The Drydock - Episode 238 (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 238

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:37 - Considering their age at the start of World War 2, were any of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Large Cruiser designs considered replacements for the Kongo-Class Battleships/Battlecruisers? 00:02:39 - 17 or 19inch guns? 00:07:17 - Do you think ships like the Alaska and oft-maligned SMS Blucher actually represent a better path towards effective cruiser-killers then the Battlecruisers we historically got? 00:13:22 - Rocket-assisted carrier aircraft? 00:17:43 - Why were IJN carriers so flammable? 00:21:21 - At what point does speed usually start becoming impractical due to ships never going at such speeds/the speeds never making a difference compared with the downsides? 00:25:46 - With the full power of hindsight regarding performance of all ship types was it worth it to build any battleships leading up to and during WW2? 00:31:23 - At what point in your career did you realize "this hobby is out of hand" and have to make serious life balance choices? 00:37:45 - Despite the fact we had the capacity to make accurate blueprints to follow, people still made large mock ups of planned warships. What were they used for and what happened to them when the navy was through with them? 00:42:16 - Other possible refits or modernizations for the IJN's legacy light cruisers? 00:46:15 - Say a WW1 era coastal gun was positioned on the edge of a cliff, and it aimed down by 80 degrees, would there be any worry of the shell sliding down the barrel before it fires? 00:47:58 - How do ship-born Aircraft catapults work? 00:50:29 - The US used the Talk Between Ships system as one form of ship to ship communication, similar to the telephone. I’ve read ships that didn’t have it installed yet - like USS Marblehead in 1942 - were at a real disadvantage since it still needed to communicate with lights or flags. Did other nations have a similar system? 00:53:01 - Once the keel is laid what's next? 00:56:07 - What is the oldest ship in commission that can still sail under its own power and engage in combat (so not including ceremonial vessels such as Victory and Constitution) and can you tell us some of its history? 00:58:23 - Did Bismarck manage to repair its rudder before the final battle? 01:01:02 - Correction on armour mounting