Comments by "josh thomas-moore" (@joshthomas-moore2656) on "USS Laffey (DD-724) - Guide 199" video.

Which class was worse for being over hyped the Bismarck Class or Yamato class? Personally i think the Bismarck class but would like your opninon. Second question which class of capital ship of the major nations is the most underated classes?
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@bkjeong4302 What about the Soryuu and Hiryu, they aren't bad carriers, ok their not as good as the "Big Three" carrier classes, but they are older and they aren't that far behind them they are of comparible speed and their air groups are good. And they were more active they did Pearl and Midway with CARDIV1 but they were also in a Indian ocean raid. Also most of the damage done at Pearl was the bombs not the Torpedos and Dive bombing was their air groups specialty. Also compareing them to CARDIV1 they are much better, their faster then Kaga and i believe they had more planes then Akagi, and they were certianly hit a lot harder then Akagi who took one bomb and was out Soryuu and Hiryuu took three or four bombs each and i'd say in Hiryuu's case if the Damage control was better she could have survived. So i'd say they are best of the rest when it comes to carriers before the Essex's come into action.
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@bkjeong4302 That is true Zuikaku and Enterprise's rivalry does need more attention and i do agree with you the Shoukaku's are underated their the quite ignored work horses of the Japanese carrier forces.
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@bkjeong4302 And yes the Illustrious class to they do need more time in the spotlight, i mean they were reinforceing the US Navy for bit (Like USS Robin) so they were fighting in two Navies technically.
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@bkjeong4302 Yes the Iowa's are to focused on far to much. The Kongo's are less guity as when they had their role given to them it made sense at the time and you could use them to lead crusier squadrons as they are battlecruises and if the Japanese were lacking cruisers they are better then nothing and they actually did go into an actual fight it didn't go well i admit but at least they did actually go into battle.
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@bkjeong4302 I can see the logic behind the idea that put the Kongo's and Iowa's in that posistion. But yes when it came to actual battle is didn't work.
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