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The Drydock - Episode 356 (Part 2)
🕑 Added 2025-06-28 10:00:07 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:29 - When was the “naval attaché” was created and why?
00:05:26 - If the Scharnhorst's had recieved both their Atlantic bows, and* the 15" guns, would you be comfortable putting them against the Renowns?
00:09:45 - How do you rate the credibility/reliability of Hara Tameichi's accounts?
00:17:17 - How would Italy siding with the central powers (either in 1914 or when they historically entered the war) affect the naval wars in WW1?
00:22:42 - What is your favorite spot on HMS Belfast, and what are some often overlooked locations that I should pay attention to?
00:25:50 - What were ships boys?
00:33:17 - Perception of Operation Sealion's chances of success at the time?
00:39:10 - How far back in time would a modern cruise ship have to go before it became almost immune to attack?
00:44:45 - How frequent were negligent discharges of Naval guns?
00:53:27 - Do you consider Hornet CV-8 a part of the Yorktown Class?
00:56:49 - Caracciolo class carrier?
01:01:21 - Could aerial refuelling have closed the Mid-Atlantic air gap in 1939?
01:07:42 - USS Kearsarge and 'chain armour'?
01:13:10 - To what extent were dangerous duties voluntary?
01:17:53 - Historic ship facilit y in northern Spain?
01:20:33 - Were there more NYPD officers than members of the USMC in the 1930's?
01:21:46 - Were British battlecruisers short of coal in the Battle of the Falklands?
01:24:15 - Books on early torpedoes?
01:25:35 - Is there a reason for you not releasing the drydocks via spotify?
01:28:23 - Amusing examples of “unwritten” requirements in the history of naval procurement?
01:33:57 - Were gas shells or other similar chemical weapons ever developed or deployed for naval use?
01:40:47 - What was the logic of the mid-late 19th century trend for fitting old line-of-battle ships with new engines and using them for harbor defense?
01:45:02 - Are there any photos or films of all 5 QE's or all 5 R's together?
01:50:08 - Interesting stories about HMS Belfast that didn't make it into the book?
01:57:11 - Large paddle warship designs?
02:00:27 - Disastrous naval launches?
02:04:19 - Are you familiar with the 2013 bicentennial reenactment of the Battle of Lake Erie and if so what are your opinions on how accurate they were able to make it?
02:06:53 - Has there ever been a naval engagement where one or more ships were iced in and could not move?
02:10:08 - The treasury could arguably be described as one of the Royal navies most formidable opponents. In your opinion, what was it's most damaging act of fiscally motivated treason involving the Royal Navy in the period the channel covers?
02:18:40 - How did wind baffles on ships' bridge come about? And when did it became widespread?
02:22:18 - What happened to HMS Furious 18" armament when she was converted into a carrier?
02:25:27 - At what distance would the Mikasas guns penetrate Yamato?
02:26:49 - How did Alaska's guns get similar penetration to the USN's 14"?
02:29:55 - If all-forward layout had become a standard for capitalship configurations, how, if at all, would it have affected battlefleet tactics?
02:35:48 - Escapades of USN Railway Gun Crews
02:40:34 - Would Tallboy and Grand Slam bombs have been effective in the context of heavily fortified Japanese islands?
02:44:14 - Was HMS Swift (1907) as much of a white elephant in WW1 service as some describe?
02:47:48 - The quandry of Admiral Fisher?
02:57:28 - What ship crosses in front of HMS Victory in a 1918 film about Nelson?
02:59:29 - Where would USS Maines preserved 10" shell go if fired?
03:01:20 - What would the thousands of allied landing craft and ships do in between major amphibious landings (e.g. after Salerno/Anzio and before D-Day)?
03:02:57 - How long would a gun barrel have to be to slow down a projectile from friction rather than add to its velocity?
03:06:01 - How many targets could a ship in WWI or WWII effectively engage?
03:11:49 - What are the typical kinds of speed you could reach on an Age of Sail ship?
03:17:18 - Has there ever been a attempt to make a movie of the adventure of the USS Marblehead?
03:20:25 - Reverseing the way naval armour was laid out?
Comments
Ted M Jones
Escapades of USN Railway Gun Crews - This reminds me of the stories about what the chiefs provided (magically) for Nimitz when he was sent to Pearl Harbor to build the submarine base there. This was from the E.B. Potter biography of Nimitz.
Drachinifel
Here is a direct link to YT so it's the same either way :)
Ted M Jones
1:27 - Am I right in thinking based on this that it is better for you if I watch these on YouTube rather than here? I'm going to assume this is true and switch back to viewing the Drydock on YouTube.
W. Osterberg
Thank you sir for answering my question about my uncle and the USNC.
Joseph Schlau
In a battleship main gun the shell is rammed into the chamber followed by the powder bags. If the order to cease fire is given before the gun is discharged, how is the gun unloaded? It seems the powder bags would not present a problem, but how is the shell removed and handled?
Kevin Hill
Q1 was interesting ... My family had a good friend who was the US Naval Attache in Moscow in the 1970's. He had some wonderful stories about his time in the USSR. Before then, he also was the CO of a diesel sub during the Vietnam war. My uncle served under him at that time (my uncle was the engineering officer then navigator). The sub had earlier been converted to carry Regulus missiles. After Polaris came out, the sub was kept and converted for more 'generic' uses. When my uncle was there - the sub was often used (in Vietnam) to land SEAL teams and other interesting people (quietly) in the north and come back sometime later after they had done whatever they had done ashore. The 'garage' that had housed the missiles was very handy for putting boats and other equipment in for use by the teams. The stories of his time in the sub were great, but the stories of when he was in Moscow were awesome - right out of a spy movie. Neither my uncle or his CO would provide any detail on what/who/when/why and such on their exploits with their 'Sub Taxi' runs off Vietnam.
