Talking Battleships with William "Bill" Garzke Jr. - Author, Naval Historian and Architect
118In an exclusive interview with Bearing Straight, William “Bill” Garzke, Jr. talks battleships and Bismarck, as well as his favorite class of battleship. In a long career that started as staff naval architect with Gibbs & Cox, Inc., Bill Garzke worked with his co-author Robert O. Dulin, Jr. to produce several of the most authoritative histories of the world’s built, designed, and projected battleships and battlecruisers. His work with Dr. Robert Ballard as a technical consultant on the discovery of Bismarck resulted in his latest battleship book.
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Timecodes:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:25 - Education / Early Career
0:09:03 - Battleship Book Trilogy
0:32:56 - Ship Wrecks / Titanic / Underwater Archaeology
0:47:03 - His name is James Cameron, The bravest pioneer, No budget too steep, No sea too deep
0:50:48 - Battleship Bismarck Book
1:04:31 - Bob Dulin's Passing
1:06:00 - Return to Form / New Editions of Allied and Axis Battleships
1:17:57 - What's Your Favorite Battleship?
1:19:12 - Battleship Iowa's Top Speed
1:21:02 - There is No Such Thing as an Unsinkable Ship
1:23:42 - Conclusion