The Drydock – Episode 197 (Part 1) – Naval warship history Q&A | Drachinifel (Video)

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This video was published on May 8, 2022.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Intro

00:00:57 – Differences between preserved ships of the same class?

00:03:48 – Museum ship smell?

00:06:36 – Jutland: You can choose one ship on each side for an MVP award. Which ship do you choose on each side?

00:08:59 – Is there a reason US Navy destroyer caliber guns (5″ and smaller) are odd inches and cruiser caliber guns (6″ and greater) are even inches? or is just coincidence?

00:16:51 – What was the smallest battle to get an RN ship named for it?

00:21:45 – How to fit more aircraft on a carrier?

00:32:11 – Aiming torpedoes in WW2?

00:37:50 – Passage through Suez in WW1/2?

00:41:27 – If you had to pick one of the surviving US standard-type battleships that survived WWII to be saved as a museum ship, which one would it be?

00:43:45 – How closely did the major European navies study the lessons of the Spanish-American war, especially in contrast to how closely they looked at Tsushima seven years later? What were their design and operational takeaways from Manila Bay and Santiago?

00:48:06 – Many battleship turret designs had working chambers where the ammunition was transferred from one lift system to another for the rest of the trip to the gun’s muzzle. However, as far as I know, the US fast battleships had a single lift from the magazines to the gun house. What were the trade-offs between the two approaches, and what led a navy to favor one over the other?

00:56:57 – SoDak vs Iowa trade-offs?

01:03:01 – How dangerous is a boiler explosion on a armored warship. Has there ever been a boiler explosion on a warship?

01:07:06 – Different shore bombardment tactics?

01:13:54 – What would a “typical” French troop transport be during the Franco Prussian war? How many troops would they typically carry?

01:17:57 – Why did the LVT see only limited use for landings in Europe?

01:21:21 – What aspect of ship design is, in your opinion, most overlooked by people rating ship designs in each of the eras the channel covers, and why do you think these aspects are important, and why are they overlooked?

01:27:20 – Though not warships; ships such as Endurance and Fram are considered to be among the strongest wooden hull vessels ever built in terms structural integrity. Steam engines aside, how do their design and construction methods compare to late age of sail warships?

01:30:35 – During the early 20th century, how much of a danger was underwater debris to submarines and were there any notable losses to rocky outcroppings, shipwrecks, etc?

01:33:58 – Are there any examples of navies leading development of small arms rather than simply using what the army had?

01:38:04 – How was the sea keeping of world war two re-fit ships like Fuso, Nagato, Warspite, and US standards? 01:42:14 – Is there research on what kind of effect the real possibility of your shell/bomb/torpedo causing 1000+ persons to lose their lives in matter of minutes have on naval personel?

01:47:56 – Merchant ships seeing off attacking warships?

01:51:17 – Can you briefly discuss how each of the ships present in Battleship Cove (Fall River) ended up there?

01:54:05 – Please name five ship classes from any Iron and Steel navy that were average.

02:01:13 – During the mid to late 1800s, naval technology advanced at an incredible pace, but not all technology advanced equally. What technology, other than fire control systems, was solely behind in this era as ironclads got bigger and meaner?

02:04:37 – Rebalancing the magazines in a battleship?

02:06:53 – To what extent do you think Admiral Phillips was personally responsible for the fate of Force Z?

02:10:33 – Early 20th century Ekranoplans?

02:11:43 – The prevalence/occurrence of surrendering, and capturing of ships?

02:16:22 – Details of carronades?

02:19:38 – In the age of sail if a warship runs out of cannonballs during a battle what substitutes would the crew use to continue the battle if they did not have the ability to flee and still wish to fight?

02:22:04 – Ships if armour beat guns?

02:24:00 – How much of an edge did the 1,000 lb. bombs carried by US carrier dive bombers give the US navy in WWII?

02:29:34 – During both world wars British fishing trawlers were used for mine clearance. Where did this idea originate and was it wide spread across other navy’s?