The Drydock - Episode 351 (Part 2)

Описание: 00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:26 - Could Shinano have been completed as a battleship in time for Leyte Gulf?

00:02:30 - Is the same shell used for all purposes in a DP gun?

00:06:14 - Notable examples where a competent job by somebody much too junior to be doing it was important to a positive outcome?

00:11:44 - How inferior is secondary and tertiary/turret rangefinders to main or radar guided gunnery? Would the shift be noticeable in terms of accurate fire on the enemy?

00:15:50 - Given the Kriegsmarine's significant losses during the Norway campaign at the hands of rather haphazard Royal Navy opposition, could more effective RN intervention completely destroyed the Kriegsmarine's surface fleet?

00:20:33 - Effect of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement on Anglo-French relations?

00:27:07 - If naval projectiles were made with todays standards and measures what ranges are theoretically possible with battleship-sized shells?

00:31:32 - Why did we see the development of gas turbines for aircraft during the interwar period but not the development of naval gas turbines?

00:37:00 - Approximately how much displacement did the aircraft facilities of treaty-era cruisers take up?

00:39:21 - Cactus Air Force vs Japanese troop convoys?

00:40:29 - Did any German u-boats out on patrol towards the end of the war just kind of try to keep a low profile and not die when it was obvious the war was lost but before official surrender orders came down?

00:42:29 - What would have been a reasonable production run for the Fletchers if war doesn't break out?

00:46:46 - How successful were torpedo boats as a whole at their stated mission; attacking large warships with torpedoes?

00:51:15 - Could you give a rough overview of the Focke-achgelis Fa 330?

00:53:43 - What is the smallest or economically least-damaging 'war' in an alternate history WW1 scenario, that gives the lessons of WW1 without the treaties afterwards?

01:02:06 - Logic behind Tryon's orders?

01:08:05 - What distinguishes the endurance against rust of a sea-going mount compared to a land-based one?

01:11:46 - What is the highest altitude from which an aircraft has scored a hit on a ship at sea with unguided bombs?

01:13:57 - Why did the IJN use Roman characters to designate targets/operations?

01:17:31 - When was the last 'cutting out' operation?

01:19:30 - How would the Tone class do in the Atlantic?

01:22:35 - Is MacArthur good at land and bad at sea or something else?

01:29:08 - Upgraded HMS Repulse?

01:34:00 - "Unhappy calibers?"

01:40:40 - Considering the importance of Operation Pedestal, why is Admiral Syfret still relatively obscure in WW2 naval history?

01:46:01 - In your opinion, at the start of each World War, what was the maximum practical displacement that a ship of a given type could have and still be considered a member of that type?

01:54:13 - Was there a particular strategic or manufacturing reason why the European navies stuck with the 15 inch?

01:59:02 - Just how much spare cloth was actually aboard a ship of her size while at sea?

02:02:45 - How did newly assigned captains prepare themselves for their new command?

02:06:31 - Would the RN have accepted either the North Carolina or South Dakota designs?

02:11:14 - Half-measures superior to radical technology?

02:15:22 - Can you briefly describe the tactics in the Age of Sail regarding firing broadside volleys in combat?