The Drydock - Episode 373 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:30 - What was responsible for the 'Dark Ages' of the Victorian Navy? 00:04:08 - What kind of escort did the Kaiser usually have? 00:06:00 - RAAF skip bombing techniques? 00:09:24 - Why the Japanese love of linoleum? 00:13:08 - 12" armed Des Moines? 00:16:00 - Could the US have realistically had two Alaskas ready at the start of 1942? 00:20:25 - An ideal monitor? 00:23:48 - What if pre-1908 ships were immune from the WNT? 00:30:09 - Why didn't the Allies opt to simply starve Japan out of WWII? 00:32:49 - Free French rallying point? 00:37:25 - Incendiary ammo for cannons? 00:42:04 - Smallest country that could maintain and operate a dreadnought battleship? 00:45:29 - Interesting notices in other countries? 00:48:36 - Where doing something sub-optimal might actually help? 00:58:19 - How did purchasing warships from overseas work? 01:03:54 - French WW2 Boilers? 01:08:19 - Has anyone ever reversed one of their engines in extremis in an attempt to evade a torpedo, bomb, or iceberg? 01:12:11 - Ships built from redwoods? 01:18:44 - Which was the best of the French 'Fleet of Experiments'? 01:21:25 - At what point during the time the channel covers was the inter service rivalry between the US armed forces the most significant? 01:26:02 - What kinds of ships were used by Japanese pirates raiding the Chinese Coast in the years of the Qing period? 01:28:09 - Who decided that the US Standards should be so slow, and why didn't they pick a faster speed? 01:32:09 - Would the Georgios Averof have stood a chance against a German (or Japanese) surface raider, when escorting convoys in the Indian Ocean?