The Drydock - Episode 157 (Live Segment) - 31st July 2021

[@Norbert_Sattler]

5:24 Water jet propulsion in Auvery (?) series 7:50 In 43' Hitler is assasinated, Germany and Italy negotiations a peace with Britain and USA. How does this affect the Pacific? 11:50 What if the three other Admirals had been completed? 16:27 What if the US Forces at Samar were what the Japanese thought they are 18:38 What if Germany took Malta early in the war via paradrop attack 21:36 What is the least powerful warship of any period that could replace the British fleet at Trafalgar and win? 24:12 When did metal decks replace wooden ones? Who was first? Why was it done? 26:19 Surcouf does not disappear 29:19 What if the QEs had been built with small-tube boilers 35:48 Putting an Iowa into a pool of mercury 36:58 QEs with more modern King George V turrents and mountings for their 15" 40:58 Fermilab, it's naval armour plates and naval armour used for science 44:56 What would the British fleet at Alexandria done if El-Alamein had fallen? 48:06 What if the Japanese would have committed fully to any of their large actions instead of trying to be sneaky 52:36 1935 redesign a BB into an AA ship 56:43 Design a 1930s navy for a small and rich Pacific Island nation 1:02:30 Let's play of Rule the Waves 2 1:05:03 How useful would aircraft deployed smokescreens have been against the Japanese? 1:06:57 On Richard Naval Airships 1:11:54 Is a classification realignment for warships necessary? 1:13:46 H.W. Wilson wrote about a war between Britain and Franco-Russian Alliance around 1900. How would this war develop? 1:16:48 Iowa and Vanguard designed with future knowledge for post-war service 1:20:28 Could an Iowa or a surfaced modern submarine tow an Age of Sail frigate without detroying it? 1:21:38 accidentally duplicated question that's already been answered 1:23:08 Telepathically commanding animals to attack Age of Sail ships 1:25:42 Battle of Denmark Straight but replace British with three Alaskas 1:27:53 What is a "Sternhook for Admiral's personal barge"? 1:29:50 Early Helicopters and their use in naval settings 1:32:11 More on Sternhook 1:27:53 1:32:29 If you could choose a German WW1 raider to capture the vessel you are on, which one and why would it be SMS Seeadler? 1:33:35 Early WW2 dreamfleet 1:37:52 Specialized Japanese ship for Guadalcanal campaign with future knowledge 1:39:34 Midway is a disaster with all US CV lost and all JP CVs surviving. Drach replaces Nimitz 1:44:16 Admirals Fisher, King and Rozhestvensky plus a "Bismarck was the greatest warship ever built" people locked in a room 1:47:41 1936 German and Japanese exchange program: Synthetic oil refinery for ships 1:52:40 What if WW2 in Pacific for the Royal Navy starts with a surprise attack in Singapore 1:58:40 What if the Pearl Harbour attack force was spotted 3 to 4 hours before launch 2:01:37 1930s French civil war makes France fascist 2:05:14 What if Hornets flight group doesn't go awry for a bit 2:06:36 As response to Hood each signatory is allowed one equivalent ship 2:10:42 What if the US had better search radar at the start of Guadalcanal 2:12:08 Military ghost ships post Age of Sail 2:13:03 Did type of shell affect range? 2:14:25 Thoughts in the supposed 6th QE actually being a completely different ship 2:19:25 Lexington BC vs Admiral and favourite ocean liner or passengaer ship 2:21:05 Automatic mode of USS Franklin's 5" 2:25:15 Victor Davis Hanson's opinion on Yamamoto being a bad strategist 2:27:37 Taskforce 58 vs reinforced Kido Butai 2:30:10 Tirpitz with Bismarck instead of Prinz Eugen 2:30:48 Samoa crisis of 1888. Had the typhoon not occured and they came to blows, which side would have won? ____Super-chat questions____ 2:35:09 It’s June 1938 and Emperor has instructed the IJN to overhaul one aspect of the navy and has chosen you to decide what to change. Which do you change? 2:37:36 How old is Drach 2:37:56 "Heavy Destroyer" continued later, probably tomorrow

[@Norbert_Sattler]

I can't even edit the first comment to take any text out oO.... anyway, here's the rest of the list 2:42:24 If Tsushima ended in a closer Japanese victory would they still have adopted the Kentai Kessen? 2:44:00 Any plans to write a book? 2:50:10 In WW1, WW2, and the interwar years were guns or torpedoes more important for destroyers and cruisers respectively? 2:52:38 Bomb- and shellhits down the smokestack 2:54:34 Top seven naval battles in which you'd like to see Godzilla wreak havok on everybody 2:56:17 If the British Trafalgar fleet is replaced by Johnston, Captain, By Joe(?) or Kamchatka, which produces the most interesting results? 2:57:55 What if Crete hadn't been captured in WW2 3:00:00 Vought XF9-U 3:03:12 Dec 1942, Japan strikes Pearl Harbour one year later and finds California, Washington and North Carolina along with Yorktown and Hornet 3:04:40 Royal Navy acticity during British civil war 3:06:28 Were there any sports that some navies facilitates more than others? 3:07:56 The USN used some old subs in WW2 that could only use the MK10 instead of the MK14 torpedo. Did that help them in any encounters? 3:09:14 Was there a special type of boat for racing? 3:09:26 If 10 to 12" mainguns had remained common, would there have been auto-loading variants in the 30s? 3:10:45 Opinion on the large battles of the first, second and third Punic Wars 3:13:28 Would Australia or the Dutch have been able to modernize Tiger like Renown was or better? 3:14:55 Door-closing mechanisms to rapidly seal off sections of a ship 3:15:50 What about New Zealand getting Tiger 3:17:05 1935, Japan decide to build a force to attack the US West Coast directly. What would they need? 3:19:17 1945 super destroyer/cruiser/battleship/carrier 3:23:21 If you were King of Nimitz, how many typhoons would you permit Halsey to drive through before firing him? 3:25:05 If Russia won Tsushima and the war, would their WW1/2 Navy have been more formidable? 3:26:56 British BB and BC seem to have the peculiar luck/misfortune of one of each class being lost. Thoughts? 3:28:53 Top 5 coffee table naval history books 3:31:04 How were civilian ships requisitioned by the admiralty? 3:32:48 Why didn't they go beyond 38 calibre for 5" guns in WW2? 3:35:12 Yamato vs gun-based fleet, British edition 3:37:53 What if Tsesarevich wasn't hit in the bridge in the Battle of the Yellow Sea 3:38:46 Why would you fight a night action against the Japanese? (in regards to 3:35:12) 3:40:03 Would a delay of WW2 mean that more post-treaty BBs and Super-BBs could have been completed? 3:41:54 If you could bring five historical naval officers back to life to serve their respective country again, who and why? 3:45:45 Which Naval Victory of the Axis in WW2 would have shortened the war the most if it was a defeat? 3:47:26 Are there examples of people who died from hypothermia being partially undressed in a naval context? 3:48:41 Visit by Vintage Car History: How many other KZbinrs have been inspired or adviced by Drach? 3:49:48 addendum to 3:45:45 3:50:23 Should the Type-83 destroyers be called Hood class? How many VLS should it have? 3:51:12 Frigate commander and East Indiamen fooling the French with a quick paintjob. Was visibility that bad for this to work? 3:53:32 Omaha vs WW2 German CL 3:55:08 Opinion on wreck of HMS Orpheus ____Live-Chat Questions____ 3:56:22 If WW1 didn't happen and a QE Agincourt with small tube boilers and 18" guns had been built, would it have a greater effect than Dreadnought? 3:58:33 Intro music 3:59:15 How would a large cargo-hatch affect a sub? 4:00:59 Where can one buy an AA-gun or small turret of WW2? 4:01:47 Drach in charge of procurement and construction of carriers in June 1944 4:06:19 Were spotters specialized personell? 4:07:44 Type-31 weapons 4:08:45 How effective would a König class have been, refitted like the Italian BBs? 4:10:06 Why does it seem like US heavy cruiser development took so long? 4:11:45 What if the leaders of the Japanese Navy and Army had a Katana duel in 1940 4:12:29 Could a Königsberg defeat a York? 4:12:44 Why didn't the scout cruiser concept work? What would it take to make it work? 4:15:42 U-571 video 4:19:06 Why did Germany use Schleßwig Hollstein for the attack on Poland and not a Scharnhorst? 4:20:20 Any black people in the Royal Navy in WW2? 4:20:35 Can you join Nebula and put the video there? 4:23:39 British vs Fench cruiser sub in a gun-fight? 4:24:26 Did any surface ship other than Emden ever score a hit for sure with an underwater tube? 4:26:34 How flawed was the T-Class sub? 4:27:50 Follow-up on question on Glorious First of June: Would you have hunted down the grain convoy? 4:29:24 If WW2 does not happen and congress underfunds the USN like usual, can Japan take and keep the Phillipines later?

[@shadowfox8748]

You sir are a good person

[@hothoploink1509]

@@Norbert_Sattler The hero we needed, thanks a lot! :)

[@VintageCarHistory]

You are a great man! I'll subscribe to your channel for this effort!

[@tamlandipper29]

@@VintageCarHistory Well said, sir. I have followed your lead.

[@phluphie]

Holy mackerel! 10 HOURS of Drydock! We are truly blessed.

[@VintageCarHistory]

It is true! Drach's channel is inspiring! Though it was about 6 months between my first talking with Drach about a channel and my first episode going live, His methods, presentation and wisdom were crucial to how I modeled my own channel. I still have some Irn Bru...

[@EricDKaufman]

Vintage Car History done in the method of Drach?!!?!?!? You just earned a sub.

[@benhall7574]

Man I love Drach's Drydocks! These are some of my favorite parts of the week!

[@misterbaker9728]

Just found channel couple days ago. I’m 44 and I’m in good old Cleveland OH. Smoking a number and really enjoying your content.

[@Michael_OBrian]

Thanks for answering my questions Drach! 2:35:09 It’s June 1938 and Emperor has instructed the IJN to overhaul one aspect of the navy and has chosen you to decide what to change. Which do you change? 2:50:09 In WW1, WW2, and the interwar years were guns or torpedoes more important for destroyers and cruisers respectively?

[@hmshood1757]

I see you for the 1st time!!! 😊 Greetings from the bottom of the Denmark Strait! :D

[@adenkyramud5005]

Guten Tag Hood! Is it exploding time again?

[@adenkyramud5005]

I guess your edit answered that question, enjoy your stay down there xD

[@lmm]

You sound like you were lucky going through colchester if you hit roadworks! It's the only town we've ever known where the roadworks are more effective at moving traffic than the finished product they're building!

[@nichtvorhanden5928]

Thanks for the great live stream and your great content in general.

[@GARDENER42]

Roman navy in the Punic Wars: "Tis but a flesh wound..."

[@TheAngelobarker]

4 hours WOW! look forward to listening to this while flying Wt sim.

[@davidrobinson4553]

PLEEEEAAASE Do the Drach Style book with an Audio version or Large Print, the eyes are going due to Old Age and illness taking it's toll, your back catalogue has been a Godsend these last few weeks 👍🤕🇬🇧

[@nozdormu89]

"Super Destroyer" Sounds like a human weapon right out of a Classic Godzilla movie.

[@ricklotter]

It would obviously have been armed with the oxygen destroyer for a weapon. :-)

[@ricklotter]

Best luck with the copyright strike. I love your content, and listening to all - I repeat, ALL - of your videos while working from home over the covid period kept me sane. THANK YOU!

[@sawyerawr5783]

the question of the fleet for the fictional 1930 nation: TBH I spent more time on this than I should've, but I thought the idea was interesting so I rolled with it. BBs...well, I cheated a bit and went with Hood, eight of them, with a pair of Lexington CVs. my whole Idea was I need to dictate the terms of the engagement, so if I can get Hood (or better yet something like her 3 half sisters) so much the better. the carriers are crammed full of nothing but fighters...my strike element is on the island itself. ight cruisers...from memory the Deutschland/Lutzow commissioned in 1929, so technically I think she counts. go with eight those for my entire cruiser screen, save for four British E class CLs for their torpedo battery. if the Lutzows dont count, then yeah, go Counties or maybe an Indianapolis screen. My whole theory with the Panzerschiffe was that I need to put down the enemy cruisers quickly before they start filling me up with Long Lances. For DDs I went with two dozen E-I series DDs from the brits, but with a twist in there of eight French "Super DDs" Of the period with those big guns. again, my whole Idea is to win the gun fight with the Destroyer screen quickly.

[@christianraphael4231]

hey drach, regarding the question for the inland nation trying to protect against Japan with pre 1930 designs. What about the Deutschland-Class as heavy cruiser. Design date was 1928 iirc. wouldnt they be the possible best available in that category? Keep up that great content! Really enjoying it!

[@richardanderson2742]

Since 10% of the known world coal reserves at the time were wholly within northern China and Mongolia (then occupied by Japan), Japan would have had as much coal as they wanted.

[@cp1cupcake]

"It’s June 1938 and Emperor has instructed the IJN to overhaul one aspect of the navy and has chosen you to decide what to change. Which do you change?" I'd change the desire to attack the allies. Might even think of pulling out of China.

[@dck578]

One naval question I've never been able to find the answer to in print or online regards the Italian cruisers. I've read a number of times about dispersion problems with turrets with four guns which was attributed to the closeness of the guns to each other. Taking the Zaras as an example but this trait appears on earlier Italian cruisers, why were the guns in their two-gun turrets placed so close to each other. No other navy designed its turrets like this, so is there any advantage to be gained by this constructions considering the dispersion problems?

[@CTXSLPR]

USS Louisville donated it's turret as a mount for optics in above ground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site. There were some 12in+ gun barrels turned into shielding chambers for radiation research. A US lab had the entire stockpile of spare 16in-50 (20's style) for weird experiments I saw come up on the intergovernmental transfer list 2yrs ago. The 16in-50s aside the rest of it was for reasons of what is known as "bomb carbon" increasing the radiation background of the steel as well as the uptake of Co-60.

[@kitsune9726]

40:58 Armor plate at a rifle range: Not a good idea. when I was at NAS Keflavik 45 years ago we had an indoor pistol range. It was 25 yards long with a piece of armor plate at a forty-five degree angle as a backstop. It handled hardball .38 S&W and .45 ACP rounds just fine, but then somebody showed up with a .357 magnum. It spalled a divot about 1-1/4 inches across in the plate. It wasn't deep, perhaps a quarter inch, but that lane was closed down until it could be filled and ground flat again. A high power rifle round would likely also cause damage.

[@jonathan_60503]

About the wooden decks. As I understand it the wood required a fair bit of maintenance, with plenty of crew time devoted to that; and I suspect its replacements required less. As crew added more and more other maintenance activities to do (like finicky electronics and missiles to babysit), and crew sizes dropped (and personnel costs rose), that may have helped push navies to look at alternatives to wood.

[@Duke_of_Petchington]

I think I might of confused you with the "delay" part of refits of the QE class BBs, it was for Barham and Malaya as they did not recieve the restructuring of the bridge and superstructure like the later refits of the QEs, also i thought the KGV turrets had faster traverse as well as 40 degrees of gun elevations (or was the elevation with 14" guns).

[@GARDENER42]

ETA Post WW2. Significant amounts of armour from the remaining sunk vessels at Scapa Flow were used to manufacture medical & scientific equipment where elimination of background radiation was critical. IIRC it's recovery & use was controlled by the government as a strategic asset.

[@princeoftonga]

I believe that the 250ft Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank uses racks from the gun turrets of HMS Revenge in its structure! Also although not technically battleship parts a steam rolling engine from 1905 used for rolling armour plate finished its working career in the 50s rolling stainless steel shielding for Calder hall nuclear power station!

[@Knight6831]

A copyright strike would mean Drach couldn't upload videos longer than 15 minutes wrecking the Drydock and not able to livestream for months

[@stevevalley7835]

On the question of if the Germans built synthetic oil refineries for the Japanese. Doesn't make much difference. You need a hydrocarbon feedstock for the plants to produce synthetic oil. As of now, Germany has 39,802M tons of coal reserves. Once Germany occupied Poland, they had access to Polish coal reserves, currently estimated at 29,687m tons. China has massive coal reserves, but the bulk is beyond the area Japan ever occupied. So, the Japanese would mostly be dependent on domestic coal reserves to feed a syncrude operation, a paltry 386M tons, 1% of what Germany had available to feed it's syncrude industry.

[@Knight6831]

hopefully we'll get the timestamps soon

[@dlscorp]

0:01 video starts

[@the_undead]

@@dlscorp this is the most underrated comment I've ever seen on any video

[@TheKingofbrooklin]

Hi Drach. I asked at 4:08:45 about the effectiveness about a strongly modified König class battleship. You rated it lower than an italian battleship, because of the smaller number of guns. But what about Königs huge armor advantage ? The König class had a thicker belt than even a Queen Elizabeth class.

[@Drachinifel]

It does have a fairly substantial maximum belt thickness, but on the other hand with few and relatively weak guns (even with new shells) it would need to close to a range against modern and modernised opponents where those ships with WW2 era AP shells could punch through anyway.

[@TheKingofbrooklin]

@@Drachinifel Thank you.

[@yobeefjerky42]

Looks like a fun one!

[@B1900pilot]

Not so sure about your theory espousing the outcome being worse at Samar had the US Navy had CV, CA and CL instead of the historical CVE, DD and DE battle groups respectively. I think that the Essex-class CVs would have given a preview of the Yamato being annihilated by carrier aircraft. Furthermore, Cleveland and Baltimore class cruisers would have made short work of the Japanese ships with superior fire control and radar would have made a huge difference in detection of the enemy fleet earlier as well as aircraft scouting from the CVs.

[@sugarnads]

Youre the clarrrrkssssonnnnn!!! of naval history

[@stevevalley7835]

On the 6th QE speculation: I doubt it would be anything with 16" or 18" or triple turrets, because I look at the spare Mk I, twin 15" turrets kicking around: 6 on the Renowns, 4 on the Courageouses, and 4 that ended up on monitors, total of 14, vs the 12 that can be explained by the cancellation of the three R-class. My best guess, if the 6th QE was anything other than a QE repeat, it was a prototypical Admiral.

[@kweibel]

Long time viewer here. Until recently i did not know that the Royal Navy had a fleet in the pacific during ww2. Could you tell a bit about this aspect of the war effort?

[@gregorywright4918]

Suggestion: "Operation Pacific" by Edwyn Gray.

[@Scoobydcs]

Howany apple salves did it take before you found the range and straddled them?

[@fouraces9137]

LOL glad it's not just me that thinks a lot of drivers get their license as a prize inside a box of cracker jacks :)

[@georgewnewman3201]

Highway Rant - sound like standard city/council planning

[@andrewszigeti2174]

I'd seriously consider suing for violation of fair use laws on the U-571 video. It's past time SOMEONE did. Copyright owners have gotten away with violating those laws for profit way too much lately.

[@rmg_lb]

Just a thought i Had based on my viewing habits, without any insight into youtube statistics etc: I tend to break down such long videos (esp Life streams and patreon drydocks) over days, sometimes a week or more. During this, i dont watch the newly released videos, instead i delay them until i finished the long one i started. I suspect that, should many viewers act this way, it might negatively Impact the performance of videos released afterwards. Maybe these long ones perform worse because most people put them off until they have more time. All i am saying is that it might be worth looking into this and try chopping the release up into multiple smaller releases, maybe Independent of recording. Best Case is i am wrong and every video performs admirely, because the content deserves it!

[@danhaas9730]

I actually really like long videos like this. I listen to it like a podcast while I'm playing other games on my computer.

[@adenkyramud5005]

@@danhaas9730 same. I listen to them all the time, again and again, because it fills my head with so much information that I can't think about much else. Which is really good if you're struggling with... let's call it terrible thoughts. Helps a lot.

[@gcut3912]

Question just out of the blue was the Pensacola class light or heavy cruiser

[@ovk-ih1zp]

When built, the Pensacola's were considered a "Light" cruiser by armor weight. The Washington Naval Treaty set the cruiser classifications by primary armament instead of by armor weight. That meant the Pensacola's got kicked out of the light cruiser (6" guns) to heavy cruiser (8" guns). This change did the "Pepsi's" no real favors. edit: Drac corrected me during the stream, It was the London Naval Treaty, not the Washington Naval Treaty, that broke up designations into Light & Heavy Cruiser by gun size.

[@Thumpalumpacus]

If the Americans at Samar were actually as the Japanese estimated them, i.e. cruisers and fleet carriers rather than DEs and CVEs, the Americans would only need to turn east and cycle the flight decks; the winds were easterly, meaning the carriers could both flee at high speed, and fly strikes too, without changing course. At 33 kts, Kurita cannot get them into range, while the big flattops will have better stores of torpedoes and AP bombs. Kurita will have a half-hour or so to surprise, range in, and cripple a fleeing fleet before they are out of Kurita's range, but still very dangerous -- 80 dive-bombers, 80 torpedo-armed Avengers, and a couple of hundred rocket-firing Hellcats. We're not dropping depth-charges or making mock-runs for this.

[@22NF2]

Re question at 2:52:39 - didn't the Marat get severely damaged when a Stuka sent a bomb down its funnel, or am I remembering it wrong?

[@princeoftonga]

41:10 I believe that the 250ft Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank uses racks from the gun turrets of HMS Revenge in its structure! Also although not technically battleship parts a steam rolling engine from 1905 used for rolling armour plate finished its working career in the 50s rolling stainless steel shielding for Calder hall nuclear power station!

[@loganmpe7559]

First Drach live I've seen. You don't look at all like the mental image I've had of you sir, not at all unpleasant though! 😁👍🇺🇸🇺🇸 Much younger actually!

[@cp1cupcake]

"Yamamoto being a bad strategist for attacking Pearl Harbor" I mean, what he said would happen if Japan attacked Pearl Harbor was pretty darn accurate and spelled doom for the Japanese Empire, so my gut reaction is to assume he wasn't. Being given bad orders despite knowing what will happen isn't your fault. Its like saying Beatty and Jellicoe were great strategists because of their actions in the Battle of Jutland as the Germans were still penned up.

[@andrewszigeti2174]

The modern tendancy to call cruiser-size and mission ships destroyers is strictly political. As in, politicians consider cruisers to be too expensive and totally unnecessary, so if a navy wants/needs to cover that role they need to call it a destroyer to get it funded. Likewise, frigates now cover the destroyer role, but have to be classified as the smaller ship because it's perceived to be cheaper.

[@DavidRinglis2]

Apparently scrap recovered from the German fleet scuttled at scapa flow for radiation equipment.

[@stevevalley7835]

wrt the scenario of all four Admirals being completed. Based on my reading, Hood, alone, of the four, was completed, because it, in conjunction with the two Renowns, were seen as replacements for the three lost at Jutland. In that context, completing three or four Admirals would require Jackie to have failed in his sales pitch to have the Renowns and Courageouses built, so the Admiralty would need three of the Admirals built just to make up their losses, and once that far in, may as well build all four, because they would be using the Mk I turrets built for the four R and QE class ships that were cancelled in 1914. The treaty put Hood's displacement at 41,200, so to clear the tonnage, an additional 123,600T need to be cleared. Renowns never built would free up 53,000. Roughly figure Thunderer and all three KGVs, a total of 91,500T, putting the RN at 559,550, still well over the quota of 525,000. If the Admiralty insisted that it was still at a disadvantage and demanded the Nelsons, then all four Iron Dukes would need to be scrapped. That would put the RN at 529,550T. The Japanese would demand 42,000T-ish ships too, I'm thinking finishing the two Tosas, as they were farther along than the Amagis. What would the US do? The US called the conference because Congress was likely to cut off funding for the 1916 building program, so the treaty offered the US a chance to gain concessions from the other powers before Congress stopped the building program unilaterally. Would the US complete three or four South Dakotas or Lexingtons, for parity? I wouldn't bet the rent money on Congress coming up with the money.

[@stevevalley7835]

Of course, if Jackie had been a better salesman, the third cancelled R-class, Resistance, would also have been reordered as a battlecruiser, using the three turrets that, historically, landed on the Marshal Ney and Erebus class monitors. Then, with three Renowns building in 1916, enough to make up the losses at Jutland, the case for completing Hood evaporates, and none of the Admirals are ever built.

[@Philip271828]

@41:50 Telescope #1 at Joddrell Bank is trained with machinery taken from two of the R-Classes.

[@alganhar1]

RE the question about people of Black colour serving on Royal Navy ships. In the Royal Navy ships at Trafalgar 22 recognised (at the time) nationalities served on those Royal Navy ships. That includes sailors from America, Canada, the West Indies, East and West Africa, Spain and France (yes you read that right), Prussia, Sweden, the West Indies, and so on, While there were 22 recognised Nationalities, the reality is there were probably 100 or so seperate languages spoken on those decks. This goes further, in the UK during WWII, there were literally riots between British Civilians/service personell against white US units trying to segragate British pubs, facilities and other amenities from the 'Black' American troops. For fucks sake, some of the best soldiers to ever serve under British Colours are the Gurkhas. In the Burma campaign the West and East African Divisions were VERY highly regarded by not only the Indian troops but also the British troops. Now, I am not saying casual racism did not occur amongst Brits at those times, it did, but in WWI all of the Black Combat Regiments served with either the British or the French, NOT with the Americans. In both wars the British and French were far more accepting of 'other colours' than the US military was. Hell, in the US Navy for much of the war Blacks were largely regarded as servants and laundrey/cooks. In the US Army Blacks were considered to be inferior soldiers right up until the point the Americans actually had to listen, decades after WWII. Because you know, Blacks had proved themselves actually fucking good troops given the same training and actually human..... Arguably Whites cannot say the same,and I say that as a white European, but then about 3.5 - 5% of my DNA is Neanderthal, about average for a White European (and by extension a White American), which means we are not entirely fucking human! There were literally towns and villages in the UK during WWII who preferred Black Americans to White Americans, because of the savage racism evidenced by the latter. And thats saying something. They literally rioted when the white Officers tried to segragate. So which of those nations were tuly about freedom? Feel free to spread the Neanderthal DNA around by the way, it REALLY pisses off White Supremacists...and I LIKE pissing them off!

[@cp1cupcake]

Confirmation: Lawful Masses is your lawyer.

[@timstatler7714]

In the US. Where to buy a tank, AA gun, etc. - Rock Island Arsenal.

[@georgewnewman3201]

2:25:15 Victor Davis Hanson's opinion on Yamamoto being a bad strategist Point 1 - The general staff wanted the war, Yamamoto didn't Point 2 - there is a saying that I have to paraphrase because I can't remember how it goes exactly: Military Planning can survive everything but contact with the enemy.

[@deanegoltermann155]

Stern Hook The stern hook, likewise, should be ready to jump ashore at once to make the stern fast. Both the bow hook and stern hook must be at their lines, ready to cast off and jump aboard, when the boat is about to get underway. They should never cast off, however, without orders from the coxswain. The coxswain frequently has to go ahead or back down on one of the lines to clear the landing. Lines should be kept neatly flemish down and the fenders rigged in when not in use.

[@stevewindisch7400]

If that is how they do it in the USN or RN, OK then. But most boaters know (and Power Squadron teaches), that it is wiser to loop the line around the post or stanchion, climb aboard holding the bitter end while the boat is still secure to the dock, then let the dock line go or flip it off when the order to cast off is given. No jumping=no chance of Fail ;)

[@jonathan_60503]

59:30 You'd really take Nelsons over the chance of having 6 Hoods? I'd think a navy of 6 Hoods and 4 Lexingtons would be amusingly silly.

[@georgewnewman3201]

3:23:21 If you were King of Nimitz, how many typhoons would you permit Halsey to drive through before firing him? Put Halsey in charge of a force charging at the Japanese fleet, putting him in charge of a war bond tour would be like Patton addressing the British war bond tour.

[@GARDENER42]

Hi Drach. Any idea what to do/who to contact to value the original manuscript & a signed, dedicated first edition of Dudley Pope's "The Black Ship"? I was left these by a friend in his will. Book is dedicated to a Polish WW2 veteran (not naval).

[@Drachinifel]

You probably need to speak to a specialist in rare books, ideally someone who deals with millitary/history books. Peter Harrington of London might be a good place to start :)

[@GARDENER42]

@@Drachinifel Thanks matey.

[@kaushiksheshnagraj7176]

When will your Q&A come.

[@davidbrennan660]

Great stream. The Continuation of the U571 nonsense is due to it being such a poor movie, they wish to save us from the mess, and mainly Drach would have torn it another one. Not really worth the risk Drach, it is already in the public whatsit how FUBAR it is.

[@flattblackcopper4558]

I can't seem to find FUBAR in the German dictionary. 😏

[@rackstraw]

Re: Admirals Fight: "Ching" Lee would just pick them all off from a distance.

[@sawyerawr5783]

*all three* "Why do I hear a 16in Naval Rifle traversing?" *Lee* "Nothin' personal boys."

[@steveamsp]

Bring back 5 Admirals from history and why.... 4 of the 5 are "For the lulz" Well played.

[@michaelcoulombe4319]

Hey drax can you do a video on the Montana class that should have been for the United States Navy I think that would be awesome to hear your comments on them what would have been the Montana class battleships

[@michaelcamp5998]

guide 118 USS Montana posted April 20, 2019

[@michaelcoulombe4319]

@@michaelcamp5998 thank you I'll watch it

[@adenkyramud5005]

For everyone thinking of asking auch a question the answer is yes, eventually, the list of videos that will come before it is incredibly long. He says that all the time xD

[@gregorywright4918]

@@adenkyramud5005 At the end of each ship review he posts a list of the ones coming up; put your request in the Q&A and he'll add it to the list if it qualifies.

[@georgewnewman3201]

1:39:34 Midway is a disaster with all US CV lost and all JP CVs surviving. Drach replaces Nimitz You're forgetting that the landing force arrives at Midway on 5 June with at least enough men to take Midway, the carrier fleet is able to beat of Saratoga and Wasp long enough to get long range land based bombers up on Midway. That takes Pearl Harbor out of the picture and forces CINCPAC/Pacific Fleet back to San Diego Main Side. US Navy not able to support landings on Guadalcanal. The Japanese get the airfield operational. This shuts down the last shipping lane between US/Canada and Australia. Port Moresby Operation is brought back up, goes ahead and is successful. This puts land based bombers in range to hit Australia regularly, and forces the evacuation of MacArthur/SWPA command, followed by the fall of Australia, maybe the fall of India as well and endanger CBI/Chiang Kai-shek/General Stillwell. This is where you can finally get back into the war in Pacific.

[@georgewnewman3201]

Oh, yeah, and more than half the ships sunk at Pearl Harbor on 7 December have to be abandoned by the US when Hawaii is evacuated, leaving them to be raised by the Japanese if they choose.

[@gokbay3057]

About that Godzilla question, my instinctual reaction was "Lissa!" Not like it wasn't already chaotic.

[@_JG__]

Wasn't there ideas to have the Japanese submarine float plane bombs to carry biological weapons?

[@TheInnacity]

hi drachinfel . can i suggest reframing , as you have so much dead space in the frame , use this guide line of 3/4 of frame filled with the subject : here you appear to be peeking over the edge kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZy9Y55pYtZ4f7c

[@operationaltactics1006]

1:25:22 You do realize that whales beach (today) because of the pings from submarines, right?

[@BlackMasterRoshi]

and geomagnetic storms

[@alganhar1]

Its a hell of a lot more complex than simply 'pings from submarines'. Truth is no one is entirely sure as Whales have beached even before the Oceans became so noisy, however, part of the reason is believed to be the general noise level of the oceans these days, not specifically Submarine Sonar pings. And thats the point, its the huge proliferation of noise generation in the oceans that is likely to be the major issue. There is a tracking app that allows you to track every ship currently at sea, and the numbers are staggering. Most of those ships are generating engine noise, and noise travels far further in water than it does in the atmosphere because of the greater density of water allowing for better proliferation of the sound waves. You would also be surprised at how much noise leaks from human activity in coastal areas, even if that activity is on land. A lot of this total noise is generated in low requencies, which a a dual problem for whales, as first most Whale species hear at lower frequencies than humans can, and lower frequency sound waves travel *much* further in water than high frequency sound waves. In short, blaming it on just submarines is a gross oversimplification. While they are part of the problem they are far, far from being all of the problem.

[@operationaltactics1006]

@@alganhar1 I know and I am One

[@theblacknid9030]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Iron Brew

[@timstatler7714]

Appeal The Strike.

[@TheAngelobarker]

Sooo what ur saying is the Romans were orks

[@bjarkih1977]

Here more on the modern time use of old battle ship steel and the market for it kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ7IapZ9jd6Mbq8

[@chloehennessey6813]

Thank you Drach! Can I please meet mrs Drach please please Pppuuhhhllease!

[@DefendUSA1776]

U-571 any movie stupid enough to hire Jon BonJovi is destined to suck!

[@BlackMasterRoshi]

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