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The Drydock - Episode 267
🕑 Added 2023-10-07 10:00:04 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:58 - Do any other intermediate designs for UK light cruisers with 6 inch guns exist between the Leanders and the Towns?
00:05:31 - What would the crew or operator of landing craft do after unloading troops or supplies?
00:08:00 - We always talk about what happens when a Naval shell hits it's target. But what happens to the shell if it misses it's target?
00:12:04 - How much damage could WWII-era Japanese or British torpedoes have inflicted if they’d used Torpex instead of enriched TNT mixtures for their warheads?
00:18:17 - Could Italy/France have upgraded their battleships firepower in the inter-war period?
00:23:05 - Why didn't the Japanese convert Ises and Fusos to CVs and continue to build Tosas and Amagis?
00:28:22 - During WWII, what happened to surviving sailors after their ships were sunk, damaged or otherwise put out of commission?
00:32:26 - Why was the Russian navy so far behind other countries in Europe especially in the era of steam and the age of sail?
00:37:20 - Was the British navy encouraged to steal instead of burn valuable provisions taken during the many raids. How much value where they able to extract?
00:40:19 - The conversion of SMS Lothringen
00:43:56 - Flights, batches, subclasses, and types within the same class of vessel: what are the differences, and when did they start?
00:49:52 - Thermoclines and ASW in WW2?
00:52:57 - Would Halsey have run the US carriers into the Japanese guns after Midway?
00:57:25 - It seems the frigates were work horses of the age of sail. Is the detached frigate as show in Master and Commander typical?
01:00:49 - Was the Confederacy’s quest to obtain foreign built ironclads a fool’s errand?
Comments
Ted Jones
To my mind one of the most impressive things about Spruance at Midway was his turning away movement that night. The top brass at Pearl Harbor and in Washington were surprised and not that happy with Spruance's movement. Yet, based I suspect on his time spent at the Naval War College, Spruance quickly realized that he had nothing to gain and everything to lose by heading West. The interesting story of that night was when Nautilus reported the approaching heavy cruisers and (Halsey's) staff had the temerity to wake him up. He was not pleased by this since he was already one move ahead of the Japanese so there was nothing more for him to do.
IRRITABLE BOWEL from BF 1942
Thanks again for doing a video on the USS Vestal. The heroic actions of her captain and crew at Pearl Harbor and in many other occasions during WW2 deserved to be remembered. Thanks again Drach!
