Comments by "Helium Road" (@RCAvhstape) on "Drach's F.A.Q. - Just what are those lines on battleships?" video.

  1. There are still a few people serving in the US Navy today who knew Rickover, so he's definitely close to the modern era.
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  2. I've spoken to sailors who served on the Iowa class battleships in the 80s, and it seems pretty clear that they could go faster than 33 knots when they were kicked in the ass. My dad served on the Essex class carrier Shangri-La in the 60s and he told me they got her up to 38 kts during a drill one time. He said she couldn't keep it up for very long, and that there was damage to the ship from vibration, but she could do it in an emergency. So I believe the Iowa sailors' stories about those battleships and the general build quality of US Navy warships in the 1940s.
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