Re: tlug: parallel-port IDE

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Chris Sekiya wrote:

> (did the tlug list suddenly transform into sci.military.naval?)
> 
> On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Scott Stone wrote:
> 
> > We lost almost all of our commissioned battleships at Pearl Harbor -
> > the only ones that weren't there were either just being finished in
> > the shipyard or, I believe, were on their way to pearl harbor anyway
> > from a remote tour.
> 
> Small loss.  Battleships had been obsolete for years at that point.  The
> introduction of the aircraft carrier changed the nature of surface
> warfare.
> 
> Disagree?  Look at the Prince of Wales, the Repulse, the Japanese
> battleships (_any_ of them), the Graf Spee ...

Even so, what about all the Navy crewmen on those ships?  Probably takes
more crew to run an obsolete BB than a more-modern CV class, therefore the
loss of trained personnel alone would be considered a fairly major loss,
wouldn't it?

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