The Drydock - Episode 169 (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 169

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:38 - Why were the Atlanta class cruisers used in ship-to-ship combat instead of in their proper role as AA defense? 00:03:36 - Were 7th Fleet's battleships needed at Surigao Strait? 00:07:48 - How much of an effect did Soviet submarines and the Soviet Navy, in general, have on the war? 00:11:36 - If the Japanese had decided to ignore the risk to large ships they thought there was and sent the actual battleships in to Guadalcanal not just the two Kongo battlecruisers which of the battleships would have been most useful to them? 00:16:21 - How does operational doctrine advance with technology? 00:23:40 - How are those damage report drawings made for ships that area lost? 00:27:09 - Why was San Diego such a large/important naval base? 00:30:36 - Class name passing down on the loss of the class ship? 00:34:07 - Most accurate naval guns? 00:40:15 - 1916 Navy Bill with no WW1? 00:44:46 - HMS Queen Elizabeth and Valiant were said to be the most modernized of the QEs, however, Warspite was also modernized. What where the major differences between the different two and were there any plans on modernizing Barham and Malaya? 00:49:57 - U-Boats encounters with dazzle camo? 00:52:47 - Why did no other countries have a 'super-heavy' battleship shell? 01:00:04 - Did the world navies learn anything from the American Civil War aside from turreted guns on metal hulls are good? 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