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This channel is dedicated to the men and machines of the United States Navy and their service during the Second World War. Join us as we dive into the riveting stories, remarkable achievements, and pivotal moments that shaped the Navy's role in the most significant conflict of the 20th century. Each and every ship, and indeed every man, that served has a story to tell, and my warship guides focus on giving them the spotlight that they deserve.
From the Pacific to the Atlantic, we'll uncover the bravery, sacrifice, and innovation displayed by sailors, officers and airmen alike, as they navigated treacherous waters and fought against formidable foes. Whether you're a history enthusiast, a military buff, or simply curious about this pivotal era, this channel promises to illuminate the untold tales and extraordinary valor of the U.S. Navy during World War II. Please subscribe and embark on a journey through history with us!
From the Pacific to the Atlantic, we'll uncover the bravery, sacrifice, and innovation displayed by sailors, officers and airmen alike, as they navigated treacherous waters and fought against formidable foes. Whether you're a history enthusiast, a military buff, or simply curious about this pivotal era, this channel promises to illuminate the untold tales and extraordinary valor of the U.S. Navy during World War II. Please subscribe and embark on a journey through history with us!
USS New Mexico BB 40 - "The Queen of the Seas"
USS New Mexico (BB-40) was the lead ship of her class. Nicknamed the “Queen”, she was one of the most advanced warships afloat when she was commissioned into the US Navy in 1918. And, although she didn’t get a chance to prove herself during World War 1, she saw plenty of action in the Pacific during the 2nd World War and collected 6 battle stars for her efforts.
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USS O'Bannon DD 450 - "The Lucky O"
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USS O’Bannon (DD 450) is one of the most decorated ships in the history of the United States Navy, having received the Presidential Unit Citation and 17 battle stars for her service during World War 2, and 3 more battle stars for the Korean War. She was named after Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon, the legendary Marine who led the successful attack at the Battle of Derna during the First Barbary War...
USS Saratoga CV 3 - "The Definition of Resilient"
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USS Saratoga played a pivotal role in the evolution of naval aviation for the United States Navy and throughout her career she served as a vital component of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Nicknamed Sara, Sister Sara, and the Sara Maru, she was the 5th vessel in the history of the United States Navy to bear the name of the famous Revolutionary War battle that resulted in the surrender of an entire Bri...
USS Astoria CA 34 - "The Nasty Asty and The Battle of Savo Island"
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Learn about USS Astoria CA 34, known as "The Nasty Asty," and her role in the Pacific War during World War II. Discover the history of this historic ship and its involvement in the Battle of Savo Island. This video is dedicated to the officers and enlisted men of the USS Astoria, USS Quincy, USS Vincennes and HMAS Canberra who lost their lives during the Battle of Savo Island and the days there...
USS Indianapolis CA 35 - "Going in Harm's Way"
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USS Indianapolis CA-35 The loss of USS Indianapolis is one of the darkest episodes in the history of the United States Navy. But within her career, loss and the subsequent tragedy that befell her survivors, there are examples of extraordinary valor and sacrifice that deserve to be remembered. Indianapolis, affectionately nicknamed Indy by her crew, served as the flagship of the greatest naval a...
USS Radford DD 446 - "The Kula Gulf Savior"
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USS Radford was the 2nd destroyer of the Fletcher-class to be built and was named in honor of Rear Admiral William Radford, who commanded an Ironclad Division during the American Civil War. Radford is one of the most decorated ships to ever serve in the United States Navy. She saw action throughout the Pacific during World War II, as well as the Korean and Vietnam Wars, but her most well-known ...
USS Trout & The Gold Rush of 1942
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USS Trout (SS-202) was a Tambor-class submarine that played a pivotal role in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Commissioned on 15 November 1940, Trout went on to complete 10 war patrols between 1941 and 1944. Her most legendary exploit was delivering ammunition to the besieged American forces on Corregidor in early 1942, then, transporting 20 tons of gold bars and silver pesos from the ...
USS Strong & The US Navy's One Man Army
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USS Strong was a Fletcher-class destroyer that was named in honor of Rear Admiral James H. Strong, who famously rammed the Confederate Ironclad Tennessee during the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864. Strong was commissioned in August 1942, but her career was cut short less than a year later in the Solomons by a Japanese torpedo, and in the aftermath, one of her officers, Lieutenant Hugh B. Miller wo...
USS Pennsylvania BB 38 - "The Flagship of the Fleet"
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USS Pennsylvania BB 38 - "The Flagship of the Fleet"
USS Kidd DD 661 - "The Pirate of the Pacific"
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USS Kidd DD 661 - "The Pirate of the Pacific"
USS Houston CA-30 - "The Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast"
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USS Houston CA-30 - "The Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast"
USS Laffey DD-724 - "The Ship That Would Not Die"
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USS Laffey DD-724 - "The Ship That Would Not Die"
USS William D Porter - Was She Really That Unlucky?
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USS William D Porter - Was She Really That Unlucky?
USS Tennessee (BB-43) - "The Fire Support Guru"
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USS Tennessee (BB-43) - "The Fire Support Guru"
USS Hornet (CV 8) - The Carrier That Stung the Japanese
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USS Hornet (CV 8) - The Carrier That Stung the Japanese
An Aircraft Carrier Under Attack: USS Enterprise at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons
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An Aircraft Carrier Under Attack: USS Enterprise at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons
The Alaska Class - "Large Cruiser or Battlecruiser?"
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The Alaska Class - "Large Cruiser or Battlecruiser?"
USS South Dakota BB 49 - The Original SoDak Class
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USS South Dakota BB 49 - The Original SoDak Class
Operation Hailstone - Attacking the Gibraltar of the Pacific
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Operation Hailstone - Attacking the Gibraltar of the Pacific
USS Ranger CV 4 - No Conversion Necessary
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USS Ranger CV 4 - No Conversion Necessary
USS Helena CL 50 - The Machine Gun Cruiser
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USS Helena CL 50 - The Machine Gun Cruiser
The West Loch Story - Pearl Harbor's 2nd Great Tragedy
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The West Loch Story - Pearl Harbor's 2nd Great Tragedy
USS Nevada - Revolutionary & Resilient
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USS Nevada - Revolutionary & Resilient
USS Iowa - The Battleship of Presidents
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USS Iowa - The Battleship of Presidents
“Alright, who’s not dead?” - Admiral Kurita
Thanks you for your leadership,and service to your men!
How in the fu@k does something like this even happen if it were constructed properly it shouldn’t have been possible for this to happen shoddy construction is all I can say
What an interesting story about Newark not wanting to scrap the ship. Truth really is stranger than fiction sometimes. Thanks for the video.
Named after my home state! That clipper now sure was pretty and those 12, 14”-50caliber main guns could do some damage.
The invasion would’ve been horrific
When you get so beyond pissed you sink an entire island:
That is actually Uss Northampton
Sadly, the Darter was sunk.
I have conned my guided missile destroyer in reverse for some distance, but never in a critical situation faced by Pittsburg. It was fun! You have to remember the engine and rudder orders are reversed too.
no stolen valor here but the vice presidential pick Tim Walz using stolen valor it's OK
Did the boarders capture the Enigma?
I grew up in the Pittsburgh area! Like the great city of Pittsburgh, the ship named after her is STRONG! 💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛GO NAVY! 🫡🫡🫡⚓️⛵️⚓️🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
I have studied WWII naval history my whole life. I was appointed to Annapolis in 1975. I know almost every word that has been written about the whole war. I have never heard of this before.
And Darter and Dace were both lost.
Outstanding!🫡
Collin Route
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Compro 500.000 navios dessa classe para a marinha do Brasil Rio de Janeiro niteroi Brasil
Compro 500.000 navios dessa classe para a marinha do Brasil Rio de Janeiro niteroi Brasil
OUTSTANDING!!
The bow being "removed" with no casualties reminds me of lizards dropping their tails to preserve themselves. They then would grow new tails.
I was a Bosun during my career in the Navy. I was blessed to have served aboard the newest version of USS O’Bannon during my time. DD987 was obviously quite a bit different than the 4 stacker and this Fletcher class DD that came before us, but the lineage was never forgotten. Thank you Shipmates for all that you did for our country during the war efforts that required so much from so many including incredible efforts by our Allies !
A great ship in two wars. Always did her job/orders.
Crossing the T makes no sense in twentieth century naval warfare. You would be exposing your broadest profile of your ship to the enemy and all he has to do to aim his guns is fire directly in front of him while you, as the moving object, have to constantly adjust your aim at the enemy's narrowest profile.
The Fletchers are great boats! Tough little bastards.
The potato incident was later found to have been fabricated.
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Why don't aliens visit us "average human argument"
Why would he be denied the medal 🎖️?
5"/38s are mounts not turrets!
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Served 87 till 91
My dad James L Page was on the O'Bannon during Korea I was about 3 or 4 when mom and I took a train to Cal. for the recommissioning ceremony. Dad was a retread and a hard core " Tin Can " sailor. He had served on the Kirkpatrick from 43-45 and re upped in July of '50. His station was in CIC plot. I have a large full color picture of the 450 . I didn't even know it existed until after we lost dad in "91. Mom said that they had forgotten about it because they put it up because they were afraid I would take it to school and get it torn up.
Sad end to a proud lady.
Three japanese imperial navy heavy cruisers were sunk... Three others heavily damaged. Many hundreds of Japanese and aircraft gun crews were killed because the United States destroyer's industry or escorts rapid-fire 5 inch guns, peppered the superstructure and upper decks of these big ships, with so many shells so quickly.The japanese were dumbfounded. The US lost 2 destroyers, one destroyer escort.And one escort carrier... We lost more people than we lost during the battle of midway actually. Hats off to the pilots that day on the escort carriers and the cruise of the carriers who launched anything with wings no matter how much or how little ammunition or what bombs it had or didn't have on board. Pilots lined up onto the japanese ships and open their bombay doors or open torpedo doors which caused the japanese to think they were being attacked and caused them to take Evasive action, Even though the american pilots didn't even have anything on board their airplane to use as a weapon they were faking... Doing anything they could do to buy time for help to come and for the little escort carriers to try to get away. It was a team fight... A proud day for the United States navy, where the average sailor Had to make up for some bad decisions.By the american admirals that day who got greedy chasing big japanese carriers off in the far distance
Amazing.
It amazes me that if the yanks did something but when it was the Australian troops it was oh the allies Yanks have tunnel vision as if they are the only ones
You're just jealous.
The story is about a ship.
Yes , yanks provided 85% of the logistics, food , and weapons of all sizes shapes and lethality to the Allies, Allies did provide some logistics and weapons but mostly they're man power .so blow me
"It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." I guess his actions were too embarrassing??
My next door neighbor William " Bill" Ritter was on the Aaron Ward. His father had fougjt for the Austrians in World War 1 and he was raised in New Yotk City. He died in 2008. He use to go to his reunion I wanaa say every few years. He was awareded a Bronze Star with a V device for kicking the 40 mm and 5 inch gun shells over board as they were jamming up the deck. He was blown over board and spent 3 days in the water after one of the Kamikaze hit. They then sailed back to New York City all the way around the world. I remember they had a ship that fired rockets that got hit and went up like a roman candle. Now my mind is cloudy since he passed almost 20 years ago. His wife Irna an Austrian war refugee died in 2022. He was a great man, worked in Hermans sporting goods in Glen Oaks till he retired. Bill died from Alzheimers. But he never forgot those days. Thanks for making this.
My Uncle was a Pilot of Kingfishers in Funa Futi, Tuvalu. He and a wingman were on patrol searching for the crew of a reconnaissance bomber including WW I Ace of Aces, Eddie Rickenbacker. Late into the search they found a part of the crew. My Uncle was lower on fuel so it was decided that HE would return to base to get help ... ( NO RADIO ALLOWED) ... The Squadron's CO returned and the airman they could not fit in the ACFT were lashed to the Wing... the Skipper then water taxi'd nearly 10 nms to a PT boat. Coincidentally, All three of the pilots (including my Uncle) would retrain and transfer to CARRIER Squadrons... None of the three would live to see the end of the war.
Good history!
NEVER FORGET
Reno Nv. U.S.A.!!!
Makes for a terrible end to a great story but the battleships didn't sink anything. The three Japanese ships all withdrew. Yamashiro was torpedoed (again) while withdrawing, while Mogami collided with Nachi and was later sunk. Shigure escaped.
The Pearl Battleships settled the score….. but Halsey, the egomaniac, should have left the South Dakota’s and Iowa’s to deal with the Center Force instead of chasing Carriers with no planes. He knew the Center Force was just there. If those brave tin cans didn’t sacrifice themselves fighting like Archangel’s countless Marines would have been massacred. I’m no Admiral, but there was no reason you needed the battle wagons chasing the carriers. He had ~600 planes!!
The Penn was the reason my family moved from NYC to California. He served 34 years, several tours on the penn