The Drydock - Episode 383

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:46 - Under what scenarios did Japan’s strategy of combining carrier and land-based airstrikes at the Battle of the Marianas have any chance of inflicting major losses on the US Navy? 00:07:26 - When ships were slated to go to the breakers did navies try and squeeze out a final bit of service from them? 00:10:45 - Were there any thoughts on switching to 5"/ 5.25" triple/three gun turrets for the main guns of the Brooklyn/Atlanta/Juneau/Dido classes? 00:14:29 - Did the Italians or Germans have AA-heavy light cruiser concepts? 00:17:00 - Japanese G-5 light carrier program? 00:21:35 - What burns when battleships are bombed? 00:25:23 - If the US Navy had a larger focus in the North African, Italian, and European theatres, would the Dauntless have been successful as a close air support plane? 00:29:05 - Why did the USN not just stick with the Dauntless once its successor’s issues became very clear? 00:32:55 - Why was travelling the Med in the age of sail so difficult? 00:39:09 - What was Portugal's most powerful sailing vessel? 00:41:15 - How about a video on the USS Iowa turret explosion? 00:44:45 - In the Diary of Samuel Pepys, on Friday 14 March 1662, there's a mention of a certain Dr. Kuffler's "engine to blow up ships". Do we know what this was? 00:49:55 - Would the British have attacked Yamato is TF58 was unable to launch? 00:55:11 - Which Carrier ops in World War 2 could be used for a “Top Gun” style movie? 00:58:44 - What if the United States built the Original Six Frigates as Ships of the Line instead of frigates 01:04:12 - When and how did the decline of the Russian navy start? 01:11:01 - How do the Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers/battleships/whatever compare to the Alaska-class large cruisers in terms of performance and role?