Comments by "COL BEAUSABRE" (@colbeausabre8842) on "The Drydock - Episode 001" video.

  1. I think the reason that Tesla was given a cold shoulder by the USN was that guided torpedoes were seen as coast defense mission. And coast defense belonged to the Army (the Army laid controlled minefields and had a fleet of mine planters to emplace and maintain them, so land based torpedoes, particularly guided ones, would be similar. After all, a torpedo is just a mobile mine)
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  2. Actually, the Long Lance was the Type 93, a surface ship weapon. The types 91 and 4 were the aerial torpedoes and the types 92. 95 and 96 the submarine weapons.
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  3. It could be a dead stop, if they managed to wrap around the props and shafts. That was navies got ride of them, if the devices holding them out of the way were destroyed in battle, you could become immobilized. The nets were a case of the Good Idea Faerie striking
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  4. Based on the rule in International Law that it is legal to fly the colors of another nation as a ruse de guerre. BUT, you have to haul them down and hoist your own before opening fire. "Hoist the colors, FIRE!"
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  5. Because of something called Coast Artillery. The Canal was such an obvious place to attack that it was crawling with soldiers, covered with sea coast and ant-aircraft batteries, had a lot (by 1941 standards) of aircraft and had naval forces as well. Any incoming ships would be picked up well out to sea and tracked all the way in. Both sides of the Canal had Harbor Entrance Control Posts, which controlled traffic on the local approaches. Any wrong move or failing to follow their instructions and you'd be blown out of the water, no questions asked. Don't forget, not everybody was blind as a General Short. Plus, for decades, the US Army assumed the Canal would be first to be attacked, so the aggressive members of the US Army, the ones who wanted to fight, enlisted for a Canal Zone assignment. I've been told that the men in Panama considered the Japanese to be especially evil for attacking Pearl and not the Canal. There wouldn't have been the sort of peace time mentality and hesitation in Panama that you saw elsewhere The Harbor Defenses of Balboa, Panama (Panama Canal Zone, Pacific Side) FORT KOBBE (ex-Ft. Bruja)/ Bruja Point /Howard AFB to Panama 1999/ KK Murray/2/16″ /BCLRN/1926-1948/Bruja Pt., casemated-WWII Haan/2/16″ /BCLRN/1926-1948/Batele Pt., not casemated, empl. buried AMTB #6/4/90 mm/F/1943-1948 Z (3A) FORT AMADOR / Balboa / to Panama, 1997; commercial development /K Birney/2/ 6″/DC/1913-1943/buried Smith/2/ 6″/DC/1913-1943/buried FORT GRANT /Balboa /to Panama, 1979 private development /MD, MC /KK Newton/1/16″/DC/1914-1943/Perico Is., filled to loading platform level Buell/2/14″/DC/1912-1948/Naos Is. Burnside/2/14″/DC/1912-1948/Naos Is./ Warren/2/14″/DC/1912-1948/Flaminco Is., empls. filled to parapit edge Prince/4/12″/M/1912-1943/Flaminco Is. Merritt/4/12″/M/1912-1943/Flaminco Is. Carr/4/12″/M/1912-1943/Flaminco Is. Parke/2/ 6″/DC/1912-1948/Naos Is. #8/2/14″/RY/1928-1948/Culebra Is., empl (see #1, Randolph), covered T/2/155 mm/PM//Flamenco Is. U (10A)/2/155 mm/PM//Flamenco Is. V(10B)/2/155 mm/PM//Culebra Is. Other sites /? W (1B)/4/155 mm/PM//Taboquilla Is. 2B/2/155 mm/PM//Taboquilla Is. unnamed/4/155 mm/PM//Paitilla Pt. X/2/155 m/PM//Urara Is. Y (1A)/4/155 mm/PM//Taboga Is The Harbor Defenses of Cristobal, Panama (Panama Canal Zone, Atlantic side ) FORT RANDOLPH / Margarita Island / 1911 to Panama, 1979; commercial development / KK Webb /2/14″/ DC /1912-1948 #1/2/14″/ RY / 1928-1948 / 2 guns for Panama, 4 empl. (#1 & #8) 1 empl. destroyed Tidball /4/12″ / M /1912-1943 Zalinski /4/12″/ M /1912-1943 Weed /2/ 6″/ DC /1912-1946 X(4A) /4/155 mm / PM /1940 2C / 4 /155 mm / PM 5A / 4 /155 mm / PM FORT DeLESSEPS /Colon / 1911 /to Panama, 1950s /KK Morgan/2/ 6″/P /1913-1944/modified casemate mounts M1910 AMTB #3b/4/90 mm/F/1943-1948/Cristobal mole, built over FORT SHERMAN / Toro Point / 1911 / MD, MC /to Panama 1999/KK #151/2/16″/CBC/NB Mower/1/14″/DC/1912-1948 Stanley/1/14″/DC/1912-1948 Howard/4/12″/M/1912-1943 Baird/4/12″/M/1912-1943 Pratt/2/12″/BCLR/1924-1948/Iglesia Pt., casemated-WWII MacKenzie/2/12″/BCLR/1924-1948/Iglesia Pt., not rebuilt Kilpatrick/2/ 6″/DC/1913-1946 W/4/155 mm/PM/1940 Other sites / ? U/4/155 mm/PM/1918/Tortuguilla Point V/4/155 mm/PM/1940/Naranjitos Point Y/4/155 mm/PM/1940/Palma Media Island Z(1A)/4/155 mm/PM/1940/Galetta Is. 1B/4/155 mm/PM//Galetta Is.
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  6. Hornblower, of course. CS Forester started the genre. Bolitho series by Kent, Aubrey Series, Ramage series. For Hornblower's soldier half-brother, the Sharpe series. Always wanted to write a series about a Royal Marine officer in the Napoleonic Wars - better get off my tail and get going
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