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The Drydock - Episode 236 (Part 2)
🕑 Added 2023-02-25 23:00:03 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:27 - It is often said amateurs talk tactics and professionals talk logistics. How did the US Navy develop its overwhelming logistical superiority?
00:04:59 - What percentage of ship's under the red ensign in 1913 were colliers?
00:07:26 - Is there a resource for someone to see what a ship looks like at range?
00:09:43 - What are your thoughts with hind sight of the value of treaty era heavy cruisers?
00:13:47 - Did high altitude bombing attacks ever hit a ship underway and trying to evade?
00:16:58 - Why didn't Japan invest more in submarine warfare to patrol and sink more US naval assets?
00:20:58 - When the last of the WW2 configuration ships were being sold out of reserve for scrap, what did they go for?
00:26:24 - If you were able to save one British capital ship at the end of WWII that isn't Warspite what would it be? AKA what's your second pick?
00:27:31 - What's behind the barbettes?
00:28:57 - What happens inside a ship’s compartment when steam is released?
00:35:18 - How did the major naval belligerents (KM, RM, RN, IJN, and USN) employ capital ship-based floatplanes during WW2?
00:40:47 - During the dreadnaught era, at what ranges could a ship reasonably
spot another ship?
00:44:32 - Why do battleship guns drop after firing?
00:47:09 - Why where there never battleship main guns longer than L/50?
00:54:38 - If you could interview or work with incarnations of ships, are there any that you think would be particularly interesting, hilarious, or terrible to talk to or have to work with?
00:59:06 - What if the RN doesn't get rid of it's old ships?
01:02:17 - The Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 1935
01:09:20 - What did the official RN records say about the accuracy (or lack of it) of Vittorio Veneto at Spartivento and Littorio at 1st Sirte?
01:14:01 - Is there a reliable source for losses by the IJN at the expense of US aircraft, submarines and surface ships?
01:19:23 - Why didn't the Germans develop naval infrastructure in East Prussia?
01:23:02 - Kriegsmarine deck plans?
01:24:32 - What was the process of choosing a name for Royal Navy ships during the age of sail?
01:28:21 - Toroidal propeller technology?
01:31:43 - Did the Royal Navy ever create mock up "warships" as recruiting tools/demonstrations to the public such as the USS Recruit in New York City during 1917-1920 and the "Battleship Illinois" from the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893?
01:33:31 - What is the crossover point between sail with auxiliary steam, to steam with auxiliary sail?
01:35:37 - How big would chains have to be to stop a warship in the age of sail?
01:38:04 - A better rating system for ships?
01:43:49 - Is there any correction necessary for the Magnus effect in long range gunnery?
01:45:28 - Could you talk about bilge pumps?
01:50:23 - Was dousing magazines with water in the event of a out of control fire to avoid blowing up ever common practice?
01:53:27 - Why is the RAF Royal and the FAA not the RFAA?
