Talk:Yukikaze/Gallery/@comment-121.54.54.225-20141005144914/@comment-8959286-20160330185537

"None of what happened to her meant that she couldn't be repaired... There is no such thing as "damaged beyond repair". You can always repair it if you try hard enough, I would say. "

Marshal, there is such a thing as damaged beyond repair, plenty of ships have been in that position. I've done my research on WW2 warships from both sides (Axis and Allied), and when a ship is damaged beyond repair, it typically means they don't have the necessary resources to repair it. Typically, when a ship gets repaired, they replate the hull and other parts that were damaged, however sometimes that wasn't enough. Sometimes a ship needed to be stripped for parts so that the ship that needs repairing can be repaired.

Since most of the damages took place out at sea, crew would make temporary repairs until they arrived back at port where the ship can be dry docked and repaired. Some damages are easily fixed, while some take months, even years to repair!

Now, another thing I want to point out is that, while a ship may be able to be fixed, even when heavy damage is sustained, sometimes, the only option is to scrap it, or, in the case of a few ships, scuttled.

Most of the times, when a ship was scrapped, it was because it became obsolete, like in the case of USS Enterprise (CV-6), or, it is deemed no longer seaworthy due to extensive damages. Scrapping of a ship is just part of the cycle. If a ship is no longer in use, it can be scrapped, some ships - like the Iowa-class battleships - even though they are obsolete, they still remain as museum ships.