Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Escort Destroyers

Also searchable as Destroyer Used as an Escort, Destroyers Used as Escorts.

Related time notes

  1. The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)
    1:37:49Asahi-class escorts and the case for looking at 13DDXChapter
  2. The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)
    1:48:02Fleet concepts and the financial case for medium escortsNotable Point
  3. How many Warships does your Navy need?
    38:57A proposed lower tier of large uncrewed escortsNotable Point
  4. Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?
    32:09One sloop lineage produced Black Swans and HuntsNotable Point
  5. Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?
    33:14The River class revived frigate as an ASW escort nameChapter
  6. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    6:02:24The leading destroyer-escort candidatesQ&A
  7. Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List
    25:51The screen's duty to absorb attacks meant for capital shipsNotable Point
  8. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:51:34Could Greyhound plausibly serve off Normandy and in the Pacific?Q&A
  9. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    22:55Were FRAM destroyers really frigates?Q&A
  10. Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...
    41:21The Hunt-class stability problem in contextQ&A
  11. Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…
    40:37The continuing demand for specialized escortsChapter
  12. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    1:01:29Churchill's early shipbuilding pause and the cost of lost momentumNotable Point
  13. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    3:32:06Why the Type IV Hunt destroyers stopped at twoQ&A
  14. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    3:37:12The conditional Type IV Hunt follow-on batchQ&A
  15. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    4:07:01How larger destroyer limits enlarge Hunts and sloopsQ&A
  16. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    1:06:42A source for destroyer equipment delaysQ&A
  17. The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 3
    0:37Why the Hunt class were escort destroyersChapter
  18. The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 3
    3:23The Royal Navy's seven-layer escort ladderNotable Point
  19. The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 3
    33:46Why transferring shipyard workers could delay escortsNotable Point
  20. The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 3
    1:07:03How crews adapted the rugged Hunt designChapter
  21. Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years
    52:53The prewar design timeline of the Hunt and Flower classesNotable Point
  22. Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)
    6:26Coastal convoys and the escort raceNotable Point
  23. US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response
    6:13Why US cruisers relied on speed, screens, and fleet supportNotable Point
  24. The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century
    1:08:58Wolf packs versus the Atlantic escort systemChapter
  25. HMCS Haida & The Tribal Class: Always Service
    1:02:26Cayuga from Korea to early NATO exercisesChapter
  26. HMCS Haida & The Tribal Class: Always Service
    1:24:38Haida's conversion into a stronger air-defence shipNotable Point
  27. Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 12
    1:17:16Admiralty micromanagement on the Broad FourteensNotable Point
  28. Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 12
    1:27:38The Cressy disaster, hindsight, and the escort lessonNotable Point
  29. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    3:07:39British Escort Destroyers is a guide to Hunts, Towns, and conversionsNotable Point
  30. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    3:13:54The Hunt class was a true escort; US ships remained light fleet destroyersQ&A
  31. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    3:27:12The overlooked U-class submarines and Hunt-class escortsQ&A
  32. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    1:21:30Hunt-class escorts and adapted V and W destroyersNotable Point
  33. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers
    8:35Hunt-class destroyers as dedicated escortsChapter
  34. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers
    9:06The unresolved escort-destroyer labelNotable Point
  35. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers
    11:27How 56 V and W destroyers filled three escort rolesChapter
  36. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers
    13:50V and W conversions and North Atlantic seakeepingNotable Point
  37. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers
    15:51How treaty rules enabled heavily armed sloopsQ&A
  38. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers
    30:02Small escorts as adaptable wartime platformsNotable Point
  39. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates
    22:38Hunt destroyers and adapted V and W escortsNotable Point