The Drydock - Episode 357

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:37 - Why did the IJN even try (though fail) to meet treaty limits for their cruisers if they were still planning to lie about their displacements?

00:05:09 - Why no Italian battlecruisers?

00:11:29 - Where the Baltimore class conversions any good?

00:15:51 - What made the Oregon City subtype distinct from the Baltimores?

00:17:50 - Bombers, carriers and magazines, oh my!

00:25:27 - Why did the Kriegsmarine not deploy Admiral Hipper and Admiral Scheer together for Operation Nordseetour?

00:29:39 - In the modern day, we've seen the advent of remote-controlled sea drones to great effect and at relatively low cost. Were there any kind of equivalent in WWII and prior, excluding the human-guided kamikaze variety?

00:31:16 - Did the United States or UK ever consider adding Autogyros to their Carrier compliments? Either for fleet or escort carriers?

00:34:11 - What was the cruise of the Special Service Squadron?

00:36:01 - Of all the paper designs in World of Warships, which ones do you think are the most realistically plausible and which ones not so much?

00:42:43 - Did the Fleet Air Arm Martlets/ Wildcats or Wildcats from USS Ranger (or escort carriers) come face to face with Luftwaffe or Regia Aeronautica fighters? If so, how did it go?

00:47:10 - If Yorktown had survived Midway when do you think it would have been ready to rejoin the war?

00:53:08 - How would Enterprise have handled Operation Crossroads?

00:56:04 - How did WW2 scouts mistake carriers for other ships and vice versa?

01:01:08 - How effective were Japan's other Pearl Harbor-esque attacks on allied ports using carrier aviation, and how long did it take the Allies to improve their defences and start repelling these sorts of attacks?

01:04:30 - Have you found confirmation that the County class really were fitted for additional armor, or is it still just speculation?