Comments by "Sar Jim" (@sarjim4381) on "USS Brooklyn - Guide 036 (Human Voice)" video.

  1. Your question is a little hard to understand, but I'm assuming it's what did the Argentine crews think about serving on such a relatively old warship? I'm not Argentine so I only know what I've read, but the Argentine Navy had a lot of faith in the Belgrano. She had gone through several comprehensive refits, and it was expected that the combination of Sea Cat missiles installed during one of her refits, plus the 127mm and 40 mm guns would protect it from air attack. There was also the assumption that the Type 42 destroyers purchased from Britain in the late 1970's would be able to protect the battle fleet from British submarines. Unfortunately for Argentina. the Type 42's were protecting the carrier task force, and the ex-USN WWII era destroyers weren't up to the task of detecting the Conqueror.
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  2. Gee, I wonder why the Japanese built the Mogami class a full four years before the Brooklyns with a near identical main battery? I wonder what Japanese ship class the Brooklyns were meant to counter, ehh....?
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  3. Depends on what kind of AA ship you'd want. With only 8 152" mm guns compared to 12 or 14 on an Atlanta The had more room for light AA guns that the Atlanta class, but the Clevelands were much closer to a true surface/AA ship
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  4.  @mattf4u-496  Sorry, I meant 127mm guns. The 152mm guns never had more than a slight chance of shooting down modern aircraft, and that only by barrage fire. so mostly luck if they hit anything.
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  5.  @Johnnycdrums  Oh, okay, I never thought of it from that point of view. The USN has held several memorial services after the sinking so I guess there was still the feeling the Phoenix was one of theirs, even after being sunk in combat while serving in a foreign navy. By my hasty math, an 18 year old sailor serving on board Phoenix whe she went to reserve in 1946 would be 91 now, so there's probably not much in the way of first hand opinions we'll get today.
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  6.  @Johnnycdrums  I don't recall reading any such stories at the time of the sinking, but maybe there are some out there.
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