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- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:07:22American tuna fishing and wartime food supplyNotable Point
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:24:58When is a navy larger than its country needs?Q&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:39:04Separating bow repairs from a cruiser's refit billQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:48:29Australian Perry upgrades and American fleet reductionsQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:18:14Arrowhead as a US frigate candidateNotable Point
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:34:17Royal Navy shock testing: components, simulation and fleet sizeQ&A
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!9:29Pacific distances make missile magazine depth a design problemNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!12:59Frigate-built hulls, sailing rates and overseas cruisingChapter
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!14:33American heavy frigates and the limits exposed in 1812Notable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!24:28Would calling battlecruisers frigates have persuaded Congress?Notable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!28:00American Cold War frigates as submarine huntersNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!33:26Arleigh Burke dominance and the burden of smaller allied fleetsNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:41:59Japan's 13DDX as a possible American design starting pointNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:47:18American frigate requirements include endurance and diplomacyChapter
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:51:34A useful frigate conserves destroyer service lifeNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII20:53Convoy defence and uncertain evidence of successNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII23:04Comparing Japan with Britain's early-war escort positionNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII59:05No. 1's loss and the air-cover requirement of small escortsNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII1:01:20A larger escort force and the Mark 14 counterfactualNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:44Why museum Fletchers cannot fill a frigate shortageNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:09:46Carrier age, repeated surges and delayed retirementNotable Point
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?53:56What would a modern destroyer leader add to Type 45s?Notable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one0:00Allied destroyer production and misleading class namesChapter
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one39:51A superior destroyer still faced multiple FletchersNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:06:20A $5 trillion US Navy: escorts, carriers and maritime logisticsQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:10:22Japanese flying boats and the payload needed for naval logisticsQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:11:21Nuclear shipyard capacity and alternative US fleet investmentsNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:32:18Political programme resets, shipyards and industrial influenceNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:36:45Paying shipyards to build slowly and retain unused capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:07:25Why British submarines did not need American fleet-boat rangeQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:08:46Comparing frigate and destroyer range across naviesNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:14:01Could littoral combat ships operate drones?Q&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:43:08Estimating a US destroyer's helicopter ordnanceQ&A
- China's Type 54 Frigate: Mass Production and Tactical Balance4:09Long production runs and lower frigate costsChapter
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...47:04Diesel cruisers, treaty limits and established machinery systemsQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:34Continuous warship production, costs and skilled employmentQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:38Saudi LCS or FFX: the mission defines the comparisonQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:32:16Flight I Burkes and the limits of an ageing middle tierNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:20FFX as a patrol frigate for persistent naval presenceQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:24:56Why Coast Guard deployment cannot cover every presence missionQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:30Matching an FFX patrol mission to the threatNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:39:48Which American ship design would be enlarged next?Q&A
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)14:16ASWF export suitability and US modification riskNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:21:30FF(X), naval presence, and the lessons of LCS and ConstellationChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:23:18Coast Guard role boundaries and the cost of Burke patrolsNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:24:41A cutter-derived patrol frigate for US naval presenceChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:31:39US destroyer identity and the limits of a patrol frigateChapter
- 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
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:41:17US Navy institutional habits and access to fundingNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:44:59Why a high-low fleet mix needs a middle tierChapter
- 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
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:35Why British destroyer orders differed from Clemson and WickesChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...4:45William Sims and wartime destroyer design learningNotable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:56:29US naval visits to Thailand and the 1833 precedentQ&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:01:22Carrier deployment choices and limited ship availabilityQ&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:01:08Flag-officer cuts and command layersQ&A
- What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?1:07:04American standard battleships facing a faster opponentChapter
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?1:12Two new battleships in exchange for four older shipsChapter
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?14:47Ending the Anglo-Japanese alliance changes other relationshipsNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?36:55Successor construction and pressure for 18-inch gunsNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?1:04:48Different national motives sustain competition in better warshipsNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?1:07:11Coolidge, naval aviation and warships as industrial ordersNotable Point
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings0:19Delayed funding and the rapid construction of USS NicholasChapter
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings1:43Prewar experiments prepared a destroyer for mass productionChapter
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings7:03An authorization backlog did not immediately produce shipsNotable Point
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings25:20The Philippine Sea fleet shows the scale of destroyer demandChapter
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings41:22American destroyer escorts and British Captain-class frigatesNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:05:10Conflicting aims in US foreign-frigate procurementNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:52A Flight 4 Burke with room for a larger shipQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:56:33An unrestricted British fast battleship and the gun-size raceQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:03:07The larger destroyer alternative to the FletcherQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:53A Polish Defiant order and American yard capacityQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:28Estimating a US Navy for simultaneous conflictsQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:16American ships in a Mers-el-Kébir counterfactualQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:00A mixed conventional and nuclear carrier fleetQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:00:23Bringing back Lexington and Saratoga as ship namesQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live53:27US Navy trainer economics and an F/A-XX predictionQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:18:07If the Pacific Fleet stayed on the American coastQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:18:15Why flawed warships can still be interestingQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:32:01German and American fleet imbalances before the First World WarQ&A
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?22:33How navies understate or exaggerate capabilityChapter
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:22Books for introducing young children to naval subjectsQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:19:31Iranian missile reports and US Navy standoffQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live46:12American and British obstacles to wartime ship productionQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live48:16American steel output racing shipyard expansionQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live49:20Precautionary overordering and wartime coordinationNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live57:44Could earlier American escort orders have eased wartime expansion?Q&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:09:30Nuclear strike cruisers as carrier escortsNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:49:16Why the experimental 16-inch/100 gun was unsuitable for shipsQ&A
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers0:00How the World War I destroyer surplus hid an aging forceChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers4:59The Oliver Hazard Perry comparison warns against ending productionNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers8:52Appropriations favored prestige ships over fleet escortsChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers14:17Farragut ended a thirteen-year gap in destroyer commissioningChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers16:45Japanese parity and Allied research shaped the technology raceNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers22:19Farragut paired greater range with British-derived machineryNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers26:55Porter turned the destroyer leader into a scouting weaponChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers27:22Porter machinery reduced the risk of an expensive restartNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers35:56The 1922 appropriation built naval aviation while destroyer work stoppedChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers37:46The planned Lexington battlecruisers relied on speed for scoutingNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers39:41Mahan and Corbett spoke to different naval audiencesNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers41:35Mahan restored domestic machinery development and Pacific rangeChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers46:59The First Cruiser Act modernized presence ships and omitted destroyersChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:03:12The 1928 Merchant Marine Act widened the Navy's experience baseNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:14:37The interwar lesson applied to modern US frigate designNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:21:29The Second Cruiser Act enlarged the fleet and left the destroyer gapChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:27:35Somers combined leader firepower with long-range flexibilityChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:34:14The 1930-1932 appropriations had to rebuild the means of constructionChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:46:25The National Industrial Recovery Act funded a chain of destroyer experimentsNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:56:01The Vinson-Trammell Act finally authorized treaty-strength replacementChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:03:42Benson made machinery layout a form of protectionChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:15:44Gleaves strength shrank sharply when measured as available escortsChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:21:56Design inertia kept vulnerable machinery layouts in useNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:23:53The Naval Act of 1938 authorized more than industry could deliver quicklyChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:27:33Fletcher production exposed the five-year destroyer backlogChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:34:42The 1939 appropriation met a workforce ceilingNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:36:58What four destroyers in each appropriation might have changedNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:03Armoured carriers in Operation Downfall planningNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:23How aerial torpedoes were adapted for shallow harboursNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:05Why steady interwar naval research funding matteredNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:11:01Restoring historic names to US carriersQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:03USS Permit shows the Porpoise class's demanding wartime tempoQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:06Keeping 110 ships at sea strains a much smaller supporting fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:35The Type XXI's postwar influence varied by navyQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:36Kido Butai waits for the US relief forceQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:18:08Forrestal retained internal lessons from earlier US carriersQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:23Alaska remains useful with an early-war anti-aircraft batteryQ&A
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class0:00The counterfactual starts with an early Alaska orderChapter
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class12:37Why the historical Alaskas arrived too lateChapter
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class35:32Why newly commissioned battleships could miss the next battleNotable Point
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class39:52How other naval programmes might reactChapter
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class52:26Earlier destroyer, aircraft, and factory ordersChapter
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class56:11The US Navy Scouting Force doctrineChapter
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class1:01:33A carrier-large-cruiser command pairNotable Point
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class1:03:53New Pacific escorts release older cruisers for Atlantic patrolsNotable Point
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class1:07:16How Alaska escorts change prewar carrier riskNotable Point
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs14:46FREMM modularity and the Constellation redesign problemChapter
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live26:14What happens when a fleet loses its nearby bases?Notable Point
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live1:23:47What Midway changed at seaQ&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live1:25:04Did Guadalcanal teach the US Navy logistics?Q&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live1:26:06If Japan had attacked the Savo Island transportsQ&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live2:33:11Ticonderoga began as a destroyer leaderChapter
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live3:35:48What followed USS Long Beach?Q&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live34:15Foreign frigate construction for the US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:52:10A newly disclosed US long-range air-to-air missileQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:13:34A ten-carrier fleet facing fifteen-carrier commitmentsNotable Point
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:47:03Why the C-130 is a poor routine COD aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:52:06The Osprey replacement creates a COD capacity problemQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:09:00A conventional carrier could expand US yard capacityQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:10:31Why renaming CVN-81 would create its own controversyQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:17:54The US Navy should have preserved low-rate frigate productionQ&A
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars2:31Why Britain could replace its V and W destroyers graduallyNotable Point
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars59:49US destroyer funding and changing requirementsNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:01:01The US Navy without an early Two-Ocean Navy ActChapter
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:05:10A protected Yorktown offers a different American carrier pathNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:48:50Would a Japanese Midway victory change the war?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:58:42Would an armoured US carrier improve the whole fleet's survivability?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:29:42More peacetime may not fix American torpedoesQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...25:36Carrier numbers, rotation, and crew enduranceNotable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...36:14Discussion of a fifth US public naval shipyardQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:04:55If Littoral Combat Ship modules had workedQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:58Would more missile cruisers remove the case for a BBGN?Q&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:28Why the US Navy keeps failing to build a new cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:59:42What became of the American multipurpose flying-wing drone?Q&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:59:57Why a Chinese-American naval war could escalate quicklyQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:29How 32 Zumwalts might have changed naval competitionQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:38:16How mature large uncrewed surface-vessel programs really areNotable Point
- ShinMaywa US-2: Seaplane for the Future3:50From Kawanishi to ShinMaywaChapter
- ShinMaywa US-2: Seaplane for the Future6:17Why allies value a small fleet with a specialist roleNotable Point
- What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)2:14:41How an early peace could change American fleet constructionNotable Point
- What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)2:20:11A shorter war without the historical naval treaty systemChapter
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live47:43Why Cold War ships still dominate many fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:50:38A much larger US escort fleet and transfers to alliesQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:38:55What a modern mass-escort programme might buildQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:39:41Nuclear warships require industrial capacity beyond the hullQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:57:34If the Zumwalt programme had continuedQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:49:30Why uncrewed vessels intended for LCS lost supportQ&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:17:19Japanese, Chinese, and US shipbuilding approachesQ&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:22:46Mercy-class conversions or purpose-built hospital ships?Q&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:39:16The US Navy's layered diplomacy problemChapter
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:47:39Counter-piracy and the US Navy's original missionQ&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:50:29A cutter-based frigate for US maritime securityChapter
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:51:40The proposed diplomatic role of a US status shipNotable Point
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:48Convoy escort and the value of a frigate's radar signatureQ&A
- Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership3:26Law, naval service, and secession in Semmes's early careerChapter
- Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership4:15Why the peacetime US Navy retained surplus officersNotable Point
- Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership13:39Semmes's later appointments and the Navy's view of political officersNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 26:44Taffy 3's escorts stand against a heavier forceNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 223:33An Americanized Hood in the US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 239:59A larger carrier fleet and Great Lakes AircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 29:28Naming a future US capital-ship classQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:08:51Would the proposed ACV restore a Western cruiser lineage?Q&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:40:59The case for dedicated US mine-countermeasure vesselsQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 22:26:15Why LCS and Type 055 are not peer designsQ&A
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)7:49How 21 knots constrained US standard battleshipsChapter
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)14:17How British and American yards refined each other's turbinesNotable Point
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)15:28What US battleship standardization left unexploredNotable Point
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)25:16Why naval leaders need mixed career backgroundsChapter
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)27:59Torpedo failures and the need for an institutional skepticNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)4:08Task forces predate their American numbering systemChapter
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)50:48Treaties met three different strategic problemsQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)53:33A task-force flagship trades staff room for information accessQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)56:02Three navies began with three different problemsChapter
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)59:28Sims linked officer education to the public case for sea powerNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:24:38Large escorts can raise the cost of contesting sea controlNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:30:03U.S. task-force doctrine planned for rapid expansionChapter
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:35:37Reserve officers gave Britain depth for wartime expansionNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:39:37Doctrine fails when experts assume their own knowledgeNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:38:19Electromagnetic catapults and the cost of reverting to steamQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:47:11Midway with Shokaku and Zuikaku would be far less secureQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:53:23Slow carrier construction also slows technical learningNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)3:03:21Presidential carrier names and the question of naval partisanshipQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)3:11:41Military service as a proposed test for presidential ship namesQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)3:16:43Presidential carrier names and congressional fundingQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)3:17:08Carrier construction pace and the supply of presidential namesQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)3:19:17Historical presidential names and debates over commemorationQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:43How a post-war Essex would move toward MidwayQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:15A US-German alliance after French support for the ConfederacyQ&A
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...28:38Food, morale, and extended deploymentsNotable Point
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:36Trump-class naming and fleet requirements across administrationsQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:02How long could the Iowa class have remained active?Q&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:08Tiger-derived Lexington battlecruisers in 1915Q&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:20:35Hypothetical 28-knot battleships with 18-inch gunsNotable Point
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:19Turbo-electric capital ships into the 1940sQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:59:27Ice-cream recipes and shipboard food equalityQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:19USS Constitution as the US Navy's only commissioned frigateQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:16The Daniels programme in a Europe without warQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:20:51Freedom-class VLS and high-speed hull requirementsQ&A
- 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
- 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
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?53:51Different fast wings could preserve Anglo-American parityNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)1:15:19Could a fast battleship with nine 16-inch guns appear by 1920?Q&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)2:09:08The US Navy's 21-knot battle-line trapChapter
- 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
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)3:21:27Could American battlecruisers reuse guns from the standards?Q&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)3:21:53Why rebuilding the US standards may not payQ&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)3:35:16Which 1920 navy is best prepared for the future?Q&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:11:48A Zumwalt-hull route to the US Navy's DDG(X)Q&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:15:38Lasers, deep-diving drones, and undersea communicationsQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:02The most competent fleet in naval historyQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:18Iroquois-class equivalents and the value of a larger fleetQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:52:22Modern submarines and covert insertion missionsQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:05:30Why naval hydrofoils remained a niche technologyQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:43Why France's FDI is unlikely to solve US frigate problemsQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:09:00Why the America class is a poor Royal Navy fitQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:15:48Why renewed interceptor demand does not require the F-14Q&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:29:11Missile cruisers descended from the Alaska classQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today12:36Funnels become shorthand for destroyer powerNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today21:42Interwar destroyer mass lets navies experimentChapter
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today47:07DesRon 21 shows why destroyer screens need autonomyNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today54:39Charles F. Adams destroyers balance the Cold War screenChapter
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today1:06:49First-flight Burkes screen the carrier groupNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today1:10:23Burke-class endurance and VLS depthNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered0:00Mahan's case for naval preparednessChapter
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered4:04Why Farragut could not replace a destroyerNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered6:52Bainbridge-class variations complicate the first mass orderChapter
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered9:23Nineteen battleships outpace sixteen early destroyersNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered12:40A capable Connecticut still needs a screenNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered13:56Four large torpedo boats leave the battle line top-heavyNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered15:30The six-year gap ends with five Smith-class destroyersNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered18:40Five Smiths cannot screen a battle divisionNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered26:35Fleet ratios expose the Paulding order's limitsNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered29:58Paulding design strengths cannot overcome escort scarcityChapter
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered33:43Naval acts demand speed inside a fixed destroyer cost capNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered34:47Cassin begins the thousand-tonner lineNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered36:56Thousand-tonners lead from four-ship batches to 111 WickesChapter
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered39:36Destroyers double as scouts when cruisers are scarceNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered40:50Aylwin refinements improve an oil-fired gun platformNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered42:03O'Brien-class war service meets a six-ship limitChapter
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered43:30Capital-ship status outpaces the supporting fleetChapter
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered45:15Destroyer quality cannot erase a four-to-one gapNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered46:25Cork service and the wider ocean-coverage gapNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...26:52A Civil War-era US Navy in the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:39:28Eisenhower, the Revolt of the Admirals, and naval aviationQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:40A World War II US Navy appearing in 1910Q&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:59:42Why Baltimore is the Pacific heavy-cruiser choiceQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:14Montana and Conqueror replacing Anglo-American battleships in World War IQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:11:42Ice cream, rum, and naval barter in the wartime PacificQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:03Commodore rank and the US Navy's rear admiral lower halfQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:28Dud weapons at Pearl Harbor preserve the US battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:25Fire footage alone cannot establish a warship's damageQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:20British and American floatplanes needed different shipboard equipmentQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:24:42US escort reclassification brought names into line with fleet rolesQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:53:47A 343-ship escort force could give each US carrier roughly eight escortsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:39:14Without the Spanish-American War, US naval growth likely continues with more cruisersQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?6:25Frigates, destroyers, and fleet balanceChapter
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?40:16Why reactivating retired Perrys cost too muchChapter
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?50:03Perry and Type 22 reflected different fleet rolesQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?1:18:20A VLS Perry changes US Navy force structureNotable Point
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?1:33:48Modernized Perrys as a frigate benchmarkChapter
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:07:55Why the US Navy needed PerrysQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:08:13Why clear ownership matters in frigate requirementsQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:26:09An American battle line before the War of 1812Q&A
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?32:18British maritime power depends on more than treaty parityChapter
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?48:41Why American and Japanese navies might adopt cruiser carriersNotable Point
- 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
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:27Constellation's off-the-shelf value problemChapter
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?3:22Perry class as the basic frigate benchmarkNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?5:39Post-Cold War transformation and the move toward LCSChapter
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?34:31How fleet size can affect naval career prospects and retentionNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:10:21Why Constellation invited comparisons with the BurkeNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:47:44Could the US Navy preserve real parent-design commonality?Q&A
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...6:17Zigzagging complicates long-range Japanese torpedo attacksNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...46:32Visible warships create a deterrence gradientNotable Point
- What if Hawaii became a British Protectorate in 1824?24:46American influence faces an entrenched British guaranteeNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:41Arleigh Burke success and USN procurementQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:30The cost of giving America the 1812 Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:34USN fast combat support ships and the last hundred milesQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:48Why escort refueling cannot replace a fleet-oiler programNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:24Escaping the Arleigh Burke procurement benchmarkNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:06Why contemporary US warships carry limited VLS magazinesQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:27:54Supercarriers versus sea-control shipsQ&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:07:06Would the US Navy adopt an Invincible as a Sea Control Ship?Q&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...59:16Modern warship command preferencesQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:08Alongside replenishment and the loss of Britain's fast oilersQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:45:26The panel's interpretation of US amphibious-command rulesQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:13The panel's interpretation of the BBGN labelNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:12:41What 72 Littoral Combat Ships would have meantQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:39Aegis is being replaced through continued evolutionQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:46:06How Congress could reshape a proposed BBGNQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:48:42The panel's twelve-carrier US Navy proposalQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:14Testing claims about PLAN readinessQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:50Why six third rates would not replace the 1812 frigatesQ&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...3:08Thirty-year plan as a shipyard signalChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...13:14Nuclear shipyard capacity comes before nuclear fleet growthNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...20:13Planned orders and the shipyard workforce gapChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...31:39The surface-combatant retirement bow wave arrives before replacement growthNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...39:34The Great White Fleet depended on coal logistics it did not ownNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...42:56British-American cooperation before a formal allianceNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...48:29Golden Fleet high-low procurement logicNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...51:44Hedge strategy and balanced fleet designNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...55:37Why Burke-class combat power does not automatically produce diplomatic utilityNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...1:01:21Amphibious force recapitalizationChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...1:14:49Battle-force shortfall and acquisition riskNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...1:36:53AUKUS within the US undersea acquisition portfolioNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...1:51:24FY2027 requests and the wider procurement totalNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...2:02:15How the plan reaches a total naval force of 450Notable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...2:51:10Columbia construction and the submarine industrial baseChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...3:07:37Carriers and amphibious shipbuilding detailsChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...3:17:20Uncrewed vessels move from demonstrations to force packagesNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...3:30:01Oiler block buys and predictable shipyard workChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...3:32:08Strategic sealift, prepositioning, and the risks of used shipsChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:01:41A thirty-year plan needs political and institutional durabilityNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:17:18Is the US Navy already behind China's navy?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:33:40Would major investment restore American shipbuilding?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:51:38Would naval districts help rebuild shipbuilding?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:53:17Why retire the remaining Ticonderoga-class cruisers?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...5:07:03How different is this plan from earlier fleet plans?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...5:17:29How many surface-combatant types should the Navy keep?Q&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...42:29Torpedo reliability as a testing lessonQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...47:12Zumwalt, cruiser politics, and Burke procurement inertiaQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...55:02The larger Flight III destroyer leader recalled from the 1980sNotable Point
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:58Grace Hopper and the Navy's computing legacyQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:42Why very different Burke flights keep one class nameQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:01:14The early American militia navy as a naval levyQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:14A more conventional Zumwalt with mixed VLS batteriesQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:45The cost argument against a 16.5-inch Colorado reboreQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:04Where a treaty-free battleship gun race would plateauQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:51:27A U.S. fleet standardized on Queen ElizabethQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:03:32An American Hood and the Washington treaty ceilingQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:28:05Prewar U.S. 5-, 6-, and 8-inch autoloadersQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:37Eight-inch destroyers and naval fire supportQ&A
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?0:00A possible century of Arleigh Burke influenceChapter
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?5:45A proven Burke hull reaches its design limitsNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?8:15Early Burkes as carrier task-group shipsNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?9:58Why early Burkes carried 90 VLS cellsNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?11:51Mark 41 VLS makes the Burke adaptableNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?15:19Mark 41 loadouts trade striking power against air defenceNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?17:00Magazine depth and targeting systems drive Burke sizeNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?19:04Flight II offers evolution more than transformationNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?23:23SPY-1D and the transition from PESA to AESA radarNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?28:43Why AESA radar needs more than a new antennaNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?33:04Flight IIA brings the practical upgradeChapter
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?36:56Kingfisher mine detection and the risks of destroyer minehuntingNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?43:43Zumwalt becomes a Christmas-tree programNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?45:11Mark 57 survivability and the 80-versus-96-cell comparisonNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?46:36A shrinking Zumwalt production run magnifies program costNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?49:29Different destroyer roles complicate the Burke comparisonChapter
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?51:30A proposed Zumwalt alternative with familiar weapons and more aviationNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?57:33Flight IIA restart chooses reliabilityNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:00:59Harpoon removal and the limits of shipboard torpedoesNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:04:45Useful Burke retrofits meet a structural limitNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:10:31ODIN and the effect of hull limits on laser selectionNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:12:07The original Flight III concept aimed at 122 VLS cellsNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:13:18DDG(X) and the new-hull dilemmaChapter
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:21:25The Flight IIA technology insert bridges toward Flight IIINotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:23:47Construction dates reveal the long transition between Burke flightsNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:24:32Ticonderoga's destroyer origins and cruiser designationNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:26:19Flight III takes on cruiser duties without the old 122-cell expansionChapter
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:31:25Frigate requirements must escape the Burke comparisonNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:33:18How a successor's classification affects its comparison with BurkeNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:34:23Why fleet air defence places demands on hull sizeNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:36:31A Zumwalt Flight II would still need political touchstonesNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:38:38A hypothetical Flight IV would require substantial redesignNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:39:19Burkes become the visible presence of the US NavyChapter
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:41:28The replacement must balance novelty and continuityNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:43:43Burke and Richardson warn against institutional complacencyNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:01:20Cold War destroyers must fight and look convincingNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:05:00A successful warship must fit and break the moldNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:09:26Conventional deterrence needs visible escalation optionsNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:19:17Burke success raises the replacement thresholdNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:28:18Allied reliance on Burkes encourages shallow magazinesNotable Point
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:07A Pacific Rim kaiju attacks San Francisco in 1941Q&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:44:50FFG(X) is a rushed attempt to reset the US frigate baselineQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:47:55AUKUS delays cannot be assigned to one partner aloneQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:56:27Sixteen VLS cells are challenged as a new-frigate baselineQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:56:53The Burke benchmark pulled Constellation toward a destroyerQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:01:36A limited Constellation buy could bridge the US frigate gapQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:27:08Very large carriers face diminishing air-wing returnsQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:35Senator Tillman, naval yards, and cruiser spendingNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:32:51When the next Burke needs a larger hullQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:42:48Carrier escort and independent missions for DefiantQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:28An Anglo-Japanese alliance and the U.S. naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:14Why ships do not carry Harpoon reloadsQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:00:00Coral Sea night surface action counterfactualQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:21:31Using large hulls for a Defiant-class combatantQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:25Why Spanish Perry-class frigates cannot fill the U.S. gapQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)18:02A battleship fleet needs enough escortsNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:10:17Japan could expect protection beyond formal neutralityQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:57:28Washington limits need a political settlementQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:07:33Australian capital ships create a Pacific security dilemmaNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:11:34Treaties soften the British-American power transitionNotable Point
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 10:19Seahawk as an ASW methodology benchmarkChapter
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 15:35Black Hawk scale and the Navy's LAMPS requirementNotable Point
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 17:41Turning the Black Hawk into a shipboard SeahawkChapter
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 115:11SH-60B and LAMPS III service entryChapter
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 118:50SH-60F Ocean Hawk carrier ASW fitNotable Point
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 121:13Seahawk economics and the S-3 Viking tradeoffNotable Point
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 122:55How Seahawk upgrades changed squadron identitiesNotable Point
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 123:42HH-60H Rescue Hawk carrier supportNotable Point
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 127:40MH-60R Romeo as an off-board combat systemChapter
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 130:15MH-60S Sierra and Knighthawk fleet supportChapter
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 132:59MH-60S Sierra airborne mine countermeasuresNotable Point
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 134:21Seahawk capability and the alliance division of laborNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate27:32The risks of waiting for British and American fleetsNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart1:40U.S. Navy fast replenishment oilersQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart7:03Jeune Ecole U.S. Navy recovery problemQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart7:16The capital-ship expertise lost under Jeune EcoleNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart8:41How a weak U.S. battle fleet changes the Pacific balanceNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart10:30Battlecruisers as the high end of Jeune Ecole doctrineNotable Point
- Bruships5:29Japanese destroyers and the cost of equipping a large fleetNotable Point
- Bruships19:13Carrier strike victory and dominion carrier flagshipsQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:48:11Would British carriers face range problems in the Pacific?Q&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:51:18Would early-war oiler shortages restrict British carrier substitutes?Q&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:53:14Carrier fuel reserves and protection in the Coral Sea comparisonQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)11:11Treaty allowances and funded fleets give different naval rankingsNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:00:25France could buy ships abroad before rebuilding yardsQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:08:14Treaty limits did not cap French submarine numbersQ&A
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?4:20American reserve capacity contrasts with Britain's interrupted pipelineNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?31:04HMS Unicorn could extend carrier air-group enduranceNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?1:18:31An earlier victory could delay naval treatiesChapter
- 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
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:28Zumwalt was not designed as a Perry replacementNotable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:04Panama Canal limits and US battleship hullsQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:24US battleships standardized on triple 14-inch turretsQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:09Deploying a large Defiant battlecruiser fleetQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:15:17Six automatic eight-inch guns on a game cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:16Why a destroyer's single gun does not settle a cruiser layoutQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:34Modern-sized Panama and Kiel canals before the warQ&A
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...0:00Burke's CNO tenure and procurementChapter
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...5:05Developing officers for tactical, strategic, and political commandNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...22:40The accelerated path to CNOChapter
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...28:11Burke and Rickover's working relationshipNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...31:02How continuity gave Burke institutional authorityNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...33:18The US Navy inherits global sea-lane securityChapter
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...44:04A warship silhouette becomes diplomatic brand recognitionNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...46:23Polaris and second-strike deterrenceChapter
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...47:29Burke, program results, and personal creditNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...56:25A fleet for deterrence, conflict management, and warNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...1:01:37How seven knots changes tactical controlNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?3:12Hobart, Type 45, and Burke replacement pressureNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?5:41A Super Burke name for a redesigned successorNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?13:13A battleship cannot replace every BurkeNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?20:39Institutional arguments for a shared destroyer projectNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?21:52Submarine teams have more practice sharing designsNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?24:40Constellation shows how good requirements accumulateChapter
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?27:35SAMSON and SPY cooperation without radar uniformityNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?33:53Different replacement calendars and the Burke production lineNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?51:20Order volume and requirements in NF-90 and HorizonChapter
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?1:00:17Burke architecture is reaching its design ceilingNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)27:24Daring and Charles F. Adams among standout postwar destroyersQ&A
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds0:00Gearing destroyers as the Cold War baselineChapter
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds2:52DASH extends ASW reach without a full helicopterNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds6:03America inherits the presence burdenNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds9:18Norfolk tests a postwar heavy-destroyer ideaNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds10:36Norfolk and Mitscher test status against capabilityChapter
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds19:52Forrest Sherman brings the new-build caseChapter
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds21:06USS Hull tests the Mark 71 8-inch gunNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds28:18Farragut equips the missile-era carrier screenChapter
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds28:46The lost volume of heavyweight torpedo tubesNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds31:37Charles F. Adams combines missile armament with a proven designChapter
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds31:37FRAM modernization reaches its physical ceilingNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds34:52Older destroyers buy time for a clean redesignNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds38:02Spruance turns destroyer size into presenceChapter
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds40:06What an 8-inch Spruance might have changedNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds40:25Spruance's weapons and the later Tomahawk VLSNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds42:57The 5-inch gun's automation and perceived diplomatic effectNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds44:48Spruance and Type 42 solve different escort problemsNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds47:32Ticonderoga begins as a Spruance-hulled destroyer leaderNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds48:21Spruance pushes toward multi-role destroyersNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds49:41NF90 collides with the Burke generalist modelNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds51:42Kidd shows the route to BurkeChapter
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds52:59Kidd's Gulf adaptations and remaining land-attack limitNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds58:42Cold War destroyers had to wage the peaceNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds1:00:37Kidd's resemblance to Spruance multiplies uncertaintyNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds1:01:43Could the US Navy have retained specialist destroyers?Notable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:29Possible Zumwalt names and living honoreesQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:06Why the Arleigh Burke replacement keeps recedingQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:46The mine-countermeasure capability gapQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:59:37The panel's anti-submarine frigate proposalQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:13:08Why Canada modified American ship designsQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:17:26Conventional submarines and U.S. fleet trainingQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:14:11A larger Type 83 and a hypothetical U.S. design responseQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:28:43Dockyard capacity in an emergency Type 83 scenarioQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:44:53Fleet support and requirement control in the U.S. Navy discussionQ&A
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?6:27American purchases and the Atlantic shadow warChapter
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?23:25Ribbentrop's declaration and the American destroyer incidentsNotable Point
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?26:20Germany's industrial gamble in the AtlanticChapter
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?48:58Congress authorizes war after the Axis declarationsChapter
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?54:27Pacific-first aid and a delayed Atlantic warNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)43:06Special meals, bad news, and naval moraleNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)49:17Why an unexpected lobster meal caused alarmNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)51:51Reported sabotage aboard USS Gerald R. FordQ&A
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:17:42Deployment records and naval infrastructureQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...39:25Was Jean Bart the last surviving target of a US battleship?Q&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...58:40Iowa reload rates and gun-loading mechanicsQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:16One-way attack drones aboard littoral combat shipsQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:36Scaling triple secondary-mount problems to five inchesQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:03Building the 1938 raider-hunting group by navyQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:48Retiring a huge Cold War US escort fleetQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:09:51Was a US five-inch triple turret seriously considered?Q&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:17Delaying USS Nimitz to preserve carrier numbersQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:53:49Why US frigate requirements grow toward a destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:34:07Why USS Samuel B. Roberts was repaired after mine damageQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....36:44Why the Clemson class set an interwar benchmarkChapter
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....49:46The Fletcher class as a general-purpose warshipChapter
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....59:42Charles F. Adams combines guided missiles with guns and ASWChapter
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:02:36Spruance adds aviation and room for missile growthChapter
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:05:27Why the generational examples lean toward benchmark naviesQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:09:22The design lineage from Fletcher to Charles F. AdamsNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:17:13Arleigh Burke and the networked escort tradeoffNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:51:34Limited NTU upgrades for the Charles F. Adams classQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:55:35The Littoral Combat Ship concept met hull-life limitsNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....3:00:06A Burke successor needs support for a new designQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....3:02:18Export timing limited the Spruance classQ&A
- Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...17:24Austria-Hungary was an intermittent entrant in the qualitative naval raceNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:12Why a 3,000-ton six-inch destroyer becomes a fragile cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:46Testing the World of Warships Fort Worth designQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:48Why assigned carrier escorts may be absent in practiceNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:20:29A missile-converted Alaska class in the early Cold WarQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:28Why triple five-inch mounts struggle as fast-tracking weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:39:22A 20,000-ton modern cruiser returns to the strike-cruiser ideaQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:41:16Why rebuilding USS Midway loses to a new conventional carrierQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:02:19Why ten Essex-class carriers cannot replace modern CVNsQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:06:51Building a modern nuclear cruiser from destroyer systemsQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:11:42Giving US fleet submarines a stronger minelaying roleQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:18Why the Soviet Union could not match 340 American escortsQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)52:16American scout carriers could move risk away from fleet carriersNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:03:14Lexington conversions consume half the US carrier allowanceNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...30:49When aircraft gas turbines gain naval cousinsQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:05:33Forrest Sherman as a transitional destroyer classQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:17:43Carrier missile launchers and the cost of deck spaceQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:56:52Earlier gas-turbine destroyers and LM2500 adoptionQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:11Helicopter destroyers as ASW group leadersQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:11How Thornycroft might have rebuilt the LCS conceptQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:01Why the United States bypassed Wake IslandQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:56An American Type 26 would blend allied variantsQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:15:49Rickover's institutional skills and modern public communicationQ&A
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)45:18Why repeat orders give a navy purchasing powerNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)2:14:01How navies encourage crew-suggested improvementsNotable Point
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:42Why British and American automatic cruiser guns developed differentlyNotable Point
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:18:01A Red October caterpillar drive in US serviceQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:07A larger Oliver Hazard Perry escort fleetQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:54How surviving Perrys relieve the Burke fleetQ&A
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?29:09Larger carriers balance air groups, protection, and survivabilityNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?33:29Light carriers bring aviation to distant cruiser stationsNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?49:13Destroyers divide into leaders, fleet ships, and escortsChapter
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?53:23American destroyer procurement favours prestige over numbersNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?59:47Institutions decide whether design talent reaches the fleetNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:04:26Submarine range could revive the cruiser-submarine ideaChapter
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:07:28Submarine size follows oceanic and shallow-water commitmentsNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:10:51Most navies underinvest in unshowy escort hullsNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:18:35Maritime industrial blocs gain from a longer rearmament periodNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:18Why Long Beach was the last purpose-built US cruiser hullQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...59:32Looking for US Navy records on HanazukiQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:48:09Why the loss of USS Maine is best read as an accidentQ&A
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More0:00How naval theorists sell sea powerChapter
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More4:27Roosevelt turns the War of 1812 into a naval caseChapter
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More16:13Hull and Dacres preserve a friendship across enemy naviesNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More27:28Cheap coastal defence and the naval funding gapNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More33:35Preparedness beyond the frigate victoriesChapter
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More43:32The Manchester School and America's inward turnChapter
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More52:02Mahan takes sea power to his audienceChapter
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More54:06Sims makes World War I sea power visibleChapter
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More58:39Sims, Irish republicans, and tensions around CorkNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:03:02Demobilization keeps American sea-power advocacy cyclicalNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:08:28Naval lift as a great-power capabilityNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:28:43The Monroe Doctrine and the German risk fleetNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:36:28American theorists must justify the Navy itselfNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)1:12:33The late Argentine surrenders and American submarine trialsNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)2:07:00Shared Trident missiles and British warhead developmentNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)2:15:35Akizuki and Fletcher destroyers: design and numbersQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:52America in the Central Powers and British coal controlQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...14:14Would an American threat prompt more Tiger-style battlecruisers?Q&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:31A Pacific without the Washington Treaty's fortification limitsQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:18:26Could USS Seattle's receiving-ship crew get her underway?Q&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:33:16A British Panama Canal after the Darien schemeQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:03Dropping 1945 American gunmaking into the dreadnought eraQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:33A 25-capital-ship Washington Treaty fleetQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:25:55Earlier Japanese scouting before the Battle of the Coral SeaQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:16:33British 16.5-inch guns versus American 16-inch/50sQ&A
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?18:24Mediterranean losses and repairs constrain Allied reinforcementsNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?22:30Industrial asymmetry makes a costly Japanese victory dangerousNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?1:24:41Singapore could give US submarines a better-tested torpedo optionNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?40:47Regional protection and trade exposure produce different fleet needsChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:13:22Rolling Burke production can lock the US Navy into one designNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:14:46Carrier air wings are the US Navy's hidden bottleneckChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:17:46US carrier and amphibious groups consume the escort fleetChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:18:23What future US frigates could take off destroyersNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:22:01Global missions pull escorts away from high-value shipsChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:27:20Los Angeles service life sets the submarine building tempoChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)11:12Why the Perry class set the frigate baselineChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)13:22The peace-dividend interpretation of the frigate gapNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)22:36Rumsfeld-era transformation and immature naval technologyChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)33:32How LCS requirements defeated fleet-scale efficiencyChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)39:20Why splitting LCS across two hulls reduced usable fleet strengthQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)44:16Why FFG(X) became a mini-Burke requirementChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)44:16The LCS mission concept and declining fleet protectionNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)59:30FREMM production continuity and parent-design riskChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:19:00Why early Constellation frigates would still remain in serviceQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:23:00The proposed battleship's strike-cruiser comparisonNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:28:57Why selecting the F-100 parent would not cure Constellation's problemsQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:29:19When a smaller ASW-focused frigate could workQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:29:44Why joining a later Type 26 or Mogami buy would not solve the requirement problemQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:31:42US standards turned FREMM adaptation into a redesignChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:45:50Vague force language obscured what frigates were forNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:47:07The gap between small-combatant force goals and the serving fleetChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:00:17USS Congress and the politics of ship namesNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:03:19Multimission language pushed ASW out of first placeNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:17:22Unit-cost precision arrived before design maturityNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:20:08Low commonality erased the parent-design advantageChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:33:23The Navy announced a homeport before finishing the shipNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:52:45The Legend-cutter successor inherits the production problemChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:00:06Domestic jobs make ship programs politically durableNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:18:30Would a revived General Board improve US ship design?Q&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:20:05Why the US Navy calls design batches flightsQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:21:12How Ernest King might have imposed discipline on ConstellationQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:46:42Could Type 26 have worked as a US frigate?Q&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:54:15Could shorter class runs reduce US procurement risk?Q&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:57:08Why allies cannot simply fill every US escort gapQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start13:33How different navies embody fleet identityQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start43:16Vulcan and the repair ships that carried workshops with the fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start49:15The long U.S. Navy search for a true cruiser successorQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start50:54Would the new large combatant keep the DDG(X) name?Q&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:38How navies would exploit an ice-loading treaty allowanceQ&A
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?0:25The charter preceded America's formal entry into the warChapter
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?4:56The Atlantic Conference brought together military and civilian leadersChapter
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?7:46Different rank systems complicated Allied commandNotable Point
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?19:34HMS Prince of Wales was both venue and strategic signalChapter
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?22:35Anticipating war with Japan required earlier readinessNotable Point
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?28:26Britain sought American entry while Roosevelt faced resistanceChapter
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?46:47Side talks carried the conference's practical workChapter
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?57:52The charter gave neutral America a public narrativeChapter
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?1:06:05Allied integration drew on months of earlier negotiationsChapter
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...59:39Retaining the Panama Canal as territory or stateQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:20:29Why the North Carolina class workedQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:29:09How a desk reassignment would change Halsey's reputationQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:54Why the flush-deck destroyers were not war-emergency designsQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:00:00If the US Navy refused Ballard's Titanic search supportQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:50:25How British Hawaii reshapes Pacific basingQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:58Why relabeling Legend as a destroyer escort may backfireQ&A
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?19:15What each navy historically chose to bendNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?48:22Serial small carriers accelerate doctrine and designChapter
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?55:09American participation and the argument for naval presenceNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:02:01Why Lexington's 8-inch guns waste carrier capacityChapter
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:12:28More competition in cruisers and small carriersChapter
- 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
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:17:25Three new British fast ships change fleet comparisonsNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global0:00Four funnels advertised speed and a step beyond torpedo boatsNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global2:26Tucker and Sampson classes set an Atlantic destroyer baselineChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global4:15Only 26 of 69 American destroyers were thousand-tonnersNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global7:31Yarrow boilers and Brown-Curtis turbines show transatlantic design exchangeNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global9:45The 1915 Naval Act combined fleet planning with a constrained destroyer orderChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global11:23The first CNO rules defined appointment, duties, and successionNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global19:53Finding the naval acts among thousands of scanned pagesNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global22:52Mahan and Sims argued beyond a battleship-only fleetChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global27:56Six destroyers left only three escorts per new battleshipNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global33:21Caldwell-class experiments produced the flush-deck templateChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global36:05John Manley's destroyer naming line and its later interruptionNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global38:20The 1916 Naval Act shifted destroyers to mass procurementChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global41:26Warship price ceilings and the argument over design compromisesNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global49:43Wickes mass production exposed the cost of rapid yard expansionChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global53:13The promise of Wickes production freed older destroyers for wartime serviceNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global55:37A deep destroyer reserve made aggressive training affordableNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global56:44Sims learned destroyer command culture from Lewis BaylyChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global1:00:57An admiral's backing protected junior destroyer commandersNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global1:03:48Bayly's care for American crews sometimes bypassed their officersNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global1:05:32Bayly and Sims fed practical destroyer lessons into Clemson designChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global1:07:29Allied navies divided scarce destroyers across the U-boat warNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global1:12:22Clemsons entered reserve before returning to global serviceChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global1:14:22Clemson machinery and range supported fleet and overseas serviceChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global1:16:34Reserve destroyers gave the U.S. Navy room to develop and operateNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global1:18:54Four funnels gave American destroyers a recognizable silhouetteChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global1:20:39Can a distinctive warship design justify some engineering compromise?Q&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live44:25Foreign navies already expected Britain's announced warship programQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:50:11A combined British-American carrier battle changes the Pacific warChapter
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:11:13Earlier British strength creates options for a combined Allied fleetQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:29:35Britain and the United States cannot leave the other to defeat Japan aloneQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:31:39Joint carrier operations would share lessons across different designsQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:00Carrier early warning before the Philippine SeaQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:00If Polaris had been delayed five yearsQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:40If the US Navy captured HiryuQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:43:57Why the US Navy would reject captured German cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:07What a genuine Burke Flight IV would requireQ&A
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII15:09Why exercises against America differed from preparations to fight JapanChapter
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:28:26When did the US recognize the Type 93 torpedo threat?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order6:29Zumwalt's revolutionary procurement burdenQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order10:53Modern combat systems inside the Burke-class hullNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order38:51Why half an inch could fail to justify a new gun industryNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order40:43The cruiser duties imposed on Ticonderoga's hullNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order41:34Fleet replacements depend on support ships and yard capacityNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order42:26How low-rate production preserves fleet optionsNotable Point
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:25Six Mexican frigates before the Mexican-American WarQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:31What the Amphibious Ready Group name communicatesQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:42The risks of attacking a submarine from an airshipQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:51:00A fleet of USS Wichita copies would improve early US cruiser strengthQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:32How superferry conversions can lead to useful naval transportsQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:09Why a raid and an occupation need different forcesNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:30Royal Navy versus US Navy Arctic submarine experienceQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:17:30A Coast Guard cutter hull for the US Navy frigateQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:20:24Shipyard geography in the panel's procurement argumentNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:39When a US frigate without Mark 41 still mattersQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:38:05Revitalizing US shipbuilding and the merchant marineQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:02:10What frigate America could buy after war startsQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:40:27The panel's disagreement over the risk of a Greenland seizureNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live1:48:31A shorter war changes British debt and American naval growthChapter
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:06:18Would the Washington Treaty or Pacific War still happen?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:07:53Why Anglo-American naval rivalry need not become warQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:25:46A carrier victory weakens Billy Mitchell's caseQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:45:03How could wealthy Americans promote naval expansion?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:45:26Wilhelmshaven as a warning for Pearl HarborQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:47:50How carrier victory changes US air-service politicsQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:52:22Would the US Navy build battlecruiser-carrier task groups?Q&A
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...48:33Allied base-building breaks Japan's attrition timetableNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...55:14US cruiser scouts locate targets for the battle forceChapter
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...58:14American scouting cruisers face the reconnaissance fightNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...1:02:40The SOC Seagull's usefulness fades beside carriers and patrol aircraftNotable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?35:32American and Soviet cruisers served different strategic needsChapter
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?40:43Why Ticonderoga became a cruiser on paperNotable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?52:54Why hard-worked warships may look weatheredNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...24:38Spanish frigates and Constellation's different mission requirementsQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:29:56If both sides kept their Midway carriers, another battle would followQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:31:00Why US wartime shipbuilding did not prevent early escort shortagesNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:48:05Diplomatic presence and perceptions of Pacific naval powerQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:28:46Concerns about the ships needed to replace Arleigh BurkesQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:31:33An account of British carriers covering American availability gapsNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:32:40Competing views on continuity in American naval procurementNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:59:32Provisional launcher figures in the Defiant concept discussionQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:08:21Cyclic's assessment of the consequences of losing Pacific primacyQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:42:15The Northwest Passage remains a submarine contest under noisy iceQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:45:41Volunteer navies still trade training and mobility for serviceQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:46:18Had the economic incentive for voluntary naval service disappeared?Q&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:52:33American recruiting examples: aptitude, technical training, and service commitmentsNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:56:29King's Atlantic carrier allocation and the disputed food-crisis premiseQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:02:07Ranger, torpedo storage, and the carriers available in 1942Notable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:08:00At-sea VLS reloading depends on handling equipmentQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:08:50State names, battle names, and the proposed BBG designationQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:15:31The uncertain future of large multihull warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:17:00World of Warships Preussen battleships replace Germany's fleet in 1910Q&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)54:37Why an all-Burke fleet is not a complete answerQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:40:23Naval status and broadly capable presence shipsNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:28:48A cutter-based US frigate trades capability for productionQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:50:56The proposed large combatant revives the strike cruiserQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:53:47A modern Kirov would carry diplomatic weightQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:58:56A frigate must choose specialization or become a mini-BurkeQ&A
- Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far8:25Fleet commitments and the economics of a two-ship orderNotable Point
- Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far14:56A battleship cannot solve the Arleigh Burke replacement problemNotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:44Why retaining more Constellation-class frigates is not enoughQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:32:50Pearl Harbor delayed until the carriers returnQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:26Why a modified F100 frigate would keep growingQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:28:03Saving USS Hornet after Santa CruzQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:48:42American strategic command of British convoysQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:12:03A larger Panama Canal and American battleshipsQ&A
- What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?52:59Global reactions to an imperial battlecruiser networkNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...13:10Dominion self-government and local defence costsNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...1:10:29Dominion Lions and the Pacific gun raceChapter
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...2:07:12Faster R-class ships and eight-gun RenownsNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...2:31:49Could the Washington treaty disappear?Q&A
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping33:17Competing accounts of submarine-community influenceNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping44:03Contractor remedies and Navy responsibilityQ&A
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:01:33Survivability rules impose fleet-level tradeoffsChapter
- The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series23:01ASROC turns sonar range into a firing solutionNotable Point
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...1:55:36How USS Puritan became a replacement disguised as a rebuildQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...2:45:07Virginia-class work in Scotland and industrial cooperationQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...2:46:45Why shipbuilding reviews need credible outsidersQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...2:47:38Keeping workers through a Coast Guard-to-Navy transitionNotable Point
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...3:50:38British warnings about the Mark 14 torpedoQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...3:51:10Did Ernest King dislike all British officers?Q&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...4:46:20Virginia blocks and an uncertain successor comparisonQ&A
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?1:11:49The argument for pairing cancellation with a successorChapter
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?39:06The undeclared Atlantic war before December 1941Chapter
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?1:55:25Why fleet size overstates operational availabilityNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates5:22Constellation's mission and the cost of a smaller combatantQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates8:24Why Fletcher-scale capability needs large ordersNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates14:45Why Burke production keeps defeating its replacementNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates38:12Why heavy frigates still avoided ships of the lineQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:41Working torpedoes as the US Navy's 1937 stockpileQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:39:45Pearl Harbor's known readiness cultureQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:25:56US heavy cruisers become 15-inch ScharnhorstsQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:44:29Constellation's naval requirements and political presentationQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:13Domestic origin in the US frigate follow-upQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:41Could Type 26 replace the cancelled Constellation?Q&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:13:34Could interwar US carriers survive Atlantic operations?Q&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:27:55Changing the Bureau of Ordnance's leadership cultureQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:41Torpedo defects aboard the transferred Town-class destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:13:17Choosing a game destroyer for the US Navy in 1938Q&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:40:18Why a slower Freedom-class frigate still does not workQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:40:49LCS retirements and a separate corrosion concernNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...0:55Pearl Harbor planning and American carrier exercisesChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...49:08The 1932 carrier exercise rehearses a Sunday surpriseChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...51:49Fleet Problem XIX confirms the vulnerabilityChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...52:49Professional study and the repeated Hawaii warningNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...54:15Why American planners discounted the Japanese strikeChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...56:18Turner and the restriction of intelligence to HawaiiChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:05:24Why peacetime culture survived repeated warningsChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:08:14Why friendly navies kept war plansNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:12:17Treaty carrier design and operating theatersNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:18:52Bias, war weariness, and American complacencyNotable Point
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 30:00Three entry books for interwar naval preparationChapter
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 37:52Why Japanese carriers could concentrate in 1941Notable Point
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 315:05Expansion timing shapes naval aviation trainingNotable Point
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 351:03Fleet Problem IX catches Lexington under battleship fireChapter
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 31:07:38Exercise design determines institutional learningChapter
- Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi19:13Fleet Problems and the US Navy's recurring destroyer shortageChapter
- Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi20:23Fletcher and Flower: different ideas of a cheap warshipNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers3:26Working small carriers could displace Ranger and WaspQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers5:13Small carriers push navies toward multi-carrier groupsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers14:22A 5.3-inch US dual-purpose cruiser for carrier warQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers15:33US and Royal Navy light-carrier build pathsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers16:10Industrial potential still requires long-term investmentNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers35:18Lexington-class ships split across capital-ship rolesQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers38:22Lexington's eight-inch guns and the cruiser treaty limitsNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...16:43Shipboard barbecue traditions in Australian and US serviceQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:31Constellation cancellation and the missing US frigate roleQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...43:58Why planning for a short Pacific war risks failureNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:44A favourable assessment of Zumwalt's hull and power systemQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:56A continuous US scout-cruiser building program before 1920Q&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:05:39How conflicting requirements obstructed ConstellationQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:55A better Allied disposition at Savo IslandQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:15Maritime law, military force, and drug-interdiction strikesQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:00Type 26 procurement and the limits of a symbolic shipyard visitQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:57When the Forrestal class gained an angled flight deckQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:40What dismantled tooling means for a Zumwalt restartQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:35:12Why a VLS rocket still needs protection from the marine environmentQ&A
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers23:40U.S. baby carriers could extend cruiser scoutingChapter
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers29:26Reference books for tracing carrier designNotable Point
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers51:26Counterfactuals test when paper carriers could matterNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)59:20Would merchant raiders return in a China-US war?Q&A
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)1:53:34Submarines offer outside powers a deniable intervention pathChapter
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)2:08:45US intervention would hinge on escalation rulesQ&A
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)2:19:53Torpedo types shape deniability and allied submarine rolesQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships12:49Why navies converged on fast battleships differentlyNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships19:00Would German battlecruisers redirect U.S. design?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships48:30Why U.S. naval capability depended on congressional fundingNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle26:57US Navy priorities without the Washington Naval TreatyQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle28:54What names could follow the US battleship state names?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle1:38:10Swapping the major navies of the Second World WarQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle2:34:28What a US warship production swarm really meansQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle2:51:48Why the 1890s United States needed a fleet as well as fortsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle3:31:20Why the US Navy returned to steel warshipsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle3:33:26Why USS Bonhomme Richard was scrapped after her fireQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle3:47:44Early missile submarines and the US Navy's nuclear roleQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle3:48:53CVA-58 and the US Navy's place in nuclear strategyQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle4:50:14If Chinese Communists retreated to FormosaQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:32:03The Flower-class corvettes that served the US NavyQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:36:15Why an oiler need not manoeuvre like a warship in a stormQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:36:46Why Littorio-class battleships would strain US operationsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:37:49Floating dry docks as deployable naval infrastructureQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:38:27When the US Navy sold its floating docksQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:49:01If Japan had world-leading anti-submarine warfareQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:22:31Fleet quantity versus Yamato and BismarckNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…6:25:06What reinforcement could have helped the Philippines in 1941?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…6:59:02Why the Cold War US Navy built unusual one-off SSNsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…7:36:03The Lion class as Britain's Iowa equivalentQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon2:32How American shipbuilding could recover from a lost 1941 fleetQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon9:50Lexington battlecruisers as large scouting cruisersQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon20:54Why the US Navy had no direct Black Swan equivalentQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon23:15Why a restored Kidō Butai still loses the production warQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon36:05American small ships also adopted active stabilizationQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon43:39Industrial depth decides who can replace a lost fleetQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon2:23:00Why Newport News and Saint Paul remained together in serviceQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon2:30:00Why the US Navy retained all-gun heavy cruisersQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon3:39:49Why theater geography matters when swapping the RN and USNQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon3:45:18Why Britain grouped carriers while America planned pairsNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon4:28:20Wartime submarine refits as a bridge to nuclear boatsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War18:13Los Angeles-class age and replacement pressureQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War26:54How to judge the Mark 27 homing torpedoQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War27:53The layered fleet defense against massed air attackQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War42:08Seawolf as a Cold War SSBN hunterQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War44:50Submarines listening near the Soviet coastNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War51:19SSGN missile capacity and distributed submarine strikesNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:13:03How an off-the-shelf frigate becomes a new designQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:18:09Why the LCS is not America's offshore patrol vesselQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:19:00Flight III Burkes first replace Ticonderoga cruisersNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:27:50Why the E-2D is capable but overworkedQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War4:39:01Pensacola's scouting role behind the heavy-cruiser labelNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:41:21Why an Allied fleet swap punishes the Soviet Union and BritainQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War7:10:44Why ASW skill could not spread instantlyNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War7:17:38Why the Juneau class fits better among destroyer leadersQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War7:19:59The Mark 14 torpedo's testing failureQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War7:27:02Political coordination, ship deliveries, and fleet tonnageQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:53:06Why early US guided-missile destroyers were not laggardsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:53:25North Korea's 2025 navy against the US fleet of 1950Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust57:38Why an early Iwo Jima landing creates an unnecessary riskQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust1:06:06Why the US Navy valued turbo-electric propulsionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust1:12:26The logistics benefit of standardizing on five-inch ammunitionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust1:35:04Why nuclear-gun fleet actions offered no useful victoryQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust1:37:01Why American entry in 1915 would not instantly end World War IQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust2:01:17How a stronger China could redraw Pacific naval alignmentsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust2:24:09Replacing Japan's heavy cruisers with Omaha-class shipsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust4:12:25How advance warning could turn Pearl Harbor into a carrier ambushQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust4:16:41Essex as a first-rate carrier designed for mass productionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust4:26:27Why a 1938 Anglo-American fleet swap breaks British global coverageQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust5:26:09Why SG radar reached US cruisers unevenly in 1942Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust5:58:26Why Fearless was not clearly better than the Raleigh-class LPDQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust5:59:02Why US and British warship speed figures are not directly comparableQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust6:04:29What a return from EMALS to steam catapults would involveQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust6:58:01A 1940 fleet swap gives Britain powerful ships for the wrong warQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust7:04:08Would larger American carriers help the Fleet Air Arm in 1940?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust8:04:44Why Ranger is a fairer comparison for Bearn than LangleyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust8:06:16Why the Independence-class light carriers came before SaipanQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust8:15:58Why Littoral Combat Ship contracts continued despite criticismQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust9:10:39The US Navy's post-1943 logistics advantageQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust9:42:59The Kidd class in US Navy serviceQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust9:44:51Carrier support and cruiser helicopter hangarsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust10:28:48AUKUS hull commonality and Australia's national systemsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust21:00US and Royal Navy missile-age air-defense tradeoffsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust33:34How the US Navy's AESA radar transition affects a comparison with ChinaQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust37:31Why new construction can accelerate AESA adoptionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust39:11AESA beam control and the scale of destroyer fleetsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:10:26How far an equitable capital-ship treaty might expandQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:33:21Funding choices behind American and Italian ASW rocketsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:34:53Why the Barbel class was useful insurance during the nuclear transitionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:57:15How reliable Mark 14 torpedoes could shorten the Pacific WarQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust2:07:14Why instantly repairing Pearl Harbor's battleships changes littleQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust4:54:04Why an Egyptian blockade of Israel would invite outside interventionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust7:59:02Sectional floating dry docks and lost repair capacityQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:05:35Why the interwar US Navy built many destroyer classesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:09:23Why Admiral Scott chose San Francisco at Cape EsperanceQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:15:55How navies defined the destroyer leader differentlyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:29:25Favorite one-off American warship classesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:38:23What a modernized Alaska-class large cruiser might retainQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:45:50Clarke's account of the US battleship and fleet-signaling debateQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:51:38Amphibious fire support in the American large-gun debateNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust11:00:31Why American and British airborne radar developed at different ratesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust11:41:22SPY-1D, Sampson, and SPY-6 radar tradeoffsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust11:44:27Why US warships carry the 25 mm BushmasterQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress1:22:31Why unwanted LCS hulls kept being commissionedQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress3:32:40Why winning Guadalcanal would not solve Japan's problemQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress3:38:19A French Panama Canal and the politics of two-ocean fleetsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress5:59:50Comparing British and American 6-inch cruiser gunsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress7:32:25The modernization limits of the Arleigh Burke designQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress7:34:46A proposed general-purpose role for the Zumwalt hullNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress7:43:01The limits of a two-coast U.S. battleship fleet in the 1890sQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress7:50:11Why Flight III deliveries need not immediately replace Flight I BurkesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress8:14:01The Spanish-American War as a contest between underfunded naviesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress8:24:51A proposed nuclear strike cruiser as a Ticonderoga replacementQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress8:56:12Why a CIC did not make the U.S. Navy expert at night fightingQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress9:09:32The Alaska class as command cruisersQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress10:24:57Why the Oregon City cruisers became a new classQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress10:58:28Why Operation Kita was not a Pacific Channel DashQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:51:30Why the post-Cold War shipyard contraction is criticisedQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:55:01MacArthur's authority over naval forces was theater commandQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida4:48:31The Royal Navy's shift toward task groupsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida6:06:34Dreadnought and South Carolina: speed despite equal broadsidesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida6:40:47A US ten-and-ten battleship program in the 1890sQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida8:55:14If the US Army controlled carrier aviation after World War IQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II52:56USS John F. Kennedy as a favourite conventional carrierQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:15:15Why a 137 mm US destroyer gun was not worth the costQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:45:52Why prewar preparation shaped destroyer outputNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II3:59:56When a submarine's mission is to be seenNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II4:26:53What a ship's crew does after an undamaging battleQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II6:43:40Cruiser preferences from Takao to Algérie and WichitaNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II7:44:19How US dynamite-gun ships aimed fixed weaponsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II8:07:04If World of Warships Georgias replaced America's fast battleshipsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II8:31:40If the United States built an iron 84-gun ship in 1850Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II8:38:08Four American Tigers with 16-inch guns before the First World WarQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II9:03:10Sunderland flying boats in US Navy patrol groupsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II9:23:20Where Mogador might serve after the fall of FranceQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II9:25:21Secondary guns and torpedoes for an American Super TigerQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I42:26A fleet swap between early America and VeniceQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:24:46Why U.S. naval commitment in the Atlantic rose and fellNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:49:28Where modern English-language ship classifications come fromQ&A
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception41:51What if Cunningham commanded the British Pacific Fleet?Notable Point
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:33County-class helicopter facilities added limited flexibilityQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...55:30Admiral Henderson takes on US Navy procurementQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:17:40Why US destroyers delayed permanent helicopter facilitiesQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:37Congress funds capital ships but neglects escortsQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:21:40Constitution remained a heavy frigate, not a disguised ship of the lineQ&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)1:29:28How many destroyers would the major navies need?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:30:00Alliances divide oceans because no navy has infinite shipsNotable Point
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:49:42Would purpose-built landing ships appear without the war?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:54:12Would flight-deck cruisers or battlecarriers be built?Q&A
- Jimmy Carter: The Only Submariner President... so far...4:35From naval service to farm and public officeNotable Point
- Jimmy Carter: The Only Submariner President... so far...10:04Why Carter chose a United States Navy careerChapter
- Jimmy Carter: The Only Submariner President... so far...32:17Naval integration and Carter's civil-rights stanceChapter
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:42US fleet production and allied availabilityQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:27Sketching a multi-carrier US task forceQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:17:55Completing Mackensen battlecruisers for the US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:20:55What an American reconstruction budget would permitNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:41:57Why USS Reuben James did not trigger warQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:15:50Debating conventional carriers alongside US nuclear carriersQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:18:15A five-flight-deck British carrier conceptNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:19:29Conventional submarines as an AUKUS complementNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:21:05Carrier surges and later maintenance gapsNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:25:04Allied carriers and national availabilityNotable Point
- Procuring for Peace First Draft49:23Perry-class frigates offered scalable American presenceChapter
- Procuring for Peace First Draft53:46Allies must share the cost of persistent presenceNotable Point
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:09:03American heavy frigates bought status without a battle fleetChapter
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:22:31Crewing cuts can undermine force generationNotable Point
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:30Why the F-11 Tiger mattered despite a short careerQ&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:20American pressure behind Japan's Six-Six FleetNotable Point
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:10Will France's next carrier surpass the Ford class?Q&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:56Could Type 83 influence the next US destroyer?Q&A
- 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
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?8:23American, Japanese, and Italian cruiser submarinesChapter
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?17:11Even the largest navies depend on allied burden sharingNotable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?45:15Congress may convert four-stackers and order destroyers earlierNotable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?48:08Trade-dependent powers become more sensitive to submarine rangeNotable Point
- Nuclear Powered Warships: are they worth the cost?2:15USS Long Beach and the nuclear cruiser ideaChapter
- Nuclear Powered Warships: are they worth the cost?29:48The U.S. stopped short after the Virginia classNotable Point
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:29:06American ships of the line would reshape the War of 1812Q&A
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?46:44American battle-line politics enable the compromiseNotable Point
- 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
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?57:19Washington and the Lexingtons in the American compromiseChapter
- 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
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?1:03:30Battlecruisers reshape American Pacific infrastructureNotable Point
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?1:18:40Continuous building drives reciprocal modernizationNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...39:56PAC-3 integration and missile-supply riskQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...42:14US destroyer leaders and guided-missile developmentQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:08Which US battleships receive modernization priorityQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:06How uncrewed systems reshape US naval plansQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:02The Helldiver's timing problemQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:11The institutional origins of the US and Royal NaviesNotable Point
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:56Keeping sea lanes open through naval presenceQ&A
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:14Why the US Navy will seek new SSGNsQ&A
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships42:30Why the Avenger class used wooden hulls in the 1980sChapter
- #Japan2025 #ShipShape naval history trip... update 6 Mikasa first look & hunt for Irn Bru1:30Mikasa beside the modern naval presence at YokosukaNotable Point
- J-15 Flying Shark; The Foundation of a New Era34:16Why benchmark forces shape aircraft comparisonsNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?17:48How an intact fleet reshapes Allied bargainingChapter
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?40:36A plausible division of the High Seas FleetNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?1:00:38An intact fleet breaks the historical 5:5:3 ratioChapter
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?1:13:39Carrier programs grow before a delayed treatyNotable Point
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:07:24Britain and America turn Kearsarge into a fast battleshipNotable Point
- What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?25:52Destroyer culture rewarded attacks against stronger shipsNotable Point
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?1:19How the Royal Navy studied American Pacific battlesChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?17:24The US Navy's precarious position before MidwayChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?26:11Midway's broken contact and the shadowing problemChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?32:33Why allied summaries could soften internal naval criticismNotable Point
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?33:12From cautious pursuit to strategic reversal at MidwayChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?51:14Why the Royal Navy invested in night shadowingNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut56:15Why destroyer captains had to be told noQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut2:19:20A nuclear cruiser escort for every US carrierQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...38:43Why Allied navies would discard captured German battleshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:59British first rates on the Great Lakes after 1812Q&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:12:43Why a smaller Zumwalt crew may not mean lower costQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:17:37When a larger DDG(X) becomes a new Burke flightNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:19:31The US Navy's tightening crewing constraintNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:03:35An American ocean-going ironclad for the late 1860sQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:10:51Could a US Buccaneer purchase save CVA-01?Q&A
- Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?7:28Why Maya's upgrades suit a two-ship Japanese buyNotable Point
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P354:44An 80,000-ton American Pacific battleshipChapter
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P31:04:44Could an 80,000-ton battleship exceed Panamax?Q&A
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P31:07:29How ammunition reached an 8-inch turret stacked on a 12-inch turretQ&A
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P31:26:01Judging South Dakota's electrical system by 1940s practiceNotable Point
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P31:27:53Why do Massachusetts switchboards show both 440 and 450 volts?Q&A
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P32:10:29Which US Navy battleships are the historians' favorites?Q&A
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P33:14:03An early-1930s USS Constitution battlecruiserChapter
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P33:14:52USS Indiana as America's first battleship effortQ&A
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P33:30:20A fast Tennessee with space for a flagship staffNotable Point
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P33:33:01Extra protection and disputed antiaircraft equipmentNotable Point
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P33:35:59A conservative Constitution built from mature weaponsNotable Point
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P33:39:30Choosing between flagship space and extra armorNotable Point
- Liberty Leadership: How the ships that were the blood cells of WWII came to be...1:00:52Royal Navy lessons meet US carrier air-defence institutionsNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:29Who actually names United States warships?Q&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:25Drone pilots, carrier landings, and naval-aviator qualificationsQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:14:27Blue Ridge and Mount Whitney's unusually long serviceNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:33How a 340-airframe SH-60 fleet would be distributedQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:35:59Magic Carpet and the skills carrier pilots needQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:03Midway after losing Lexington and Yorktown at Coral SeaQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:03:59The nineteenth century's largest naval missed opportunitiesQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:19Whether to reorder cancelled SH-60 airframesQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:48:41F-35C depth while sixth-generation technology maturesQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...51:05What a continuous Cold War shipbuilding program could preserveQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:30A nuclear-cruiser program to sustain surface-reactor productionNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:33:11Why navies plan even for wars with friendly powersQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:32:17What the US Navy might learn from a devastating TarantoQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:51:06A drawn Savo Island battle could shorten GuadalcanalQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:17:47Could triple 18-inch turrets fit an Iowa-class barbette?Q&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:30Why an F-14 successor cannot simply return decades laterQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:37:07Why a nuclear Zumwalt cruiser would be a new designQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:52:48Earlier US naval deployments around VenezuelaQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:01:26Dry-service rules and unofficial wartime alcoholNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:57:23Zumwalt boat handling and the limits of crew-saving automationNotable Point
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why20:45The neglected US Navy 4-inch gunNotable Point
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why1:06:28Why the 5-inch/38 succeeded as a complete systemChapter
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why1:07:49Why the 5-inch/38 needed a new barrel designNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...26:46Three navies, three reasons for multi-carrier operationsNotable Point
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...16:00Why Martlet deliveries did not weaken the US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...43:42Zumwalt's unrealized ballistic-missile-defence pathQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:48:37Zumwalt's likely service life and hypersonic refitQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:26:47The fire-support gap left by Zumwalt's gun conversionQ&A
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.8:42Operational experience behind the 1987 surface studiesNotable Point
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.10:46Cold War studies and the recurring Burke stopgapChapter
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.47:25How a 24-ship Zumwalt fleet might have changed deterrenceNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?2:00:10More North Carolinas offered a quick American responseQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:03An earlier American fleet accelerates the naval arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...59:42When naval orders serve employment goalsNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:33:20Would 16.5-inch British guns push America to 18 inches?Q&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:12Why the F-14 did not need a major fleet battle to prove its roleQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:09:56Why US battlecruiser and carrier names mixed traditionsQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:14Why the Seahawk justified replacing the SeaspriteQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:48Keeping Wake Island as a 1942 forward baseQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:33:59Battle names worth restoring to US carriersQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:19:43Why American frigate gun calibres differed before PerryQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:23:39Why the US Navy repeatedly changed the commodore rankQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:38:55GUPPY refits as a bridge to postwar submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:18:36Adolphus Andrews and the Eastern Sea FrontierQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:37:31An American program of improved Flower-class corvettesQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:39:01An unscuttled High Seas Fleet and American treaty choicesQ&A
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:14:20ABDA crews cooperated better than its staff systemNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:15:20The decisive carrier battle shifts toward the Java SeaChapter
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:28:47British night attack and American dawn strikeNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:31:38British fighter direction offers the US Navy a shortcutNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?2:13:53Could Allied fleets trap Japan in the Java Sea?Q&A
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?2:26:04Could American submarines use British torpedo technology?Q&A
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?2:51:39How many T-class submarines could reinforce Singapore?Notable Point
- Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility9:39From Korean War lessons to Grumman's winning designChapter
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:52:41Reversing Anglo-American prewar fleet prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:57:21Iowa BB-4 replaces Iowa BB-61 in the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:59:52American battleships reinforce the MediterraneanQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:03:47Why the US Navy honors the name KearsargeQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:22:52USS Ranger in the opening Pacific carrier warQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:37:08The US Navy adopts the Fairey SwordfishQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:45Swapping Allied cruisers and destroyers between theatersQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:11:23American submarines borrowing torpedoes from SingaporeQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:04A US submarine attacks Japan before Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:23:46US cruisers and destroyers become British classesQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:36:04Willis Lee promoted before Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:40:49Lexington class designed as an American HoodQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:53:54American standard battleships become King George V-class shipsQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:49:08US Atlantic submarines and the Allied division of effortQ&A
- The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!23:39The delegations reveal a military working conferenceNotable Point
- The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!33:17Prince of Wales and American cruisers as diplomatic signalsChapter
- The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!1:17:17Operational agreements made Atlantic interoperability the real prizeChapter
- The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!2:31:47American fast battleships and carriers strengthened Roosevelt's handQ&A
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?54:28Prewar American battleships put speed lastNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?58:16How treaty limits changed battleship tacticsChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:12:37America built battleships without a balanced fleet screenChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:16:29How the New Steel Navy built an industrial base in one generationNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:20:16Mahan's naval influence and the neglected fleet screenNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:20:45Why America's modern fleet screen arrived too late for World War INotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:28:27Lexington's extreme pursuit of scouting speedChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:32:34A modernized Lexington could have become a carrier escortNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:35:21The 1920 South Dakotas as line-of-battle specialistsChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:38:39Would Japanese attrition work better against Britain than America?Q&A
- Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence48:35Warrior versus Monitor obscures two different fleet systemsNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)1:03:39An alerted U.S. carrier counterstroke at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:32:39Royal Navy technologies hidden inside modern practiceQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:02Why Italian ships lead for crew comfortQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:54Why U.S. ships keep larger crewsQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:27How U.S. military benefits support larger crewsNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:57Why the U.S. abandoned a nuclear strike cruiserQ&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft49:06Oliver Hazard Perry frigates made mass visibleChapter
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft1:02:58American heavy frigates made the republic costly to coerceChapter
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft2:11:01Which major navy is in the worst shape?Q&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft2:19:41What the early US Navy lacked above its frigatesQ&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft2:30:45Why the US Navy failed to replace the Perry classQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:24Why a Japanese Coral Sea victory delays rather than decides the warQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:25How far Wake Island relief planning advancedQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:22The Interstate TDR assault droneQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:20:16A decisive Japanese victory at Coral SeaQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:41:55American carriers in a Wake Island relief battleQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:55:08Why a joint US-UK destroyer is difficultQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:26:00Why the US Navy had little need for Tribal-class destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:43:31Twentieth-century warship design misstepsQ&A
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...2:00:56Why there is no single last naval CommodoreQ&A
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...2:19:14Could the U.S. Navy restore Commodore?Q&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:18Force Z reaches Pearl Harbor before SingaporeQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:44Royal Navy capital ships replace the Pearl Harbor battle lineQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:17Why Aubrey Fitch aboard Hornet would probably change little at MidwayQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:44:39Why scouting-force doctrine exposed uneven US officer preparationQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:07American carriers in the wartime MediterraneanQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:45US capital ships replace the wartime Mediterranean FleetQ&A
- Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit9:49Torpedo-boat command in an unbalanced fleetChapter
- Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit12:35Engineering expertise aboard Delaware and ashoreChapter
- Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit40:03War Plan Orange and command of the United States FleetChapter
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy2:38:41More Soviet cruisers could revive the US strike-cruiser programQ&A
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy2:49:10More Kirovs would increase Western missile loadsQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:44Admiral Lee turns toward SamarQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:26:09Swapping Royal Navy and US Navy high commandsQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:22The old battleship Texas and the nuclear cruiser of the same nameQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:01Mark 14 torpedo failures versus the Bomber MafiaQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:46The US Navy adopts the pom-pomQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:34:27A conventional frigate instead of LCSQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:03:42Lafayette becomes a long-range strike carrierQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:34:52E-2D Hawkeyes appear before Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:45:31Britain remains a postwar naval superpowerQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:51:08Pearl Harbor's local Army-Navy command linksNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:26:59Torch escort priorities and British ships for the US NavyNotable Point
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...27:28American standard battleships followed the same cohesion logicNotable Point
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability1:17:29Why Allied operational pauses frustrated Japan's attrition planNotable Point
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability1:38:19US scouting cruisers, gunfire spotting, and the SOC SeagullChapter
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability1:39:31Why submarines alone could not replace cruiser scoutsNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:33Why the US Navy retired its older cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:15Hypersonic missiles give Zumwalt a strategic roleQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:51Judging Zumwalt's curtailed programme and LCS speed requirementsNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:07Could US submarines have used British torpedoes?Q&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:37Could old ships receive quick prewar engine overhauls?Q&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:27Why modernizing the Tennessee-class cruisers was unattractiveQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:09:05What the US Navy could do after cancelling ConstellationQ&A
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?57:11Yorktown and Enterprise under the same boiler revolutionNotable Point
- Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat8:03Thomas Connolly: the officer behind 'Tom's Cat'Chapter
- Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat12:26The Connolly Committee links naval aviation to the space ageNotable Point
- Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat31:27Cold War service and the Gulf of Sidra engagementsChapter
- Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat33:30TARPS turns the Tomcat into the Navy's reconnaissance aircraftChapter
- Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat36:21Iranian combat success and reconnaissance over the Bekaa ValleyChapter
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…6:28Why Pearl Harbor became the Pacific Fleet's vulnerable fulcrumChapter
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…56:04American rearmament closed Japan's remaining strategic windowNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…1:09:35Why did the Navy rely on Army radar in Hawaii?Q&A
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…1:26:57Fleet Problem XIII demonstrated the Pearl Harbor attack in 1932Chapter
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…1:30:01Sunday routines survived the exercise warningNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…1:49:47American carrier doctrine revealed what the missing Japanese carriers meantChapter
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…1:52:29Multi-carrier operations emerged from common technical pressuresNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…2:02:34Would a Navy radar station have changed Pearl Harbor?Q&A
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…2:09:48Would destroying Pearl Harbor's infrastructure have changed the war?Q&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:25Why pre-Fletcher destroyers came in many small classesQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:49:00How 1920s US infrastructure investment could reshape naval competitionQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:24What would follow the Gearing class in a longer World War II?Q&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:55:24Crews and bases for an imported game fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:00:30American infrastructure investment and the London TreatyQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:07:14Admiral Kimmel and blame for Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:13:07When a US-Japanese war might begin without naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:13:54Would an earlier Pacific war favor Japan?Q&A
- Chūichi Nagumo: The Creation of the Kidō Butai's Kaigun Chūjō51:14Unscripted exercises and the cost of readinessNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?28:40How an even Battle of Midway could reshape US carrier buildingQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?30:38An even Midway could delay Guadalcanal and enlarge British involvementNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?31:42A Japanese-held Midway could become a decisive-battle trapNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?33:20Treaty tonnage forced carrier armor and air-group compromisesNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?58:00A 24-knot battle line would pressure British and American successorsNotable Point
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:17Why navies rarely control their own budgetsQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:44:48How long can Nimitz-class carriers serve?Q&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:04Why prewar US destroyers came in many small classesQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:26:49Why US two-ship classes were supportableQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:55:10The largest backward steps taken by naviesQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:56:37What the Panama Canal imposed on US warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:54A third Lexington-class carrierQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:06:05The Royal Navy after the US Africa Squadron's recallQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:39Naval treaties based on hull count instead of tonnageQ&A
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?42:09Why not build the maximal fast battleship?Notable Point
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?56:24Strategic restraint behind the finished classChapter
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?1:04:15Britain, America, and an unrestrained naval technology raceNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?9:08Why German commissioning dates can overstate readinessNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?50:56A longer arms race favored the maritime democraciesNotable Point
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose15:47How France lost naval expertise before the coalition warsNotable Point
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:09A disabled Panama Canal delays Pacific reinforcementQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:07Naval and air war against Iran from the 1980s to 2000sQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:45:35World of Warships Ohio battleships transform the Pacific WarQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:02Ohio battleships turn the Doolittle Raid into a possible fleet trapNotable Point
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:57The Philippines replaces Pearl Harbor as the US forward baseQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:14Jacksonville-class light cruisers strengthen US air defenseQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:33:48Building Constellation frigates on the Great LakesQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:56:08Yorktown survives Midway but misses the Guadalcanal carrier battlesQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:22:25Earlier carrier orders change the need for the Essex classNotable Point
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:24:58Earlier North Carolinas start with 16-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:27Why the Chicago Piano could not be fixed for wartime air defenseQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:40:53A reliable Chicago Piano still leaves a need for 40 mm gunsQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:01:15Japan captures Pearl Harbor and disrupts US Pacific commandQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:35:20Reopening the Strait of Hormuz would require a difficult operationQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:44:55Vietnam-era American forces overwhelm the Axis in 1942Q&A
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?30:41Peacetime exercises produced a false picture of air attack prioritiesNotable Point
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?32:42The U.S. Navy reaches the Bofors after the 1.1-inch gunNotable Point
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?43:41Radar and barrel replacement altered wartime gun performanceNotable Point
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?1:15:53Pacific combat shifted the balance from reach back toward volumeChapter
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:46:24Would other nations join the imperial naval system?Q&A
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?3:21:38Was victory over Japan naval power or air power?Q&A
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?3:24:47How the United States might answer Canadian battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:34Britain and America approached the Pacific from opposite directionsNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:40Yamato might reach the battle line but would not be capturedQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:51If the carriers were at Pearl Harbor and the battle line was at seaQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:02Ernest King pushed the Essex-class carrier programQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:15Richmond Turner controlled information that Pearl Harbor commanders neededNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:22:33A British Hawaii redirects American expansion elsewhereQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:48Early 16-inch/50 guns could reshape the Washington treatyQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:39:03A 1912 US policy change could arm Pennsylvania with 16-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:48:42A timely warning changes Pearl Harbor's alert postureQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:46Rejecting level bombing would shift aircraft toward torpedo attackQ&A
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!5:27Torpedoes, staff work, and King's first destroyer commandsChapter
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!19:27National policy required the tools to fightNotable Point
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!24:57King's naval-training reform struggled to change the bureau systemNotable Point
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!25:53A store ship led King into logistics and submarinesChapter
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!33:52King and Henderson offer parallel naval-aviation careersNotable Point
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!43:29USS Lexington exposed King to carrier command and Navy politicsChapter
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!1:06:03King designed a fleet-wide anti-aircraft rearmament planNotable Point
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!1:16:36King combined fleet command with the CNO postNotable Point
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!1:18:58Pacific war aims explain King's policy toward BritainNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...32:35Congress and interwar U.S. naval growthNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...39:13American rank policy complicated coalition commandNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...42:02Why procurement programs need senior officersNotable Point
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:01:41Why coastal blackouts mattered against U-boatsQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:58:23What an all-Sumner US destroyer fleet changes in 1941Q&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:00:18Why German Bayern-class prizes would complicate WashingtonQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:51How early US minelaying submarines could reshape the Pacific openingQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:01Choosing a Second World War navy when survival is guaranteedQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:19:42A modern seaplane case for Pacific logisticsQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:47:49Why equal post-Jutland fleets would fail at WashingtonQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...13:49Why early American isolationism still required overseas naval supportNotable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:33What a Pacific-first American strategy would changeQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:13:07Where American standard battleships could free British shipsQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:19:36Why Renown and Repulse could not immediately join American cruiser groupsQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:24Could American submarines use British torpedoes?Q&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:35:55Naming the next US battleship class after the 1920 South DakotasQ&A
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction48:37Royal Navy procurement faced several qualitative rivalsNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned1:54:37War Plan Orange anticipated Japan's battle trapNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned2:18:17Tsushima revealed Japan as a first-rate naval powerNotable Point
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:04Assessing the USS Scorpion battery-explosion theoryQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...43:26If the US Navy jumped from twelve- to fifteen-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:03:31Was the Somers class still designed around torpedoes?Q&A
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?35:18Why the Atlanta duplicated destroyer capabilityChapter
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?38:44Why the U.S. Navy stopped at eight AtlantasNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?43:14Universal guns traded experimentation for logisticsNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?46:24CL-154 pushed the screening cruiser much furtherNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?1:22:32Guadalcanal exposed Atlanta's role mismatchChapter
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?1:31:38A case for pairing Atlantas with every EssexNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:29:16The Mark 14 torpedo and responsibility for inadequate testingQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:06How British Hawaii could reshape Pacific strategyQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:25Designing the Royal Navy and US Navy without naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:25More Lexington hulls and larger American shipyardsNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:00Testing the Mark 14 torpedo in different environmentsNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:38Replacing the Clemson swarm and raising battleship speedNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:39How larger guns on Hood could reshape the Washington TreatyQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:42How America might answer a 16.5-inch HoodQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:18:59Why commodore repeatedly shifted between rank and appointmentQ&A
- Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List28:24Ernest Evans makes USS Johnston the example at SamarChapter
- Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List1:04:11William Hank and USS Laffey at GuadalcanalChapter
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin2:31:03Comparative naval aviation became a Royal Navy thesisQ&A
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin2:33:47Benchmark navies are more useful than greatest-navy rankingsQ&A
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic17:59Why warrior ethos cannot replace command specializationNotable Point
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic47:35An unprecedented fleet that had to move as oneChapter
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic1:27:08Which First World War leaders shaped the next navies?Notable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:09:25HMS Delhi's American 5-inch/38 conversionNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:15:10Carrier strike group versus carrier battle groupQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:01:41An American 18-inch gun program before the treaty eraQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:10:44Why New Ironsides could not match HMS WarriorQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:16:30The gap after New IronsidesNotable Point
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership19:27Hoover's promise of parity meets the cruiser gapChapter
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership1:01:22Stimson secures the image of parityChapter
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership1:04:22Equal submarine tonnage masks unequal global missionsNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?5:13AA cruiser ideas before World War IIChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?36:28Atlanta and Dido emerged in parallelChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:05:34Atlanta as a destroyer-built cruiserChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:08:38Mark 37 was a continually evolving systemNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:45:11What made a destroyer leader?Q&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:27:20Why the US Navy built few Atlanta-class cruisersChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:34:38USS Juneau and the five Sullivan brothersNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:37:44Were there two cruisers named USS Juneau?Q&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?3:14:06Would the 5-inch/54 have prolonged Atlanta production?Q&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:37Rebuilding the US Navy from 1980 around docks, submarines, and escortsQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:16Why the US Navy did not replace the A-6 with another dedicated strike aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:38Why the Kidd class outmatched the Type 42 without making it a bad destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:04How CSG25 compares with a US carrier strike groupQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:10How paperwork can erode naval readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:48Why the Knox class was more capable than the Type 21Q&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:42Why Talos launchers did not receive successor missilesQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:22:55How eighteen Japanese pre-dreadnoughts change Tsushima and HawaiiQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:44:17Why US shipbuilding plans must be judged by deliveryQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:04What an early 5-inch/54 gun would change in the wartime US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:15How Japan approached Pearl Harbor without being detectedQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:43:00Where South Korean warship exports are most likely to succeedQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:04:13How effective early homing torpedoes were in the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:51Why the US Navy needs many Constellation-class frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:11:41How a naval F-22 could reshape the carrier air wingQ&A
- Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?1:15:38Marshall Islands bombardment reveals the price of overcoming fortsNotable Point
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...34:42Why Britain appeared ahead in current frigate procurementQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:48:10Why infrastructure alone would not solve Corsair production limitsQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:22:08What could replace the Constellation-class frigate programQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:44:17Why Swede Momsen would not transform British submarines in 1933Q&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:56The newspaper report that exposed shallow Japanese depth chargesQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:38Could the United States Navy build the H-44 battleship?Q&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:28:58What if every US cruiser became a Des Moines in 1941?Q&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:00Which American standard-type battleship should survive?Q&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:14:10How the United States would answer World of Warships SatsumaQ&A
- Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon: Father of the Regia Marina36:07Sejong the Great versus Arleigh Burke: capability and numbersNotable Point
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty15:23How the verdict on the naval treaties changedNotable Point
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty41:27Hoover, naval parity, and the cruiser gapChapter
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty1:52:45Stimson, fleet parity, and differing naval missionsChapter
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty1:59:05Carrier limits and reconnaissance across the oceansNotable Point
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty2:00:24A cruiser allowance based on each navy's missionsNotable Point
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...28:31Why the Littoral Combat Ship still merits harsh criticismQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:46How carrier ASW doctrine met nuclear submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:50How Roma would serve in an Allied fleet in 1942Q&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:15Would steam catapults improve US carriers in 1941?Q&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:13:52The risk of naming warships for living political leadersNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued58:52Turbo-electric drive in US ships and locomotivesQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:52Full-scope testing as the decisive Mark 6 exploder reformNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...59:31When an escort carrier outgrows its merchant-hull logicNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:32Why Atlanta-class cruisers struggled outside the destroyer-leader roleNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:32:41A sustainable US Navy after the Civil WarQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:09Why the US Navy's 5.4-inch gun went nowhereQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:09What a US 5.4-inch gun would changeQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:49Buccaneers attacking US carriers in exercisesQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:59:00Why six 18-inch guns are a poor Iowa-class tradeQ&A
- What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?50:48How First World War frustrations shaped fleet doctrineNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...8:09Assessing claims that Houthi weapons hit US warshipsQ&A
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer2:04:06Scottish command, demobilisation, and WashingtonChapter
- Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...5:55The Buffalo in the US Navy's pugnacious fighter traditionNotable Point
- Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...27:07US Navy additions exhausted the Buffalo's growth marginChapter
- Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...28:44The proposed reconnaissance Buffalo with 20 mm cannonNotable Point
- Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...29:22An aircraft without an upgrade team falls behindNotable Point
- Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...51:10A Navy management reform lasted only monthsNotable Point
- Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...52:43Why the US government took control of BrewsterChapter
- Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...55:20The lost third line of US Navy fightersNotable Point
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 19418:39The Pacific Fleet battle line on 6 December 1941Chapter
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 194116:47Why the battle line could hit hard but struggled to find targetsNotable Point
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 194120:59When did the US Navy expect to be ready for war?Q&A
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 194143:33Three institutional pressures on US fleet readinessNotable Point
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 19411:20:40The sortie empties Pearl Harbor's naval screenNotable Point
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 19411:59:40Would an early fleet battle change US shipbuilding priorities?Q&A
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 19412:06:19Were carriers still supporting the battle fleet in 1941 doctrine?Q&A
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 19412:34:42Could Force Z join the surviving American fleet?Q&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!1:35:48Cimarron-class oilers as fleet workhorsesQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!1:37:14How jumboization enlarged the Cimarron oilersQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!1:58:19The unbuilt armored-flight-deck EssexNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!2:19:19Can the Constellation frigate escape the LCS legacy?Q&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!2:22:49LCS firefighting limits and the 45-knot requirementNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!2:50:29If the Pearl Harbor battleships could not be repairedQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:44:42Who gets the blame for the Mark 14 torpedo?Q&A
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!42:07Why destroyer officers became wartime admiralsNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!49:22How early command can disrupt promotion plansNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!1:35:28Saltwater service makes aircraft maintenance more demandingNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!3:38:08If Pearl Harbor's battle line sailed on 6 DecemberNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...1:15:11A US Falklands War with a Grenada-sized forceQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...2:35:31If Halsey had stayed near the Leyte landingsQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...2:50:02F/A-XX and the US aircraft industrial baseQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:04:17Why the SB2C was not routinely called Helldiver IIQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:06:12Why 1930s carrier air groups divided missionsQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:06:38How Coast Guard cutters reinforce the US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:22:16Admiral Kimmel in the Guadalcanal campaignQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:46:24Perry-class retirement and the replacement gapQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:57:20The F-8 Crusader's point-defense limitsQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...4:13:26Colorado and Nelson 16-inch guns comparedQ&A
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class38:27Threat analysis behind the six-battleship standardChapter
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class1:20:32From the Six-Six Fleet to the Eight-Eight FleetChapter
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:11Why the US Navy did not buy more eight-inch armored cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:43Why later Oliver Hazard Perry frigates used the long hullQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:04Why the US Air Force is unlikely to adopt the Navy's F/A-XXQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:59:58Why humane familiarity can strengthen naval commandNotable Point
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:12Why gallon differences did not derail Allied naval fuelingQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:56Why the Constellation-class frigates are likely to surviveQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:20How national requirements distort warship and aircraft comparisonsQ&A
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:34:52Rickover imprints standards on the Nuclear NavyChapter
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:39:51Elite identity and status in the submarine serviceNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:41:04Seawolf, Virginia, and Rickover's usable fleetNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:44:19Successive CNOs shape the Arleigh Burke classChapter
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:47:43Zumwalt's questions begin a long institutional transitionNotable Point
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!16:01Pensacola, County, and York cruiser design comparedQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!1:01:39What if the US Navy had standardized on the pom-pom?Q&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!1:13:21Why cannon production constrained the early United StatesQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!1:32:19How a 1916 end to the First World War changes the US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:11The Thousand-Ship Navy as an allied fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...9:13Navies undermined by their own political leadershipQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...22:55Were FRAM destroyers really frigates?Q&A
- An Indomitable Force Z16:38Indomitable would probably bring a much larger destroyer screenChapter
- An Indomitable Force Z1:14:09British night strikes and American daylight attacks could complement each otherNotable Point
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live2:51:19Why the early United States lacked ships of the lineQ&A
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live3:17:23Why Doris Miller is a fitting carrier nameQ&A
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live3:27:39Doris Miller's carrier name links service and symbolismNotable Point
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live3:30:33US carrier naming conventions remain flexibleNotable Point
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:36Forward presence needs maintenance and less paperworkQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:33:43How proposed nuclear strike cruisers could reshape the US escort fleetQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:16:43Comparing the smallest nuclear-powered surface shipsQ&A
- Paulet Affair of 1843: When the Royal Navy found itself in charge of Hawaii44:18USS Boston and the cost of intervening in HawaiiNotable Point
- Paulet Affair of 1843: When the Royal Navy found itself in charge of Hawaii1:00:30The U.S. Pacific Squadron watched without forcing a confrontationNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?19:28The U.S. destroyers that might have reinforced Force ZNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:48:10How Operation C could become an Allied-Japanese fleet confrontationChapter
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?2:10:41How U.S. ship types shape who receives a naval namesakeQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:33A Royal Navy-sized American budget in 1900Q&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...40:14Why German and American naval budgets faced different limitsNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:18:48Midway without USS YorktownQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:01An American War of 1812 against Napoleonic FranceQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:39How to rebuild modern US and Royal Navy capacityQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:38Large cruisers as a layer below carrier deploymentQ&A
- Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?5:47Roosevelt, Taft, and the politics of an American treaty initiativeChapter
- Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?58:07Roosevelt, Tillman, and Britain could support the cap for different reasonsChapter
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?22:12The US Navy example exposed Britain's funding problemChapter
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:18:54Could smaller American CATOBAR carriers replace wartime losses?Q&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:47Why the Arleigh Burke class is still a production-line warshipQ&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:19The U.S. 1.1-inch gun versus Japan's 25 mm anti-aircraft gunQ&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:45Could the U.S. Navy have prepared better for the War of 1812?Q&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:39Would reliable Mark 14 torpedoes change the Philippines campaign?Q&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:51Frigate missions and criticism of the Littoral Combat ShipQ&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:04:57The American ships of the line planned before 1812Q&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:59Where nuclear propulsion fits an American escort fleetQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:36Do enlarged Virginias retain the flexibility of attack submarines?Q&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:40:18A faster New Mexico class triggers a battleship speed raceQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:03Seawolf as the high-end American hunter-killerQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:53:18A mine is the leading explanation for USS Albacore's lossQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:10:12Ford-class delays and shipbuilding capacityQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:11:42Why restarting Zumwalt production would cost like a new programQ&A
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him0:01Farragut's sixty-year naval careerChapter
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him12:45Congressional limits on the early US NavyNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him20:33USS Shark and Anglo-American anti-piracyChapter
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him24:46Distributed command and coalition memoryNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him53:47Building Mare Island and a two-coast navyChapter
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him56:26The Civil War forced the US Navy to create admiral ranksNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him59:22The captain rank ceiling wasted naval experienceNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him1:13:09Farragut in American popular memoryNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him1:14:16Postwar diplomacy with the European SquadronChapter
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him1:25:07Could Farragut serve in a modern navy?Notable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!50:20The US Navy model for a movable seaplane baseChapter
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:18What interwar conversions taught about carrier sizeQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:29Liberty-ship tonnage transformed into cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:05:14Why a Chinese cruiser would not revive the IowasQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:38:55Faster 16-inch US Standard battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:41:02Starting US naval expansion ten years earlierQ&A
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...1:53:48Italy, Japan, and the United States answer Britain's leapChapter
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...1:59:09A 24-knot standard would push America toward turbinesNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...24:29When naval competition still included shared ideasNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...1:38:46Symbolic heroes versus the people who shape naval cultureNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live3:07:34Charles Madden balances cruiser needs against treaty limitsChapter
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II13:03If the United States joined Japan against RussiaQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II20:48Comparing Second World War damage controlQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II28:30Why a single 5-inch Mark 42 could fire quicklyQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II31:44What Second World War use would the US make of PBRs?Q&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II38:09How First World War damage control improvedQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II52:40How the Korean War shaped the post-war US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II1:05:34Could the Alaska class serve in a modern US Navy?Q&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II1:24:39How a much larger Panama Canal would change US warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II2:03:32Why Taffy 3 destroyers kept fighting after heavy hitsQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II2:07:03The Littoral Combat Ship’s design failure: requirements without disciplineQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II2:09:00Why Zumwalt and LCS had different programme failuresQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...33:36Would USS Ranger go to the Pacific after a worse Pearl Harbor?Q&A
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 108:21What gun counts miss about fighting valueNotable Point
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 1025:40British numbers versus American heavy frigatesNotable Point
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 1028:41Constellation and L'Insurgente in the Quasi-WarChapter
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 1033:52How prize valuation could strengthen or weaken incentivesNotable Point
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 1038:24Benjamin Stoddert, prize money, and ship namesNotable Point
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?1:58:59Who else could build an early 14-inch naval gun?Q&A
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?2:39:22The United States answers with turbines, guns, and turretsChapter
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...4:13Presidential carrier names and protection from cancellationQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...59:14How the United States might answer a completed Plan ZQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...1:31:20Vickers salesmanship and the international 14-inch gunNotable Point
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:05:00Why a future DDG(X) launcher may still be Mark 41Q&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:27:07A hypothetical 1980s US battleship with VLS and 16-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:41:08Corsair carrier landings and accumulated deck experienceQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:55:55Funding the crews and support for forward presenceQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:57:11Naval writers and the burden of officer paperworkNotable Point
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...3:05:30Why US destroyer escorts were not initially called frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...3:07:18Why naming a Ford-class carrier remains politicalQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...3:10:52Halsey in a rapidly changing Pacific warQ&A
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience7:37Adoption, ancestry, and Farragut's naval identityChapter
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience24:43Naval families as officer schoolsNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience1:31:14Building Mare Island and a Pacific naval baseChapter
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience1:33:03Was fifty-three unusually old for a naval commander?Q&A
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience2:02:18Why Farragut chose USS Hartford as his flagshipNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience3:02:56Promotion to admiral without an active commandNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience4:00:28From Mobile Bay to the first full admiralChapter
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience4:20:11Could Second World War admirals have known Farragut's officers?Q&A
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience4:21:14Farragut's likely rank in a modern navyQ&A
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience4:24:13Could First World War officers know Farragut's generation?Q&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise5:12Six-inch dual-purpose guns and barrel-life tradeoffsQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise11:38Lion's heavier 16-inch shell and intended battle rangeNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise2:39:31Was a large VLS battery worth adding to the Iowa class?Q&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise2:58:53A 10:10:7 Washington Treaty fleet ratioQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:40:28USS Ranger's value in Operation TorchQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise4:11:08Why nuclear-powered escorts accompanied carrier sprintsQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise4:32:21MIRVs, moving carrier groups, and nuclear escalationQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise4:48:33Why navigators still need charts and dead reckoningNotable Point
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership1:36:39How fast Nelsons could destabilize the interwar treaty systemQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership1:56:34Why U-505 did not shape American submarine designQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership2:32:40Why Enterprise would likely be sunk at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership2:49:31What laying down six Yorktowns in 1939 would changeQ&A
- What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?59:46Fast Nelsons would outmaneuver Japanese and American battle linesChapter
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live1:47:49When did the US Navy overtake the Royal Navy in size?Q&A
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral10:30Kimmel's scouting-force background and carrier-raid plansChapter
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral12:23Kimmel's possible return under a subordinate carrier commandNotable Point
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 638:28Mahan and Corbett wrote for opposite naval problemsChapter
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 642:37The continental United States that Mahan asked to look outwardNotable Point
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 61:17:24Fleet Problem IX revealed both carrier power and vulnerabilityQ&A
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 62:13:34Destroyers as a school for wartime commandNotable Point
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?19:36Type 43, Aegis, and the evolution of fleet air defenseQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?45:48Carrier battle groups push toward Soviet bastionsQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?47:14Forrest Sherman destroyers as adaptable general-purpose shipsQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?52:18Lexington's survival depended on hits, luck, and damage controlQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?1:09:02S-3 Viking and distant carrier ASW screeningQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?1:23:56Why a surviving Yorktown would be repairedQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?1:25:02A delayed Essex surge lengthens rather than reverses the Pacific WarQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?1:58:03Edwardian and modern navies face political and personnel pressureQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?2:02:41Why dismantling nuclear submarines takes decadesQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?2:18:03Nimitz-class relevance rests on air wings, lifts, and refitsQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?3:26:21Unfinished Japanese destroyers were poor foundations for postwar escortsQ&A
- Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War21:21Canals turn dispersed forces into strategic powerNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...1:36:10American and Japanese navies confront a faster battle lineChapter
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:00:29Could Depression shipyards absorb five new battleships?Q&A
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:14:35An earlier US fast-battleship program could change fleet operationsChapter
- 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
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:49:36Were Britain and the United States already naval partners?Q&A
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:58:53Japan's 10:7 demand changes the treaty fleet balanceNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...3:07:25British and American Pacific range needs differNotable Point
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 513:59USNS Big Horn reveals the fragility of carrier logisticsNotable Point
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 51:28:22A demonstrated VLS reload is not yet a sustained capabilityNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 345:44Britain's wartime carrier-fighter procurement lessonNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 31:01:42Why larger US carriers gain operating efficiencyChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 31:05:45Carrier power depends on the logistical tailNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 31:07:32Slow carrier construction narrows the industrial baseNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 31:08:20Amphibious ships complement rather than replace US carriersNotable Point
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates58:29USS Natchez moved from a British order to a private yachtNotable Point
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20241:51:05Why modern allies can share carrier coverageNotable Point
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20242:04:13Why delaying the Two-Ocean Navy Act delays the whole Pacific warQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20243:29:27Why USS Long Beach stands out among nuclear cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20243:36:58Why Britain and America divided naval theaters in World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20243:49:21A 1945 United States Navy dropped into the Barbary WarsQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:55:41What a new surface-warfare capital ship would be calledQ&A
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?13:06Why convoy protection consumes entire fleetsChapter
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?37:31SOSUS and SURTASS build an ocean surveillance networkChapter
- Battle of Elli2:17:14What if Greece had ordered a battleship from America?Notable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 429:17What grog, mascots, and tattoos reveal about cultural changeNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 435:19How the Tailhook scandal reshaped US Navy core valuesNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 437:23How the US Navy trained for public engagementNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 448:16The US Navy's Culture of Excellence frameworkNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 41:04:20Building common naval culture in a fragmented ageQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?50:20Why the Oerlikon suited ships better than the HispanoQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?2:09:23Would Hood's 18-inch guns make the US 16-inch/45 obsolete?Q&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?3:03:01The unofficial frantic stamp in US Navy procurementQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?4:00:08If Pearl Harbor's battleships cannot returnQ&A
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!8:08Foreign-policy rhetoric without standing forcesNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!22:30Freedom of the seas and the limits of Pax BritannicaNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!45:01The Venezuelan crisis exposed US limitsNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!48:22Canadian security rhetoric and actual fleet capacityNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!53:46Roosevelt turned the doctrine into police powerChapter
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!1:02:29Naval power made Roosevelt's diplomacy credibleNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!1:03:39Maritime commerce pushed the doctrine toward Pax AmericanaNotable Point
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:28:32Can Littoral Combat Ships fill the US Navy's ASW gap?Q&A
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!1:37:34Fleet scale creates resilience and sustainment economiesNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...8:53How prize money differed between naviesQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...15:10Why the Independence-class light carriers resisted modernizationQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...1:25:44Why the US Navy moved carrier delivery toward V-22Q&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...2:25:04Why American amphibious commanders are easily overlookedQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...3:15:44The tradeoff in an earlier US coastal blackoutQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:16:40When US and Japanese sailors met before the Pacific WarQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:25:40How US naval guns and shells compared in the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:47:04Why the US Navy delayed battlecruisersQ&A
- Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings37:44USS Sealion's radar pursuit and the sinking of KongōChapter
- Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings1:08:20I-175 exploits a screen gap to destroy Liscome BayChapter
- The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...12:18Training, maintenance, and institutional memoryNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality1:01:51Canada's naval protection depended on the dateNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality1:28:15A stronger navy made the doctrine credibleNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality2:13:38Enforcement shifted from British power to American capacityNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality2:33:52What if Britain had supported Mexico against the United States?Q&A
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality2:36:01Could the United States contest the 1840s Royal Navy?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...1:25:50Was Japan a technological peer of the United States in 1941?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...1:27:50How peacetime exchange helped Japan become a naval peerNotable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...27:38Why large uncrewed submarines challenge the SSK caseQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...36:05Why AUKUS is more durable than one electionQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:33:09A later US entry preserves Montanas and most of the prewar programQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:37:02Why the United States stopped at Guam and the PhilippinesQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:46:50Why Britain could still evaluate the Mark 6 exploderQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...2:38:28A Columbia-based SSGN competes with the SSBN scheduleQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:14:26Why ninety aircraft marks a practical upper carrier air wingQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...4:09:12Why high-pressure steam suited the US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...4:16:32Electric-drive ships do not create unwanted low-speed powerQ&A
- Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...16:22The North Pacific search gap between Kodiak and HawaiiChapter
- Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...20:41How American assumptions ceded the initiativeNotable Point
- Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...25:22Where the American carriers were on 4 DecemberNotable Point
- Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...50:22Four decision branches after the Kido Butai is foundChapter
- Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...51:11Preparing Pearl Harbor while Japan fires firstNotable Point
- Middle of the Road doesn't always provide Best Bang for your Buck... Fourth Rates56:29Heavy American frigates still faced a two-deck disadvantageNotable Point
- Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo1:06:26USS Sealion and the Balao-class patrol submarineChapter
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:10:17The allied carrier networkChapter
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/41:42:12Why capital-ship dry docks mattered more by location than ratioQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:05:57What role would the Montana class have filled?Q&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:11:01Why Independence-class carriers lacked a 5-inch batteryQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:27:36Why US submarines entered the Sea of Japan lateQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:49:52Would taller British carrier hangars allow American-style aircraft stowage?Q&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/43:25:01How US and Japanese participation at Jutland might reshape night fightingQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/43:29:58Could oil-fired American battleships strengthen the Grand Fleet at Jutland?Q&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:39:59Why Omaha was a poor carrier-conversion hullQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:54:39Why late-war US carriers carried more fightersQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:57:45Why Fleet Problem lessons did not save Pearl HarborQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:22:27Choosing a new hull for a larger US cruiserQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:39:11Why a carrier pursuit can proceed below maximum speedQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:39:29Constellation frigate weapons and production capacityQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:40:19How retaining Kimmel might change the Pacific WarQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/46:57:10Pensacola's original torpedoes and a corrected recollectionQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/48:50Could the Fenian raids create a Canadian two-ocean navy?Q&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/411:51Cunningham, Lee, or Mikawa in a night actionQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/428:44Japan joining the Central Powers could bring America in soonerQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/441:51Pacific setbacks, B-29 bases, and the fleet already under constructionNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/41:13:17Fisher and the US Navy react to future ships at TsushimaQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/42:00:35Osa missile boats would become priority targets off VietnamQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/42:29:56Would TDR assault drones change Midway?Q&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/45:57:31Would Tillman battleships have needed more speed?Notable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/44:14:49Was Indian Ocean submarine warfare left to the Royal Navy?Q&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/44:39:52Why the A-12 Avenger II never escaped the Cold WarQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/45:11:10How Brazil could reshape Washington Treaty bargainingQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:00:36What removing destroyer and submarine tonnage limits changesQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:41:49Why Nimitz commanded the Pacific from shoreNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:43:45Carrier orders before Pearl Harbor and the risk of separate groupsNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:45:55What American navalism loses without President RooseveltQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/42:16:47Could the Royal Navy conduct Operation Praying Mantis?Q&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/42:47:54How the US Navy attacked ships before HarpoonQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/44:03:25Flower-class Corvettes filled an urgent US Navy escort gapChapter
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/45:25:40An Axis-aligned Brazil would force an Allied Atlantic campaignQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/45:34:56Why a modern 3-inch gun would not necessarily arm the FlowersQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/46:29:04Spain could provide sailors, not a useful Pacific fleetQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/46:34:50Early I-400 operations would pull American escorts homeQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:31:47Why the US Navy did not convert Omaha into an anti-aircraft cruiserQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:35:31Ranger was a weak basis for an amphibious assault shipQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/48:00:45Iowa's speed would outlast Montana's heavier batteryQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/48:04:07USS Thresher was lost through a chain of system failuresQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 10813:55Why the American carriers cannot make the sightingNotable Point
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 10826:40Basing the Pacific Fleet at San Diego changes Japan's targetQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1081:05:26Destroying Kido Butai opens Japan's defensive perimeterQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1081:07:40The United States would let Kido Butai turn awayQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1081:17:30Kimmel could shift his flag and command from seaQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1081:23:10An alerted battle should still be decided by carriersQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1081:32:40Australian forward basing would signal an allianceQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1082:32:51How might a US Navy attack on Japan approach?Q&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1082:35:04More prewar cruisers improve American scoutingQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1082:53:04A world without naval treaties favors a technology raceQ&A
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 71:10:00A Soviet carrier lease would demand an American rebuildQ&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast23:15An all-gun cruiser group against Soviet escortsQ&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast42:08How much did American admiration for Japan matter?Q&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast1:00:05The L70 destroyer and early radar integrationNotable Point
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast1:03:23Could a cruiser hull make an escort carrier?Q&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast2:01:52Three-inch guns before close-in weapon systemsQ&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast2:28:18Quantity and quality in the prewar naval racesNotable Point
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax56:02Building a future US Navy from 1898 starts ashoreQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax2:18:20A successor to NR-1 needs a new research requirementQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax3:12:52Why US naval procurement stands out for wasted scaleQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax3:23:55Why retired Freedom-class LCS hulls are difficult to transferQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax3:27:28American wartime mass production did not mean disposable qualityQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax3:58:29Why Japan would verify a report of 12-inch American destroyersQ&A
- Chattanooga Campaign of 186336:01Grant's theater command worked around a shallow U.S. rank structureNotable Point
- Chattanooga Campaign of 18631:19:53Was the post-1812 U.S. Navy as divided as the Army of Tennessee?Q&A
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?1:04:12British and American forces trap the Kido ButaiChapter
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!29:56Theodore Roosevelt and earlier American entry into the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!31:03Could American battleships keep pace with the Grand Fleet?Notable Point
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!56:27Why the F6D Missileer arrived too earlyQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!2:13:51A Japanese jet fighter against the F6F HellcatQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!2:23:28Japanese pilot attrition and American tactical learningNotable Point
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!2:44:50Why another Iowa-class modernization is uneconomicQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:07:56Why an Air Force buy of the Navy's F/A-XX is unlikelyQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:14:10Why the US Navy is likely to retain supercarriersQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:38:10Congress delays an American Tiger Cub cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:43:02If the Nevadas became 28-knot battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!4:02:52A US Navy without Theodore RooseveltQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!4:20:02Early US 16-inch guns accelerate the battleship raceQ&A
- 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
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!4:43:42Why wartime carrier expansion must begin before the warQ&A
- 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
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'2:01:30An early peace could erase the Washington Naval TreatyNotable Point
- The Plane as imagined by a 5yr old! The A5 Vigilante - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 100:01Why the Vigilante excelled at tactical reconnaissanceChapter
- The Plane as imagined by a 5yr old! The A5 Vigilante - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 108:01Vigilantes deployed across successive US supercarrier generationsNotable Point
- The Plane as imagined by a 5yr old! The A5 Vigilante - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 1023:19The RA-5C conversion and Vietnam reconnaissance serviceChapter
- The Plane as imagined by a 5yr old! The A5 Vigilante - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 1027:19Repeated base closures burdened the Vigilante forceNotable Point
- The Plane as imagined by a 5yr old! The A5 Vigilante - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 1039:14Nuclear strike gave the Navy a place in 1950s strategyNotable Point
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1082:00:54A summit venue and Yonai's naval contactsNotable Point
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1083:00:49Delay also gives the Allied navies time to concentrateChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers26:56USS United States and the specialist nuclear-strike carrierChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers54:13Malta's balance of air power and survivabilityChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers57:12Mobile seaborne nuclear strike and USS United StatesNotable Point
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...58:11The early US 6-inch dual-purpose gun was ahead of its timeQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...1:04:19Why American ships of the line were awkward Royal Navy reservesQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...1:49:55A stronger Spanish Navy deters through routine presence and visible readinessQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...3:30:43USS West Virginia best shows the Pearl Harbor modernization pathQ&A
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!28:58Dreadnought fleets could become dangerously unbalancedNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...29:55Benjamin Tillman and Charleston shipyard politicsQ&A
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...2:00:28Britain's grandfathered cruiser advantageNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...2:12:55American battle-fleet politics still limit speedNotable Point
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song33:00Why Baltimore hulls were attractive missile-cruiser conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song1:36:10How an oversized Japanese cruiser fleet could distort treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song2:05:16Keeping the F-35C line open before the next carrier fighterQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song2:48:18American potential was not British shipbuilding capacityQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song3:11:39Spruance as the likely replacement if Halsey never reached the South PacificQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song4:10:49Recovering Des Moines automatic 8-inch-gun toolingNotable Point
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song4:12:50Additional Yorktown-class carriers and Pacific operational flexibilityQ&A
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII9:01Why Guadalcanal drew the carrier forces inChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII49:25Kinkaid, Nagumo, and the forces at Santa CruzChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII51:16Design choices shaped the forces behind the totalsNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII54:37American task forces versus Japanese dispersalNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:01:57Night aviation required trained units as well as skilled pilotsNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:43:03USS Robin turned carrier shortage into Allied integrationNotable Point
- Vought F 8 Crusader: The Cold War Corgi! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 94:14Long service and Cuban Missile Crisis reconnaissanceNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!40:10Early operating experience and covering allied carrier gapsNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!41:41Why alliances require reciprocal military valueNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!43:11Why France used American carrier-training facilitiesNotable Point
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.1:11:46Rebuilding Franklin and Bunker Hill in 1965Q&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.1:23:16Why the Worcester class was not chosen for missile conversionQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.1:24:01Could Alaska-class ships have become missile cruisers?Q&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.1:25:45What USS Langley inherited from a collier hullQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.1:30:05If the US carriers had been at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.2:40:49A Type XXI surfacing in the PotomacQ&A
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?3:20Why Suez makes Panama financially imaginableChapter
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?16:23Panama's strategic value outweighs US coastal tradeNotable Point
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?28:06Separated fleets make naval limits harderNotable Point
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?42:11Panama forces an earlier two-ocean US NavyChapter
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?45:29A continental substitute for PanamaNotable Point
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?47:07Tillman-scale battleships as a two-coast deterrentNotable Point
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?48:25One US Navy functioning as twoNotable Point
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?50:43Why a divided American fleet complicates treaty politicsNotable Point
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?53:00Panama's trade loss reinforces US railwaysNotable Point
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....40:37Crew size follows systems, not hull sizeQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....2:28:51The largest autoloading naval gun in serviceQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....2:35:12Arleigh Burke lifespan and replacementQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....2:44:11LCS as a naval Atari 2600 momentQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....3:30:29The lost US Navy strike-cruiser capacityQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....3:38:15Royal Navy repairs and US damage controlQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....3:41:27Could Essex carriers operate F/A-18s?Q&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....4:10:34Twelve-gun Queen Elizabeths and the prewar arms raceQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 6: Responding to some History Hot Takes...5:36Postwar naval aid as an alliance bargainQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 6: Responding to some History Hot Takes...12:37Why carrier personnel totals can disagreeQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 6: Responding to some History Hot Takes...23:07Global policing and worn-out warship exportsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 6: Responding to some History Hot Takes...30:22Sea Control Ship and the CVV carrier proposalQ&A
- Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut14:01Why carrier defence can begin far from homeNotable Point
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:22:45American battlecruisers as cruiser-killersQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:31:31What did light carriers do in wartime fleets?Q&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:33:48Why Saipan and British light fleet carriers are difficult to compareQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:38:52The Barracuda class as an interim diesel-electric submarineQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:41:53A delayed Falklands War without Hermes and InvincibleQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:57:38Why navies did not always use their treaty tonnageQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:19:35Why the U.S. Navy mounted anti-aircraft guns on cranesQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:28:20Why Britain accepted American control of HawaiiQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:40:43A United States carrier group in the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:47:30If USS Maine exploded in a British colonyQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:49:49Why preserve the Commencement Bay escort carriers?Q&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:58:34If USS New Jersey were loaned for the FalklandsQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:17:08An Ohio-class submarine before Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:24:04Why the next U.S. attack submarine may resemble SeawolfQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:33:06Guadalcanal as luck, communications, and attritionQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:35:25If USS Long Beach carried ballistic missilesQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:37:31From nuclear Aegis cruisers to a nuclear ZumwaltQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:42:29Japanese submarine minelaying against American portsQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:46:23Alaska and the British large-cruiser alternativeQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!16:34Why an armoured flight deck can save weightQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!20:34How larger treaty-free carriers would reshape air groupsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!28:10Could an early carrier race improve US torpedo testing?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!39:23Why Japan struggled once the United States seized the initiativeQ&A
- For History: Which Three ships should never have been scrapped?56:00USS Enterprise as the symbol of the US Navy's Pacific warNotable Point
- For History: Which Three ships should never have been scrapped?1:06:30Why the Panama Canal changes US fleet strategyNotable Point
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin57:54Using Second World War carrier lessons with careChapter
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!18:58When the US Navy should revive the name LangleyQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!37:19The Juneau class against kamikazes and early jetsQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!55:07Zumwalt's medium carriers as a mobilization reserveQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!1:02:42How AUKUS divides submarine design and constructionQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!1:08:55Why Taiwan modernized Gearings after the US stoppedQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!1:13:03The strategic case for nuclear-powered cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!1:31:47Could a late Nimitz-class carrier be refueled twice?Q&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!2:10:30Yamato and Musashi in the Guadalcanal night battlesQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!2:49:59Why LHA light carriers do not relieve the CVN fleetQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!2:53:19A modern nuclear command cruiser from the Zumwalt designQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:05:55Why postwar navies kept testing 6- and 8-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:31:39Why sixteen carriers ease US deployment strainQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:43:26Why a Gearing could not simply take the 5-inch/54Q&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:47:12A thirty-two-ship Zumwalt classQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:52:10What the panel would change before the Second World WarQ&A
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage6:10Why a carrier group became America’s strongest diplomatic signalNotable Point
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage14:06The carrier’s symbolic burden grows as the fleet loses capability spreadNotable Point
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage28:33Damage-control practice preserves institutional memoryNotable Point
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage46:17A carrier group concentrates division-scale combat powerNotable Point
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage1:47:21The 600-ship Navy carried greater aviation densityNotable Point
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier5:08The X-47B and the UCLASS generational leapChapter
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier58:06MQ-25 Stingray extends the carrier air wingChapter
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier1:01:20Aviator culture complicates drone adoptionChapter
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:07:07Why a foreign-yard clause would sink the Washington treatyQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:01:24Why a Japan-first strategy still needs new shipsQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:18:31GUPPY submarines arrive twenty years earlyQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:20:05Why the Pacific submarine campaign needed two commandsQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:42:36Foreign carrier designs and American operating requirementsNotable Point
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat4:06:29Replacing every Essex with a Midway-class carrierQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat4:09:52The Flight III Burke and the cost of surface-fleet risk aversionNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...21:36Why a tailored air wing can become a trapNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...27:59CATOBAR is powerful, but no longer the global defaultNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...57:29Why every carrier programme repeats old argumentsNotable Point
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat34:11How the GUPPY program reshaped surviving American fleet boatsQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat51:21FRAM refits as a bridge to Cold War frigate doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:06:16Why wartime US destroyer escorts were not called frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:12:40Why supercarriers mattered to nuclear strike planningQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:26:49Who watched Royal Navy carrier anti-piracy exercisesQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:49:36The King George V class as a strong but compromised treaty battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat3:09:54What made Enterprise's Admiralty pennant unusualQ&A
- Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier1:07:30Intelligence and Allied command in the Ashigara operationNotable Point
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!41:38A twelve-gun North Carolina changes battleship weight, not carriersQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!43:04Guided-missile cruisers inherited a destroyer-leader problemQ&A
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?4:21A weapon for offsetting American industrial massNotable Point
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?1:06:41The verdict: a good idea executed too lateChapter
- Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...17:37Multiple shipyards could still build American supercarriersNotable Point
- Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...30:00Ranger shows the class remained a frontline forceNotable Point
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...1:24:26Why nuclear-powered LHAs remain unlikelyQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...1:47:36Ticonderoga's CIC layout and Cold War cruiser labelNotable Point
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...2:29:20What the A-6F Intruder II would replaceQ&A
- Laying Minefields in the Sky... Some WWII Rocketry and Supersized T-Shirt Cannons...7:01Why the United States moved past barrage rocketsChapter
- Laying Minefields in the Sky... Some WWII Rocketry and Supersized T-Shirt Cannons...8:28Operation Bumblebee and sideways leadershipNotable Point
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!33:28Japanese submarine raids on the US West Coast would harden American retaliationQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!43:12Extra American battlecruisers would pressure the Washington treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:39:15A 15,000-ton cruiser allowance could produce larger-gun cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!2:05:34British night-fighting training could magnify American carrier powerQ&A
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 343:37Researching the way to an American battlecruiser fleetChapter
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 356:24Abrupt funding cuts disrupt naval programmesNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 32:49:04Designing the first American battlecruiserChapter
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 33:13:40Ordering the first battlecruiser squadronNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 21:51An American naval campaign under pressureChapter
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 244:30Funding economic growth before fleet expansionNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 246:21When fleet presence does not unlock an invasionNotable Point
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier42:00The US Navy's layered route to a forward fleetChapter
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier45:19American production changes the maintenance equationNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion0:37Carrier lessons as a transnational synthesisChapter
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion5:25Cumulative treaty tonnage shaped carrier fleetsNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion7:49Congruent carrier development from shared aimsNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion13:30American intelligence estimates TaihōNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion25:13Ticonderoga's long-hull Essex improvementsChapter
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion27:17Victorious and Saratoga exchange fighter-direction lessonsNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion30:04Midway and the cost of treaty limitsChapter
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion35:30Why naval treaty compliance variedNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion45:52Malta and Midway: shared lessons, different doctrinesNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion48:24War experience reveals pre-war carrier aimsNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion50:52Removing cumulative limits: a carrier counterfactualNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments15:46Battle cruiser and battlecruiser as different strategic rolesQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments25:03Escort-carrier flight decks, fuel management, and survivabilityChapter
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments26:20How wartime losses changed survivability requirementsNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 10:29An American battlecruiser campaign beginsChapter
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 111:07Distributing a small fleet between American coastsNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 11:02:35Why the early American cruisers use cage mastsQ&A
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 11:43:30A heavy cruiser bridges the path to battlecruisersNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 12:01:53Panama Canal timing changes two-ocean fleet routingNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier35:41Who leads an Anglo-American war against Japan?Notable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier57:20United States: industrial scale changes the carrier raceChapter
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier58:59Why British and American carriers would still divergeNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:03:38Peacetime procurement changes Anglo-American industryNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:38:39Why Britain and America gain most from the delayChapter
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!5:18Three naval powers, three strategic problemsNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!1:18:51Could the Philippines have drawn out the fleet Japan wanted?Notable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!1:20:26Allied logistics countered Japan's attrition strategyChapter
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign10:22Turning construction tonnage into useful ship numbersNotable Point
- Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign32:47Why a large defense budget produced a cruiser-heavy fleetQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!1:08:43Rearming the unfinished USS Kentucky in 1958Q&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!1:17:25Early twin-engine carrier aircraft requirementsQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:48:49Would a merely improved Hellcat still beat the Zero?Q&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!3:21:08Why the Lockheed L-133 was a poor carrier fitQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!3:33:53What a First World War beginning in 1924 looks like at seaQ&A
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!2:08Escort carriers as pre-war planningChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!8:01Bogue and Ruler from C3 hullsNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!9:27Woolworths carriers and why Britain modified themChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!20:54Aircraft ferrying as Pacific logisticsChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!22:39Moffett, Mitchell, and the politics of aircraft ferryingNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!27:40How the ferry mission shaped escort-carrier designChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!31:20Interwar threat assumptions behind carrier planningNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!35:03Escort carriers as self-contained mobile airfieldsChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!38:04Why escort carriers stayed after fleet carriers leftNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!38:53USS Copahee and the strategic value of aircraft ferryingNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:02:35HMS Dasher and incompatible aviation-fuel routinesNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:06:35How British and American fuel-safety practice convergedNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 513:45Perry, threat geography, and Japan's alliance strategyNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:23Venezuela crisis debt and war riskChapter
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier13:31Monroe Doctrine and British enforcementNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier27:29Accidental escalation and British interpositionNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier27:29Seward's United America as an escalation engineNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier38:13Roosevelt, Dewey, and escalation controlNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier38:38Great White Fleet and status signalingNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier40:42The electoral and naval-spending trapNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier43:30Fleet imbalance and global infrastructureChapter
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier50:08Tillman, Charleston Navy Yard, and procurement politicsNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier52:33Blockade and American overseas territoriesChapter
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier58:50Conflicting war aims and island bargainingNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:04:38Japan and the Pacific war opportunityNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:13:23Peace settlement and dreadnought consequencesChapter
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:20:48Dewey's first-battle geographyNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:14:05Forward deploying battleships while diplomacy buys timeNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:35:15St. John's fleet positioning for an American warNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:48:39Refitting old hulls versus replacing themNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:12:01The First World War origins of towed sonarNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:51:14Asymmetric British and American fleet structuresNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff17:48Reciprocal Anglo-American assumptions in war plans for JapanNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff18:50Royal Navy carrier officers and aviation doctrineQ&A
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff36:08Naval treaties and acceptable cheatingQ&A
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?6:45Carrier baselines before wartime shortcutsNotable Point
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?22:08Independence class as a flight-deck gap fillerChapter
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?47:57Saipan class replaced the emergency conversionsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:37:08British and American battleship caliber stepsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:45:3718-inch guns and a Washington Treaty counterfactualChapter
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:53:34US battleships and Grand Fleet gunnery readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!54:40More Midway-class carriers trade Essex longevity for growthQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!1:16:18Canadian fast battleships could reinforce the Third Battlecruiser SquadronQ&A
- 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
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!1:38:38U.S. neutrality in a River Plate encounterQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!2:07:35A Mark 48 needs more than a compatible torpedo tubeQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!2:11:17A carrier-capable F-15 could displace the F/A-18Q&A
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 429:21Second rates for the early US NavyNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers1:07:10A mature carrier fleet breaks Washington treaty arithmeticChapter
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers1:13:38Baltic blockade could end the war before American entryNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers1:19:23Carrier categories spill into battlecruiser limitsNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers1:24:28A 35,000-ton carrier ceiling drives bigger battleshipsNotable Point
- Bruships Gothenborg style...31:19Constellation frigate redesign and the cost of U.S. crewing assumptionsQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...35:14AUKUS submarine commonality stops short of identical boatsQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:21:07Battleship-scale carrier allowances would favour the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:24:16Extra U.S. destroyers in Royal Navy serviceQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:30:36Why the SBD Dauntless lacked folding wingsQ&A
- Brushipdock(156) with ShipShape in Narvik4:06Alaska-class 14-inch gun counterfactualQ&A
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right6:15Early carriers trained the next generation of damage-control officersNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right19:00Constellation and the difficulty of retaining a high-low fleet mixNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right1:26:27Lexington and aviation-fuel vaporsChapter
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right1:28:08Lexington's torpedo attack and the timing of defensive killsNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right1:40:05Could British fuel management have saved Lexington?Q&A
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right1:42:07Yorktown restores power and flight operations after bomb damageNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:17:18Enterprise, Saratoga, and clearing the decksNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:32:35Wasp and a torpedo spread beside aviation storesChapter
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:34:04Wasp and the logic of a large submarine torpedo salvoNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:36:50Wasp's falling aircraft and failed fire mainsNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:40:50Wasp's orderly evacuation through the sternNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:42:33Mark 15 failures delayed Wasp's scuttlingNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:45:28Santa Cruz and Japan's costly aircrew lossesNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:53:56Santa Cruz and the time needed to launch a carrier strikeNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right3:03:38Hornet and cumulative damage at Santa CruzChapter
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right3:27:30Bunker Hill's two kamikaze hits and return under powerNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:45:06Italian battle losses drive a fleet-wide refitNotable Point
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?55:10Sizing the U.S. Navy carrier forceQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:07:07Foreign responses to Admiral-class carriersQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:01:16Colorado-class battleships at Queen Elizabeth speedQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:11:16An early U.S. homing torpedo in 1941Q&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:29:31What happened to Lend-Lease equipment after the warQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:21:44If Pearl Harbor's radar warning had been heededQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:23:15A Sixth Battle Squadron at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:59:14An American answer to Canadian TigersQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:59:39U.S. neutrality patrols after the Graf Spee crisisQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?4:04:01American 16- and 18-inch guns before WashingtonQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?4:07:10Why plan a 6-inch anti-aircraft cruiser?Q&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?4:09:19Why U.S. warships retained large crewsQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?4:23:02All four Iowa-class battleships in VietnamQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?4:25:13Canadian Tigers and the later Lexington classQ&A
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:50Naval procurement as economic stimulusChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 13:55Senator Tillman and Charleston Navy Yard patronageNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 14:43Why Anglo-American war plans did not make war likelyNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 17:12The Sable Island feint in Anglo-American war planningNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 126:31A qualitative Anglo-American race in capital shipsNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 136:08Fleet choices without Washington limitsChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 142:20Carriers, cruisers, and postwar employmentNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 144:49Sloops and cutters after the destroyer-building surgeNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 151:48A purpose-built carrier race without treaty conversionsChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:07:11London Treaty failure and Depression spendingChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:13:29Japanese 18-inch ships as the triggerNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:22:08Fast battleships expose dock and canal constraintsChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:24:15Carrier aviation and industrial spilloversChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:24:25Strike carriers, armored fleet carriers, and air-group sizeChapter
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more43:24US neutrality-zone support in the Bismarck huntQ&A
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines18:00Pacific alpha-strike logicNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines43:42From Yorktown to Essex: designing for rapid constructionChapter
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines44:39Essex's belt armor, protected decks, and machineryNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines46:32Essex survivors and the meaning of a modern carrierNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines48:46Which carrier is better depends on doctrineNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines50:27Essex class mass production and deck-load strikeChapter
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines52:38Essex's endurance for an advance across the PacificNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines53:58Pearl Harbor as an ambush before the Essex buildupNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines56:33American carrier raids and the need for HMS VictoriousNotable Point
- Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign35:06Why navies retain specialized industrial capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:32Why Iowa-class propulsion machinery was leasedQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...11:31British Phantom carrier mods and US Navy valueQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...37:25The worst Pearl Harbor outcome was an attempted occupationQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:27:25How sectional floating dry docks joined at seaQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:45:41How Bismarck and Tirpitz together could threaten Arctic convoysNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:01:31Preparing the US Navy for night fighting in the SolomonsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:08:18Why US exercises focused on JapanQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:38:32How revealing Yamato in 1940 might disrupt Allied shipbuildingNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:46:59Force Z survival and an Allied carrier counterstrokeNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:25:45A US Navy wartime frigate would look like a destroyer escortQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:51:05Bogue-class escort carriers delivered the needed flight deckQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:57:53Cruiser missions in modern frigates and destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:14:53How an early end to naval treaties changes the approach to warQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:53:31Benjamin Tillman's battleship schemes as political patronageNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)53:11HMS President and the names of American prizesQ&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)59:13Why frigate victories did not replace a battle fleetNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:25:59The Omaha class as America's rough Hawkins counterpartQ&A
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class7:47Why naval doctrine cannot be reduced to one sloganNotable Point
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!15:25Swapping Admiral Lee into the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!21:11Why the Montana class numbered fiveQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!25:52Essex and Illustrious carrier handlingQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!30:56A 1950 US fleet transported to JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!39:48Patriot integration with US warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!51:08Which US museum ship would work in BritainQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!53:04North Carolina Scheme F in wartimeQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!55:58A mixed nuclear and conventional US carrier fleetQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!58:16America-class LHDs and amphibious flexibilityQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:00:12Why naval doctrine must fit geostrategyNotable Point
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:21:06One command for US Pacific submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:21:46A loaned US carrier and the Taranto strikeQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:28:03Comparing naval safety recordsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:33:35Why the US Navy replaced lattice mastsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:40:32Why the Revolt of the Admirals matteredQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:07:33Why an unarmed Pearl Harbor overflight still means crisisQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:24:53US fleet submarines compared with German U-boatsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!3:09:23Continuing Zumwalt and building CG(X)Q&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!3:17:29Why the US Navy has not reused LangleyQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!3:31:50The interwar US-Royal-Japanese naval triangleQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!4:08:21The V-22 and carrier onboard deliveryQ&A
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests29:49Postwar Air Service politics and naval aviationChapter
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests35:30Four rival Navy aviation visions united against MitchellChapter
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests44:59Project B rules and competing aimsChapter
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests53:38Project B tested a sequence of submarines, a destroyer, a cruiser, and a battleshipNotable Point
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests59:22Ostfriesland and the limits of the resultNotable Point
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests1:06:28Lost damage data and Army-Navy distrustNotable Point
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests1:11:28Menoher, Patrick, and Moffett contain MitchellChapter
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests1:23:56Mitchell's legacy: distrust or level-bombing doctrine?Notable Point
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice53:18South Dakota-class turret troubleQ&A
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice53:49USS Wasp flies Spitfires toward MaltaNotable Point
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered27:51Why the Fletcher and Gearing classes needed no obvious redesignQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered35:16Estimating US destroyer-leader needs after 1918Q&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered36:34How a British-built Forrestal-class carrier would differQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered1:45:19Would the US Navy keep turbo-electric drive without treaties?Q&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:18:54K3/F3 speed and treaty consequencesQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:51:52US entry into the First World War in 1914-1915Q&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:43:56Bat versus Fritz X as guided anti-ship weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered4:03:10Where the US Navy stood in cruiser power during the 1920sQ&A
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:21:28A mixed heavy squadron for war with AmericaNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:32:03War Plan Red and the industrial-fleet balanceNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:35:40War Plan Red and two-ocean geographyNotable Point
- USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 10:58Midway followed an American carrier philosophyChapter
- USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 120:43Midway as a Cold War carrier testbedChapter
- USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 124:43Operation Mainbrace tested NATO's Atlantic commandNotable Point
- USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 126:23A Cape Town port-call dispute over apartheidNotable Point
- USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 135:52Gulf War service and the preserved carrier legacyNotable Point
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?46:16Could British neutrality shape a US-Japan war?Q&A
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?1:15:40Navy aviation advocates unite against Mitchell's programNotable Point
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?1:34:25The Navy's Indiana test and William Leahy's reportChapter
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?2:06:01Did the tests still provide useful damage-control data?Q&A
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?2:06:52Moffett's naval aviation work predates Mitchell's publicity victoryNotable Point
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?2:20:30Army-Navy mistrust and missed joint exercisesNotable Point
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?2:33:54Would better Army-Navy coordination have helped at Pearl Harbor and Midway?Q&A
- Musings on Procurement4:49Industrial politics shaping defence choicesNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement58:06Why American amphibious ships do not fit British needsNotable Point
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?8:44Lexington began as a battlecruiser for information warfareChapter
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?27:24The Panama Canal sets the Lexingtons' design boundariesNotable Point
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?35:43Fleet problems make the carrier a strike weaponChapter
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?54:48Operation Crossroads destroys a first-generation carrierNotable Point
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?1:02:00Operation Crossroads uses Saratoga as the fleet-carrier test caseNotable Point
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:15:14American tonnage drives British small-ship expansionNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:50AJ Savage bombers over MidwayQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote27:13The Venezuela Crisis becomes a naval warQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote29:53Who benefits when the Second World War is delayedQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:12:30A US Navy squadron to hunt von SpeeQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:17:43American neutrality without the main intervention triggersQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:35:35America joins the Franco-Russian sideQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:51:03Measuring navies by operations, not only battlesQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote2:38:19The A-12 Avenger II reshapes the carrier air wingQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:00:24Military Sealift Command is broader than the RFAQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:16:55Postwar US Navy priorities before the next crisisQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:26:13Oilers as the limit on American Pacific mobilityQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:59:19An Anglo-American war during the 1860sQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote4:09:15When British and American radar development mergedQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote4:10:23Why no treaty does not guarantee a balanced US fleetQ&A
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion33:10Doctrine defines small and fleet carriersChapter
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 30:00Fighter value depends on production and support as well as performanceNotable Point
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 34:25Bearcat as the Wildcat's carrier-fighter successorChapter
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 38:44Power-to-weight ratio drives the Bearcat designChapter
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 318:45The dream fighter arrives after the problem changedChapter
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 320:50Compact dimensions turn engine power into carrier performanceChapter
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 323:29Why the Bearcat never gained a wartime reputationNotable Point
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 332:41Bearcat performance complicated the Navy's jet narrativeNotable Point
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 342:55Canals and infrastructure impose different carrier-design limitsNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion23:53Lexington and Ranger reverse early expectationsChapter
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion24:24Lexington's eight-inch guns and the case for escortsNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion28:38British operating evidence challenges the flush-deck carrierNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion38:49A separate light-carrier allowance could reshape fleet rolesNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion45:12Ranger exposes infrastructure and innovation limitsNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion49:24Yorktown embodies the US alpha-strike doctrineChapter
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion52:20Yorktown and Midway express doctrine, Essex emphasizes rapid constructionNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion54:58Interwar carrier raids rehearse attacks on ships in harborNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion1:06:20Wasp's deck-edge lift creates aviation spaceNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion1:23:32Larger carrier allowances could reduce design compromisesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:26:02Ship count, tonnage, and crews tell different fleet storiesNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off34:23American carriers in rough North Atlantic seasQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:16:27The dubious appeal of a 10-inch treaty cruiser gunQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:26:35Colorado triples and the 40,000-ton thresholdQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:28:11Why the US and Japan wanted large carriersQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:33:51The Anaconda Plan as a continental siegeQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:36:00Lexington's eight-inch gun problemQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:55:23Why American equipment is not automatically right for every allyNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:55:37The US Navy's Vietnam experience without a winning strategyQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:23:46Why an LCS cannot simply take a 4.5-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:54:02How twelve-gun British battleships reshape the arms raceQ&A
- Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast2:08Triton and the radar-picket submarine problemChapter
- Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast7:27Operation Sandblast as invisible naval presenceChapter
- Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast14:31SCB 132 and a submarine built to work on the surfaceNotable Point
- Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast39:57Edward L. Beach and the secret Sandblast planChapter
- Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast48:48Edward Beach brings combat experience and history to commandChapter
- Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast1:02:10Triton's crew remembers the lost wartime namesakeChapter
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...1:12:30US amphibious carriers occupy a supporting tierNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:34:05What preceded the EA-18G Growler in US Navy service?Q&A
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems0:00US naval aviation contained several overlapping doctrinesNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems9:30Sims turns carriers into offensive weaponsChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems16:03Fleet Problems simulate carriers before carriers arriveNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems21:02Dive bombers help torpedo aircraft reach battleshipsNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems24:49Reeves turns war-game ideas into deck practiceChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems31:03Moffett builds the personnel system behind carrier doctrineChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems45:01US carriers become the center of fast task forcesNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems48:18Lexington and Saratoga prove battle and raiding doctrineChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems49:19Sable Island uses the Royal Navy as a capstone testNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems57:20Anglo-American shipbuilding follows qualitative competitionNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems59:32Reeves makes unanswered questions a doctrinal strengthNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:02:15Pratt preserves Coast Guard search expertise from mergerNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:04:23Treaty limits collide with large-carrier doctrineNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:08:33Escort carriers answer wartime necessityNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:09:57Carrier mobility demands new cruisers and destroyersNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:11:20Ranger compresses a large air group into a treaty hullChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:15:59Reeves gives King independent carrier task-force commandNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:18:04Fleet Problem Twelve exposes air power's landing-defense limitNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:18:47Carrier exercises expose first-blow and Pearl Harbor risksNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:22:21King carries aviation reform into the personnel bureausNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:27:20Reconnaissance counters Japan's interception-attrition planChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:29:41Yorktown turns first-strike doctrine into ship designChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:34:29Fleet Problems grow into realistic War Plan Orange rehearsalsChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:40:10Wargaming culture reinforces large US carriersChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:45:45Two-ocean doctrine depends on yards, bases, and rapid productionChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:51:27Essex production scales the doctrine while exposing its limitsChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems2:04:01Night operations lose priority to strike volumeNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:26:10Researching naval aviation without hiding it behind jargonQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends5:15Why naval chronology should be checked before making a claimQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends28:33Nuclear strike cruisers in the 600-ship NavyQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends56:35Why the Constitution class was not wholly revolutionaryQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:11:33Lion-class guns and maximum practicable rangeQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:38:53The First World War Electric Eel towed sonarQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:56:46Testing a 6:6:4:2:2 capital-ship ratioQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends2:54:34Why larger heavy cruisers would affect US and Japanese light cruisers differentlyQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends3:27:23The doubtful claim that America offered to buy German shipsQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends3:52:24County-class cruisers and a qualitative Anglo-American raceQ&A
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History46:49A limited naval commitment offers one route to American entryNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:41:08Mixed command teams coordinate the coalition fleetNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:46:31Southern France opens while Germany turns eastChapter
- "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 210:28The S-2 Tracker supplied a proven carrier ASW foundationChapter
- "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 212:13The C-1 Trader carried the Tracker airframe into fleet logisticsNotable Point
- "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 222:01The F4D Skyray comparison puts the Tracer's carrier footprint in contextNotable Point
- "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 233:55Vietnam deployments turned Tracer into a strike coordinatorNotable Point
- "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 236:31Franklin D. Roosevelt shows how carriers absorbed new air powerNotable Point
- "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 245:15US naval aviation doctrine fused Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard experienceNotable Point
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World6:12Interwar U.S. aviation doctrine divides by missionNotable Point
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World36:25Triton's shakedown becomes Operation SandblastChapter
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World45:17The Ship Characteristics Board gains authority but loses planning scopeChapter
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World1:07:14A giant SSRN becomes a short-lived attack submarineNotable Point
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World1:10:16Public-source caveats around Triton's reactor dataNotable Point
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World1:43:00Secret orders, Polaris research, and submerged presenceChapter
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World1:49:27Edward L. Beach and the risk of SandblastChapter
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World2:31:31Q&A: Did American sailors learn crossing-the-line customs from the Royal Navy?Q&A
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World2:35:58Triton's water samples serve Naval Academy traditionsNotable Point
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World3:18:01Beach dedicates Triton's voyage to the American peopleNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!15:10Langley gives the US Navy a small carrier laboratoryChapter
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!20:43Langley's open hangar reflects a Pacific-centered outlookNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!25:28Langley exercises make torpedo air attack a fleet problemNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:02:50Trade maps explain why Britain wants different carriersNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:04:09South American dreadnoughts shape the US strategic horizonNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:18:21Hōshō, Langley, and Hermes embody three national strategiesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:21:47Tillman's battleships as shipyard politicsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:55:17British 16.5-inch guns and the Washington treatyQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins8:52Royal Navy view of wartime US naval growthQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins14:43Eighteen-inch capital ships and Washington treaty pressureQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins32:47Why shipboard distillers could not meet Peleliu's water demandQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins35:45Tennessee refit five-inch gun arcsQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:53:23Fighters for an American airship-carrier forceQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:35:57What public knowledge of Yamato could triggerNotable Point
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:43:01Why war plans do not prove an Anglo-American war was likelyQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:55:59Why Kimmel took the Pacific Fleet commandQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:57:53Pearl Harbor losses and Iowa-Montana construction priorityQ&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...58:29Japan's entry could pull the United States toward a naval warChapter
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:40:22Could the North Carolina class enter service earlier?Q&A
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:12:16Distinguish qualitative from quantitative naval racesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:38:02Tillman linked political leverage to naval constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed50:27Akron and Macon as airborne early-warning platformsQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed51:57American night carrier doctrine in 1942Q&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:44:19How Britain viewed the American naval buildupQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:48:01Which navies struggled most to secure government funding?Q&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:10:36Larger Panama locks and Iowa-class designQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed3:49:04The American response to a twelve-gun Queen ElizabethQ&A
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier1:48Why interwar navies built different kinds of carriersChapter
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier7:26What if Akron and Macon had survived into the Second World War?Notable Point
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier15:04Helium, institutions, and the rigid-airship programmeChapter
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier15:30Could American helium supplies support German Zeppelins?Q&A
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier39:36Why helium supply limited the experimental fleetNotable Point
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier1:02:54What a qualified scouting success meantNotable Point
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier1:40:44Why weather intelligence failed AkronChapter
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:50:25How 18-inch fast battleships would reshape naval treatiesNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?3:19:53What if the United States allied with Germany in 1914?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?3:32:39Veracruz as an early naval test of a German-American allianceNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist4:08Which Star Trek fleets resemble historical navies?Q&A
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist8:24Why ships in ordinary preserve fleet depthNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist14:12Did pilots' preference for the Dauntless settle the Helldiver comparison?Q&A
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist21:06Why range could not give the Helldiver a unique missionNotable Point
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built25:37Why an earlier War of 1812 would not spare the United StatesQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built49:18How Congress constrained early American ships of the lineQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built1:10:46What might follow the 1920 South Dakota classQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built1:16:50What the early US Navy could add to the Second CoalitionQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built1:54:06How Fletcher-class destroyers compared with Royal Navy shipsQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built2:15:05How Willis Lee might have shaped the postwar US surface fleetQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built2:21:56Why later US carriers left Lexington's electric drive behindQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built3:21:36How drink traditions varied between naviesQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built3:33:19Why the US Navy would reject a maintenance-heavy piston engineQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built4:39:28Why cruiser gun caliber follows naval doctrineQ&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!17:57American shipbuilders reused British timber surveysNotable Point
- German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 834:01German catapult experience was not a unique advantageNotable Point
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier5:45Why the US Navy wanted a flying aircraft carrierChapter
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier30:42How captured Zeppelins shaped British and American airship developmentNotable Point
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier33:40The experimental airships that led to AkronChapter
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier41:20Why did the US Navy avoid hydrogen in its rigid airships?Q&A
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier41:51How Goodyear and Zeppelin turned an airship concept into AkronChapter
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier45:47Moffett, King, and the leadership models behind naval aviationChapter
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier53:19How was William Moffett commemorated?Q&A
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier56:56Why the Navy kept its own aircraft factoryChapter
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier1:49:27Akron enters service as a national naval projectChapter
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier1:59:33Akron's qualified success in a difficult search exerciseNotable Point
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier2:48:46Akron was still considered viable in March 1933Notable Point
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier3:14:14Could Akron's successors have closed wartime search gaps?Notable Point
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier3:30:28The 350-foot limit made ZRCV impossibleNotable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers8:04The first carrier generation was experimental, not treaty-builtChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers48:00Britain shared carrier data to shape allied innovationNotable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers1:01:59Why the US Navy reached the flight-deck carrier lateChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers1:05:26USS Langley's namesake tied aviation to railway timekeepingNotable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers1:08:00Langley tests aircraft types and exposes the cost of low speedChapter
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?1:50:42What a two-turret American fast battleship could doQ&A
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193823:41US Navy balance, range, and speed for the PacificNotable Point
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193837:08Attrition doctrine and Kantai KessenChapter
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 100:18Why the SB2C Helldiver's reputation needs contextChapter
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1010:55Specification 113 captured a carrier-aviation transitionNotable Point
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1012:11How the Curtiss-Douglas cycle preserved experienceChapter
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1025:32A rival designer's measured verdict on the HelldiverNotable Point
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1046:44Why experienced aircrews saw an obsolete ideaNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism24:19Why American frigate victories could not decide the War of 1812Chapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism29:11Great frigates could not substitute for an American battle fleetNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism42:22Gunboats could not replace seagoing warshipsNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism1:07:13Porter reaches the Pacific with combat experience but little command supportChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism3:02:33Porter's heroic memory exceeds the cruise's material resultsChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism3:09:32Why did the US Navy name ships for David Porter?Q&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism3:10:52Porter's promotion skills outlast his impulsive command styleChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism3:16:10Porter's myth overwhelms the Valparaíso historyNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism3:20:19Porter's patronage connects the cruise to David FarragutNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions9:00Why turning Wasp into another Yorktown was not simpleQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions31:48How Admiral Pratt planted the US Navy's carrier programQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions49:30Why USS Hornet repeated the Yorktown designQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions51:47The difference between obsolete aircraft and obsolete requirementsQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:09:50A cruiser-hulled alternative to the Ticonderoga classQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:21:35A hindsight agenda for the prewar US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:18:10What a Long Lance and Mark 14 swap reveals about doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:17:33Why British and American carriers optimized for different warsNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:31:55Why Admiral Pratt's leadership record deserves a balanced readingQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:34:57Why Gibraltar would trap a War Plan Red expeditionQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:50:11What British night training could and could not change for AtlantaNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:55:33What continuous cruiser building preserves and constrainsQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions4:07:34How battleship prestige starved the early US balanced fleetQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions4:08:56Why Britain would avoid Enterprise for a nuclear cruiserQ&A
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!38:46A Soviet fleet changes British and American requirementsNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!51:34Larger cruiser allowances still leave Britain shortNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!53:20Larger allowances and nine-ship Tribal flotillasNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:00:35An earlier North Carolina pattern for the U.S. NavyChapter
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:02:02How higher tonnage changes fleet-carrier designChapter
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 644:49Small battleship studies as a political exerciseNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?52:02A North Carolina-inspired Star Destroyer with a lower bridgeChapter
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:00:05US Pacific planning and Atlantic-facing isolationismNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:01:26North Carolina alternatives: Design A and three quadruple turretsNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:52:26Rickover's reactor safety prioritiesNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:02:39American heavy-cruiser development and Alaska's uncertain roleChapter
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:13:56Wartime point defense changes the American Star DestroyerNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:54:52Where British cruisers would reinforce the US Pacific warQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered13:00An early Japanese fleet collapse could redirect Allied prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered25:34Why flank speed means more than full speedQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered31:01Reliable Mark 14 torpedoes could reshape the Pacific WarQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:52:35British capital-ship growth pressured US Panama Canal limitsQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:33:51A museum carrier larger than Midway depends on US choicesQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:41:50Early mothballing could preserve Ticonderoga cruiser lifeQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:46:58Iowa answered Kirov with visible naval presenceQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:53:31The Alaska class arrived too late to inspire successorsQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered4:07:35A higher cruiser limit produces a 22,000-25,000-ton Des MoinesQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered4:24:53Early missile-cruiser conversions taught space and balanceQ&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle0:28Blackett Strait rewards preparation and informationChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle42:15Japanese limits meet American industrial massChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle1:18:19Preparation turns the battle into an American footnoteChapter
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines7:29Apply the same standard to British and American air-defence learningNotable Point
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London1:45:05North Carolina comes early while Britain chooses speed or gun sizeChapter
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London1:49:38Extra carrier tonnage favors a longer Yorktown series over WaspNotable Point
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London1:57:15Would an early North Carolina keep 14-inch guns?Q&A
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign6:52Destroyer refits expose national gun-layout differencesChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 528:58Italy at the center of a qualitative dreadnought raceNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 535:13Commissioning rules shift risk between navies and shipbuildersNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait41:44What did the Great White Fleet teach about long-range logistics?Q&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait1:21:47American bombardment raids become a repeatable systemChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait1:28:35Leadership at ship, squadron, and theater level demands different skillsNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait1:35:49Merrill and Halsey bring aggressive, adaptive commandChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait1:38:45How did Halsey limit Army-Navy friction with MacArthur?Q&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait1:49:03Clevelands and Fletchers form a fast raiding packageChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait1:54:25Which naval commanders deserve more attention?Q&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait2:03:08American advances invert Japan's attrition planNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait3:05:32Why did Japan favor torpedoes before gunfire at night?Q&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait3:15:09Blackett Strait signals a shift in control of the nightNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait3:19:54Was U.S. Navy night fighting inherently inferior?Q&A
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War8:20How exercises carried World War I biases forwardChapter
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:17:12Who benefits from larger treaty destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:32:43Why cruiser missions matter more than a 10-inch gun ruleQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:34:33Would larger destroyers survive Typhoon Cobra better?Q&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:36:43Why carrier mission sets drive carrier sizeQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:55:14A treaty loophole for improved Hermes-type carriersQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:25:34Long Beach and the scale of later destroyer leadersQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:38:10Scaling US missile destroyers below Long BeachQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:19:08Foreign foundations for Type 31 and ConstellationQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:45:20John Jordan's older illustrated guideQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:54:21Preserving failed warships as procurement warningsQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books4:04:53Future cruiser guns and an unresolved railgun calibreQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction4:20:30Blackett Strait: a supply run meets a cruiser forceNotable Point
- Navys in the Embassy Bar after the Washington Treaty(1922)4:53Five treaty navies meet after WashingtonChapter
- Navys in the Embassy Bar after the Washington Treaty(1922)6:41Paper parity becomes Congress's maximumNotable Point
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues0:40Why US Navy squadron lineage became so difficultChapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues8:58Using squadron insignia to trace naval-aviation identityNotable Point
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues13:11Carrier air-group command before 1937Chapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues16:10Why carrier-numbered air groups broke down in wartimeChapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues18:15Why escort and fleet carriers needed different air groupsNotable Point
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues23:41VFA-2 and the ambiguity of repeated designationsChapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues30:15The US Navy's 1998 lineage rulesChapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues35:58How interwar decisions created a branching lineageNotable Point
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues38:30US Navy squadron organization from 1922 to 1928Chapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues44:43Descriptive nomenclature and American military cultureNotable Point
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues47:04How aircraft role letters shaped squadron codesChapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues51:55Cruiser scouting squadrons and disputed designationsNotable Point
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues54:20Assigning responsibility for squadron reorganizationNotable Point
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues55:01Wartime effectiveness despite bureaucratic reorganizationChapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues57:32The 1941 squadron categories and their insigniaChapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues59:14Squadron patches as a living aviator identityNotable Point
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues1:04:12Reorganization versus institutional continuityChapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues1:08:55Choosing sources for US naval-aviation squadron historyNotable Point
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered2:04:17If the American-French Quasi-War became a declared warQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered3:08:14Would a Japanese Taranto attack change Pearl Harbor readiness?Q&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered3:21:01Why the Sea Control Ship was not truly cheapQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered3:25:04Using carrier automation without losing resilienceQ&A
- Imperial Russia Survives WWI: A Patreon Requested Alternate History3:07Imperial and Soviet Russia have different maritime outlooksNotable Point
- Imperial Russia Survives WWI: A Patreon Requested Alternate History13:15American entry begins correcting a top-heavy fleetNotable Point
- Imperial Russia Survives WWI: A Patreon Requested Alternate History49:57Ship-by-ship limits replace fleet ratiosChapter
- Imperial Russia Survives WWI: A Patreon Requested Alternate History50:50U.S. naval procurement loses its political generationNotable Point
- The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)25:46Squadron insignia open a route into U.S. naval aviation historyNotable Point
- The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)3:00:32Panama limits make Tillman III plausible enough to change later fleetsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign48:46British and American battleship guns reach different balance pointsNotable Point
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!24:20Why Tillman would favor new cruisers over rebuildsQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!37:10One force-design improvement for each major World War II navyQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:40:35Pearl Harbor's defenses reflected a peacetime funding mindsetQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:58:40A qualitative arms race would reveal practical capital-ship limitsQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:02:42Alaska-class ships as carrier-raid insuranceQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!3:03:58Why removing torpedoes from US cruisers was defensibleQ&A
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty3:20Two different prewar naval arms racesChapter
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty23:16Distributed shipbuilding buys presence as well as votesNotable Point
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty29:19A stronger US Navy without replacing BritainChapter
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty50:54HMS Hood remains useful to an American isolationistChapter
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:13:00Extra treaty tonnage changes carrier developmentChapter
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:18:50American cruisers scout for the battle fleetNotable Point
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:21:36Continuous construction builds a faster wartime fleetChapter
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:26:09A higher Allied baseline pressures Yamato and the AxisChapter
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 333:20The missing landing-ship detail in Operation Torch accountsChapter
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI53:11A shorter war weakens Wilson's handQ&A
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI1:15:03Adding Russia breaks the Washington treaty hierarchyChapter
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI2:16:48Would a modern carrier hull make a good battleship?Q&A
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI2:23:13Royal Navy carrier anti-aircraft defenses in 1939Notable Point
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign24:30Assessing the prospect of war with the United StatesQ&A
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign30:22Could a campaign work without capital ships?Q&A
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:31:45Comparing fleets without ignoring the crew poolChapter
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:45:16How supply ships reflect naval cultureNotable Point
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:53:23Designing a light cruiser for worldwide presenceChapter
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:20:04Using fleet expansion to deter the next opponentChapter
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered35:21Yamato intelligence and the Montana-versus-Iowa choiceQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered1:00:15The industrial answer to American wartime steel shortagesQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered1:41:46How a British two-inch gun progression reshapes WashingtonQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered2:12:09Tillman battleships and the qualitative naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:00:59Why 28 knots could be enough for MontanaQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:06:39Iowa's fast battle wing and Britain's mixed task forcesNotable Point
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:19:34Alaska's carrier-screen role and Iowa's response forceQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:23:36Why the United States keeps building Arleigh BurkesQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered4:16:32How DDG(X) moves from Ticonderoga replacement to Burke replacementQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered4:18:58Why one Anglo-American warship standard is difficultQ&A
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese0:01Carrier raids as a test of American aviation doctrineChapter
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese41:34Wilson Brown and the politics of American flag rankChapter
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese58:56William Halsey and the offensive alpha strikeChapter
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese1:22:50Three navies built different carrier task-force modelsChapter
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...28:05HMS Hood pushes the ceiling above 35,000 tonsChapter
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...33:43Giant battleships face more than a Panama lock limitQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...1:10:10Why Anglo-American rivalry did not imply an approaching warQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...1:22:59The Hawkins class exposes America's cruiser gapChapter
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:04:07Four Lexingtons leave room for six enlarged YorktownsQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:19:38Extra tonnage amplifies national cruiser doctrineNotable Point
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:25:52An active carrier program preserves designs for wartime expansionQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:44:20Contingency plans do not prove a likely warNotable Point
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...3:13:00Soviet battleships depend on foreign technical linksNotable Point
- Naval Aviation in 1914: It's Standing Before War Began45:24American invention without a naval-air institutionChapter
- Check Campaign 6: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:07:35Delaying a future war until the fleet is readyNotable Point
- Check Campaign 6: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:47:26Roosevelt, Tillman, and a different naval treatyQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!12:49Why the Brewster Buccaneer could not simply arrive earlierQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!28:29An eight-inch American carrier-escort cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!35:35Why American and British warship designs resist easy sharingQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!40:41How early US night-carrier doctrine could reshape the PacificQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!52:56Why navies sometimes buy mediocre aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:01:10Why the US Navy kept imagining new Essex-class rolesQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:55:35What sustained higher US defense spending might buyQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:06:32The tradeoff in using expeditionary sea bases to reload VLSQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:19:22What an FB-111-derived carrier bomber would emphasizeQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:34:36Why an early R-4360 would influence 1941 aircraft, not 1939 fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:35:55How a US naval attaché reported from an embassyQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:03:33What Alaska-based missile cruisers might retainQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:25:08How a US Navy Falklands task force would fightQ&A
- 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
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:43:56Why equal-caliber British and American torpedoes differed in weightQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:56:07What Enterprise could bring back from British carrier serviceQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!4:06:16The American cruisers that shared the Hipper problemQ&A
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 194215:47American carrier doctrine breaks toward aggressive raidingChapter
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 194245:43Who gained most from the Washington Naval Treaty?Notable Point
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19421:25:11Why an admiral's rank could change with his commandNotable Point
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19421:29:58Why Ernest King formed a poor opinion of BeattyQ&A
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19422:05:42Why navies built battleships and carriers togetherNotable Point
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19424:10:05Could the 1942 carrier raids have reached the Kurils?Q&A
- Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:04:31Common ammunition simplifies a mixed battleship fleetNotable Point
- Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:05:29Sixteen-inch shells become anti-aircraft weaponsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:06:14Fleet strength depends on budgets, crews, and ship mixChapter
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:30:46How the US Navy might view 9.2-inch timed anti-aircraft fireQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:50:56Why American aircraft would reshape Royal Navy carrier doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:54:32American and Italian answers to British 9.2-inch treaty cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered2:07:03The A-6 Intruder's ship-bombing role in Operation Praying MantisQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered2:34:13The Mark 14 torpedo as a testing failureQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered2:51:08A continuous four-carrier American building cycleQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered3:48:05Britain and America rearm when Japan leaves the treatiesQ&A
- Twelve Odd Ships1:01:15Wolverine and Sable scaled carrier qualification safelyChapter
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 66:02The Martin T4M made replacement easy to postponeChapter
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 614:25American and British torpedo bombers served different doctrinesNotable Point
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 616:12Midway losses came to define the DevastatorChapter
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 629:34Regular orders sustain an aircraft-design ecosystemChapter
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 636:57The Avenger replacement effort started too lateChapter
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 642:47The TBD had a useful record before MidwayChapter
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.20:23Why no navy mastered every part of carrier aviationNotable Point
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.1:21:20Would a separate treaty category encourage cruiser submarines?Q&A
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.2:17:53USS Wolverine scaled carrier-landing trainingChapter
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered43:19How quickly the United States could build twelve strike cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered48:49What navies would do with a 15,000-ton cruiser limitQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered52:43Pensacola and Northampton as scout cruisersNotable Point
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:35:31A 45,000-ton Washington capital-ship limitQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:09:12Why the Littoral Combat Ship lost a stable design standardQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:15:45If Constellation replaced LCS from 2008Q&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:41:49Why early DDG(X) images reveal littleQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered3:38:43What the Hawkins threat revealed about US cruisersQ&A
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?24:44Moffett's survival could reshape senior U.S. naval leadershipNotable Point
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?40:40Carrier-aircraft logistics shape helicopter availabilityNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s18:53Moving de Bothezat's helicopter demonstration to the NavyChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:54:16Could dawn helicopter patrols warn Pearl Harbor?Q&A
- Naval History Writing Competition 2023/202416:56How Admiral-class carriers would reshape treaty tonnageNotable Point
- Naval History Writing Competition 2023/202418:08Following other navies' reactions to one changed programChapter
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals1:02:42Carrier deployments must preserve allied optionsNotable Point
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time8:35A 1930 war favors the Royal Navy's aviation leadQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time40:21A flat naval budget can cut a fleet without an explicit voteQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time1:42:34A New York-derived battlecruiser gives the US Navy a fast wingQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time2:12:08Claims about Hawkins reveal the politics of naval procurementQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time2:25:25A 1927 fleet swap gives America ships closer to British needsQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time2:47:26Alaska's procurement case weakened as its completion date slippedQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time3:01:39The Grand Fleet could not use its American squadron as unwitting baitQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time3:11:09Constellation frigates may ease carrier escort pressureQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time3:14:25Global presence makes Arleigh Burke the destroyer benchmarkQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time3:47:40Without Washington, the naval race settles into recurring small batchesQ&A
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?53:41Alpha strikes versus continuous carrier operationsChapter
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?55:09Night carrier operations required money and research depthNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?1:20:08Treaty limits and actual fleet strength divergedNotable Point
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids1:15:14Treaties divert national carrier design pathsNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō16:31Why 10,000 tons also became the cruiser ceilingNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō18:30Why cruiser and carrier roles conflictedChapter
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō22:45John Collett's case for a flying-deck cruiserChapter
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō29:02Fleet exercises had already exposed the hybrid's problemNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō49:42Why small carriers were pushed into fleet-carrier workNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō51:04A 1924 flight-deck-cruiser counterfactualNotable Point
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books5:57How faster N3 and G3 designs change treaty bargainingQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books31:33Why US cruisers held course while British ships zigzaggedQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books36:32Budget systems shape how navies answer a ship raceQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books58:35How a heavier British battle line changes treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books1:01:47How Hawkins shaped the treaty cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books1:26:16Japan joins Germany in September 1939Q&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books1:55:56What a much larger US diesel-submarine fleet would requireQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:13:56Why foundries bottleneck wartime shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:20:34The Washington treaty allowed new carriers as well as conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:27:06Why US and Japanese fleets differed from the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:02:00Omaha answered a US light-cruiser needQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:04:12Who benefits from a 15,000-ton, 9.2-inch cruiser limitQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:15:13The naval race if World War I never beginsQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:18:00Why Long Beach was the US Navy's last purpose-built cruiserNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?38:25How navies preserve or replace aviation squadron identitiesNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:21:48Naval treaties remove construction continuity and reserve depthChapter
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:36:59Could a US carrier reserve change the Wasp design?Q&A
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers20:12Curtiss, Ely, and early American shipboard flyingChapter
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers21:54The prewar naval technology race beyond GermanyNotable Point
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers31:29Naval aircraft scout over Vera Cruz in 1914Chapter
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers38:50Carrier and aircraft design reveal doctrineNotable Point
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!22:59Comparing American, Italian, and Japanese naval failuresQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!27:34How the US Navy might answer a 1941 carrier warningQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!39:40Why Britain retained a large navy after 1945Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!48:30Would the US Navy retain the Montanas after the war?Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:01:32Peak wartime equipment at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:21:58How a stronger Midway AA fit would change the battleQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:27:02Which navy gained most from T-gunsQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:40:11A British protectorate over HawaiiQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:45:20Converting Lexington hulls into fast supply shipsQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:47:52Why USS Laffey survived kamikaze attackQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:50:55A mandated nuclear cruiser escort forceQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:53:17A US Navy built to enforce the Monroe DoctrineQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:54:18Why US pre-dreadnought gun calibers variedQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:05:53Britain's quiet support for the Monroe DoctrineQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:06:45Parliament, Congress, and naval procurementQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:26:54American expectations for total cruiser-tonnage limitsQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:37:36Why British Pacific ships needed different rangeQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:39:02Bismarck brings America into the war earlyQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:20:16How continuous cruiser building could have improved OmahaQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:23:42Who could lead the US Navy instead of KingQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:25:44Why Royal Navy writers carry unusual influenceQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:31:52What mattered most in the loss of USS HornetQ&A
- The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes2:45:42Why U.S. designers accepted superimposed secondary gunsQ&A
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s27:43Why U.S. shipbuilding politics delay gas turbinesNotable Point
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s1:37:35A wider Pacific technology gap complicates Japanese strategyNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 100:11USS Independence exposes the Great Frigate tradeoffChapter
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 107:43National potential is not the same as deployable naval powerNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1024:17Mobile gunboats promise coastal defence on the cheapNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1024:47Commercial growth does not automatically create naval credibilityNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1034:04America repeatedly starts but rarely completes battle fleetsChapter
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1058:02Ship counts and steam claims need source criticismNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 101:01:32Razeed into one of the US Navy's best frigatesChapter
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 101:15:06A battle fleet could have made America a useful ally against FranceNotable Point
- Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 42:58Why larger carriers might have transformed the Scimitar's recordNotable Point
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!31:22Why one available US carrier was an abnormal riskQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:27:44American heavy frigates won local matchups but could not challenge larger British shipsQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:39:09Geography constrains a non-nuclear US-Soviet war after the naval phaseQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:10:40Constellation frigates cover the Legend cutter role better than the reverseQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:32:55A fully alert Pearl Harbor could still suffer from badly distributed defensesQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:00:39Early American entry would transform both world wars at seaQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:34:12A 9.2-inch treaty limit would pull rival cruisers toward the British calibreQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:48:31Cold War cruisers favored 5-inch dual-purpose guns over automatic 8-inch weaponsQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:50:29A new US naval yard needs political power as well as coastlineQ&A
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19281:28:53Rival navies face different barriers to matching BritainChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?40:33Presence ships need diplomatic facilities alongside weaponsNotable Point
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History1:42:40The Des Moines class and its automatic eight-inch gunsChapter
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 113:19Observers shaped Royal Navy aviation doctrineChapter
- USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response6:22How repeated experiments produced viable light carriersNotable Point
- USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response14:19Yorktown-class growth margins and treaty tonnageQ&A
- USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response25:50CVN-65, CVN-80, and the Enterprise class-name questionNotable Point
- USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response27:11Passing Enterprise artifacts and identity between carriersNotable Point
- USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response28:08Galactica and Pegasus as rival carrier doctrinesQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...23:17A generous carrier-conversion rule would favor the United StatesQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...43:26Reagan-era heavy cruisers become Kirov-scale missile and gun shipsQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...52:52The Littoral Combat Ship is the design-by-committee cautionQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:13:57Japan might repeat Hosho while America moves beyond LangleyQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:18:43Strike cruisers could fill an escalation gap in US deploymentsQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:27:13Heavily armed British ships force every rival to answerQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:30:03Essex turns Yorktown experience into faster productionQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:35:59Prewar naval mistakes in carriers, destroyers, intelligence, and strategyQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:46:18Britain and the United States still hoped Japan would returnQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:48:00The most numerous cruiser class depends on careful class countingQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:19:11Enterprise, Roberts, and the original frigates anchor US naval namingQ&A
- USS Texas: Always Bigger in Spirit - KSS3 S2 Comment Response1:59USS Texas and the weight of a 14-inch broadsideNotable Point
- USS Texas: Always Bigger in Spirit - KSS3 S2 Comment Response9:27USS Texas with an occupation force in MexicoNotable Point
- USS Texas: Always Bigger in Spirit - KSS3 S2 Comment Response9:45USS Texas and an early talking picture at seaQ&A
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri50:19Would the US Navy fund fast battleships sooner?Q&A
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri1:10:10The American battleship path is forced upwardNotable Point
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri1:51:26Could Italy obtain Parsons turbines?Q&A
- If not Pearl Harbour?18:09How seriously did Japan rate the American carriers?Q&A
- If not Pearl Harbour?25:25Didn't Pearl Harbor undermine Japan's attrition plan?Q&A
- If not Pearl Harbour?53:09Would Admiral Kimmel remain in command?Q&A
- If not Pearl Harbour?55:29The Philippines as the operational lureChapter
- If not Pearl Harbour?58:55How losing the Pacific Fleet could reshape 1942-44Chapter
- If not Pearl Harbour?1:52:50Would American convoy habits expose Pacific reinforcements?Q&A
- If not Pearl Harbour?1:54:46Neutral bases could restrict American submarinesNotable Point
- If not Pearl Harbour?1:59:24Pearl Harbor's tactical success and strategic failureChapter
- If not Pearl Harbour?2:03:46Would defeat favor American carriers or new battleships?Q&A
- If not Pearl Harbour?2:12:50Did Kimmel simply distrust the radar warning?Q&A
- If not Pearl Harbour?2:18:02Would the United States answer with 18-inch guns?Q&A
- Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response7:20Panama Canal locks define the Tillman design envelopeQ&A
- Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response22:09Why the Tillman studies deserve serious attentionNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 234:53Saratoga's Panama strike widened American carrier thinkingNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 235:25Mahan and Corbett framed different carrier prioritiesQ&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 245:45Why Pearl Harbor's personnel losses mattered more than hull lossesNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:38:42Operation C as a counterfactual imperial turning pointNotable Point
- The Amagi Class: Super Kongos or Nascent Fast Battleships? - KSS2 S5 Comment Response15:32Possible successors to the 1920 South Dakota classQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out57:51A US Navy fire-control table would improve gunnery accuracyQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:18:53Redirecting Alaska-class resources to USS KentuckyQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out2:24:42Presidential names and other US carrier-naming traditionsQ&A
- Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response10:26Lexington as reconnaissance ship and carrier task-force guardQ&A
- Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response54:56How the Royal Navy would answer an American capital-ship port visitNotable Point
- Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 32:22Churchill and the contested origins of the LSTChapter
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response21:21Two K3s would reshape the Washington treatyQ&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response41:41Why 1920s technology could not produce an IowaQ&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response1:01:12What drove HMS Dreadnought's technologyQ&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response1:04:04Two K3s undermine American treaty assumptionsQ&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response1:20:17Anglo-American war and maritime geographyNotable Point
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response1:22:55American coastal shipping remained a maritime vulnerabilityNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response1:00:49Could conventional carriers work in the North Atlantic and Baltic?Q&A
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response1:03:59British and American carrier night operationsQ&A
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?8:31A large navy can pursue several doctrines at onceNotable Point
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:33:26What a national US shipyard expansion could supportQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:44:19The fastest American response to a submarine raid on New YorkQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:45:17How autoloaders could reshape treaty cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:35:48Typhon as a step toward AegisQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:56:44Four names that should remain in the US NavyQ&A
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response3:35A successor force for New IronsidesQ&A
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response4:37How American scale distorted naval expectationsNotable Point
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response8:47The forgotten variety of American ironcladsQ&A
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response10:44An American ironclad squadron against WarriorQ&A
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response12:01Different naval institutions reaching the same answerNotable Point
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response13:55The rising-power trap in rapid naval expansionQ&A
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response15:55USS Galena after her armor failedQ&A
- Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 123:20A multinational Durazzo force faces submarines and shore batteriesNotable Point
- Huáscar: KSS1 S7 Comment Response7:13When South American navies outgunned the United StatesQ&A
- Huáscar: KSS1 S7 Comment Response7:47Huáscar inspires a counterfactual for US monitorsNotable Point
- Huáscar: KSS1 S7 Comment Response20:17South American naval power tested the Monroe DoctrineQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy47:21Did aircraft make the Lexington battlecruiser role redundant?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:04:04How larger cruisers absorbed battlecruiser dutiesQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:09:58Alaska and the wide battlecruiser spectrumChapter
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:38:31Which modern ship comes closest to battlecruiser duties?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:50:22A missile can work as an offset strategyQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy3:01:16Why American awareness of British liquid loading laggedQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy3:35:23How treaty-era construction preserved British armor expertiseNotable Point
- Building A British Super Battleship!47:06Can a budget design defeat several US Standard battleships?Q&A
- HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response4:22Cerberus suggests a breastwork path for American monitorsNotable Point
- HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response6:31Visible threats unlock peacetime defence investmentNotable Point
- HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response6:53American monitors proved mobility but aged quicklyNotable Point
- HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response9:01Peacetime Cerberus versus Civil War emergency monitorsQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships26:54Why the Royal Navy did not simply want a ForrestalQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships42:02British and American heavy-cruiser standoutsQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships44:17How British construction would strengthen the US treaty offerQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships53:56Why a British carrier lead might not trigger an immediate raceQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:31:01Why US treaty concern centered on ship sizeQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:35:27Why the Royal Navy remained a wet navyQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:52:01The US Navy's missing steps in presence and escalationQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:56:15A purpose-built American destroyer leader for 1939Q&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:19:42How far the United States might concede at WashingtonQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:21:00Why simply enlarging the Arleigh Burke hull is a dead endQ&A
- HMS Dreadnought: Key Ship Series 1 Ship 1 Comment Response25:16Why turbines define a true dreadnoughtQ&A
- HMS Dreadnought: Key Ship Series 1 Ship 1 Comment Response38:15Parsons turbines, U.S. procurement, and German dependenceQ&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:28:31Would the United States expand battleship production?Q&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:14:03Would French rearmament trigger a wider naval race?Q&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat26:54Japan's finances without the Washington treatyQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat56:52Why an 8:5:3 treaty ratio shifts insecurityQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat59:44Why US planners wanted a two-ocean naval marginNotable Point
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat1:05:28The US Navy considered an all-aft batteryQ&A
- Asahi(1899): Cornerstone of the Six/Six Pland - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 817:29Range, Germany, and the Anglo-Japanese AllianceNotable Point
- Asahi(1899): Cornerstone of the Six/Six Pland - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 844:41Matching the Great White Fleet in Japanese watersNotable Point
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?31:13Why Manila was not a British base optionQ&A
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:37:33The Sydney strategy points toward an earlier Coral Sea battleNotable Point
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:40:10Who loses from a 24,500-ton carrier limit?Q&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare30:46Superpowers, major powers, and regional naviesQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:27:15Why nuclear-powered escorts may returnQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:42:08What Britain and America gained from different SSBN fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare3:40:44Colorado's twin turrets in US 16-inch gun developmentNotable Point
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?17:09Putting combat lessons into practiceNotable Point
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?44:04Four Clevelands and eight FletchersChapter
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)0:40Empress Augusta Bay and the officers who shaped the postwar navyChapter
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)15:13A joint command had to shield an amphibious operationNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion10:39Post-Cold War certainty shaped LCS assumptionsNotable Point
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases51:49A Royal Navy jump to 16-inch guns reshapes treaty arithmeticQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:26:37Iowa speed made the battle line usableQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases3:13:38Montanas would likely survive into the Cold War reserveQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases3:25:52A ski jump would cost America-class helicopter spotsQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases3:37:04Completion percentages hid the Lexingtons' treaty advantageQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases3:51:36Nuclear strike cruisers could preserve a second specialist yardQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:40:18USS John Adams ended as a Hong Kong police hulk sunk by torpedoNotable Point
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:51:22The Indian Ocean remained principally a British wartime theatreQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:53:00The United States misread the post-Trafalgar Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:57:03Taking Midway was easier than sustaining it against American returnQ&A
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty6:36Anglo-American competition without an expected warNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty10:01Treaty ratios through national strategic needsChapter
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty13:26Why Anglo-American war plans did not make war likelyNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty39:49Why Washington wanted Britain's older capital ships goneNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty1:03:21Lexingtons as a US reconnaissance forceChapter
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty1:05:50USS Washington and the US sixteen-inch battle lineNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty1:09:05Congress, carrier conversions, and a US scouting forceNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty1:17:51Carrier aviation under a different treaty balanceChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...56:47South Dakota and Lexington as a fleet systemChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:11:37How institutions shaped British, American, and Japanese ship plansNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:31:03Yamato and the ultimate-weapon trapNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:36:24Montana, Iowa, and an enduring American doctrineChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:39:34What Anglo-American war plans did - and did not - meanNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty11:23The 5:5:3 ratio and America’s fifteen-ship battle lineNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty20:40Why the historical treaty gave America no Lexington battlecruiserQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty22:14Carrier limits, ratios, and the conversion exceptionNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty34:53Could America force Britain to accept the treaty terms?Q&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:43:55A larger Pensacola remains a scout before a cruiser fighterQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:48:08Why the cruiser ceiling stops at 9.2-inch gunsQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty2:18:22America completes its Colorado and Lexington investmentsChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty2:22:12The Lexingtons as America's fast scouting forceNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty2:24:24Why America converts only one Lexington hullQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty2:31:57A 28-knot treaty world makes America's battle line obsoleteNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty2:57:15Larger carriers reshape the interwar fleetChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty2:58:58Larger allowances preserve different British and American carrier prioritiesNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:02:50A light-carrier category creates new American and Japanese branchesNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:29:50How does America gain experience with large carriers?Q&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:32:53How much did the First World War accelerate US naval modernization?Q&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:35:15Why an Anglo-Japanese alliance could draw America into the warQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:43:19A different post-war balance after Anglo-Japanese victoryQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 1050:53An accelerated Alaska class could reach the Guadalcanal campaignNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 101:54:13Motor torpedo boats depended on a civilian industrial baseQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 103:49:12The Washington Naval Treaty as a narrow diplomatic successNotable Point
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series10:56A new American battleship after 1950Q&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:46:48A future US cruiser needs more than eighty VLS cellsQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:47:02Alaska and the fourth-rate problemQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:52:05A 30,000-ton carrier duplicates capabilities the US Navy already hasQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series3:03:31The US Navy cannot escape its production bottleneck without new yardsQ&A
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...1:18:32Taranto's warning may still be discounted at Pearl HarborNotable Point
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...1:27:13A major Far Eastern fleet requires senior combined commandNotable Point
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 77:14Superfiring development in an interconnected naval raceNotable Point
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 746:39Counterfactual: a faster, 14-inch Orion classNotable Point
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...2:24:23A stronger Far East fleet changes Japan's calculusChapter
- Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty2:33:23A different Grand Fleet could change Admiral King's impressionNotable Point
- A Naval Historian Reacts to... a Decade of Brasseys (4RB 19)45:52A wartime chronicle of Lingayen GulfNotable Point
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series18:21Would an additional Lexington-class carrier be renamed?Q&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:06:13Why the Type 2000 SK was unlikely to enter U.S. Navy serviceQ&A
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs16:34World War I torpedo fear returned in the PT eraChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs20:44The US Navy excluded a ready sea-sled starting pointNotable Point
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs29:03US PT trials chose several usable designsNotable Point
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs37:24Elco PT boats carried field-modified firepowerChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs40:36PT boats supported the Pacific island advanceChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs46:10Institutional resistance narrowed the PT programmeNotable Point
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs55:00Okinawa exposed a shortage of motor gunboatsChapter
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre6:05Why Pacific torpedo boats have transatlantic design rootsChapter
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre13:31Hickman's sea sled and the birth of the coastal motor boatChapter
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre18:17C-378: a fast sea sled delivered as the war endedNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre20:42The 1938 US Navy PT-boat competitionChapter
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre28:49The 1938 US requirement already included a gunboat optionNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre31:38Why a PT-boat competition winner preferred the excluded sea sledNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre41:39The open-ocean trials that tested PT boatsChapter
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre56:05Why Elco and Fairmile production totals are hard to compareNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre3:03:27Crew additions and the British response with purpose-built gunboatsNotable Point
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 447:38Bayly’s experience before Formidable’s last exerciseNotable Point
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:14:54How naval treaties constrained deterrenceQ&A
- Capital Ships of Science Fiction: Battlestars to Star Destroyers with a Naval Historian23:55USS Georgia and the capital ship that should not be seenNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre58:56Harbour defence launches with oceanic reachChapter
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre1:06:40Vosper 70-footers and extreme power-to-weightChapter
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre2:22:07Hedgehog, Mousetrap, and coastal anti-submarine craftQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!25:20Why one German battleship could not stop the Panama CanalQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:20:04Why Britain preferred blockade and America preferred invasionQ&A
- The Underpaid and Underappreciated Merchant Marine of WWII1:13:58The US Navy Armed Guard put military specialists aboard merchant shipsNotable Point
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!40:36Supercarriers would leave the Soviet fleet a clear thirdQ&A
- USS North Dakota(BB-29): The USN's First True Dreadnought - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 80:02Why North Dakota qualifies as a true dreadnoughtChapter
- USS North Dakota(BB-29): The USN's First True Dreadnought - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 87:02Returning an Italian ambassador's remains in 1919Notable Point
- USS North Dakota(BB-29): The USN's First True Dreadnought - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 88:55North Dakota's hull lines as a statement of national powerNotable Point
- USS North Dakota(BB-29): The USN's First True Dreadnought - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 820:14Veracruz patrols and the Atlantic Fleet's war trainingNotable Point
- USS North Dakota(BB-29): The USN's First True Dreadnought - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 830:45Malta and the constraints on a global US NavyNotable Point
- USS North Dakota(BB-29): The USN's First True Dreadnought - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 837:28Could a failed North Dakota have delayed the turbine navy?Notable Point
- CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 18:34Service rivalry over strategic bombingNotable Point
- CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 122:49Cancellation did not end the supercarrier ideaChapter
- From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos1:14:01What an earlier American 16-inch gun might have changedQ&A
- Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits17:50Why Britain could prefer America in second placeNotable Point
- Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits28:40How the U.S. Navy sets modern standardsChapter
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built29:57Why Britain could not spare HMS Duke of YorkQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built59:30Why USS Chesapeake differed from her sistersQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built1:29:23Steel production as a strategic industryQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:48:47How America might answer a 44-ship British battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:56:11Treaty ratios for an unaligned Pacific naval powerQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built3:03:31Why eight Brazilian destroyers would not alarm the United StatesQ&A
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI22:41Jutland shaped American and Japanese planning more than British planningChapter
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI27:19The Spanish-American War sharpened Pacific threat perceptionsNotable Point
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI29:35Japan read Jutland as a route to a decisive battleNotable Point
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?54:29Jutland's unequal influence on interwar fleet planningNotable Point
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?1:02:44Could the US Navy have tested torpedoes more widely?Q&A
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?1:36:58Why cautious submarine captains could fail in wartimeQ&A
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?1:56:28Had Britain refitted fewer capital ships than the United States?Q&A
- Battleships of the Treaty Era58:00King George V and British rearmament capacityChapter
- Battleships of the Treaty Era1:05:30North Carolinas, Yamatos, and industrial strainChapter
- Battleships of the Treaty Era1:08:25Japan links a 14-inch ceiling to numerical parityNotable Point
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!14:25How Enterprise could be reconciled with carrier limitsQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!15:04A twelve-gun Alaska still needs a distinct missionQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!27:11Why American accounts overstated Washington treaty successQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!28:41How Senator Tillman would answer IncomparableQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:00:51Why neither navy would perfect its first quad turretQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:04:25Why reviving the Dallinger amendment would require public yardsQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:05:31What an American 1980s battleship replacement might beQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:28:44Which navy best turned design into a twentieth-century fleetQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:46:42Why U.S. and Japanese 18-inch gun tests led to different answersQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!2:48:25A U.S.-Soviet naval war during KoreaQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!3:51:10How the U.S. original six frigates crossed oceansQ&A
- Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough42:27HMS Leopard and the Chesapeake affairChapter
- A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 711:01A stronger battle fleet still could not win the PacificChapter
- A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 727:00An attrition fleet built to fight before it is lostNotable Point
- Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 63:01Why Number 13 cannot be called the world's strongestNotable Point
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties57:18US cruisers for presence and institutional growthChapter
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties59:08How scarce assets shaped command riskNotable Point
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties1:05:59The missed Lexington battlecruiser optionChapter
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 411:13Four main-battery calibres for ten battleshipsChapter
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 419:10Why split secondary batteries consume a shipNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 422:15Ignoring useful foreign naval solutionsNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 426:18Design growth outruns German yard capacityChapter
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:20:00The United States Navy's cruiser shortfallChapter
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:27:14How American cruiser orders could have encouraged an Empire fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:29:22Would more American cruisers have exposed torpedo defects?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:30:30The Lexington battlecruiser alternativeNotable Point
- How Many Guns Does that USN Battleship have?12:13Fitting twenty-four 16-inch guns on Tillman IVChapter
- How Many Guns Does that USN Battleship have?29:20Tillman IV-2 turns fifteen 18-inch guns into a design problemChapter
- How Many Guns Does that USN Battleship have?1:10:17Designing American and Japanese heavy cruisersChapter
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory26:47No plausible coalition stood ready to finish BritainNotable Point
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory42:07The fatal assumption: Britain and the world would stand stillChapter
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory43:16Relative power can fall while national wealth growsNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer12:54British operation of Illinois and KentuckyQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer22:25A reinforced Force Z in the opening Pacific WarNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer28:01Combining British and American carrier practicesQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer50:45Why the US Navy did not need a foreign replacement for Bonhomme RichardQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer2:30:03The Lexington battlecruisers were not battle-line substitutesQ&A
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...6:11American status, spending, and Senate ratificationChapter
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...16:24Industrial capacity behind American arms controlNotable Point
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...1:22:27Equal ratios and unequal global commitmentsNotable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 338:20Why shipyard competition changes naval procurement costsNotable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 355:29Could foreign yards have jump-started the Soviet battle fleet?Notable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 31:00:18Why a delayed war would magnify the Anglo-American responseNotable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 31:05:57Why capital-ship targets provoke an arms-race responseNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?28:04America's priority: peace without a naval billChapter
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?31:06Why 30, 19, and 17 were not equivalent cutsNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:00:19Competition need not mean an Anglo-American warNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:47:42Cruiser numbers beneath capital-ship parityNotable Point
- What Cannon is right for this ship?22:15Choosing guns from a ship's role and hullChapter
- What Cannon is right for this ship?44:39Reading a ship's hidden mission from its designNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:39:45Two Lexington battlecruisers could guard fast carrier groupsNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:43:09A 1930s American battlecruiser would be designed for fast carrier groupsQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:59:24What a Japanese victory at Attu would provokeQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:01:49Earlier Alaskas versus Lexington battlecruisers alongside carriersQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:16:22Could Japanese surface ships reach the Americans in gun range?Q&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:16:51Why the TBD Devastator aged so quicklyQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:39:11Why dividing the High Seas Fleet could have destabilised naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:04:52A 1939-40 Pacific war before the Kido Butai maturedQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:49:37Why American and British light carriers followed different pathsQ&A
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 20:00Why Montana was a 28-knot battleshipChapter
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 215:18The battle line as the Pacific anvilChapter
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 233:02Deck armour for plunging long-range fireChapter
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 236:39Long-range gunnery needed a supply systemNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 242:36Why fleet numbers mattered more than duelsNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 259:51A Lexington reconnaissance-fleet counterfactualNotable Point
- Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD1:53:21Warship silhouettes could complicate identificationQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy...2:42:24What might a newly built US battleship carry?Q&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy6:42What counted as an advanced interwar battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy49:52Treaty compliance often depended on creative accountingNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy55:22Autoloaders would distort the next treaty negotiationQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy1:00:34Why longer naval guns depend on better metallurgyQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy1:04:57Why a shared shell is easier than a shared battleship gunQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy1:43:37USS Utah's survival could return turrets to WyomingQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:17:03How institutional confidence can become procurement blindnessNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:28:45Carrier conversions depended on which Lexington hulls survivedQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:38:14Why a second aircraft type can be useful rather than redundantQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:09:44Why a 1942 war would not use the historical aircraft listNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:15:16Why a 1939 Pearl Harbor could be even more vulnerableQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:28:39Tribal versus Fletcher depends on the missionQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:51:36An Axis America would face an Allied two-ocean strategyQ&A
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail57:53Land borders constrained Britain's naval rivalsNotable Point
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail59:26Why financial power encouraged global naval policingNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 152:35Why British and American battleships solved different problemsNotable Point
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas4:55What makes a best-in-class 1910 battleship?Chapter
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas29:50Attrition war favors replacement capacityChapter
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas37:12What the game's Japanese advantage assumesNotable Point
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas42:11The real USS North Dakota versus the simulationNotable Point
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas52:19Battlecruisers need speed and distanceNotable Point
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas1:07:37How navies planned to employ battlecruisersNotable Point
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?1:39:38Theodore Roosevelt and a less restrictive naval treatyQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:29:01The American debate over Britain's shipbuilding capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?4:12:43Lexington reconnaissance and the American battlefleet fistQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?4:22:49The basing weakness in an American war plan against BritainQ&A
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years6:21Treaty strength and Churchill's construction pauseNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years31:31Carrier size, hull numbers, and dedicated commandNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years36:27The Far Eastern blockade plan and Anglo-American interestsChapter
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?3:47:29How would the U.S. Navy answer four German capital ships?Q&A
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!2:40A naval theorist able to actNotable Point
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!18:40Using 1812 to criticize a neglected navyChapter
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!27:00The Venezuela crisis and concentrated sea powerChapter
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!39:26Cruisers, readiness, and procurement prioritiesNotable Point
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!43:02Monroe Doctrine and peace with honorChapter
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:02:28Delay risks an Anglo-American industrial coalitionQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:33:41A 27-knot Dreadnought changes the naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:38:27Roosevelt's War of 1812 history and the purpose of heavy frigatesNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:16:06Taranto's lessons were not automatically acceptedQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:56:47Mark 48 torpedoes in a wartime American submarine fleetQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued3:15:46Promotion systems must create experience for the next officerQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:16:33Global commitments produce broader Royal Navy designsQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:25:04Essex and Implacable: construction timing and air groupsNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)3:43:52Larger jets made a Forrestal-scale carrier likelyQ&A
- Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &113:01A carrier core for the scouting forceNotable Point
- Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &1120:04Bureau politics kept heavy guns on the carriersNotable Point
- Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &1124:39Different experiences shaped British and American carrier innovationNotable Point
- Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &1126:07Battlecruiser ambitions behind the conversionChapter
- Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &1133:20A six-ship Lexington counterfactualNotable Point
- How to Build A Navy17:51Fleet acquisition changes diplomacyChapter
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:00:42A US battle line at Samar would win, but not without lossesQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:12:01American frigates at the Nile would serve as scoutsQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:57:43Guadalcanal exposed command failures as well as technical gapsNotable Point
- Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response4:49Destroyer leaders, frigates, and changing US labelsQ&A
- Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response13:01Stealthy hull forms and the Zumwalt lessonQ&A
- Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response14:23Where the Kidd class fits before TiconderogaQ&A
- Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response16:28Career paths and the surface fleet's missing flagshipNotable Point
- Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response19:01Why Ticonderoga plans moved away from aluminumQ&A
- Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response20:56The destroyer that filled an unbuilt cruiser's roleNotable Point
- Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response33:03Port Royal's grounding made retirement easier to justifyNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Comment Response17:00How the post-Cold War drawdown shed nuclear expertiseNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Comment Response32:02Congress and the Navy divide over nuclear surface shipsQ&A
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Comment Response37:10Nuclear escorts still need a balanced task groupQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)2:26When older machinery improved global supportNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)12:00An industrially unequal battleship raceChapter
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)14:39Dreadnought as a move in a four-power technology raceNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)23:13Wyoming's aft turrets reveal a broadside designNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)24:32Why battle lines needed common performanceNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)44:39Why navies wanted different battle linesChapter
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)46:28America's oceans favoured a slower defensive battle lineNotable Point
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response0:48Why Belknap served as a Sixth Fleet flagshipQ&A
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response1:24Warship names carry historical reputationsNotable Point
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response4:02Naval reactors as a civilian nuclear workforce pipelineNotable Point
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response12:48Josephus Daniels and the risks of personal ship namesNotable Point
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response25:47Published warship speeds are not always maximum speedsNotable Point
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response28:44Nuclear escorts compete with the need for hull numbersNotable Point
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response32:04A steady nuclear-escort production policyQ&A
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 71:43:58Treaty limits and the path to the supercarrierNotable Point
- Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!40:47A nine-gun American 18-inch battleshipQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!43:09Fremantle's American submarine force in 1943Chapter
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response1:23Nuclear escorts and carrier surge operationsQ&A
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response4:35Missile fits shaped US Navy roles and classificationsNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response10:02How DLG and frigate labels shiftedQ&A
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response12:37Tartar, Terrier, Talos, and the Standard lineageChapter
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response15:14Standard Missile chronology and shared guidanceNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response19:39Reactor-accident politics in carrier operationsQ&A
- Albany Class: Comment Response0:31Why convert old cruisers after World War II?Q&A
- Albany Class: Comment Response2:39The Alaska class as a conversion candidateQ&A
- Albany Class: Comment Response6:22Shoot-X and early missile reliabilityNotable Point
- Albany Class: Comment Response6:49Why fifty states did not guarantee Albany's preservationNotable Point
- Albany Class: Comment Response7:36Why aluminium lost favour in warship structuresNotable Point
- Albany Class: Comment Response19:23Why early missile cruisers need system-by-system analysisNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway4:43American war planning refused Japan's expected Pacific chargeNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway19:18Carrier commonality and Japan's constrained alternativesChapter
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway47:22American task forces treated escorts as part of carrier powerChapter
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway59:26World War I losses shaped later ASW practiceNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway1:01:24Class labels can conceal standardised destroyer familiesNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway1:07:15Force balance mattered more than raw Midway totalsChapter
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Sydney24:05Why postwar Truman policy would not abolish American sea powerQ&A
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 40:21An Admiralty pennant for EnterpriseNotable Point
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 47:21Why official carrier speed figures need cautionNotable Point
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 410:56Armor placement and the Pacific strike roleChapter
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 416:01From Yorktown to the Midway classNotable Point
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 419:27Enterprise among the first CXAM-1 radar shipsNotable Point
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 420:44Kimmel, forward basing, and Pearl Harbor readinessNotable Point
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 426:02A seven-hour turnaround after Pearl HarborNotable Point
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 444:41The 1943 overhaul and a multiplying carrier fleetNotable Point
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 446:56Enterprise's wartime legacy and Magic CarpetNotable Point
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 449:06Carrier growth made preservation impracticalNotable Point
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 453:07The Enterprise name and procurement politicsNotable Point
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 456:18How US and British dream carriers would still differNotable Point
- USS Long Beach: Comment Response0:18Why Long Beach ends the US cruiser lineageQ&A
- USS Long Beach: Comment Response8:10Why part of Long Beach remained at Puget SoundQ&A
- USS Long Beach: Comment Response12:12Why Long Beach retained 5-inch/38 gunsQ&A
- USS Long Beach: Comment Response18:23Why Aegis forced a clean-sheet strike cruiserNotable Point
- USS Long Beach: Comment Response28:06Keeping early missile systems maintainable at seaQ&A
- USS Long Beach: Comment Response37:05Des Moines as a starting point for a future cruiserQ&A
- USS Long Beach: Comment Response39:20Why Virginia did not continue the cruiser lineageQ&A
- USS Long Beach: Comment Response42:56Why the nuclear cruisers left serviceQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane25:14Fremantle as a multinational submarine baseChapter
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane44:43Why U.S. destroyers did not immediately adopt twin five-inch mountsQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane1:01:46A guide to Brisbane's wartime submarine baseChapter
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 328:42Why British and American institutions approached warship risk differentlyNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 346:34Bremerton repairs prepare Warspite for the Eastern FleetNotable Point
- USS Texas: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 20:19Why USS Texas mattered beyond battleship duelsChapter
- USS Texas: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 223:04Tampico and gunboat diplomacyChapter
- USS Texas: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 225:43The Ryndam rescue and a wardroom giftNotable Point
- USS Texas: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 226:42Early anti-aircraft guns and fire controlNotable Point
- USS Texas: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 235:53Interwar modernization kept Texas usefulChapter
- USS Texas: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 238:21Maintenance cycles turn fleet numbers into real readinessNotable Point
- Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses25:24A Soviet buildup as a trigger for naval rearmamentNotable Point
- Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses38:17How Soviet naval ambition could fuel an international arms raceChapter
- Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses51:16American choices: carriers, fast battleships, or large cruisersNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response1:54Why American and British cruisers emphasized different missionsQ&A
- US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response5:22Aircraft changed the value of high-speed scouting cruisersNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response6:13Why US cruisers relied on speed, screens, and fleet supportNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response7:55The generalist-versus-specialist cruiser tradeoffNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response10:56Are US treaty cruisers really cruisers?Q&A
- US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response16:30Alaska-class large cruisers and the battlecruiser inheritanceQ&A
- What books did I bring for #NavHistAus23?43:40Fire-control capability and warship opportunity costQ&A
- Tillman's Maximum Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 82:16Tillman’s maximum-battleship challengeChapter
- Tillman's Maximum Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 83:29Naval spending and South Carolina politicsNotable Point
- Tillman's Maximum Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 89:24Tillman’s leverage on the Senate Naval Affairs CommitteeChapter
- Tillman's Maximum Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 817:28Josephus Daniels tries to restrain battleship growthNotable Point
- Tillman's Maximum Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 823:25Tillman’s death and the slower 1920 South Dakota designNotable Point
- Tillman's Maximum Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 837:25What if Tillman III had entered U.S. service?Chapter
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon2:05:33How fast battleships could complicate the postwar balanceChapter
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat48:19When experimental carriers force treaty definitions to changeQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat55:28Treaty limits, capital ships, and carrier developmentQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat1:35:55If Japan concentrated on the Philippines instead of Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:38:49British control of the Panama Canal would reshape naval designQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:43:11A well-funded post-Civil War U.S. Navy changes British planningQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:45:31An early Anglo-American alliance brings the United States into both warsQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:59:29Carrier armour versus air-group sizeQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat3:08:12Why British warship machinery prioritized maintainabilityQ&A
- Stalingrad Class Battlecruiser: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 715:01How Western navies might answer StalingradChapter
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?3:13:56Would U.S. neutrality patrols have confronted a concentrated German surface force?Q&A
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?3:16:46Could U.S. standard battleships escort western Atlantic convoys under neutrality patrols?Q&A
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 230:40National construction rhythms before DreadnoughtChapter
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 246:35Virginia’s superimposed-turret trade-offNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 259:14Why shipyards need continuous ordersChapter
- Bruships 113: Jutland34:39How larger British guns could reshape treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland59:38Canadian battlecruisers and American concernsQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:13:46USS Canberra and names honouring foreign shipsQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:16:00Lion and South Dakota as broad comparisonsQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:21:22Why Lion was not simply a British IowaQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:25:12Technology without practice in the First World War U.S. NavyQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:37:07Why the Lion class was not a British MontanaQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland2:14:40How a 13.5-inch Dreadnought changes the naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland2:33:14Why the Royal Navy did not copy the Arleigh Burke classQ&A
- Francesco Caracciolo Class Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 616:51How Italian speed could ripple through three fleetsChapter
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...21:30A personal US Navy mix skips the LCS tierNotable Point
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...33:59Why armed blockade-running would make America the aggressorQ&A
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...55:55The Delaware class turned an early dreadnought idea into a larger fleet unitNotable Point
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...1:25:55Different machinery complicated battleship division planningQ&A
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...1:46:13American capital ships exceeded immediate wartime readinessChapter
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...1:46:52Wyoming packed twelve guns into a slow turret farmNotable Point
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...2:00:39Twin screws made battle damage more consequentialNotable Point
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...2:07:29Nevada and Oklahoma were under thirty at Pearl HarborNotable Point
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...2:33:22The famous four-stack destroyers do not yet existQ&A
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...2:53:01A short, damaging war could reshape naval limitsNotable Point
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 21:04:42British and American carrier deck rhythmsChapter
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 21:32:29USS Franklin: damage control and command failureQ&A
- Building a NelRod County Class...1:08:00Imperial warship transfers and American treaty fearsQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett22:18Admiral King's respect for SomervilleQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett48:00Overseas territorial losses after a hypothetical American defeatQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett1:07:07War Plan Orange: bases and secure communicationsChapter
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett1:10:15Why War Plan Orange receives the attentionQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett3:16:51Soviet battlecruisers could have revived MontanaQ&A
- We Beat The Daisy... Ship Naming9:45U.S. ship names tie naval service to national supportNotable Point
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine58:07Ryujo suggests an alternative light-carrier treaty categoryNotable Point
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine1:01:54Pensacola's gun layout amplified rollingChapter
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine1:05:21Ranger lacked room for wartime aircraft growthChapter
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine1:11:32The Sims class attempted too many improvements at onceNotable Point
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine1:15:47Texas and Maine were flawed but formativeNotable Point
- Saint Names for G3s & N3s10:39American warship names create naval heritageNotable Point
- Amagi Class Battlecruiser: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 523:42If naval limitation waited until 1930Notable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...1:33:31The Washington Treaty left room for carrier escort cruisersNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...1:57:43Pensacola's ten-gun battery imposed top-weight and logistics costsChapter
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:05:01USS Ranger could not grow with naval aviationChapter
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:08:27Why did treaty cruisers default to 8-inch guns?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:09:15Why did USS Ranger have six folding funnels?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:15:54Admiral King's resistance complicated Anglo-American cooperationNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:17:23The Sims class tried to advance too many destroyer features at onceChapter
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:22:36Carrier designs reflected strike and sustained-operation doctrinesNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:27:37Texas and Maine pushed the U.S. Navy toward the Indiana classChapter
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:52:21Where did the Omaha class rank on the Bearn scale?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...3:17:13Could American 14-inch ammunition support the King George V class?Q&A
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done49:09Reading Tribal and Fletcher destroyer silhouettesNotable Point
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done1:58:04Atlanta-style cruisers and saturation fireNotable Point
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done2:24:51Building the Alaska class around speed and twelve-inch gunsChapter
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done2:34:24Alaska-class firepower against an outnumbered raiderNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:19:28Did Hawkins influence the Pensacola design?Q&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:32:25War Plan Orange's Central Pacific campaign studiesChapter
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:50:32The Palau raids as a blow to Japanese sustainmentChapter
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:53:06How Avengers mined Palau under fighter protectionNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:53:56After Palau: rebuilding air groups and preparing for the MarianasNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:56:41Why the U.S. and Japan retained armored cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:14:59Midway's withdrawal and the losses after the carrier battleChapter
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:16:38Midway timing in Sea Battles in Close-UpChapter
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:45:38Lexington and G3 were built around different missionsNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History3:12:20Where to find the most interesting unbuilt cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History3:14:18Replacing torpedo mounts with more destroyer gunsQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History3:16:18What a surviving nuclear surface fleet changesQ&A
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)8:08Why Pacific carrier experience still matteredNotable Point
- Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 40:35Why the planned names signalled national purposeChapter
- Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 43:28Moving the Constitution name to a battlecruiserNotable Point
- Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 420:20A six-ship programme across American yardsNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 310:24Why G3 and N3 would disrupt rival battlefleetsNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 325:47A single K3 could make an old fleet too costly to retainNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 326:36A K3 counterfactual: treaty limits and rival responsesNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 328:50Yamato-level firepower, not Yamato-level protectionNotable Point
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?28:44Why the Buffalo's climb rate mattered aboard carriersNotable Point
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?47:21Alpha strikes versus continuous carrier operationsChapter
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?48:28Lexington and Saratoga's battlecruiser originsQ&A
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?53:27Lexington and Saratoga against treaty displacement limitsQ&A
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?1:30:47Why carrier deck crews wear bright coloursNotable Point
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?2:00:06Why night carrier operations took time to learnQ&A
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?2:14:07Saratoga and Victorious: complementary carrier strengthsNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada1:44:22Foreign warships mixed peacemaking with national interestNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...46:07Designing an American 10-inch treaty cruiserNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...1:11:31Volume of fire versus protection in a cruiser duelNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...1:11:38A high-speed cruiser shaped by the Panama CanalNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...1:43:13Halsey's aggression and the limits of plausible replacementsQ&A
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...1:48:20Roosevelt, Hawaii, and the danger of unsupported forward basingNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation38:56British and American carrier safety convergeQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:26:28Naval clippers served blockade work, not scout-cruiser dutyQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation2:12:54A damaged PBY could have raised Pearl Harbor alertnessQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation3:12:08The Fleet Air Arm and Corsair deck landingsQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation3:34:41The Scouting Force shaped U.S. cruiser constructionQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation3:36:37Night fighters bring carrier air defence after darkChapter
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation3:48:24Carrier bows must suit their operating oceanQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation4:11:44Fleet Air Arm influence on Top Gun's training modelQ&A
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 198022:18The unglamorous infrastructure behind GIUK defenceNotable Point
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 19801:45:46Local sea and air command for carrier operationsChapter
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 19801:50:08Which carriers could actually fight in May 1980?Chapter
- USS New Ironsides: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 83:46Why New Ironsides is the better American counterpart to HMS WarriorQ&A
- USS New Ironsides: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 820:49New Ironsides in an Anglo-American naval crisisNotable Point
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)1:59:14Were Ticonderoga-class cruisers available in 1980?Q&A
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)3:20:17Carrier and amphibious choices in 1980Chapter
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)3:32:18Why not refit cruisers with the Mark 71 eight-inch gun during the war?Q&A
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas31:14How the Coast Guard de-risked U.S. Navy gas turbinesNotable Point
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...33:38Which screen portrayal of Admiral Halsey is most accurate?Q&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)47:59Tillman battleships as a naval-policy questionNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)1:00:30Panama Canal control and American industrial mobilisationQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus16:59How WATU's women carried anti-submarine lessons across a barrierNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus22:29A wider race for large oxygen torpedoesQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus23:01Japan, the Great White Fleet, and the PhilippinesQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus24:00A German Philippines and British coal salesQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus28:13WATU dinners as informal naval instructionQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus31:43British coal supplies during the Venezuela crisisNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus34:23Why sister ships Omaha and Memphis differedQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus46:34Treaty carrier arithmetic and worldwide commitmentsQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus50:05How a larger French fleet rewrites treaty arithmeticQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:13:03Why merchant shipping creates demand for a navyChapter
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:31:07Why Mahan preserved contradictions between his essaysNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:35:10Mahan on preparation before a crisisChapter
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:41:39Alene Duerk, Grace Hopper, and women at flag rankQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:51:20British victory and Mahan's appeal to CongressQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:10:45Would American war experience produce a raiding fleet?Q&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:34:06Why better British fighters would not end Lend-LeaseQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:17:07The U.S. Navy's 1897 coastal-strategy problemNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:38:44How foreign cruiser labels can reshape procurementQ&A
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:21:00A Washington treaty category for scout carriersChapter
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:51:39Why foreign carrier responses cannot be predicted in detailQ&A
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:57:08A higher carrier ceiling gives foreign navies different choicesNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 763:22:03Why test environments mattered to torpedo reliabilityNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 763:27:32Foreign navies need not use their carrier allowances alikeNotable Point
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent0:29Why a continental power still needs a navyChapter
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent11:00A naval officer shaped by the War CollegeChapter
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent18:20USS Chicago and Mahan's practical credibilityNotable Point
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent29:19The Influence of Sea Power as a political interventionChapter
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent36:58From USS Chicago to the first USS TexasChapter
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent40:03A battle fleet and its infrastructure built within a decadeChapter
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent42:42Why early U.S. naval growth favoured battleshipsChapter
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent47:20The Spanish-American War made the case for cruisersNotable Point
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent48:22Mahan cultivated an American sea-power cultureChapter
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent51:37Wargaming a Mahanian alliance crisis in 1906Notable Point
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat42:40Judging Admiral Fletcher's caution without hindsightQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat54:09Why Lexington-class carriers carried 8-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat1:08:13When carrier 8-inch guns might have matteredQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat2:20:36Canadians serving in the American Civil War naviesNotable Point
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat2:24:37Why automated ships still need peopleQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat2:57:16Why British and American carrier doctrines divergedNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)57:39Roboute Guilliman through Nimitz, Cunningham and St VincentNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:41:43The United States may build Alaska-style ships and more carriers earlierNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword16:24How British triple turrets could reshape the arms raceNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword32:43How Tillman-style politics might shrink the U.S. fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword42:45Interwar research into autoloading capital-ship gunsQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword1:50:48The nuclear Strike Cruiser Mark II conceptNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword1:55:58How merchant reactors could widen naval nuclear accessQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:26:50A Nimitz carrier transported to 1941Q&A
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover0:01Naval nuclear power before the Cold WarChapter
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover3:35Rickover's influence and the politics of his removalNotable Point
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover21:08Rickover's safety system and personnel controlChapter
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover22:29Rickover's political power and retirementNotable Point
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover25:24Rickover's naval career and politically backed promotionNotable Point
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover26:41Rickover's doctrine of personal responsibilityNotable Point
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover27:38Nautilus and the submarine case for nuclear powerChapter
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover32:59Nuclear cruisers and fast task groupsChapter
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...1:27:35How much would competent Japanese ASW change the submarine war?Q&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)7:41How American battlecruisers might exploit two oceansNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:07:45A navy cannot be rebuilt without suitable portsNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:49:18Taking Georgia to deny the United States another portNotable Point
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:29:19British wartime damage reports informed American carrier designQ&A
- Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI26:55Torpedo failures reveal testing inertia across naviesNotable Point
- 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
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century13:14Early submarine attacks: ingenuity at a lethal costChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:02:15American fleet submarines and the range needed for the PacificChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:39:31Pacific submarines: offensive defense depends on logisticsChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:48:05The research and industrial foundations behind nuclear submarinesChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:53:22Missile submarines bring launch sites inside the air-defense perimeterNotable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:58:07Cold War submarine losses turn the seabed into an intelligence targetNotable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century2:01:47Los Angeles class: nuclear attack submarines come of ageNotable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century2:09:29Seawolf and the post-Cold-War price of peer-war specializationNotable Point
- A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?1:52How might the United States answer an 18-inch Agincourt?Q&A
- A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?5:04Panama Canal limits shape the American conceptNotable Point
- A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?13:40When did American battleships begin carrying spotter aircraft?Q&A
- A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?21:02Why British anti-torpedo fittings looked so extensiveNotable Point
- A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?32:01Did American battleships still carry torpedoes in the Second World War?Q&A
- A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?1:20:20Planned fleet numbers matter more than a one-on-one duelNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:23Why North Carolina's vibration did not persist into later classesQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books30:16Why an Anglo-American naval race would emphasize technologyQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:21:04Why missile confidence displaced dogfight training after KoreaQ&A
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!2:28Why did Royal Navy and US Navy carrier doctrine differ?Q&A
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources26:49The Monroe Doctrine depended on naval enforcementQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response7:07What supports the claim that British designers considered American reactions?Q&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response13:54Why American observers could understand Britain's naval buildupQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response14:14Why the Tillman maximum battleships were drawnQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response41:27Why Britain considered 16.5-inch rather than 16-inch gunsQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response49:44German fleet strategy and British threat perceptionQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:23:24Agincourt and the qualitative arms-race gambleQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:27:20Could America answer Agincourt at two ships a year?Q&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:29:07Would eight American 18-inch guns outweigh Agincourt's speed?Q&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:31:59Why Agincourt's timing mattered to the proposed arms-race strategyNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:35:26How personal correspondence informs the gun-policy interpretationQ&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood13:43Ellwood's psychological aftermathNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood20:42War of 1812 memory and invasion fearNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood42:28Pacific force allocation and invasion realityNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood46:54Kinkaid, Hosogaya, and the tyranny of distanceNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood56:19Carrier raids on Dutch HarborChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:03:22Kiska as a forward patrol baseNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:07:02The Alaskan supply-chain bottleneckNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:08:52Attu's occupation and civilian captivityNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:11:28Attu's empty window and the intelligence gapNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:14:46Attu displacement and strategic presenceNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:16:09Operation Cottage and empty KiskaChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:20:43Kinkaid's methodical Aleutian advanceNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood27:37Japan's thin submarine patrol off the West CoastNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood46:33Ellwood and the Battle of Los AngelesNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood58:28Why Baltimore was defended differently from WashingtonChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:27:33U-156 and the 1918 action off OrleansChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:46:32Fort Stevens and submarine gunfire limitsNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:55:20Why Japan occupied the Aleutian IslandsChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:04:48Kinkaid's path from battleships to North Pacific commandNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:07:18Hosogaya's withdrawal at the Komandorski IslandsNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:25:31Kiska's weather station and William House's evasionChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:27:54Was the Akutan Zero an advanced prototype?Q&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:46:00Radar uncertainty in the Battle of the PipsNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:49:19How a war delayed to 1945 changes naval rearmamentQ&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:51:25Eric Brown's first carrier landing by a pure jetQ&A
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History44:14Why diesel lagged in high-speed warshipsNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History50:14Patents, MAN, and naval submarine adoptionNotable Point
- UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas2:10:47How might the United States answer Queen Elizabeth Maximus?Notable Point
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...14:45A modern naval treaty needs the largest fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...15:43Carrier doctrine moves toward strike packagesQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...37:34A flagship must accommodate the staffQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...1:12:36Carrier survivability reflects repair geographyNotable Point
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...1:48:09Allied fleets avoid duplicating theater commitmentsNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?12:51The qualitative dreadnought raceNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?15:03Nevada and Oklahoma machinery splitNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response22:23Matching carrier design to doctrineNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response33:50Political will for a limited naval warQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response35:41USS Maine: accident before exploitationNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response38:56Coalition navies and limited war politicsQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response50:38Why a battle fleet still needs island basesQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response51:39A 1939 war reshapes naval constructionQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response54:00Admiral King would still have to cooperateQ&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?41:14Nevada, armor, and Queen Elizabeth's speed marginNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?47:20Pennsylvania, Bayern, and the Revenge-class answerNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:08:45Could America or Germany match a 28-knot Queen Elizabeth?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:09:48Using quality to break the German raceNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:19:07Why 15-inch twins were the restrained choiceNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:45:04Could Queen Elizabeth Maximus eventually stabilize the race?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:49:16How quickly could America develop an 18-inch gun?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:52:24Why not answer 16.5-inch guns with a longer 16-inch weapon?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?2:41:29Would an 18-inch Agincourt restart the naval race?Q&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:09:06Why British warships were absent from the Bikini testsQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak2:11:18Hypersonic missiles without the hypeChapter
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak2:43:31A lower-risk path for the Zumwalt-class destroyersQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?49:18Coalition strength determines the peace termsNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:19:36U.S. entry creates a two-theater Pacific commandChapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:35:41A 1940 East China Sea battle favors Allied concentrationNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?9:44Would the United States stay out of the war?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:09:38Would the US Navy serve under British command?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:12:28A Pacific war scrambles the alliance mapChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?3:07:31Could Ernest King obstruct coalition command?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?3:22:35Japan's threat to the Philippines in 1939Q&A
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build2:36:04Allied support in a major naval battleNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class19:19Yangtze Patrol and Panay crisis warningNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class21:33British gunboats answer the attack on USS PanayNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class27:40Anglo-American cooperation on the Yangtze PatrolNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class1:47:04American PGM gunboats and the PT-boat speed mismatchNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)40:09Lexington conversions and the Admiral-class responseQ&A
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII8:31When welding replaced riveting in warshipsQ&A
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII28:48Panay and Anglo-American river cooperationNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII38:00Why send Brooklyn-class cruisers back to the Yangtze?Q&A
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII40:47Yangtze Patrol size and seasonal reachNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII2:26:09PGM-1 subchaser conversion mismatchChapter
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII2:34:21U.S. PGM speed problem and PT boat supportNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII2:49:11Were PGMs only meant to escort PT boats near the attack area?Q&A
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII2:53:49How much power would fix the PGM-9?Q&A
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII3:00:59Converting submarine chasers during an ASW shortageNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response3:58Cruiser sonar and ASW role debateChapter
- USS Wichita: Comment Response24:59Wichita as a heavy-cruiser transitionQ&A
- USS Wichita: Comment Response25:27Wichita hull anti-air and missile ideasNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response35:06Wichita's 5-inch battery and a 15,000-ton counterfactualNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response51:15PT-109's improvised 37 mm gunNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response53:16Wichita service record and Baltimore successorNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?5:40The Admirals and Lexingtons break the treaty premiseChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?8:58British finance and procurement shape the treaty bluffNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?22:40Battlecruiser tonnage becomes trade-protection politicsNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?27:18The revised fleet lists let every navy claim a victoryNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?30:24A strike-carrier category solves the conversion problemChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?35:07Six Lexington hulls become a logistics advantageNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?54:34The London Treaty risks triggering a new building spreeChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?1:03:40Pacific carrier teams require fast oilers and heavy escortsChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?1:09:24Multi-carrier practice enlarges Taranto and Pacific cooperationChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:50:50Penelope's paddle conversion and the proposal for ConstitutionNotable Point
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:57:25Rattler, Renard and Princeton establish screw propulsionChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites3:25:46How fleet size turns ships into available capabilityQ&A
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts39:44Wake Island's limited long-range reconnaissance valueNotable Point
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts1:08:43Wichita's hybrid lineage and a 5-inch anti-aircraft cruiserNotable Point
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts1:10:20How rapid 6-inch fire could blind a heavier cruiserNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response19:15Naval arms races reflect threat perception, not ship totals aloneNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?8:24How interservice competition sustained naval aviationNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:03:34Joffre and continuous air operationsChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:17:10An early Joffre and twin-engine carrier aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History39:52Early American ships of the line without the supporting infrastructureNotable Point
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History2:33:39Convoy adoption in two world wars and the American escort gapQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-651:21Mark 37 comparisons need the gun-system contextQ&A
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam38:00Walking-beam engines and American path dependenceChapter
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?45:55Carrier doctrine needed critical massNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?59:42Which ally might have supplied France with carriers?Q&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:52:33How Bearn's lift cycles compared with British and American carriersQ&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:54:10Deck-edge lifts and the first longitudinal arresting wiresQ&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?2:06:00Allied carrier power reduced the pressure to build a French systemChapter
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class28:05Tankers could have changed Pearl Harbor dispersalNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class52:02Super-cruisers could reshape treaty bargainingQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions41:01Typhoon Cobra roll figures depend on reporting conventionQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions1:40:35Pacific bases can mask auxiliary gapsQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions3:30:08Without treaties, a US-British race might stay qualitativeQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions3:43:40DDG(X) requirements were already driving displacement upwardQ&A
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?7:20Britain's naval lead before the Belgium decisionChapter
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?1:09:29Tirpitz's risk fleet succeeds tactically but fails strategicallyNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?1:12:04The post-battle choice between heavier guns and fighting rangeNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine9:36Warship fuel and drinking-water systems resist mistakesQ&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:28:33Rebuilding the Royal Navy after the Channel disasterChapter
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain2:11:49The Royal Navy admired the Essex class without wanting to copy itQ&A
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...17:10EFV cancellation leaves the Marines balancing old and new assault vehiclesChapter
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...24:35EFV cancellation assumes safer beaches or decisive long-range firesNotable Point
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...25:35Zumwalt and railguns show the power-supply problemNotable Point
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...27:44Zumwalt design overreach reaches the peripheral VLS arrangementNotable Point
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...36:30LCS failure does not prove modular warships cannot workChapter
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...38:12StanFlex offers a baseline for a Danish-American frigateNotable Point
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind32:17The Panay incident as a Yangtze flashpointNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers15:10Protected cruisers and the U.S. Navy's distant warNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers30:11Cold War cruiser politics and the 1974 cruiser gapNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers33:56U.S. cruiser production through iterative refinementNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect2:02U.S. cruisers as the scout forceChapter
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect6:56Lexington carriers and the scout-force tradeoffNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect8:38Pensacola as a purpose-built scout cruiserNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect10:15Pacific scouting and war-plan assumptionsNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect14:04London Treaty pressure and the Portland shiftChapter
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect17:24Aggressive doctrine and mutual assumptionsNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect20:22Heavy-cruiser labels versus design purposeNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect22:55Brooklyn and six-inch volume of fireNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect28:08Wichita as the fighting-cruiser templateChapter
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect30:42Atlanta, Dido, and layered air defenceChapter
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect34:25Cleveland as a general-purpose wartime cruiserNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect37:03Baltimore and the fighting-cruiser culminationChapter
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect39:05Torpedo intelligence and doctrinal surpriseNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect41:27Specialized American and general-purpose British cruisersChapter
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect43:25Honolulu, command judgment, and moral courageNotable Point
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...10:48Washington Treaty timing mattered for 18-inch battleshipsQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...12:24Published warship figures protect sensitive performance dataQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...15:51Naval races were more than Britain and GermanyQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...28:02LCS was not a convincing nuclear-carrier escortQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...32:40A delayed European war could meet an alliance already fighting JapanQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...35:16Most nuclear cruisers could have served into their fortiesQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...42:09Carrier doctrine differences centered on force and pilot generationQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...45:06US Pacific needs point toward earlier battlecruisersQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...46:18Fixing LCS machinery could require rebuilding the shipQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...56:55Early Alaska-class ships would blur cruiser and capital-ship rolesQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...58:09Allied imperial measurements were not always interchangeableQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...59:23Ford-class problems came from changing many systems togetherQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:03:23A Virginia-class CGN would anchor a Falklands picket lineQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:18:31Ticonderoga may be the last US double-ended VLS classQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:23:17Rearming US standard battleships would pressure treaty rivalsQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:24:14A true Ticonderoga replacement points back to the strike cruiserQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:28:54Early detection could turn Pearl Harbor into a fighter trapQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:35:24A surface combatant should use a surface-ship reactorQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:42:48Nuclear escorts pay a price in specialist retentionQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:54:09US carriers near Pearl Harbor were not ready for an immediate counterstrikeQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...2:01:35DDG(X) combines a conventional hull with Zumwalt-style powerQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...2:03:24ASROC modernization attracts less attention than headline missilesQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...2:04:44Victorious taught the US Navy what not to repeat on the MidwaysQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...2:09:17The trimaran form was not the Littoral Combat Ship's central flawQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...2:09:50Personnel shortages will push the US Navy toward automationQ&A
- Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All0:00How a DDG became an Aegis cruiserChapter
- Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All7:31Cruiser-gap politics behind the nameNotable Point
- Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All10:18Why the strike-cruiser case collapsed after the Cold WarNotable Point
- Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All13:49Aegis and SPY-1 made the class matterChapter
- Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All22:03Modernization spending versus early retirementChapter
- Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All26:24Pacific concentration and shortened service livesNotable Point
- Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All30:00The surface fleet's missing prestige cruiserNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed0:01Why recent nuclear-cruiser history requires cautionChapter
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed12:45Nine cruisers in five classes followed the nuclear carriersChapter
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed22:52Reclassification politics turned destroyer leaders into cruisersChapter
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed27:19Nuclear variants made sense only while the peer threat enduredNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed31:46Reactors supported powerful radars and a wider nuclear workforceChapter
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed35:34Decolonization gave naval presence political weightChapter
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers32:15Iowa-class battleships reactivated for cruiser workQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers36:06Atlanta and Dido air-defense cruiser comparisonQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers45:17The nuclear-powered strike cruiser conceptQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers1:35:54USS Atlanta and the US Navy's steel-cruiser beginningChapter
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:19:19Longer Pennsylvanias or wider TennesseesQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:30:22Wichita puts heavy-cruiser guns on a light-cruiser hullQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:58:11Recognizing British and American cruiser layoutsNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...0:00Belknap starts with guns, missiles, and cruiser labelsChapter
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...10:44One nuclear escort in each batchNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...12:46Belknap shipyards show procurement concentrationNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...18:53The Mark 42 made the five-inch gun a practical backupChapter
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...22:42Standard missile modernized older launcher architectureChapter
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...25:46Standard missile range meets Cold War nuclear doctrineNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...27:10Belknap at the Malta SummitNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...29:09Josephus Daniels gives a cruiser a political namesakeNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...31:33Wainwright links a naval family to two combat erasNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...34:35Jouett carries a Civil War name into the PacificNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...35:19Horne commemorates the staff work behind a wartime navyNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...38:22Did Sterett ever serve with Enterprise?Q&A
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...41:48Standley links naval leadership, diplomacy, and Vietnam serviceNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...44:54Fox carries Civil War naval administration into a cruiserNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...46:41Biddle links the Continental Navy to Desert StormNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...50:26Truxtun joins Enterprise in nuclear surface operationsChapter
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen1:32Destroyer leaders became cruisers on paperChapter
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen9:02Leahy and Bainbridge design fitChapter
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen19:04Terrier showed why missile systems evolveNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen24:55ASROC extended anti-submarine reachNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen32:37Leahy served as a modernized command shipChapter
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen38:18Cold War presence without the expected battleNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen41:31Worden survived a Shrike friendly-fire strikeNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen45:02Dale showed why combat systems mattered as much as missilesNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen47:47Dale's collision tested allied repair capacityNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen48:44Richmond K. Turner shifted from training to surveillanceNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen50:56Gridley paired carrier escort with a Standard Missile upgradeNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen52:45USS England carried an anti-submarine legacyNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen54:09Halsey trained at the Pacific Missile RangeNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen55:01Reeves combined escort duty with naval diplomacyNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen57:06Bainbridge made Sea Orbit a nuclear status demonstrationChapter
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen58:44Bainbridge coordinated air defense over Bosnia and the AdriaticNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen1:01:17Destroyer-built cruisers became a bridge to nuclear experienceChapter
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)0:51Oregon City hulls made the conversion possibleChapter
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)2:19Gun-cruiser groups could threaten Soviet battlecruisersNotable Point
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)5:42The conversion economics look doubtfulNotable Point
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)10:15Albany moved from gun-cruiser diplomacy to missile prestigeChapter
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)11:40Albany's service life required repeated modernizationChapter
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)13:25Columbus exposes an uneven conversion learning curveChapter
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)15:00Chicago repaid a slow conversion with heavy serviceChapter
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)16:10Red Crown turned Chicago into an air-control nodeChapter
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)16:48Chicago linked rescue support with air-warfare commandNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...0:01Long Beach as a nuclear cruiser with light-cruiser limitsChapter
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...5:00Why hull growth margin mattered to Long Beach's futureNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...6:43Why Quincy was a logical nuclear-cruiser builderNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...8:47SPS-32 and SPS-33 on the path toward AegisNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...11:00The futuristic missile cruiser missing a helicopter facilityChapter
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...12:50Nuclear endurance measured in years, not nautical milesNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...14:34Five-inch guns as a hedge in a missile-age cruiserChapter
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...17:50Talos and the nuclear solution to uncertain targetingNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...22:04Terrier, Project Bumblebee, and another nuclear optionNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...25:24Designation, cost growth, and a changing weapons fitChapter
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...27:48Operation Sea Orbit assembles an all-nuclear task forceChapter
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...32:27Sea Orbit as naval diplomacy and a global status displayNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...35:22Sea Orbit's route reveals what nuclear power does and does not solveChapter
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...38:56Dong Hoi and the value of Long Beach's radar capabilityNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...42:01The unrealized Aegis upgrade for Long BeachChapter
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...42:44The case for one nuclear escort per nuclear carrierNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...44:47A Canadian design echo in the Aegis conceptNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...46:33Gulf War service and the Aegis-VLS counterfactualChapter
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...49:11Enterprise shows the service life Long Beach did not receiveNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat46:16Why the U.S. Navy built the Oregon City classQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat54:51The Alaska class as an untreatied armored-cruiser evolutionQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:00:31Why G3 and N3 responses could not begin immediatelyQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:28:17From Civil War expansion to a two-ocean U.S. NavyQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:55:15Long Beach needed a heavier cruiser design lineageQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:57:53Operation Downfall would require a global Allied armadaQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat2:00:02Why Rickover resisted more nuclear surface combatantsQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat2:03:10Three coalition task forces for an invasion of JapanNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat3:01:13Why kamikazes threatened carrier availability more than sinkingsNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat3:11:43When Allied warships replenished one another at seaQ&A
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?1:12:03Kirov's political pressure and the Iowa responseNotable Point
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser0:00Why Pacific distances shaped WichitaChapter
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser9:04Why Wichita mixed open and enclosed five-inch mountsNotable Point
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser17:24Wartime AA growth and uncertain fitting datesNotable Point
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser19:44Philadelphia Navy Yard from Franklin to WichitaNotable Point
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser22:58The star secondary layout used by wartime US cruisersNotable Point
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser24:12Neutrality Patrols and Iceland before Pearl HarborChapter
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser31:28Collisions and grounding in an Atlantic stormNotable Point
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser32:28Rear Admiral Wilcox lost during Task Force 39's crossingChapter
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser36:28PQ 17 and the Arctic convoy heavy-cover dilemmaNotable Point
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser38:22Wichita at Casablanca in Operation TorchNotable Point
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser41:01Rennell Island and the danger of one-threat planningNotable Point
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser43:32Wichita's later Pacific campaignsNotable Point
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser44:14Surrender inspections, Magic Carpet, and reserveNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class37:34Samoa's imperial crisis crowds Apia HarborChapter
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class1:36:35Candytuft becomes USS TenacityNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:23:06Could the 4.7-inch approach the US 5-inch/38?Q&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:29:12Why not adopt the US Navy 5-inch/38?Q&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat15:39A surviving Yamato and the postwar battleship raceQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat16:57No US entry in 1917 reshapes the interwar PacificQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat1:08:23A Yamato intelligence leak forces Allied counterbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:07:13A cruiser-leader category invites rapid counterbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:27:12Three changes for US Navy effectiveness in the PacificQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:36:42A 28-knot Colorado would be a different battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:01:43Applying Age of Sail rates to modern aircraft carriersQ&A
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine1:00:00Plan Z and the Allied industrial responseNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII46:51Late-war success distorts the history of US fire controlQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response31:06Admiral King and the limits of a multi-ocean fleetNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response49:45Why Britain could not simply copy U.S. turboelectric driveQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response53:09How other navies might answer a British 15-inch/50 fleetNotable Point
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response7:40Why removing one Allied power rewrites the whole warNotable Point
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response12:41Transatlantic engineering networks behind British warship designChapter
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response19:51Would Lexington battlecruisers have escorted US carriers?Q&A
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response48:07Why Billy Mitchell's Ostfriesland attack frustrated the US NavyNotable Point
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response1:00:38How more US cruisers might have changed later treaty bargainingNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books3:45:29Which navies gave crews the harshest accommodation?Q&A
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships8:20Hood, G3, and N3 as a global deterrent systemNotable Point
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships28:53Why 16-inch prestige defeated the faster F3Chapter
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships48:26Why Nelson's treaty engineering irritated Admiral KingNotable Point
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?7:04Why secret water armour challenged the treaties' spirit of opennessChapter
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?40:28How John Brown's American links informed British shipbuildingNotable Point
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?2:10:30Why Nelson's water armour frustrated Admiral KingChapter
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?2:36:54Would more fleet oilers have brought US battleships to Guadalcanal?Q&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...22:25Why British and American interwar naval economies differedQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...23:51Which navy prioritized crew accommodation before 1940Q&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:00:45A Midway reader as an introduction to U.S. naval strategyQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:03:18How Robert English might have shaped the postwar submarine serviceQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...3:07:07Could a nuclear aircraft carrier exceed 40 knots?Q&A
- Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)11:14Shipyard capacity behind the Columbia-class comparisonNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books53:46Nagato's true speed and the treaty battleship balanceQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:48:20An American response to Britain's faster capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books4:17:46Why the United States favored a 35,000-ton limitQ&A
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty23:55Why Lexington's tonnage breach mattered more than cruiser cheatingQ&A
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty25:23Lexington's tonnage breach risked the entire carrier settlementChapter
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty30:33Mutual evasion made unrealistic treaty limits survivableChapter
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty36:10The 10,000-ton cruiser rule invited predictable evasionNotable Point
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty47:31A 10:7 ratio could give Japan status while strengthening deterrenceChapter
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty1:03:27Status, economy, and deterrence pulled American policy apartChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"27:18Washington's capital-ship quotas and the navies left outsideChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"42:05Was the naval gun race truly global?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"53:27Carrier gun rules favored Britain's six-inch preferenceNotable Point
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"57:00The 5:3 ratio deepened Japan's security dilemmaChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:00:18American surveillance revealed Japan's minimum acceptable ratioNotable Point
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:17:28Lexington's precise tonnage claim damaged American credibilityChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:20:31A larger allowance could have paired Lexington battlecruisers with carriersNotable Point
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:44:52Could Washington separate Dominion navies from Britain?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:49:38Could American naval construction serve as a jobs program?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"2:41:50American plans for an eight-inch-gun cruiser submarineQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road49:18Navies avoided renaming expensive rebuilds because a 'new ship' attracted scrutinyQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road2:26:51Rickover's institutional legacy may have outlasted Fisher's reformsQ&A
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 210:45Torpedoes turn a protected cruiser into a costly riskNotable Point
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 225:17Britain doubles Germany's blockade forceNotable Point
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 235:33American power remains short of coalition dominanceNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 450:14American Civil War frigates emphasized numbers over matching WarriorQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:06:12Klingon forces combine different real-world naval analogiesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:30:11A shared jet-MPA assumption misled Britain and AmericaQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:39:48Retiring S-3 Viking left a carrier ASW range gapQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 42:06:22Super Hornet traded peak capability for affordable air-group massQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 42:29:22The US Navy respected Nimrod as a specialist patrol aircraftQ&A
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?39:20Lexington and Saratoga spent carrier capacity on cruiser gunsChapter
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?49:02Ranger and Ryujo pushed light construction too farChapter
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?1:03:02Yorktown-class aviation strength outgrew its command spacesNotable Point
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?1:12:09Wasp squeezed a fleet carrier into too little tonnageNotable Point
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 651:34:11Were lower flying-off decks like hangar catapults?Q&A
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 653:08:34Brassey's 1900 Naval Annual as a design sourceNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War11:13What could replace the TBD Devastator before the Avenger?Q&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War12:41If Pearl Harbor failed, the US battle fleet still faces a trapQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War20:21Modernized submarines in 1941 improve endurance but remain visibleQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War38:52Carrier design follows geography and expected battle tempoNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War46:10Britain and America designed carriers for different Pacific routesNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War49:54Farragut approached the general-purpose destroyer by accidentQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:01:44Training duties could preserve First World War hulls into 1948Q&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:08:05Six Lexingtons require funding and provoke British constructionQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:13:34Six Lexington conversions would not be identicalNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video24:05How revealing Yamato could have prolonged the battleship ageQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video37:30Why senior command needs more than combat specializationQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:30:08Why Kurita's withdrawal at Samar deserves qualified criticismQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War36:55The limited anti-aircraft role of Des Moines gunsQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War41:14Singapore, Honolulu, and deterrence of JapanChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War2:28:25Why USS Olympia was unusually heavily armedQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War3:43:38The United States as an overcommitted powerQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History56:00Yamato could not deter an enemy kept ignorant of itNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History1:18:21Zumwalt's design inherits the blame for unready technologyNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:15:18Secrecy squandered Yamato's deterrent valueChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:26:03A public Yamato forces an Allied shipbuilding dilemmaNotable Point
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video36:16Calibrating criticism of warship designsNotable Point
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers0:00Why the Brooklyn class paired firepower with reconnaissanceChapter
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers27:25The Philadelphia protest exposes naval segregationNotable Point
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers48:20Phoenix escapes Pearl Harbor and guards the route to AustraliaChapter
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers1:01:25A US Navy Mediterranean counterfactual changes more than carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More2:27:47American fast battleships would prevent a treaty settlementQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More2:56:37Early North Carolina-level battleships would start a larger arms raceQ&A
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations36:10MAC ships bridge the gap to true escort carriersNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations54:13Aircraft ferrying and trade protection share one hullChapter
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:21:45Mass production makes escort carriers the dominant US typeChapter
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)30:09The lost Zumwalt railgun fleet conceptQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)32:50Why U.S. cruisers prioritized fleet battle over trade warfareQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)34:22How treaty limits shaped carrier armor choicesQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations16:40Why carrier doctrine differed between naviesQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations21:21How carrier doctrine travels between theatersQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations29:38Could an Alaska-class cruiser become a carrier?Q&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations39:05Did a gun shortage create the Independence class?Q&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:20:40Why Britain changed American escort-carrier fit-outsNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:09:19Escort carriers supplied most American flight decksNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:26:25Escort carriers meet battleships off SamarChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:29:20Why empty aircraft still mattered at SamarChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:33:53How American CVE production shifted British carrier buildingNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:35:31How wartime crews kept Taffy 3 fightingNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)6:39Why the Spanish-American War was the greater strategic surpriseQ&A
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France1:08:10French Indochina blocks Japan's historical buildupChapter
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)32:24Wampanoag, fast steam cruisers, and engineering politicsNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)1:06:58An American modernization plan for HMS ShannonNotable Point
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?2:36:36Why the United States still joins a Far Eastern warChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 321:28Why US battleship guns advanced in whole-inch stepsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 350:59British submarines and Japan's inadequate escort fleetQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 354:28The Big Blue Blanket against dispersed kamikaze attacksQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:20:56Why HMS Queen Elizabeth deployed to the United StatesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:54:41Batch versus flight in warship productionQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:58:39The paradox of smaller warships with more missionsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 32:24:04Alaska as the heavy cruiser taken to its wartime limitQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 32:29:58The missing fireboat in the Bonhomme Richard responseQ&A
- SMS Gefion(1894): 19th Century Cruisers part 127:23Infrastructure, not Trafalgar alone, sustained Royal Navy dominanceChapter
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4213:57Rapid aircraft development outpaced naval air defenceQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4232:42Why Britain modified American-built escort carriersQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4236:26Why British carrier changes did not prove US incompetenceQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:07:37Why early US heavy cruisers suffered moreQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:18:17What the Alaska class could have done in 1941Q&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:36:33Why Alaska was a large cruiser, not a battlecruiserQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:42:35Plan Z would provoke a larger Allied naval raceQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:49:52The Two-Ocean Navy Act as America's Plan ZQ&A
- Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 117:58Charles Boutelle turns naval experience into political powerChapter
- Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 1118:18How steam engineering became a US Navy institutionChapter
- Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 111:05:05SSBN(X), District of Columbia, and a reused naval nameChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 21:20:06What Yorktown did better than MidwayQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 21:34:57Why Panama shaped US warship dimensionsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 21:57:44Which World War II submarines could dive deepest?Q&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:22:01How fleets evolve if World War I is delayedQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:33:28Retiring the S-3 Viking without a replacementQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:35:37How many Seawolf-class submarines should have been built?Q&A
- Velasco Class(1881): 19th Century Cruisers p515:13Don Juan de Austria fights and survives Manila BayChapter
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers1:12New Orleans class and the evolution of American treaty cruisersChapter
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers14:04The Bureau of Construction and Repair behind the classChapter
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers21:55The five-inch/25 as the interwar heavy anti-aircraft gunNotable Point
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers24:28The wartime short-range anti-aircraft gapChapter
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers28:53USS New Orleans tests cruiser mobility and fleet coordinationChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out5:06Why Japanese torpedoes crippled US cruisersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out37:39How Canberra and Bataan commemorated an allianceQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out48:42Britain's two-front dreadnought competitionQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:44:13A second Japanese Indian Ocean raid instead of MidwayQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:45:27Could Japan seize the East Indies without Pearl Harbor?Q&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:49:50A Pacific war without a European warQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out2:22:10Why US surprise at Royal Navy biplanes is overstatedQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-4023:23How knowledge of Yamato might revive the Montana classQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-401:14:38Why Benjamin Tillman would hate his battleship legacyQ&A
- HMS Inconstant(1868): 19th Century Cruisers p23:25The Wampanoag threat behind Inconstant's designChapter
- Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p134:53Unprotected cruiser or armed merchant ship?Notable Point
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading50:15Modern US cruisers appearing in the 1930sQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading1:01:49Modern US bases appearing in 1950Q&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading1:21:19Gun and air-launched anti-satellite conceptsNotable Point
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:16:40Why the Empire Cruise avoided the US Atlantic coastQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:52:15The Empire Cruise as a warning about global commerce warQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:59:21The Empire Cruise and the Great White FleetQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading3:00:30Endurance as a treaty-cruiser design tradeoffQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading3:04:06Why the United States retained Iowas rather than AlaskasQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading3:06:21A possible 1980s Aegis refit for the Alaska classQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments34:51Recycling Wyoming's guns into proto-Alaska escortsQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments36:33Iowa as the fast wing of a Montana battle lineQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments51:55Why America was not yet outbuilding Japan in 1940-41Q&A
- Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches15:52Carrier doctrine as a test of officer educationChapter
- Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches29:34Selborne's 1926 defence of engineering officersChapter
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again1:45:34How to classify the Oliver Hazard Perry classQ&A
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 19420:52Japan could not match American ships or secure its fuelChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19427:11Why Britain and America exchanged different kinds of naval supportNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194211:02The US Navy had to buy time for promised productionChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194213:04Pearl Harbor first needed a logistical surgeChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194214:00Delayed American readiness and the security value of naval treatiesNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194214:38US torpedo failure reports needed urgent testingNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194123:40Disperse at Pearl Harbor and accelerate escortsChapter
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War18:25American planning for war with Spain before 1898Notable Point
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War27:10A renewed Philippine rebellion meets Dewey's hard-trained squadronChapter
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War31:36USS Olympia and a cruiser-centered American forceChapter
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War1:00:20Auxiliary cruisers fill the Cuban blockadeNotable Point
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War1:28:13Why did a cruiser war produce a battleship obsession?Notable Point
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments49:20Testing the Mark 14 torpedo before American entryQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments56:21Why Tillman battleships would not win an Anglo-American building raceQ&A
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War19:58USS Maine as an obsolete transitional cruiserChapter
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War44:22Dewey builds a cruiser squadron for warChapter
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War1:55:43Cervera's doomed breakout at Santiago de CubaChapter
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War2:03:58Coal and manoeuvres in the Santiago pursuitNotable Point
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War2:29:49A cruiser war produces a battleship-minded navyNotable Point
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War2:43:32Could Britain or Germany outfight the United States in 1898?Q&A
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War2:46:47How far British intervention might have goneQ&A
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War2:48:21Would Britain support an American blockade of Spain?Q&A
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War2:53:54What a prolonged U.S.-European war might have looked likeQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times39:44How Lexington battlecruisers could favour the Montana classQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times40:05A treaty-breaking American battleship restarts the arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:08:19Competition limited interwar Anglo-American design sharingQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:18:34Comparing British and American 14-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:23:04Why Britain and America did not keep the LittoriosQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:52:06Faster Standard Type battleships raise the fleet-speed benchmarkQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times3:04:07Why carrier losses would harden British Falklands resolveQ&A
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194031:14Accelerate the US Navy's transition to wartime strengthChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194033:25Test the Mark 14 torpedo before America enters the warNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 193914:24Using the Yamato class as strategic disclosureChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193934:26Ordering more Yorktown-class carriers in early 1939Notable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193938:02Seaplane tenders and Seabees for a Pacific island warChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193939:11Expanding American cruisers and destroyers after treaty collapseNotable Point
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.2:24:21Fleet targets fail without shipyard capacityNotable Point
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.2:29:43Why a new destroyer hull adds avoidable programme riskNotable Point
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books1:08:02Could USS Enterprise reach 50 knots?Q&A
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books1:14:06Operating USS Enterprise's eight-reactor plantNotable Point
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books1:48:53The symbolism of sinking USS AmericaNotable Point
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books2:11:07Buccaneers against US carrier groupsQ&A
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books2:21:08USS New York and the politics of ship namesNotable Point
- Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare2:33:57Each navy drew its own lessons from JutlandQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today1:32:32What kept the Alaska class aliveQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today1:54:39Why active fleet spending undermines naval treatiesQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today2:02:00A lower-risk gun path for ZumwaltQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today2:07:28Standard Flex as a safer first LCS stepNotable Point
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today2:19:22How early flying-off and landing trials shaped carriersChapter
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today2:41:38What fleets look like if war waits until 1945Q&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today3:19:38The industrial case for two LCS production linesQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack45:44Mobilizing warships on the Great LakesQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:10:41Why impressment disputes were hard to resolveNotable Point
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack2:08:11German battlecruisers in the United States NavyQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)2:14Infrastructure, not nuclear weapons, sustains US global reachQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)18:01Constellation and the US Navy's frigate dilemmaQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)22:06Iowa surface action groups still depended on carrier aviationQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions39:54Why the US Navy stayed with the five-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions1:43:45Can the US Navy shift toward smaller frigates?Q&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions2:06:15What could bring nuclear-powered cruisers backQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions2:10:20The fleet of a united Britain and North AmericaQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)35:10How Constellation reshapes the FREMM baselineChapter
- UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)7:09Did the Omaha class actually work?Q&A
- UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)13:17Why USS Concord deserved preservationQ&A
- UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)14:37How close should a scouting force stay?Q&A
- UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)19:10The Depression did not end cruiser optionsQ&A
- UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)28:05Could Britain maintain Baltimore-class cruisers?Q&A
- UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)28:36The Alaska class arrived after its best warQ&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?33:39Was Long Beach the last true U.S. cruiser?Q&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?1:05:06Constellation's gun and presence problemChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:35:04Why a US carrier shooter touches the deckQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:51:09Why light carriers remain valuableQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:31:07How a successful naval weapon becomes fleet standardQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:56:25Using Zumwalt as an interim US cruiserQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:57:07Future US cruisers may carry another labelQ&A
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))0:57War plans did not make conflict inevitableNotable Point
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))18:18Sydney Bailey coordinated British-American naval assistanceChapter
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)30:15Why Type 31 did not fit the US frigate competitionQ&A
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)35:35How British and American admiral numbers comparedQ&A
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)2:18:28The limits of America's industrial lead timeQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels24:16What a modern-scale budget would do to the 1900 US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels3:09:39Why a 57 mm gun fits the Constellation-class missionQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels3:18:56Why cruisers outperform battleships as peacetime toolsQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:59:08Why no treaty might widen the Allied industrial advantageQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:05:49Why sextuple gun turrets multiply design problemsQ&A
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)30:35A 10:10:7:4:4 ratio intended to reassure JapanChapter
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)0:07The US Navy's interwar cruiser transformationChapter
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)5:37A 1923 fleet organization with no cruiser componentChapter
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)7:25The battle fleet's battleship and carrier coreNotable Point
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)9:13Why the scouting force began with slow battleshipsChapter
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)13:52The Omaha class as a transitional cruiser designChapter
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)16:51A more coherent turret layout for the Omaha hullNotable Point
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)23:06Brooklyn and Omaha cruisers in the 1939 battle forceChapter
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)27:42Why obsolete force names survived changing missionsNotable Point
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)28:07McKean and Robertson give cruiser doctrine its frameworkNotable Point
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)29:56Building American cruiser doctrine from scratchChapter
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)33:38From sound hulls to coherent American cruisersChapter
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)38:42Omaha as an institutional design warningNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)11:24Equal submarine tonnage meets unequal geographyNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)17:24T-class and Gato submarines fit different missionsChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)20:28One-, two-, and three-ocean navies under one limitNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)17:50Carrier design follows operating geographyNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)51:43Interwar escort advocates lacked supportNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)12:00The London Treaty's destroyer rulesChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)20:39The 1936 treaty left destroyers loosely definedChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)26:28Historical ceilings produced small destroyer fleetsNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)29:34A 10:10:7:4:4 destroyer settlementChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)34:14Destroyer quantity versus individual capabilityChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)42:11Make the flotilla the treaty unitChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)19:26The London Treaty's unequal cruiser allowancesChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)45:15Why Japan sought a seven-to-ten naval ratioChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)50:44A simpler 10:10:7:4:4 cruiser settlementChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)1:02:51Steady cruiser construction and national force coverageChapter
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)1:44The many design paths behind the Pensacola classChapter
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)3:01Anglo-American competition did not make war inevitableNotable Point
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)13:49Two shipyards preserve American cruiser-building capacityChapter
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)35:15Competing with British County-class cruisersChapter
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)46:58A flawed design that still delivered capable serviceNotable Point
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)50:42Holding navies accountable for role-driven designNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)41:03British carrier numbers versus American carrier sizeNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)46:52Lexington and Saratoga set the real carrier benchmarkChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)54:17The proposed equitable carrier settlementChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)58:44How more tonnage changes British and American carriersChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)1:05:06Higher treaty limits favor the strongest shipbuilding powersNotable Point
- Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)28:37A 10:10:7:4:4 treaty ratioChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)15:52Japan's security case for a 7:10 fleet ratioChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)32:32How one capital-ship category encouraged fast battleshipsNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)38:18Six British conversions and a six-Lexington carrier forceNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)42:02Regional carrier ratios depend on fleet concentrationNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)59:34How a three-theatre Royal Navy constrains rival concentrationNotable Point
- 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
- 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
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)45:52Akizuki development versus Fletcher evolutionQ&A
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)3:40Why ships and crews still require fleet trainingNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)36:55Omaha joined old and new cruiser design ideasNotable Point
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy2:29:59Why recovering USS Pueblo is not worth a new crisisQ&A
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)39:40Tassafaronga: experience and culture shape survivalNotable Point
- 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)20:20Camouflage and the adaptable Flower-class corvetteNotable Point
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:10:57Interwar exercises refined destroyer torpedo doctrineChapter
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:27:19Torpedo doctrine reflected national strategy, not just engineeringChapter
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:40:03Reliable early-war weapons can compound across a campaignQ&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)1:00:31Why naval superiority had to look unmistakableChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:25:35Why Britain cannot simply borrow a spare American carrierQ&A
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN3:04:35Why naval counter-drone lasers were slow to fieldQ&A
- Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century15:36Naval culture shapes Starfleet's peaceful self-imageNotable Point
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature15:29Early warning could have opened a torpedo-protection refit windowQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature43:13A renewed South American naval race would draw in the United StatesQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature44:00Only Britain and the United States could sustain an N3-era arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature52:52Modern cruiser labels partly descend from destroyer leadersQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature1:45:03Impressment disputes were complicated by contested citizenshipQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature2:07:14Several Hoods would change the Washington Treaty bargainQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature3:13:54The Hunt class was a true escort; US ships remained light fleet destroyersQ&A
- Finnish War 1808-9 (Sweden vs Russia): A War of Autocracies (Long Patrol)15:22Ship quality does not erase numerical and missile threatsNotable Point
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)23:47Why US-Royal Navy planning papers should not be read as imminent war plansNotable Point
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)39:52What interwar ASDIC exercises taught - and distortedChapter
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...0:26Why USS Wichita is the favourite cruiserChapter
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...40:13How US armoured cruisers could have raised treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...56:32Why Alaska-class cruisers lost their purposeQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:18:38What a full Zumwalt-class programme could have providedQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:37:19Why better accommodation does not make sailors softQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:48:20Favourite British and American cruisersNotable Point
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...2:31:02What different interwar navies needed from cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...2:47:01Why interwar US-UK war plans do not prove a cold warQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...3:10:10How console orientation can worsen seasicknessNotable Point
- County Class Cruiser Comment Response: A UAD Infused Discussion of the Part 8 Response (Long Patrol)17:52Heavy-cruiser calibre must preserve rate of fireQ&A
- County Class Cruiser Comment Response: A UAD Infused Discussion of the Part 8 Response (Long Patrol)39:32How treaty navies escaped the 10,000-ton cruiser ruleQ&A
- County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)39:02Cruiser production also created carrier optionsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)17:56A stronger Royal Navy North American stationQ&A
- More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)37:40How national priorities shape treaty battleshipsQ&A
- More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)44:03A proposal to balance cruiser limits and unfinished battleshipsNotable Point
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future1:29:07What did American battleships learn from Grand Fleet gunnery?Q&A
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future2:44:53Why Britain was slower to adopt all-or-nothing armorQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...1:39:14Dockside steam and warship support systemsQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:30:20Beer, ice cream, and Allied naval logisticsQ&A
- Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)48:03Why Lexington and Saratoga carried eight-inch gunsQ&A
- Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)55:11Treaty ratios, industrial capacity, and political willNotable Point
- Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)57:18Geography and imperial commitments shape fleet sizeNotable Point
- Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)58:53The Anglo-Japanese Alliance behind Washington security fearsNotable Point
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions33:54Fishing boats as Pearl Harbor warning picketsQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions2:28:50Flight-deck oilers and convoy air coverQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions3:01:38If the Panay Incident triggered war with JapanQ&A
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)1:01:39Lexington conversions and Japan's large-carrier optionNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)1:03:26US carrier choices for two oceansNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)0:13A deliberately improbable Anglo-American crisisChapter
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)2:13Global commitments constrain both battle fleetsNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)5:27Why rival navies might converge on the British compromiseNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)6:07Why geography changes the armour-aircraft trade-offNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)44:16Why a one-ship margin could decide the squadron actionNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)50:42Why the British win more simulated meetingsChapter
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)19:53From the Bismarck search to a 1970s hull surveyNotable Point
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet22:22Alaska class as long-range naval presenceQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet2:02:38Logistics in a hypothetical war of the AmericasQ&A
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)1:12:58Fletcher-class numbers turn doctrine into capabilityChapter
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)1:15:41Destroyer doctrine outran prewar fleet readinessNotable Point
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)1:00:29Disarmament and the illusion of a stable status quoChapter
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)1:06:12Treaty ratios, Japanese insecurity and British readinessChapter
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:52:43Why the Tribal class was not right for every navyQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:10:25Did U.S. loss planning include fleet oilers?Q&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?3:04:09The Sims lineage behind the Fletcher destroyersChapter
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?3:12:37U.S. destroyers balance torpedo attack with fleet defenseNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?3:16:56How prepared were U.S. destroyers for U-boats?Q&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?3:37:10What '31-Knot Burke' says about destroyer commandQ&A
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion0:48Treaty limits and the grey areaChapter
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion26:22Treaties, deterrence, and visible industrial strengthChapter
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion31:16Battlecruisers as sea-control toolsNotable Point
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion37:27Treaty-induced neglect and wartime rearmamentChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)9:03Why a stronger ratio could reduce insecurityNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)20:15Fleet totals and national choicesNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)48:21American firepower at the cost of speedNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)56:33Eighty-four guns against fifty in a 1926 scenarioNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:03:42Carrier scouting for a slow American battle lineNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:15:06Range, speed, and American machineryNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:21:28What the simulated fleet action showsChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:25:49Why one extra battleship changes American basingNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)8:39How Nelson and Rodney alarmed the United StatesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)22:16Why geography and American power shape a Brazilian naval challengeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:03:36The fast task groups created by completing the LexingtonsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:47:54Why extending the War of 1812 would not require a new British deploymentQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)2:20:44Who turned Tillman's demands into battleship drawingsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)3:06:06How a detected carrier force could delay the attack on WakeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)3:11:17Reading the Indianapolis court martial as institutional scapegoatingQ&A
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#5:40Manning Kimmel's aggressive submarine patrolNotable Point
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#7:40From the Naval Academy to the Great White FleetChapter
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#10:51Kimmel in the U.S. occupation of VeracruzChapter
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#12:37Kimmel's 1915 assignment under Franklin D. RooseveltNotable Point
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#13:42Kimmel's reputation as a gunnery officerNotable Point
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#14:25Training detail as a command strength and riskNotable Point
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#17:48War College preparation and battleship commandChapter
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#21:08From cruiser command to the Pacific FleetChapter
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)2:18Why Kimmel took Pacific Fleet commandQ&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)5:52Did the US Navy study Taranto?Q&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)22:42Kimmel's reputation before Pearl HarborChapter
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)27:16Was Kimmel only a peacetime officer?Q&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)50:51How many carriers were planned before Pearl Harbor?Q&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)52:23Kimmel as Franklin Roosevelt's naval aideChapter
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:15:53Was Kimmel forced to micromanage?Q&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:17:43Why command of USS New York matteredChapter
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:21:15Could the Standard-type battleships gain more speed?Q&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:21:49From cruiser command to temporary admiralChapter
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:48:44What a cancelled fleet exercise revealedNotable Point
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)2:02:22Did Americans really think Japan was weak?Q&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)2:40:30How treaty superiority encouraged complacencyNotable Point
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)2:45:08Why Hood did not overturn the treaty balanceQ&A
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)25:51Could Britain keep the United States out of the war?Q&A
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)28:22Why would Vladivostok not solve the basing problem?Q&A
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships3:24:13Use frigates to preserve aggressive command skillNotable Point
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships3:30:28Why were U.S. submarine commanders replaced in wartime?Q&A
- The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)16:44Choosing between four-, five-, and six-inch secondariesQ&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:07:09Treaty parity hid Britain's larger ready fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:39:15Would the United States and other powers join Britain?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:35:58Would an early carrier war teach mass-strike operations?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?3:27:51How would Ernest King handle British command?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?3:31:13Would Britain join a US-Japanese war after Panay?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?3:36:07How large would the postwar navies be?Q&A
- If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion48:22A Hood-based limit reshapes fleet balanceChapter
- The Most Pointless Mission: Operation Tan No 2 (Long Patrol) - Working Sound5:34Operation Y-Go and the limits of delaying victoryChapter
- The Most Pointless Mission: Operation Tan No 2 (Long Patrol) - Working Sound18:01Ulithi and the wrong scale for a penny-packet raidChapter
- Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)18:01Ulithi as an overwhelming targetChapter
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:53:42The U.S. light destroyer is really an air-warfare frigateNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:10:24Upgrades cannot erase the age of the Arleigh Burke architectureNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:12:26Victorious could shield American strike carriers as USS RobinQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:24:03A Zumwalt hull could bridge the U.S. destroyer-design gapNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:05:23Separate Dominion battleships would upset Washington treaty parityQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:11:40The Fat Leonard scandal and port-service leverageNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:51:46A second Ark Royal would narrow the interwar carrier gapNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:54:18A 1939 Anglo-Japanese war reshapes fleets and alliancesNotable Point
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)2:18:46What would losing fifteen American carriers have changed?Q&A
- Battle of the Aegates (241BC)2:40:37How a wider Panama Canal could change battleship hullsQ&A
- Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)36:33Torpedo doctrine reveals a fleet's purposeChapter
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World35:51The case for nuclear-powered cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:17:24Why the Iowa class sits near the battlecruiser boundaryQ&A
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)3:35Why fewer British hulls might unlock treaty consentNotable Point
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)34:43A fast battle line would reshape rival designsChapter
- Cutting through some Cutters of the US Coast Guard (Long Patrol)9:30A maritime service before the U.S. NavyNotable Point
- Cutting through some Cutters of the US Coast Guard (Long Patrol)10:27An expanded cutter service instead of a permanent navyNotable Point
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment28:03The Revenue Cutter Service as an American naval foundationChapter
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment32:57Did the Coast Guard rely on former Navy ships?Q&A
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)13:30War of 1812: strong frigates versus naval massNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)22:33Constellation and the costly last ten percentChapter
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)6:48Why an Anglo-American naval race did not mirror Germany'sNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books29:32Why British and American warships solve different problemsNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books2:22:43Why Saratoga was the ship to save from Operation CrossroadsQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books3:13:06A fair method for comparing British and American shipsNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)31:01War Plan Red exposes the gap between paper strength and readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...17:20James Richardson's warnings about basing the Pacific Fleet at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...52:50A hostile Eurasian alliance and the US two-ocean dilemmaQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:10:24When Britain and America nearly chose different 40 mm weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:12:09What changes if British and American anti-aircraft systems are swappedQ&A
- Some Sunday Naval Books29:54The dreadnought race was wider than Britain and GermanyNotable Point
- Some Sunday Naval Books34:54An unconstrained capital-ship technology raceNotable Point
- Bruships 69: The Decider28:42If the early U.S. Navy built first-rates instead of frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider33:03Why a wartime fleet still needs replacement shipsQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider1:31:13Capital ships without treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider1:36:08Why shipyard concentration hurts smaller navies firstQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider3:22:20What different warning times could change at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider3:24:46Why the U.S. Navy gains little from Russian-style corvettesQ&A
- The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu2:42:50Why did U.S. carriers park aircraft differently?Q&A
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P1/4 - Building (Long Patrol)21:02Armstrong's global export shipbuildingNotable Point
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions27:44US 5-inch/38 and British 4.5-inch design prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions1:31:49Why the Ticonderoga cruisers remained in serviceNotable Point
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions2:38:00Why US and British carrier doctrine differedNotable Point
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions3:10:06Why a shipyard may deliberately stretch a carrier buildNotable Point
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions3:13:29Why other navies should adapt rather than copy the Tribal classQ&A
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"34:27An apocryphal shipyard boast becomes a source-criticism lessonNotable Point
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"46:23Why German naval expansion looked different from American strengthNotable Point
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"1:24:58Mare Island and the danger of inherited infrastructureQ&A
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"2:47:02Japanese and British contingency plans against the Panama CanalQ&A
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"11:04Would HMS Incomparable force an Anglo-American naval race?Q&A
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"1:49:16What PQ 17's escort layers reveal about coalition fleet organizationNotable Point
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"3:13:39How a symbolic ship name can protect a procurement programNotable Point
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru9:18Why the 2022 DDG(X) concept remained provisionalQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru59:45American standard battleships at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:12:53Why capital-ship parity mattered more than cruiser advantageQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:23:39If the United States enters the European war in 1939Q&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:33:14How America might answer five British capital-ship carrier conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:54:35How naval treaties might have increased the risk of warQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru3:24:28Why sea power is optional for Russia but essential for maritime powersQ&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)46:38Town and Chester cruisers serve different rising powersChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)50:18Town and Brooklyn layouts reveal national doctrineChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)57:00Constellation must be adapted, not merely copiedNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)1:00:03Why the Arleigh Burkes inherited too many rolesChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)1:06:21Ticonderoga carries cruiser status on a destroyer hullNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)9:54Which ship was the last purpose-built US cruiser hull?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)31:02When did the US Navy inherit the global policing role?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)37:17Was Zumwalt itself a waste of money?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)58:09Can cruiser combat capability be compared fairly?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:14:33Why were Baltimore cruisers kept with carriers?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:42:16A naval technology race need not lead to warNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:53:49Town and Chester: fighting power versus presenceNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:54:45Town and Brooklyn: two valid cruiser answersChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:04:12What made the Brooklyn role distinctive?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:15:44Did six-inch gun performance vary by navy?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:31:20Why did the Alaska class take its final form?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:35:28What is the modern cruiser role?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:47:52Why not leave British trade protection to the United States?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:52:02Is the China-US naval buildup another Anglo-German race?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:55:23Arleigh Burke inherited a peacetime design gapChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)3:01:41Ticonderoga: a cruiser title for air defenceNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)3:12:27How old is the Arleigh Burke design?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)4:48Could another navy outbuild Britain?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)23:44Could Britain have waited out the American naval programme?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)1:06:55Why a replacement carrier is not immediately combat-readyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)1:14:10A Pacific war beginning in 1938Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)2:44:44Why peacetime navies struggle to preserve fighting leadershipQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)2:57:52Forward presence needs more than destroyersQ&A
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)1:55Could Britain have kept pace before Washington?Q&A
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)7:11Fleet geography changed the Anglo-American balanceNotable Point
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)10:38Why Britain viewed American and German fleets differentlyNotable Point
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Long Patrol)14:47Lexington's eight-inch guns and the changing carrier roleChapter
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:42What USS Wolverine and Sable reveal about US carrier trainingQ&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)38:58Why Lexington carried 8-inch gunsNotable Point
- 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
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)45:51Why smaller dual-purpose guns suited carriers betterQ&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)48:36A Lexington model photograph and US Navy bureau politicsNotable Point
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)1:56:55Did Manxman overhaul a US carrier group?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:14:33Pegasus and Bras d'Or: hydrofoil promiseChapter
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:26:14Did service funding incentives help drive Pegasus?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:44:06Zumwalt: a capable hull in a broken programmeChapter
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:51:47Could a Zumwalt follow-on become a mini-Kirov?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:57:22How Zumwalt automation reduces crew requirementsQ&A
- County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued57:21Canberra’s loss and the transfer of ShropshireNotable Point
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered43:49USS Shangri-La and fictional place namesQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:34:00The L class as Britain's Fletcher counterpartQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered2:32:25The Alaska class needed an earlier service dateQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered2:55:41The Atlanta class as a Second World War Burke analogueQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered3:13:40American eight-inch cruisers against Admiral Graf SpeeQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered3:31:41Recognizing national stereotypes in naval historyQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered3:49:15Why British and American carrier losses had different effectsQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered3:55:07Royal Navy and US Navy cooperation before the world warsQ&A
- The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises (Long Patrol)13:08The Perdicaris Affair and coal diplomacyNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (The Battle Cruiser Permutation)32:23Triple turrets and the prewar naval raceNotable Point
- Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises19:31The Perdicaris affair and naval brinkmanshipChapter
- Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises1:05:00Why a different war produces a different naval treatyQ&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Comment Response)28:45How a twelve-gun fast Queen Elizabeth could reset the arms raceNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Comment Response)30:38Lewis Nixon's six-triple battleship proposalNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)22:50Japanese treaty parity could become a fiscal trapQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)28:03How warship floatplane launches became routineQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)54:43Nuclear shells for the Des Moines classQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)1:46:31The US Navy read the Tribals through its own doctrineQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)2:16:20The unfinished 1920 South Dakotas were slow but overwhelmingNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)2:20:50G3 and N3 construction would upset the Pacific balanceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)2:35:14Other fleets rivaled the Second Pacific Squadron's dysfunctionQ&A
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars51:52Why US submarines mostly stayed in the PacificQ&A
- Beacons; Finding Home When Alone Over The Ocean (Long Patrol)43:58American YE/YG beacons and the move to TACANChapter
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...27:36Why one lost supercarrier would not automatically break US naval prestigeQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...51:13How revealing Yamato in 1941 could have changed Allied planningQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:20:20Why battleships still mattered beside carriers in 1941Notable Point
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:27:36Why Britain could not simply send battleships to the US Pacific FleetQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:44:09How fewer Pearl Harbor losses could keep US battleships activeQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...2:09:23War Plan Red and the problem of fighting Britain at seaQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...3:35:19Why the United States did not welcome Britain's CATOBAR retreatQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII41:27Training let Cunningham plan around a fleet action after darkNotable Point
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII1:16:02Why interwar destroyers made night fighting their momentChapter
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII1:52:51Who built the most destroyers depends on the period countedQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)25:32Japan could not outbuild either maritime rivalNotable Point
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)46:45Ranger was a last-resort Pacific substituteQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)49:57Why Alaska was not a shortcut to JapanQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)1:18:51A reverse Pearl Harbor would hit Japan harderQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)1:46:52The prewar American plan advanced through the PhilippinesQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:39:01Industrial organization shaped fleet outputNotable Point
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:51:55Why the Pearl Harbor battleships were not preservedQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?48:12The first American carrier aircraft arrive around 1941Q&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:48:48A combined Royal Navy-US Navy carrier forceQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?3:05:26When British carriers might adopt American aircraftQ&A
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?6:03Mahan and the selling power of decisive battleNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?46:42Pearl Harbor as a forward-base problemChapter
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?59:05Damaging Pearl Harbor versus stopping mobilizationNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?1:11:22Why the raid was not a clean decisive battleNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?1:18:56Taranto and the problem of damaging too muchNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov21:52Mahan's audience beyond the NavyNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov32:23Did the United States decisively win the Great Lakes race?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov36:42Would Mahan have ordered dreadnoughts in 1905?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov46:45What modern ship should carry the USS Hammann name?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov49:09Roosevelt on training rather than national characterChapter
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov55:44How many machine guns might Constellation frigates carry?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov1:02:03Roosevelt, Panama, and a credible naval stickChapter
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov1:21:49What would Mahan and Roosevelt make of US carrier numbers?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov3:12:27Would the US Navy still have wanted HMS Victorious?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov3:43:46How a criticized LCS can still exert naval pressureNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov3:51:03Was the Littoral Combat Ship underestimated?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov4:47:21LCS and Zumwalt: ambitious requirements and shrinking classesNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov4:49:56Zumwalt's automation ambitions and the tumblehome correctionNotable Point
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)2:20:21Q&A: fiscal choices shaped the Washington settlementQ&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)3:08:41Q&A: Mahan already had the War of 1812 warningQ&A
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol27:37Wright's command temperament and the Port Chicago comparisonNotable Point
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol38:58Task Force 67's powerful but mixed columnChapter
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol43:30Why a destroyer class carried Mahan's nameNotable Point
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol44:16The American plan for radar, torpedoes, and cruiser fireNotable Point
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol57:04The delayed American torpedo salvoChapter
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol1:11:20The torpedoes devastate the cruiser columnChapter
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol1:19:57Why American strengths created a night-fighting dilemmaNotable Point
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat50:20A-5 Vigilante and the loss of specialist carrier rolesNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...37:48USS Celtic and mobile supplyNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...46:40Did a support ship accompany the Great White Fleet?Q&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...50:39The Great White Fleet's logistics lessonNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:10:45British repair versus American aircraft replacementNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:38:13Why was Britain unusual in building forward aviation support ships?Q&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:40:19The scale of logistics support at OkinawaNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:55:21Did the US Navy know POWs were aboard ships it sank?Q&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:56:22Maintenance battalions and forward upkeepNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...3:30:36Why did the US Navy move away from depot ships?Q&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions27:39Codebreaking did not erase the larger Pacific War imbalanceQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions3:31:11Mixed secondary calibres create a logistics burdenQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:43:31What the Perry retirement left Arleigh Burke destroyers to coverNotable Point
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books3:10:25Nuclear cruisers as carrier escortsQ&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books3:38:47A Zumwalt hull as a shortcut to a new US destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books3:40:48Aegis is more than the radarQ&A
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol36:09Royal Sovereign and global naval competitionChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:27:18The defensive lesson the United States missedQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat54:49Bonhomme Richard and readiness for a shipboard fireQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat3:11:22Short-term thinking and the LCS problemQ&A
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles11:44Demologos: an early steam-powered floating batteryNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat19:42Destroyers without treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat1:42:02Philippine Sea and the danger of winning harderQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat2:44:59Bonhomme Richard and the cost of hesitant commandNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat3:45:15Why budget alone cannot restore fleet numbersQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore23:03Fast oilers arrived late for both naviesNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore45:24War Plan Orange and forward basesChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore3:13:11Allied Pacific fleets needed compatible replenishmentQ&A
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol0:41The problem with judging 1939 by 1944Chapter
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol9:04Compare replenishment systems at the same dateNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol15:26Logistics strategy must fit the theatreNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol49:49Allied navies learned logistics from one anotherNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol52:26A counterfactual 1939 Far Eastern warNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)34:28Why changing U.S. carrier size does not solve force structureQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)50:13Where an Anglo-American destroyer programme might convergeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)51:13Why a forward-deployed navy still needs repair shipsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)2:20:20A staged path to a larger U.S. naval base in AustraliaQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)2:56:19Why the U.S. Navy cannot shrink an escort much below a frigateQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)5:06:33Why Alaska is best understood as a very large heavy cruiserChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)5:15:39Alaska's value as a fast carrier escortQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)15:53The Battle off Samar's apparent mismatchQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)26:31Why Vella Gulf was a decisive destroyer actionQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)46:03Early U.S. destroyer performance was also a command problemQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:27:50South Dakota versus Richelieu as treaty battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)2:06:36How the Essex programme expanded after Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)2:13:22How the Doolittle Raid gave USS Shangri-La its nameNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)5:05:58The Cleveland class's 6-inch and 5-inch battery mixQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)5:20:42How autoloading transformed the US 8-inch gunNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)5:44:28What Operation Crossroads showed about warshipsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)5:47:27Why more American carrier power was not a simple Falklands answerQ&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…30:13USS Texas and a battleship's staying powerNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…40:53USS Texas crew identity and state prideQ&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…1:31:42North Carolina class as all-round World War II warshipsNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…1:55:00Iowa class at the end of the fast-battleship lineChapter
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:01:42Lexington class and the cruiser in battlecruiserNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:02:39Conning-tower armour versus command visibilityQ&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:16:18Did the Washington treaty avert an Anglo-American war?Q&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:42:39Export warships and withheld design secretsQ&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:56:53Tennessee class as stalwart World War II warshipsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:08:39Canadian battleships could reduce US reinforcement needsQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:26:53Could Canadian Queen Elizabeths push the Colorados faster?Q&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:32:26Why the United States could prefer many 16-inch gunsQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:59:55Lexington battlecruisers in a Second World War roleQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)40:32Why Russia preferred Italian shipbuilding assistanceQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:01:45Queen Elizabeth versus Iowa: measuring a battleship's valueQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:04:20Where the Alaska class fits in older cruiser categoriesQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:42:37American 16-inch guns widened the dreadnought competitionChapter
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:49:00Why Colorado's turbo-electric drive disappointedQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)2:18:24South Dakota as an American R-class compromiseQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)2:21:09Why Britain could contemplate broad capital-ship modernisationQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?37:45Boeing P-12 and growing American aircraft procurementNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:09:15How a treaty-free carrier fleet might have divided into heavy and light typesQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:14:02Vought SBU Corsair as an early American dive bomberNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:15:40Anglo-American parity if later naval conferences failedQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:55:52The F3F as a durable American carrier fighterNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:12:10Curtiss SBC Helldiver and the retractable-undercarriage debateChapter
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:34:35Every major navy entered the war with a different readiness gapQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:33:59Why Britain persisted with the Wyvern while America abandoned the SkysharkQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:34:58The delayed TBY Sea Wolf was unlikely to displace the AvengerQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 3/417:34What made a navy ready for war in 1939?Q&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 2/434:03Why a limited China settlement was difficult to recognizeQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.2:59:25Why American submarines strangled Japan more effectivelyQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.3:39:38Why numbers alone do not define submarine powerQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.4:01:32The Washington treaty contained the next naval raceQ&A
- Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)11:22One-, two-, and five-ocean fleet allowancesNotable Point
- Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)17:38Kantai Kessen as a reverse risk-fleet strategyNotable Point
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:01:36A Japan-first war could deter Germany through coalition strengthQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:11:00A modern US cruiser needs command capacityQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:30:45Why Allied navies divided the global war by theatreQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:57:06The prewar US Navy needed better propulsion more than battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence4:10:01How separate battlecruiser treaty limits could change fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence4:39:02The Spanish-American War and US naval identityQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?51:21What Germany might have done with an I-400-type submarineQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?56:33Why a submarine aircraft carrier solves the wrong problemQ&A
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 11/11 The Whiskey War7:20Why diesel submarines remain a difficult anti-submarine targetNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)9:57Combatant commands and the missing US cruiserQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)22:44Why the US Navy is not the interwar Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)25:17The cost of replacing US maritime presenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)32:42Combatant commands competing for carriersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)44:38The infrastructure bill behind a Tillman battleshipQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)1:29:34If the US Navy kept developing the Olympia lineQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)1:48:01Using Star Trek to compare Second World War fleet culturesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)2:00:53A proposed US naval procurement resetQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)3:16:43The treaty allowed US parity that the Senate did not fundQ&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s1:24:01How the Tennessee-class armoured cruisers comparedQ&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s2:56:24The recurring case for naval gunsChapter
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s3:25:14Why Dönitz and the US Pacific submarine war differQ&A
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different0:23Ark Royal and Yorktown as purpose-built fleet carriersChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different14:12Yorktown's launch cycle and Pacific strategyChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different16:24British and American views of the first strikeNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different17:20Industrial capacity changed the carrier-survivability calculusNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different19:27A second Ark Royal and the Yorktown trio as force-structure choicesNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different20:33Why Yorktown retained an islandNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 7/11 The Roaring Twenties9:06The Washington Treaty bargain and American parityNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 7/11 The Roaring Twenties21:23Concentrated fleet doctrine versus distributed warNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 5/11 Building a Navy11:23French imperial security relied on British sea powerNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 4/11 What Dreadnought Obscures8:14Delaware's centerline battery and missed speedNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 4/11 What Dreadnought Obscures10:55The dreadnought race beyond GermanyNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)36:31Royal Navy leverage during the American Civil WarQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)49:39When Britain began watching US naval power closelyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)58:29Damage control and the armoured-flight-deck comparisonQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:03:21What an American defeat at Midway would changeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:18:52Carrier crew size, reactors, and damage controlQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:29:44Why nuclear-powered Midway-class carriers are plausibleQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:03:35A next-generation US destroyer built around the Zumwalt hullQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:15:46US Navy ships of the line and force-planning limitsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:30:04Why Britain retained war plans against the United StatesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:48:48Midway-class protection versus Essex-class numbersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:53:50Single versus twin five-inch mounts on aircraft carriersQ&A
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 3/11 Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers6:07USS Chester and the scout-to-light-cruiser transitionChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 3/11 Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers7:41Scout cruisers: information and destroyer leadershipNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 3/11 Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers8:32Information warfare and treaty-limited scoutsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)37:15Taiwan instead of the PhilippinesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)2:28:05America joins a fast-battleship raceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)2:31:45A 1921 Royal Navy strike on the U.S. fleetQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)2:42:28Midway-class carriers instead of EssexesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)2:48:23Could the early U.S. Navy match Royal Navy construction?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)4:26:38The Philippines as a U.S. stateQ&A
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI1:04:01Giuseppe Garibaldi cruisers: export success and submarine riskChapter
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI2:16:21How the Royal Navy approved a warship designQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response39:13Why no navy's doctrine is universally bestQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response13:39Why U-boats could not isolate BritainQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:35:33Royal Navy torpedoes in the early-war reliability crisisQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:58:38Treaty parity and the fleets governments actually fundedNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books5:00:54Why allies still plan to fight each otherQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:16:13Bogue-class carriers were redesigned from C3 cargo hullsQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:55:04Why a Fletcher-class destroyer was too small for useful aircraft launchesQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:46:50Intelligence and decisive-battle doctrine shaped MidwayQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:57:11The hybrid-carrier idea was not uniquely JapaneseQ&A
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol7:23Marine Raiders as specialistsChapter
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol16:29Carlson's modern Raider organizationNotable Point
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol20:31V-boats set the raid's force limitNotable Point
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol35:28What the raid proved and wastedNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)9:45If Britain received the entire US NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)31:08A wider Panama Canal and US warship designQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)32:55A day's warning before Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)58:04Ching Lee in the postwar US NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)59:47A US battle squadron with the Grand FleetQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:05:28What early US naval support gives BritainQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:39:09Japan isolates Australia instead of attacking MidwayQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:01:00The modern US Navy arrives in 1912Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:02:04A ten-year replacement rule instead of a battleship holidayQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:06:20World War II without a two-ocean US NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:11:02American ship designs in the Mediterranean warQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:29:04Why Constellation needs hull-mounted sonarQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:40:11Hellcats in place of Wildcats in 1942Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:43:02Six Alaska-class ships as carrier escortsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:56:18MacArthur's retirement gives Nimitz the PacificQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:02:04Why the Alaska class arrived too lateQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:22:43Royal Navy versus US Navy in 1946Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:28:26A sixty-ship Constellation programQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:45:48Montana after the carrier became the centerpieceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)4:34:54Why more battleships would not solve VietnamQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...7:10Allied carrier lessons adapted to national practiceNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...18:15British and American carrier doctrine by geographyNotable Point
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships2:48Were early US pre-dreadnoughts really coastal-defence ships?Q&A
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships13:49Where does the Littoral Combat Ship fit in the design triangle?Q&A
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships3:13:54Why did the US Navy retain the Iowa class so long?Q&A
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships3:18:23How should readers approach Samuel Eliot Morison?Q&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions47:59Why the US Navy chose super-heavy 16-inch shellsQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions53:36Tillman battleships made less sense for an industrial giantQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions59:54How a battleship's main battery was fired electricallyQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:05:50Tillman battleships versus fleet productionQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:11:57Battleship blast protection is possible but expensiveQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:30:17Autoloaders were studied for later Lion designsQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:43:57The US eight-inch autoloader accepted a narrower motion envelopeQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions2:31:06Battleships expected torpedo attacks as routineQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions3:05:38Thresher records involved safety, capability, and family trustNotable Point
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions3:40:43USS Liberty requires caution about incomplete evidenceQ&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:36:35Super-heavy frigates before the War of 1812Notable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:40:54How Royal Navy frigates compared with American super-heaviesQ&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:48:46Why third rates did not dominate the frigate war of 1812Q&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:51:00How much live oak helped American heavy frigatesQ&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail2:16:42Spardeck frigates built to hunt American heavy frigatesNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)3:47:36The Venezuelan crisis and British acceptance of US influenceQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live17:22Hellcat versus Wildcat at Philippine SeaQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live19:02Midway-to-Marianas force changesQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live35:04Midway strength could not cancel the intelligence gapQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live42:38Why U.S. wartime development had room to runQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live46:37Ching Lee in carrier commandQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:22:44Carrier command structure comparisonChapter
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:49:49How Task Force 58 standardized carrier groupsChapter
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:54:25Why the force balance never reached Kantai Kessen parityChapter
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:49:33The loss totals reveal whose decisive battle it becameChapter
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:54:05When did Japan recognize American codebreaking?Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:57:56What if Japan attacked America but not Britain?Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:59:49A pilot can qualify in months; experience takes a systemQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live3:01:19The fundamental flaw in Kantai KessenChapter
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live3:08:57Why Tsushima was the wrong scale modelNotable Point
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live3:11:37Could Japanese submarines slow American industry at sea?Q&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books57:30Why captured modern warships are hard to useQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:17:31Pearl Harbor as a failed decisive-battle setupQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:27:55Why Kantai Kessen could not solve Japan's industrial mismatchNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:47:32What total destruction at Pearl Harbor would costNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:50:10Enterprise was the first CVN, Nimitz the first classQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:55:21Which carrier air groups were considered eliteQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books2:02:41Using Norman Friedman to follow Essex design changesChapter
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books2:36:06American battleship shells adapted as bombsQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:10:01Small LSTs and LHDs in Marine liftQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:21:03Military power depends on logistics and global reachQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:38:18Why the US Navy would favour more SSNs over diesel boatsQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:45:00An uncrewed successor to the S-3 VikingQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books4:05:28Why U.S. amphibs omit ski jumpsQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books4:10:12Bonhomme Richard as a chain of failuresQ&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:28:43Why did U.S. battleships need gunnery work with the Grand Fleet?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:31:22Did the U.S. Navy contribute effectively to World War I ASW?Q&A
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:33Carrier air groups as institutionsChapter
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)8:37Kantai Kessen meets American strategyNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)18:54Jimmy Thach and the training cycleNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)26:01Command structure before the battleChapter
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)28:30Mitscher defines carrier supremacy as a fleet teamNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)34:40Why Spruance and Mitscher used different flagshipsNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)47:33The force balance behind the command chartNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)57:29Saipan triggers the fleet battleChapter
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:02:03Submarines report before they attackNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:09:40Bomb stocks limit the next morning's optionsNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:09:40Layered CAP and the turkey shootNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:11:48Guam aircraft reveal a split air-command failureNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:25:49Lee refuses to gamble on night battleNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:32:36Mitscher's long-range strike and night recoveryChapter
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:36:04Why the strike hit Japanese oilers firstNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:41:34The final doctrine lessonNotable Point
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:57:00Was Guantanamo Bay part of the destroyers-for-bases agreement?Q&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron0:53Early U.S. ironclads as learning designsQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron2:10:46Did the United States adopt the Zero's design?Q&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron2:24:44Choosing sides for an ironclad wargameQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:35:47A lower-risk route to a new U.S. surface combatantQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:47:37A future U.S. destroyer with cruiser displacementQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:49:46Zumwalt, LCS, and the risk of technology leapsNotable Point
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword2:21:05Books for tracing how warship classes evolvedQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword3:11:32The naval shape of Operation UnthinkableQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword3:58:46What the neutral U.S. Navy could have done about BismarckQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”2:34:13Why the early twentieth-century naval race was globalQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”2:38:09Hornfischer's destroyer history captured the tin-can sailorsNotable Point
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)34:34Why the US Navy retained triple-expansion enginesQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)39:12How a Tillman battleship could reshape the arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:47:49How national procurement systems shaped dreadnought constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:20:00Why the United States still built battleships after MidwayQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:24:05How the United States might answer an 18-inch British shipQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)3:12:28Mixed Lexington carrier and battlecruiser task groupsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191514:00New Mexico answers calibre with salvo weightNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191517:54Why Britain built Dreadnought despite its old-fleet leadChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191410:03Why 1914 was a global naval raceChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191412:01Gun and turret advances came from beyond GermanyNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19135:14Pennsylvania's twelve-gun answerChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191314:17A technology race beyond hull countsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191315:44American deterrence without escalationNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19123:02Nevada and the American standard battleshipChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191222:23German gun calibre follows rather than drivesNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191111:54The 14-inch gun race reaches Chile and the United StatesChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191114:24New York class: superheaters and triple-expansion enginesNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191127:17The risk fleet's strategic signalling paradoxChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19104:51Wyoming combines a twelve-gun broadside with conservative designChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191014:40Italy, Britain, and America pursue different innovation pathsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191021:03Rivadavia pairs long range with a compromised gun layoutChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December16:42Why American battlecruiser logic changed after World War INotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June12:10Florida-class centerline turrets challenge British designChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June14:24Britain and America drive the dreadnought design raceNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-71:01Could the dreadnought revolution have waited until after 1945?Q&A
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-74:03Delaware-class machinery trials and industrial politicsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-79:58Dreadnought reset the type while Britain kept its industrial leadNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-714:04American deterrence and Germany's risk fleet sent different signalsNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers45:24Lexington's turbo-electric drive pushes capital-ship technologyChapter
- Some More Battle Cruisers48:59Lexington's machinery and range suit a Pacific battlecruiserChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History12:44Ford-class speed and the shipwide power budgetQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History14:57Why USS Enterprise is a candidate for fastest surface warshipQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History1:06:00Covering the loss of USS Bonhomme RichardQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History4:03:46Why US and British wartime fleets were not interchangeableQ&A
- Four Random Books Episode 36: No Good Choices16:49Inchon and the scale behind an amphibious landingNotable Point
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail43:03Why the 74-gun USS America was underwhelmingQ&A
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail3:28:06Damage-control experience could have saved an early-war carrierQ&A
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail3:37:20Fuel, not battleship speed, limited pursuit after MidwayQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?59:25How early US 16-inch guns accelerate the dreadnought raceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?1:14:02A longer Anglo-Japanese alliance and American anxietyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?1:17:28Faster US battleships built around 14-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?1:22:19Why an untouched Iowa reserve would be hard to reactivate todayQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?2:02:48A British cruiser squadron at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?2:27:52Why the Alaska class fits armored-cruiser lineageQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?3:33:41Yamato and Nagato at GuadalcanalQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?3:51:02Task Force 34 against the Japanese Center ForceQ&A
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 19070:43Dreadnought production reshapes the 1907 naval balanceChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 19076:27Declared purpose shapes naval threat perceptionNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 190719:12North Dakota brings turbine power to the American battle lineChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 190721:45Peer navies advance unevenly by subsystemNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 190726:50Maintainability slows the transition from engines to turbinesNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 190727:51The 1907 fleet balance still favors BritainNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 190616:35The South Carolina class as a conservative American dreadnoughtChapter
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)13:20How the Royal Navy viewed itself in 1945Chapter
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)48:21Britain trades carrier quantity for a technology edgeNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)2:02:44Why Britain and America did not merge Malta and MidwayQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War1:21:23How the Worcester class arranged its anti-aircraft firepowerNotable Point
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War2:34:22Somerville and Noble in Ernest King's Royal Navy relationshipsQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War2:37:58King and Cunningham's grudging wartime respectNotable Point
- Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History21:12US surface ships move beyond the carrier-escort roleChapter
- Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History21:59Carrier scarcity makes independent surface action strategically usefulNotable Point
- Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History23:39Tomahawk and space systems give surface ships strategic reachNotable Point
- Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History25:33Private yards build most US naval tonnage with public investmentChapter
- Bruships 44: Strategy1:35:32Ernest King's senior command required more than a harsh reputationNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:34:02Intelligence managed Anglo-American naval rivalry after 1918Chapter
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:37:38Capital-ship ambitions competed with the wartime need for escortsNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:49:42When did the US and Britain stop treating each other as naval rivals?Q&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:53:40Naval treaties enabled change without planning British successionQ&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:45:31No major navy entered the Second World War fully readyQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers13:51Comparing the wartime Royal Navy and US NavyQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers1:59:32Why British Pacific commanders used battleshipsQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers2:02:56Why the British Pacific Fleet had to support itselfNotable Point
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:21:06British night-flying carriers in the early Pacific WarQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:26:52Ernest King's resistance to shared Pacific commandQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:32:37Why Japan could not simply bypass Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:21:51Judge carrier aircraft within their operating doctrineNotable Point
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:57:38Royal Navy multi-carrier doctrine before the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation4:11:32America-class LHAs already test the light-carrier ideaQ&A
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans2:08:36Brazilian dreadnoughts jolted US naval politicsNotable Point
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans2:31:04US pressure to acquire Almirante LatorreQ&A
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans2:44:34American battleship range and coaling stationsQ&A
- Four Random Books 29: Weapons of War4:23US and British carrier night fighters reflect different constraintsNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA13:13Destroyers for bases expands Atlantic securityChapter
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA22:26Defense articles include factories, commodities, and technical knowledgeChapter
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA26:44Termination clauses and neutrality limits contain the new powerChapter
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA42:23A rejected battleship request supplies a rumor's kernel of truthNotable Point
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:17:44Why USS Enterprise received a British naval pennantQ&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...3:53:34Would a world without the interwar naval treaties avoid war?Q&A
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments2:19Could Yamato have fought the Pearl Harbor battle line?Q&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy20:16SACLANT cannot both contain the Northern Fleet and protect every convoyChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy24:27Modern warships cannot substitute for presence everywhereNotable Point
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment2:02:09The Ford class problem is resources, not foreign expertiseQ&A
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment2:53:15Why U.S. warships carry comparatively large crewsQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan49:55Why the U.S. four-piper reserve was accidentalQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:14:22US-Royal Navy cooperation around the GIUK gapQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:43:25How Southwest Asia strained NATO naval plansChapter
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects20:47Was the Jolo raid America's first offensive action?Q&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects1:09:30Industrial foundations of American wartime shipbuildingChapter
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects1:25:03Labor relations and housing behind wartime shipyardsChapter
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects1:31:03Building a foundation in wartime shipbuildingNotable Point
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:31:41Can Constellation rely on towed-array sonar?Q&A
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-19162:51:36Why short-range radio suited fighter directionQ&A
- Bruships 36: International Relations1:14:36How Britain and America expanded trained wartime crewsQ&A
- Bruships 36: International Relations2:24:02China's fleet buildup and the test of replacementQ&A
- Bruships 36: International Relations3:22:42Maritime rights and the road to the War of 1812Chapter
- Bruships 36: International Relations3:44:26The US Navy's small amphibious ship requirementQ&A
- Bruships 36: International Relations3:48:24When navies and foreign ministries worked best togetherQ&A
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 423:56Britain in a hypothetical 1930s US-Japan warQ&A
- Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...0:42Theodore Roosevelt's blockade lesson from the War of 1812Chapter
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword5:56Why coast guards can complicate South China Sea escalationQ&A
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:00:29Why US Navy Seabees mattered to the Pacific advanceQ&A
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:17:34Stewards protect the critical people who keep a ship functioningNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:25:06The US steward system carried both an operational purpose and a segregation legacyNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:48:05Warships that fought far above their apparent weightQ&A
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East19:32Which navies conducted joint counter-piracy operations?Q&A
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East1:50:25Why several navies joined China coast piracy patrolsQ&A
- Bruships 34: Random History1:04:17A Midway anthology built from specialists and participantsChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History1:26:06Roosevelt's private warnings in Hendrix's account of the Venezuela crisisChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History1:28:06British food imports and the risk of a second war across the AtlanticNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History1:30:03Panama's revolt and the evidence for War Portfolio Number OneChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History2:42:45When did electric searchlights appear on warships?Q&A
- Bruships 34: Random History3:40:50How might Western Cold War fleets better counter the Soviet Navy?Q&A
- The Great White Fleet57:53Roosevelt's political method behind the public imageChapter
- The Great White Fleet1:18:01Why the US Navy relied on rear admirals for senior commandQ&A
- The Great White Fleet1:32:40British and French influence on American warship designNotable Point
- The Great White Fleet1:46:42American dominance in an eastern Pacific with few competitorsQ&A
- The Great White Fleet1:55:53The voyage that announced America as a world powerChapter
- The Great White Fleet2:02:26Early fleet service for future World War II admiralsNotable Point
- The Great White Fleet2:08:03How American crew accommodation compared across generationsNotable Point
- The Great White Fleet2:12:51Why American battleships carried lattice mastsQ&A
- The Great White Fleet2:15:15Prestige mission, diplomatic signal, and operational testNotable Point
- Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response9:24G3 conversions and a larger treaty carrier normNotable Point
- Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response31:11Names for additional Lexington-class carrier conversionsQ&A
- Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 1/3 Sea Lion 1-Sea Lion 210:40Hubert Scott-Paine assembled Supermarine's early talentChapter
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations11:04What the Great White Fleet's port calls signaledQ&A
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations3:32:48Ford-class ambition and crew-saving systemsQ&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes1:08:43Waterline protection limited extreme citadel economiesNotable Point
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes2:07:47Technology exchange did not create common British-American ship designsQ&A
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 3 of 3 - Some Questions Answered6:20Reading Roosevelt's naval legacy selectivelyNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 2 of 3 - A New Reality...16:56Teaching Americans to think as a global powerChapter
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 2 of 3 - A New Reality...22:11The Roosevelt family's long connection to Navy leadershipNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 2 of 3 - A New Reality...24:42Voyage lessons reshaped US Navy training and retentionChapter
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 2 of 3 - A New Reality...27:58Carrier operational tempo can undermine visible readinessNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 1 of 3 Theodore Roosevelt's Dream5:27Why the Great White Fleet went around the worldChapter
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 1 of 3 Theodore Roosevelt's Dream15:46The naval problem behind the Roosevelt CorollaryChapter
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 1 of 3 Theodore Roosevelt's Dream18:01Why defeating Spain did not settle American credibilityNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 1 of 3 Theodore Roosevelt's Dream23:09The naval experience Roosevelt brought to officeChapter
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 1 of 3 Theodore Roosevelt's Dream27:26Building durable political support for the US NavyNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 1 of 3 Theodore Roosevelt's Dream32:55Selecting experienced leaders for a high-stakes voyageChapter
- Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)35:38The Worcester class as a postwar cruiser benchmarkNotable Point
- Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)59:46Can an Arleigh Burke destroyer perform a cruiser role?Q&A
- Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)1:10:56Why submarine services favored younger aggressive commandersNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered34:48Admiral-class carrier conversions and US parityNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered35:58Japan's war timing and the inevitability of US interventionQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered53:08How purpose-built carriers might have changed developmentQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion14:36Mobilization time changed the carrier raceNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 37:38USS Ranger tests the small purpose-built carrierChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 314:54American treaty arithmetic plans the next carrier generationNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 316:28The Yorktown class organizes a ninety-aircraft strikeChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 324:16The 1930s solidify three national carrier pathsChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 323:17American carrier scale reshapes British planningNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 2: Papers & Treaties11:47Eugene Ely demonstrates shipboard takeoff and landingNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 1: Introduction13:53The unexplained loss of blimp L-8's crewNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 1: Introduction16:01Birmingham and Hibernia prove flight from warshipsChapter
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...4:09:59Science-fiction fleets reflect historical naval culturesQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s57:34Why British night torpedo doctrine differed from the US alpha strikeQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s1:23:18Why published carrier aircraft capacities were not directly comparableQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s1:25:04How carrier air-group organization differed among naviesQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s2:14:38Carrier aircraft extended the battlecruiser's speed missionQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s2:30:38Lexington and Saratoga made speed and air-group size decisiveChapter
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy6:41A-class control-room lessons and the postwar submarine futureNotable Point
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy7:26Equipment reliability and submarine fighting valueNotable Point
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy14:52Carrier limits depended on Japanese acceptanceNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 1: Context22:36Britain watched a worldwide wave of naval expansionChapter
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 1: Context27:07Maritime powers depend on sea lift in ways land powers do notNotable Point
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books1:12:53David Taylor, propeller trials, and US Navy design practiceChapter
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books1:16:19David Taylor's lasting influence on US naval designQ&A
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books1:22:10Why the US Navy's model basin bears David Taylor's nameQ&A
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books2:46:29Battleship cost, fleet numbers, and global commitmentsChapter
- Paddle Steamers of War Long Patrol35:18Why Great Lakes paddle steamers became training carriersChapter
- Paddle Steamers of War Long Patrol39:20Repeated Great Lakes deck practice reduced pilot lossesChapter
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 192022:27USS T-1 and the fleet-submarine experimentChapter
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 192025:30Foreign engines behind early US submarinesNotable Point
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 192038:22USS Sapelo and the logistics of global reachChapter
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19201:26:42USS Tennessee as a balanced standard battleshipChapter
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19201:36:11The doubtful logic of US Navy cage mastsQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19201:55:41USS Pope and Clemson-class mass productionChapter
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19202:01:58Why politicians resisted cancelling Clemson ordersQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19202:03:03From Clemson class to Royal Navy Town classQ&A
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora54:20The two-power standard watched more than Germany and AmericaQ&A
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora2:14:25US protected cruisers straddled British class boundariesQ&A
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History54:22Replacing carrier tanker capacity after the S-3 and A-6Q&A
- Paddle Ships at War51:06USS Mississippi and the opening of JapanNotable Point
- Paddle Ships at War1:44:48Why paddle gunboats suited the Yangtze PatrolChapter
- Paddle Ships at War2:16:49USS Wolverine and USS Sable train carrier pilotsChapter
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…2:06:57How the US Navy used its wartime cruiser surplusQ&A
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?16:03Defending the Pacific Fleet's center of gravityNotable Point
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?35:58Japanese code reading and consular intelligenceQ&A
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?36:37Why alliance capacity is not the same as naval presenceQ&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:17:23Was there an American equivalent to Admiral Henderson?Q&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys2:17:25United States Navy Destroyers in photographs and systems detailChapter
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys3:17:03Who would build an Arctic LHD first?Q&A
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint37:31Why British and American cruisers emphasized different strengthsQ&A
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint1:10:56Why convoy protection cannot be improvised overnightNotable Point
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint1:17:53Why Admiral King defended U.S. convoy readinessNotable Point
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"1:47:24What would an Anglo-American naval war in 1946 look like?Q&A
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"1:50:29Former Allied anti-submarine teams would face the U.S. NavyNotable Point
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"2:11:41Battle-tested admirals would shape the 1946 counterfactualNotable Point
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"2:15:44Could Pacific-style carrier warfare work in the North Atlantic?Q&A
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"2:17:51The Panama Canal would shape an Anglo-American naval warNotable Point
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books2:54:39Which countries built full-size carriers after 1970?Q&A
- Part 2 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"10:00Wartime carriers underpin Britain's early Cold War naval-air positionNotable Point
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"10:17British and American fighter-direction radio systemsChapter
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"12:59British and American combat air patrol tradeoffsNotable Point
- The Fairey Story Anew...3:00:59Did the United States operate the Fairey Swordfish?Q&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"8:18Fighter direction before the Big Blue BlanketChapter
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"11:48Pilot rotation preserved air-defence expertiseNotable Point
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection31:41Why nuclear submarines do not imply nuclear carriersQ&A
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond28:23Readiness and modernisation shape harbour-attack survivalNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond30:26Taranto becomes a lesson for Pacific naviesChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond33:38Torpedo debris reveals only part of the shallow-water methodNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond36:08Japan follows up while John Opie's warning stallsNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond40:50John Opie's destroyer career reaches a documentary gapNotable Point
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"(Intro)2:48A Union navy still trying to moderniseChapter
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"(Intro)6:23Wilkes, Fairfax, and the seizure of TrentChapter
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"15:08Why late 1861 was an awkward moment for the UnionChapter
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"56:38The Union's two-navy shipbuilding problemQ&A
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"1:05:01Crimean War lessons in Monitor and the Anaconda PlanQ&A
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"1:15:18The 1861 Pacific naval imbalanceQ&A
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"2:11:11A hot Virginius Affair and Spain's logistical problemQ&A
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"2:39:03Charles Wilkes without the Trent AffairQ&A
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 5 of 5: What ifs, Ships & Patreon Votes14:39Could warning have turned Pearl Harbor into an ambush?Notable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour11:35A neutral US Navy observer watches the strike briefingNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark3:37American exercises demonstrate carrier attacks on fleet basesNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark4:44Why practising carrier raids did not settle the Pearl Harbor threatQ&A
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American0:39Theodore Roosevelt-era fleet exercises and force coherenceChapter
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American2:20Dewey, Marine reconnaissance, and a possible Venezuela contingencyNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American3:16Financial neglect and the emergence of a modern U.S. NavyNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American4:47War Plan Orange and the Pacific logistics problemNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American5:18War Plan Orange and decisive-battle assumptionsNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American6:09War Plan Orange and the exposed fleet trainNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American7:07Philippine battle scenarios and Japanese attrition attacksNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American9:12Task Force 17: ships, movement, and weather at Coral SeaNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American10:19Coral Sea search, intelligence, and a missed radio reportNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American12:07Coral Sea carrier air groups and usable striking powerNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American13:47Reading Clark Reynolds's fast-carrier history as an overviewNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American14:37Wartime carrier orders for a postwar U.S. fleetChapter
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American15:24Carrier spending before postwar budgets contractedNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American15:50King centralises postwar planning around carrier prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation13:33Why 1939 was too early for Pearl Harbor's air strikeQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:49:13The move toward single-seat carrier strike aircraftChapter
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:50:14How the Douglas BTD became a single-seat bomberNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:53:54The Skypirate's heavy payload lost out to single-seat doctrineNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation2:27:57British and American steam catapult compatibilityQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation4:14:01A 2020 proposal for British carrier support in the PacificQ&A
- Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/25:49How institutional incentives shaped dive bombingNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard2:20:42Would Fisher have made the Littoral Combat Ship work?Q&A
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-221:33Articles 17-18: cruiser transfers and US constructionChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-2210:14Article 20's national replacement exceptionsChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-2239:42Why aircraft carriers stayed outside the debateChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-2242:04Diverging paths in carrier aviationNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-1612:11Britain's advantage within apparent parityNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-1623:02Submarine parity and Britain's interest in abolishing the typeNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-138:46Which naval treaty loopholes were closedNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-1010:38National destroyer solutions and the six-inch cruiserChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-1021:58A counterfactual early Japanese-American warNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-78:16Cruiser imbalances behind the negotiationsNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-712:49Why politicians took a larger role at LondonNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-714:02Ryujo reveals the small-carrier loopholeNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-715:26Aircraft growth undermines small carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review32:06Carrier protection followed repair geographyNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review42:24Essex-class carriers from wartime fleet to jet eraChapter
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review44:50SCB-27A adapted Essex carriers for heavier jet aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review49:24Essex production reflected invasion-loss estimatesNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review50:18Carrier design depends on the navy's problemQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review56:57An Essex-class carrier as a sea-launch platformNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:11:40U-53's raid beside neutral American destroyersNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:11:54Large navies preserved competing wartime ideasNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:15:48Would better torpedo preparation change Pearl Harbor losses?Q&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:24:15British and American navies needed different cruisersQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy2:32:08Why Tribals paired heavy guns with quadruple torpedoesQ&A
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty1:36:24The Limited U.S. Navy Presence During the CrisisQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:58:30Farragut destroyers at Pearl HarborNotable Point
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)13:30Swift exports spread Blackburn's torpedo-aircraft experienceNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A39:59Why USS Wolverine's fierce name did not match her jobQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:48:01Vietnam, Top Gun, and learning from doctrineNotable Point
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul48:52Why British MTBs and American PT boats differedQ&A
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers22:18Cunningham's case for eighteen fighters over the fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car1:54:54Sumner versus Fletcher as a destroyer designQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A27:58High and low points for major naviesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:52:06U.S. aircraft carriers through plans and profilesChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:09:54What would make a paper BCG proposal plausible?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:38:20Would Japan benefit if the Pacific Fleet were elsewhere?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:12:04Why carrier elevators moved to the deck edgeQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:12:04Did US battleships still carry torpedoes in 1941?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:17:33If USS Texas had been torpedoed in 1941Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:25:56If the Solomon Islands campaign had gone worseQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:31:22Plans to replace America's oldest battleshipsQ&A
- PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/39:47PQ 17's escorts and distant covering forcesChapter
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:21:10American entry and a coalition Pacific commandChapter
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:28:56An American deputy and a Manila coalition headquartersQ&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:40:04Why Anglo-American naval war was unlikely in 1928Q&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:53:02The 1939 Allied capital-ship balanceNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:24:41Without Pearl Harbor, carrier dominance develops more slowlyQ&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:50:56Countering Japanese night torpedo doctrineQ&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...3:13:50The carrier inventory that actually existed in early 1939Q&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 424:58Global war and the Royal Navy's competing schoolsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 429:05American preparedness and British commerce raidingQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...3:06A neutral-shipping crisis draws in the United StatesChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...5:45American intervention takes time while Germany and Italy choose sidesChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...9:00The U.S. Atlantic Squadron as the weaker 1939 frontChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...14:04Carrier experience and the value of night attackNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...16:01Submarines, anti-submarine warfare, and an unproven torpedoChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...19:39The uneven strength of American cruisers, escorts, and submarinesNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...23:42An imagined Battle of Argentia in the AtlanticChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...36:51A divided American battle force and Japanese readinessChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6a Introduction to Patreon Video 450:00The American-Japanese coalition problemNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 413:32American carrier-fighter options before the CorsairNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 416:28Ernest King faces a British-led naval warNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 420:17American sea power without its Pacific foundation mythNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A26:13Why 1939 limited American leverage in a naval crisisQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:30:20How Willis Lee's battleships could change SamarQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 42:30Why American entry looks likelyChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 46:40American pressure before a declaration of warNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 47:38A fleet problem becomes a Pacific reinforcementChapter
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald10:56Assembling naval power for the Nanjing crisisChapter
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald12:38Nanjing shows what cruiser presence could doChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A30:12Why the US Navy selected a FREMM-derived frigateQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A46:58Why modern US Navy ship names look politicalQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:23:15Why Britain refitted American-built escort carriersNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:45:11F/A-18 commonality, cost, and carrier air wing capacityQ&A
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN4:07Designing for an unlikely Anglo-American warNotable Point
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN12:46Article 17 protected foreign warship ordersNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:00:18Understanding Flight III Arleigh Burke procurementQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:07:40A CATOBAR Queen Elizabeth class for the U.S. NavyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:18:09Turning an Arleigh Burke derivative into a command cruiserQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:04:11How the Panama Canal shapes Pacific naval logisticsQ&A
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)1:03:43A League-style grand alliance against JapanNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A5:06Norman Friedman's data-rich naval historiesNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A31:05Kongō versus Alaska: visibility and the first hitQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:46:54South Dakota's guns and the cost of naval tradeoffsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:04:23Bonhomme Richard's uncertain prospects after the fireQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:07:31Why a carrier fire is worse in harbour than at seaQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:09:01Did the Bonhomme Richard fire show declining damage controlQ&A
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"37:46Presence missions falling to high-end warshipsNotable Point
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians6:22Rickover's nuclear navy and deterrent logicChapter
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians9:04The risk of pursuing the perfect warshipNotable Point
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians11:12Why high-end fleet capacity starts before warNotable Point
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians29:15Zumwalt's DesRon 26 experimentNotable Point
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians30:10Zumwalt's high-low fleet mixNotable Point
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians31:24Zumwalt's Z-Grams and professional developmentChapter
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians33:36Rickover and Zumwalt in the future U.S. fleetNotable Point
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A23:31First-hand accounts of Pacific carrier warfareChapter
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A51:56How nuclear power could reshape a Queen Elizabeth-derived carrierQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:08:53Why a mixed US carrier fleet is politically difficultQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:18:18The US Navy's earlier ski-jump studiesQ&A
- 50th Live Special: Thank You7:44Gunboat diplomacy did not end in 1945Chapter
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:11:25HMS Delhi introduced the Royal Navy to Mk 37 fire controlNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (L)15:22PB2Y Coronado: a flying-boat bomberNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (L)17:55Curtiss SOC Seagull: an American spotting floatplaneNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P4/4 Post WWII2:13Martin Mars: exceptional flying-boat lift capacityNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (Q)9:56PB2Y Coronado: payload over reconnaissance rangeNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (Q)12:00Curtiss SOC Seagull and the persistence of naval biplanesNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P2/4 Inter-War17:08Catalina production scale and service controlNotable Point
- An Introduction "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P1/4 WWI22:06The Macchi M.5 and wartime aircraft exchangeNotable Point
- An Introduction "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P1/4 WWI25:43Curtiss H-12: a durable international flying-boat designNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:13:08The operational case and political trap of medium US carriersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:25:21US and British carrier doctrine were built for different fleetsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:42:35Doris Miller and the politics of ship namingNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:03:09The Mark VI patrol boat's role problemQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:03:56Why the Fletcher fit US Pacific doctrineQ&A
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister41:11National presence within allied collective strengthNotable Point
- An Introduction to Admiral Somerville & Force H – Part 1 Admiral Somerville31:00The Washington mission behind British Pacific cooperationNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers18:09The multinational mid-ocean escort systemNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A4:09Reading warship histories through national perspectivesChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A29:53Could the United States use a two-tier carrier fleet?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A51:31The Erie class and treaty loopholes for small warshipsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:37:54Fleet culture is shaped by ship type and manning pressureQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:04:29Carrier growth makes a two-tier fleet attractiveQ&A
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 310:05Seawolf cuts trade short-term savings for future scarcityNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 315:25The Great White Fleet was obsolete but not uselessNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 318:43Dreadnought and Zumwalt as innovation signalsNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war20:20The Admirable class and the overloaded minesweeper problemChapter
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war23:40Elco PT boats, PT-109, and field modificationChapter
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war56:49Destroyer conversions shaped American minesweeper expectationsNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war1:22:41Destroyer escorts versus wartime frigatesQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:03:44Higgins PT boats traded numbers for toughnessQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:06:49Sustaining the Des Moines class's rapid eight-inch fireQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:20:03How holding Hawaii would stretch American logisticsNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 1 of 212:15Admirable-class minesweepers packed escort weapons into a small hullNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 1 of 223:14Elco 80-foot PT boats worked best as ambush predatorsNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 1 of 232:51Elco S-class gunboats traded torpedoes for concentrated automatic fireNotable Point
- Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style4:11American yards adapt Victorious for heavier aircraftNotable Point
- Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style5:51Victorious and Saratoga divide strike and fighter rolesNotable Point
- Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style23:15Indomitable repeatedly draws on American repair capacityNotable Point
- Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style30:20American capacity outweighs differences in naval standardsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A19:46A fleet book can be useful while still showing its limitsChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A29:38A US Navy aircraft reference recovers overlooked patrol designsChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A33:16The New Orleans class tried to be too many thingsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A58:24Not every naval book works equally well in audioQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:04:46America-class ships show the politics of ski jumpsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:24:17LCS suffers from being sold as a Swiss Army knifeQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:02:24HMS Victorious showed British and American carriers could work togetherQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:05:57Paddlewheel carriers protected frontline training capacityQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:26:32Peacetime warships do not show their full electronic handQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…40:55Wasp and America class amphibious-ship tradeoffsQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…56:02Nuclear propulsion as a global power demonstrationNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:33:23The Great White Fleet and the US Navy's arrivalQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…2:10:25A two-tier US carrier fleetNotable Point
- An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)6:30USS Spearfish and submarine sea denialNotable Point
- An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)18:11USS Winston S. Churchill and a one-size-fits-all fleetNotable Point
- An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)20:06USS Enterprise and nuclear-carrier presenceNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 333:29Carrier deployment fails to secure redress from ChinaNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A17:56War Plan Orange as a guide to American Pacific strategyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A19:17The Zero's design bargain and the Thach WeaveNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:01:44Japan's strategic dependence on an Anglo-American partnerQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:39:59Why Britain and America kept contingency plans against each otherNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:16:07Why Cleveland-class cruisers carried larger crews than TownsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:52:05Why American formations adapted better in Pacific battlesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:00:55Britain or America alone against JapanQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:11:27Why the Royal Navy modified American escort carriersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:12:20The most well-rounded fleets from 1935 to 1946Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:25:16Foreign observers at Royal Navy exercisesQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:03:04How large cruisers absorbed battlecruiser workQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:07:28Why the Alaska class remained large cruisersQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:20:56The Zumwalt class as a modern battlecruiser analogueQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:25:45How the Lexington battlecruisers might have foughtQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A7:58Choosing a Daring over a GearingQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A8:47All-or-nothing armor in US battleshipsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A18:14Aircraft standardization for Operation DownfallQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A41:56The local navies that matter in the South China SeaQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A50:25Comparing wartime underway replenishmentQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A59:31Why a modern Washington Naval Treaty would struggleQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:06:31Why the early US Navy favored coastal defenseQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:19:24Why Danish modularity worked where LCS struggledQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:24:13From ballistic-missile submarines to SSGNs and SEAL carriersNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:34:21Why Fletcher is the favorite US Navy destroyerQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:37:22Why Fletcher suited the US Navy but not the Royal NavyQ&A
- Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 192924:19Carrier deck capacity turned fleet aviation into a timing problemChapter
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history55:12Why the US Navy chose an off-the-shelf frigateQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:27:24British and American wartime command culturesNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie13:53The disputed British contribution to Allied carrier proceduresNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie14:37British and American interwar carrier experimentsChapter
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie16:56Why similar carrier exercises produced different doctrinesQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:06:12Did other navies independently reach the armoured carrier?Q&A
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:13:39Questioning a forecast of carrier losses off JapanNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A20:33British repairs still competed for space in American yardsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A29:34FREMM offered the US Navy a low-risk frigate starting pointQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:06:15A pre-war Anglo-American naval balance turned on timingQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:20:29Spruance and Vian faced different command burdensQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:26:32Mitscher preferred, Fletcher respected, and Halsey criticisedQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 0: Update & Some Amphibious Questions Answered9:40Riskable did not mean disposableQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 0: Update & Some Amphibious Questions Answered59:21Why an Anglo-Japanese coalition alarmed US plannersQ&A
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iii)1:40How three LST marks divided the design problemChapter
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iii)17:00The LST Mark II made ocean-going tank lift practicalChapter
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(i)4:27Why interwar amphibious plans lacked landing shipsChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 137:03Higgins designs and Anglo-American landing-craft exchangeChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:25:57How separate were American and British landing-craft designs?Q&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:38:48Why Europe and the Pacific needed different craftQ&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?49:00Did the US and Royal Navies value destroyers differently?Q&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:04:42A Danish patrol-ship lesson for the Littoral Combat ShipNotable Point
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:07:08Why torpedoes defined interwar destroyersNotable Point
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!38:12Why American yards could not solve every British Pacific repair problemQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:35:54British and American sustained air operations convergeQ&A
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)49:06Fleet-train ambitions versus merchant-shipping demandsNotable Point