@OneEyedJack1970 certainly used for all electrical connections and components, but also I think for propellers, which in subs today, I believe are bronze, of which copper is a major component.
I noticed 1 prolly error @ 00:30 : "2x 400mm A.A. guns"...man, the biggest guns in WWII carried by Yamato class battleship are around 18.1 in = 460mm. A freighter can carry a 400mm gun and use it as AA gun?O_o holy shit, there is something really wrong here
They didn't mention that the Liberty ships and their successor, the Victory ship (turbocharged engine, 18 knots to move faster than the U-boats) were made of prefabricated concrete. Kaiser Permanente, usually thought of as health insurance, began in the concrete business and was a partner in building the small fraction of the ships that were built in the Portland Shipyard. They still made cement when I worked for the Corps of Engineers.
Why was copper so important? Was it because they had to run on electricity underwater or something like that?
OneEyedJack1970 10 months ago
@OneEyedJack1970 certainly used for all electrical connections and components, but also I think for propellers, which in subs today, I believe are bronze, of which copper is a major component.
ciroalb3 2 months ago
I noticed 1 prolly error @ 00:30 : "2x 400mm A.A. guns"...man, the biggest guns in WWII carried by Yamato class battleship are around 18.1 in = 460mm. A freighter can carry a 400mm gun and use it as AA gun?O_o holy shit, there is something really wrong here
nemesiscavalry 1 year ago
They didn't mention that the Liberty ships and their successor, the Victory ship (turbocharged engine, 18 knots to move faster than the U-boats) were made of prefabricated concrete. Kaiser Permanente, usually thought of as health insurance, began in the concrete business and was a partner in building the small fraction of the ships that were built in the Portland Shipyard. They still made cement when I worked for the Corps of Engineers.
Nabukuduriuzhur 2 years ago
There should be a seperate battlefield series episode for the american war effort in itself
diadorim1234 1 year ago
Are those available on DVD? What's the exact title of the seris, i can't find anything about it.
Thanks
Vamp1963 2 years ago
Search wikipedia "Battlefield series."
diadorim1234 1 year ago
Excellent program!
STATIONO 3 years ago