00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:18 - Vice Admiral Thomas Tingley Craven and the USS Maine
00:08:05 - Impact of Greece/Crete on ABDA and the IJN advance south in early 1942
00:13:58 - Warships going for the Blue Riband?
00:18:18 - Are museum ships basically living on borrowed time?
00:22:05 - Do the minutes and draft agendas of the Naval Conferences (Washington, London, the Versailles peace etc) exist publicly?
00:24:29 - How many VIP quarters did Iowa have?
00:27:06 - Torpedo firing doctrine in WW2?
00:30:50 - Integrated fire control at the Battle of the Denmark Strait?
00:34:49 - Single biggest impact of a torpedo working properly?
00:37:02 - Were there any warships sunk in place and used as an ad hoc coastal defence battery?
00:38:34 - Royal Navy Gatling guns?
00:41:25 - Have you found pre-release copies or books signed by author’s by digging through used book stores?
00:43:41 - Why was the Kiel Canal built?
00:46:44 - When the Washington Naval Treaty was being negotiated did any of the contracting powers have a yard working on building a capital ship for any non-contracting power? And if so how what that handled; for the ship, the yard, and the contract?
00:51:09 - Coal bunker locations on Titanic and its sinking?
00:55:03 - How was it determined how long a warship's boilers could steam under forced draft and were there any notable efforts or technologies developed to extend time spent utilizing this speed boost?
00:58:22 - Why was HMAS Australia not more involved in the surface battles in the Guadalcanal campaign?
01:02:25 - Given the notorious inaccuracy of WWII level bombing (e.g. when bombing the port of Brest), how did the RAF score multiple direct hits on Tirpitz with Tallboys despite deploying relatively few bombers / bombs?
01:05:42 - Could I trouble you for some brief thoughts on the design and intended doctrine, for the Deutchlands, Scharnhorsts, and Hippers?
01:13:31 - You calculated that the 15" guns outside the IWM would hit Enfield if fired. What would the 14" MK VII naval gun at Fort Nelson hit if it were to be fired? Would it trouble the residents of the Isle of Wight?
01:15:52 - When a ship like the Warspite’s main guns were replaced after being worn out from firing, what needed to be done, and how long would a prepared shipyard take to replace them? Does the turret need to be disassembled? Particularly if the gun does not use a liner.
01:18:26 - Why were wing turrets used on Dreadnoughts after the introduction of turbines and Krupp steel?
01:23:36 - "They're not marines, they're naval infantry." Could you expound on the difference between the two within the scope of the channel?
01:27:19 - What makes a Chinese junk a junk?
01:31:01 - Ukrainian Navy in 1919?
01:34:29 - The Particular Service Squadron
01:38:22 - Was Bismarck capable of taking on multiple US standards or British Dreadnought-era battleships with a likely chance of winning? Or is the agedness of the older ships fire-controls overstated?
01:44:03 - Non-standard pre-dreadnoughts?
01:48:47 - G3/N3 layout, what are the savings?
01:54:50 - Why is bronze preferred for propeller blades?
01:57:07 - Operation Posthorn
01:59:55 - USS Enterprise's Admiralty pennant award?
02:02:08 - Why do you think Bismarck had exposed fire control cables?
02:08:55 - How returns from different radars of the same type on the same ship were differentiated?
02:11:48 - Merchant sailor on USS Langley?
02:14:08 - Multi-powerplant ships?
02:17:17 - Admiral William Leahy
02:22:36 - During WWII, was there any doctrine or orders for entering and/or remaining near a geographical location or in confined seas?
02:26:03 - What were the main breechblock types on the main guns of battleships from WW1 to WW2?
Part 2 - https://youtu.be/0GHOHzM4Sqs