The Drydock - Episode 311

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00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:37 - Did anybody try to make a fast battleship (in the sense of a big-gun capital ship that doesn’t sacrifice either firepower or armour for speed) in the predreadnoughts era? 00:05:13 - Would it have made sense for the USN to forward deploy older battleships or second-line cruisers in the Philippines to deter Japanese aggression, especially as Japan ramped up their war in China as a show of force and as a deterrence/first line of defense against a naval invasion of the P.I? 00:10:06 - What was different about USS Delaware that allowed her to steam ahead longer than other dreadnought class ships of her time in the US Navy 00:14:09 - If Hitler had sent the first wave of V-1 Bombs against the invasion fleet at Normandy how effective would it have been? 00:18:56 - You mentioned that Delaware's turret 3 was unable to fire rearward for fear of damaging turret 4's sights with the blast wave. Why is this not a concern for other super firing turrets, are there preventative measures that could not be taken on Delaware's rear turrets for one reason or another? 00:22:17 - Torpedo head vs Fast Fish head? 00:25:51 - Drach will you at some point talk about the risks of transporting certain cargos such as grain and coal? 00:31:07 - You mentioned subs getting maintenance on a slip way, how was that done? A massive winch and rollers? Why wasn't this used for larger ships as an alternative to drydocks? 00:35:08 - If USS Yorktown was raised, could she be pres

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