The Drydock - Episode 132

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:38 - How effective do you think Graf Zeppelin would have been had she been completed?

00:05:49 - Why was Graf Zeppelin designed for 35 knots?

00:10:21 - What was the first ship built as a "cruiser" and when did the amoured/protected cruiser evolve in the heavy/light cruiser?

00:15:27 - What are your thoughts on the US Bogue and Casablanca class escort carriers?

00:19:21 - Why was HMS Formidable in the surface action of Cape Matapan?

00:22:26 - How effective where Japanese submarines in WWII compared to the US or Germany and was the Type 95 torpedo really a wonderful weapon or did it have drawbacks that mitigated the advantages over other torpedoes?

00:27:00 - How easily could manufacturing be switched? For example if instead of a Bismarck you wanted a bunch of cruisers or subs could you just use the larger dry docks for multiple smaller ships? People often talk about how x navy should have just built y ships instead but how does this work out build wise?

00:33:46 - Did Shinano ever have a chance of becoming an effective Fleet Carrier as a conversion if she didn't have to compromise her design?

00:36:02 - Cruiser-killer by rate of fire?

00:41:34 - Royal Oak Forests?

00:45:44 - Did ships have special ordinance disposal teams on board during WW2 to deal with dud ammunition that had been generously donated by enemy ships and aircraft?

00:48:52 - Have hydrofoils ever been considered for use on destroyers?

00:51:04 - At what point did naval designers realize that they were better off building battleships with full towers instead of just a short armored bridge with a sparse tripod mast above it, with examples being Kongo and Queen Elizabeth before and after retrofit and modernizations?

00:53:56 - What were the effects of navies adopting repeating small arms on naval infantry tactics, small arms development and the firearms industry, and was there ever a small arms arms race? If this question is better answered in a special, would you be looking to collaborate with a firearms history channel on such a special?

00:59:00 - What was the history and process of welding in warship construction? How many cases were there of welds cracking and causing a ship to be lost?


01:03:11 - Channel Admin




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