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Lexington Class Battlecruisers

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  1. What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?
    1:24:25Would Amagi and Lexington still be battlecruisers?Notable Point
  2. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    32:35Failed negotiations leave ships as bargaining countersChapter
  3. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    36:55Successor construction and pressure for 18-inch gunsNotable Point
  4. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    46:45American and Japanese carriers without compulsory conversionsNotable Point
  5. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    1:02:39A race for better ships within political budgetsNotable Point
  6. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    1:19:30Replacement arithmetic leaves little room for older battleshipsNotable Point
  7. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:30:15What delayed integrated electric propulsion?Q&A
  8. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    1:31:36F3 battlecruisers and the cancelled American capital shipsQ&A
  9. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    37:46The planned Lexington battlecruisers relied on speed for scoutingNotable Point
  10. America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class
    56:11The US Navy Scouting Force doctrineChapter
  11. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    10:57Lexington battlecruisers built with Hood-style protectionQ&A
  12. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    14:38Why Hood was not simply a fast battleshipNotable Point
  13. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:02:06Unbuilt ships and the drawing-board restrictionQ&A
  14. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:13:08Tiger-derived Lexington battlecruisers in 1915Q&A
  15. What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?
    41:56Five Lexingtons would create an American fast wingChapter
  16. What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?
    49:28Lexington-carrier pairs could create early fast task forcesChapter
  17. WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)
    3:20:18Would the United States still build Lexington battlecruisers?Q&A
  18. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:03:32An American Hood and the Washington treaty ceilingQ&A
  19. What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)
    1:29:07Number 13 and L3 designs against American standard battleshipsNotable Point
  20. Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart
    10:30Battlecruisers as the high end of Jeune Ecole doctrineNotable Point
  21. Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?
    1:24:45The United States could build Lexingtons and carriers togetherNotable Point
  22. What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live
    2:52:22Would the US Navy build battlecruiser-carrier task groups?Q&A
  23. Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...
    55:14US cruiser scouts locate targets for the battle forceChapter
  24. Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers
    35:18Lexington-class ships split across capital-ship rolesQ&A
  25. Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships
    19:00Would German battlecruisers redirect U.S. design?Q&A
  26. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    26:57US Navy priorities without the Washington Naval TreatyQ&A
  27. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    9:50Lexington battlecruisers as large scouting cruisersQ&A
  28. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    11:41Akagi's strength versus Béarn's value before carrier conversionQ&A
  29. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    2:50:39Designing a 35-knot Lexington-style battlecruiserQ&A
  30. Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:37:38Four carrier conversions under a looser treatyQ&A
  31. Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?
    56:01The least-developed Lexington hull becomes a carrierNotable Point
  32. Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?
    57:19Washington and the Lexingtons in the American compromiseChapter
  33. Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?
    1:00:00Lexington gun caliber trades range for protectionNotable Point
  34. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    48:12German technology sparks a naval construction boomChapter
  35. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    1:06:25G3s, N3s, and Lexingtons before a delayed treatyChapter
  36. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?
    37:58Lexington prompted new docks while British designs had to fit existing basesNotable Point
  37. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:09:56Why US battlecruiser and carrier names mixed traditionsQ&A
  38. Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:40:49Lexington class designed as an American HoodQ&A
  39. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    1:28:27Lexington's extreme pursuit of scouting speedChapter
  40. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    1:32:34A modernized Lexington could have become a carrier escortNotable Point
  41. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:55:18Could Lexington battlecruisers counter British 9.2-inch cruisers?Notable Point
  42. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:58:54A third Lexington-class carrierQ&A
  43. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:07:27A treaty exception for three fast capital shipsQ&A
  44. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:50:25More Lexington hulls and larger American shipyardsNotable Point
  45. 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?
    44:36The Lexington class supplies an electric-propulsion precedentNotable Point
  46. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    1:50:34Why Saratoga would have made a singular museum shipQ&A
  47. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:19:53Three Admiral-class carrier conversions reshape the treaty fleetsQ&A
  48. Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:03:53Why three smaller carriers could beat two larger onesQ&A
  49. Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:05:06Admiral carrier conversions and a different Washington settlementNotable Point
  50. Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:08:06Converting the Admirals or the Courageous classQ&A
  51. Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...
    2:22:00Were 16-inch/50 guns already available for the cancelled American ships?Q&A
  52. Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?
    1:00:58How Tillman-sized carriers could reshape WashingtonQ&A
  53. Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?
    1:48:18Why G3 carrier conversions would be conversions in name onlyQ&A
  54. Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?
    2:47:05A separate battlecruiser category at WashingtonQ&A
  55. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    4:47:04Why the US Navy delayed battlecruisersQ&A
  56. Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...
    4:05:41Treaty carrier conversions were compromises, not ideal carriersQ&A
  57. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    8:08:54Turbo-electric drive versus geared steam turbinesQ&A
  58. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    8:27:09The Lexington essay turned engineering limits into a historical storyNotable Point
  59. The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 7
    23:45Lexington, Iowa, and the capital-ship spectrumQ&A
  60. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    4:24:37A fifteen-ship US battle line would rewrite the treaty-era balanceQ&A
  61. Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'
    46:12American yard politics could reshape the Lexington programNotable Point
  62. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    2:26:59Lexington hulls and the value of an extra 1910 slipwayQ&A
  63. Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!
    3:43:43Why a larger carrier is not automatically betterQ&A
  64. Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers
    1:19:23Carrier categories spill into battlecruiser limitsNotable Point
  65. Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 3
    1:51:56Jutland's result redirects postwar capital-ship programsChapter
  66. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    4:25:13Canadian Tigers and the later Lexington classQ&A
  67. What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 1
    28:10Iowa's gun-weight dispute and the battleship spectrumNotable Point
  68. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    4:03:10Where the US Navy stood in cruiser power during the 1920sQ&A
  69. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    2:22Treaty conversion preserves the Lexingtons' Pacific missionChapter
  70. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    8:44Lexington began as a battlecruiser for information warfareChapter
  71. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    1:08:29A third Lexington conversion becomes a naval-architecture exerciseNotable Point
  72. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    3:21:42G3 or N3: the greater threat to the US NavyQ&A
  73. Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 1938
    23:41US Navy balance, range, and speed for the PacificNotable Point
  74. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    3:54:22The treaty allowance could favor Renown-class carrier conversionsQ&A
  75. Imperial Russia Survives WWI: A Patreon Requested Alternate History
    49:57Ship-by-ship limits replace fleet ratiosChapter
  76. Imperial Russia Survives WWI: A Patreon Requested Alternate History
    50:50U.S. naval procurement loses its political generationNotable Point
  77. Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty
    47:05A shipyard coalition decides which hulls surviveChapter
  78. Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty
    1:09:41Four Lexington conversions need more escortsChapter
  79. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:28:46Hull count does not equal operational availabilityNotable Point
  80. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    1:03:22Shipyard politics decide which capital ships surviveChapter
  81. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    1:51:28Four Lexington conversions create demand for escortsChapter
  82. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:02:46Navies would spend carrier tonnage graduallyQ&A
  83. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:04:07Four Lexingtons leave room for six enlarged YorktownsQ&A
  84. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    3:06:21Why G3 and N3 were not the Royal Navy's whole building planQ&A
  85. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    3:42:50How Lexington and South Dakota strained US dock capacityQ&A
  86. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    15:47American carrier doctrine breaks toward aggressive raidingChapter
  87. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    1:02:48How much lighter a purpose-built Lexington might have beenQ&A
  88. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    1:49:22Lexington battlecruisers as carrier escortsNotable Point
  89. Naval History Writing Competition 2023/2024
    16:56How Admiral-class carriers would reshape treaty tonnageNotable Point
  90. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    2:25:25A 1927 fleet swap gives America ships closer to British needsQ&A
  91. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    3:50:07Lexington, Hood, and G3 answer different battlecruiser problemsQ&A
  92. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    23:16Could surplus capital-ship turrets arm new cruisers?Q&A
  93. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    1:09:49Battlecruiser conversions concentrate treaty tonnageChapter
  94. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    12:16The treaty loophole behind small carriersChapter
  95. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    18:30Why cruiser and carrier roles conflictedChapter
  96. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    29:02Fleet exercises had already exposed the hybrid's problemNotable Point
  97. Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books
    2:42:31Why eight-inch guns were a poor carrier tradeQ&A
  98. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:45:20Converting Lexington hulls into fast supply shipsQ&A
  99. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:40:40Completing treaty-canceled capital ships would delay US and Japanese naval aviationQ&A
  100. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    19:09Five Lexington-scale conversions transform Royal Navy carrier strengthQ&A
  101. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    1:25:17A carrier gun battle turns on speed before it turns on gunsQ&A
  102. The Amagi Class: Super Kongos or Nascent Fast Battleships? - KSS2 S5 Comment Response
    15:32Possible successors to the 1920 South Dakota classQ&A
  103. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    41:23G3 and Lexington were designed for different fleet jobsNotable Point
  104. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    1:11:05A 12-inch Lexington would have a short useful lifeQ&A
  105. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    10:26Lexington as reconnaissance ship and carrier task-force guardQ&A
  106. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    15:57Why reconstruction could not easily make Lexington a fast battleshipQ&A
  107. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    17:48Why the boiler-above-waterline claim needs qualificationQ&A
  108. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    21:51Lexington construction could have accelerated fast fleet oilersNotable Point
  109. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    22:35Lexington's thin armor followed a Pacific scouting doctrineNotable Point
  110. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    26:13When aircraft displaced the battlecruiser as the primary fleet scoutQ&A
  111. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    52:29Lexington and G3 answered different fleet problemsChapter
  112. The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response
    46:33Lexington, Amagi, and G3 design rolesNotable Point
  113. British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    27:29G3 and N3 designs posed a fleet-distribution dilemmaQ&A
  114. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    47:21Did aircraft make the Lexington battlecruiser role redundant?Q&A
  115. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    1:28:19Why G3's armor did not automatically make it a fast battleshipNotable Point
  116. Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat
    50:08Carrier conversions without naval treatiesQ&A
  117. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    3:16:59Bringing Lexington under treaty tonnage during constructionQ&A
  118. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    3:34:29Why a late battlecruiser needs speed and battleship gunsNotable Point
  119. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    3:40:44Colorado's twin turrets in US 16-inch gun developmentNotable Point
  120. Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases
    3:37:04Completion percentages hid the Lexingtons' treaty advantageQ&A
  121. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    1:03:21Lexingtons as a US reconnaissance forceChapter
  122. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    1:09:05Congress, carrier conversions, and a US scouting forceNotable Point
  123. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    56:47South Dakota and Lexington as a fleet systemChapter
  124. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    20:40Why the historical treaty gave America no Lexington battlecruiserQ&A
  125. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    2:18:22America completes its Colorado and Lexington investmentsChapter
  126. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    2:22:12The Lexingtons as America's fast scouting forceNotable Point
  127. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    2:24:24Why America converts only one Lexington hullQ&A
  128. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    3:29:50How does America gain experience with large carriers?Q&A
  129. Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built
    13:47Which cancelled battlecruisers mattered most?Q&A
  130. Battleships of the Treaty Era
    26:36What the treaty stopped each navy buildingChapter
  131. HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 8
    44:04Three counterfactual tests for Fisher and treaty-era warshipsNotable Point
  132. Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties
    1:05:59The missed Lexington battlecruiser optionChapter
  133. Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?
    2:30:30The Lexington battlecruiser alternativeNotable Point
  134. Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer
    2:30:03The Lexington battlecruisers were not battle-line substitutesQ&A
  135. Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?
    3:29:28What a 7:10 Japanese ratio might have builtNotable Point
  136. Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?
    3:34:04Higher carrier allowances and a second Ark RoyalNotable Point
  137. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    1:39:45Two Lexington battlecruisers could guard fast carrier groupsNotable Point
  138. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    1:40:31How propulsion technology separated battlecruisers from fast battleshipsNotable Point
  139. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    1:41:22A separate treaty category would need a battlecruiser benchmarkQ&A
  140. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    2:01:49Earlier Alaskas versus Lexington battlecruisers alongside carriersQ&A
  141. Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 2
    59:51A Lexington reconnaissance-fleet counterfactualNotable Point
  142. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    49:52Treaty compliance often depended on creative accountingNotable Point
  143. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    2:28:45Carrier conversions depended on which Lexington hulls survivedQ&A
  144. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    4:12:43Lexington reconnaissance and the American battlefleet fistQ&A
  145. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    3:15:44Lexington battlecruisers would change the Doolittle Raid screenQ&A
  146. Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &11
    2:11Why the battlecruisers became carriersChapter
  147. Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &11
    7:07Why a battlecruiser hull suited conversionNotable Point
  148. Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &11
    11:12Treaty limits did not require eight-inch gunsChapter
  149. Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &11
    15:03Eight-inch guns versus flight-deck operationsNotable Point
  150. Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &11
    17:33Speed and turboelectric propulsionNotable Point
  151. Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &11
    33:20A six-ship Lexington counterfactualNotable Point
  152. Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)
    46:28America's oceans favoured a slower defensive battle lineNotable Point
  153. USS Long Beach: Comment Response
    15:37From an enlarged Long Beach to a strike-cruiser classNotable Point
  154. US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response
    0:51HMS Hood, Lexington, and the battlecruiser categoryQ&A
  155. US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response
    13:51Why Lexington's 8-inch guns were a poor carrier compromiseQ&A
  156. Building the Fleets for Jutland
    1:09:00Turbines exposed dependence on a wider industryChapter
  157. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    42:23A Lexington-Alaska fast task groupQ&A
  158. Saint Names for G3s & N3s
    10:39American warship names create naval heritageNotable Point
  159. Amagi Class Battlecruiser: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 5
    13:42Amagi as a high-speed information armChapter
  160. Bruships 111: Random Books of History
    2:45:38Lexington and G3 were built around different missionsNotable Point
  161. Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 4
    0:35Why the planned names signalled national purposeChapter
  162. Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 4
    3:28Moving the Constitution name to a battlecruiserNotable Point
  163. Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 4
    8:00Battlecruisers as peacetime presence shipsNotable Point
  164. Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 4
    12:22Scouting, information denial, and Japanese rivalsChapter
  165. Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 4
    16:00The speed and protection trade-offNotable Point
  166. Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 4
    17:49Comparing Lexington with HMS HoodNotable Point
  167. Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 4
    20:20A six-ship programme across American yardsNotable Point
  168. Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 4
    22:31Why the portholes in a later rendering may misleadNotable Point
  169. Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 4
    23:06Pacific employment and fleet-support assumptionsChapter
  170. Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 4
    24:18Why treaty survival would encourage heavy modernizationNotable Point
  171. Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 4
    25:34The capital ships that might have followed LexingtonChapter
  172. Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 4
    26:56What treaty limits removed from naval planningChapter
  173. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    48:28Lexington and Saratoga's battlecruiser originsQ&A
  174. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    52:08The early carrier as an information systemChapter
  175. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    53:27Lexington and Saratoga against treaty displacement limitsQ&A
  176. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    3:34:41The Scouting Force shaped U.S. cruiser constructionQ&A
  177. Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat
    54:09Why Lexington-class carriers carried 8-inch gunsQ&A
  178. Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.
    2:53:04A decisive battle favours fast battleships over battlecruisersNotable Point
  179. Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?
    27:18The revised fleet lists let every navy claim a victoryNotable Point
  180. US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect
    6:56Lexington carriers and the scout-force tradeoffNotable Point
  181. Washington Cheaties: Comment Response
    19:51Would Lexington battlecruisers have escorted US carriers?Q&A
  182. Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships
    52:12Nelson's treaty margin and the Lexington comparisonNotable Point
  183. Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty
    23:55Why Lexington's tonnage breach mattered more than cruiser cheatingQ&A
  184. Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty
    25:23Lexington's tonnage breach risked the entire carrier settlementChapter
  185. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    35:53Carrier ceilings produced fleets too small for reliable availabilityChapter
  186. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    1:17:28Lexington's precise tonnage claim damaged American credibilityChapter
  187. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    1:20:31A larger allowance could have paired Lexington battlecruisers with carriersNotable Point
  188. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    1:08:05Six Lexingtons require funding and provoke British constructionQ&A
  189. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    1:13:34Six Lexington conversions would not be identicalNotable Point
  190. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    2:18:42American conversions supply the case for three Admiral carriersQ&A
  191. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    2:23:35Lexingtons were the best conversions, but arrived slowlyQ&A
  192. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    2:32:53Smaller Courageous conversions bought more flight decksQ&A
  193. Bruships 88: Way of War
    31:32Would Lexington battlecruisers trigger a naval race?Q&A
  194. Bruships 88: Way of War
    36:15Why a light cruiser could threaten LexingtonQ&A
  195. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 64
    1:03:22Could the United States have converted a third battlecruiser?Q&A
  196. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    1:29:32Choosing one British carrier for the 1920sQ&A
  197. Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times
    39:44How Lexington battlecruisers could favour the Montana classQ&A
  198. Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today
    2:11:38Why cancelled capital ships resist confident rankingsQ&A
  199. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    2:02:49Keeping Lexington-class battlecruisers at WashingtonQ&A
  200. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    2:08:57Why the Lexington battlecruisers had a glass jawQ&A
  201. Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions
    1:10:55The unbuilt Lexingtons' 16-inch gunsQ&A
  202. Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions
    2:53:48How completed Lexingtons could preserve the G3sQ&A
  203. Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    46:52Lexington and Saratoga set the real carrier benchmarkChapter
  204. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)
    38:18Six British conversions and a six-Lexington carrier forceNotable Point
  205. Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine
    2:17:00Treaty displacement rules invited creative accountingQ&A
  206. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    27:43Lexington's protection keeps it in battlecruiser territoryQ&A
  207. Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    48:03Why Lexington and Saratoga carried eight-inch gunsQ&A
  208. Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    1:13:03G3 conversions versus the Lexington hullNotable Point
  209. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    1:01:39Lexington conversions and Japan's large-carrier optionNotable Point
  210. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    1:03:42Carrier scouting for a slow American battle lineNotable Point
  211. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    1:03:36The fast task groups created by completing the LexingtonsQ&A
  212. Bruships 69: The Decider
    2:10:15Changing carrier limits mattered more than closing loopholesQ&A
  213. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    1:33:14How America might answer five British capital-ship carrier conversionsQ&A
  214. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    1:38:57Why Admiral-class carrier conversions could avoid Lexington's problemsQ&A
  215. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    43:20Could Lexington's 8-inch guns serve as anti-aircraft weapons?Q&A
  216. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    24:08Which aircraft carriers were equipped for a surface gunfight?Q&A
  217. Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books
    1:02:22Treaty alternatives for Lexington, G3, and AmagiQ&A
  218. Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat
    37:34Why three Lexington battlecruisers would unravel the treaty balanceQ&A
  219. Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat
    5:08:52Admiral-class carriers compared with LexingtonQ&A
  220. Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…
    2:01:42Lexington class and the cruiser in battlecruiserNotable Point
  221. Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...
    20:25Answers to Japan's Tosa and Amagi programmesQ&A
  222. Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...
    1:59:07Lexington versus Amagi depends on controlling rangeQ&A
  223. Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...
    1:59:55Lexington battlecruisers in a Second World War roleQ&A
  224. Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...
    2:05:29Lexington traded armour for exceptional speedQ&A
  225. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    20:50Treaties shaped the carrier fleet that emergedChapter
  226. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:51:52How many aircraft could Admiral and Incomparable conversions carry?Q&A
  227. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)
    2:10:19Hood versus Lexington in a battlecruiser duelQ&A
  228. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    1:12:56If every treaty navy received two replacement battleshipsQ&A
  229. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    2:42:34Trading Lexington for Courageous and GloriousQ&A
  230. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    2:18:09Why Lexington's battlecruiser origins would not save herQ&A
  231. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    3:12:28Mixed Lexington carrier and battlecruiser task groupsNotable Point
  232. Some More Battle Cruisers
    45:24Lexington's turbo-electric drive pushes capital-ship technologyChapter
  233. Some More Battle Cruisers
    48:59Lexington's machinery and range suit a Pacific battlecruiserChapter
  234. Some More Battle Cruisers
    51:18Battlecruiser hulls made natural treaty-era carrier conversionsNotable Point
  235. Some More Battle Cruisers
    52:10Naval wargames need operational space for battlecruisersNotable Point
  236. Some More Battle Cruisers
    53:44G3 trades Lexington's speed for a ninth 16-inch gunChapter
  237. Bruships 44: Strategy
    2:39:58Naval intelligence used open information and professional accessNotable Point
  238. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    31:11Names for additional Lexington-class carrier conversionsQ&A
  239. Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes
    2:31:46A G3 carrier would have approached Lexington dimensionsQ&A
  240. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:14:38Carrier aircraft extended the battlecruiser's speed missionQ&A
  241. Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 1920
    1:42:17Jutland, anti-flash protection, and Lexington's light armourQ&A
  242. Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy
    1:25:45How the Lexington battlecruisers might have foughtQ&A