The Drydock - Episode 213 (Part 1)

00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:35 - When and how did the Kriegsmarine figure out that the Allies were using Hedgehog AS weapons?
00:04:12 - 18th century mortar bombs
00:07:32 - Admiral King and grey uniforms?
00:09:43 - USN Machinist Mate rank?
00:13:07 - What was the best destroyer class of WW1?
00:17:10 - Tudor era breech loading cannon?
00:22:58 - More consistent USN command after 1st Savo?
00:26:04 - US Coastal fortifications in the early 19th century?
00:31:00 - Longer barrel 5"/38?
00:36:12 - Why did Admiral Nishimura not wait for Admiral Shima at Surigao Strait, and would it have made a difference?
00:39:42 - Visualising a battleship calibre shell hit?
00:47:14 - IJN officers aggressive training but passive results?
00:53:17 - Operation Catherine or Churchill's seeming dislike of the R class?
00:58:29 - USS Texas and VTE's
01:01:33 - Best way to investigate a naval career?
01:04:17 - What could the IJN have done to oppose Operation Downfall?
01:07:20 - Standardized range tables and penetration probabilities for main battery naval guns in WWII?
01:09:25 - Why the US fleet was planning to send the older standard battleships to engage Yamato versus sending the newer fast battleships?
01:12:00 - WW1 era flying platforms
01:15:44 - What ship design should not have worked, but wound up having the best career or most significant impact on a battle?
01:18:14 - Battleship convoy escorts?
01:21:15 - What is the best source on the radio experiments of Adm. Jackson?
01:23:00 - If ABDA Command was an international fleet that didn't quite work, what's your best example of a combined fleet that did?
01:26:15 - Design choices for ships limited by natural resources?
01:28:41 - Why are the senior officers of a command referred to as the brass?
01:30:06 - Do Royal Navy vessels stock demonstrably more tea than those of other navies?
01:31:06 - Sinking of the Chiyoda and the lack of rescue?
01:33:05 - What are your thoughts on Admiral Yamamoto?
01:36:33 - What went so wrong at a time when the English were starting to standardise their building and design?
01:40:09 - What were the lessons learned on Aircraft Carrier Crews of the US Navy until the end of WW2?
01:42:37 - Why were so many countries so patient with the Barbary states for so long?
01:47:01 - How were battleship barrel liners fitted into the barrel itself?
01:49:45 - How do you interpret flooding figures given in damage reports?
01:54:30 - Which class or type of vessel from the WWI-WWII period had the most success in a role other than that for which it was originally intended?
01:56:02 - In WWII and modern day, capital ships have battle groups around them. Was there anything like this in the age of sail, with First Rates paired with lesser ships, or was it get the Ships of the Line in a, well, Line and blast away?
01:57:56 - Concentration of force or engage along the line?
02:02:12 - Has there been any mutual job shadowing (similar to a student exchange) between the navies in the inter war years?
02:04:28 - How much did the pre-dreadnoughts allowed Germany in the Versailles treaty effect future Reichsmarine and Kreigsmarine ships? Did any design features (or flaws) from them sneak into later designs?
02:06:27 - Since it was possible to spot freefalling bombs, did AA gunners attempt or succeed at shooting them out of the sky?
02:09:33 - Could Hood outrun Nelson and Rodney in reverse?
02:11:22 - What is the point of wing turrets?
02:14:59 - If the KGV's had been built as Lions instead (as they might have been in the year each KGV was commissioned), do you think there would have been any difference in how major events played out?
02:18:43 - Were there enough gunners to man every cannon on an age of sail ship or were there just enough to cover only one side (port or starboard) at a time?
02:21:52 - HMS Scylla vs HilfsKreuzer at night?
02:24:29 - Why are there only two access points to the Turrets of the Iowa's, under the Barbette/Magazines and the Turret Bustle? And was this common or did some Classes allow access through a higher deck?
02:26:59 - I believe that in my childhood I heard of people packing utensils into canister rounds during the age of sail, is this really true?
02:31:38 - How are Hedgehog's fired?
02:33:41 - How do the 5 in/54 guns used on Midway and planned to be used on the Montanas compare to the 5 in/38’s in the anti-air - anti-surface trade off?
02:36:28 - AA weapons that suffered in an anti-surface engagement?
02:40:31 - If the Luftwaffe tried their own version of Operation Starvation against the U.K. in WW2 instead of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz, how would this have affected the Battle of Atlantic?
02:43:47 - How would the Naval aspect of WW1 change if the Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy swapped radio practices?
02:47:35 - USN perceived a threat from Germany in 1900-1910?
02:52:54 - Hiryu's forces encoutering SBD's on their way home?
02:57:03 - Differing 5"/38 mounts on the same ship?