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The Drydock - Episode 371
🕑 Added 2025-10-11 08:00:04 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:04 - Were there any ships armed or planned to be armed with homing torpedos during WW2, if there weren't any/or a lot then why?
00:05:00 - Better escort designs for the IJN?
00:10:52 - S-Boat that could partially submerge?
00:12:36 - Which individual class of warship do you think is the most overblown in terms of strategic value or general utility?
00:19:14 - How do German armoured cruisers from the WW1 period compare with their contemporaries?
00:25:04 - Mini-S-Boats for Hilfskreuzer?
00:27:53 - How far was USS Enterprise CV-6 from being preserved?
00:31:21 - Did any submarines use more than two shafts? Or where they limited strictly by their small size?
00:32:51 - Did the Soviets know about the Helmover?
00:35:13 - Presumably, Rodney and Nelson were fervently asking to be refitted to carry Helmovers, just in case Tirpitz and Scharnhorst came out to play?
00:40:54 - What are you thoughts on Cochrane on film?
00:46:23 - If someone in the right position had thought of the Angled Flight Deck in the interwar period, would it have been valuable for WW2 era carriers/aircraft?
00:52:16 - Would having the KGVs do shore bombardment with their larger bursting charges have been beneficial against the caves and fortified positions in some of the bloodiest Japanese island battles?
00:54:36 - AEGIS Iowa, why not?
00:58:58 - Do the papers of “Jackie” Fisher discuss his view of the justification and expected employment of his battlecruisers (or “Dreadnought armored cruisers”)?
01:06:54 - Why did it take so long to get rid of Miles Browning?
Comments
Maya Media
I saw this new report on the Nimitz house, and it includes a Nimitz daughter clarification on which room he died in. Thought you'd like it. Historic Nimitz House hidden under the Bay Bridge becoming a forgotten footnote https://youtu.be/IRYxl5VibfM?si=FkC5OR5cNpt9jhYM
W. Osterberg
Saturday morning coffee with Drach, life is good 👍
James Hain
Ahh Saturday evening in Australia, Drach has popped and I am settling down for an hour of bluss
