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The Drydock - Episode 132 (Patreon)

Published:
2021-02-06 11:00:03
Imported:
2023-02

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The Drydock - Episode 132

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:38 - How effective do you think Graf Zeppelin would have been had she been completed? 00:05:49 - Why was Graf Zeppelin designed for 35 knots? 00:10:21 - What was the first ship built as a "cruiser" and when did the amoured/protected cruiser evolve in the heavy/light cruiser? 00:15:27 - What are your thoughts on the US Bogue and Casablanca class escort carriers? 00:19:21 - Why was HMS Formidable in the surface action of Cape Matapan? 00:22:26 - How effective where Japanese submarines in WWII compared to the US or Germany and was the Type 95 torpedo really a wonderful weapon or did it have drawbacks that mitigated the advantages over other torpedoes? 00:27:00 - How easily could manufacturing be switched? For example if instead of a Bismarck you wanted a bunch of cruisers or subs could you just use the larger dry docks for multiple smaller ships? People often talk about how x navy should have just built y ships instead but how does this work out build wise? 00:33:46 - Did Shinano ever have a chance of becoming an effective Fleet Carrier as a conversion if she didn't have to compromise her design? 00:36:02 - Cruiser-killer by rate of fire? 00:41:34 - Royal Oak Forests? 00:45:44 - Did ships have special ordinance disposal teams on board during WW2 to deal with dud ammunition that had been generously donated by enemy ships and aircraft? 00:48:52 - Have hydrofoils ever been considered for use on destroyers? 00:51:04 - At what point did naval designers realize that they were better off building battleships with full towers instead of just a short armored bridge with a sparse tripod mast above it, with examples being Kongo and Queen Elizabeth before and after retrofit and modernizations? 00:53:56 - What were the effects of navies adopting repeating small arms on naval infantry tactics, small arms development and the firearms industry, and was there ever a small arms arms race? If this question is better answered in a special, would you be looking to collaborate with a firearms history channel on such a special? 00:59:00 - What was the history and process of welding in warship construction? How many cases were there of welds cracking and causing a ship to be lost? 01:03:11 - Channel Admin An archive of Drydock Questions and free naval photos - www.drachinifel.co.uk Model ships of many periods - http://store.warlordgames.com?aff=21 Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt Want to get some books? www.amazon.co.uk/shop/drachinifelDrydock

Comments

John Hargreaves

Looking at the picture of an escort carrier on the Dry dock 132 how do they get the aircraft from storage onto the deck or were the aircraft always on deck as there seems in the picture to be no lifts or mechanism to achieve the transfer?

Dubsington

OK, seriously-- what is the procedure for submitting a question?

'General' Dipper
>>53067741

This was covered recently. ...And now I can't remember what it is. I think it's in the Patreon rewards post.

Johann der Jäger

Hello Uncle Drach, love your work. Anyways, I was looking through Pinterest and came across a so-called "1919 Small Battleship A7", it looks to me to be a Pre-Dreadnought in a post super-Dreadnought era. How ineffective, or possibly effective would it be as a warship? (The ship is American, so no surprises for that design being considered.) Also, could you possibly say when you plan on doing a Wednesday special touring the HMS Warrior?

Robert Henry Illston (edited)

Comment edits

2023-02-08 18:08:18 Q&A: Could you go over the Hunter-Killer groups and the tactics used to by the Allies to not just defend against u-boats in the Atlantic by actually attack them; were depth charges ever dropped from plains, how did plains attack u-boats?
2021-02-07 13:06:31 Q&A: Could you go over the Hunter-Killer groups and the tactics used to by the Allies to not just defend against u-boats in the Atlantic by actually attack them; were depth charges ever dropped from plains, how did plains attack u-boats?

Q&A: Could you go over the Hunter-Killer groups and the tactics used to by the Allies to not just defend against u-boats in the Atlantic by actually attack them; were depth charges ever dropped from plains, how did plains attack u-boats?

Anonymous
>>53045544

I believe they had an in-deck elevator, roughly around where the island is. There are a few pictures that show it either lowered, or from an angle that you can see the outline.

Anonymous
>>53045544

A CVE had two, as best I remember from my dad. He was an Aviation Machinist's Mate, and eventually served aboard USS Altamaha. They stored aircraft on the hangar deck, and also on deck. During Typhoon Cobra, Halsey's first typhoon, he had to go on deck to double-lash planes, and later went back to cut the lashings and let the aircraft roll over the side. After that, he and the other "airdales" went to the hangar deck to clear the forward elevator. They had a "ready plane" sitting on that elevator, but had lowered it to lower the center of gravity. The ship's jeep and the (secret) "captains jeep" that had been stolen from the army both washed down the elevator along with various bits of debris and large amounts of sea-water. The skipper had decided that it was better to raise the elevator, so they cleaned out enough to get the elevator raised again.

John Hargreaves
>>53045544

I have worked on carriers too, it was just the picture of the one that Drach showed on his video I could not see the edges of the lifts on the photo and was just trying to see where they where on the deck in the photo; I knew that there must be some method of lifting out of the hangar but just could not see the mechanism in the photo. Regards and thanks for the comments.

Dubsington
>>53093966

I don't think those were so much pre-dreads as basically a monitor/coastal battleship that was ocean-capable. They were an all-big-gun arrangement (just not very many of them) and used a turboelectric drive, so while certainly not a proper superdreadnought they were not really a throwback. I'd be curious to hear Drach's opinion too. For all their small size, 16"/50s and 12" of armor is no joke in the 1920.

Johann der Jäger
>>53093966

Where'd you find that detailed data? I would like to know because I'm quite curious of this peculiar warship.

Johann der Jäger
>>53108405

I want to hear Drach's view of it too, but I do know that planes dropped depth-charges. They weren't usually as heavy, and had a rounded nose-cone and find attached to the ends.

Dubsington
>>53093966

Sorry, just noticed that. Navy.mil has the drawings, believe it or not. Download the hi-res and poke around, it's some interesting stuff. https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/s-file/S-584-151.html Also, I wouldn't really consider this a "source", but it's relevant and pretty cool-- shapeways actually offers a model. https://www.shapeways.com/product/SDE2HBMJX/1-350-1919-us-small-battleship-design-a7-stern