The Drydock - Episode 102

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:36 - Why do ships launch backwards?

00:03:35 - Refitting from VTE to turbine propulsion?

00:09:04 - Yamato's radar

00:13:19 - U-Boat attack on Aruba

00:17:02 - What if the Quasi-War escalated?

00:24:13 - The replacement of Admiral Marschall

00:30:42 - How did the Americans know about 18.1 in main guns if Japan destroyed all of the documentation about the Yamato-class battleships?

00:33:38 - What was the closest the Royal Navy came to being stronger than the rest of the world combined during the age of sail? Did they ever get there?

00:36:38 - During Operation Ten-Go, why did Spruance decide to send the battleships first instead of just going to an airstrike immediately?

00:41:19 - Was there any attempts by Axis forces to damage or sabotage the Suez Canal? If so how much effect would it have had in the Mediterranean?

00:43:35 - When did most Navies of the world, particularly the Royal Navy, move on from salted meat in barrels and hard tack as the primary food stuff?

00:48:01 - Other missions like Ten-Go?

00:51:17 - State of the wreck of HMS Invincible?

00:53:37 - Damage to a ship going full reverse from full ahead

00:57:53 - Why wasn't Tirpitz moved around more?

01:00:14 - Channel Admin (New ship design contest in community post!)
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