Destroyer Development in WW2 - (1939-1945)

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  @Drachinifel · 1 year ago · pinned

  Pinned post for Q&A :)

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• AN

  @anhkhoanguyen3961 · 1 year ago

  After all these years, <br>- Destroyers - Concept and Development (1860-1914)<br>- Destroyers - Interwar development and design (1918-1939)<br>- Destroyer Development in WW2 - (1939-1945) <br><br>Finally I have them all

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• DA

  @davidnikoloff3211 · 1 year ago

  My uncle was on two destroyers sunk by the Japanese in night battles. He was a tough Irishman who boxed before the war. He witnessed terrible things. He came back from the Pacific a broken man. He could never hold a job or have a family. He lived a lonely life for 50 years. Let’s don’t forget the men who served on these vessels.

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• MU

  @Muaddibize · 1 year ago

  &quot;Some battleships were more agile than the Mogadors&quot; , made me laugh so hard. Merry Christmas !

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• MI

  @mitchm4992 · 1 year ago

  A conclusion to the destroyer development series is an excellent Christmas present. Thanks, Drach!

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• AL

  @allancarey2604 · 1 year ago

  FIVE! YEARS!!!!!!…..NO! FRECKIN! WAY!…..Have I really been listening to you for +5 years!?!?!?!?….I swear, that plague has shot my sense if time all to hell :)

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• GO

  @gow1044 · 1 year ago (edited)

  When a battleship has a beter turning circle than a destroyer, something has gone terribly wrong.

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• FO

  @FoxxofNod · 1 year ago

  It is absolutely wild to me that some Gearings were in service so long that they wound up carrying the same missiles as the Arleigh Burkes. Some had CIWS, some had ASROC, some even had helicopter hangers.

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• CH

  @chuckhillier4153 · 1 year ago

  Thank you for this. &nbsp;It is meaningful for me because my grandfather helped weld together the three Sumner class US destroyers shown (including the USS Laffey) at Bath Iron Works here in Maine. &nbsp;The shipyard&apos;s motto was and still is, &quot;Bath Built, Best Built.&quot;

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• CS

  @cseland · 1 year ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN8osGHBUqs&amp;t=2308">38:28</a> - radar being a far sighted choice is a nice little pun 😊

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• CO

  @conradflanagan5003 · 1 year ago (edited)

  What a wonderful Christmas present.<br>Thanks Drach.<br><br>Edit: Also, I would absolutely want a video on the last of the gun-based destroyers.

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• KE

  @Kevin_Kennelly · 1 year ago (edited)

  Peace on earth.<br>Vigilance and crushing power projection on water.<br><br>Merry Drachisms:<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN8osGHBUqs&amp;t=586">9:46</a> &nbsp;&quot;But then, in a complete 4D chess move ...&quot;<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN8osGHBUqs&amp;t=857">14:17</a> &nbsp;&quot;Having a revised power-plant that didn&apos;t break down quite as often.&quot;<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN8osGHBUqs&amp;t=889">14:49</a> &nbsp;&quot;Which, by now, were unhelpfully being laid down in 1941 and not 1936.&quot;<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN8osGHBUqs&amp;t=1446">24:06</a> &nbsp;&quot;Or, giving the fighters something to strafe that wasn&apos;t torpedoes full of pure oxygen.&quot;<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN8osGHBUqs&amp;t=1554">25:54</a> &nbsp;&quot;The class, as a whole, proved remarkably survivable for a Japanese warship of the second world war.&quot;<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN8osGHBUqs&amp;t=1660">27:40</a> &nbsp;&quot;acting more as a giant life-boat.&quot;<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN8osGHBUqs&amp;t=1827">30:27</a> &nbsp;&quot;Resulting in a somewhat &apos;blocky&apos; ship that almost looks like a low-polygon model from a 1990s video game.&quot;<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN8osGHBUqs&amp;t=2980">49:40</a> &nbsp;&quot;And, after a survey of the bipedal attack-dogs that comprised most of the Royal Navy&apos;s destroyer captains.&quot;

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