Comments by "Helium Road" (@RCAvhstape) on "The Drydock - Episode 108" video.

  1. That is an awesome film. And probably the only film we will ever get to see with Panther jets.
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  2. My dad served on USS Shangri La CV-38 in the 60s and said this was a known technique for handling a ship in tight quarters when there was no other option, but they hated to do it because it was very rough on the aircraft engines.
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  3.  @lilidutour3617  It fascinates me to see how cheapo the US Navy can be about some things while blowing piles of cash on other things. Reminds you that it is a government agency after all lol.
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  4. It seems to me that if you need to build a "junior battleship" class you'd be better off building pocket battleships than pre-dreadnaughts.
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  5. USS Enterprise has 8 reactors aboard, compared to the 2 aboard Nimitz class ships, so that probably makes her a pretty poor choice for a museum ship in any case. As for removing reactors, I think it'd be cool to install a fake reactor, minus any classified details of course, to make a basic display of how the ship's powerplant worked for the visiting public.
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  6. That's a great story. Did it detonate or just kill the cow by collision?
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  7.  @ScottKenny1978  And they proved pretty useless in practice. Bad for the barrel linings, too, IIRC.
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  8. One thing for sure about LCACs is that the enemy probably has no problem hearing them coming, they are so *&%$ing loud lol.
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