The Drydock - Episode 148 (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 148

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:34 - How close together did fleets operate? 00:07:06 - What is the longest time away for a ship from its home station on a military mission for a war ship in the age of sail? 00:15:39 - Foreign perspectives on Halsey 00:20:55 - Ships gyroscopes 00:27:02 - US minelaying in late WW2 00:30:29 - Was there any difference in carrier rating/qualification between an escort and fleet carrier? 00:31:48 - Differences between Allied and Axis submarine wolfpacks? 00:33:38 - How much shell penetration is ideal for the purposes of flooding/sinking a ship, ignoring critical hits to engines/magazines? 00:37:40 - Who is Karl Schilder and what is his Russian submarine doing allegedly launching rockets while submerged in 1834? 00:39:42 - Did the U-Boat campaign come closer to success in WW1 or WW2? 00:44:55 - How did HMS Spitfire survive its encounter with SMS Nassau? 00:47:45 - US Army cargo and transport ships? 00:50:16 - What is the tactical principle behind bow/stern chaser guns on age of sail ships? 00:53:24 - The Longitude Act (1714) and John Harrison 00:59:43 - Why did no one try triple turrets earlier? 01:04:16 - Steel ship of the line? 01:06:20 - What was the deepest depth (intentional or otherwise) any WWI through WWII submarine reached that survived and was able to return to the surface with at least most of its crew alive (before 1950)? 01:09:56 - What was the typical barrel life for naval guns? 01:12:28 - Differences in type of sail? 01:15:57 - Training cruisers in the 1930's 01:20:11 - How serious was FOD on 1930's carriers? 01:22:38 - The Davis Torpedo 01:25:45 - Presuming a reasonable willingness on the part of the early American congresses and presidents to devote resources to a Navy, what if anything could have been built and/or done to improve US naval performance in the War of 1812? 01:30:37 - Why was the U.S. Navy apparently seriously trying to get their hands on Almirante Latorre? 01:32:53 - Did the residual kinetic energy of a 20th century HE naval shell significantly contribute to the destructiveness of the shell, or was it dominated by the effect of the explosive charge? 01:34:39 - How different were ships from different yards? 01:38:23 - How did the Deutschland class plan to deal with the British battlecruisers? 01:41:11 - Hipper class with 5.9"? 01:44:19 - Why the 10,000t cap on cruisers at the Washington Treaty? 01:48:20 - Why are the fabric spats or jackets so prominent on the Richelieu's main turrets? 01:50:34 - When did dealing with modern information cycles become doctrine, instead of improvisation? 01:54:39 - 1930's drones 01:57:16 - Which ships from 1900 onwards would you highlight as being the least efficient for their role? 02:03:15 - Future-proofing ships for the missile age? 02:06:02 - Squid launcher, oh yeah! 02:08:37 - What role did the Royal Navy play in the completely ridiculous Italo-British defeat in the Dodecanese campaign? 02:13:16 - The captain's quarters of age of sail ships seem to be the last stand of a ship's defenders in books and other media; but how defend-able was it? Are here any recorded historical accounts of someone holding off an attacking force from the captain's quarters, and how many would be needed to actually defend it proper? 02:17:05 - The 'Revolt of the Lash" 02:24:38 - How did Germany expect to fight France without involving GB? 02:28:11 - Who was better at night fighting for their respective time: the Imperial German Navy in WWI or the Imperial Japanese Navy in WWII? 02:32:57 - Calculating armour penetration 02:36:56 - Preservation of HMS Unicorn (1824) 02:47:56 - Which is better, an 18" gun without radar or a 15" gun with radar? 02:53:09 - What in your opinion is the most powerful warship of its time to never see combat? 02:58:18 - Early Prussian ironclads swapping their armament?