The Drydock - Episode 270 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:32 - How effective would a battleship be against a container ship?

00:02:34 - How do submarines estimate their targetting solution?

00:08:44 - How did the galley on a Uboat/Submarine evolve during the period the channel covers and what are/were the implications on the food that was (made) available for the crew?

00:14:28 - The history of ship log?

00:19:09 - Why couldn't the Regia Marina hit things?

00:30:09 - Hornet vs I-11?

00:35:37 - Top 3 minor countries that "punched above ther weightclass" from a naval perspective during some time in the channels period covered?

00:40:28 - What is your favorite naval art work of all time and why and could you give a brief summary of what is being shown and why?

00:46:33 - Whay could hybrid carriers have been good for?

00:52:22 - Are there any examples in history where an entire warship defected to an enemy hunt for red october style?

00:54:48 - Considering the battleship Mutsu blew up without contributing much to Japanese war efforts in WW2, would Japan have been better off not pressing for the right to finish Mutsu during the Washington Naval Conference?

00:59:10 - Can you explain age of sail positions like Master and Commander and Post Captain?

01:03:43 - How enforceable were "neutrality laws" in the 19th century?

01:08:07 - If carriers had been developed sooner, would they have been practical for commerce raiding/protection?

01:11:21 - Where any of the various navies' armored cruisers refitted with centralized director fire control prior to the end of WWI?

01:12:45 - Why do some 6" guns have such a high rate of apparent fire?

01:17:57 - Have there ever been specialty/novelty shells made for naval guns as a joke and or data gathering?

01:19:57 - Fixing top-head German destroyers?

01:22:24 - How does the British 4.5" compare to the 5"/38?

01:25:48 - What does 'mentioned in dispatches' mean?

01:29:10 - Why wasn't Craddock given one of the Devonshires?

01:33:06 - VC's awareded thanks to the enemy?

01:36:52 - What, in your opinion, is the most ridiculous/unrealistic feat of ship building in a fictional universe?

01:40:19 - If Mikawa had continued to attack the transports after blowing through the cruiser screen at Savo how much would it have honestly set back US operations on Guadalcanal?

01:43:36 - If the war in the Pacific had gone on much longer than the war in Europe, would the US have actually pressed Prinz Eugen into service or just scrapped it?

01:48:23 - How silent could you make a battleship shell?

01:53:10 - Would a maximal Hood be more likely to get a refit?

01:55:52 - Would it be more beneficial for the British Empire during the Washington Naval Treaty to have Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa (and possibly India) to be allocated their own tonnage for ships (including capital ships) and if so, how would their inclusion change the treaty?

02:01:10 - How capable were the Sverdlov class cruisers and how did they compare to their Western naval equivalents? Also, why did they play such an outsized role in Western naval strategy early in the Cold War?

02:06:38 - Location of photographer on USS Washington - UPDATE

02:09:06 - What was the most heavily protected river gunboat or river monitor?

02:11:07 - What did copper plating do to the metacentric height of warships? After copper plating became common, did ship designers plan for the additional weight?

02:12:43 - Effects of firing a battleship gun on its turret crew?

02:16:20 - In aviation there are 'aerospikes' that allow a blunter airframe to function like a more streamlined airframe, although they are more commonly used with munitions than manned vehicles. Is there any kind of nautical equivalent that would allow you to keep your beam to length ratio after you've widened your beam without installing a new full on lengthened bow (or stern)?

02:18:58 - Gyroscopic stabilisers in warships?

02:21:31 - How were the Panama Canal bills paid?

02:23:57 - Had the wreck of the battleship New York been found and can you dive it?

02:25:17 - Regarding carrier aviation, was there anything technological, beyond innovation, that stood in the way of the later developments happening earlier? Could the 'first attempts' have been flat-top carriers with islands, even angled flight decks, from the word go, or was there speed bumps in the way and if so what were they and how were they addressed?

02:29:22 - Powder bags on ships of the line?