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The Drydock - Episode 270 (Part 1)
🕑 Added 2023-10-28 08:00:04 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:32 - At what point in ship design do you invent a new class?
00:06:25 - If Naval Codes were changed while a ship was underway, how would the ship captain know what the new codes to use were?
00:11:18 - How did the freedom of action granted by steam change battle tactics?
00:17:18 - In the event of an attack from the air by fighters as well as torpedo and dive bombers, what was the Japanese doctrine/strategy on the use of its complement of (presumably) spotter aircraft?
00:21:53 - Early ironclad vs 1st rate ship of the line?
00:26:42 - Where to place keel-blocks for a ship in Drydock?
00:30:44 - Were non-perpendicular tubes on submarines ever particularly effective?
00:37:15 - What was causing the health issues of the British Admirals of the 1930s?
00:42:13 - Why the proliferation of shell sizes between 4 and 6 inches?
00:49:10 - Why was the Imperial German Royal Yacht so bad?
00:51:53 - Briefly, what were a few of the problems with Billy Mitchel's bombing tests in the 1930s?
00:58:49 - How long can munitions last in and around the timeframe the channel covers?
01:04:04 - If the Royal Navy had decided after the Washington Treaty that what they really needed was more battlecruisers, do you think that an effective design could have been developed at 35,000 tons?
01:09:47 - Did the Axis ever capture Allied crytopgraphic material from Allied ships?
01:12:23 - Has there ever been an equivalent to a "shell shortage/crisis" in naval history?
01:16:56 - Anglo-US War in 1876?
01:24:31 - Which is more expensive, a carrier or a battleship?
01:29:32 - Examples of new and old technology being combined in a compromise effort between efficiency and safety?
01:32:54 - Small butterflies with potentially massive naval impacts?
01:37:45 - Have there been other outlandish displays of naval peacetime power in history like the Great White Fleet?
01:41:30 - What sort of impact could the air wing of Enterprise have had on the Kido Butai if they had actually found the Japanese carriers on the evening of December 7th, 1941? Would the Japanese have had the ability to quickly counterattack Enterprise after the day's events?
01:44:35 - What were Admiral Halsey's good points?
01:47:27 - Separated by era how far back in time would you need to go from the launching of any ship to get to the point where that ship isn't just good, but essentially a Final Boss?
01:53:07 - How much weight and space would be taken up by a ships blueprints?
01:56:11 - Was USS Houston supposed to receive a radar set and if so, what type and what effect might it have had?
01:58:11 - How common were failed classes of ships and what would your definition of a failed ship class be?
02:03:03 - I've been wondering about how WWII magnetic exploders for torpedoes worked, and why navies had such trouble getting them to work reliably?
02:12:53 - Could IJN aircraft have operated off the German Graf Zeppelin?
02:16:26 - Naval convergent engineering?
02:21:19 - Was there ever a thought during late 18th or early 19th century to arm the marines with rifled muskets/ rifles like the Baker to improve accuracy and allow even more effective sniping from the fighting tops?
02:24:44 - Could a triple gunned turret have been developed during the pre-dreadnought era with the frying pan style turrets or was the technology of the time unable to make it work?
02:29:25 - Early 1900's hydraulic fluids?
02:33:23 - Destroyers dodging torpedoes?
02:36:54 - Why did John Philip Holland end up designing submarines for the Royal Navy given his long history with the Irish Nationalist movement and the fact he designed world’s first practical submarine "the Fenian Ram" submarine specifically for attacking the British?
02:39:14 - Advantages or not of raked funnels?
02:42:43 - Different tactics in the Age of Sail between different navies?
02:48:35 - Why different styles of deck mounted torpedo tube?
02:50:46 - What were Admiral von Spee's orders from home?
02:53:57 - Swapping enemy signal books?
02:58:11 - HMS Warspite on the US West Coast, 1941?
Comments
Ted Jones
Coal smoke was a reason to still want the weather gage during the early age of steam. Halsey was most effective in command of the South West Pacific and being able to work with MacArthur.
Jeff s holloway
Adm. John McCain sr. Also passed right after getting home, I think days of, side bar to that, his grandson tells the story of a very upset adm. Halsey giving the future senator, a very young future senator his 1st highball, so he could join Halsey in a toast to his grandfather. Its very sad that they got no time to spend time with family after their service in the war.
