The Drydock Episode 300

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00:00:00 - Intro • 00:00:47 - What ship would have carried the name Enterprise if carriers weren't invented? • 00:02:48 - Is a carrier actually the ultimate battlecruiser? • 00:06:16 - If the RN had accepeted 'only' 15 guns, would they have built a pair of F3? • 00:10:23 - How did Rodney's salvo-chasing affect gunnery? • 00:14:28 - What is the smallest possible citadel for a three turreted battleship? • 00:17:55 - If they had had the 5-inch 54s back during World War ii, do you think they would have eventually replaced all the twin mounts on carriers, destroyers and other lighter vessels? Perhaps even on the battleships? • 00:22:07 - If they had been completed how would the Malta class have affected the CVA-01(/design 30)’s development? • 00:27:12 - Did the Ram Bow of warships last seen on RN ships in the R and Queen Elizabeth classes actually perform a similar function as modern bulbous bows even if not as effectively? • 00:33:25 - Why so long to adapt pump-jets to torpedoes and submarines? • 00:38:09 - How seriously was organic logistics, fleet tankers and the like, taken during the inter war years? • 00:42:09 - Adjustable bowsprits and the Age of Sail? • 00:45:56 - How badly did Stalin's meddling hamper Soviet naval procurement? • 00:51:12 - Zeppelin L-23 and it's boarding of a Norwegian Schooner? • 00:55:59 - How close in performance was CV-6 to CV-9 by the end of her career? • 00:59:56 - What are some of the best naval history works that are available on public-domain book sites like Project Gutenberg?

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