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The Drydock - Episode 312 (Part 1)
🕑 Added 2024-08-24 08:00:03 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:30 - In the Titanic movie, when Full Astern is ordered, they had to raise the steam pressure in the boilers to Reverse the engines, why? And how did shutting the dampers help?
00:04:57 - Can you give us a overview of the naval career of R. F. Scott?
00:09:03 - How did age of sail ships collect rainwater?
00:13:23 - If you were writing a book and had to plan the ideal rise of an officer in the Royal Navy in the age of sail, what would it look like?
00:21:52 -If Warspite had actually been saved as a museum, how practical would it have been to have kept her long term in her D-Day state?
00:25:13 - Let’s see that Bofors catalog you mentioned please?
00:28:18 - How effective were bow rudders?
00:32:30 - WW2 IJN pilots/plane ratios?
00:37:12 - How many of the RN Light Fleet Carriers were commissioned and in the Far East by the end of the war?
00:40:11 - What classes of ship were the right ship in the WRONG time, or the wrong ship in the RIGHT time?
00:43:36 - Taking command of another ship when you have rank?
00:52:24 - Production rates of various ports?
00:58:47 - Did Spanish Armada respond to the English style of race-built galleons and construct their own race-built galleons?
01:01:48 - During the Russo-Japanese War relations between the IJN and the army were cordial and cooperative. What went wrong over the next 30 years?
01:04:55 - Did contract building start with steam ironclds or earlier?
01:09:31 - What are cruiser submarines & how are they different from the WWII fleet boats?
01:15:02 - Is it correct, as a general statement, that the U.S. Navy usually concentrated its forces while the IJN often either held back assets that could have contributed to further shrinking the USN early in the war or divided its forces in complex battle plans?
01:21:04 - Why did the Kriegsmarine in 1941 not wait until Bismarck was ready before planning the sortie of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau?
01:24:22 - In recent Drydocks, you mentioned there were Japanese incursions into the Indian Ocean aside from Operation C, including a couple of big cruiser raids. Could you talk a little more about these?
01:28:47 - I've sometimes read about ocean liners which were not old by any means being described as worn out and probably worth scrapping after service in World War 2. Why was this?
01:34:00 - Is QUICKSINK an aerial torpedo?
01:36:09 - Why were USS Arizona's officers quarters right aft?
01:41:57 - 12" pre-Kongo design, modernised?
01:49:24 - HMS Ganges?
01:52:41 - What were some of the wilder trials that ships were put through that would’ve been very unlikely but not impossible to experience in action?
01:59:31 - Was there anything resembling a uniform for the Royal Navy (or English Navy) during the 14th-17th centuries?
02:03:15 - What if Canada spent a lot more on the RCN pre-WW1?
02:05:36 - Why are the positions of the two fire control systems swapped on the Baltimore class relative to every other USN ship built around that time?
02:09:10 - In multi-barrel turrets, was there a specific order in which each barrel was fired if the ship was firing in sequence or ripple firing as opposed to "simultaneously firing;" related, what nomenclature did each major navy (WWI/WWII) for designating each barrel in a multi-barrel turret.
02:13:58 - If in the aftermath of a battle a ship required more people for damage control (plugging holes, putting out fires etc) and they happened to have POWs in their brig how likely would they be to be recruited in those efforts if at all?
02:19:17 - How does one convert Builder's Old Measurement (tons burthen) to modern ship displacement?
02:25:23 - WW2 British AMC's, what was the plan?
02:29:32 - During World War II, when using torpedoes prepared to fire, was there a significant difference in launch times after the command to fire was given between the combatants and why?
02:35:14 - You have explained what Great eastern could look like as a warship but how effective would she be as a block ship?
02:39:27 - What happened to the Havana shipyards?
02:42:10 - Both the US and Japan believed in long range gunnery and invested in features to enable it. You have argued persuasively that an opponent can maneuver to dodge an incoming salvo. The Americans and the Japanese must have taken a different view. What was their logic?
02:48:59 - Caustic Soda engines?
02:53:45 - Is it possible to estimate how much of the us navy in WW2 was built using steel made in Pittsburgh , and could any of that steel have ended up in the USS Requin, the museum ship currently located in Pittsburgh?
02:56:50 - Was there another incident similar to how the Brazilian cruiser Bahia was lost and could her survivors ordeal be best compared to those who survived the loss of USS Indianapolis?
02:59:27 - How was Germany able to conduct sea trials of new and refit ships during both world wars?
Comments
Lord Quack King of the Ducks
Q&A: I know there were plans for battleships with auto-loading main guns that obviously never came to fruition. Given the issues that the 6" guns of the Worcester had and the weight and complexity of the 8" guns on the Des Moines; would it have been possible to have an auto-loading main gun if for some reason there had been one more generation of battleships in the late '40s?
Allen Parmet
Command in Extreme Circumstances: At the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, November 13, 1942, USS San Francisco CA-38 came under fire from the IJN Battleship Kirishima and Cruiser Nagara and a Japanese destroyer. The navigation bridge was hit wiping out the command crew (including Capt. Cassin Young) as well as killing Task Force Commander, Admiral Callaghan. The second admiral in the formation, Norman Scott, had been killed on USS Atlanta earlier. The most senior officer left was Lt. Cmdr. Herbert Schonland followed by communications officer Lt. Cmdr. Bruce McCandless. As damage control officer, Schonland felt it was more important for him to keep San Francisco afloat, having taken 45 hits from 5" to 14" shells and a Japanese torpedo plane had crashed into the aft superstructure, destroying the secondary command post. The San Francisco survived and both Schonland and McCandless were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Both eventually made the rank of Rear Admiral.
Ted M Jones
I know this is a bit out of your wheel house but to really cover (understand) the Pacific War you should consider doing an episode on the Japanese indoctrination program. I would argue that you really can't understand the Japanese side of the war without understanding the extent of that program. The goal was to produce the world's best infantry army. As happens so often, technology changed and the program had unanticipated consequences -- like high officers and highly trained other personnel throwing away their lives unnecessarily.
Ted M Jones
Probably the majority of "boats" arriving at the port of San Francisco in the late 19th century were bringing hay and similar products down from the Sacramento River delta. I imagine the same was true for most ports in the days of horse transport. Logistics usually determines the "penny packet" approach to battle. Early on the USN didn't have the oilier support to keep more ships in action. And the IJN was always worried about their oil supply or tanker situation. By Leyte Gulf, when the war was close enough they didn't need so many oiliers, their dividing their forces worked perfectly. Don't forget to add some torpedoes to the IJN super cruiser.
João Rita
I'm loving that cathalog! Any ideas where online I might get a copy? Or could you post the full name & year of the cathalog, so I can search? And is it in english?
BEAUSABRE23
There is a British Army regiment where all the officers were either killed or seriously wounded in a battle during the Peninsular War. The NCO's took over and led the battalion to victory. To this day, on the anniversary of the battle, the regimental colors are ceremoniously handed over by the commanding officer to the sergeant major and borne to the NCO's mess and the NCO's run the battalion for the rest of the day.
BEAUSABRE23
Command in Extreme Circumstances - At Pearl Harbor the fleet was ordered to sortie immediately. One destroyer had three officers - all ensigns and all bachelors - aboard. So, they got the ship underway and out to sea, leaving her stunned commanding and executive officers standing on the pier as she went around the bend and disappeared after they had driven like madmen to join her from their homes ashore. The youngsters agreed that the one regular officer, a product of the Naval Academy, was senior and he took command. The other two - both reservists commissioned through ROTC - flipped a coin with one becoming the Exec and the other the Chief Engineer. Other positions normally held by officers were manned by petty officers. After about a week the fleet was recalled to Pearl and their adventure ended. All received letters of commendation which went into their 201 files.
BEAUSABRE23
Don't forget that in the RN, once you made captain, promotion to admiral was entirely based on seniority. If the Admiralty didn't want you - you would be made a " Rear Admiral of the Yellow Squadron", placed on half pay and never be employed again. If the Admiralty wanted you, you were promoted to Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron and then began moving up the Admirals List by seniority, culminating when you were incredibly ancient as the RN's senior officer, the Admiral of the Fleet.
