The Drydock - Episode 378 (Part 1)

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00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:41 - Could the RN have used it's small carriers like Hermes to close the mid-Atlantic Air Gap sooner? 00:06:12 - What if all Kriegsmarine ships were exemplars of efficiency? 00:12:20 - Why were German subs able to dive so deep in WW2? 00:18:15 - How feasible is a nuclear submarine in WW2? 00:22:15 - Strategic effects of the Tondern Raid? 00:25:24 - What do you see as similarities and differences Admiral "Jackie" Fischer's vision of "Dreadnaught Armored Cruisers" in fleet actions, and the use of the Kongo-class Battlecruisers in the interwar Kantai Kessen doctrine? 00:29:42 - What are Battle Stars in USN terminology? Are they just participation awards? 00:35:16 - Was there any time during the period the channel covers that nighttime battles were avoided or discouraged? 00:41:59 - How did the Kriegsmarine hydrophones work at high speed? 00:46:02 - Would Yamato and Musashi have done better at Surigao Strait? 00:50:08 - How did the abolishment of ranks work in the 1920's Soviet Navy? 00:54:15 - U-103 Incident 01:01:57 - Is there enough WW1/2 history to see at Scapa Flow to make it worth the drive & ferry? 01:05:44 - What would SMS Kaiser have done if her pre-WW1 voyage was delayed? 01:14:32 - Ships with funnels trunked out the side? 01:16:21 - After World War I Germany didn't have much of a navy left, but they did have a number of 12" SK L/50 naval guns, which were used as coast artillery in the Second World War. Was there ever any discussion of using some of these weapons to arm warships of the Reichsmarine or Kriegsmarine? 01:17:45 - What was the purpose and operation of the folding aerials projecting from the sides of RN carriers at flight deck level? 01:19:19 - Why did the Sloop of War disappear after WWII? 01:22:00 - Mould on submarines? 01:24:57 - 'Tillman Carriers?' 01:31:26 - Some ships, such as USS Enterprise, USS Saratoga, and HMS Warspite, were often severely damaged during WWII. Dockyard repairs returned them to service, but was there long-term cumulative damage which slowly sapped their effectiveness? 01:36:21 - When does trunking stop being a good idea and start becoming a false economy? 01:40:47 - Is there any specific reason why any KGVs were not reactivated or Vanguard itself was not deployed to the Korean War for fire support like the Iowa's were? 01:45:29 - Would battleships have survived the attack by U-9? 01:53:13 - Why weren't semi-dreadnought turrets superfiring? 01:57:45 - At what point would you say modern salvage started? 02:03:53 - Is there any truth to the claim that the Sumner-class destroyer Laffey was hit with more ordnance during the infamous kamikaze attack than Musashi at the Battle of Sibuyan Sea? 02:05:54 - If the U.S had continued production of the Montana class, would the Soviets and British have built battleships to match them? If so are there designs that show what may have been built? 02:08:52 - Japan Trip: Thoughts and Impressions 02:16:27 - Glass windows in an Age of Sail ship? 02:18:55 - What sort of post battle cannon inspection and maintenance routine was used during the Napoleonic Wars? 02:24:24 - How did Japan and the USA rate their 16"/45? 02:26:14 - How strong were the sterns of age of sail ships? 02:29:23 - Would Operation Pedestal have been possible if HMS Formidable or HMS Indomitable had been sunk or badly damaged during the Indian Ocean Raid? 02:31:47 - How much more capable were the Gatos compared to the first USN fleet boats, the Salmon, Sargo, and Tambor class boats? 02:33:52 - Redundancy in ship design. How does one do it well? 02:43:53 - Did the USN warm up to the British Pacific Fleet as time went on? 02:52:48 - Were there any large or particularly notable actions between the ships of the order of St. John's and the various Turkish and Arab navies when stationed at Rhodes and Malta, when the Order was stationed at Rhodes and Malta? And would this make a good Wednesday video? 02:56:00 - Can a torpedo, under ideal conditions, run fully up onto land completely under its own momentum/thrust? 02:58:08 - Have there been any notable naval shipwrecks( meaning corvette or larger)in the last 50 years the channel covers due to weather?