The Drydock - Episode 050

00:00:18 - Channel Admin

00:02:05 - Sources for Galena and Leitha videos

00:03:20 - Parrott or Dahlgren?

00:06:17 - Kirishima vs South Dakota without Washington?

00:08:24 - How to fix Galena?

00:11:08 - Gradual decrease in liferafts and boats on US ships in WW2?

00:14:49 - Who had the best monitor in the 1860's and the World Wars?

00:19:07 - Did you like hungarian food?

00:19:50 - What were the limiting factors which prevented air power from becoming the decisive element in naval warfare in these early years, and how were they overcome?

00:26:36 - Who scored the longest range hit in naval history, Warspite or Scharnhorst?

00:27:51 - Long barrells = bad for AA?

00:32:03 - With the advanced anti-aircraft batteries on the Bismark, how is it that they were unable to shoot down any of the swordfish torpedo bombers?

00:33:28 - 16" rounds passing through Bismarck?

00:35:57 - What if Yamato survived the war?

00:40:09 - Was the increased cost and production time for ironclads and then battleships the principle reason Navies seemed so reluctant to engage each other after the age of sail?

00:46:40 - Would it be legal/possible to turn a modern barge into a warship by simply putting a brick that contains missiles/sensors/most of the crew/ etc.?

00:49:03 - Mutual-kill Denmark Strait?

00:53:21 - What would have happened if Tirpitz had been available and had sortied instead of Scharnhorst for the battle of North Cape?

00:55:34 - Washington Treaty-only what if?

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