Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Fletcher Class Destroyers

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  1. Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:03:44Why museum Fletchers cannot fill a frigate shortageNotable Point
  2. Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:53:35Would a modernised Fletcher still be a Fletcher?Q&A
  3. Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one
    0:00Allied destroyer production and misleading class namesChapter
  4. Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one
    1:08Quality had to include the ability to build enough shipsChapter
  5. Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one
    39:51A superior destroyer still faced multiple FletchersNotable Point
  6. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    0:19Delayed funding and the rapid construction of USS NicholasChapter
  7. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    1:43Prewar experiments prepared a destroyer for mass productionChapter
  8. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    3:00Machinery subdivision buys time for damage controlNotable Point
  9. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    4:05Surviving a hit and retaining a mission are different problemsNotable Point
  10. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    5:06Simpler construction can support quality and maintenanceChapter
  11. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    7:03An authorization backlog did not immediately produce shipsNotable Point
  12. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    8:09USS Fletcher gave the class its name after other keels were laidNotable Point
  13. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    9:05Fletcher guns, torpedoes, range, and machineryChapter
  14. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    9:59Crew recollections describe extra light antiaircraft weaponsNotable Point
  15. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    11:16Why Fletcher range figures varyNotable Point
  16. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    12:00Standardized ships helped the Navy absorb millions of peopleChapter
  17. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    14:25Patrol and screening duties require room for systems and crewsNotable Point
  18. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    15:29Single gun mounts and Fletcher crew working spaceNotable Point
  19. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    17:16Finding modern equivalents for the numerous general-purpose destroyerNotable Point
  20. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    19:03Destroyer numbers make layered fleet screens possibleChapter
  21. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    22:07New yards expanded output while experienced builders supplied the bulkChapter
  22. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    25:20The Philippine Sea fleet shows the scale of destroyer demandChapter
  23. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    29:04More Sumner firepower within nearly the same hull dimensionsNotable Point
  24. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    30:20Sumner complexity narrowed the pool of experienced buildersChapter
  25. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    32:41Sumner firepower reinforced a screen built around Fletcher numbersNotable Point
  26. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    33:27A fourth twin mount would change the Sumner's compromisesNotable Point
  27. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    43:25Would a Sumner-first program have produced enough destroyers?Notable Point
  28. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    54:09When choosing a smaller ship design helpsQ&A
  29. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:03:07The larger destroyer alternative to the FletcherQ&A
  30. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:11:16A useful destroyer range for Pacific operationsQ&A
  31. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    2:15:44Gleaves strength shrank sharply when measured as available escortsChapter
  32. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    2:27:33Fletcher production exposed the five-year destroyer backlogChapter
  33. HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars
    2:31Why Britain could replace its V and W destroyers graduallyNotable Point
  34. Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:44:07How a single rudder can turn a destroyerQ&A
  35. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    43:55World War II demands stable destroyer gun platformsNotable Point
  36. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:56:59A Fletcher derivative gave postwar Japan a familiar destroyer baselineQ&A
  37. Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...
    0:30Transferred US destroyers give postwar Japan a starting forceChapter
  38. Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...
    4:39Destroyer totals conceal differences in capabilityNotable Point
  39. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    1:09:22The design lineage from Fletcher to Charles F. AdamsNotable Point
  40. Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)
    2:15:35Akizuki and Fletcher destroyers: design and numbersQ&A
  41. Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)
    6:07Why a Flight III Burke dwarfs a FletcherChapter
  42. What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping
    1:26:44Flower and Fletcher illustrate different escort expectationsNotable Point
  43. What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?
    34:08Constellation grew from presence frigate to fleet picketChapter
  44. What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?
    36:17Flower corvettes: define the equipment, then find the hullNotable Point
  45. Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates
    5:22Constellation's mission and the cost of a smaller combatantQ&A
  46. Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates
    8:24Why Fletcher-scale capability needs large ordersNotable Point
  47. Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi
    20:23Fletcher and Flower: different ideas of a cheap warshipNotable Point
  48. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    20:54Why the US Navy had no direct Black Swan equivalentQ&A
  49. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    10:05:35Why the interwar US Navy built many destroyer classesQ&A
  50. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    2:37:46The production tradeoff between specialized escorts and fleet destroyersNotable Point
  51. Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:47:32Why seaplane-carrying destroyers failedQ&A
  52. Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:53:17How US warship transfers helped and constrained alliesQ&A
  53. What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?
    29:02Fleet destroyers and destroyer escorts had different jobsNotable Point
  54. What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?
    40:54Kinkaid had practical picket forces availableNotable Point
  55. What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?
    47:23The battle line Lee could realistically assembleChapter
  56. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    17:24The US Navy's precarious position before MidwayChapter
  57. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:29:19Tribal versus Fletcher destroyersQ&A
  58. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:53:38Fletcher and Tribal destroyers together in the MediterraneanQ&A
  59. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:14:47Fletcher machinery offers little to a Canadian TribalQ&A
  60. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:46:25Why pre-Fletcher destroyers came in many small classesQ&A
  61. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:19:04Why prewar US destroyers came in many small classesQ&A
  62. Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:04:25Could a Fletcher beat an early battleship with guns alone?Q&A
  63. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:01:37Torpedo-centered US destroyers versus gun-centered Tribals and BattlesQ&A
  64. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:24:54Finding the official record of USS Turner's lossQ&A
  65. 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
  66. The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 1941
    20:59When did the US Navy expect to be ready for war?Q&A
  67. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    3:47:12Designing a gun-based modern air-defense destroyerQ&A
  68. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    22:55Were FRAM destroyers really frigates?Q&A
  69. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    2:20:49Could a small free Korean navy survive the Pacific War?Q&A
  70. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    7:20:19The Tribal class and the general-purpose destroyerQ&A
  71. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    4:16:09Twin gun mounts and destroyer stabilityQ&A
  72. Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat
    51:21FRAM refits as a bridge to Cold War frigate doctrineQ&A
  73. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    27:51Why the Fletcher and Gearing classes needed no obvious redesignQ&A
  74. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    1:54:06How Fletcher-class destroyers compared with Royal Navy shipsQ&A
  75. Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle
    42:15Japanese limits meet American industrial massChapter
  76. Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle
    47:27The Fletcher succeeds as a general-purpose destroyerNotable Point
  77. Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle
    1:12:19The bombardment group enters behind a layered screenNotable Point
  78. Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle
    1:15:13Radar contact becomes a five-minute destructionChapter
  79. Battle of Blackett Strait
    1:49:03Clevelands and Fletchers form a fast raiding packageChapter
  80. Battle of Blackett Strait
    2:59:25The force resumes its main task and bombards Vila StanmoreChapter
  81. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    1:34:33Would larger destroyers survive Typhoon Cobra better?Q&A
  82. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    4:20:30Blackett Strait: a supply run meets a cruiser forceNotable Point
  83. Bruships 131: Battleships...
    37:28Tribal-class destroyers versus FletchersQ&A
  84. Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?
    44:04Four Clevelands and eight FletchersChapter
  85. Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)
    22:48Cleveland cruisers and Fletcher destroyers formed a layered screenChapter
  86. Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)
    1:11:51Standardized ships and practiced divisions sustained repeated attacksNotable Point
  87. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:18:32Why the Tribal class has no exact foreign twinQ&A
  88. Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer
    25:47How permissive destroyer limits would enlarge every navy's designsQ&A
  89. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    3:28:39Tribal versus Fletcher depends on the missionQ&A
  90. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    3:16:29N-class versus Fletcher in a destroyer gunfightQ&A
  91. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 2
    15:41Why a carrier escort needs both air and submarine defenseNotable Point
  92. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 2
    2:15:14Layered carrier defense in a simplified Pacific scenarioChapter
  93. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    1:31:37Should Japan have built larger fleet destroyers before the London Treaty?Q&A
  94. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    49:09Reading Tribal and Fletcher destroyer silhouettesNotable Point
  95. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    22:30Carrier force priorities: radar, aircraft, and escortsNotable Point
  96. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    1:05:18How competing missions jam a carrier deckNotable Point
  97. Bombardment of Ellwood
    1:16:09Operation Cottage and empty KiskaChapter
  98. Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers
    58:30Honolulu's night-fighting force and repeated torpedo survivalChapter
  99. Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers
    1:12:15A New Georgia bombardment exposes USS Strong to a Long LanceChapter
  100. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    1:31:10What Fletcher and Tribal reveal in personQ&A
  101. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    14:54A wartime carrier group against modern anti-ship missilesQ&A
  102. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 2
    1:03:16Could another navy's destroyers survive Typhoon Cobra?Q&A
  103. Bruships 80: Books From Travels
    2:24:10Why Tribals and Fletchers dominate destroyer comparisonsQ&A
  104. My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)
    22:17Why the Fletcher class suited the US NavyQ&A
  105. My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)
    26:53Destroyers must fit a navy's theaters and industryNotable Point
  106. My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)
    41:30Fletcher capability worked because America could build it at scaleNotable Point
  107. My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)
    45:52Akizuki development versus Fletcher evolutionQ&A
  108. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    50:19Battle-class destroyers versus Fletchers for West GermanyQ&A
  109. 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)
    1:12:58Fletcher-class numbers turn doctrine into capabilityChapter
  110. 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)
    1:18:19The Fletcher package for Italy's escort gapNotable Point
  111. Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?
    3:04:09The Sims lineage behind the Fletcher destroyersChapter
  112. Bruships 70: Travelling along...
    8:52Identifying the ships photographed with Missouri and AlaskaQ&A
  113. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    14:48Choosing destroyers for Soviet Baltic and Black Sea serviceQ&A
  114. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    1:32:37Range decides a Fletcher-versus-carrier battleQ&A
  115. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    1:34:00The L class as Britain's Fletcher counterpartQ&A
  116. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    38:58Task Force 67's powerful but mixed columnChapter
  117. Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.
    3:50:41Rate of fire matters in a Tribal-Fletcher gun comparisonQ&A
  118. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    4:08:30Why Britain would decline loaned FletchersQ&A
  119. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    1:55:04Why a Fletcher-class destroyer was too small for useful aircraft launchesQ&A
  120. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond
    40:50John Opie's destroyer career reaches a documentary gapNotable Point
  121. Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car
    1:54:54Sumner versus Fletcher as a destroyer designQ&A
  122. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    34:26Johnston and Haida as kindred fighting destroyersQ&A
  123. Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?
    1:38:42Modern guns can demand more hull than an old destroyer hasQ&A
  124. Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:03:56Why the Fletcher fit US Pacific doctrineQ&A
  125. Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:34:21Why Fletcher is the favorite US Navy destroyerQ&A
  126. Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:37:22Why Fletcher suited the US Navy but not the Royal NavyQ&A