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The Drydock - Episode 237
🕑 Added 2023-03-03 20:00:04 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:51 - Given the level of fortifications the Germans built on Jersey, what would it have taken for the Allies to invade and re-take the islands by force, rather than waiting for the war to end and the garrison to surrender?
00:07:13 - What was the plan for the Palmerston Forts and how effective do you think they could have been had they seen action?
00:13:43 - Replacing powerplants during the interwar period?
00:16:12 - Why was it so difficult for the Axis powers in World War Two come up with a dual-purpose mount?
00:20:05 - How effective were monitors in the Zeebrugge raid?
00:22:00 - Firing guns to create a screen of splashes?
00:25:20 - Would a shell twist if it hit on the edge of the armour plate?
00:29:01 - On the dry dock and in various videos it is often vividly described how Kamikaze attacks on armored decks had a tendency to bounce off. Are there any records of a kamikaze pilot surviving his contact with the multi-ton trampolines?
00:31:50 - What do you think caused the US to not lose any battleships at sea, apart from those at Pearl Harbour?
00:35:00 - Why are the awnings on a Bainbridge class so extensive?
00:37:23 - If battleships usually fought at long range and rarely got into point blank range, why wasn't more armor thickness dedicated to the deck (to prevent plunging fire) instead of the sides of the ships?
00:44:24 - You have talked about the various redundancy built into warships. Are there certain countries that seemed to be more into redundancy and others that were not about redundancy as much? Who would you put at the extremes of maybe too much redundancy and who did not enough redundancy?
00:49:57 - ORP Blyskawica and HMS Vega scouting Dunkirk?
00:53:00 - When playing ultimate Admirals, Dreadnoughts; I've noticed that casemate guns weigh significantly more than turrets of the same caliber (in some cases less than a twin or triple mount) Is this accurate, and what ARE the weight and stability difference between a casemate and turret mounted armament?
00:55:17 - Could the USN airships ever have been a useful scouting force with (insert plausible but never implemented technology here, e.g. radar) added?
01:00:07 - What kept the Royal Navy more or less professional compared to the Army?
01:03:33 - Please provide us with your WW2 battleship tier list based purely on aesthetics. (https://tiermaker.com/create/battleship-looks-1-551617)
Comments
Grumman Cat
Drach- in reference to your assessment of the Ise Class in Naval engineering disasters- Indeed there WAS a place for the hybrid battleship-carrier in WW2- At Cape Matapan! :D
Ted Jones
Isn't there a good photo of an IJN battleship being gutted to replace her power plant? Just looking at German AAA weapons, besides the 88 they also had 105, 127, and 150mm weapons. Couldn't one of these have been used as a dual-purpose gun on ships. The source I found online says the 150mm was used as a dual purpose coast defense gun -- that's just a shade under a 6". 45:20 -- That is the best angle for a South Dakota class BB. Really a great looking ship. The USN got most of what they could have gotten from airships from blimps. I love the photos of the blimps in airship hangers, like here: https://external-preview.redd.it/BdcuoyAm70bbPf9JWkFpZX_19q_WDqNSDiCTVHFEVTg.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=3a349e7a19065cda39a2aa058597bc9c9979087e
