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The Drydock - Episode 203 (Patreon)

Published:
2022-06-25 06:01:00
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2023-02

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The Drydock - Episode 203

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:40 - Let's say you have picked up a submarine contact on Sonar in World War Two. How would you make sure that that submarine is one of the bad guys and not one of your own friendly subs? 00:03:58 - How would you rate the Parrott and Brooke rifles used during the Civil War against their European contemporaries? 00:08:37 - Instances of sister ships ending up on opposite sides in a battle? 00:11:05 - Wooden ship 'scrapping' 00:15:12 - Why do warship superstructures exist? 00:19:40 - RN versions of 'La Argentina'? 00:23:28 - I've heard U-Boat stories that involve them sitting anchored on the surface at night, seemingly doing nothing. Why would a U-Boat be doing this? 00:25:44 - Did any other armed forces in the WW2 era other than the US try to develop skip bombing techniques, and low level anti shipping capable aircraft festooned with outrageous numbers of AA-fire suppressing guns? 00:28:14 - Would coal fired large warships have been a viable option for Italy in WW2? 00:31:41 - When HMS Audacious sank, was it a problem with design, damage control or the Mine just defeated both no matter what they tried? 00:34:44 - How possible would it have been to "Crash build" big gun ships be cannibalising older ships? For example could the Royal Navy build a hull with engineering etc and then take turrets, secondary and aaa from say, an R class to speed up? 00:41:09 - Who would you pick as some of the top performers as First Lord of the Admiralty over its 336-year history? 00:43:06 - What is an 'attack cargo ship'? 00:47:19 - British capital ships during peacetime in the modern era appear to have the last foot or so of their main gun barrels polished. Is this a case of my gun is prettier than your gun, or is there a technical explanation? 00:48:53 - Though a tactical success, was the Indian Ocean Raid by Japan in early 1942 a strategic error? 00:55:11 - How would a smaller navy threaten a larger one enough to be taken seriously in an engagement during the Age of Sail? 01:00:31 - Fireships and their use 01:05:38 - Channel Admin

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John Hargreaves

Wooden ship scrapping; I bought an oak beam from the dismantling of the Majestic hotel in St Annes which was built from the timbers of the Foudroyant (a 74 command brieklygrounded off Blackpool and scrapped on the foreshore, The hotel was very large and had a considerable amount of timber from the ship. I used the aok as a beam in my kitchen - it is still there to this day.

John Hargreaves

Sorry having problems with my fingers today I'll try again - Wooden ship scrapping; I bought an oak beam from the dismantling of the Majestic hotel in St Annes which was built from the timbers of the Foudroyant (a 74 command briefly by Nelson) grounded off Blackpool and scrapped on the foreshore, The hotel was very large and had a considerable amount of timber from the ship. I used the aok as a beam in my kitchen - it is still there to this day. Regards JohnH

Ted Jones

I have a strange question not related to this Drydock: How did 2 tiny Oregon cities -- Astoria and Oregon City -- get heavy cruisers named for them? Was there an important Senator or Congressperson from Oregon at the time?

RebelSqurl
>>86446693

I can answer this one for you: Yes, the senior senator from Oregon at the time was Charles L. McNary, who served in Congress as a center-left Republican from 1917 to his death in 1944. He was Senate Minority Leader during the New Deal and WWII, and was the Republican candidate for vice-president in the 1940 election. He supported FDR's "all aid short of war" stance and the Lend-Lease Act, as well as reinstatement of the Selective Service Act. So I have little doubt the Navy named a couple of cruisers for Oregon cities as a nod to his Senatorial service & support of the military.

Anonymous

Ships tended to swap hands during the Age of Sail due to capture. Was there any ship that seemed to change hands a LOT?

Anonymous
>>86440976

The first thing that came to MY mind when Drach was discussing repurposing the wood from broken up ships was the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office...kinda surprised he didn't mention that.

Anonymous (edited)

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