Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Light Carriers

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  1. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    13:09The 10,000-ton threshold opens an uncapped cruiser-carrier routeChapter
  2. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    54:33France and Italy gain a politically manageable carrier optionNotable Point
  3. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    1:00:01A 13,500-ton category separates light and fleet carrier missionsChapter
  4. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    1:14:59Separate light carriers could replace Ranger and Wasp with more YorktownsNotable Point
  5. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    1:28:10Allied light carriers could complicate a cruiser offensive in Southeast AsiaNotable Point
  6. Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:27:54Supercarriers versus sea-control shipsQ&A
  7. What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)
    1:12:28What separates a light carrier from a fleet carrier?Q&A
  8. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    10:57Why a similar air group does not make a light carrier a fleet carrierNotable Point
  9. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    49:01Ranger shows the structural cost of a very light carrierNotable Point
  10. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    55:38How the London Treaty might create a light-carrier allowanceChapter
  11. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:00:35A twelve-ship force approaches Colossus-class capabilityChapter
  12. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:06:34Britain and Japan would lead light-carrier adoptionNotable Point
  13. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:07:33Overseas bases keep station carriers availableNotable Point
  14. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:14:04Light carriers could spread beyond the major naviesNotable Point
  15. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:15:37Small fleets gain local air cover without tying down fleet carriersNotable Point
  16. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:16:29Carrier spending still needs a country-specific political caseNotable Point
  17. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:21:51More carrier exercises could improve later decisionsNotable Point
  18. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:22:45Small carriers could widen Japan's shipyard baseNotable Point
  19. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:29:29Could a heavy-cruiser hull become a small carrier?Q&A
  20. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:32:08How many of twelve light carriers would be available?Q&A
  21. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:41:09Would cruiser aircraft operate through the squadron carrier?Q&A
  22. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:43:13Could ordinary cruiser yards build and crew light carriers?Q&A
  23. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:45:32What light carrier would Japan standardize?Q&A
  24. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:49:59How would Japan crew many more carrier air groups?Q&A
  25. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:51:38Would light carriers widen Japan's opening offensive?Q&A
  26. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:57:48How many jobs would the carrier programme support?Q&A
  27. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:58:02Would every fleet carrier receive a defensive light carrier?Q&A
  28. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:58:33What happens to French light carriers after the 1940 surrender?Q&A
  29. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:59:20Could Sweden operate a Baltic light carrier?Q&A
  30. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    2:02:08Would Stalin build treaty-era light carriers?Q&A
  31. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    2:02:19Does a larger carrier fleet make Churchill's pauses more defensible?Q&A
  32. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    2:03:30Could Britain fund carriers by cancelling cruisers?Q&A
  33. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    2:04:57Could civilian shipyards build treaty light carriers?Q&A
  34. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:03:05Export Harrier carriers and a wider sea-control fleetQ&A
  35. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:04:52Harrier and Sea King capacity on a small sea-control carrierQ&A
  36. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    17:26The sub-10,000-ton carrier escape hatchChapter
  37. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    41:53Cruiser carriers scout for dispersed naval stationsChapter
  38. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    45:32Small-carrier fleets complicate later tonnage limitsNotable Point
  39. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    48:22Serial small carriers accelerate doctrine and designChapter
  40. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    1:10:09Why Britain declined a Hermes-derived small carrierNotable Point
  41. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    1:12:28More competition in cruisers and small carriersChapter
  42. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    1:13:20Ryujo and the limits of a miniature fleet carrierNotable Point
  43. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    1:15:17Small flight decks as alternatives to seaplane carriersNotable Point
  44. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    1:25:51Small carriers as support for distant or poorly equipped basesNotable Point
  45. Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers
    1:03Sub-10,000-ton carriers as working fleet assetsQ&A
  46. Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers
    2:20Small carriers free Japan's strike-carrier tonnageNotable Point
  47. Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers
    3:26Working small carriers could displace Ranger and WaspQ&A
  48. Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers
    5:13Small carriers push navies toward multi-carrier groupsNotable Point
  49. Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers
    8:54Light-carrier treaty arithmetic and fleet tradeoffsNotable Point
  50. Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers
    12:29Dominion carriers complicate treaty limitsNotable Point
  51. Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers
    15:33US and Royal Navy light-carrier build pathsQ&A
  52. Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall
    1:33:48Why Saipan and British light fleet carriers are difficult to compareQ&A
  53. Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!
    33:35Larger Hawkins cruisers and treaty limitsQ&A
  54. What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!
    2:08Escort carriers as pre-war planningChapter
  55. What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!
    50:35Strike, fleet, cruiser, and escort carrier rolesChapter
  56. What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!
    1:09:45Why modern light carriers are not escort carriersNotable Point
  57. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    4:01What makes a war emergency carrier differentChapter
  58. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    6:45Carrier baselines before wartime shortcutsNotable Point
  59. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    14:00Hiyo class and Japan's conversion gambleChapter
  60. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    22:08Independence class as a flight-deck gap fillerChapter
  61. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    28:29Colossus class after the British carrier pauseChapter
  62. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    38:07Rugged light carriers that outlived their planNotable Point
  63. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    44:50Three-year ships built on a strong design lineageNotable Point
  64. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    47:57Saipan class replaced the emergency conversionsNotable Point
  65. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    53:48Available production shaped every emergency carrierNotable Point
  66. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    56:19A three-year label protected the fleet-carrier programmeNotable Point
  67. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    32:30London Treaty rules squeeze useful small carriersNotable Point
  68. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    36:45The London Treaty closes the Ryūjō loopholeNotable Point
  69. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    38:49A separate light-carrier allowance could reshape fleet rolesNotable Point
  70. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    1:25:50A light-carrier category invites wider changes to treaty limitsNotable Point
  71. Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!
    23:27Ranger and Wasp reveal the desired air groupQ&A
  72. Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!
    24:17Why an American LHD is not a complete fleet carrierNotable Point
  73. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    1:02:01Carrier size follows mission mathChapter
  74. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    1:09:40Carrier categories describe mission capacity, not just tonnageChapter
  75. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    1:10:46Were early carriers light fleet carriers?Q&A
  76. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    1:12:30US amphibious carriers occupy a supporting tierNotable Point
  77. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    1:13:15Was the US sea control ship concept ever built?Q&A
  78. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    3:15:32How larger light carriers reshape later carrier designQ&A
  79. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    1:14:27Treaty tonnage limits close off a Hermes-style fleetChapter
  80. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    1:20:06A larger Hawkins design reshapes the carrier treaty counterfactualChapter
  81. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    16:54Choose carrier type by the missions it can sustainChapter
  82. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    22:39Use an LHD as a compact alliance contributionNotable Point
  83. Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?
    3:12:20Why carrier numbers mattered alongside carrier sizeQ&A
  84. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    24:10Converting the Deutschland ships into light carriersQ&A
  85. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    35:36Could a 10,000-ton Ranger be useful?Q&A
  86. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    1:48:37Ryujo's second hangar undermined a viable light carrierChapter
  87. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    1:54:17What could six simpler Ryujo-class carriers have changed?Q&A
  88. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response
    41:17Joffre displacement and twin-engine aircraft feasibilityQ&A
  89. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    1:32:47Ryūjō tested the sub-10,000-ton carrier loopholeChapter
  90. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    10:46Chitose and Chiyoda show the logic of convertible seaplane tendersNotable Point
  91. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    23:26Treaty gray areas and planned escort-carrier conversionsChapter
  92. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    50:36Kaiyo as a useful liner-to-escort-carrier conversionNotable Point
  93. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    58:46Ryuho shows the difference between conversion intent and carrier qualityNotable Point
  94. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    1:56:18Block construction could reduce scarce slipway timeQ&A
  95. Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live
    14:21Chitose-class seaplane tenders as the better conversion pathNotable Point
  96. Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live
    16:19Prewar seaplane tenders as carrier-reserve preparationChapter
  97. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions
    43:08Light-carrier work and treaty carrier categoriesNotable Point
  98. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    1:20:50Taiho versus additional light carriersQ&A