Comments by "Steve Valley" (@stevevalley7835) on "KMS Gneisenau - Guide 282" video.

  1.  @TheMolesRevenge  are you asking about the number of hits in one action, or the number of actions where a ship was hit? Off the top of my head, Enterprise, CV-6, would probably be in the running: battle damage on six occasions, totaling 6 bomb hits, 4 bomb near misses, 1 kamikaze hit, 2 kamikaze near misses, and 2 US 5"/38 shells fired by another ship.
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  2.  @centurion_a4136  I was investigating the WNT a while back. The UK was open to a 42-43,000 ton limit for individual ships, but the US wanted the 35,000 ton limit. The ships of each nation were divided as "pre-Jutland" or "post-Jutland", and the Nelsons were built for "post-Jutland" parity with the US and Japan. There appears to be more than a bit of political art in the "pre" vs "post" classifications, as Hood, laid down after the battle, was deemed "post" even though it was designed before the battle, while California and Tennessee, both laid down after Hood, were deemed "pre-Jutland", so the US could complete Colorado and West Virginia, to combine with Maryland to be the US' three "post" ships. To make the Nelsons faster would have required either a lot less armor, or a lot more engine, which would exceed the 35,000 ton limit. At that time 23kts was deemed adequate for a battleship. The US South Dakota class, which was cancelled for treaty compliance, was designed for 23 as well.
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