding more barrels? They are not muskets of infantry mowing down other lines of infantry.
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  4134.  @DeCasoU1  No amount of power is turning the Fulmar into a fighter to fear.
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  4135. Probably closer comparison is the PC 173 Footers.
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  4136.  @s.31.l50  actually that is coming. The new constellation class frigates are based on Old Navy frigate names. Several of our new Virginia class submarines are getting old sub names and two have been named for Arizona and Oklahoma.
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  4137. This whining and moaning about audio & accent is getting boring. Turn captions on and use a Q tip.
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  4138.  @dlifedt  the military aviation channels will probably be a better place for this question. But off hand , I don't recall b17s ever sinking anything.
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  4139.  @liamhartill7226  The logical answer is they engage.
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  4140. Nope.
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  4141.  @cp1cupcake  Nope. HMS Glorious was sunk by German naval gunfire in 1940.
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  4142.  @derFredausdemVideo  No and no.
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  4143.  @johnfisher9692  The result does not change. Your area bombing a target that requires accuracy. And at night, facing flak and fighters. The result, you hit everything but the ships and loose bombers.
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  4144.  @sanchez231996  High explosive and Armor Piercing.
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  4145.  @Aubury  Another scenario? You mean Rewrite history to a happy ending?
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  4146.  @DanielJMorgan  😐 We did that Movie already....... https://youtu.be/Byu4VrhUIK8
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  4147.  @JohnRodriguesPhotographer  😏 Everyone has read Tom Clancy's great novel.
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  4148.  @Fronzel41  Nope.😐
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  4149.  @MrPro897  The purpose was disarmarment. Cut the arms race, save money, pursue peace, save money.
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  4150.  @ariancontreras4358  Dates to the age of Sail. A large standing Navy costs money in Peacetime. So the they are placed in Reserve status and you down size manpower to peacetime levels. Here is a film on the process. https://youtu.be/fdiin0bAd14
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  4151.  @sanchez231996  The powder bags that propel the shells.
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  4152.  @curvy4655  Yes.
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  4153.  @bkjeong4302  One man's Insanity? Is Another man's epic courage and devotion to duty and country.
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  4154.  @glennricafrente58  Once in a while there was a second ship from Starfleet.
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  4155.  @GTGibbs  perhaps you should worry more about recovering the missing in action from the Chosin Reservoir? Or the pilots crashed Along the Yalu? At this point, the Pueblo is nothing but a symbol.
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  4156.  @aurorabesalduch2499  Why? The fleet rarely was far from Land based air power.
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  4157.  @levipierson4946  Oil as a liquid is easy to transport and store. Coal is moving bags of rocks. It is laborious to handle and stoke. Burns dirty giving a smoke trail to spot. Until the invention of off shore drilling, The USA And Indonesia were the major oil exporters.
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  4158.  @roblaird9909  Nope.... Aircraft technology in 1922 had not advanced that far. Nor the tactics.
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  4159.  @kemarisite  His idea is five steps ahead of the technology or tactics of 1922. Carrier tactics and planes need 20 years to become weapons over Eyes of the fleet.
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  4160.  @alexgorski1806  Your moving tactics faster than technology. In 1916, naval Air power was just becoming a weapon. Combined tactics and communications with ships are in their infancy.
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  4161.  @kemarisite  Your reply about carrier conversion
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  4162. Richard Widmark did an entire movie about US Navy weather forecasting in Mongolia. It was called," Destination Gobi."
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  4163.  @bkjeong4302  aren't most Torpedoes today just going to crack the keel?
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  4164.  @bkjeong4302  I think three torpedo hits amidships on just about anything, is a kill.
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  4165.  @goose4454  Nope...
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  4166.  @EricDKaufman  Eric, you should have seen it 20 years ago. Your fine going to the ship. The other side of the river is more hazardous now.
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  4167.  @unemployed_history_major4795  The name of the rate has a naval and land based meaning. 1.a military officer responsible for providing quarters, rations, clothing, and other supplies. 2. a naval petty officer with particular responsibility for steering and signals.
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  4168.  @TheIamfrustrated  No relationship.
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  4169.  @lloydknighten5071  Different issue. Copyright law is not political.
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  4170.  @Atlasworkinprogress  How loud? Try this actual gun video from Inside USS Missouri. https://youtu.be/MTW_xpK-Twc
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  4171.  @Foxttellio  He will be in concert here in Philadelphia on Labor day.😏 I will not be there.....
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  4172.  @jamesharding3459  In the US, we have the National Archives that have records like that. The UK has a counterpart agency?
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  4173.  @gfscfury21  Asked before Actually. He's keeping the channel pre Cold War.
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  4174. @Chung KWOK Benefits pale to the cons and complexity.
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  4175.  @EricDKaufman  Different Japan in 1905. Heck, very different Americans then.
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  4176.  @mancubwwa  Why Would The RN send a French ship with no training in ops altogether? They are odd balls.They stay at Scapa....
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  4177.  @lloydknighten5071  Why is a forward magazine exploding?
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  4178.  @lloydknighten5071  as far as the ship goes, don't you mean, "Brigantine?"
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  4179.  @roadrunner6224 Torpedoes are today aimed under the keel to lift and break it.
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  4180.  @TheKingofbrooklin  Most of it is human labor. Fatigue will set any rate of fire value.
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  4181.  @stevevalley7835  okay...😮👌
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  4182.  @McTeerZor  They did convoy escort and mine sweeping. So, most action was vs. U boats. Some on the surface.
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  4183. Without oversimplifying things, there are different types of steel alloy. They have different composition. Anyone who has seen TV shows about making knives has seen Steel in a forge. You just have to make it hot enough to be bendable to work on it.
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  4184.  @AtomicBabel  That is a wacky story. But the blimp was recovered, repaired and eventually flew for Goodyear.
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  4185. The wreck of the IJN Kaga sunk at the Battle of Midway was finally found. https://youtu.be/0yMM72Qg6MY
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  4186.  @themanformerlyknownascomme777  Hmmmm, It make for a Interesting Gordon Ramsay show. 🤔 Beef Wellington and risotto for the crew of HMS Prince of Wales? 🍽
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  4187. Boxer, Valley Forge and Princeton. They were reclassed as LPH's.
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  4188.  @rogerwolstenholme2710  it's like 2,500 miles between Midway and Tokyo. It's not an option.
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  4189.  @rogerwolstenholme2710  it's an ambitious idea. But the structural damage from the fires would have been Beyond repair. Almost like I-95 a few weeks ago.
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  4190.  @MrArtbv  On the contrary. HMS Hermes was already in the Indian Ocean and undergoing refit at the time of events.
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  4191.  @MrArtbv  Hermes was going for refit till the end of January 1942. HMS Indomitable had grounded in Jamaica. And was not able to be part of the Eastern fleet until January. Hermes was never assigned to the other ships. She was already deemed obsolete at the time.
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  4192.  @MrArtbv  6 Nov 1941 Around 1400EF/6, HMS Hermes (Capt. R.F.J. Onslow, DSC, MVO, RN), departed Colombo for Simonstown via Mauritius. She is to proceed to the Simonstown Dockyard to refit there. (76) Hermes remains in Simons town until February of 1942.
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  4193. It's a big ocean. And the convoy system really didn't get going in the Atlantic in the first years of the war. And enemy Nations have far-flung interest in Asia and Africa as well as the Americas. There's plenty of solo cargo routes they would have interdicted.
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  4194.  @mikolajgrotowski  They never saw production .
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  4195.  @firstkaiser472  Funny you ask.....🤔 Actually, sort of yes. Many nations including Germany had sail training ships. The USCG Eagle is Actually a German built war prize. https://youtu.be/5DIMY78S70s The USNR used private yachts as patrol vessels during the wars. They were armed...
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  4196.  @RemusKingOfRome  Your talking the era pre transistors.
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  4197.  @xxnightdriverxx9576  Sigh..... This was the first and last mission. Little time for practice.
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  4198.  @Thirdbase9  Machines and men can only work so fast. https://youtu.be/MTW_xpK-Twc
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  4199.  @Tankofdarkness  Range stays the same. The angle of fire changes.
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  4200.  @Arrald96  Try this video. https://youtu.be/3HoSh3n3CaI
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  4201.  @mrmarkus554  That's why they all have spotter planes.... The plane radios the ship to correct the fire plot.
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  4202.  @juanmc5731  Nothing.
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  4203.  @jsunflyguy Yes. The HMS Glorious sinking is a example. The USS Gambier Bay at Samar is another.
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  4204.  @eviper1054  It confuses the large Yank audience.
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  4205.  @stevevalley7835  They invented mechanical computers. https://youtu.be/wPRY5gGS3c8
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  4206.  @Johnny_Tambourine  4 years ago..... Iran boarded USN patrol boats in the Persian Gulf. https://youtu.be/ce-dwptA44A
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  4207.  @thatoneguy8457  On ship.....Every large ship had a detachment aboard. The Marines were even at D Day. Manning guns and guarding POWs. Others were involved in Occupying Iceland and in various bases like NAS Bermuda and Gitmo.
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  4208.  @thatoneguy8457  About Marine detachments......https://youtu.be/dhnhrwYLXt8
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  4209.  @KG-1  That would make too much sense..... In any case, not a option. Does not fit. The system is a failure.
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  4210.  @KG-1  Nope..... not a swap.
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  4211.  @kemarisite  It's not a match..... Not a option.
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  4212.  @lex0266  Same as a submarine..... Same targeting. Same mechanical issues. Just on the surface.
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  4213.  @douglasstrother6584  Nope.....https://youtu.be/wPRY5gGS3c8
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  4214.  @richardcutts196  Germany lacks the will and the funds.
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  4215.  @spikespa5208  Just shagging fly balls. Have a glove? Feel free to catch.
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  4216. It's a 5 minute guide. It's a noteworthy ship. Trained the early pioneers of Naval Aviation. ....... What more are we missing? The highlights of the history were covered.
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  4217. ​ @matthewgriffiths5005  https://youtube.com/@DatawaveMarineSolutions
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  4218.  @adrien5834  would you prefer the word contemporary?
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  4219.  @Drachinifel  Good point. The Grumman F4F is not that more powered than the F3f. Is a better, cleaner, monoplane vs a biplane.
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  4220. ​ @bkjeong4302 Victors get to write the history books?📚
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  4221. Will the JSDF bring back any more old CV names in the future?
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  4222.  @WarrantOfficerWill22  not very much without fuel.
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  4223.  @majkel2218  building bigger ships that you can't escort and can't fuel. doesn't do very much...
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  4224.  @arandomdudewithhobbies3318  5 carriers versus 3? Battle changes.
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  4225.  @sooflower_183  once the invasion force is aground. There is very little the Royal Navy can do.
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  4226.  @Wannes_  They don't have any intelligence information where US carriers are. They have no idea where Enterprise is on December 7th. Or Lexington. They spend the next 6 months doing hit and run attacks. Midway was supposed to be the big plan to get rid of the carriers.
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  4227. ​ @Drachinifel Seems like you have rubbed someone the Wrong way? Welcome to Youtube.🙄
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  4228.  @scottgiles7546  why would Pearl harbor be able to resupply them? Other than fuel, they don't have any of their ammo.
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  4229.  @quietman1972  Drag is just Drag. Hull drag by marine growth is still a problem.
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  4230.  @TonyChan-eh3nz  both saw action in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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  4231.  @thomascolbert2687  most of the history books are written by non Japanese.
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  4232.  @calebcornelius8669  Actually it's the reverse. The Iowa's are up to date. Use a common ammo. Have better survival vs. Torpedoes or Nuclear weapons.
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  4233.  William Signs  Ships are not tanks.
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  4234. What the devil are you rambling about?
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  4235. As to the swimming question? Swimming qualification is mandatory basic training for enlisted and officers. And based my experience, many recruits enter as non swimmers. While it may be a common skill in the UK, not so in the USA. Few schools have pools. Public pools are generally open a few weeks in Summer. And private swim clubs cater to few. As fewer people are in Boy Scouts or YMCA today. Formal training for new sailors in swimming may not occur till they hit the pool at Great Lakes NTC. And the pool of advanced swimming skills for SEAL BUDS school is even worse in number. A common critisim of SEALS is the lack of diversity. As many Non White trainnies lack swimming skills, Black and Latino SEALS are rare even in 2019.
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  4236.  @mbryson2899  Exactly. I would say most kids today are not trained in swimming. Most use pools for splashing and getting a tan.
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  4237.  @kyle857  On what point do you differ? 🤔
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  4238. There are 52 weeks in a year. He has them stacked in topics already.
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  4239. Air groups are going to differ by conversion and duty. The Attack carrier, LPH and ASW carriers have different compositions.
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  4240. Did a vid on U boats, 2 weeks ago.
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  4241.  @ibbi32  There are numerous Battleships existing. What more Universal about them do you require?
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  4242.  @bkjeong4302  I think their magic 8 ball is not available? 😏
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  4243.  @bkjeong4302  That is why Brits are stuffy... 🤣
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  4244. Good choice.
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  4245. That's what the seaplanes are for. Notice the big ships all carry them? You use them to radio long range info.
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  4246. Small arms really don't count.
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  4247. ​ @filmbuffo5616 there are no conventionally powered carriers anymore in the United States Navy. They are all been retired.
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  4248. Short answer? they require you to go to nuclear Power School.
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  4249. Broadly? A armed Naval vessel, intended for combat operations.
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  4250. That shell is not stopping...
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  4251. Are you trying to make some sort of point here?
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  4252. Same reasons the Iowa are not in use now. Huge manpower..... The trend is for less people and more automatic systems. Next is lack of steel / shipyards. The the Bethlehem Steel and huge shipyards like Brooklyn and Mare Island are no more. As to your question about missiles? The updated Iowas had Missiles. Both tomahawks and harpoon. The Russian Kirov class we're huge and missile armed as well.
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  4253. That is part of the story. But it really took 30 years of tinkering to make it the weapon of today.
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  4254. There's actually a surplus of ships to scrap. We pay the one firm in Texas to Break up ships with little to no profit. Not to mention all the environmental restrictions, clean up, labor issues. That's why commercial ship breaking is done overseas.
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  4255. Ok, here is the trailer cool movie guy voice included! https://youtu.be/JO1sXQ8DpYc
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  4256. What do you define as strange?
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  4257. That's not practical or was ever considered. trying to capture the island of Oahu is just not an option. And as for trying to take out infrastructure? Again naval aircraft have a limited payload. Trying to go back for a third or fourth attack would not have been productive.
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  4258.  @marcusfranconium3392  that makes absolutely no sense and you want to waste your Prime resource on day one. Did Japanese did just what you asked 6 months later at Midway. Lost four carriers and four air wings that they were never able to replace. And without your plan, they were still able to take over half of the Pacific and most of the Indian Ocean by May of 1942.
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  4259.  @marcusfranconium3392  you realize a portion of the fuel facilities are underground? Your bombing would do nothing.
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  4260.  @marcusfranconium3392  calling the raid on Pearl Harbor a fail, is a gross overreach. They achieved surprise. They achieved air superiority. And they took the American battle line out of action for nearly half of the war. In exchange for a few submarines and aircrew.
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  4261.  @RemoteViewr1  Compromises, if you're fighting defensively. The point was to use it in the offensive.
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  4262.  @adam_mawz_maas  you might actually have a good point scenes how we're talkin about converted Merchant design bye. Looking at the Atlantic Conveyor, it was a very odd hybrid of container and ro ro...
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  4263.  @gregorywright4918  of course, today most of those ships do not fly the US flag Now.
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  4264. How does that work in a container ship universe?
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  4265.  @dmcarpenter2470  that's just it. They don't fit in a modern cargo moving world today.
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  4266.  @dmcarpenter2470  and that point is what, they float?
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  4267. ​ @dmcarpenter2470  they are also not warships.
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  4268. 😏 I think it's safe to say the Royal Navy kind of F'ed them up pretty well... Debate over.
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  4269. https://youtu.be/NwPHalFGKkg
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  4270. ​ @dangermoosey5225  most of the time, just makes a splash...
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  4271. 🙋🏽‍♂️ Any news about the drydock accident in Scotland with the RV Petrel?
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  4272. @UNSCForwardontodawn there's not much reason to change. You already have stockpiles of ammunition. The system works. And the screw breach is Superior in its locking.
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  4273.  @psychologicaltirefire8190  honest question. However, outside of the scope of this channel. Which does not cover current events.
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  4274. Honest mistake. Tech was more ahead of tactics and training.
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  4275. Direct hit? Yep. Concrete is strong, but you can break and crack it with extreme force. Like a 16 inch shell.
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  4276.  @mrdelaney4440  heavy bombers had the job. They missed the targets. Also, any long-term naval gunfire takes away surprise. Due to weather, D day was a rushed job. Tide conditions had to match moon light conditions for paratroopers and glider forces.
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  4277. Guns could not adjust for speed and low level.
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  4278. Try here... https://www.phillyseaport.org/olympia
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  4279. It is new...
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  4280.  @ariancontreras4358  Is this a serious question?
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  4281. ​ @iancarr8682 there's no real benefit.
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  4282. ​ @michaelinsc9724 do you mean in 1941?
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  4283. ​ @Geoff31818 in 1943? Not really.
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  4284. ​ @sharkman2857 what exactly are they supposed to be attacking? Most of the capital ships are without fuel.
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  4285.  @rapidrhinos2254  bringing back troops from China really doesn't defend Japan very much.
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  4286. @Geoff31818  1) Why would they use shipping that has no logistics or parts support? 2) they have no training or manuals for? 3) never designed for Pacific operation? 4) manpower and ships still needed to fight U boats.
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  4287. @Geoff31818  I did read your comment thus the reply.
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  4288.  @Natediggetydog  if the deck is full, there's no flight operations. Aircraft will be parked forward to recover aircraft. They will have a barrier or netting to protect forward parked aircraft. This is why angle flight decks got invented.
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  4289. Lot of train Lovers here..... It's still the bad run, no profit, mess it has been for 50 years.
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  4290. Why stop there? Let's make it fly.....😏
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  4291.  @ss-2203  basically had no role. There's no carriers for her to support. And the fleet has no fuel.
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  4292.  @Arzene89  in hindsight? Probably.
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  4293.  @devinbrent4460  one ship and one Air Group isn't going to do anything.
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  4294.  @King.of.Battleships  while Yamato was chewing up the force of Taffy 3 at Samar, Admiral Halsey and the USS New Jersey were miles away chasing the decoy Japanese Northern Force. That's probably about as close as they got?
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  4295.  @devinbrent4460  time to do what?
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  4296.  @devinbrent4460  one ship isn't going to do very much.
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  4297.  @John.0z  maybe they had a lot of black cats on board?🐱
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  4298.  @beyondsingularity  As targets..... you have to use something to test nuclear bombs on. Other than that? Not really.
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  4299.  @AdamMGTF  You're on target.... in 20 years it was a outdated ship.
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  4300. Well that's largely being the Intel till the last minute had Philippines as the main target. Rather move East, Kimmel was reinforcing bases West of Hawaii. Hart had the same thoughts when he draws forces down in China.
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  4301.  @johnshepherd8687  Prudent if you think the target is Hawaii. Moving to the West Coast puts the Fleet too far from the bases your trying to reinforce.
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  4302.  @johnshepherd8687  And pre War thinking says the Fleet is safe at Pearl. The Sea and air are Patrolled. You have a full Army Division on the Ground Plus Marines. And you have that new Radar thing they are installing. In theory if the ships do not get the enemy, the air power in Hawaii does.
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  4303. ​ @RonJohn63 Actually they named by Congress and the Department of the Navy.
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  4304.  @stephaniewilson3955  thanks for your reply. 🖖😷
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  4305.  @albireo8166  thanks for that info. 🖖😷
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  4306.  @davidmurphy8190  thanks! 😉👍
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  4307.  @edwarddunne2758  it's a little bit apples oranges. Type of explosives, quantity and location.
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  4308.  @ericpetersen230  Coastal Waters tend to have Marked navigation points Like buoys. A night Ambush near these travel routes was a common thing.
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  4309.  @stevevalley7835  Well when he said coastal, I was thinking about RN MTB vs. German North Sea action.
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  4310. Nope
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  4311.  @JeffEbe-te2xs  I don't think so? It seems in disrepair. Open to vandalism.
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  4312. Only problem is, that all three have a lack of mass quantities of taxpayers.😏💳💵💴💶💷💰
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  4313.  @andrewp8284  Missiles are not area artillery. Missiles lack reloads for sustained fire.
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  4314.  @AvtomatKentucky101  The stern location is less cluttered. There is less risk of fire amidship among weapons and masts. Easier spot to place cranes to recover planes.
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  4315.  @jeffrey8847  No change. Change of tools does not help change the decisions made. Change the numbers faced, fuel and operating challenges. Just changes the names of the wrecks.😷
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  4316.  @scottdrone-silvers5179  1. Escort what? Nobody is escorting convoys from Russian subs. That Cold War game is long over. 2. Most navies already have gone to smaller VSTOL carriers.
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  4317.  @johnshepherd8687  Sounds a lot like the Air Force Genie or the ground based Nike anti bomber missiles. Not the most environmentally friendly thing; using nukes to stop nuke carrying bombers. 😏 But that was the wonder of the Eisenhower era.
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  4318.  @Matthieu031  Tojo and the Army still ran the nation. Based on the defeats of the IJN; his street cred in Tokyo would not go very far. So what changes?🤔
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  4319.  @mattmopar440  6 months ago.... https://youtu.be/iC6LN3U5ELk
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  4320.  @EdVonPelt  Just what do you need the airpower for?🤔 Baring a invasion of Norway, there are no convoys. Nor a long range air threat. And with most ships Flying the flag of Liberia or Panama; who is sinking merchant ships?
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  4321.  keith moore  Navy training film shows the whole process. https://youtu.be/0OmOQs0ziSU
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  4322.  @mattmopar440  this one perhaps? https://youtu.be/Fn7EUyQ-pBA
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  4323.  @mattmopar440  If you go to the channel page and look under the Carrier section; #11 is removed. Reason? A writerm Joseph Springer has a book titled, "Inferno. " He filed copyright infringement.
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  4324.  @igoriosalamonqe4706  Doubtful. Close hatches, cut lines and the Paratroops have nothing to do.
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  4325.  @sirscorgie  PT on deck.
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  4326.  @MarshFlyFightWin  Muddy, rusted hulk.
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  4327.  @matthewbrown3772  You kind of answered your own question.
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  4328.  keith moore  Wood and coal stove. https://youtu.be/gCwr_gDi4DY
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  4329.  @Thecrownswill  Not every ship was sent. The main threat was still U Boats. The heavy ships on the Bismark hunt, were not needed to do ASW.
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  4330.  @alexlightining  The Navy had no further use for U-505 after the war. Experts had thoroughly examined her in Bermuda, and she was moored derelict at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, so the Navy decided to use her as a target for gunnery and torpedo practice until she sank.[22] In 1946, Rear Admiral Gallery, who opposed the Navy's plans for U-505, told his brother Father John Gallery about this plan, and Father John contacted President Lenox Lohr of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) to see if they would be interested in it. The museum already planned to display a submarine, and the acquisition of U-505 seemed ideal.[22] The US government donated the submarine to the museum in September 1954, and Chicago residents raised $250,000 for transporting and installing the boat. Coast Guard tugs and cutters towed the boat through the Great Lakes, making a stop in Detroit, Michigan in July 1954.[33] The museum dedicated it on 25 September 1954 as a permanent exhibit and a war memorial to all the sailors who lost their lives in the first and second Battle of the Atlantic.-Wikipedia
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  4331.  @craighagenbruch3800  Cruisers have no sonar for ASW.
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  4332.  @dIRECTOR259  For light and ventilation. Ships lacked HVAC systems.
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  4333.  @jimhully8785  Broad question.... The secondary guns tend to be dual purpose. So they are used in the AAA role mostly. They also are used for close in naval gunfire support in all the Amphibious landings. As far as surface actions, in close ranged actions like at Samar they were in high use.
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  4334. John D. Bulkeley was a Vice Admiral. He died April 6, 1996.
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  4335. She was to scraped anyway.
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  4336. Pre war most nations did less class room instruction and more on the job training. You also had dedicated training ships. Reservists were not in wide active service. They also were paid far less than Merchant Marines. Officer piplines were still restricted to mostly grads of service Academies like Portsmouth or Annapolis. The war changed all these things to mass produce and train personnel.
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  4337. That's not relevant to Midway.
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  4338. ​ @joshthomasmoorenew why would sinking one of the most notable Capital ships in the Royal Navy be strange? Sinking a carrier is a prime target.
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  4339.  @joshthomasmoorenew  she was sunk because she's a carrier. Not because of any bounty.
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  4340.  @Johndoe-jd  they would do none of the above. There's no need for additional battleships. Or a Nuclear Powered one.
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  4341.  @katana1430  that really makes no sense.
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  4342.  @thomasbailey2185  is it still primarily a ship-based channel. With limited aviation content. And the best float plane or flying boat? By what metric? They all do basically the same job. None is any more spectacular in performance. All have the same limitations as any other shipboard aircraft. And as for submarine applications? You have limitations on size, range, and the need to surface to launch. They provide a reconnaissance. But little payload capacity.
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  4343.  @Thirdbase9  the torpedoes are primarily and visually. Trying to fire from lower than Periscope depth really doesn't work. Nor are they really set to do radical changes in depth. Something like you Are describing has to wait till there are guided torpedoes.
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  4344.  @Johndoe-jd  It is effort and money spent on other projects. You need Polaris, far more than some Frankenstein battleship.
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  4345.  @joshthomasmoorenew  I can find no actual reference to any such bounty.
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  4346.  @Thirdbase9  and you would set your torpedo at a depth to hit the destroyer. But you're not going to be any more than 60 ft. You are not sitting at like 300 ft firing torpedoes.
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  4347.  @katana1430  your efforts at disinformation are futile. It's basically set up for commerce raiding.
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  4348.  @jorisammerlaan  how about the World War I sabotage of Black Tom Island?
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  4349.  @Thirdbase9  the channel does not allow links. And at last check, you are not my supervisor?
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  4350.  @Thirdbase9  guess what? It's an open forum. Sorry, you got a bug up your saddle.
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  4351.  @richardbennett1856  I think I'd rather spend money on people in North Carolina. You can't eat cruise missiles....🍽
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  4352.  @Blockio1999  you must be the guy who buys flood cars at auction?🤔
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  4353.  @youtubeminecraftwatcher6860  the basic answer to the question is; called USS Montana. Rather than trying to do what you are suggesting they would go with a clean sheet design.
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  4354.  @johnofnz  The channel really doesn't do modern ships.
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  4355.  @GalaticEmperor671  Yes.... the practice is known as windmilling. They used the thrust of the aircraft rather than a tug.
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  4356.  @somethinglikethat2176  there was no real extra effort to go after Ark Royal over anything else.
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  4357. The video was removed due to copyright infraction.
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  4358. Very little. They are designed to shred planes and missiles. Not the thick steel of a Naval shell.
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  4359.  @stevevalley7835  it's probably the best movie of the year. And definitely better than the first. But it's not like there's real su-57s available to do air-to-air combat.
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  4360.  @ach3909  that's a step back. When you have a perfectly working Ship to use. That is why it is better film visually than those using techniques.
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  4361. ​ @goodshipkaraboudjan to be technically correct, the Vichy government did not exist yet.
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  4362. Well..... 😧 Not pretty, but they have a great personality....😉
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  4363. 😏1945...The Sony Bombman is introduced to the Marketplace 💣
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  4364.  @jlsperling1  Correct. I'm familiar with the Elco, Higgins and the trials PT's. Even better? JIMMY DEAN put the whole thing to song..... 😎 https://youtu.be/vADboJwbHCs
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  4365. https://youtu.be/vADboJwbHCs Feel free to sing along....
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  4366.  @hazchemel  you would use a lot less shovels. Thank God for the Caterpillar company.
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  4367.  @hazchemel  well, something like Gibraltar is probably perfect.
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  4368. It makes more sense just to starve out and bypass Malta.
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  4369.  @MrArtbv  and once you seize your Malta, Your stuck with worse logistics than the British.
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  4370.  @MrArtbv  congratulations on being able to read a goddamn map. That doesn't change the logistics.
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  4371. ​ @jimtaylor294 That sounds like a vanity project. Rather than practical use of Polish defense money ; or manpower. An old battleship up in the Baltic is not productive.
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  4372. How about in German? https://youtu.be/JvjQbwxfnec
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  4373. At last visit, there was still a surviving Asheville class PG in the Mothball yard in Philadelphia. Nice craft.
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  4374. 1. It is a grave site. 2. She was old and capsized. The expense to salvage and return to service is huge. The danger of fuel leaks and live ammo handling add to problems.
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  4375.  @johngreen1706  Well.... the Royal Navy seems to have not shared that view. Thus she remains today as is..... 🙄
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  4376.  @Kwolfx  http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/royal-oak/wreck.php
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  4377. Strangely, until swim test day in boot camp; it's a non issue. Marine Corps has this problem as well.
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  4378.  @radishinglad998  the reason is because the Channel deals in topics up to the Korean War.
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  4379.  @danielregnard882  https://youtu.be/0Ciw6vXasC0?si=4AnKU53Nwm84EEa2
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  4380.  @Johndoe-jd  short answer is no.
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  4381.  @Johndoe-jd  the long answer? THey are museums and surplus to requirements. Systems are out of date. No one is train to use them. The service cannot afford to crew them. Any surplus ammunition is being disposed of. Among 99 other reasons .....
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  4382.  @stephenvignovich8654  we all know this. My post was because you seem to have the idea that people were confused?
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  4383.  @MendTheWorld  The alternative? 🤔 25 clowns I would not lead a herd of cows. Let alone a nation.
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  4384. Different size AAA have different range envelopes. The weapons sights help estimate the range.
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  4385. 13? since when?
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  4386. A Cutlass? Would that be Willow Grove by any chance?
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  4387.  @kemarisite  there's not too many of them. I remember the museum at NAS Willow Grove having one on display. Very funky looking airplane.
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  4388.  @davidhanson9708  well it looks like the Wings of Freedom Museum Cutlass is currently under restoration according to the website. That's the one I was thinking of.
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  4389. Try being a Scout Sniper doing calculations in the woods.😏
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  4390. No, not off hand
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  4391.  @brucelownhole  The Marine Mammal program would make for an interesting special.
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  4392.  @Xoron  the same thing that helicopter Crews do today on ships. Aviation detachments basically take care of their own Department.
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  4393.  @johnshepherd8687  they never got the chance either way. And speed is a blessing and curse. Speed allows you to Transit to your hunting point more quickly. Speed also makes noise. And noise gets submarines killed.
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  4394.  @johnshepherd8687  Already familiar with the type 21 and snorkels. And Hydrophones would pick up the noise made. And running a snorkel still can throw sea spray wakes that are visible. As well as reflect radar. Point is, they never got into serious use till the end of the war.
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  4395.  @randomperson4l4l4  when you say biased, how so?
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  4396.  @fidjeenjanrjsnsfh  short answer? AA defense was not the priority.
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  4397.  @rogersmith7396  off the top of my fuzzy head? They were Independence class cvls. Which ones? not sure...
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  4398.  @Marcus-mz7or  it was your combat duty station. So only manned when at General Quarters status.
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  4399.  @johnshepherd8687  you sure they were CVE? Looked bigger.
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  4400.  @joshthomas-moore2656  the Asiatic fleet is a pretty forgotten bunch.
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  4401.  @NoName-OG1  I would say we're generally in agreement. United States was concerned about its economic interest in China. And of course the international citizens of Shanghai. The Marines and gunboats did not leave until almost the outbreak of War. Intelligence information both cryptologic and in person, together with the Diplomatic efforts had concluded that Japan was looking for a broader War. All of the talks, reinforcements and negotiations with Australia Britain and the Dutch. That war was a possibility in 1942. And all actions seem to be based on that timetable. No one it seems was thinking of a combined submarine and six carrier strike on Pearl Harbor. And that is much like your analogy about 9/11. A lot of dots. But the agencies collecting, the dots we're not connecting them.
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  4402.  @lonjohnson5161  that was a very fuzzy question. But after looking at it 3 times, are you asking if parts from a previous ship get recycled? And the short answer to that is yes. Recently on a another Channel. It was noted that the anchor from the USS Enterprise was salvaged. 8 is being used to replace a damaged one on one of our other carriers.
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  4403.  @johnshepherd8687  I've driven past many times myself. As of today? 🤔 The oldest ships still there are the mid 1950's built Forrest Sherman and Charles F. Adams. DD-931 & DDG-2.
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  4404. Hard to answer.... The UK had like 6-7 different governments pre Thacher. So the RN had no common long range thinking or funding.
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  4405. Doubt it. Most merchants were not Diesel.
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  4406. The Navy already had PBY's for search purposes. Midway is already pretty crowded. Not sure there's room for b-17s? Although the Army did send the first b-26's.
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  4407.  @Lilgoth89  More trying to make water splashes at the low Flying torpedo planes. Rather useless really.
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  4408.  @redtob2119  Money spent on the Maginot Line instead.
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  4409.  @janmcconnel1118  Ballast and trim tanks. Water and or fuel is pumped to keep stability.
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  4410.  @redtob2119  In the Depression? France lost a generation. Had to rebuild a nation of battlefields. Leaving little for a Navy. The main threat was on land.
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  4411.  @panzermensch1577  Naval disarmament treaties post WW 1 limit size and armament.
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  4412.  @mattmopar440  The USN kinda thought the Zumwalt DDG 1000 class would do that. Not working out so hot.....
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  4413.  @biscuit4705  Huge... You sink the transports, the Marines have no support.
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  4414.  @kemarisite  They had off loaded some supplies. But for months they were short of needed items. Had the shipping been sunk. Quick replacement ships may have taken critical time.
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  4415.  @andyjim1734  Is this a real question?
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  4416.  @wulfie1199  Dead or alive, not much changes.
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  4417.  @Shaun_Jones  nope.
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  4418.  @Historybuffwelder  Vessels of the Asiatic Fleet and the 16th Naval District: 8 December 1941Edit The Asiatic Fleet and the 16th Naval District possessed: 1 heavy cruiser Houston 1 light cruiser Marblehead 13 Clemson-class destroyers: Paul Jones John D. Edwards Alden Whipple Edsall Stewart Barker Parrott Bulmer John D. Ford Pope Peary Pillsbury 1 destroyer tender Black Hawk 5 gunboats: Asheville Tulsa Oahu Luzon Mindanao 1 yacht Isabel 29 submarines: Porpoise Pike Shark Tarpon Perch Pickerel Permit Salmon Seal Skipjack Sargo Saury Spearfish Snapper Stingray Sturgeon Sculpin Sailfish Swordfish S-36 S-37 S-38 S-39 S-40 S-41 Seadragon Sealion Searaven Seawolf[19] 6 minesweepers: Finch Bittern Tanager Quail Lark Whippoorwill 2 tankers: Pecos Trinity 1 ocean-going tugboat Napa 4 seaplane tenders: Langley Childs William B. Preston Heron in support of Patrol Wing 10 (VP 101 and VP 102) with 28 Consolidated PBY-4 flying boats 1 submarine rescue vessel Pigeon 3 submarine tenders: Holland Canopus Otus various other ships, including 6 motor torpedo boatsthat formed Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three 1 two-masted schooner Lanikai Also stationed at Cavite Naval Base was the Offshore Patrol. Aircraft of the Asiatic Fleet: 8 December 1941Edit The aviation elements of the Asiatic Fleet comprised Patrol Wing 10,[20] with two patrol squadrons (VPs or PatRons), a utility unit, and the aviation units aboard the Fleet's two cruisers and the large seaplane tender Langley. Patrol Wing 10 had been commissioned in December 1940, and included Patrol Squadrons 101 (VP 101) and 102 (VP 102), each equipped with fourteen Consolidated PBY-4 Catalina flying boats. By Mid-1941, these 28 PBYs were numbered 1 through 14 for VP 101, 16 through 29 for VP 102. The Utility Unit included Grumman J2F Duckamphibians (1 J2F-2 and 4 J2F-4s), as well as five new Vought OS2U-2 Kingfisher floatplanes, delivered in the late summer. Also, a number of Curtiss SOC Seagullfloatplanes were present. Houston carried four, Marblehead two, and Langley two or three, and two more were under repair or in storage at the Aircraft Overhaul Shop (Shop X 34) at Cavite Navy Yard. As of 8 December, PBYs of Patrol Wing 10 patrolled the northwest and northeast of Luzon daily. These flights were based at either NAS Sangley Point, the Navy's auxiliary seaplane station at Olongapo on Subic Bay, or seaplane tender Childs in Manila Bay. Trios of PBYs rotated down to the southern islands to base on William B. Preston at Malalag Bay on Davao Gulf, Mindanao. These patrols over the Philippine Sea to the east bordered with similar patrols flown by Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service flying boats based in the Netherlands East Indies. Seaplane tender Heron, with a detachment of four OS2U-2s from the Utility Unit, ran morning and evening patrols from Port Ciego, Balabac Island, over the strategically important Balabac Straits from 4–13 December. Early in the morning of 8 December, Preston dispatched one aircraft on patrol and a short time later was attacked by aircraft from the small Japanese carrier Ryūjō, and her other two PBYs were sunk on the water. Patrol Wing 10 was ordered south into the Netherlands East Indies on 12 December, when the collapsing defenses of the islands made further operations untenable. Within the first 90 days of the war, Patrol Wing 10 had fallen back to Perth, Western Australia, being reinforced by VP 22 from Hawaii but losing 43 of 45 PBYs—all but four lost to enemy action—together with Langley. PBY-4 (28. Added: 12 PBY-5s from VP 22 and 5 ex-Dutch Catalinas in January) J2F-2 or -4 (4) OS2U-2 (5) SOC-1 or -2 / SON (10-12) Asiatic Fleet components: 8 December 1941Edit Asiatic Fleet Headquarters, ashore from mid-1941 at the Marsman Building on the Manila waterfront. The Fleet flagship, Houston, was assigned to lead Task Force 5 (TF 5). TF 4, Asiatic Fleet: Patrol Wing 10, seaplane tenders, and aviation resources. TF 5, Asiatic Fleet: surface strike forces, including cruisers and Destroyer Squadron 29 (DesRon 29). TF 6, Asiatic Fleet: submarines force, including all submarines, tenders and rescue ships. TF 7, Asiatic Fleet: patrol force, including gunboats Tulsaand Asheville. 4th Marine Regiment Commandant 16th Naval District (COM16): The Cavite Navy Yard and all the shore establishment on Luzon, including the radio station, ammunition depot, hospital, Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron THREE, naval air station, mine depot, and similar facilities on Corregidor,at Mariveles, Bataan, and Olongpago, on Subic Bay. The historic Yangtze Patrol was concluded in early December 1941. Of the five remaining gunboats, Tutuilaremained at Chungking, Wake was in reduced commission at Shanghai as a radio station for the U.S. State Department, and ComYangPat sailed in Luzon with Oahu for Manila, joined by Mindanao.
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  4419.  @leomartin8497  Subs had assigned areas of operation. They had code challenges that could be sent by light or radio.
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  4420.  @USS_Grey_Ghost  You missed the special last week on the USS Franklin and the damage control effort?
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  4421.  @bkjeong4302  Easily?? Your talking about ships that stood up to nuclear blasts and did not sink. Like the USS Nevada and USS Pennsylvania.
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  4422.  @craighagenbruch3800  They were Battleships.
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  4423.  @kemarisite  Even that is level of damage is questionable with a ship being conpartmentalized. You may go through armor, but are you hitting vital things? A tank has crew and ammunition in one space.
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  4424.  @bkjeong4302  It's a nuke blast. You don't need barn door accuracy. Even modern Sink Ex tests are done on modern ships without armor. And they take many hits and no damage control to sink.
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  4425.  @lloydknighten5071  Well you might like to see the sad story of the most recent Triangle loss, the El Faro disaster. https://youtu.be/XaA0Kg_bUtI
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  4426.  @Cpt_Boony_Hat  It did.
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  4427. Same way other guns are. You have mechanical weapons elevators that bring up shells from the magazines. The rest is manpower.
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  4428.  @EdAtoZ  I would think the shell elevator would come to the main turret. The crew would lift by hand to the upper gun.
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  4429.  @EdAtoZ  I'm sorry , what do you mean? There is no need to go outside.
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  4430.  @snebbywebby2587  Zero. He still has to sail around Scapa Flow to reach the North Sea.
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  4431.  @bernardrubin933  Not a option.
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  4432.  @DanielSilverthorn  Not really. The RN would be waiting there.
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  4433. Actually was the British during most of the sinking of Swedish ships. Royal Navy coastal forces actively chased after German convoys from Sweden.
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  4434. https://youtu.be/2IA5Cv_5-g8
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  4435.  @bormos3  that's like asking how many angels dance on on the head of a pin?
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  4436.  @adaw2d3222  you do realize of course World War 1 basically scarred the world? The majority opinion was towards disarmament.
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  4437.  @ph89787  he probably would have been pretty bad. Just look at the German example
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  4438.  @d.olivergutierrez8690  it's a silly idea.
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  4439.  @DERP_Squad  you're limited in that kind of aircraft by hangers & elevators.
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  4440.  @DERP_Squad  that's kind of a glass half-full versus glass half-empty kind of view.😏🥃 Jutland is a outlier.
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  4441.  @fouraces9137  it wasn't even a contest. The Corsair was Superior.
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  4442.  @ericamborsky3230  it was done. There was a floatplane version of the Zero called, the Rufe. A prototype Floatplane Seafire was built.
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  4443.  @hamishneilson7140  likely for dock maneuvering.
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  4444.  @stephengloor8451  by the time the Typhoon was introduced, you had American built Naval types in service.
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  4445.  @jehl1963  the short answer to your question is a need to support British aviation industry. Nor was Grumman in the position to mass-produced additional aircraft. Production expansion was not in place.
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  4446.  @mikebrownhill8955  not really. Not when you have access to purpose-built American naval aircraft.
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  4447. We have lots of plans. NO money or yards to do the job really.
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  4448.  @TomG-f4r  Actually, we don't. Which explains why we have a backlog of active duty ships and submarines waiting repair.
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  4449.  @TomG-f4r  I just did a little checking. There is a major infrastructure issue to your idea. It's called, the Saint Lawrence Seaway. They use a lock system to lift ships. Similar to the lock system in the Panama canal. A major reason not to use the yards your suggesting is the inability to fit through the St Lawrence seaway. For example, the standard ddg-51 Arleigh Burke destroyers have a draft of about 31 ft. Making them too deep to fit through. And while submarines were built in the past. I don't think they have the capability of building nuclear submarines up there?
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  4450.  @Cat-y4w  because then you wouldn't have a ship to use the deck scenes with.
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  4451. The Montana's are the last to have full plans developed. Everything else is just an idea or a concept.
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  4452.  @readhistory2023  nope
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  4453.  @ILurk-v9o  basically by mid War , aircraft are growing in weight and size. That type of storage is no longer practical. Also you have other ships and land bases for replacements.
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  4454.  @janwitts2688  Not enough for that use.And most is not in the USA.
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  4455.  @janwitts2688  we didn't even have enough titanium to build airplanes. We had to cut a deal with the Russians to get enough to build the SR-71. You're not getting enough to build ships.
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  4456. It's probably the Coast guard station down the street, or the commercial radio and TV stations about five blocks away.
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  4457. PRE electricity? Oil lamps. That is also why Whaling was at it's peak. The oil used was from whales. Once oil refineries began, Kerosene replaced the whale oil supply.
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  4458. Do you have limitations on Shipyard and steel capacity.
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  4459.  @mosheberkovits3586  Nope
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  4460.  @danebelling9526  Depends on your definition of, "The United States........"🤔 Since 1812, we have had our Territorial possessions invaded. The Confederacy clearly Invaded. If you mean, guys dropping into Mid America like in the film, "Red Dawn?" UH, nope.....😐 Nobody has the logistics, equipment or desire...... The Soviets on their worst day; never seriously thought about it....
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  4461.  @timberwolf1575  Well, that stuff is more about guided weapons. Artillery is still largely point and shoot. But it was fire control issues that led to the use of mechanical computers on ships and submarines for torpedo control.
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  4462.  @LionofCaliban  The guys who really are good at this, are Scout Snipers. They do all this with a chart, and pocket calculator. https://youtu.be/jX7dcl_ERNs
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  4463. Your mixing designs. The F4F and F4U are different planes.
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  4464. I'd be more upset about the resting active duty ships that we have.
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  4465.  @craighagenbruch3800  Craig, it is not that simple. It is new technology. It's like jet engines. They were still R&D items. Not proven items that you could have feedback on what works. Reading Popular Science magazine and saying great, let's equip the IJN is not how it goes. Also is there even a electronics industry to build a radar?
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  4466.  @eddierudolph7694  Narrow down what nation your talking of. Your question is too broad.
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  4467.  @dubsy1026  Why not? France has a empire far from home to partrol. That means long range ocean travel. For that, bigger is better.
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  4468.  @Krieg-ch8ot  Sure. Calling them BC's or Pocket BB's is getting into word games.
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  4469.  @Primarch359  Technically Brazil. But we have no ships to sell, are worth buying and are non Nuclear. Brazil tried the used carrier thing with France and got a money pit of grief in return.
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  4470.  @dubsy1026  There is a oddness to all French military design. At sea, in the air & on the ground. That is why they are France. 🙄🇫🇷
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  4471.  @dubsy1026  Now your just arguing to argue. They outgunned every 8" cruiser made. As for speed and armor? The Range was more critical than speed. And as a radier, heavy armor was a trade off. Do you wish to call HMS Hood a Battleship due to gun size alone? Calling the Deutschland a BC, it a fitting term.
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  4472.  @Islander0711  Your rushing technology and tactics faster than it takes time to do things. You say change. What is the great rush to do so in peactime?
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  4473.  @dubsy1026  What is next? Tomato, fruit or vegetable? 🙄 Call it a Panzerschiffe and call it a day......
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  4474.  @Johanski_  http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7.php
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  4475.  @hothoploink1509  Basically this is now Star Trek and the Japanese are a Borg cube at the Battle Wolf 359.....🤨 Okay....🙄
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  4476.  @dubsy1026  You're determined to fit this peg into the hole of your choice. Be it round, octagonal or hexagonal.... There is no stone tablet carried by Moses about this.🙄
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  4477.  @TheKingofbrooklin  Post World War 1 was a period of disarmament, treaties to cut warship building and a League of Nations formed. Few nations were eager to jump on the Greek vs Turkey War in that light.
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  4478.  @danielsummey4144  You have heard of a invention called the SAM? Thus Aegis CG-47'S were born to do the role of Air defense ship. You're going backwards in abilities.
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  4479. https://youtu.be/rxry2ITjRSE
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  4480. That would be incorrect. Many ships, including American had lower deck catapults. And of course all cruisers and battleships had catapults
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  4481.  @gregorywright4918  that would be very incorrect. They were used and were included on the first six Essex class carriers. Might want to try that Google again?
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  4482.  @gregorywright4918  well the term is including both. but the top of the topic of discussion were hanger catapults.
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  4483. I wish they could have web links on this channel? I have a picture showing a hellcat getting launched off of USS Hornet from its hanger deck.
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  4484.  @colbeausabre8842  what's the point of counting sorties? You're now trying to move the bar of the conversation. They are not supposed to be used for an entire airstrike or anything. Air for launching Scouts and standby alert Fighter for combat Air Patrol.
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  4485.  @colbeausabre8842  the point of this thread is to point out that the original poster was incorrect In His assumption. AND since links are disabled, feel free to investigate sorties at 2 AM.
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  4486. There is no Proper designation.
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  4487. Critic 😞
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  4488.  @AtomicBabel  The Yard is great visit. 🙂👍
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  4489.  @leogazebo5290  Result is a bad carrier snd a bad sub.
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  4490.  @NabeshinIII  They didn't mostly.
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  4491.  @troopieeeeee The first Spitfire was a dog. A failure.
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  4492.  @sewing1243  For a general history of the weapon? https://youtu.be/6Sl298P9-5Q As for the other part? Those are contact detonator hits.
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  4493.  @henrysimpson9094  Your changing deck chairs on a sinking ship. Changing ships solves none of the Naval issues of Germany. They still are out numbered. Lack access to the Atlantic. Have codes that are compromised. Drain Germany of men and fuel for little return. And draw air attacks like flies. You could give them 3 Yamatos. They still don't win.
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  4494.  @mcduck5  Yep! Just did a quick search. The best the QE class would do is 23 to 24 knots. Bismarck and Tirpitz had a top speed of 30.
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  4495.  @peterlustig9126  We got a answer this week in the Drydock. It is a bagpiper.
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  4496. Yet, true.
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  4497.  @andreww2098 Prison afloat with pay.... 😔 Guys need off the boat. Time.
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  4498.  @ellagreytanner  not much change. Great depression would have canceled most of the projects anyway.
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  4499.  @quietsolopursuits1414  All the above.
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  4500.  @TraditionalAnglican  More blame game peddling.
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  4501. When placed in reserve or mothball status the ships have no crews. The ships are closed up, sealed up and have caretakers that check on things. Located at places like Philadelphia, they are in freshwater to prevent rust issues.
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  4502.  @warhawk4494  Still waiting.I Asked a year ago. 😥
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  4503.  @scottmason2557  The RN in general has few ships named for people.
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  4504.  @Drachinifel  I know. There are only 52 weeks a year. We in the Fast attack/ MTB cheerleader section can wait. 😏📣
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  4505.  @aaronmoore569  and your video on the topic is where exactly?🤔🎬
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  4506.  @aaronmoore569  If you think his abilities are subpar; it would be nice to have something to present that would reflect that as a comparison. And to refer to him as a amateur and lazy researcher? His volume of work and support of those in the industry would beg to differ.
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  4507.  @aaronmoore569  What you refer to as an error? Does grammatically and functionally seem correct. The action takes place off of the island of Samar. Not on it.
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  4508.  @aaronmoore569  well, since I am not in his employ. I will let you two continue to spar in the ring.🥊🥋
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  4509. 1. It was not a Battleship. 2. The ship was greatly damaged, not sunk...
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  4510. The Channel is too dangerous.
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  4511. The British like National health Care more than they like ships.
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  4512.  @Johndoe-jd  Pearl Harbor....
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  4513.  @alantrevor3658  what do you picture them doing, that their newer ships could not already do better? Your still limited by access to fuel and access to the Sea. They are still outnumbered and outgunned in a fleet action versus the Royal Navy. And they no longer have overseas territories to protect, that require them to be on distant stations.
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  4514.  @watt8867  the Great Depression probably would have had influence over any spending.
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  4515.  @alantrevor3658  Your German surface Raider is going to spend most of the war; suck in port in France, a Fjord in Norway or stuck in the Baltic. Using men and fuel needed by the U-Boats.
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  4516. And this a problem in mid ocean?
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  4517.  chris younts  Do I tell you how to spend your money? And when Karl Marx become cool again?
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  4518. Nitrogen is the issue in diving and pressure.
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  4519.  @khunsambkk  Nice, in theory. But they are but a small minority in any nation.
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  4520.  @garyhill2740  they start shooting, fight is on.
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  4521.  @genericpersonx333  "Pirates of The Baltic" would be a boring film.... 😒 And not much reason for a big interwar Navy. As for Gibraltar? I would be shocked they hit a barn door . Let alone a rock... 😏
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  4522.  @nikolailucyk  https://youtu.be/rbX8rJMI9GM
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  4523.  @vladimirstroganov  Mississippi riverboats fit your definition.
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  4524. You keep asking the same question, with the same obvious answer. Bismarck does nothing in the Atlantic. Convoys get rerouted to avoid her. The Royal Navy hunts it down. Or gets back to France and wins up a bombing Target.
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  4525. He has done some already.
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  4526. Actually if you check his previous videos, there is a excellent video about Lake Warfare during the War of 1812.
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  4527.  @Thedisgruntledfarmer  Here is a link to the 1812 video. https://youtu.be/7B6nD2Vtcug
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  4528. withdrawn for copyright infringement.
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  4529. USN blimps played a important role in ASW well into 1960.
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  4530.  @hughgbelly5092  those are folding booms used for supporting torpedo Nets. When ships were at anchor these booms were extended and large Nets draped from them.
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  4531. Those are rather small bits, compared to what you need for a ship...
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  4532.  @fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617  because we don't play that way. You sign a treaty to abide by it. The goal of this treaty was disarmament. And the prevailing opinion was to continue in that course and thus that's why you had the US remaining neutral for most of the 1930s. Plus add in the small factor , couldn't afford it.
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  4533.  @slartybartfarst55  https://youtu.be/58lfaMFUQc0 I didn't take 5 minutes. Next time, check the playlist and look under other.
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  4534.  @metaknight115  not before the carriers got to them.
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  4535.  @metaknight115  Sounds like Wrestlemania? 🤷🏽‍♂️
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  4536.  @jaredcore8888  short answer? Ships don't have to get that close anymore. Plus, all the crew needs to do is just shut the doors.
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  4537. Wrong channel....
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  4538.  @super44lover  Yes. Tonkin Gulf in 1964. It leads to the entire Vietnam War. There is also the entire Falklands War in 1982. Near all the action was at sea and in the air or Amphibious ops. There is the Iran Iraq war. The Gulf War and the Six Days War. There are other Cold War events, but those the major.
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  4539.  @DurinSBane-zh9hj  Coastal defense guns sure. But the Armor units were not in Normandy. They were held to the North to counter a invasion at Calais.
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  4540.  @DurinSBane-zh9hj  Landing Ship, Medium. Wikipedia has a description of duties and loads.
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  4541.  @DawnOfTheDead991  Dagger's point remains. As for monplanes? The Bristol Beaufort did no better than the Sowrdfish in the same battle.
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  4542.  @DawnOfTheDead991  All torpedo planes are handicapped by the limits of the weapon. They all need to fly low, slow and straight on a attack run. The Barracuda and Albacore did not do much better.
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  4543.  @kevintemple245  Shells are cheaper than Torpedoes. And reloadable...
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  4544.  @tic-tac9323  The original question did not specify Battleships.
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  4545.  @tic-tac9323 🍅 vs. 🍅
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  4546. Anything is possible? What is a classic ambush?
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  4547.  @hughgordon6435  well there's several cases of ships being attacked in Harbor.
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  4548.  @davidpnewton  there is however the false flag approach? Fly under false colors to approach your enemy and then ambush them.
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  4549.  @christopherwatson34  they did use submarines for some long-range cargo transporting from Germany.
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  4550.  @CAP198462  August of 1945 ; the Russian Pacific Fleet has like two Cruisers, 10 Destroyers and 78 submarines. There's not a lot for them to shoot at or add to the party. They are simply going to take the Northern Territories of Japan like they historically did.
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  4551.  @lassipohjannoro2253  the basic answer is that Marines didn't do any of the rigging or deck handling.
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  4552.  @letsmusashiplay59  There is no significant change to the outcome of World War II. All the problems of World War II were already found during World War I using such strategy.
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  4553. Mitscher, would likely lose that Air wing like he did Hornet's at Midway. 😷
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  4554. Try some decaf. You're too grumpy. 😐
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  4555. Ever notice the simple sounding questions are the most complex? Well, Randall that is a complex question. Is there "any possible" way to win? Yes.... But a lot of stuff has to go your way. Technical, tactical, logistical, political, etc.
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  4556.  @billhawk349  Exactly. It takes "alot" of stuff to go the German way. No code breaking. Adm. King being a jerk. No convoy system. The type XXI UBoat built in mass. No program to build Corvettes, SC, PC, DE or CVE. No, German side tracked efforts to the East. And so on....
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  4557. I'm sorry, define interesting? Is really having paddle wheels that interesting? Is aviation training really that interesting? I mean for the amount of questions that keep getting repeatedly asked, not really...
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  4558.  @NorseNorman  Still beats North Africa or Stalingrad.
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  4559. To be honest, do you really expect to be hitting an airplane with a manually operated gun? With sea spray in your face and the bow bobbing up and down?
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  4560.  @podmonkey2501  centralized Fire Control doesn't mean you're actually going to hit something.
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  4561. American prison inmates eat better than 19th century Sailors. Bad food, bad pay, impressment, sickness, No women and death by drowning. No wonder they lashed people......
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  4562. Japan has F-35's and are not in NATO. Nor is Israel.
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  4563. The USS The Sullivan's, like USS Texas is in danger of sinking. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/02/27/ceo-says-he-wont-let-uss-sullivans-sink.html
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  4564. ​ @admiral5113 everything was done by hand.
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  4565. computers https://youtu.be/wPRY5gGS3c8
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  4566. ​@@UNSCForwardontodawnhey, it's taken us four years to get this one. It's coming...⏳
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  4567. ​ @memeboy8207 The best is the Hornblower series. Following the exploits of the fictional Horatio Hornblower in his rise from midshipman to officer in the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic era. You should be able to find some episodes here on YouTube.
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  4568.  @bkjeong4302  they don't have fuel for either one...🤷🏽‍♂️ not the ship or the planes. So I don't really see a major change in outcome.
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  4569.  @iananderson5050  they primarily had more of a role of interdiction of supply. Stopping barge traffic to support the island troops. They were more interested in stopping the supply lines. Stopping the food, Fuel and ammunition to the Island Outpost that the Japanese were holding. The ability to bombard targets ashore was limited, until the arrival of mortars and Rockets. You thus could sit offshore with a 60 mm or 81 mm mortar and lob shells. Getting into Machine gun range, usually meant dealing with coral reefs.🏝🛥
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  4570.  @shadowwolf2608  the short answer is..... scouting. Warships such as Cruisers and battleships operated independently of carriers. And required their own aircraft to do reconnaissance spotting.
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  4571.  @Primarch359  the surface search radars were crude; but were good for a few miles.
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  4572. Terrorists have used that tactic. Bomb a place. Then use a delay bomb on the first responders.
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  4573.  @KB4QAA  😏Yeah...... okay....
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  4574. Head scratch 🤔 In what Universe does that idea come?
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  4575. Yes, they are torpedo booms. Nets are hung from the booms to stop torpedos when extended. They were only marginally effective and slowed the ship underway.
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  4576. Helps to have spotters to direct the fire. Ships also have fire control computers for calculation.
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  4577. A barracks afloat.
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  4578. She got transferred to the Pacific eventually.
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  4579.  @gregorywright4918  you forgot about USS Wasp.
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  4580. They had their own gun already.
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  4581.  @Purvis-dw4qf  I do believe both 4.7" and 4.5" had dual purpose uses?
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  4582. Shauna, we did that already. Nothing..... carriers do fly planes in port or at night.
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  4583.  @Noble713  ship powerplants are not modular. So pulling out the turret really isn't going to work.
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  4584. Great anchor chain fails https://youtu.be/25Us_VcMb8g
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  4585.  @paulscott2037  What about Lady Thatcher? It's past due to have a ship in her name.
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  4586. nope
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  4587.  @jasonsmith9968  😐 Seriously? The Coffee or Tea question taken?
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  4588.  @brucetucker4847  Invading the USA was never the goal. Nor was invasion Hawaii. They did manage to take hold up North in Alaska though. Sorry, but Midway is the key turning point of the Pacific War. The US loses the battle and they have time to consolidate their territory.
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  4589.  @davidharner5865  Navsea Dahlgren has a example of 19 inch armor. "Armor plates of various strengths, thicknesses, and compositions have been tested here over the years to determine how they perform when struck by various types of ordnance. Plates are also used to develop, test, and prove weapons designed to defeat such protection. The 19-inch armor plate on display by A Gate is a sample of one manufactured for the battleship USS Alabama (BB-60) and was part of a test on May 7, 1945. Armor plate such as this was developed to shield the front of the battleship’s 16-inch, 45-caliber gun turrets."
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  4590.  @jmearnosell8414  that's sort of the complicated question. Do you mean politically , militarily or economically? What benchmark are you going to judge? We could very well just say , whatever made Stalin happy?
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  4591.  @lawrencelewis2592  why would someone collect the man's effects and not his body?
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  4592.  @JoshuaTootell  we are not talking about storage on a long ocean voyage.
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  4593. How about the whole concept of a cruiser submarine / battle carrier?🤔
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  4594. ​ @douglasplatt7083 I could swear he answered this question last week?
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  4595.  @Gipsydanger1222  Tested and rejected. It has many of the bad qualities of the Seafire as a Naval fighter.
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  4596.  @omega7b948  It's a bad bad idea in practice. But Hitler tried.... https://youtu.be/SjSqm-cjisk
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  4597.  @kemarisite  He means a mess like this thing.... https://youtu.be/SjSqm-cjisk
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  4598. What does that even mean?
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  4599.  @hughgordon6435  "Elegance" d: scientific precision, neatness, and simplicity. EXAMPLE "the elegance of a mathematical proof." Well.....🤔 🚢 Can you judge a ship that way?
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  4600.  @hughgordon6435  there's nothing precise or simple about a warship however.
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  4601.  @richardcutts196  Trying to modify ships rather than purpose building them, is sometimes not really cost effective. You have to upgrade not just the weapons. But all the other subsystems. Not to mention the totally outdated computer and electronics. You're talking about pre Windows technology here. Going from vacuum tubes to solid state. Not to mention the Manpower requirements on these vessels.
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  4602. The Alabama is a South Dakota class.
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  4603.  @Matahpi  Want to learn about Minesweepers? Here is a film for you. https://youtu.be/6nZnkRCVszE
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  4604.  @DisSabot  Uh, that is a major history change. If they survive? The crews do too. Changing leadership at Sea and in the air for the rest of the war. Japan stays on offense into 1942 if you change things,
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  4605.  @bkjeong4302  Too the previous question. If Japan saves the 4 carriers, can they win the War? Likely no. But they can drag it out to a peace on their terms.
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  4606.  @blogsblogs2348  Available does not equal a good choice.
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  4607.  @blogsblogs2348  Blimps were a better option than air refueling bombers.
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  4608.  @tommeakin1732  Rocketry in the 1940's was moving as fast as it could. From the Bazooka to the V2. In the 1950's unguided rockets were thought to be a fighter plane weapon. But it never replaced the 20mm.
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  4609.  @admiralredaceone5913  The Great Depression would have had the same result. A cut in defense spending.
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  4610.  @gbladewarrior6884  CSA Hunley vs USS Houstonanic. X craft vs Tirpitz, MS 22 vs HMS Manchester.
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  4611.  @FazCraft  Brass cased cartridge guns. SK C/34 from Krupp.
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  4612.  @tommeakin1732  The AA gun was proven and simple. There's also the danger of rocket fuels of the time.
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  4613. False
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  4614.  @Colonel_Blimp  More like the RN was run out of the Pacific and Indian Ocean by 1942.
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  4615. Nobody ever got a medal for running from a fight.
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  4616. Whom are you referring to?
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  4617.  @greggweber9967  Now if I read between the lines, You advocate mutiny against the legal civil leadership for the sake of the "American Citizens?" "7 days in May" is a fine film. But not a playbook for coup d'etat .
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  4618.  @greggweber9967  You are trying to achieve political change that you cannot do legitimately. I don't particularly care for the current leadership. What is a whole other step altogether you say your point of view represents American citizens only. Or that the military Mutiny is desired. We went down this road in 1861 America....
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  4619.  @greggweber9967  it was very much The Legal and recognized Government. Whether they were right or not is a different issue. There are people to this day who think the Confederate States of America were legal and right...
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  4620.  @greggweber9967  We don't do foreign policy by individual crew and units. Comes as part of the paycheck and benefits.
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  4621.  @jamesjarrait2231  he is making the veil implication Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin, and Adolf Hitler are equal. BPH.....😏
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  4622. Part 1. R&D was not really a government sponsored thing. Just look at the advance in small arms ammo at the same time. The jump from muzzle loaders to cased ammo were mostly by guys working at home. https://youtu.be/zpkhCVeA-V4. Part 2. The guns also ballast the ship. Shift weight to the sides and the Center of Gravity moves too.
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  4623.  @Easy-Eight  lot of hard, but sad truth in that reply.
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  4624. Nobody said different.
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  4625. Not the Sands anymore?
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  4626. Except that we weren't making developments? They were.
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  4627. I'm not climbing that mast in a sea? I hate ladders.
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  4628.  @francoistombe  that's not terribly accurate. You don't have to be a capital in order to get a cruiser. Just ask the people of California or Pennsylvania.
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  4629.  @Easy-Eight  In this case the doctrine was opposite other major navies. A tool they needed and lacked. Deleting them for safety sounds as unbelievable as deleting the scout planes. The sea planes, fuel and weapons were more likely to get hit as torpedoes.
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  4630.  @seanmac1793  Americans make mistakes. Slavery, Prohibition, the designated hitter, New Coke and not putting Torpedoes on Crusiers.😷🤷‍♂️
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  4631. On the other hand.... they didn't spend money they didn't have. The budget deficit is $3.1 Trillion. And debt at $28 Trillion.
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  4632. Drach has a new job with the Scooby Doo crew solving Naval Mysteries.... Bismark crew reply? "I would have got a way with it too, if not weren't for you meddling kids."
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  4633. He is just one guy doing stuff 3 days a week. He can't do everything.
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  4634.  @michaelsoland3293  airports a few miles down the river.
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  4635.  @thecount5558  the easiest thing they could have done is to mine the bay. If they had laid a minefield, Dewey would have no way of sweeping for them.
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  4636.  @lanse77lithgow  I know that. but the conversation sacrificed fuel cargo.
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  4637. it's a Bagpiper.
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  4638. There was an entire live show on Wednesday.
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  4639.  @vridiantoast7096  Configurations change based on refits, region used, or available weapons. Ships are field modified by crews as well.
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  4640.  @strub6732  Russia stretches to the Pacific Ocean. The Siberian railroad extends to the ports there.
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  4641.  @colbeausabre8842  Looks like sea sick Machine just looking at them.🤢
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  4642. DAMN...😱
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  4643. Good Grief.
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  4644.  @bkjeong4302  Why? 🤔 What is Nationalist China going to do with it?
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  4645.  @markjoenks2217  that's one of those impossible answer questions? You you have mixed a ton of History changes and what ifs.
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  4646.  @bkjeong4302  Flagship? You want to take a Japanese aircraft carrier as a war prize for a Nationalist China Navy that really does not exist or can operate one? 🤔 head scratch....
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  4647.  @seanthepugproductions1335  Fix Saratoga and send Ranger.
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  4648.  @AdelineLowry  A manned missile? Not a great idea long term. Actual success? Mixed... While it could do a lot of damage. It's also easily countered by targeting its mother aircraft out of range of the ships. But in their credit, it's the great granddaddy of anti-ship missiles.
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  4649. I thought you were nuts to do this 100 weeks ago. Now you're a YouTube workaholic. Congrats! 😎
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  4650. Today, drug subs are a real problem.
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  4651.  @bkjeong4302  probably the size of the dry docks?
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  4652.  @Kevin_Kennelly  well the biggest Factor resource wise is, oil.
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  4653.  @hughgordon6435  by the time the Battle of Samar begins, the fleet is already out of position. Despite the pleas, they cannot physically Steam fast enough to reach them in time.
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  4654. Better question is what Modern Americans feel about it? Generally? Nothing...
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  4655. What would you change in a weapons magazine?
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  4656.  @hughgordon6435  I really don't know? 🤔 It's a secure space for ammunition. I don't know what other than make it more fireproof you're supposed to do?
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  4657.  @hughgordon6435  sorry you take it that way.
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  4658. 😅
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  4659.  @rogersmith7396  Drachinifels OnlyFans! With adult only ships.... 🤣
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  4660.  @CanalTremocos  only because the Destroyer moved away from anti shipping torpedoes to purely ASW. The Cold War threat was mostly submarines.
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  4661.  @CanalTremocos  not entirely. Most of the early missile systems were either cruise missiles or Surface to air. It took a while for true anti shipping missiles to appear.
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  4662. The modern United States Navy would say, "hold our beer."😑🍺
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  4663.  @8sierra262  they probably would have been scrapped anyway. Post-war Germany was broke. And still under the treaties of Versailles.
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  4664. Actually, she was sunk doing a ferry mission for the US Army. Moving a P-40 fighter Squadron to Java. The reason no carriers were at Pearl Harbor were due to similar Ferry missions to Wake Island and Midway. By this time, The Langley was a Seaplane tender.
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  4665. Actually, most crossing are Central American now...
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  4666. Yes.... There are situations where it would be useful to have. You are able to do a long sustained fire support. Also the Marines have lost their armored units. So the offshore support may be required.
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  4667.  @gregorywright4918  3000 ft down off the Philippines.
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  4668. Well that would be another explanation for BBC.
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  4669.  @seanquigley3605  you seriously want to make a real clone ? The price of the wood alone would be insane based on lumber prices right now.
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  4670. Well, opinions are just opinions... Would it have made a difference? At Midway the command was split between the island defence and the 2 task force leaders. Once the planes launched, there is little a commander can do. So what is Halsey going to do different from Spruance or Fletcher?
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  4671. Long, but thumbs up worthy...😎👍
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  4672.  @milferdjones2573  I guess Putin comes from the same management School?
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  4673.  @anondescriptbullet  The RN. Next question....
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  4674.  @borismekler  The leadership of Tojo and the Army make that a non starter.
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  4675.  @michelangelobuonarroti4958  1. Yes. 2. USS Saratoga was enroute , but too late for the battle.
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  4676.  @Knight6831  Yes, but think drones......🤔 Nuc subs do a ton of Spec Ops and reconnaissance. The ability to send drones over the beach could be very useful. A SEAL team might like a eye above. Or even with a Hellfire missile. Are we ever getting a Flying Sub like on "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea? " Hmmmm...🤔
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  4677.  @Clank_Clank_Im_a_tank  The infamous unit 731 seemed to have like Plague as a weapon. Visit Wikipedia for gory details of Unit 731.
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  4678.  @deaks25  Idea good. Tech bad. Today, drones from subs and Underwater RPV are very useful and possible.
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  4679.  @QuizmasterLaw  Subs lack the speed to operate with the surface fleet. Thus, Cruiser scout planes and Seaplane tenders.
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  4680.  @borismekler  Hard to call Tojo, transient.
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  4681.  @hs5312  sure. The Germans were fascinated with huge guns. They developed the Paris gun in World War I. Again large railroad guns were larger than shipboard weapons. There's a diminishing return however going above 16 in. Bigger is not better. Just bigger bulkier, heavier, slower to load.
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  4682.  @StoneCresent  on that score, regulus was more based on German ideas.
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  4683.  @detritus23  Technically? There was another bombing raid. Japan sent balloon bombs
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  4684.  @tewsgcdcfgechk908  Coastal defenses make that idea a non starter.
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  4685.  @craighagenbruch3800  Everyone pre war tried planes on subs. The USN, RN, and the French sub Surcouf.
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  4686.  @benjaminarnold2881  Think drones.....https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2020/12/10/us-navys-new-submarine-launched-drone-guides-torpedo-attacks-from-unprecedented-range/?sh=d5184085f196
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  4687.  @PirateofAE2  Yes. The other CV's took in Yorktown planes as a alternative.
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  4688.  @tewsgcdcfgechk908  The Canal Zone and West Coast were well defended and patrolled. In the air and at sea. Plus the planes lack payload. Not worth the trip.😏
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  4689.  @mcm421mo3 Many wars. From WW2 to the Falklands.
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  4690.  @tewsgcdcfgechk908  There were only a handful...
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  4691.  @CharlesStearman  Well.... Okay. Just trying to use a example off the top of my head.
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  4692.  @johnnash5118  Nope, Second bombing mission needer.
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  4693.  @weldonwin  Even today, chasing a 400 Lbs. bear with a Flintlock, sounds daffy.....
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  4694.  @weldonwin  Not a good idea...😳 https://youtu.be/84tubIhjfKI
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  4695.  @csours  those are vent holes for the ballast tanks. All submarines have them. Top and bottom. Just fewer of them now.
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  4696.  @altalena18  it's a bit outside of the channel coverage zone, which is pretty much up to the Korean War.
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  4697.  @AEW18141912  that's almost an entire Wednesday episode on that topic. You may have to wait a while.
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  4698.  @ArcticTemper  Hull design is always an evolving process. There are also design trends of the time. If you look at designs from dreadnought in 1906 to vanguard 50 years later; there are great deal of changes and lessons learned.
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  4699.  @knightworld3019  All Ships did not have it. Anti-submarine Warfare gear was generally reserved for ships involved in that activity.
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  4700.  @bkjeong4302  Your Anti Battleship bias is showing. And in any case, strength vs. A IJN with nothing left? Or at best one with zero fuel?
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  4701.  @f12mnb  Torpedoes on Surface ships today are mostly ASW weapons. The Missile replaced them in the Surface warfare ship attack role.
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  4702.  @redram5150  Sonar dome.
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  4703.  @Paladin327  Many of those could launch planes from the Hangar deck below via catapult. That is the main deck is open at the bow. https://youtu.be/jTFDSNX6AR0
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  4704.  @bkjeong4302  History and the USN don't agree with your view. Service in 3 wars since 1945 backs that.
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  4705. They didn't make many shots that far. Thus the optics.
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  4706. To what end? You've lost Manila. You lost Battan. You have lost Corregidor. Holding Fort Drum is meaningless. Spending an effort to take it, is equally meaningless.
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  4707.  @rogersmith7396  understandable sentiment. But once the surrender had been given, Fort Drum would have to comply as well.
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  4708.  @rogersmith7396  there is a third option. Escape. Having watched a biography on TV about a pair of army officers who managed to take a boat and sell out of harm's Way to Australia. You a submarines were running the blockade to Corregidor. I would think it would be possible to try and evacuate Fort Drum at night with subs?
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  4709. The era of Cold War had lots of fights over funding in the USA by the Air Force and Navy. Did the UK have any , "Revolt of the Admirals" type thing going on? Were there any John Stennis or Carl Vinson types in Parliament? 🤔
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  4710.  @Edax_Royeaux  you don't have a port to resupply. Your powder and ball Supply is not endless. Not sure you have enough to be wasting on practice.
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  4711. Where were the helicopters?🤔
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  4712.  @jrturner7707  Everything but the gun thing is possible.
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  4713.  @TheTrueOrion  Not a option.
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  4714.  @godeater360  It would be sunk.
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  4715.  @Ralph-yn3gr  https://youtu.be/0OmOQs0ziSU
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  4716.  @nelsoncheng2674  For about a year, they did win ... We outproduced, and outperformed from then on.
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  4717.  @mikbraikku  Still out numbered, out gunned and fuel for one way... Nope.
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  4718.  @valkyriedown5465  You can get a teaching certificate in most districts as a Substitute in days or weeks. No experience needed.
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  4719. It's 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Unless at General quarters, those are normal conditions.
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  4720.  @NightHeronProduction  The lifts and hanger too small.
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  4721.  @Knight6831  there's got to be a limit to a, "what if question?" You can't send a entire Navy.
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  4722.  @Knight6831  They could have easily bought the F-8 Crusader like the French.
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  4723.  @Knight6831  Giving better engines does not make Sea Vixen better. It is dead end.
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  4724.  @lyndondowling2733  Arsenal size does not equal capability or political will.
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  4725.  @Knight6831  the size of one's Arsenal does not equal political will or capability. Keep in mind UK has worldwide defense requirements. Those said forces are spread around.
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  4726.  @Knight6831  I'm not sure what you're trying to same here? All carriers travel with fleet oilers.
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  4727.  @beedrillbot121  This thread is getting into, "What if wacky." None of this makes any sense politically or tactically.
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  4728.  @Knight6831  The F-8 was a better fit for a small carrier.
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  4729. Not going to happen.
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  4730.  @Carbapenem1917  They are nets. Much like on construction sites to stop falls.
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  4731.  @gregoryhilton5315  Short answer? NOPE.... Physics... The whole mass × velocity =momentum thing.
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  4732.  @eamon821  Your still talking 40 year old ships with size restrictions on hanger and elevators. Going clean slate makes some sense over rebuild.
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  4733.  @jakemillar649 ? The task force could not support all 4. They don't have the fleet oilers to fuel the ships and planes.
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  4734.  @Highdesertone  only 52 weeks in a year with a content post 3 days a week.
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  4735.  @johnshepherd8687  I judge NATO in general. Canada and the Dutch had carriers too once. The US defense blanket allowed the USN to carry the load in the Cold War. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989. Yet, we still remain.
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  4736. Yep, slim job prospects in fields like naval architecture and Marine Engineering. Not to mention, very few schools.
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  4737. Nobody said any such thing.
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  4738. I don't think any made it into into service by August of 45.
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  4739.  @MravacKid Scrapping is not cost effective. Today the USN has a backlog of ships to scrap. Sink it and give fish a home.
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  4740.  @joshthomas-moore2656  The BBC has a answer. They got lost and ditched. https://youtu.be/vldHlK86dO4
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  4741.  @zacharyzier314  Try this film. https://youtu.be/6nZnkRCVszE
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  4742. Like a lobster tank at Red Lobster That floats?🤔
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  4743.  @MFitz12  bumblebee program?
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  4744.  @grahamstrouse1165  this is still circa 1950. You're a long way from such guided projectiles.
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  4745. Nothing tops the Hornet losing a entire airwing.
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  4746. The folks at Grumman would would say, hold up a sec. The Fulmar was not much than a warmed up Fairey Battle turned fighter. The Martlet should have been imported more rather than waste time on the Fulmar, Sea hurricane and Seafire.
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  4747. Want accuracy? That is called a documentary film. Problem? Unless your Ken Burns and PBS, nobody watches or funds them. So for every "Tora Tora Tora," there will be a dozen "From here to Eterinty."
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  4748. With modern tech it is possible.
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  4749. Well that is actually the tradition of Army and Marine units. Battle honors are transferred to the unit and their flags. There are Army units with battle honors going back to their creation.
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  4750. Nope
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  4751. Wrong thought process. Instead, think of everything pre Essex as experiments and developments. As we built more, the lessons were learned and adjusted for.
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  4752. It's the Navy Hymn Actually....😏
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  4753. Modern CG's would be shot to pieces if in gun range of any BB. As for rail guns? They seem more about punching holes than blowing up bunkers.
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  4754.  CommandoDude  With what? A CG 47 has 8 Harpoon and about the same number of TLAM's. Long punch, but not sinking a BB. Watch a Sink Ex video on YouTube to see just how much a ship can take.
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  4755.  @spider0804  The hardware is only as good as the user. Shooting faster does not mean they can hit a barn door.
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  4756.  @sarjim4381  Tomato vs. Tomatoe
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  4757.  @spider0804  At this point your making this into a fanboy contest. I have no favorite. But they served the same role and did a fine job. Leave at that.
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  4758.  @spider0804  Factual analysis is lab control conditions and you prove your assertion. That has not occurred.
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  4759. The USN and French tried crusier subs and subs with planes. The most famous is the Surcouf. One of the biggest pre war subs built. The Japanese I 400 class had seaplanes as well.
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  4760. Fire control computers factor target distance, speed, course, wind and other factors when sending orders to the guns. Much like the human brain does for a duck hunter with a shotgun.
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  4761. https://youtu.be/H9_d0LT_UyM
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  4762. No... There are 52 weeks a year. He has 52 listed already....😏
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  4763.  @StanNoteboom  It's a movie. Not a Ken Burns documentary on PBS.
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  4764.  @sgtspiffywiffy5799  Your question makes no sense. The fire control has the range before training the guns.
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  4765.  @michalsoukup1021  It matters if there is no 12" ammo in the RN to supply them.
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  4766. @Buju Banton This US Navy film will explain it in detail. https://youtu.be/DsDm1-OIeq8
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  4767.  @thegreyghost5846 " In almost all respects the 1939 design of the Mark 8 Mod 0 was very similar to the Mark 5 except for length. However, around the end of 1944 the improved Mark 8 Mod 6 version came out with significantly better hardening techniques which gave a noticeable improvement in penetration at impact angles of 35 degrees or so against thick face-hardened armor. This performance was so much better that BuOrd put out a memo stating that battleships were to return all previous Mods of this projectile as quickly as the Mod 6 became available for loading aboard ship. The Mod 6 had an even blunter, rounded AP body nose (with no point) to further enhance penetration against deck armor at high obliquity. The Mod 8 had a heavier cap, blunter nose and harder body from improved heat treating techniques. The AP Mark 8 has a radius of ogive of 144 inches (366 cm) or 9crh and leaves the barrel rotating at about 4,000 RPM. This round creates overpressures exceeding 50 psi (3.5 kg/cm2) close to the muzzle and 7 psi (0.5 kg/cm2) at a distance of 50 feet (15 m) from the muzzle. The Mark 21 Base Detonating Fuze (BDF) had a delay of 0.033 seconds. Fuze activation required a resistance equal to 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) of armor at 0 degrees obliquity or 0.375 inches (1 cm) at 65 degrees obliquity. AP projectile bodies are painted black. The nose color indicates burster type, with yellow denoting Explosive D. A narrow colored band below the nose indicates the splash color." http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7.php
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  4768.  @skyeshi3570  Didn't happen. They lost no ships on D Day.
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  4769.  @TomHarper1997  Even with the USN and RAN, the Royal Navy was driven out the Pacific and Indian Ocean. So........ you expecting a better result alone?🤔
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  4770.  @chrisdelano2038  New technology. Tactics take longer to develop, than the tech. Torpedos were more useful than ramming would have been. The issue is, the Battleships rarely got in range to use them.
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  4771.  @kemarisite  What Battleship had side and stern tubes submerged?
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  4772.  @Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan  Most of those buyers got a better deal on RN Light fleet carriers.
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  4773.  @kemarisite  Dreadnought, was kinda of a technology demonstrator. Much like the DDG 1000 of today. They kinda put everything new and cool on it. With experience, all learned what worked and what was silly. I do think a deck launcher, like the float plane is a nifty extra to have.
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  4774.  @CharlesStearman  Also there is the cost add duplication of Army tasks.
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  4775.  @CharlesStearman  The question is more about sonar use and targeting.
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  4776.  @The_New_IKB  Because they are British. And that is the British way....
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  4777. Maybe this is just a generational thing? But what is the obsession with Cheating? There seems to be huge portion of the audience who just want to spend time trying to cheat, find loopholes or do something other than actually doing what you are supposed to do?
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  4778.  @Drachinifel  Beware of back seat Alfred Hitchcock's and Spielberg's.....😏
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  4779.  @Drachinifel  🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇 Could be worse. Could be "Chicken of the Cave".....https://youtu.be/rXRYtt-8uH8
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  4780.  @edwardvincentbriones5062  Because the active navy is more important. History preservation is a low priority after the Great War.
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  4781.  @n3zyd  Well of course. Why do you think they were invented?
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  4782.  @philipcarlagonia7242  They lack the range or bases.
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  4783.  @richardcutts196  That's a not practical deal. They would use them for targets, like the Osfriesland.
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  4784. Cutts, the Navy was in mid Depression, Isolating, and Defense cutting. We had no enemy and were making treaties to cut hulls.There is zero way this plan goes anywhere.
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  4785. @A M They are wrecks? Moving them is necessary. From Graf Spee to Pearl Harbor.
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  4786.  @richardcutts196  Outside the box thinking. But the only tech we wanted was Zeppelins. There's nothing here magical.
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  4787. @A M None....
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  4788.  @bucksfanatic5863  Sounds like a Sea story.....
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  4789. 🤔hmmmmmm. How many Women do you know like channels on Naval History? 😏
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  4790.  @ivanconnolly7332  True. But overall, I think purpose built works better than converting.
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  4791.  @murray1453  Well...... All I can say is, Adm. Raeder and Dönitz rolled the dice the other way. And you free up the RAF and RN to do other things without Tirpitz as a distraction.
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  4792. Not practical at all. Even the concept of modular construction does not exist. Your too far ahead of the tech and engineering.
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  4793.  @aebirkbeck2693  Basically any target within 20 miles.
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  4794. Actually he has a destroyer named for him. Also the ship is named for the oldest son. Joseph Kennedy Jr. JFK's older brother.
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  4795.  @markgarin6355 The man earned the Navy Cross....
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  4796.  @vikkimcdonough6153  it's not practical at all. How to you expect to board a ship with over 1,000 people? Has watertight doors? Uneven deck heights? And has escorts?
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  4797.  @stevevalley7835  visitors must respect the laws of the Port being called on.
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  4798.  @shadowwolf2608  why are you trying to make a dual-purpose 6 inch gun? There's no advantage.
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  4799.  @danielregnard882  President Truman was from the state of Missouri. The ship is also in non battle damaged condition. If you're trying to do the symbolism thing? You choose one of the Pearl Harbor Survivors.
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  4800.  @bkjeong4302  I believe the leadership loss far outweighs the ship's value? But, I get it. You are not a fan of battleships.
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  4801.  @RandalSaint  I think I basically said that already? He would have gone to the war crimes trial and face the same fate as the rest of the leadership.
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  4802.  @RandalSaint  I don't think a second targeted assassination or suicide are very likely outcomes.
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  4803.  @shadowwolf2608  it was done, but it doesn't seem to be entirely successful. And surface-to-air missiles makes it a technological dead end.
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  4804.  @Ebergerud  Field Marshal Montgomery would say hold my beer....😏🍺
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  4805.  @snorri0411  1. First, watch "Final Countdown. " https://youtu.be/Byu4VrhUIK8 Next, on board supplies? Depends how active your air group is. You will need aircraft fuel in a week or two. And smart weapons means basically building the electronics industry from scratch. 2. The Naval weapons department. Kept up development into the 1990's. They would have extended range and guided rounds. And Nuclear shells were already made by the late 1950's.
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  4806.  @jackmunro7  is the purpose of "thermal shielding" stealth or some how to extend barrel life? In any case, no.
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  4807.  @AnvilAirsoftTV  Your asking a question without a answer. It never happened.
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  4808.  @sovietdominion  what Reserve? Hornet basically wasted a entire Air Group.
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  4809. Cut the guy slack. He just got out the hospital. He is only guy.... and there are 52 weeks in a year.
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  4810. Anything Made by Fiat Chrysler is guaranteed to fail.😏
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  4811. Mare Island. Puget Sound. 🙄
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  4812. 😒 Would you want to be in the rear seat of a Fulmar vs. Zero?
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  4813.  @bkjeong4302  😖 seriously?
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  4814.  @charlieborsos7321  The answer is, your right. The M1917 Lewis gun was made by Savage Arms and made for the USMC & USN in Caliber. 30-06 Gov't.
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  4815.  @Dylan-lw1xc  nope
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  4816.  @Halinspark  You mean like, the US DD's to the RN deal?
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  4817.  @bkjeong4302  That is a function of the gunnery, not the gun platform. A 5" shell is still a 5 " shell. Fired by a DD or a BB.
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  4818.  @bkjeong4302  Not every target is worthy of a main gun shell. The Battleship has the flexibility to hit targets on the beach to 25 miles behind the lines. And unlike aircraft, they do a fire mission at night or bad weather. Airpower, still faced bad weather June 6th and cloud covered the bomb zones.
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  4819.  @bkjeong4302  Not when the aircraft are across the Channel 30mins away and sitting in fog.
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  4820.  @colinsdad1  Here is a quick history of the USN and the torpedo https://youtu.be/6Sl298P9-5Q
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  4821.  @colinsdad1  How about a film on the Mk 57 fire control? https://youtu.be/z_HUZSk8c2c
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  4822.  @piritskenyer  (1) He does. (2) Make Cruiser into a tanker? How?🤔 (3 & 4) Makes no fiscal or strategic sense. Post war Britain is not going to re boiler Battleships. The Soviet threat is submarines. Not surface warfare vs. Capital ships.
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  4823.  @piritskenyer  He answers questions, but that leaves little free time to work, research, make videos and etc.
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  4824.  Norbero Fontanez  Was one made? There are films on Sub rescue and salvage. Not sure about that ship in particular.
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  4825.  @nla27  I think we have an invention called submarines?
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  4826. It basically comes down to crew training. The guns and optics don't varry much. Radar makes rangefinding betterbat night and in fog. But if crews do not regularly practice, equipment does not matter.
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  4827.  @bkjeong4302  Well the US 7th Fleet can't seem to keep from running into cargo ships with that fancy gear. 😷 I guess you won't let the BB use new extended range shells?
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  4828. The DDG-1000 is just as bad.
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  4829.  @justinebautista1383  it's hard to call them good overall either?
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  4830.  @vipertwenty249  I said they got tricked into a close-range gun fight. Where are you getting not exactly?
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  4831.  @nordic5628  🤔 nope......
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  4832. But Ammo is not infinite. A ship only has so much.
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  4833. 😢 I hate ladders and heights.... At least there was no funky Electronic interference on this Trip.
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  4834. What are you talking about?
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  4835. The Philadelphia Experiment has nothing to do with the USS Philadelphia.
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  4836.  @southronjr1570  Wrong ship. Not true.
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  4837. 🤔 Nice to have dreams....
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  4838.  @genericpersonx333  Before we throw stones...... We need to look in the mirror of the last 20 years.
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  4839. Yeah, okay....😏
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  4840. ​ @WarrantOfficerWill22 various navies experimented and found that nuclear is the better option.
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  4841. ​ @baxter9725 it still doesn't do anything. It doesn't find any convoys. It doesn't have any air cover or escorts. It gets bombed to death in France if it does get back.
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  4842.  @newreality5295  you had Stern torpedoes. Your concept requires them to be directly under a ship. It also puts them directly under a depth charge.
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  4843.  @GaldirEonai  The smarter idea is send a oilier.UNREP is the answer......
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  4844.  @NobodyGoesREKT  There is no one answer.
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  4845.  @edwardvincentbriones5062  Treaty restrictions.
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  4846.  @joearnold6881  Your joking, right?
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  4847.  @stevevalley7835  Greece is the Crazy Cat Lady of old ships......
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  4848.  @olivermacke838  That must of made sense for a nanosecond? But only that long....
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  4849.  @lloydknighten5071  Mark 1 eyeball.
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  4850.  @EdVonPelt  A actually clever question. 🤔 Short answer is yes to both, but the same issues as the RN had.
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  4851.  @leogazebo5290  the short answer? See here. "Navalised aircraft - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navalised_aircraft
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  4852.  @kemarisite  Can you support the twin engine comment? I'm not sure it holds up statistically. Engine technology of today has moved beyond first generation issues.
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  4853.  @GaldirEonai  The limit is set by things like depth of ports. Size of docks, cranes, drydocks, bridges etc.
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  4854.  @Zulikas69  It's not a option. The ship was never making it to France.
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  4855. What is this endless idolatry over the Bismarck? Admiration over technology is fine. But the hero worship for Nazism is a bit unhealthy.
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  4856.  @veneraalabaster540  Not really. The deck elevators still have to send planes to the hangar. Then refueled, armed and move aft to launch.
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  4857.  @bakomusha  Same reasons we seem to consider China to be a threat. The UK was natural economic, political and military rival. The fact we have stayed chums since 1812 is a bit of luck. We were friends of Japan in 1922 too.
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  4858.  @johnshepherd8687  I have no such delusions of grandeur. Others? It's notable.
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  4859.  @TraditionalAnglican  Did what exactly?
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  4860. One, carriers were thought to have a scouting role pre WWIi. They would be the fleets eyes and would then guide the Battleships to the fight. As weapons and tactics changed, then they take a strike role. Second, is political. Big ship admirals ran the Navies. Sub and Aviation officers lacked seniority to change traditional policy.
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  4861. On the other hand, the threat was more toward ASW. The Soviet surface threat is limited.
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  4862.  @gerardmdelaney  First most had ever heard of the place. Must have been a lousy post for a Royal Marine? More sheep than women.....🐑 vs.💃🙄
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  4863.  @TheJudge2017  your question doesn't make sense. The purpose of the magazine is to provide storage for the ammunition to the gun. Just how far do you plan on lugging 2000 lb of shell?
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  4864.  @samleake2528  battleships wouldn't get significantly much bigger because the facilities are not going to get bigger. How deep are you going to dredge a Harbor? How tall can you make a bridge? How big do you want to make a pier? That's the problem with supertankers. They generally have to park offshore.
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  4865.  @skirider7  That's your question? Really?
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  4866.  @antoonvanmaris58  On most vids, yes.
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  4867.  @richtysoe6393  The projectiles are undersized. When fired, they expand to grab the rifling.
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  4868. @John Thomas he's saying hull.
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  4869.  @TheJudge2017  Still from a design standpoint, location is a balance of protection, access and efficiency. Moving it elsewhere screws that 3 legs of the stool.
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  4870.  @antoonvanmaris58  What are you talking about?
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  4871.  @antoonvanmaris58  And I replied, "some video do and don't have them." That is a fact. Not derogatory, belittling or humorous. It is what it is. How you draw that as making fun of the hearing impaired is a headscratch?
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  4872.  @antoonvanmaris58  😏 Having a Grumpy Cat day?😾
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  4873.  @antoonvanmaris58  🤔 You wish to see slights where there are none. Enjoy your Grumpy cat day.😾
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  4874.  @antoonvanmaris58  Sigh, such as?
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  4875.  @antoonvanmaris58  You need a aspirin or something? Alka Seltzer? 🤔 You seem troubled?
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  4876. What is there to test?
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  4877.  @averagefilipino315  the US had already experimented with submarine-launched aircraft. As had the British and French.
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  4878.  @GaldirEonai  Agreed. They made it work.
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  4879. That is rather a kind hand to his straight up making a After action report that is not accurate.
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  4880.  @joechang8696  we're not talking about inaccuracy. Falsifying is the charge. And not made by a any Armchair expert. Naval history magazine details this in May 2012.
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  4881. She was being used to ferry USAAF P-40's. Sadly never delivered to Java.
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  4882. We have steel plants Worldwide. You can import steel. As for ammo? As of 2016 the Army had 15,000 shells in storage.
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  4883.  @johnshepherd8687  In 1977, a major change occurred with the designation of the United States Army as the single-service manager of conventional ammunition. This resulted in the establishment of the tenant command, Crane Army Ammunition Activity (CAAA) that took over the loading, assembly and storage of ammunition at the installation.
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  4884.  @TheCsel  What are you building? And what parts are you replacing?
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  4885. Nobody wants a 60 year old ship.
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  4886.  @DefaultProphet  First, why?...... The Aegis CG-47'S and DDG 51's have that role. Your trying to make something they don't have a need for or are built to do. Second, the cost benefits are zero with that idea.
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  4887.  @paulmeredith800  If Sea Lion goes ahead, that means Germany won the Battle of Britain. Without air superiority, the RN stays in port.
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  4888.  @soulsphere9242  Well, here is a example of gun accuracy in a 76MM. https://youtu.be/61YnsQ1v0mw
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  4889.  @joshthomas-moore2656  You want a explanation of Metacenter....... here you go. https://youtu.be/QUgXf2Rj2YQ
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  4890.  @soulsphere9242  The UK defense budget is likely a reason.
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  4891.  @1KosovoJeSrbija1  Ships are not Tanks. They have compartments. Burning a hole and torching one does little . https://youtu.be/xn_lWeRRocM
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  4892.  @bkjeong4302  The RN would have no air cover.
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  4893.  @bkjeong4302  It solves half the issue. The RN will be Stuka bait in Daylight. And the BEF left there gear in Dunkirk. The Germans just need a toe hold of a port to get Sea Lion going. They have access to French and Duch ships. Not just barges. And paras to help get points Inland.
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  4894. Fiscally and politically? Not really. The Cold War is done. Canada's real Naval concerns are in the Arctic. A big navy is a luxury for them.
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  4895.  @blogsblogs2348  Well by the same token, saw report this week China may sell a Carrier to Pakistan.
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  4896. If your desire is just to throw missiles at people; there are cheaper platforms to use. Once again all these conversion ideas are bad ones. The battleship is not an AA escort. The subforce can deliver the cruise missiles with much greater stealth for about the same number. You also sacrifice most of it's naval gunfire support ability.
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  4897.  @Knight6831  It is stuck in budget Hell. The Biden DoD is not priority one right now.
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  4898. Subs would have first priority for marine diesel production.
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  4899.  @mattalpha5935  https://youtu.be/0OmOQs0ziSU
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  4900.  @sneakyduc1326  Technology not treaties were the issue. Several nations played with the idea. All were a fail.
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  4901.  @damascus6478  HMS Rodney torpedoed the Bismarck in 1941 with its torpedoes.
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  4902. Not always. And not true of older subs at all.
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  4903.  @phaasch  it's blunt, but it's the truth. Always has been.
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  4904. How do you reach Indochina undetected? And what are they supposed to do there? There is zero logistics and no fuel.
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  4905.  @toddwebb7521  easier solution is what they actually did. Attack the ship by air. Not getting into some sort of ship to ship dueling match.
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  4906.  @thomascabaniss1709  Ships cat... 🙀
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  4907.  @henriquekonradt541  that's pretty much how surface raiders operate.
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  4908.  @maxbuster1508  spent most of the war in the Caribbean; in Martinique.
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  4909.  @jakemillar649  ????? 🤔 No..... Operations don't work that way.
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  4910.  @JSremus  adding another destroyer is not likely to increase chances of success. If anything , it increases your exposure of being spotted.
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  4911.  @grzechu9821  no secret mission. The whole stuff about smuggling Nazis to South America is a lot of hokey.
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  4912. There is little you can do. Nets were a fail. Blisters add bulk and thus bust the treaty limits. Decoys had not been invented. So what more are you asking for?
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  4913. He already did his video on Franklin. Over a year ago. Due to copyright infringement it's been removed.
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  4914. You came all the way to Camden, NJ ? Fun tour.....😏
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  4915.  @michaelmullens1214  No stop across the river? And No side trip to NYC? Intrepid is only 90 miles.
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  4916. Great link and info. 😎🍹
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  4917. Perhaps because there is 52 weeks in a year?
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  4918.  @cvproj  You like NYC that much? I would sell it back to the Indians.
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  4919.  @michaellewis1545  hmmmm.... don't think so. New Ford carriers have names already.
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  4920.  @WraithMagus  The Firescout is already small, and autonomous. https://youtu.be/IsUiu6XmrAs
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  4921.  @WraithMagus  🤔 .....As in Server 34 Admiral?
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  4922.  @WraithMagus  set to periscope depth. Raise antennas. Not a big deal.
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  4923.  @WraithMagus  The ability to do ASW with a sub launched Firescout would be nice.
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  4924.  @WraithMagus  Well folks above my pay grade and DARPA have solutions to those bugs. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2020/12/10/us-navys-new-submarine-launched-drone-guides-torpedo-attacks-from-unprecedented-range/?sh=d5184085f196
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  4925. Hmmmmm... Not so fast. The Italian Navy can back this play. Take Malta and the Brits are in trouble
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  4926. There's only 52 weeks in a year.....
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  4927. That is a bit of trying to see every problem as being a nail and you use a hammer. 🔨👷‍♂️
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  4928. Nothing. The reason for their existence was sunk already or stuck in port.
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  4929. The general budget.
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  4930. In Western Pacific they're called typhoons.
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  4931. You have to keep in mind all of this in context for the time. There was no significant carrier threat in the Atlantic or Mediterranean. Thus, their forces were developed with that in mind.
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  4932. That is not what the Ship is named for.
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  4933. Both used the same planes.
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  4934.  @AdamosDad  Well, no.
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  4935. I think we can just sum up this question for the 99th time. Ships are not tanks......😏🚢
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  4936.  @gyrene_asea4133  To be completely correct, yes. It's a tanker. I was trying to give a short reply. That should be the USS Ramapo. That was the ship transporting the PT's to Squadron 3. However they never arrived. The boats and crews were used to reinforce Squadron 1 and 2 instead.
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  4937. At the top. Under pinned for Q&A.
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  4938.  @Zero01k  True. Several American crews did the same.
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  4939.  @cdfe3388  yeah, I feel your pain. I used to be in the construction inspection business. And have found myself in many of these YouTube debates. You should see the people who swear that the condo collapse down in Florida last year was some sort of, " nefarious controlled demolition." Basically, This falls into the same sort of conspiracy tin foil hat stuff as, the grassy knoll and TWA flight 800. 😏 Just yesterday on another channel I had a guy claiming that the shuttle Challenger was a murder.
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  4940.  @twinsaretrouble  player haters everywhere.😏
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  4941.  @TooSexyForCS Reaction? 🤔.......... We have come a long way since ATARI...😲
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  4942.  @sorrymabbad  Nope. Beat up. Elevators limits size of planes. The Midway class already entering service.
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  4943. @Robert Miller I would hate to walk into Home Depot to price Teak wood today...😒
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  4944. ​ @scottgiles7546  just tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak mast....🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
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  4945.  @AdelineLowry  Well, nothing. You can't force someone to sign a treaty agreement. Case in point? I believe there's an international treaty concerning landmines. Neither the United States nor the Russians have signed it or honor it.
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  4946. Quick answer.... No coaling underway. Coal bunkers were next to boiler rooms. Nearly all stoked by hand. Yes, ships post WW1 converted to oil. And lack of oil effected the choice of ships the USN sent to the UK in WW 1 to coal burners.
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  4947.  @ccrider5398  🤔....Coal fired? That sounds like bulk tranport carrier of coal. It seems odd to have a merchant ship using coal post 1930??
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  4948. Sorry, but you're using emotion over common sense.
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  4949. How far can you see the horizon? 🤔 To keep things simple. If you are 6 ft or 1.8M above sea level. The Horizon is 4.8 Km or 3 miles away... Distance= square Root of 2*hR. h is height above sea Level. R is the Radius of the Earth. About 6,371KM or 3959 Miles.
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  4950. Where's the joke? They've already done Lend lease with other vessels.
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  4951. There are many films on the age of sail. That is just the latest.
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  4952.  @k3D4rsi554maq  nope....🙄
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  4953.  @grantlee5737  ship configurations will vary. But most of the space forward is dedicated to things like storage and the anchor chain room. On the older battleships you would have submerged torpedo tubes. You generally would not put berthing spaces that far forward.
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  4954. Being French, that would be a wine cellar and Cheese storage unit.
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  4955.  @robertf3479  a one-week dry dock seems awful fast?
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  4956.  @bkjeong4302  😏 You will never give a inch...."Battleships suck", is you`re Motto....
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  4957. Part right. But we did not keep the North Carolinas or South Dakotas either. The Iowas were the newest, low millage and best equiped for return.
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  4958.  @sarjim4381  By that time there were no other BB's to face. And speed means little in the naval gunfire role. So the whole needing to keep up with CV's is not a big deal. They were not being used as escorts anymore.
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  4959. I'm not sure I understand the question ❓
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  4960.  @RoastedOpinions  who is classifying by tonnage? Function has always been more important.
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  4961.  @kyle857  Allways questioned why the German Adm. Would travel without one? Bad plan flaw#1......
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  4962.  @bkjeong4302  And thus the fustrating history of German sea power and design continues. When they hit. They hit well. But the missteps.... Sigh.😥
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  4963. Surprise? The post is every Wednesday.....
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  4964. Click bell and select, "all."
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  4965.  @imprisongroverfurr5252  how is Egypt to afford the ships or man then? Even today , they don't have much of a need for battleships.
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  4966. @shadowwolf2608  no, there was no testing or investigation until problems in action.
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  4967. @shadowwolf2608  if you look back at the history it wasn't so clear that we were going to war. The political and popular support was not there.
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  4968. @Ulrich.Bierwisch  very strange question. No one is crying for the return of privateering.
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  4969. He has touched on a few of those in 5 years. There's still only 52 weeks in a year. HIs calendar is already spoken for right now topic wise.📅
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  4970. William Holden and Sophia Loren did a movie about them in 1958 called, "The Key."
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  4971. You ask a lot for a single person doing 3 videos a week.
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