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The Drydock - Episode 263
🕑 Added 2023-09-09 07:00:02 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:52 - What if the Spanish went through with their original plan to order 6 of the Pelayo type battleships?
00:08:28 - If Renown and Repulse replaced Hiei in the night battle of Guadalcanal could they have made it out and could they have done more damage?
00:10:18 - When did sailing ships lose all of their crew?
00:13:46 - Later start to the Pacific Campaign?
00:19:43 - Why was the Yamato class so much heavier than the Number 13 class?
00:23:31 - Do you think it is possible to save HMAS Cerberus? Or is she doomed to rust away?
00:27:13 - IJN response to Force Z surviving?
00:31:23 - What and when was the first major ship designs (cruiser, battleship, etc.) without casements?
00:35:50 - The assignment of fighters to the various early US carriers?
00:42:12 - Left vs Right-hand twist ropes?
00:45:06 - Why do US fast battleships have their secondary turrets in a 'W' configuration instead of an 'M' configuration?
00:48:45 - Battles fought after a peace treaty has been signed?
00:52:50 - Who do you think is the most Underrated Admiral of WW2 that historians should talk about more?
00:54:27 - Remote control target drones or attack drones in the inter-war period?
00:58:53 - Which navies in WW2 would’ve please each of the chaos gods the most?
Comments
Jellicoe Cats
George Bush senior narrowly avoided being eaten by the Japanese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichijima_incident
TC Pratt
During the Agent of Chaos operation known as "Halsey in De Nile's Cobra", a USN officer, who was serving on a light carrier, almost got washed overboard, but was saved by the tiny lip of steel on the edge of the flight deck... ...so Lieutenant Gerald R. Ford, later President of the United States, seconds your motion :)
Jellicoe Cats
I would like to nominate US PT boats during the Solomons campaign for the role of general agents of chaos. It was a coin toss as to wether they would attack friendly ships, enemy ships or both on any given evening. Also how many other forces can boast a ship that gets run over by an enemy ship and the skipper ends up President of United States?
John Hargreaves
With the Spanish training gun crews being worse than the US 3 new battleships effectiveness would be extremely problematic.
