The Drydock - Episode 259 (Patreon)
Content
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:45 - Other ships that could be considered 'Battlestars' like Gotland?
00:02:30 - Did the Japanese get good value from the Shokaku's?
00:06:51 - Surprising things about the early 20th century Swedish Navy?
00:11:49 - High Seas Fleet and a summer cruise to Norway?
00:14:43 - Why did the Lexington's in their battlecruiser form have such a thin belt?
00:24:29 - Format of a preserved CV-6?
00:29:12 - Would Fisher have preferred Sturdee over Beatty?
00:33:07 - Why did Massachusetts shells sometimes fail but Washingtons work, or did Washingtons shells also fail?
00:37:00 - Crowd sourcing rare books?
00:43:26 - What took the place of battleships in the line of battle if there weren't any battleships?
00:46:23 - Could the engines of a battleship be used to power a train or another land vehicles?
00:49:20 - Did any navy have ships equivalent to the British Army's Pals Battalions in WWI or WWII?
00:52:08 - Quay, wharf, dock, pier, jetty, etc. What are the differences, and how would you see each used in a typical Naval base?
00:55:36 - How many rangefinder hoods per gun?
00:57:29 - Did the British 'sell' any warships to other nations similar to how Germany 'sold' the Ottoman's the Goeben?