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The Drydock - Episode 254
🕑 Added 2023-07-08 08:00:00 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:54 - Why was the pair of twin turrets the preferred main battery in pre-dreadnoughts?
00:08:54 - Were Akagi and Kaga very different at first?
00:10:42 - Different engine telegraphs in the same room?
00:14:45 - Were their any attempts to use Balloons attached to age of sail ships for recon?
00:17:59 - Why do they call a "pounder" gun a pounder gun?
00:21:23 - During the 1920's and 1930's why was the US still practicing for a war with the UK?
00:25:23 - To what extent were International observers present at these fleet problem exercises?
00:27:31 - Duty/Action Stations and Fleet Problems?
00:31:31 - How was the ammunition for AA guns safely stored/distributed on ships?
00:37:17 - Was Cross Deck firing ever used in action?
00:39:09 - Encyclopedia for Carriers or Cruisers?
00:42:40 - Apart from the spetacular success of the norwegian torpedo battery vs the Blücher, are there reports of other bateries being used?
00:45:00 - Anti-torpedo plate?
00:50:18 - Optical rangefinders appear to be very fragile. However, we only hear about RADAR systems failing from shock, not mechanical rangefinders. Why?
00:53:29 - How did various militaries in WWII develop their naval wargames for study?
00:56:44 - Are there equivalents of Hobart's Funnies that were used by the Allied navies in WWII?
01:03:04 - Judy, the mascot of HMS Grasshopper?
Comments
Chloe Delaney Sinclair
The big pumps used on the battleships during damage control etc? Are they purchased by the Navy or are they built in the ship as part of the structure?
Capitano Lorenzo
Q&A Drach, can you discuss IJN early WWII night fighting technologies and techniques? Did they have some kind of enhanched binoculars, like starlight or IR? If so can you discuss details with the rest of us technical nerd warriors?
Jeff s holloway
Thank you for the answer on Judy, my friend has been asking if I had heard more on the subject from you, ( I brag on you alot.), I was most glad to hear she had a long life in retirement, you are a gentleman and a scholar!!
Ted Jones
I would say that fire ships, fire support monitors, and LCT(R)s would be the naval equivalent of Hobart's Funnies. Maybe even LSDs (Landing Ship Dock).
Jellicoe Cats
Wouldn’t the X-class submarines be the naval equivalent of Hobart's Funnies?
The Rogue Chief
Anglo-American tensions of the 1920s are a classic example of the supposed Thucydides trap theory— there were no cultural/ideological source of tensions like Huntington would propose… there were no real class source tensions like Marx would propose… there were no significant economic/trade conflict source of tensions like economists would propose… it was simply a matter of old big dog on the block encounters new aspiring big dog on the block, therefore they must fight it out (or so the thinking is)
