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The Drydock - Episode 300
🕑 Added 2024-06-01 08:35:43 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:47 - What ship would have carried the name Enterprise if carriers weren't invented?
00:02:48 - Is a carrier actually the ultimate battlecruiser?
00:06:16 - If the RN had accepeted 'only' 15" guns, would they have built a pair of F3?
00:10:23 - How did Rodney's salvo-chasing affect gunnery?
00:14:28 - What is the smallest possible citadel for a three turreted battleship?
00:17:55 - If they had had the 5-inch 54s back during World War ii, do you think they would have eventually replaced all the twin mounts on carriers, destroyers and other lighter vessels? Perhaps even on the battleships?
00:22:07 - If they had been completed how would the Malta class have affected the CVA-01(/design 30)’s development?
00:27:12 - Did the Ram Bow of warships last seen on RN ships in the R and Queen Elizabeth classes actually perform a similar function as modern bulbous bows even if not as effectively?
00:33:25 - Why so long to adapt pump-jets to torpedoes and submarines?
00:38:09 - How seriously was organic logistics, fleet tankers and the like, taken during the inter war years?
00:42:09 - Adjustable bowsprits and the Age of Sail?
00:45:56 - How badly did Stalin's meddling hamper Soviet naval procurement?
00:51:12 - Zeppelin L-23 and it's boarding of a Norwegian Schooner?
00:55:59 - How close in performance was CV-6 to CV-9 by the end of her career?
00:59:56 - What are some of the best naval history works that are available on public-domain book sites like Project Gutenberg?
Comments
HMSVanguard46
Excellent
Jellicoe Cats
Happy 300th! I’m assuming my admittedly long winded question from last month was going to be pushed into the livestream because it is alternate history as per the rules but honestly I remember what it’s like to be a new father. I for one am okay with you skipping my question and indeed the whole livestream if it means you get some much needed rest. You are doing fine, hang in there, and keep up the good work.
Squeued
Tis a beautiful thing. Drach went out on the limb professionally to take on this little thing called Naval History thru 1950. Not only did he find success, he found a boatload of friends, other historians, a plethora of questions and a few tongue twisters along the way. As a reward for the faith he and his family put in the Channel, a Stork was commissioned, and 9 months later a baby delivered. You could not have written a better storyline. And for us, an unequaled resource for our never ending list of questions. And of course a friend with an unquenchable thirst for all things Navy. Yes 300 is a millestone, but I am thinking the best is on the horizon. Thank you for putting faith in your family, yourself and in us. Good luck good sir, see you at DD:500 and beyoond. Doug PS, Thank you to the common cold (it goes by other names), or just maybe the channel would not have come to us when it did, or at all.
