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The Drydock - Episode 369 (Part 2)
🕑 Added 2025-09-27 10:00:07 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:35 - Would a German 15" gun armed Large Cruiser (four guns in two turrets), a true "Pocket Battleship" be effective as a commerce raider in 1939?
00:05:14 - Would a problem-free North Carolina class be sent to the Pacific in late 1941?
00:06:51 - Who would take command if HMS Lion exploded?
00:10:58 - Which actual civilian merchant vessel(s) was the most heavily armed, as compared to a warship of the same period?
00:13:10 - Would the Kriegsmarine have been better off building more cruisers instead of capital ships?
00:19:17 - Didn't RMS Titanic have any form of damage control?
00:24:12 - What were the Royal Navy's thoughts on the rise of the Second French Empire?
00:27:57 - What's your opinion of the Lego Titanic as a model?
00:31:52 - Throughout the formation of the British Empire how would the RN secure (or influence the acquisition of) what it considered prime naval sites or get Parliament to build up places i.e. Gibraltar and Malta? Was it down to a bit of luck, foresight or both?
00:36:25 - In your opinion was the US 4th fleet worth its creation or would they have been better used in the North Atlantic?
00:39:38 - Where wouls a French museum gun land its shell if fired?
00:41:09 - Depth charges on a battleship?
00:43:11 - In the period the channel covers, were stationary hydrophones ever deployed offensively in a similar manner to the listening traps and underwater net arrays found during the Cold War?
00:47:18 - Which ship would you preserve from Bikini Atoll?
00:50:19 - How much difference, in practice, did it make that the KGVs were armed with 14 inch guns instead of something larger?
00:52:55 - Can you describe some of the benefits placing an early monitor's pilot house on top of the turret provides?
00:55:21 - How was enough fuel stored for portable pumps without being a massive fire hazard?
00:59:03 - How was coal loaded onto ships and how did this vary between ship sizes, types and port facilities?
01:04:34 - If air to air combat is thought of as a 3D environment, could the Thatch Weave be used by Star Trek Federation Starships as a defensive maneuver?
01:08:09 - Was Prince of Wales' crew notorious after Denmark Strait?
01:12:34 - Battle of Tsushima's relevance to the Dreadnought race?
01:18:35 - How was the transport of horses by ship handled during the time the channel covers?
01:23:33 - Is Nimitz's reputation for generosity towards the Japanese true?
01:26:28 - How common is it for a Commodore to supplant a Captain?
01:29:02 - How would ships deal with carrying high dignitaries and what special arangements were made for travel onboard of warships?
01:32:38 - Since you need people to run your ship and ships get more complicated over time in the period the channel covers, how did the organization and institutionalization start for the royal navy and at what point was there a "template" for staffing?
01:38:39 - Have there been any major naval conflicts where the losing side's defeat could be attributed largely or entirely to their nation's treasury deciding to pinch pennies at the worst possible time?
01:40:30 - Considering the woefully outdated araments of the Momi-Wakatake-Minekaze class destroyers of the IJN by 1943, could they realistically win against liberty ships if they somehow encountered an unescorted convoy?
01:42:43 - Some naval guns are built with a feature called gain twist rifling. What are the benefits and drawbacks of this system?
01:46:28 - What is Operation Weserubung was exactly what the RN historically expected?
01:52:46 - Could Nagumo have launched a counter-attack at Midway?
01:57:25 - Why didn't the British fully convert HMS Vindictive?
02:00:41 - In the time periods in which piracy was a prominent thing (and that the channel covers), how did merchant ships deal with it?
02:04:32 - How would major navies around WW1 and WW2 interact with a navy that allows for both men and women to serve onboard their ships?
02:08:23 - Did the RN have plans for if Bismarck and Tirpitz sailed together?
02:10:26 - Were engine room telegraphs calibrated?
02:14:03 - How good were the ships in the movie Captain Blood?
Comments
The Rogue Chief
Food for thought: the mail stewards were some of the first casualties of the wreck, supposedly dying before the captain and officers could even get the damage assessment
The Rogue Chief
A timeline of naval aviation display from the 1900s to 1945 on the flight deck or hangar of USS Saratoga would be pretty cool! But I think she’d be better moored in Camden NJ to honor her builders, or in Boston MA to honor her sunken sister Lexington (either would also have the benefit of not overcrowding the aircraft carrier museum real estate in New York)
Smokey The Bear
23:45 emphasis on the cold water: you might last a few minutes in it, but the moment you get immersed in it you become physically unable to work. At best, not much could be moved out of the way before starting damage control.
