The Drydock - Episode 257 (Part 2) (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 257 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:26 - What safety's were there to stop amid ship turrets and turrets that could rotate 360 degrees from blowing a hole in there own ship? Did the AA guns have safety's as well? 00:05:16 - Why did some nation use naval ensigns that differ from their national flag such as the Royal Navy uses of the White Ensign instead of the Union Jack? 00:09:06 - Blocking a narrow passage in the Age of Sail? 00:14:33 - We all know the famous USN and IJN Carrier Admirals, and a bunch of RN Battleship Admirals, but who are the important RN Carrier Admirals? 00:18:34 - When did naval shells start to have driving bands? 00:20:59 - What is your opinion of Theodore Roosevelt's "Naval War of 1812"? It was well regarded in its day, but does it still hold up as good history? 00:26:44 - Are there any cases that stick in your mind as "what were they thinking?" and a better solution or option was right there for the taking? 00:35:57 - Britain famously picked up loads of interesting Spanish, Dutch, and French colonies during the Napoleonic Wars. Yet apart from Nelson´s try on Santa Cruz, the Canary Islands seem to have been largely ignored. Why is that? 00:41:29 - USN high pressure steam plants in WW2? 00:48:01 - Why did the US so rapidly shift away from the Pacific in the aftermath of world War 2? 00:53:45 - KGV design clarifications? 00:58:05 - Why did the escorts leave the convoy in which RMS Carpathia was sunk? 01:04:30 - How bad would firing the guns on a US fast battleship be for the crew of the AA guns atop the turret? 01:09:00 - Problems with the Mk13 aerial torpedo? 01:15:03 - What are some of the lessons, both good and bad, that the USN as well as other Navies observing the American civil War learnt from the naval battle of Memphis? 01:18:07 - If the French hadn't gone down the dead-end that was the Jeune Ecole, how much better might their navy have been going into the World Wars? 01:24:57 - How were the spaces left over by the change in powerplant on USS Texas used? 01:31:21 - Lead cannon balls? 01:36:00 - Are you a fan of Admiral Fletcher? 01:36:56 - How did fuse setters work for an AA shell? 01:41:25 - A commerce raiding sea-plane tender? 01:47:50 - Who coined the term "square-cube law" for the first time, when and how did you first learn about it and how did your appreciation of it change over time? 01:51:09 - The Battle of Hudson's Bay 01:56:04 - One-upmanship in naval history? 02:02:52 - How fast were ships in the period the channel covered? 02:12:27 - G3/N3 turret layout vs Nelson? 02:19:22 - Gross Tonnage of a battleship? 02:24:15 - Where would the 9.2" guns for theoretical British WW2 cruisers come from? 02:27:14 - When did navies start to paint their sail? 02:32:24 - How common were secret fleet voyages in the age of sail? Are there any that you particularly wish we knew more about today? 02:35:29 - Were the British were not favorably disposed toward costal fortresses? 02:44:03 - What changed in royal navy thinking that meant that they only built the Nelsons as an all forward design? 02:46:41 - Lancaster rifled naval guns? 02:51:51 - What was the intended purpose of the post-ww2 Soviet navy? 02:55:34 - Some aircraft cariers have AA guns in sponsons, but I'm not aware of any other ship type doing this. Given deckspace is rare on most ships, I wonder why? 02:57:44 - Large scale evacuations in the Pacific War? 03:01:53 - If the Pre Great War Dreadnaught Race had been more akin to a modern "Arms Jog" where no one in really willing to open the Taps up, what might the navies & the war look like?