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I couldn't sleep last night, and was just tooling around YouTube...........................
Reply:I watched that earlier. Unfortunately he barely touched on the machinery itself.
Reply:Neat video but not entirely accurate. The Standard Modern 2060 lathe is definitely newer than WW II era. Standard Modern originated in Canada and are very good machine tools. It would be nice on some of these video's if they did a little better research so they could say what was original and what was added. I also question if armor plate would be that easy to stamp the crews names in. http://www.standard-modern.com/docs/...odern-2000.pdfLast edited by Welder Dave; 12-13-2020 at 07:15 PM.
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Originally Posted by Welder Dave

Neat video but not entirely accurate. The Standard Modern 2060 lathe is definitely newer than WW II era. Standard Modern originated in Canada and are very good machine tools. It would be nice on some of these video's if they did a little better research so they could say what was original and what was added. I also question if armor plate would be that easy to stamp the crews names in. http://www.standard-modern.com/docs/...odern-2000.pdf
Reply:I'd bet dollars to donuts that the machines were intentionally mounted on the armor plate.  It would be the least flexible part of the ship.  Can you just imagine trying to machine something while the ways were twisting with every roll of the ship


Reply:The SM lathe is pretty recent as in might only be a few years old. Letters look way too uniform to have been done with a die grinder. Also curious if the floor plates are actually armor plate. Hull yes and vulnerable sections but internal floor plates wouldn't be the first point of impact when under attack.
Reply:At 4:21 in the video, he says the deck is 6" armor plate.This would make sense.  (I used to read a lot about naval battles, and the ships that fought them).  Severe damage can occur if a bomb pierces the decks (plural).  So, it's not a stretch to see armored decks below the waterline, or anywhere above critical areas.  A ship is a horrible place to be if a projectile enters a compartment.  It literally becomes a food processor.  Same thing with a tank.  (I was reading Zumbro's account of tank warfare in Viet Nam, and he told of organ displacement when tanks rolled over mines.....the impact of the ordnance going off underneath the tank)  So, between shrapnel in an enclosed area, concussion from nearby explosions, burning, and drowning......................it was Hell in those ships when they were in combat, and things didn't go well.Last edited by farmersammm; 12-14-2020 at 08:22 PM.
Reply:During the days of wooden hull ships, sand was kept on the decks for throwing on blood pools so that the men wouldn't lose their footing in the slippery mess.  The most prevalent means of death was splinters from cannon balls striking the hull, or masts.
Reply:When you hear "pressed into service" it refers to those days.  Idiots enjoying their toddy in dockside taverns were kidnapped by press gangs, and wound up on ships going to sea.  It was one way to round out a crew.  Times were not very pleasant in those days.
Reply:They would stand off, and shred the masts with chain shot............then come close in, and rake the hull with round ball.  I can't imagine the terror on those decks.It, for all purposes, hasn't changed much today............except the execution is done from afar with the touch of a button.