The Drydock - Episode 253 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:37 - What types of naval ships typically had a compliment of divers aboard? And what were their typical duties?

00:06:59 - Japanese POW's accidentally killed by Japanese armed forces?

00:09:54 - How did society and technology affect the racial demographic of ships crews?

00:17:00 - Howitzer-style battleships?

00:25:12 - Can it be argued that the Jeune Ecole was an older naval version of what we now know as the Fighter Mafia (and "defence reformers")?

00:29:12 - Why were boarding actions common in age of sail, but seemed to go out of favor in steam and steel?

00:34:31 - If the Battle of Lissa was the greatest victory of the k.u.k. Kriegsmarine, what battle/campaign was their second greatest victory?

00:35:47 - Proportional to total program costs, how have development costs for a naval shipbuilding program changed over the time period that this channel covers?

00:41:21 - US destroyers with low main gun elevation?

00:42:53 - The advantages and disadvantages of a Whaleback styled hull?

00:48:19 - What was the overall impact of Force H on the Mediterranean and Atlantic naval wars?

00:54:22 - Did any of the major navies try to pull a Ryūjō but using cruisers?

00:57:45 - Why didn't the Italian Navy retain and modernise the Tegethoff?

01:01:00 - Two ships named after the same person in one navy?

01:05:16 - During WW1 why did Japan not send any capital ships to the Grand Fleet especially the Kongo’s?

01:09:00 - Mayskiy Island fortress on the Dnieper?

01:11:37 - Questions about the 5"/38?

01:17:20 - What's the story regarding HMS Cavendish's carrier conversion?

01:22:24 - What are your thoughts on lego Age of sail ships?

01:26:04 - Was the voyage of the Pacific Clipper necessary?

01:29:17 - Did the British have any great ships when the Spanish Armada showed up? If so, what were they doing? If not, why not?

01:33:42 - Who is taking all these photos of ships in battle?

01:37:47 - Why do more recent sailing ships have many smaller sails?

01:41:35 - Was Dudley Pound involved in the World War I convoy losses?

01:43:34 - Why did the British settle for the 4.5" DP gun?

01:47:55 - What roles were ships with second-line designations given in the USN?

01:51:35 - Were there rivalries between aviators and sailors on aircraft carriers?

01:54:50 - What mechanisms were in place for enforcement of the Washington Naval Treaty?

01:57:48 - Large naval ships that vanished without a trace?

01:59:27 - Did the Reichsmarine consider an all-forward layout for the Deutschlands' main battery? 

02:00:47 - How many turrets did HMS Warspite use at D-Day?

02:01:57 - Why did no-one build a three-deck ironclad?

02:04:30 - If a warship is scuttled instead of sunk is it a war grave if their where sailors on it when it happened?

02:05:46 - Technically correct terms for cruisers?

02:07:24 - How good are the english languaged sources for the various scandinavian naval wars, and who is your favourite admiral from Scandinavia, and why?

02:09:28 - Which ship would benefit the most from a VQE instead of a VTE?