The Drydock - Episode 291 (Part 1)

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:30 - How much of a role would the Allied navies have had in Operation Downfall after the landings?

00:04:32 - How useful were torpedoes on cruisers in WW2?

00:09:41 - Did Frigates in the age of sail and their cousins in the world wars ever carry marines as part of their standard compliment for ground deployment or boarding actions?

00:14:12 - How much evolution and what changes in capability were incorporated in QE and Valiant from the earlier rebuild of Warpite?

00:17:13 - The unavailability of tea in September and October of 1914?

00:22:00 - In the Battle of Coral Sea, which was the more significant loss, Shoho or Neosho?

00:25:44 - How difficult would it have been to swap in newer better 11" guns to the Deutschlands?

00:30:39 - Is it just Hollywood-speak that we get something like "right full rudder, hard over" and not use starboard?

00:35:16 - Weight of cannon ball vs calibre and reuse of guns?

00:39:52 - Does turning the guns actually help balance a list?

00:46:10 - Can you refit a ship on a remote island?

00:50:20 - Why did large naval battles drop in frequency?

00:58:27 - The phrase 'curse like a sailor' had to come from somewhere. Without getting the video demonetized, could you describe the regulations (if any) on profanity in the Royal Navy at the time, and perhaps compare it with other navies?

01:06:05 - How did naval careers specialize in the Age of Sail for sailors who were not officers in the Royal Navy?

01:09:53 - Naval guns vs land guns?

01:19:39 - What happened when warship gets struck by lightning?

01:24:49 - On board an age of sail vessel, what tasks (swabbing guns, swabbing decks, cleaning dishes, clothes, etc) would use fresh water, and what tasks would use salt water, and what tasks could one substitute salt water for in battle or other emergency?

01:27:09 - What were the rough percentages for the USA, German, U.K. and Japanese fleets of volunteers versus conscripted personnel?

01:32:23 - Navies that evolved rapidly from blue water to world power rapidly?

01:37:34 - What post-1900 gun based capital ship fired the most main battery shells at enemy ships?

01:40:40 - Can the French 1912 Naval Building Program be considered feasible in any way, or should it be considered a pipe dream much like Plan Z?

01:47:30 - With ships of the line using copper sheathing of the timber structure to prevent organisims from eating the timber, and the transition to iron hulls, how quickly was the galvanic corrosion issue worked out, or was it well enough understood prior to the introduction of the ships that they avoided using it?

01:49:45 - In the film Master and Commander, Lucky Jack seems to be neither master nor commander. He's a captain and Mr. Allen is the Sailing Master. Is the title the least accurate aspect of the film?

01:51:09 - How similar would the interior of the Mikasa had been compared to the Olympia we see today?

01:54:48 - When did navies stop using sail in battle?

01:59:39 - When and how was electricity implemented in warships? What kind of generators were used and what mistakes were made?

02:04:12 - Out of the various US aircraft that served in the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (Wildcat, Corsair, Avenger etc) what were the perception of them by Royal Navy crews and how did there performance compare to that in the US Navy?

02:13:29 - Rapid fire convoys, charges and fuses?

02:17:36 - Why did USN ship designers think Yamato's true design was 'impractical'?

02:22:14 - Is/was there anyway to enhance the mining effect of an aerial bomb?

02:29:29 - How stable were tumblehome ships?

02:38:09 - How would prize money affect a crew man's decision making?

02:42:39 - Have there been any classes of ships where newer members of the class have come online at the same time as older members being decommissioned?

02:49:13 - Were the Japanese correct in keeping the Yamato class battleships secret?

02:56:18 - IJN vs USN 18" guns?

02:58:43 - Monitor carrier ship in the ACW?

03:02:52 - What was the rationale and intended doctrine for the British 'trade protection' cruisers like the Leander?