Podcast Episode #5: The Battleship and the Slinky
In this episode, you’ll learn the fascinating history behind one of the most popular toys in history, the Slinky. [TRANSCRIPT]
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Again the battle ships needed to be bigger ( much wider)and longer. It also needed smaller and more numerous water tight compartments and deeper draft so even multiple bombs would never reach the magazine. If this had happened we would of seen the entire US fleet engaging one ship and it would of escaped. The design flaws made it fail.