Comments by "Kenneth Dean Miller" (@kennethdeanmiller7324) on "Drachinifel" channel.

  1. It's not just "the grief of war" but the grief of life & life lost! And any parents losing a son or daughter the grief is horrible, I'm sure! While luckily I've never experienced such a thing & pray that I will not! However, I did lose my wife 9 years ago & the grief NEVER goes away. In time we finally "move on" but only because we have no choice in the matter. There isn't a day that goes by that I do not miss her NOT BEING HERE WITH ME! Although in a way, the memories of her live inside me, making life easier yet harder at the same time.
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  2. @williamharvey8895  Yeah, I enjoy putting my earbuds in & listening to Drach thru my phone much more than watching on TV. Especially the Drydock! I always go back to the Drydock and search for ones that I haven't fully heard. Which, lots of times I do find questions & answers I don't remember hearing or have just forgotten. But to be very honest, I never thought that I could enjoy a channel that is mainly about weapons of war as much as I enjoy Drachinifel! As an old hippie I am utterly & completely amazed by this simple fact! For me, at first, it all started as a simple interest in WW2. My Dad's Grandma had 2 brothers that were both pilots & both died during WW2. One died fighting in Europe & the other in the Pacific & that was all I was ever told about them. I was a very young child at the time & no one wanted to talk about it! But one of my first Drach videos that wasn't specifically about WW2 was a video about what happens when a sailor has to abandon ship. And all the time, effort & thought that was put into that video, as well as the sarcasm, really won me over! And I was hooked after that! And also a very short video about "Stealth Battleships" was also very good & still remains one of my favorites!
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  3. Somewhere along 1:19:40 you were asked about using soap for fighting oil fires. And spoke that although on a lot of oil rigs they use explosives to blow a fire out. That suggesting such a thing on a warship is not going to win you any medals. My only argument is that if you actually deliver those explosives & it works, you may be "posthumously" awarded a medal. But most on board may not be in favor of either!😊😊😊
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  4. That's hilarious about how the modern day "salute" originated & changed. Which is another thing of which I was unaware. Half awake & listening to a new Drydock and I learn something new about something old. And that happens quite frequently, which is why I keep listening.
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  5.  @EliteF22  Yeah, the US Navy didn't realize that these Admirals had success because they were cautious during the first parts of the war. And excuse me but when people's lives are at risk caution is NEVER a bad thing. And when it comes to aircraft carriers during WW2 there was always a possibility of a night attack from Japanese submarines or even surface units & risking thousands of lives & the precious few carriers we had at the beginning of the war, their caution was what helped us win the war. And after they started getting the Essex swarm of carriers, it still wasn't prudent to be careless just because we had a larger carrier force. I didn't know Spruance & Fletcher was relieved of duty for being too cautious. That's wacko imho. If Spruance or Fletcher had been in charge during Typhoon Cobra I bet we wouldn't have lost all those destroyers.
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  6. Yeah, after living thru a battle such as that AND THEN being abandoned for 2 days in the water & seeing others die from shark attacks & wondering if & or when such a thing is going to happen to yourself but then you are FINALLY rescued. Yeah, a man could definitely have an heir of invincibility about himself after such a thing. After something like that, you know, when it's your time to go, it's your time to go. No sense in having a fit or getting upset about such a thing! Cuz it's NOT going to change the inevitable.
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  7. Yeah, in the Southern USA 🇺🇸, it's the Drydock along with fried chicken! Roast Beef... not so much! I mean Arby's roast beef(And Arby Sauce)is really good but NOT every Sunday! The Drydock & fried chicken, I can do every Sunday!
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  8. @Drachinifel I wanted to address your comment about the fact that people that are subscribed to your channel NOT getting notifications when 5 minute guides are released. It seems that I might be having a similar problem. BUT I think it has to do with lots & lots of 10-15 second shorts that if you make the mistake of liking one of those shorts you bombarded with so many that almost everything else gets lost in the abundance of more & more shorts. So anyone having the problem of NOT seeing your stuff as soon as it is released may want to start "removing shorts" from their watch history. IT DOES REALLY HELP!!
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  9. ​ @adamdubin1276 you mean "nothing says you shouldn't have done that quite like 9 16" high explosive shells landing on your position".😮😢 I wonder if when BIG Whiskey let loose of that broadside that those manning that shore emplacement realized that they had run out of time in this world? But like they say "ignorance is bliss". Wow I think I hear a freight train heading this way. And you know being on the receiving end of that you would really be what they call "fubar", I have no doubts about that.
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  10. Yeah, considering whether or not the Naval Treaties helped to prevent an Anglo/ American War. If the treaties hadn't of happened then the possibility of a war during the 1920's may have been a possibility. However, the US would have been against hostilities unless provoked by the UK or Japan. And furthermore, if this war did NOT happen by 1929 then it is very doubtful that it would have happened considering the stockmarket crash in 1929. And because of the Great Depression the US was still having economic problems in the late '30's which was why the US was reluctant to get involved in the second world war. Although, the US didn't have a problem selling war items to Great Britain because of the previous economic problems. And luckily, because of that, the US was almost prepared to start building & reworking factories into making war time items in abundance. Not just war ships, but also merchant ships, bombers, fighters, trucks, jeeps, howitzers, bazookas, bombs, shells, torpedoes, explosives, machine guns, rifles, grenades, tanks & halftracks. And we had to train sailors to use the ships & equipment. And soldiers to use all the guns & equipment. And pilots & crews to fly the planes. And mechanics & engineers to do maintenance and fix things that are broken or damaged in combat. And truck drivers & merchant ship crews to make sure the logistics of every operation has key resupply with ammo, food & fuel. For the US to fight 2 wars, one on the other side of the Atlantic(& in the Atlantic) & the other on the other side of the Pacific it would take a massive effort of men & machines! Suddenly, all of these people that were looking for work, had work in abundance. Plus, since most of our men were having to train to go to war, so the elderly men & most women were working in the factories. The whole country "bought in" to win the war. People who were working enough to buy war bonds did so. Every one had known what happened to the Brits during the Battle of Britain and wanted to make sure the war didn't make it to US shores. If faced with a large war today in 2 separate places, I seriously wonder if we could pull it off again like we did back then!
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  11. I guess after surviving the kaos of the Pearl Harbor attack USS Vestal wasn't going to be afraid of imaginary Japanese torpedo boats. But in defense of the Kamchatka, I think someone had brought a large amount of cocaine aboard and it's use meant that there was a heightened sense of paranoia. That, of course, is my own personal opinion & I have no way of really proving such a claim. "Do you see torpedo boats?" "No, do you see torpedo boats?" "Nevermind".
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  12. I haven't drank any alcohol since 2007, HOWEVER, I still LOVE getting my Wednesday Rum Ration! ❤❤❤
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  13. Yeah, that was not only a plus but Tanaka's first charge was keeping his ships & men safe. Which meant taking out enemy ships if they were there because otherwise they could take him out. And Tanaka was up against US Cruisers and all he had was destroyers. Admiral Wright being an idiot more than leveled the playing field & with the Type 93 torpedoes the Japanese had a major advantage the very moment Wright denied permission to his destroyers to fire torpedoes. If Wright had been killed, it would have been poetic justice. Unfortunately, instead, his idiocy got a lot of good US sailors killed. And him claiming(or lying) that he sunk 3 other Japanese Cruisers & must have gotten hit by submarines gained him a "Navy Cross." Very unfortunate that he was in charge on this night. A competent American Admiral would have easily taken out the entire destroyer force of Tanaka's.
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  14. One of the things that is surprising in all of this, is that even though Admiral King had been made aware of this, & had demanded something be done. It still took over a year to get fixed.
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  15. I totally agree about THE FLIGHT TO NO WHERE!!! That is the biggest WHAT IFS of the Battle!!! If Mitcher had given his planes the correct coordinates of the Japanese that had been spotted then Hiryu at least gets damaged enough that the Yorktown makes it through without further damage! And how or why Mitcher gets promoted after such a major screw up completely boggles my mind. And if Nimitz had realized that Mitcher would NOT have been where he was in 1944! And the Guadal Canal campaign would have gone a lot different with Yorktown still around too. The Battle of Santa Cruz would have been a lot different if Yorktown had been repaired by then.
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  16. Let's face it, a war ship back then that was NOT French & could cruise faster than 40 knots, is going to get a lot of use.
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  17. What I don't get is how they could court-martial McVay for being the Captain of a ship sunk during war time when he did absolutely nothing wrong. But do absolutely NOTHING & I repeat NOTHING to Halsey for leaving his post protecting the flank of the invasion fleet at Leyte. THAT WAS a clear cut case of dereliction of duty & Taffy 3 paid the price for it. And typhoons are big & monsterous storms & should be easily avoided, however Halsey let his fleet get pounded by not one but 2 of these storms & lost almost all hands on 3-4 Destroyers AGAIN! And luckily a ship picking up survivors from these ships IGNORED orders & went on with it's search for survivors and every man rescued was a prayer answered! Some may not think that A BIG DEAL until you are the one in the water with sharks circling you.
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  18.  @Drachinifel  Yes, and it makes your job I can't say easier but different. Cuz you still have to do your research in order to form relevant questions, although other questions may arise as they are speaking as well. Your intelligence speaks volumes and your love & passion for your work is ALWAYS on display for all of us to see. Except, of course, when you have these guest speakers. Then we see it when the guest is done speaking and it's your turn. Thank you for all you do. I never thought warships could be so fun!!!
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  19. ​ @VultureSausage  No, actually the Japanese still had carriers after Midway. Two of their best carriers had NOT BEEN at Midway due to damage at Coral Sea. It was the attritional losses of trained air crews & pilots & their inability to successfully train new pilots because they kept their most experienced pilots fighting until they were killed. When training new pilots you need skilled pilots to teach them. But the Japanese instead just decreased their hours of training time. Which, if they had taken 20 pilots that were highly skilled from years of combat to pass on their tactical knowledge the new pilots would have been much deadlier!
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  20. @KPen3750  OMG!!! That's A LOT OF LARD!! That is crazy. I could see maybe a few barrels of the stuff being used but that's a ridiculous amount! No wonder it went all the way to the other side of the river! It was riding a huge wave of lard!
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  21. Well, I guess "Old Richard" was serious. Evidently, he retracted his statement. And as long as no one's putting down the Grey Ghost that coasted thru the entirety of WW2, then I'm good with that. By the way, is that a make believe television ship? I forget most of what I knew about Star Trek. I do like the newer movies but never was a fan of the William Shatner school of OVER-Acting!!! Although Leonard Nimoy & the rest were ok.
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  22. The Admiralty should have learned LONG BEFORE THIS INCIDENT that it can NOT micro-manage events from afar & that Captains & Admirals that are aboard ships & present at the location in question are best suited to make or take whatever action be necessary to preserve the lives & ships in their vicinity. That is why they are there & they should NOT be commanded to take action by someone NOT there. It is when those of higher rank second guess their subordinates and doubt their abilities & resolve that the most futile and regrettable of orders are given & received. That has always been true & I'm fairly certain that it will always remain true, no matter how much communication is given and/or received.
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  23. Yeah, while Drach was in the US he made very good use of his time! Especially in Annapolis. Although I live in the DC area, the only time I've been to Annapolis was to do some work for a temp service. And I had NOT developed my major interests in Naval History at that time. And I mainly developed my interests in Naval History thanks to Drach. I had become interested in WW2 at first, & because of the interest in WW2, I discovered Drach's Channel & because of his stories of battles & five min guides I became much more interested in the history of warships. And I have learned an incredible amount of info that I find really interesting, when I didn't realize I was even curious about the stuff previously.
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  24. Also, with the British fleet on board in the Pacific it would mean more of a need for alcoholic beverages for sailors. Also meaning that the US sailors that prefered such would have a better chance of getting them & smuggling them to his foot locker. And so maybe the torpedo juice could be left inside the torpedoes so they worked when sent at the enemy.
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  25. Guilty as charged, of listening til I fall asleep. But then I wake up halfway thru the night & rewind to what I remember hearing last. Then again when I wake up in the morning. And lots of times I listen on public trans.
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  26. I like the way the conning tower sits way back on Rodney. Rodney & Warspite both should have been museum ships. It's a shame no British BB were preserved. BUT I especially enjoy the story of HMS Revenge pulling off the first stealth battleship attack. Hey, what's that over there?
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  27. I wish I couldn't grow a beard!!! I hate shaving but don't like having a beard either!!!
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  28. Yeah, my Mom had so many dogs that I had to do all kinds of work for the vet & his parents to help pay the vet bills. But Dr Smith, the vet & his parents got their money's worth in firewood & landscaping too. We had 4 Lhasa Apso's at one time. And one of them, Baby, had gotten Leukemia & had to be "put to sleep" after the pain just got too bad. I remember my Mom was crying cuz we'd had Baby for about 15 years. And my Mom says "I'm tired of fu@king animals!" Which came out while she's totally sobbing. And I couldn't help but reply "Well, don't!" And now she cracks up laughing at herself for saying what she said. And, of course my reply. And so she's laughing and crying. I don't think I have ever seen that happen before or after to anyone else. But those of us that choose to have pets, we love them just like family because they are part of the family. And when we lose them, we have also lost a beloved family member. I know that I'm just stating the obvious. But if we choose not to have a pet, we are depriving ourselves of the most loyal member of the household, imho. Because who gets excited when we get home? Usually most of the "humans" are wrapped up in their own goings on. But the family dog is always glad & excited when you get home. And if we deprive ourselves of that, we are also depriving ourselves of the unconditional love that also comes with the dog too. Or cat. Because no matter what you do, they still love you & you still love them. Like your parents or your kids. But better! Since I've been homeless on & off again, for what seems like 2 decades now, I totally long to have a pet. But since I was already in bad situations, a pet was out of the question because of my situation. However, that is now all about to change! Thank you GOD!
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  29. You never cease to not just impress me with the stuff you air on your channel, but you also tickle me with your humor as well. And this model is very realistic looking. I'm curious as to the size of the model???
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  30. One of my favorite stories!!! Considering the question about the "best sense of humor" at 2:40:52 I thought the story you told about Admiral McCain was indeed hilarious! I could almost even picture the Admiral being heaved into the lagoon. And then lighting a cigarette and grinning from ear to ear. In the hot Pacific air getting thrown into the lagoon was probably quite refreshing. A lot of other "uptight" Admirals would have probably had the pilots that heaved him into the water arrested and undergoing disciplinary procedures. But McCain invites them aboard his motor launch & gives them a ride to their ship. Now that is a good natured man! Knowing those men are out risking their very lives every day, and knowing they will respect him more by being good natured about the whole incident is a man being a lot smarter than most realize. Much respect for Admiral McCain. And his lucky hat!
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  31. Yeah, I do imagine if that ship had been at Guadal Canal it could have definitely wreaked havoc & not necessarily with just our Cruisers. I imagine a spread of 15 torpedoes launched at the USS North Dakota & possibly even the USS Washington wouldn't have been very easy to avoid. And let's face it, Iron Bottom Sound had become somewhat of a magnet for American war ships. And considering it's vast collection of Destroyers & Cruisers it was but a wonder it collected no battleships. But I guess the US got that outta the way at Pearl Harbor.
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  32. Yeah, always remember that when you are crossing a road on foot, that if you have cars turning behind you to make sure they see you & they are stopped. The friend I had trying to get in touch with me at the hospital, when she was in her teens one of her sisters was hit & killed crossing a road. So as a driver or a pedestrian you should always be very careful! And JUST ANOTHER REASON YOU SHOULD PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN & PAY ATTENTION TO THE ROAD. PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT DAMN PHONE! And Vehicular manslaughter is a thing. My wife had a friend named Betty that got 20 years in prison for an accident that killed her best friend. She not only lost her car & her best friend but spent 20 years in prison for it too. Drive with care.
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  33. SO FAR! AND actually hoping for more of the same!
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  34. As an American that only knows English it sounded to me like that is what he said. Although BOTH appear that they would be pronounced the same except for being 2 words instead of one. But the pause he makes, I believe, is basically because of the difficulty in the pronunciation. It is NOT always easy to pronounce words from a language that you are not very familiar with.
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  35. And although the loss of the Captain & crew were honored & mourned for having died in battle, the actual loss of the Kamchatka significantly improved moral & in the mortal words of Monty Python "And there was much rejoicing!!!"
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  36. @Drachinifel Wow, you just hit 300 Drydocks & your closing in on having made 400 ship guides. Not to mention all the special videos that have been done. And your about to become a father or you already are a father. Either way, I'm sure that it's really excellent and exciting for you!!! I would like to just congratulate you & your wife, & thank you for all the great videos that you have produced. You have taught me so much stuff that I didn't know previously & a lot of the stuff you have covered have really been things that my mind had been curious about but never sought to have answered. Like navigation during the age of sail & the manufacturing of the sea clock. And the HMS Revenge pulling off the "first stealth Battleship attack!" Even though most of the time you have pictures & video when you can, I'm usually more content to just listen to you tell a story. Like for example, the "Just Nuisance AB" video. Which brought back a lot of the memories of my younger years & some of the animals we had. Chevis, a black Labrador Retriever that we had that was an incredibly smart dog. Imagine a dog so smart & spoiled that I was sitting & eating Oreo cookies. I'd, of course, dip them in milk for a min before eating. When Chevis came up to beg for one, I just handed him one without dipping it in the milk. And he wouldn't eat it. He took it from me & looked at me all sad & set it on the floor! And, of course, I gave in & dipped one in milk & gave it to him & he was happy as can be. The one I didn't dip just sat there on the floor. It was hilarious. You could talk to him like a person & he definitely understood. Him & my step-dad, Billy were digging a water line when my Mom noticed that one of his nails on his paw was cracked & bleeding. She said "C'mon Chevis let's go soak that in some Epsom Salts. They went inside & Mom put water in a large bowl with some Epsom Salts, put it on the floor & told Chevis "C'mon & put your paw in here." And he walks over & put his paw in it. And I mean he knew he was waiting for her to do that. No complaints, no having to coax him to do it or anything like that. I've got several other stories about Chevis but I'll spare you, this time. Looking forward to your next videos! As well as getting to hear about Baby Drach & whether ya'll get a daughter or a son! Hoping you and wifey have a great summer, if summer is the same time there as here. Oh, and if you rub your wife's belly with coconut oil it helps her to NOT develop stretch marks. And if she wants to breast feed but also wants to work or be away from the child during the day, it's usually better to rent the milk express machines from the hospital cuz they are a lot stronger and just work better than the small ones available for sale. AND, I know the grocery store has "disposable diapers" like in unbelievable quantities. But cloth diapers help A LOT and keep them from getting diaper rash. And a baby with diaper rash is NOT a happy & quiet baby, so do your ears & there bottom a favor. Not sure if the UK has diaper services but if not you can buy & wash yourself. Hoping ya'll have a great time becoming new parents. And more importantly want to wish ya'll a happy & safe delivery as well. I'll be praying 🙏 for the 3 of you!!!
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  37. It really depends on how good the cocaine is, how it's used, & if you are already experiencing any health problems. I mean, snorting a couple of lines is really no big deal if you are fairly healthy. But if you have already had several heart attacks you may want to refrain from smoking or shooting any really good coke but snorting a few lines should maybe be OK. You know your health better than anyone else, so that decision is on you! And whether or not you're going to hell... I myself wouldn't be in any particular hurry to get there! And chest pains from a heart attack are very painful!
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  38. @anysnail6390  Yeah, I had previously heard the name of the ship but only knew of it's "existence". I had previously NOT KNOWN of this particular voyage. That is why I LOVE this channel so much! I actually LEARN THINGS that happened that I was previously unaware happened.
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  39. I bet when she left Norfolk, VA she had A WHOLE NEW ATTITUDE!!! Being in the states will do that for ya!!
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  40. Really, considering "fleet problems" rather than trying to work out how a battle would go, can be worked out on paper just as much as rolling dice. And neither is actually going to accurately tell how a battle will go just because of what I call "the Samar" factor! You'd never think that Taffy 3 along with planes from Taffy 1 & 2 could make the Center Force turn & run but IT HAPPENED! And so there are always going to be things that you can't really account for in EVERY battle! Just like you would have never thought that the Hood would go up in a magazine explosion when it happened. But the one thing that you can do is make sure that everyone knows what they are doing and how to do it. How to change from a traveling formation into a battle line. And what ships should proceed to the front of the line & which ships should take up the rear in doing so. How to break off of an engagement if the enemy is going to cross your T. And how to quickly engage if you manage to cross the T of the enemy. I mean nowadays that type of thing doesn't come into play but in the age of the Dreadnoughts it very much mattered. And it also mattered what your escorts did as well. You never can tell how a battle will happen. All you can do is train & practice and train & practice and try to be as ready as you can possibly be for whatever may happen. And try to stay as calm as possible and each person do the job they were trained to do. Each person can only do so much & if things start falling apart around you then help those you can & do your best is the most you can hope for. Idk, Fleet problems told the Japanese to attack on a Sunday morning! Thanks Admiral King!
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  41. Speaking of the Italians NOT sinking a block ship in the Suez Canal is they were unable to get anyone drunk enough to agree to lead such an action cuz it was probably deemed as suicidal to attempt such a thing. In every action of war you have to calculate risk with possible outcomes & they probably figured that risk was too great & that if they did manage to block the way, that it would probably be weeks rather than months before the obstruction was removed. If an under water demolition team were deployed to set charges in certain structural elements of the block ship & reduce the ship to a thin pile of steel on the bottom in the case that it couldn't simply be refloated & hauled away. But either way block ships can usually be removed if the waters in the area are not being contested.
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  42. @Drachinifel Q & A I have a suggestion for a video. Let's say that USS Enterprise(CV-6) is in the middle of a battle. The carrier task force has just repelled a large strike from a Japanese carrier. And now they are landing their own strike aircraft back aboard & getting them ready to send another strike. And they also have a large portion of their CAP Fighters that are out of ammo & low on fuel. Exactly what would be going on in the hangar deck to get the next strike ready to launch as well as maintaining the CAP that is in the air & at an altitude where they can help repell another attack. At the moment the only enemy planes on radar are the ones that are otw back to the Jap Carrier. MY QUESTION IS, What exactly would be going on in the hangar deck? And now that the crew is good at re-arming & refueling, how long will it take for the crew to get the next strike in the air? And how quickly can they re-arm & refuel their CAP Fighters & have them in the air at an altitude best suited to attack incoming strike aircraft?
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  43. They also make very good guitar necks cuz the wood seldom warps from it's original shape.
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  44. An idea 80 years too late! But the US never got crazy enough to put a 12" gun on a submarine. Salute to the Brits for dreaming that one up. If it wasn't actually documented, I'd believe it to be a fairy tale! Cuz, I wouldn't think a sub could stand up to be sturdy enough to be firing a 12" gun. But I guess that is WHY the submariners liked the subs because it was built VERY STURDY!
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  45. Until you got to the end I was about to say this must have been the US Navy's version of the Kamchatka, although there were no imaginary torpedo boats. And at least every one of the crew survived the ships demise so that in itself is a very good thing!! You can't really call a ship unlucky when all of her crew survived especially an explosion hard enough to basically blow it out of the water & none of the crew died. That's actually VERY lucky if you ask me.
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  46. Ok, he talks about Richmond Kelly Turner blaming Fletcher for moving the carrier task force out of harm's way & that very night the US cruisers & destroyers off of Guadal Canal basically get blown out of the water by the Japanese. Well for one thing Fletcher was smart to remove the carriers out of harms way cuz at that time no US Carriers were capable of night operations so they would have been blown out of the water along with the cruisers present. And considering that the men on those cruisers had been on high alert for 48 hours or more, he should have pulled his force back along with the ships trying to land supplies & let everyone get a night of rest & then resumed the landing of supplies in the morning. Of course, we say hind sight is 20/20 but he had reasonable suspicions that the Japanese would counter attack and knew his guys having had no rest for 2 days needed some rest. And considering where they were they needed to be on high alert because imho a counter attack was inevitable. What the real problem & mistake was that the Americans during the first part of the war constantly underestimate the capabilities of the Japanese. Those cruisers were blown out of the water & sinking while the Americans were still 🏃 🏃 running to their action stations. And the Americans also had to learn that they needed to be closer to action stations in their normal duties as well. Instead of people having to switch places in different parts of the ship. Giving away precious time that would be the difference in the battle. That & the underestimation of the Japanese torpedoes would put the USA on a steep learning curve!! And it was a tragedy that the US paid for with A LOT of lives & cruisers. 😢❤😢
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  47. I feel your pain. When Drach came to Washington DC I had planned on going & meeting him after he had been at the Smithsonian. However, I started feeling "under the weather" the day before & considering all we had gone through with COVID I didn't want to risk getting him or anyone else sick. I am of the opinion that it's best to remain anonymous rather than be the selfish person that made them sick in their travels. So cheers to you mate.
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  48. And as far as the Hood exploding, one, it was a lucky shot from Bismarck. But two, Hood being as old & overused so much and having a tendency to be a very "wet" ship she may have developed some weak spots where the metal was beginning to fail & that one shell found that spot & exploited it. And when it did the 15" magazine went up and it broke the ship in half. The 3 men that survived were lucky enough to be outside of the ship. I also think about the Arizona explosion at Pearl Harbor. When the Arizona Memorial was first created it was a small wooden deck. Elvis Presley saw it & thought it was kinda dumpy for a grave sight of US Sailors. So he had a benefit concert to pay for a new Memorial. And that is how the Arizona Memorial that we know of came to be. Thanks to Elvis. I was never a big fan of Elvis but I do know he had a good heart.❤
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  49. I almost pee'd myself when I saw the subject line! My question is, how much was this man getting paid to keep coming up with these torpedo battleship designs? And were they asking him to come up with these designs just to give him something to do or what? And although the "torpedo battleship" never made it past the design stage.. thank God. However, to all of you laughing and coming up with ever more digs I want you to consider one thing. They go ahead and they build one torpedo battleship AND THEY MAKE Captain Evans from the Johnston her Captain. Now what happens??? Sometimes ideas aren't the best of ideas. Clearly. However, a ship is only as good as the determination of the Captain & crew!
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  50. @Anglashock  Drach's 5-6 hour Drydocks have been a large part of my quest for sanity & intelligence in an incredibly stupid & crazy world for the past four years. Instead of therapy or a psychiatrist I just plug in a long Drydock & kick back. Either that or I listen to an old Grateful Dead concert. Jerry Garcia is my "other" therapist. It's almost 30 years now that he passed away. But his music is still loved by many. I sincerely believe that he was a more gifted guitarist than Jimi Hendrix!
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