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The Drydock - Episode 258
🕑 Added 2023-08-05 07:59:01 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:45 - If the Japanese didn't run out of 12” guns and built Satsuma as a dreadnought, what terminology would be used for the all-big-gun battleships?
00:04:02 - If the Satsuma's were built as full on dreadnaughts, would it change anything in the grand scheme of things?
00:08:02 - Considering their location very close to the port and starboard sides of the hull, was the protection of wing primary turrets lower than those located along tthe centerline on dreadnought type battleships?
00:14:47 - If she was completed in time, what role would the Shinano have served? Would she have even made an impact?
00:19:35 - Worst carrier competition: Bearn, Graf Zeppelin, Shinano, and Aquila. Who “wins” in terms of being the least bad design and who is the worst design?
00:23:12 - What superstitions overcome the one against renaming a ship?
00:26:30 - Salvo systems is various navies?
00:31:46 - Could they have gotten HMS Lion into service before the end of the war?
00:37:37 - How much damage could Centre Force actually have done?
00:42:31 - Are there any WW2 U-boats that are still available to be looked at as museum pieces?
00:43:41 - Were ships on shakedown cruises really called into action?
00:49:57 - How did navies fit so many more people on ships than originally intended?
00:52:46 - Was there ever a sort of frankinship, a warship made up of various different parts from scrapped or destroyed ships?
00:55:02 - Stripes on destroyer funnels?
00:57:11 - Was depleted uranium ever a thing for battleship shells?
00:58:19 - Is the early WW1 micro-managing by the Admiralty excusable?
Comments
Ted Jones
The other problem with Shinano is that she consumes more oil than any other carrier of the time. Not a feature for the IJN at the time. Small point, no way the Royal Navy would have used new Lion class ships off Normandy. Look at the ships they did use, for both navies these were ships that wouldn't be seriously missed if damaged or even lost. The only reason Torch had the USS Massachusetts was the presence of the French ships in port. USS Chesapeake is the classic case of a ship unprepared for action... and it didn't end well.
Capitano Lorenzo
Q&A Can you discuss what is involved in a ship “working up”? For example, a battleship of some sort, like HMS Vanguard. Also, do most navies basically do the same thing regarding working up their vessels?
