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Raymond Spruance

Also searchable as Admiral Raymond Spruance.

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  1. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    26:11Midway's broken contact and the shadowing problemChapter
  2. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    33:12From cautious pursuit to strategic reversal at MidwayChapter
  3. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:29:00How Halsey's flagship complicated Task Force 34Notable Point
  4. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:52:57Halsey and the Midway flight to nowhereQ&A
  5. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:00:25American concentration and Yorktown's 72-hour repairChapter
  6. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:01:52Spruance takes Halsey's carrier command at short noticeNotable Point
  7. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:16:53Command complexity made Japanese radio silence brittleChapter
  8. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:55:55Spruance launches without waiting for perfectionChapter
  9. The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 1941
    2:17:15Where could Nimitz serve if Kimmel remains in command?Q&A
  10. Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...
    3:10:52Halsey in a rapidly changing Pacific warQ&A
  11. Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral
    12:23Kimmel's possible return under a subordinate carrier commandNotable Point
  12. Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song
    3:11:39Spruance as the likely replacement if Halsey never reached the South PacificQ&A
  13. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    1:22:18Frank Jack Fletcher was capable but not needed in the main rotationQ&A
  14. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    52:18Midway's torpedo squadrons attacked without their planned escortChapter
  15. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    2:02:20Spruance's battleships as the fallback at the Philippine SeaQ&A
  16. Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat
    1:12:11Night action, wind, and initiative before the Philippine Sea battleNotable Point
  17. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    3:57:46Would unified command have changed Leyte Gulf?Q&A
  18. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:20:29Spruance and Vian faced different command burdensQ&A