Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "The Drydock - Episode 012" video.

There is some truth there. https://youtu.be/1yAahSUiXt4
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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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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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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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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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@johngreen1706 Well.... the Royal Navy seems to have not shared that view. Thus she remains today as is..... 🙄
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@Kwolfx http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/royal-oak/wreck.php
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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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@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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