The Drydock - Episode 233

Since WW 2 the US Navy uses a system named The Underwater Log. Extending down from the close to the keel is a sword like device approx 10 inches wide, 2 inches thick and it extends down about 48 inches. The tip is a fiberglass boot that contains two buttons (one either side). There is a very small voltage that is induced through the water, this voltage is measured originally via a mechanical integrator, later with electronics. The system is very accurate and includes a provision for raising the (Rodmeter) when import and manually inputing teh speed via a panel mounted dial,

Tom Briggman

I am fully in the camp that the British WOULD have kept New Orleans had they won in 1815 in spite of the war-ending treaty having already been signed. Remember they were already in the process of yoinking Cape Colony from the Dutch because of its strategic significance to British trade— and the Dutch were their allies! There’s little reason to presume that they wouldn’t keep such a strategic city as New Orleans for themselves, peace treaty be d**ned, and out of a rival’s possession. Reasons could be anywhere from offering better security with the Mississippi River and it’s access to the British corporate holdings in Hudson Bay country, to simply denying the city and its river access to the US, therefore severely hindering the latter’s access to the western lands as well as the Mexican-Caribbean trade.

The Rogue Chief

Pacific General (1997) has naval, air, and land combat.

Lew is British for John.

As far as the naming of U.S. ship classes, I'm not certain this is true, but I read somewhere that in this period Congress authorized major warships by name, and the class name was taken from whichever ship of the class was mentioned first in the act authorizing their construction.

Paul Goyne

The British coastal strategy in the War of 1812 was the Union strategy during the Civil War.

Ted Jones

Your comments on Scrapping vs Scuttling old ships are incidentally relevant due to the Brazilians having just scuttled the carrier Sao Paulo out in the Atlantic, due to large amounts of Asbestos making it undesirable for scrappers. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-sinks-rusting-old-aircraft-carrier-atlantic-2023-02-04/

F-19A Ghostrider

Brilliant. You two are a great duo.

Graham William Kidd

Adding the questions and timestamps into the patreon posts here is brilliant! 👍🏻

TheFreaker86

Morning Drach hope all is well with you? Quick question if I may, what is the Warship that appears in Chitty chitty bang bang? Looks like a very late 19th century or early 20th pre dreadnought. Obviously an imaginary design but curious if it has any real life inspiration.