The Drydock - Episode 194

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00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:48 - What was the logic behind the high-speed anti submarine frigate conversion of wartime built destroyers? 00:05:59 - What kept the US from upgrading the propulsion on the standard battleships to increase the speed? The Japanese did it with the Kongos and the Italians with the Cavours, so what was the limiting factor? 00:12:58 - After HMS Dreadnought entered service. Were any predreadnoughts considered for the removal of heavy secondaries to save weight? 00:18:39 - What were some of the causes for ships lost during typhoon cobra with TF38 and others? 00:21:47 - British battleships and rangefinder size/location? 00:27:06 - Were there any tactics that are used in open sea naval warfare that either didn't work or modified to suite the river environment? Also was the convoy system ever used during the civil war?. 00:30:20 - Dreadnought for Portugal? 00:37:37 - Where would the IWM 15" guns hit? 00:40:06 - How often were the steadying sails used in the ACACIA class sloops while sweeping and how effective were they? 00:41:33 - If the Kreigsmarine had completed and launched Graf Zeppelin would Germany have had a useful vessel in their fleet inventory or would we have seen something similar to Bismark, Shinano, or Taiho...essentially a capital ship constructed with massive investment deleted on it's first combat sailing? 00:44:02 - Why no plans for heavy cruisers with guns larger than 8"? 00:47:52 - Immediately after the Japanese had lost their

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