The Drydock - Episode 234
Added 2023-02-11 09:00:02 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:43 - A full night action at Jutland?
00:07:25 - It seems like a lot of US naval vessels run aground. Did the US Navy manage to ground vessels more often in than other Navy's, if so, why?
00:14:09 - HMS Renown gunnery actions?
00:16:27 - Would you ever work as a historic advisor for a movie or TV series and if so what would be your terms to work as one?
00:18:31 - Sangamon class island placement?
00:22:28 - What sort of ships were 5.5" Guns intended to be used against? Was weight the reason Hood got 5.5" Guns?
00:29:08 - Do you think the UK's WWI/Interwar policies in regards to the Fleet Air Arm were the best for the overall performance of British aviation during WWII?
00:35:00 - Would it have been feasible to modernize the last generation of American monitors? Or were they so obsolete as a ship class that it was just impossible?
00:39:13 - Which 'never-built' ships would've been most successful?
00:45:33 - US Crown-Colony equivilant?
00:49:42 - In an earlier Drydock, you mentioned that there were no equivalents to Yamato for wooden sail ships, iron-clads, and pre-dreadnoughts. If such Yamato equivalents had been built, what would they have been in your opinion?
00:51:56 - How much discretion did an Age of Sail Captain have?
00:55:45 - Age of Sail gunboats?
00:59:31 - Opinion of Admiral Dewey?
Comments
https://philahistory.org/2019/08/29/philadelphias-rich-maritime-history/. Philadelphia is my hometown, and I never thought of this. I found this explanation. "It might seem curious that Philadelphia became a major port, since the problems in getting here from the open ocean were considerable. For one thing, depending on the winds, it could take four days to a week, or even more, to go up or down the Delaware River to reach the ocean. Moreover, it was the only port south of Canada that was blocked by ice in the winter—sometimes for months on end. And then, ships had to contend with being grounded on the shifting shoals in the Bay and along the river. And finally, the Bay itself was open to storms from the ocean that could dash them onto the shore. There was no refuge at the mouth of the Delaware Bay until the breakwater was constructed in the 1820s. But ships and shippers came here by preference because it had the largest concentration of people in English-speaking America, including many with wealth and sophisticated tastes. Therefore, merchants could get higher prices for finished goods than they could in New York.". Curiouser and curiouser
Avalon
2023-02-17 11:08:19 +0000 UTCIf they could get up the Thames to London, they could get to Philly.
Marlin Stout
2023-02-12 13:58:44 +0000 UTCI don't understand how any ship was able to get into Philadelphia during the age of sail. Wouldn't heavily armed Avengers be catapulted off CVEs?
Ted Jones
2023-02-12 04:18:19 +0000 UTC
