The Drydock - Episode 211

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00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:35 - What is the actual relationship between a captain and an admiral on his ship? 00:05:36 - Where is/was the line for gross insubordination drawn, and how loose were the boundaries on it? 00:13:14 - How common is it for promotions in the navy to be back-dated to a certain earlier time point? 00:18:47 - Especially efficient ships? 00:21:23 - Why were USN 6" shells slower than other contermporary equivilants? 00:26:46 - Lexington vs Kaga in a gun duel? 00:28:21 - Side vs Vertical funnels on carriers? 00:32:18 - How did the woodern fin's on the Japanese torpedo bombers torpedo's help them from burying themselves into the sea floor at Pearl Harbour? 00:40:29 - Channel Fleet in WW1? 00:44:55 - If the Hornet (CV-8) had been taken as a prize at Santa Cruz, would the IJN have had the technical, infrastructural, or systemic capacity to copy her equipment & technology, or even recommission her for Japanese service? 00:47:28 - Is appropriate to credit the I-19 with the most effective single torpedo salvo in history? 00:49:08 - Did German U-boat commanders know that they were being located with HF/DF? Did they take countermeasures like dummy nonsense transmissions that looked like legit U-boat communications? 00:53:16 - Fast transports for the Med? 00:55:49 - Are the Glorious records the only aircraft carrier loss records sealed for 100 years and how "muddy" are the facts relating to that event? 01:01:45 - “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" w

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