Too true! But the selfless radioman knows no report of a sinking/no coördinates=no rescue=few/no survivors. I should be so brave.
Plenty of ships sink without turtling, especially if they hole deeply and take water fast. My opinion is, though I am not a naval architect, that it is the heavy superstructures of so many famous WWII era warships and the great amount of footage we see of their sinkings that convinces us all ships 'fall' as they sink. To be sure, there are also the top-heavy cruise-ships, invariably captained by Italians, that make such a fuss. But per tonne? I am not so sure.
Excellent point! Guns and armor plate are heavy. I need to, as Ayn Rand would say, check my premises.
Thanks!
There was a reason for that. Mostly to minimize loss and avoid amplifier or repeater distortion. I once worked for a telecom company, supporting sales. We were on a single-digit floor of a skyscraper. The switch room was about 50 floors above us, so that it was closer to the microwave antennas on the roof.
Obviously, once digital and fiber, it's no longer a requirement.