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The Drydock - Episode 200 (Part 1)
🕑 Added 2022-06-03 21:00:03 +0000 UTC
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SDF-7
I'm sure Drach left it out because of the time constraints of the channel -- but I have no doubt CVN-65 would have had zero problems besting just about anything in her time for speed+distance runs.
David Pierce
When I was in school, I read a memoir by an American USN officer who ran a repair dock in Eritrea shortly after US entry into WWII. Apparently they serviced several RN light cruisers.I don't remember many of the details, but I recall the book claiming that the RN was camouflaging cruisers to convince the Italians that they had BBs in areas where they didn't, and for a while had no capital ships in the Mediterranean at all. Does this ring a bell? Is any of it true? Any thoughts what that book might have been?
David Pierce
Besides the Iowas, the USS Indianapolis set a speed record from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor. Not quite as far as a transatlantic crossing, but close.
The Rogue Chief
Working armory security back in the USMC, I became PARTICULARLY annoying and got on a few officers nerves for not letting people in without clearance or an escort (was always funny to watch some green Lieutenant getting upset at a lowly enlisted man basically saying with their actions “Sorry but no, sir, you’re not getting in I don’t care”)
Graham William Kidd
Pericombobulations upon your most compunctuous naval history interludicle. I find your extramuralisation pendigestatory and your interfrastically frasmotic publication of 200 Dry Docks anaspeptic!! 😁 Congratulations Drach!!
john c driscoll
I like have the Patron Dry Dock in one week and divided into two sections.
Congratulations on 200. Great to meet you in Norfolk. Looking forward to 200 more!
Matt Blom
Congrats on episode 200! I still remember when I found this odd channel with a British robo-voice back in the day, digging deep into YouTube rage-searching being sick of clips from overproduced cable channel warship history shows and knowing better *had* to be out there!
