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The Drydock - Episode 320
🕑 Added 2024-10-19 08:00:07 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:45 - Given the constantly changing nature of large capital ships even while under construction (as seen with examples like the North Carolina), just how likely would it be that USS United States would finish up as a more conventional carrier (much like how she appears in World of Warships) before she's even launched?
00:04:20 - Assuming that USS United States is either completed or quickly refited after a short period of time to a more conventional design, how long would her class's likely service life be?
00:07:27 - What were some of the Post WW2 designs from countries like France and the other Allied nations?
00:11:12 - Can you tell us more about the time that HMS Unicorn bombarded ground targets in North Korea with her own guns?
00:13:49 - What were in your opinion the best naval use cases for unguided rocket projectiles in the period the channel covers?
00:18:05 - Most daring submarine feat?
00:25:38 - Naval mercenaries?
00:32:13 - The Akagi and Kaga originally had multi flight deck plans when completed but later were refitted to have a single flight deck. Were there any plans to do something similar to the ships of the Courageous class?
00:39:10 - When did bre
aking the line cease to be a viable fleet tactic?
00:44:45 - The tendency of the Imperial Japanese Navy to falsely claim that various American ships were sunk during the Pacific War leading to the ships in question being nicknamed as "Ghosts" is rather notorious nowadays. However, given the fact that the Americans avoided this tendency by decrypting Japanese radio communications, what Japanese ships could have been considered Ghosts without the help of these intercepts?
00:48:22 - What is/was the largest cast piece of metal on a ship and why was it produced that way?
00:51:12 - When did the first “frigate duel” occur and when did history’s last frigate duel happen?
00:54:27 - What might be some examples of ships with short active services lives, but with significant impact even in that short life?
00:58:14 - How many videos [on average] do you have as a work-in-progress at any one time (ie. initial research, script writing, script finalizing, recording, postprocessing, final export not counting) and how does this vary during a week and month respectively?
Comments
Allen Parmet
Ghost ship: The Americans claimed that IJN Haruna was sunk by a USAAF B-17 on December 10, 1941 during the invasion of the Phillipines, earning Capt. Colin Kelly a posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross. Haruna was not actually present off Luzon. In reality, they bombed the light cruiser IJN Natori and destroyer IJN Harukaze which were lightly damaged.
Ted M Jones
I REALLY hope you forgot to mention the next episode about Admiral Spruance.
Ted M Jones
The closed-captioning for this Drydock was especially interesting. I really like "frig jewels" for "frigate duels."
Fred T. Horse
i want the i survived the drydock t-shirt
Allen Parmet
How effective would the USS Dunderberg have been as an ocean-going ironclad during the US Civil War?
BEAUSABRE23
Automagic dual 5 inch bombardment rocket launcher test and in action https://www.military.com/video/rockets/artillery-rockets/us-ww2-automatic-rocket-artillery/2719936337001
BEAUSABRE23
The quest for increased firepower resulted in the development of the 7.2inch T37 demolition rocket. This 61-pound (27.6 kg) projectile was derived from a naval anti-submarine weapon known as ‘Mousetrap’. This was, in-turn, a development of the famous ship-mounted Hedgehog mortar – the difference being that the Mousetrap was rocket powered. This projectile carried 32-pounds (14.5 kgs) of plastic explosives. It had a low velocity of 160 feet-per-second (49 m/sec), resulting in a short range of just 230-yards (210 meters). A boost to the projectile range came with the T57. This was simply a T37 with the motor from the Calliope’s 4.5-inch rockets attached to the base. This increased the effective range to 1200 yards (1 km). The 7.2 inch T37 rockets were designed to be used at a relatively close range as a demolition weapon that would breach enemy defenses or simply blow them away completely. To protect them during these close range engagements, the launchers would be armored. The T40 became the most popular of these armored launcher rigs, and it was soon serialized as the 7.2-inch Multiple Rocket Launcher M17.
BEAUSABRE23
Get a copy of Friedman's THE POSTWAR NAVAL REVOLUTION which covers the period 1945to 1960 or 1965.
Waldo739
USS Parche ,"Ramage's Rampage", is the sub that attacked the convoy on the surface.
James Lovas
@13:49, what about unguided Congreve rockets as illuminating flares to prove through the night that the Stars and Stripes still flew over Fort McHenry? I'd argue that as inspiration for a certain poetically minded American lawyer in tow with the British fleet was a pretty good use case...
James Hain
Drach, another hour of knowledge and considered thoughts. Many thanks.
