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The Drydock - Episode 262
🕑 Added 2023-09-02 08:00:03 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:52 - Which gun has had the longer active service life the British 15 inch/42 or the American 16 inch/50?
00:05:24 - Would it have been theoretically possible to create some sort of horrible fusion between the Italian 15”, American 16”/50 and Japanese 18.1” to create a 18” gun that fires unusually heavy shells at incredibly high muzzle velocities (enough to compensate for the shell being a superheavy) for superior belt penetration?
00:07:35 - What lead to "...Royal Navy warships firing on a British merchantman that then came under the protection of the Chinese..."?
00:13:02 - Are there 100s (or thousands?) of unexploded torpedoes just laying around on the oceans floor? And do fishing trawlers ever pull them up, or set them off!
00:15:53 - A short explanation of why this is or isn’t a ‘Fleet’ sub as compared to previous and later classes.
00:20:31 - How many people in a turret?
00:25:31 - When fleets were approaching each other in good weather, how far apart would they be when they first made visual contact?
00:29:59 - Why weren't barrage balloons used (much or at all) to help protect ships at sea from air attack in WWII?
00:33:45 - If the torpedo that hit USS North Carolina didn't pierce the inner hull, how did it kill sailors below deck?
00:36:59 - From each Navy from WWII onwards, which ship could you see having a swimming pool besides Bristol?
00:39:36 - We often hear about the bad army-navy relationships like in WWII-era Japan, but what were the best army-navy and air force-navy relationships during the period the channel covers, and how did these good relations help the services?
00:43:29 - Could the Queen Elizabeth class battleships have been rebuilt in the 1930s with small tube boilers? If so, how might that have improved their performance if the same number of boilers had been used? If the same amount of horsepower was maintained?
00:47:41 - Can you tell us why King Alfred the Great is sometimes considered to have founded the English Navy and thereby the Royal Navy?
00:50:26 - If you were on any battleship of your choosing, would you rather take several 16" shell hits or a single Long Lance torpedo hit? Which would be more survivable?
00:54:10 - A picture Encyclopedia of the world's Battleships from 1850 to 1950?
00:56:43 - The refits after Pearl Harbour?
Comments
Ted Jones
I may have that battleship book that was being asked about. "Battleships and Battlecuisers" by Richard Humble, Chartwell Books, Inc. 1983. This book actually starts at 1827 and runs through 1983. I guess I will repeat this on YouTube just in case.
Ted Jones
One thing in favor of Halsey was that he was able to get along very well with MacArthur and his staff. Of the big 3 (Nimitz, Spruance, Halsey), only Halsey had attended the Army War College in addition to the Navy War College before WW2..
IRRITABLE BOWEL from BF 1942
Thanks Drach. Another Saturday morning of quality listening. 👍
Kevin Weber
Regarding cooperation between army and navy, considering an entire war I'd have to say the best, or at least very very good, was the US Civil War, particularly in the western theater between Grant and the navy brass both Foote and Farragut. Granted, that's largely a riverine war.
John Hargreaves
Typhoon class submarines had a small swimming pool and a sauna for crew recreation. Regards
Chloe Delaney Sinclair
Thank you, Drach!
