The Drydock - Episode 364

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:40 - When did the deck gun on submarines become obsolete as an effective weapon of war in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters during WW2?

00:06:42 - Why was HMS Warspite half of Puget Sounds AA defences in WW2?

00:11:10 - How much improvement could be gained from a GUPPY-style U-Boat upgrade program?

00:16:15 - Battleship gun barrels elevation individuallys vs collectively?

00:23:25 - When the British attempted to erase St Malo?

00:30:07 - The French armored cruiser Dupuy De Lome was converted to a merchant ship post-World War 1. What were the reasons behind this conversion and what changes where made?

00:34:07 - Why didn’t the Germans, Italians, and Japanese circumvent the Allied navies by arranging with Franco or Salazar to have their merchant ships sail under a Spanish or Portuguese flag, the same way that US convoys going to Vladivostok flew the Soviet flag to avoid being attacked by the IJN?

00:38:35 - Why did the big US floating drydocks in WW2 not seem to take aircraft carriers much/at all?

00:42:42 - Why did New Mexico look so different from the other standards especially after the refit with the conning tower and superstructure?

00:47:20 - The US Two-Ocean Navy Act of 1940 had a significant impact on the Japanese Navy, and reportedly significantly influenced its Circle Five Plan. Did it have any similar impact on European nations or was it considered wildly ambitious and irrelevant to their immediate concerns?

00:49:32 - During the high age of sail era, but before the time when European designs became completely dominant, how did East Asian warships compare to European designs and would they fit into a western rating system?

00:54:12 - How did navies that bought ships from other countries get more ammo?

00:57:42 - What did the Royal Navy not like about the Birkenheads?

01:00:45 - What captains of any navy SHOULD have been court-martialed and weren't. Similarly, who was court-martialed and should NOT have been?

01:06:57 - Would the Alaskas have been battlecruisers if they were armed with three two gun turrets Renown style mounting the 14in/50 Mark B's intended for the North Carolinas assuming only the needed stability changes were made?