"RacinBob" (racinbob)
11/14/2019 at 20:46 • Filed to: None
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"RacinBob" (racinbob)
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An extended look at the attack on USS Franklin and the heroic efforts of the crew in the midst of an unimaginable inferno.
lone_liberal
> RacinBob
11/14/2019 at 21:35 |
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In Navy boot camp they taught that the US having better damage control than the Japanese was a key factor in WWII. Things like keeping Yorktown afloat so that they kept attacking it instead of hunting for Enterprise.
facw
> lone_liberal
11/14/2019 at 22:03 |
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On the flip side, we recently talked about Ark Royal , which given how long it stayed afloat after the abandon ship order was given, quite possibly could have been saved with more effective damage control (damage control teams abandoned ship with the rest of the crew, and then had to be reorganized and sent back when it didn’t sink right away).
f86sabre
> RacinBob
11/15/2019 at 20:19 |
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Impressive stuff.
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RacinBob
> f86sabre
11/15/2019 at 21:38 |
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I think about the sailor that bolted the hatch from the fire side.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> lone_liberal
11/17/2019 at 19:00 |
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All the effort is in vain if your crew isn’t trained.
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gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> RacinBob
11/17/2019 at 19:04 |
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a good book on teh damage these could take is Danger’s Hour
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gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> facw
11/17/2019 at 19:07 |
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it is interesting in the how Uk and US had 2 different design goals. UK risk of under land based aircraft attack in the Med , US maximum offensive firepower, with training how to deal with a hit after .