Comments by "Steve Valley" (@stevevalley7835) on "The Spanish Armada - From the Lizard to the Rocks (Part 2)" video.

  1.  @Blandge  I can see a US pre-war heavy cruiser being mistaken for a "California type" BB, because of the USN's affection for "clipper" bows. I don't know about the most egregious case. How many times did the Japanese claim to have sunk Enterprise? The second Lexington, CV-16, was claimed sunk by the Japanese so many times it became nicknamed "the blue ghost", blue for the camo paint color it was painted, and ghost because if was claimed sunk so many times. When I was on the Lex, some 50 years ago, I noticed a blue ghost mascot painted on the ship's C-1. The Wiki article says sinkings were claimed following actions on Dec 4, 43, March 8, 44, June 11,44, November 5,44
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