Comments by "Asbestos Muffins" (@AsbestosMuffins) on "The Drydock - Episode 145" video.

  1. the story of why they were made is pure american politics, Senator gets angry having to constantly buy bigger and bigger ships, pesters the powers that be for years until they finally give up and draw up The Ultimate Battleship for him just to get him to go away, while ironically the process helped influence the design of the ships he was tired of funding
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  2. I think your discussion of the Tillman designs is funny in that you end up with an Iowa, its almost like the Iowa was about the optimum balance of requirements based on the technology, infrastructure and naval tactics of the US at the time
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