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The Drydock - Episode 359
🕑 Added 2025-07-19 08:00:06 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:37 - What cruisers could the USN have had in WW1?
00:04:18 - Had the Soviet Navy been more sucessful in their initial naval building attempts during the interwar period, how would that have affected the London Naval Treaty?
00:07:38 - What would a Kirov class have looked like if it was built by another Navy? Say the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Royal Navy, Kriegsmarine, etc.?
00:10:44 - What is the Kirov's real classification?
00:13:23 - How useful would an airship AWACS had been in WW2?
00:18:01 - Kriegsmarine breakout via the NortEast Passage?
00:22:46 - Admirals who were good at sea but less saavy on land?
00:28:28 - What do you think is the single dumbest navy-related decision made by anyone in the chain of command in the period the channel covers?
00:35:46 - Was there anything the austro Hungarian KUK could have done better in WW1?
00:39:19 - In the time period, say from 1600 to 1815, did European ship hull design from the waterline to the keel change much?
00:44:37 - Why weren't air bases set up in Greenland to help close the Mid-Atlantic Air Gap?
00:48:55 - What would you consider to be the best example of combat trolling?
00:51:26 - Where did the 'smash a bottle on the ship at launch' tradition come from?
00:56:04 - Are there any real life Geordi LaForges or Scottys?
Comments
Allen Parmet
22:50-Admirals promoted beyond their abilities-See "The Peter Principle", by Laurence Peter, 1969
Ted M Jones
You really should have warned us, back at the beginning, that there might be 359 of these. Mind you, I'm not complaining.
