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The Drydock - Episode 287 (Part 2)
🕑 Added 2024-03-02 10:00:05 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:42 - Various questions about the Battle of Samar
00:09:20 - How were the Hawkins class conducting firecontrol?
00:10:56 - Would you recommend any books for learning about the service histories of USS Albacore and USS England?
00:12:43 - Given that it sometimes took many salvos to hit a target, how many shots did it 'usually' take to hit a test target during armor penetration testing, and was anything special done to improve accuracy during these tests like reduced range, or sighting equipment?
00:17:56 - Why did USS Worcester (CL-144) go back to twin turret?
00:21:42 - Why no mizzen course sail?
00:26:58 - How does a torpedo circular run happen?
00:33:09 - Is the 'Naval Chronicle' referred to in "Six Frigates" by Ian W. Toll, the ancestor of, or similar to the "U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings"?
00:37:14 - Coast defence infrastructure?
00:45:35 - What was the mechanical accuracy of (good) battleship guns?
00:48:53 - How would you design the ultimate US fleet oiler for the Pacific in the run up to WW2 (assuming you have some degree of foresight and full financial/political support)?
00:57:11 - How were coal ashes disposed off on WWI capital ships?
00:59:40 - When were the first and last ram equipped ships commissioned by a major navy and by whom?
01:01:32 - It’s well known that USS Nevada was able to get underway relatively quickly during the attack on Pearl Harbor, but how much of a feat was this for her crew?
01:06:12 - Godzilla Minus One minesweeping?
01:09:14 - Name vs Alphanumeric designation dividing line for ships?
01:13:14 - What in your opinion is the most interesting equipment or room on a ship that seems to be tied to their nations culture?
01:14:57 - Given the repairs, overhauls, refits, etc that a wooden ship would go through during that time, how much of the original ship would remain after 80 years of service?
01:22:26 - I've read Vincent O'Hara's Struggle for the Middle Sea & Six Victories. Can you recommend any more reading on the WWII Mediterranean Naval war or the Regia Marina?
01:25:08 - The development of the propulsion shafts on ships in the steam and steel era?
01:32:47 - How does centralised fire control for AA guns work?
01:40:02 - If Admiral Togo had not died in 1934, what impact would he have had on the IJN leading up to and into WW2?
01:43:10 - Given such evident advantages (especially in range and refuel time and ability) of oil over coal, what would an early conversion of either the High Seas or Grand Fleet have had on WWI? Is it enough to change the balance?
01:48:11 - The location and protection of the avgas storage tanks on the Yorktown class carriers?
01:54:42 - Anson's expedition?
01:59:35 - Western response to post-war Soviet battleships?
02:04:59 - Levels of classification post-1950?
02:13:48 - Industrial capacity of the USA in WW1 vs WW2?
02:18:26 - Did the Washington Naval Treaty limit sea plane tenders?
02:22:47 - Which service would have benefited more by having a snorkel available for subs by mid 1942: the USN or the RN?
02:25:23 - Any advantages to many smaller sails vs a few larger ones?
02:27:58 - Often the lessons of USS Lexington CV-2 are credited with fixing and changing US damage control practices after her loss, What lessons were learned, amd how did they save ships like Bunker Hill, Franklin, and Enterprise?
02:34:13 - Would it be proper to call a warship that burned coal to produce steam and run its engines (HMS Dreadnought for example) "steam powered" or "coal powered"?
Comments
Peter Navarch
Gas turbines have largely taken over from steam turbines for non-nuclear warships. Big attraction - no need for the attention-hungry boilers.
Peter Navarch
Steam is split into reciprocating and turbine - with a few hybrids as TITANIC with reversing steam recip on wing shafts, and direct drive turbine (added when "full away" on the centre shaft. Steamships can be split by fuel - coal fired, oil fired, and later nuclear fuelled.
