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The Drydock - Episode 343 (Part 1)
🕑 Added 2025-03-29 08:45:01 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:31 - US Navy supporters used the South American battleships to push the creation of the New Steel Navy. Were these ships an actual threat, or just fear mongering?
00:05:01 - During the US Civil War what were some of the naval operations and strategies of the European Powers?
00:10:54 - Were there ever any serious efforts to mount air or surface search radar on the Akron class?
00:13:29 - In the 18th century what sort of punishment would an officer receive if he did not meet the standards for uniform?
00:16:11 - Did any of the WW2 navies experiment with using naval AP weapons against hardened land targets such as runways and dug-in bunkers?
00:20:30 - Could you make a Standard class into a fast battleship?
00:23:49 - Were there situations where US cruisers could have used torpedoes if they'd been fitted with them?
00:27:39 - Why is Dreadnought so superior to Blucher despite being built around the same time and to similar displacements/dimensions?
00:32:50 - More guns or Smaller but more numerous?
00:40:08 - What type of escapades did the US naval gun batteries get up to in WW1?
00:46:13 - What were the immediate effects of the development and implementation of the U.S.S. Monitor and her successors?
00:49:59 - In the age of steam and steel, do you feel that warships were: A, Held back by metallurgy. Or B, pushed forward by metallurgy?
00:53:45 - Why didn´t Submarine Deck guns have Gun Shields like AT Guns had on land?
00:57:07 - What was the actual mission role of WW2 combatants that were smaller than destroyers?
01:01:55 - Liquid or gas propellant for automatic naval guns?
01:05:50 - Would it be possbile to make VT fuse for County class 8 inch guns and what effect wou this "AA capable" 8 inch guns with VT fuse had?
01:09:37 - What are a few of your favorite "paper" ships from World of Warships for whatever reason?
01:13:34 - Was a US pom-pom feasible?
00:17:29 - For notable navies, how far back in time would you have to send a Fletcher before it could reasonably be expected to defeat their biggest and baddest?
01:20:50 - Where would a storesman have his GQ station on an escort carrier?
01:25:28 - Changes in WW2 narrative history?
01:33:15 - Could the Costa Concordia have been saved?
01:38:18 - Is Mustard's claim about the Akron and Macon fair?
01:50:12 - How was fire control redundancy accomplished?
01:57:20 - During WW1 was there much German submarine activity off the US Florida coast and how effective was the US's aircraft-based antisubmarine effort?
01:59:17 - Where did the 'Captain goes down with his ship' tradition come from?
02:04:25 - Did any Soviet ships suffer unexplained and/or catastrophic "malfunctions" while in the general vicinity of Polish vessels during the Second World War?
02:05:52 - HMS Seraph and Operation Mincemeat
02:09:01 - Why did the Spanish Empire, during the age of sail, use such a strange crew system?
02:14:37 - Sand on the deck in the Age of Sail?
02:18:23 - How beneficial was the transom stern design?
02:27:07 - What was the role of a Ship Fitter?
02:29:50 - Anti-roll measures in late 19th century ships?
02:35:12 - What was the La Marie Douce?
02:38:52 - How many technological steps between a hollowed out tree and an Iowa class?
02:46:12 - Can you take a few minutes and talk about your favorite Kreigsmarine Wunderwaffe?
02:51:40 - When it comes to depictions of fictional naval battles, where would you draw the line when it comes to plausibility?
03:00:24 - Differences between destroyer and cruiser machinery?
03:06:03 - 10th Cruiser Squadron in WW1?
Comments
W. Osterberg
Thank you Drach for another superb listen
Ted M Jones
Believable fiction: Historically, what's the likelihood of a British battle cruiser not exploding after several minutes of battle? Joke, sort of.
