The Drydock - Episode 312 (Part 2)
Added 2024-08-24 10:00:05 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:26 - What’s the worst / dumbest take on matters naval you have ever heard / read / seen?
00:05:09 - How was fire discipline maintained on a ship of the line?
00:08:29 - Why did the RN build so many 2nd rates?
00:15:12 - Did the US Navy escort Atlantic convoys early after the US' entry in the war, mere months after Pearl Harbor, and if so, what classes of DD or DE were actually used?
00:18:06 - The evolution of the turret?
00:24:30 - If Gorgon had been accepted back by the Norwegians at the end of WWI and had been in Narvik along with Norge and Eidsvold; do you think it could have contributed significantly to the defense of the harbor?
00:28:10 - Consequences of a 12-gun KGV?
00:36:02 - The Napier Deltic engine was a high performance Diesel engine used primarily in marine applications that was very advanced for it's time. Would it be possible/advantageous to use a Deltic-derivative as an engine powering a tank or an AFV?
00:38:11 - Kongo class sub-division?
00:42:43 - Age of sail French 'fire on the upswing' techniques?
00:46:49 - Would it be actually worth building 'gunboats' that you could quickly turn into fleet destroyers?
00:52:18 - How do base-fused shells work, and how is the detonation delay set and adjusted?
00:57:31 - Why did the the RN 'forgot or forgoe' convoys for most of WW1?
01:02:05 - Just how did the various companies go about peddling their wares?
01:07:40 - The manufacturing of blocks for age of sail ships was one of the early industrialized process. What other naval requirements drove industrialisation of manufacturing?
01:11:07 - Would reconstructing HMS Malaya along the lines of the modernized QEs in the second half of 1943 have been a better use of the ship than placing her into reserve at the end of 1943?
01:13:44 - The Lovell Telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory was built with two circular 15" turret drive gear sets and associated pinions from 15-inch gun turrets from the World War I battleships HMS Revenge and Royal Sovereign. Do you know of any other conversions of warship parts into scientific platforms?
01:16:13 - In the process of scrapping a warship, its seems to be common practice to have scrapyards bid for the right to scrap that warship. Was it common for foreign scrapyards to bid on scrapping a warship that did not serve in said foreign shipyards' nations, and were there any ironic or notable instances of ships scrapped in a nation the ship previous fought against?
01:19:20 - Why were IJN carrier islands so small?
01:23:51 - The B-52 Stratofortress has been in service for over 70 years with the most recent deliveries being 60 years old, with plans for them to serve for many more years. What are some examples of Warships that went to serve for a longer than expected?
01:27:35 - Are you better off building a few big ships with many guns or more ships with less guns?
01:33:17 - Logisitics of an inland museum ship?
01:37:03 - Could the USN have hunted Bismarck?
01:47:44 - Did the Royal navy have any campaign plans for a war with France in the interwar period, and if they did, did these plans prove useful when France fell in WW2?
01:51:18 - When did the Royal Navy cease ordering sail-only ships, and when did the RN cease operating sail-only ships as active cruising warships?
01:53:50 - How did Henry V's navy work and how, if at all, did it differ from common practice?
01:59:11 - Who did spotting duty ashore for the Royal Navy?
02:02:11 - What if the Scharnhorsts forced the issue during Operation Berlin?
02:07:43 - Has Gibraltar been enough to prevent any nations navy transiting into or out of the Med?
02:10:50 - The testing and development of the W Mines used during Operation Royal Marine?
02:15:33 - How did the IJN so badly screw up submarine and ASW?
02:20:06 - In the age of sail how would you become a ship's Carpenter?
02:22:02 - Limiting yourself to countries that were not part of the inter-war treaty system, what ships do you most wish you could save to become museum ships?
02:23:33 - The length of a large naval gun is expressed as a multiple of the gun's (or perhaps the projectile's) diameter. In my experience the multiple is always an integer. Is there some law of physics or ballistics or ease of manufacture that makes this so?
02:25:52 - Magnetic detonators and torpedoes?
02:29:55 - How do you rate each of the Washington Treaty signatories first generation cruisers compared to each other, both as built and at the most modernized examples of each at the start of 1942?
02:32:53 - When they happened, how much did natural disasters affect the functioning of naval facilities and how did they recover?
02:36:58 - Was the radar able to pick out individual aircraft as opposed to broad enemy formations approaching the ship?
02:41:34 - Why don't we ever hear about a Belgian navy?
02:43:58 - The "Luxburg Affair"
02:48:06 - Why wasn't underwater form more emphasised in WW1/WW2 submarine design?
02:51:08 - Small Channel / YT Update
Comments
Re: The YT algorithm change Modern History TV (aka Jason Kingsley) reports a recent big influx of subscribers and community members. And personally my recommendations are now filled with videos I have watched before with Drach being a visible exception. (I am still months behind in catching up on channel content so...)
Ulf Axelsson
2024-09-11 15:00:11 +0000 UTCDrydock question: How would a wealthy battleship collector be handled under Naval treaties? Many a ship enthusiast often laments the fact that many of the great and famous battleships of the 20th century such as Dreadnought itself, Nelson, Jean Bart, Haruna, King George V, Gneisenau and others ended up in a scrapyard broken up for metal. If there had been a wealthy man or family who had the money to buy said ships after they are decommissioned in order to create a battleship museum would they be allowed to do so? What requirements would be placed on them, such as maybe pouring cement into the gun barrels or removing some critical components would be asked for by the governments selling them the ships? How would they be handled under the naval treaties and would the naval treaties mean the end of battleship museum and breaking up of ships or could it survive? Are there any reasons why a government would prefer to break up a ship rather than sell it to a private collector?
Tataro
2024-08-29 17:27:54 +0000 UTCPatreon upgrade. Drach - I have been at your highest level Patreon member for some years now With the difficulties that creators are suffering now, I reiterate that you form a new Patreon level, perhaps call it "Admiral" level and charge accordingly for membership. At least have a pol to guage interest. This would be in addition to your preexisting Patreon levevel.
Capitano Lorenzo
2024-08-28 00:56:54 +0000 UTCThe most important product from Chile in 1917 were nitrates for use in explosives and as fertilizer. For many years - and maybe still today - the principal supplier of beef to the UK was Argentina - absolutely vital in war time. Don't forget all those gauchos riding the pampas!.
BEAUSABRE23
2024-08-24 20:01:14 +0000 UTC2-41 the Radars are CXAM long range air search (bed spring at the fore top, the first USN radar set) and Mark 4 5 inch fire control on the front of the Mark 33 director aboard CV4 USS Ranger early WW2
BEAUSABRE23
2024-08-24 19:44:17 +0000 UTCAll the German 15cm guns were actually 14.94 cm
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2024-08-24 19:20:10 +0000 UTCDrach ignores the primary route to becoming a ship's carpenter. Completing an apprenticeship in a Royal Dockyard and applying for a warrant from the Navy Board. "Although it was possible to serve an apprenticeship afloat as Carpenter's Crew and Carpenter's Mate, the majority qualified as shipwrights in the dockyards before going to sea, and some of the Master Shipwrights and their Assistants were former Carpenters who had returned to the yards."
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2024-08-24 19:17:21 +0000 UTCDon't forget the Cinque Ports - "By 1135, the term Cinque Ports had come into use; and in 1155 a royal charter established the ports to maintain ships ready for the Crown in case of need. "
BEAUSABRE23
2024-08-24 18:41:04 +0000 UTCStrangest of all, the U.S. Navy also flew Spitfires during World War II. The U.S. Navy deployed numerous cruisers and battleships to provide naval gunfire support for the D-Day landings in Normandy. Bristling with enormous guns ranging from five inches to 14 inches in caliber, the cruisers would mostly train their devastating firepower at enemies miles inland, well beyond line of sight. They therefore required spotter planes to swoop over German troops, acquire targets, direct naval batteries to blow them up and correct the inevitably inaccurate ranging shots. At the time, Navy capital ships typically carried one or two SOC Seagull or OS2U Kingfisher float planes that launched by catapult from ship decks, then recovered by
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2024-08-24 18:37:38 +0000 UTCUS war plans War Plan Black[9] A plan for war with Germany. The best-known version of Black was conceived as a contingency plan during World War I in case France fell and the Germans attempted to seize French possessions in the Caribbean Sea or launch an attack on the eastern seaboard. War Plan Gray[10] There were two War Plans named Gray. The first dealt with Central America[10] and the Caribbean, and the second dealt with invading the Portuguese Azores.[11] War Plan Brown[12] Dealt with an uprising in the Philippines. War Plan Tan[13] Intervention in Cuba. War Plan Red[14] Plan for Great Britain (with sub variants Crimson, Scarlet, Ruby, Garnet, and Emerald for British dominions) War Plan Orange[15] Plan for Japan. War Plan Red-Orange[16] Considered a two-front war with the United States (Blue) opposing Japan (Orange) and the British Empire (Red) simultaneously. Ultimately this analysis led to the understanding that the United States didn't have the resources to fight a two front war, and it would make sense to focus on one front, probably in the Atlantic. Ultimately this was the decision made in the Plan Dog memo. War Plan Yellow[17] Dealt with war in China - specifically, the defense of Beijing and relief of Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War. War Plan Gold[citation needed] Involved war with France, and/or France's Caribbean colonies. War Plan Green[18] Involved war with Mexico or what was known as "Mexican Domestic Intervention" in order to defeat rebel forces and establish a pro-American government. War Plan Green was officially canceled in 1946. War Plan Indigo[19] Involved an occupation of Iceland. In 1941, while Denmark was under German occupation, the US actually did occupy Iceland, relieving British units during the Battle of the Atlantic. War Plan Purple[20] Dealt with invading a South American republic. War Plan Violet[21] Covered Latin America. War Plan White[22] Dealt with a domestic uprising in the US, and later evolved to Operation Garden Plot, the general US military plan for civil disturbances and peaceful protests. Parts of War Plan White were used to deal with the Bonus Expeditionary Force in 1932. Communist insurgents were considered the most likely threat by the authors of War Plan White. War Plan Blue[23] Covered defensive plans and preparations that the United States should take in times of peace.
BEAUSABRE23
2024-08-24 18:24:47 +0000 UTCDubuque, Iowa is pronounced Dew-Bewk.
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2024-08-24 18:17:19 +0000 UTC1) In 1941, the North Carolina's crew would have been mainly regulars and long service reservists - men with experience - few would have been conscripts as the first inductees weren't drafted until November 1940. So they may well have been farther along in learning their new ship than the totally green crews later in the war.
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2024-08-24 18:00:38 +0000 UTCCV7 USS Wasp carried 100 aircraft and was commissioned in April 1940. By May 1941, she would had over a year in service - longer than Bismarck - and would have been well worked up. Even if she didn't carry any TBD's , she could have carried two squadrons of fighters (40 aircraft) and three of dive bombers (60) and along with CV4 Ranger's single fighter squadron and three dive bomber squadrons, giving the USN Atlantic Fleet 120 strike aircraft against two ships (Prinz Eugen being the other KM vessel). The planes would have been a mixture of monoplane SB2U's and biplane SBC's - both carrying 1,000 pound AP or HE bombs. US doctrine called for the deck load strike - hurling all your aircraft in one mighty blow against the enemy. So the Bismarck could face up to 60 attackers at one time - 120 if the two US carriers managed to coordinate (doctrine said US carriers should operate in separate task forces) The bridge and fire control systems of both ships would almost assuredly be damaged or destroyed under that sort of attack, leaving them vulnerable to the North Carolina and any or all of the CA31 USS Augusta, CA37 USS Tuscaloosa and CA45 USS Wichita.
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2024-08-24 17:52:58 +0000 UTC
