06:27The Drydock - Episode 262
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00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:52 - Which gun has had the longer active service life the British 15 inch/42 or the American 16 inch/50? 00:05:24 - Would it have been theoretically possible to create some sort of horrible fusion between the Italian 15”, American 16”/50 and Japanese 18.1” to create a 18” gun that fires unusually heavy shells at incredibly high muzzle velocities (enough to compensate for the shell being a superheavy) for superior belt penetration? 00:07:35 - What lead to "...Royal Navy warships firing on a British merchantman that then came under the protection of the Chinese..."? 00:13:02 - Are there 100s (or thousands?) of unexploded torpedoes just laying around on the oceans floor? And do fishing trawlers ever pull them up, or set them off! 00:15:53 - A short explanation of why this is or isn’t a ‘Fleet’ sub as compared to previous and later classes. 00:20:31 - How many people in a turret? 00:25:31 - When fleets were approaching each other in good weather, how far apart would they be when they first made visual contact? 00:29:59 - Why weren't barrage balloons used (much or at all) to help protect ships at sea from air attack in WWII? 00:33:45 - If the torpedo that hit USS North Carolina didn't pierce the inner hull, how did it kill sailors below deck? 00:36:59 - From each Navy from WWII onwards, which ship could you see having a swimming pool besides Bristol? 00:39:36 - We often hear about the bad army-navy relationships like in WWII-era Japan, but w
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