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The Drydock - Episode 352
🕑 Added 2025-05-31 08:00:03 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:42 - Confusion between Scharnhorst and Bismarck class?
00:03:37 - Bofors artillery catalouge?
00:07:21 - Why did the Soviet Black Sea fleet perform poorly?
00:10:53 - What do you think will be the next drastic change in naval power?
00:22:56 - Cases where larger marine animals got involved in navy operations?
00:25:32 - Were any warships built of Jarrah wood?
00:27:58 - How was Dreadnought so much larger than it’s predecessor?
00:31:09 - Did the Galveston museum ships ever serve together?
00:32:32 - Smith vs Smith at Saipan?
00:38:51 - Had the USN developed a night carrier doctrine during the Interwar period. Could any of the aircraft they flew before the Avenger be fitted with radar and how would it impact their operations and battles during the first year of the Pacific War?
00:45:11 - What was the Ameriggo Vespucci based upon?
00:49:08 - Does the Captain have unilateral power to appoint their First Officer?
00:53:26 - What would be your take on the unrealized refits allowed to Italy and France after the Washington Treaty?
00:59:17 - In the WW1/2 era was there any ship that could circumnavigate the globe without having to refuel or restock?
01:02:12 - Has an airforce ever been a strong enough to serve as a deterrence against a naval force? Could it ever be?
Comments
HARK!
What could make cheap, simple drones even more annoying (that is, more effective) is to use the larger ones to carry in smaller ones, to be released when in range. Such as quad copters designed to fly towards sources of radar radiation. Having the swarm double in size as it comes closer could be quite a headache. I would also see the possibility of ships being designed or retrofitted to deploy drones out in the ocean. Or at least, have more transport ships of the conventional types to do so.
Excelsior One
1 word....Bofers
C G Southgate
Re; New ship Designs. Guns 155mm? The shell production lines are already being stood up. I believe rapid-fire guns of that size are being used/designed in Ukraine. Distributed Systems; 21st Cent Jeune École? 20,000-ton Destroyer. First Design. Historically speaking, the Second Design will be smaller, the Treasury will insist.
