Comments by "Tom in Iowa" (@tominiowa2513) on "The Drydock - Episode 140" video.

  1. Regarding declassified information, the really interesting stuff is likely from Operation Paperclip, which the USG has classified for 100 years (so not released to 2045 at the earliest, barring a high level executive branch decision to release it earlier).
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  2. Drydock question for The Drydock. Was the preference for drydocks to be built with floor elevations above high tide sea level, between high and low tide sea level, or below low tide sea level? The first alternative would have the advantages of not having to constantly dewater seepage, design the side walls for external hydrostatic pressure, and no need to control under-seepage to prevent a quick condition below the drydock, but the disadvantages of having to pump water in to float ships, and structurally designing the walls to hold back internal hydrostatic pressure. The last alternative would of course have the inverse advantages of the first, but with the further disadvantage of needing a large cofferdam and significant dewatering during construction. The middle alternative, is surprise, a middle ground.
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  3.  @kaustubhillindala2643  - Most officers charged and convicted of treason (almost all of whom were innocent). At least in the era from Lenin/Trotsky to Malenkov/Beria - when ethnic Russians (rather than people who hated Russians) started running the Soviet Union everything improved dramatically.
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