The Drydock - Episode 144

I mean yes to both kindaaa.... but definitely iron clads. I mean just look at the battle of Hampton Rhodes and what more do you need to say??

TugTrash.88

What ended wooden ships, iron clads that they couldn't sink but sank them or explosive shells (having an argument about it with someone).

Thomas Riley

Nishimura was consistently unsuccessful leading up to his suicide run at the Battle of Surigao Strait. People STILL fail to see how perfectly Spruance fought the Battle of the Philippine Sea. While it's true he didn't KNOW this, hunting down the surviving IJN carriers wouldn't have been worth the cost as they no longer had air groups to operate from them. It would have been even better if he HADN'T launched the too-long range attack, but no one would have understood at the time. I'm shocked you didn't mention USS Olympia as a successful protected cruiser. Heavy cruisers are the best flag ships because they are quicker and the cruiser can be removed from the force without changing the force's strength. Halsey would have been better off in a heavy cruiser at Leyte Gulf.

Ted Jones

Would you be able to provide the link to the enterprise video used in DD 137. Thank you in advance.

bruj

Can you give a history of development of the SONAR Hydrophone?

Rita Loy

Don't forget Dreadnought was not only an all big gun ship a big factor the US ships did not meet was steam turbine engines and consistent speed as part of Dreadnought fearing nothing at sea. Regards

John Hargreaves

I thought that a post captain was the official rank of captain and posted as that rank in the London Gazette and as such was in the navy list as captain; the term post captain meaning they had been posted in the the London Gazette as such. Regards

John Hargreaves

Thete is a propper technique to scoop water using bucket-on-a-rope. Now granted, I only practiced it on boats with around 1 meter of freeboard, but with 1hour or so training it would be perfectly doable on a three decker.

On death notifications. I seem to recall something to the effect that French (sailing-era) warships would "bury" their dead in the ballast. Since a "Widow" was not considered one without an actual body for proof (and thus could not re-marry).

Andrew Dederer

Umm I think drach might hav e missed my drydock question

Chris Bruce

Couldn’t agree more about museums not dumbing things down. Yes, you can have interactive exhibits and simplified displays and descriptions for kiddies and those with a general interest but please, remember there are people with a specialised interest who are coming to the museum because of the quality of the collection, particularly if like Greenwich yours is the preeminent collection anywhere.

Do you have an opinion on which is the better option for naval strike capability between long-range missiles and drone-delivered cheaper munitions? I don't see combat aircraft carrying a pilot to last more than another decade at best, and drones seem to just have a circumstantial benefit (shorter time to target/CAS as well as observation) whereas in terms of cost of damage dealt long range missiles seem to win to me. Also, could advances in EMP or sensor jamming technology resurrect naval gunnery as primary strike method? I assume this is theoretically possible, but has any significant work been done in this area? If already answered previously, I will get there eventually.

Allen Lungren

My favorite; an exasperated Admiral to a needy subordinate on the orders of the day: Hebrews 13:8. "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, the same today, the same forever."