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The Drydock - Episode 347 (Part 2)
🕑 Added 2025-04-26 10:30:02 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:33 - How were Tribal class captains selected?
00:06:01 - Were any ships blown up in battle due to coal bunker fires?
00:10:21 - Could the USA have demanded more from Spain at the end of the Spanish-American War?
00:15:51 - At what point, if any, during WW2 did the Japanese begin to regard the Allies as something other than cowardly and soft?
00:19:48 - The misadventures of interwar Thornycroft export destroyer designs?
00:24:18 - If the Kriegsmarine had the political power to do it's pre war navy and
have more U-boats and tech could they have achieved their objectives with the U-boats for the war up to and in 1944? Or was the strategic goals too optimistic?
00:27:17 - Were Casemate guns on dreadnoughts ever effective in battle actions against enemy combatants in WW2?
00:29:45 - Beer on USN ships in WW2?
00:34:33 - In a recent Drydock, you mentioned that you were fascinated by certain aspects of the sinking of HMS Victoria. Would you be willing to share a few of the most fascinating bits?
00:37:07 - Can you give a rough breakdown of the various costs of building a warship during the 1930s?
00:40:21 - How were small arms/bladed weapons issued to RN or other naval sailors during the age of sail?
00:43:14 - Great Eastern as a hot-air balloon carrier?
00:48:15 - Please tell us more about the 3 survivors from HMS Hood?
00:53:50 - Exactly how obsolete were the ships that Lord Fisher scrapped when he became 1st Sea Lord?
00:56:33 - Why is the 2 starboard / 1 port anchor layout so common?
00:59:58 - Cement/concrete use in ships?
01:02:49 - Which of the various camouflage schemes tested on ships in the 20th century were found to be the most effective? Which were complete failures?
01:08:09 - Why wasn't USS Lexington used instead of Hornet for the Doolittle Raid?
01:10:32 - Was Admiral Carden the best the RN could find for Gallipoli?
01:14:36 - When did cruisers get more, smaller, guns over larger but fewer weapons?
01:17:34 - Interesting equipment that foundered on cost grounds?
01:24:20 - Given the importance of seasoned wood for ship construction during the age of sail, how exactly was the wood seasoned and stored before being put to use?
01:27:51 - How much did the amount and quality of food differ between the low ranking sailors and the officers?
01:31:29 - At what point was it clear that the pre WW2 accords concerning the construction of new fortifications in Pacific had broken down to point where new construction could reasonably commence?
01:35:26 - Carriers using guns on non-aircraft enemies?
01:36:32 - Dumb naval engineering decisions
01:43:15 - Why did the Royal Navy use a 68 pounder smoothbore cannon in the mid 19th century when long before then navies learned that cannons with shot weights over 40 pounds were impractical?
01:45:55 - Can any WW1 battleship penetrate Yamato's belt at battle range?
01:49:28 - AA gun turrets protected by sandbags?
01:53:30 - What was the general size and structure of the Hanseatic Navy?
01:58:05 - Fort Queenscliff
02:02:51 - Were age of sail cannons typically cast/forged on site at the shipyards, or were they made elsewhere and transported to the shipyards?
02:07:58 - Nelson was shot by a sniper in the rigging of a French ship, how common was this type of tactic and did any Navy or Captain ever champion its use?
02:12:20 - What was the reason that Italian, French and German navies chose 15" guns for their last classes of battleships instead of 16" guns?
02:17:31 - The Belgian Navy?
02:21:13 - The U.S.S. Kearsarge (BB-5) is the only US battleship not named after a US state. Do you know why this might be the case?
02:23:54 - Portholes on capital ships?
02:27:34 - Technologies 'killed off' by the Treaty System?
02:31:39 - Just how significant were the differences in WWII propulsion technology between the competing nations warships?
02:39:39 - Coastline vs Fleet Size?
02:43:32 - Naval equivalent of the Montparnasse derailment?
02:44:53 - Fletcher with scout plane?
02:47:25 - How did the gun crews in battleship barbettes coordinate the delivery of the shells and powder bags to the turrets?
02:51:17 - Would any of the AA guns on Japanese Army vessels have been an upgrade over their contemporaries on Japanese Navy vessels in WW2?
02:53:13 - How protective were conning towers?
02:57:55 - When did the idea of the "ship's brig" become practical aboard a ship, and how were misbehaving sailors confined for offenses that didn't require corporal punishments?
03:01:11 - Better armed Indefatigables?
03:03:20 - HMS Resistance?
03:06:25 - What are some lessons that had to be relearned by navies in the period the channel covers?
Comments
Doug Harvey
Its odd that the USA's youngest MoH winner, a Marine, several times went to the brig and got 30 days of bread and water for fighting, of which he won from my understanding. I am curious if this was pre or post the ruling of it being cruel and unusual punishment and if it was post-ruling how it was circumvented ?
The Rogue Chief
Related to the question about naval punishments before brig-confinements… in one of Robert Leckie’s books (I think it was Helmet for my Pillow) he says the common punishment within the Marine Corps short of court martial (and stemming from naval tradition), was the commanding officer picking 2 of the 3 possible punishments: confinement for 30 days, food & water rations, or docked pay Nowadays non-judicial punishment (or NJP) has become the common method for formal disciplinary action that gives the commanding officer some freedom of movement in how to punish but without having to go through the whole court martial effort— the Marine in question then gets the option of either accepting the NJP or requesting a court martial instead and taking his/her chances with that
