The Drydock - Episode 130

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:36 - Were Battlecruisers still viable by WW2?

00:06:19 - Midway and Graf Zeppelin secondary batteries

00:07:56 - What if Australia implemented the Jellicoe Plan?

00:15:56 - The Algerie

00:19:40 - If US aircraft carrier's were named after battles, where did Enterprise come from?

00:21:13 - Why was the US industry in general and shipbuilding industry specifically so underestimated in both world wars?

00:25:47 - Could Japan have beaten the Spanish fleet and invade the Philippines before the Spanish-American war?

00:26:36 - Importance of Gibraltar

00:30:33 - Why were HMS Terror and HMS Erubus given 25hp locomotive engines when HMS Rattler had a 200hp steam engine?

00:32:39 - Did the Kantai Kessen actually occur?

00:37:36 - Hipper class machinery issue

00:42:00 - In 1942 HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen was disguised as a tropical island to aid her escape to Australia. Have any other vessels sucessfully used camouflage in this manner ?

00:44:28 - Indian Ocean priority for the Axis?

00:47:07 - USN submarines on lifeguard duty

00:50:39 - Food on USN and RN ships in WW2?

00:55:30 - Do you have a least favorite era of naval history in the eras you consider part of the channel?

00:59:20 - US Age of Sail fleet?

01:04:36 - HMS Repulse hunting Bismarck?

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