The Drydock - Episode 082

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00:00:18 - Channel Admin 00:02:18 - If the two Akron-class airships of the U.S.N. did not crash, how would naval aviation be changed? Also, what would be the largest gun caliber you could put on a normal airship of the time? 00:06:42 - Would you classify the Hiyo class carriers as Light or Fleet carriers? Does the displacement, usage, or compliment act as your deciding factor? 00:09:38 - Scharnhorst vs Kongo class? 00:13:36 - Are there any different designations for pre-dreadnought battleships? 00:16:06 - Hits/misses in a naval gun duel? 00:22:13 - How dismal was the state of the Soviet fleet that they were afraid of going against Finland? 00:25:22 - Can modern missiles intercept and destroy WW2 era battleship rounds? If possible would it be by setting off the fuse or by detonating the charge? 00:30:17 - Which nation in WW2 build the best submarines? 00:32:26 - Is there any point in comparing the Iowa and Yamato given that in any realistic situation they would have been deployed as part of a task force and therefore unlikely to battle it out like boxers? 00:36:04 - If the British 24.5-inch torpedoes had become the standard in the inter-war and WW2 period mow much better/worse of would the British destroyer and Sub forces be in WW2 and later going into NATO. 00:41:51 - Suppose the Japanese hold off on Midway until Third Carrier Division is repaired and their air groups have restrengthened. How do you see the battle playing out with the full Kido Butai, assuming the

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