The Drydock - Episde 241 (Part 1)
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 Published On Apr 2, 2023

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:32 - Were submarines essentially turbo-electric on the surface?

00:04:11 - The use of super-charges on British battleships?

00:09:00 - Did KGV's quad turret really have more problems than its twin counterpart?

00:13:34 - Who do you think had the better armored cruisers in WW1 Britain or Germany?

00:18:47 - Has AAA been portrayed as more effective in recent writing?

00:24:24 - What is the most modern aircraft to operate from the deck of a World War II era carrier?

00:25:59 - Roller ships, how did they work?

00:32:21 - Was ductwork and piping travelling between different parts of the ship a weak point that could threaten damage or flooding between holds during battle or were mitigation efforts taken to ensure these points did not prove weak?

00:36:06 - 'Hail of fire' dreadnoughts?

00:39:55 - Laminated armour effectiveness?

00:46:14 - Did the ABDA fleet stand any chance against the IJN?

00:50:53 - During extended periods of peace navies necessarily promote officers to flag rank based on criteria other than large scale command experience in combat. Are there any navies that stand out, positively or negatively, in their ability to identify the flag officers who should be in command when the next war arrived?

00:56:49 - In your opinion, would it be more or less likely that the Kongo class battlecruisers would have been retained into World War II if they had been built with 13.5" guns?

00:59:19 - Were any submarines caught in Typhoon Cobra?

01:02:04 - At any point does more smaller main battery guns (i.e. Twelve 14" guns) trump, less, larger main battery guns (i.e. Eight 16" guns) on a battleship with 20th century fire control?

01:05:11 - Why did no one else go with a long lance style torpedo going into WW2?

01:08:55 - During a naval surface action (age of sail through WW2), what were gun crews doing when their side of the ship was facing away from the opposing vessel?

01:11:57 - The USA had the Panama Canal; the Germans had the Kiel Canal; what were the size limitations for British ships? The Suez Canal?

01:16:15 - The Four Days Battle and tactics

01:22:04 - What makes a Dromon a Dromon and why are they so firmly associated with the Byzantines? How did they differ from Galleys and Triremes/Biremes/etc?

01:25:49 - Starting with the Fubuki class, why did the Japanese have a preference for having their destroyers carry a single forward turret but two rear turrets?

01:28:54 - Are there any incidents of a U-Boat Wolfpack; in a pre-planned and coordinated manner, intentionally attacking a convoy escort surfaced?

01:31:23 - Cruiser-carrier hybrid as a convoy escort?

01:35:35 - Why did Halsey take 'the world wonders' as an insult?

01:39:48 - Retrofitting the Standard's main batteries?

01:42:37 - Have there been any ships from the early steam era up to the Cold War were a ship was built, launched, fitted out, and upon the sea trials was discovered to be so woefully poorly designed that it went straight for scrapping, rather than even attempt to fix its deficiencies?

01:44:14 - Repeated bombing of sunken ships at Pearl Harbour?

01:47:32 - Time to reconfigure USS Hornet's machinery spaces?

01:50:40 - What makes a 'good sailer'?

01:53:20 - Any notable instances of a real-life instance of the "Its Just a Flesh Wound" achievement from World of Warships?

02:00:04 - What is it about the main guns on battleships that give them such a long lead time?

02:03:32 - Admiral Sturdee's plans for Jutland?

02:06:50 - How much of the nominal crew could a large sailing warship afford to lose before combat effectiveness suffered, and how did crew replenishment work (if there was such a thing) for lone ships on remote stations?

02:10:22 - Retaining armoured cruisers as 2nd line ships?

02:13:25 - Officers reassigned, demoted, or otherwise snubbed not because of incompetence or misbehavior, but out of personal animus from a superior officer?

02:18:17 - VT fuses on shells for coastal bombardment?

02:21:43 - Can you tell us of Thomas Cochrane, at this point in his career Captain of the brig HMS Speedy capture of the spanish frigate HSpMS El Gamo?

02:27:51 - Kirk and Dr. McCoy, Picard and Dr. Crusher, Arbury and Dr. Maturin. In naval and science fiction, ship's captains and the ships doctor have a close relationship. Is this purely fiction or were doctors part of the command crew in the time the channel covers?

02:31:39 - Yugoslavian battleships?

02:36:05 - Foreign units on a nations aircraft carriers?

02:38:08 - How were reports sent in early WW2?

02:42:42 - Interogation of survivors whilst still in the water?

02:46:49 - Aside from the original 6 frigates who would you say is the most famous frigate be it sail or steam In the USN?

02:48:58 - Portayals of Admiral Nagumo?

02:53:14 - Why was the SS John Harvey carrying mustard gas components?

02:56:16 - Why did so few Allied fleet destroyers carry Hedgehog or Squid launchers during World War II?

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