The Drydock - Episode 067

00:00:18 - Channel Admin

00:02:36 - Tumblehome design

00:11:07 - Would the Japanese have been better served at Guadalcanal with their light carriers over Hiei and Kirishima?

00:15:04 - Pre-dreadnought fortress at Gallipoli

00:22:07 - Edinburgh or Cleveland?

00:35:36 - Norweigian Coastal Defence ships

00:38:58 - Why was Derrflinger so tough?

00:42:53 - Henry Grace a Dieu vs Great Michael

00:50:39 - Rocket / Missile tech set back a couple of decades?

00:58:07 - Were the Atlanta and Dido class CLAA’s a good idea in retrospect? Did any Dido’s get used in surface actions like the Atlanta (to her detriment)?

[silentotto]

Speaking of storms... I knew a guy who was serving on a destroyer with the 3rd fleet in the Philippine Sea, when Halsey infamously ran into the typhoon in December of '44. He said he knew they were really in the shit when he looked over the side of his destroyer as they crested a wave and was staring down at the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.

[blaxson]

Urgent for USA Trip! Kamchatka reports under attack by IJN torpedo boats in the America heartland!

[mattblom]

Part of me thinks 19th/early 20th century French battleship designers took a DeLorean round trip to 2019. Saw World of Warship's ships for the Halloween steampunk special missions, and said "Oui, lets make those."

[admiraltiberius]

Amazing work as always Drach....love what you do.
I love the Iron Dog herself. A fantastic nickname for a fantastic warship.
Its always fascinated me how certain ships just seem to exceed their design specifications and can be so tough and durable.

[kyle]

Modern cruise ships blow my mind with how they are almost completely superstructure.

[jamesricker]

You forgot to mention that at Guadalcanal the Japanese battleships got lucky because none of the 39 American Torpedoes that hit them exploded. Thanks to the incompetence of the US Navy's Ordinance Department

[eknapp]

Am I the only one who chuckles at the name Derrflinger since its job was "flinging" shells?

[StaffordMagnus]

Slight error at 32:30, you said Edinburgh when I'm fairly sure you meant to say Cleveland.

[spookyshadowhawk]

So tumblehome actually could have been described as tumbleover, once the superstructure exceeds the point of diminishing returns this design has.

[taivaankumma]

Always had a soft spot for Henry Thanks-Be-to-God ever since I first read about it way back in the last century. In any case, hats off to both Drach as well as the people asking questions. This was one of the best selection of questions – and answers – yet! Thanks!

[Bird_Dog]

Hey, thanks for answering my question, and doing it in such an extensive maner.
Most of that question has ben answerd in one way or the other in other videos as well as discussions with other viewers in the comments, but it is still great to have the information condensed in such a easily understandable and acessible package.

[ablearchervideo]

Regarding your opinion on the possibly short-lived future of the Fritz-X:

A wire-guided version of it with 16km of wire had been on standby for the case that allied jamming was successful. They did however never observe that the jamming was successful so the wire-guided version wasn't deployed.

In testing early '45 were a version with a tv camera in the nose and a version with a passive radar homing seeker that didn't need any outside guidance.

[johnfisher]

Great work as always Drach
I loved the comment about one of the reasons for Derfflinger's toughness was defective British AP shells. This is all too often ignored by those less informed but rabid supporters of uber German toughness.
Hope you have a great time on your US trip.

One warning I can give you is to be very careful when using US currency. Unlike Australian or British notes, theirs are all the same colour and size so you have to pay attention when using them.
Showing Aussie notes to US shop assistants their response was "Oh why can't ours be like that? They are so easy to tell apart"

[billbrockman]

I’d never heard of the Henry Grace a Dieu or Great Michael. What a treat!

[CTXSLPR]

Drach, when will the “Crushing Hand of God” depth charge, and “Giant Superstructure of Doom” merchandise be out?
Many thanks for the content

[ifga]

I spent a few weeks aboard an LST, USS Schenectady, in the early 70s. The manuals for servicing the twin 3" 50 gun mounts still had a drawing of these being used against attacking planes resembling Mitsubishi built units.

[BogeyTheBear]

When your ship is grounded, technically it's at the bottom of the sea.

[wrayday]

500 more tons on an Atlanta ... think about how many more guns we can strap Mount guns on the bottom of the hull incase she rolls over, that way we can keep firing when those break the surface!!!!

[bryansmith]

Just got round to watching the last half of this weeks offering Thank whoever for the question BUT absolutely stunned to hear you open a new path of my interest I was down in Dorset on holiday a few years back So decided to take the opportunity to visit Royal Navy Dockyard The Mary Rose exhibit "IS STUNNING" So to hear that Henry VIII had a bigger ship if it was in existence when the Mary Rose went down would help explain to question I have always had as to why this event did not have a more significant impact

[bigblue]

I did read that it was thought that electric razors would jam German radio guided weapons. It was thought they gave off a signal which would cause the jamming. You could just imagine the captain ordering his men to start shaving the minute a German bomber was spotted.


Whether it would have worked I very much doubt. But they would have been the most clean shaven shipwrecked mariners in history.