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The Drydock - Episode 326
🕑 Added 2024-11-30 12:05:00 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:01 - Why did the IJN go with their 'subs as capital ship killers' strategy?
00:08:38 - Active sonar on WWII Submarines?
00:13:30 - Submarine camo in WW2?
00:19:07 - Where was the Marine Nationale going to deploy it's fleet if it was completed?
00:26:56 - Why was the US seemingly not concerned by either the Argentine-Chilean naval arms race or the later and larger scale South American dreadnought arms race?
00:30:08 - Why weren't destroyers given ram bows?
00:35:15 - Italian Navy book recommendations?
00:38:40 - Two-decker 'first rates'?
00:45:04 - Were their any notable occurrences during the Second World War where allied commanders were left with no choice but to let an attack happen?
00:51:02 - How much would the cancelled Italian designs have influenced designs going forward had the Washington Naval treaty not crushed their hopes and dreams?
00:54:45 - If Japan chose 12" guns for Kongo, what do you think Fuso would be armed with? Could 8x16" proto-Nagato be an option?
00:57:04 - Minor Navies contribution to the Axis?
01:00:00 - If the Francesco Caracciolo class was completed as intended, where would you rank them amongst the 1920's battleships and how useful do you think they would have been in WW2?
01:04:40 - What are some of the most notable “it will never catch on" moments in the period covered by the channel?
Comments
Allen Parmet
One of the issues with an active search system, be it radar or sonar, is that it relies on reflected energy. However the same level of energy will radiate out from the source to at least twice the maximum distance of detection. So the source is letting its presence be known long before it can hope to receive a signal back.
Capitano Lorenzo
Q&A : I love the pagoda masts of the IJN, particularly Fuso and Yamashiro. Why go the route of the pagoda masts? Why were the IJN the only users of the magnificence that were the pagoda masts? Did the pagodas actually destabilize the ships balance? Can you discuss some of the more obscure deck levels and what they were used for?
Jellicoe Cats
I think there is a Friday guide in the history of navel techniques that mess with the human vision in unexpected way Mountbatten pink, dazzle camouflage and diffused lighting camouflage/Yehudi lights. By the way if you are wondering who Yehudi is… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Yehoodi%3F
