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  • čas přidán 14. 01. 2019
  • A fishing trawler may seem like an easy target for a powerful U.S. submarine - but these were the early days of the Pacific War, and even Japanese civilian boats were armed to the teeth.
    From the Series: Hell Below: In Enemy Waters bit.ly/2uiYkHM

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  • @drinks1019
    @drinks1019 Před 5 lety +7295

    Imagine the captains combat report:
    “One man dead and one wounded. One Japanese fishing boat destroyed.”

  • @averystonedbear3751
    @averystonedbear3751 Před 5 lety +4433

    Wow, that alaskan crab fishing show is getting tense

  • @DrThunder88
    @DrThunder88 Před 4 lety +807

    "That fishing boat has a machine gun!"
    "Aw jeez. Why can't they use nets like a normal fishing boat?"

    • @nocturnaljoe9543
      @nocturnaljoe9543 Před 3 lety +14

      Crew man: "Sir, the target has been hit."
      Captain: "What's that noise?"
      *BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI!*

    • @addiumuppicus5738
      @addiumuppicus5738 Před 3 lety +4

      This what happens when you're armed and are attacked. You defend yourself . Imagine that concept . .

    • @toasterhavingabath6980
      @toasterhavingabath6980 Před 3 lety +8

      @@addiumuppicus5738 are you unfamiliar with the concept of jokes

    • @estefanbredel7220
      @estefanbredel7220 Před 3 lety +2

      because the enemy is hunting fishing boats

    • @darkguardian1314
      @darkguardian1314 Před 3 lety +1

      Interestingly, rail mounted guns are very effective.
      US ships uses them today to combat pirates.

  • @nohacksjustgood1522
    @nohacksjustgood1522 Před 4 lety +365

    This scene literally made a fight between a fully loaded military submarine and Tojo the fisherman look epic

    • @williamt.sherman9841
      @williamt.sherman9841 Před 3 lety +13

      fights like that are epic. Subs are not that powerful other than toropedo armaments' and never underestimate a armed merchant ship/trawler.
      You may not know this but during world war two lack of escorts often resulted in Armed Trawlers being used to escort convoys.

    • @pretzelbomb6105
      @pretzelbomb6105 Před 3 lety +7

      @@williamt.sherman9841 If you really think about it, a lot of the differences between purpose-built combat vessels and jury-rigged merchant marines were rendered moot points by convoy duty. A cargo ship with a gun strapped to the deck and the U.S.S. City Name are going to take a torpedo the same way and chances are their crews were about equal experience-wise.

  • @rachdarastrix5251
    @rachdarastrix5251 Před 5 lety +2194

    Fishing boat: "Not worth the torpedo??! You dare insult my ship!"

    • @shaneskeffington9768
      @shaneskeffington9768 Před 4 lety +37

      The Dishonored Coward if they had used it the one man would still be alive too

    • @rachdarastrix5251
      @rachdarastrix5251 Před 4 lety +62

      @@shaneskeffington9768 Probably not, after all that was 80 years ago, and from what I studied humans don't live very long.

    • @Miscelanou
      @Miscelanou Před 4 lety +9

      @@rachdarastrix5251 that took me a second haha

    • @dknowles60
      @dknowles60 Před 4 lety +10

      the us made crapy torpedo's in early WW2. a torpedo may have not worked

    • @tapist3482
      @tapist3482 Před 4 lety +7

      @@shaneskeffington9768 First of all, attempting to sink a civilization ship itself should not be justified. Even it's armed with light weapons.

  • @RevReverend
    @RevReverend Před 5 lety +1341

    New boat on World of Warships: Japanese fishing boat equipped with two light machine guns

  • @neoxenoz3262
    @neoxenoz3262 Před 4 lety +741

    How demoralizing it was for the crew that they had an intense fight and lost one man to a fishing boat.

    • @peterson7082
      @peterson7082 Před 4 lety +2

      Well a Q-ship.

    • @anthonyrosa5006
      @anthonyrosa5006 Před 4 lety +52

      You see the hats, They were at least merchant marine and armed. When you get shot I dont think you will care if the bullet came from an armed picket ship or a frigate. You are just as dead and your record will read lost in combat with the enemy just the same.

    • @64MDW
      @64MDW Před 4 lety +4

      Yeah...an armed enemy trawler that was shooting at them.

    • @temeria1986
      @temeria1986 Před 3 lety +7

      I can take a gun on my bicycle, doesnt make it less lethal.

    • @ScubaShark--8964
      @ScubaShark--8964 Před 3 lety +2

      @@temeria1986 *_Nor me using a gun without any vehicle, just bare feet._*

  • @remigiuszdarmach4233
    @remigiuszdarmach4233 Před 4 lety +1545

    Submarine: starts shooting
    Fisherman: shoot back
    Submarine: that's illegal!

  • @godly04
    @godly04 Před 5 lety +796

    The fishing boat was promoted to general - that's why.

    • @arrowup8711
      @arrowup8711 Před 4 lety +13

      God I love this

    • @Bob3519
      @Bob3519 Před 4 lety +6

      Um..... Admiral. (sorry, I just had to be that guy.) 😁

    • @pixelbot3082
      @pixelbot3082 Před 4 lety +3

      C&C?

    • @sowpmactavish
      @sowpmactavish Před 4 lety +4

      This is a game reference

    • @jonathanfairchild
      @jonathanfairchild Před 4 lety +2

      I think the price he's referring to was the price of a human life. I could be misunderstanding what you're referring to though

  • @Shadowkey392
    @Shadowkey392 Před 5 lety +1268

    “So, what did you do in the war?”
    “We used a new weapon on, took out, and captured a German U-Boat!”
    “We used our scuttling charges to destroy an important Japanese rail line!”
    “We...got into a shootout with a fishing boat.”
    “...”
    “...”
    “...”

    • @danksanchez4324
      @danksanchez4324 Před 4 lety +99

      _And they were beating us for a second_

    • @antonioferrari241
      @antonioferrari241 Před 4 lety +21

      Man! No wonder they thought bombing Pearl Harbor was a good idea.

    • @lolwutyoumad
      @lolwutyoumad Před 4 lety +12

      Shadowkey392 LRon Hubbard bombed Mexico during the war
      The weren’t at war with Mexico

    • @Luca-ok6sw
      @Luca-ok6sw Před 4 lety +20

      lolwutyoumad fun fact: USA bombed a city in Switzerland during ww2 because they thought it was German

    • @snakeeateerrrrr
      @snakeeateerrrrr Před 4 lety +4

      “COOL!”

  • @sniperwidch9975
    @sniperwidch9975 Před 3 lety +58

    Alternate title-heavily armed sub misses dozens of shots at a slow fishing boat and ends up losing a man

  • @remigiuszdarmach4233
    @remigiuszdarmach4233 Před 4 lety +251

    Submarine: starts shooting
    Fisherman: Hiroshi, get the mashinegun!

  • @evanw346
    @evanw346 Před 5 lety +4466

    What brings you to heaven?
    Oh some fishermen with a machine gun.
    A what?

    • @sojourner.
      @sojourner. Před 4 lety +209

      Vietnam war in a nutshell

    • @j.franklin21
      @j.franklin21 Před 4 lety +12

      Rambo.

    • @bradbutcher3984
      @bradbutcher3984 Před 4 lety +22

      Ernest Hemingway carried a Tommy gun to dispatch sharks before WWII. Then used his fishing boat and TG to patrol on his own during the war.

    • @ahblyat4296
      @ahblyat4296 Před 4 lety +1

      @@sojourner. somevody say Vietnam just summon me

    • @odtuhan
      @odtuhan Před 4 lety +1

      War time

  • @MRTN13
    @MRTN13 Před 5 lety +1571

    Be aware folks. There are still dangerous Fishing Boats out there

  • @richardvonpingel2379
    @richardvonpingel2379 Před 4 lety +968

    You have to admire the determination of the Japanese crewmen.

    • @prabhanieliyanage6860
      @prabhanieliyanage6860 Před 3 lety +9

      Of course

    • @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935
      @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 Před 3 lety +15

      There would be no thought of picking up survivors.

    • @thegoat5587
      @thegoat5587 Před 3 lety +2

      @I Hate Toy Story 4 idk

    • @OrbitFallenAngel
      @OrbitFallenAngel Před 3 lety +52

      @I Hate Toy Story 4 because we were at WAR with Japan at the time...and unfortunately the Japanese were a bit psycho and would literally fight to the death.
      Plus, it wasn't an innocent fishing trawler, they could all still radio back to an Japanese warship of the United State's Submarine location...
      So they had to be taken out..

    • @jonathanwoo1533
      @jonathanwoo1533 Před 3 lety +17

      @I Hate Toy Story 4 It was to end the war. It was the only thing that would get Japan to surrender, noone was happy that so many people died even the bomber who dropped the bomb wasn't happy. The Japanese have alot to apologize for too.

  • @adnitesean5005
    @adnitesean5005 Před 4 lety +173

    "It does matter who's got the biggest stick, but it matters a lot more who's swinging it"

  • @billhuber2964
    @billhuber2964 Před 5 lety +1841

    Never underestimate your enemy.

    • @keenislander9897
      @keenislander9897 Před 4 lety +33

      Bill Huber that’s true it’s like saying that super large ship is very powerful too, when it only has a couple machine guns to it, or saying that small battleship is weak, when it has one of the most powerful shells in the world

    • @LynX-xe2jb
      @LynX-xe2jb Před 4 lety +13

      German during the Battle of Britain, hmmmm

    • @Venezolano410
      @Venezolano410 Před 4 lety +22

      @Bill Huber
      That's something you Americans always do then you people invent a conspiracy theory to explain your failure.

    • @sheetbuffalo1348
      @sheetbuffalo1348 Před 4 lety +9

      Shadowmancer Know that only some of us try to hide our failures and that the others will admit it, Don’t try to compare us as a whole and learn that there’s two sides to each story.

    • @Venezolano410
      @Venezolano410 Před 4 lety +15

      @SheetBuffalo134
      With Americans, there is only one side to the story... their side.

  • @airwick4u
    @airwick4u Před 5 lety +4951

    How Greenpeace imagines itself when going after Japanese whalers

    • @Losingsince
      @Losingsince Před 5 lety +157

      That’s Sea Shepherd

    • @BenKuleshov
      @BenKuleshov Před 5 lety +55

      @@Losingsince offshoot of greenpeace

    • @Joesolo13
      @Joesolo13 Před 5 lety +79

      @@BenKuleshov yea and America is an Offshoot of the UK. Things have names for a reason

    • @BenKuleshov
      @BenKuleshov Před 5 lety +11

      @@Joesolo13 nah, look into the history of the organizations before commenting about them.

    • @BenKuleshov
      @BenKuleshov Před 5 lety +29

      @Baron Von Grijffenbourg They are both radical evils that make it harder for conservation in the long run.

  • @hindolmukherjee1191
    @hindolmukherjee1191 Před 4 lety +20

    The level of Japanese patriotism is truly breath-taking 😮

    • @tapist3482
      @tapist3482 Před 4 lety +1

      If you're being shot at by someone and you happen to have a machine gun in hand I guess you'll do the same.

    • @hindolmukherjee1191
      @hindolmukherjee1191 Před 4 lety +3

      @@tapist3482 not if I am in a fishing boat fighting a superior enemy

  • @aenguscupid4102
    @aenguscupid4102 Před 4 lety +30

    When the Free to play player proves skills can beat premium users.

  • @CommanderMcCool
    @CommanderMcCool Před 4 lety +979

    When it comes to whale protection, Greenpeace doesn't hesitate

    • @olorin1710
      @olorin1710 Před 4 lety +26

      True. Imagine how much damage USA military was doing to whales back then. At least now they just damage the whales brains with sonor and other harmful frequencies.

    • @Kaga184
      @Kaga184 Před 4 lety +19

      They even used a klingon bird of prey to rescue 2 whales.

    • @paigerowland474
      @paigerowland474 Před 4 lety +2

      @@olorin1710 yes indeed

    • @romulodecastrodasilva5863
      @romulodecastrodasilva5863 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Kaga184 And worked well!

    • @randomamerican5065
      @randomamerican5065 Před 3 lety +1

      @Romulo de castro da silva captin! We’ve got Wales here!

  • @Slemoster
    @Slemoster Před 5 lety +372

    I imagine you don’t want to be the captain that got your sub sunk or captured by a fishing boat.

    • @fayaneely-pauls3045
      @fayaneely-pauls3045 Před 5 lety +16

      I'll be ashamed and embarrassed 😂

    • @andrewzheng4038
      @andrewzheng4038 Před 4 lety +3

      Id die of embarassment

    • @michaelboyko5024
      @michaelboyko5024 Před rokem +1

      This is not fictional, one U-boat was run over by a cargo ship after even being hit by a torpedo, and though not sank immediately, the U-boat suffered huge damage and was sunk by a destroyer within an hour or so

    • @ritparent7239
      @ritparent7239 Před rokem +3

      There's another episode where machine gun fire causes enough damage to prevent a sub from submerging. Why wasn't this captain concerned over damage to the boat or his men getting hit? As soon as bullets "whizzed past the sailors and pinged off the conning tower" at 1:20, why didn't they get back inside and submerge? Then they could have withdrawn out of range of the Japanese machine gun but still in range of their deck gun and safely shell it, or use a torpedo?

    • @chrysllerryu4171
      @chrysllerryu4171 Před 5 měsíci +1

      actually an North korean sub is actually get netted by SK fishing boat

  • @justinle8746
    @justinle8746 Před 4 lety +90

    Sir, we have just destroyed a fishing boat, mission accomplished we got them

  • @gondolo71
    @gondolo71 Před 3 lety +79

    America be like: " I fear no man...but that thing"
    *Asian farmers and fisherman*
    "It scares me"

    • @veritaslibertas4976
      @veritaslibertas4976 Před 3 lety +2

      Who attacked first and then surrendered? Yeah that's right...

    • @Ks-rp3mt
      @Ks-rp3mt Před 3 lety +6

      @@veritaslibertas4976 the vietnamese certainly didn't

    • @Ks-rp3mt
      @Ks-rp3mt Před 3 lety +5

      @@veritaslibertas4976 you remind me of 9 year me when I won fake arguments with my shampoo bottles while showering.

    • @veritaslibertas4976
      @veritaslibertas4976 Před 3 lety

      @@Ks-rp3mt cool story bro

    • @jileel
      @jileel Před 3 lety

      @@Ks-rp3mt The Vietnamese won nothing but communist slavery.

  • @landfair123
    @landfair123 Před 5 lety +1358

    Glad this part of the Smithsonian is still open for business.

    • @verrelrafiano6564
      @verrelrafiano6564 Před 5 lety +5

      Oof

    • @skie6282
      @skie6282 Před 5 lety +36

      *1 lonely guy in the basement with a 2013 mac laptop* :)

    • @lars7051
      @lars7051 Před 5 lety +8

      You realize the guy was joking right?? Idiot

    • @nigel900
      @nigel900 Před 5 lety +1

      Yes, and just as over melodramatic as ever.....

  • @danieldeak9141
    @danieldeak9141 Před 5 lety +363

    Pff okay.
    They shot AP shells at a barely armored ship.
    OVERPEN CITY

    • @danielsteger8456
      @danielsteger8456 Před 4 lety +14

      i know its a joke but submarines carried tons of HE too
      although the documentary only mentions AP...

    • @brandonproductions8401
      @brandonproductions8401 Před 4 lety +5

      It’s like WoW when you shoot a Destroyer as the Yamato and the shells go right through doing nothing to the Destroyer

    • @ainzooalgown7589
      @ainzooalgown7589 Před 4 lety +6

      @@brandonproductions8401 a smolensk at point blank infront of a BB and all you get is overpen

    • @ffsForgerFortySeven.9154
      @ffsForgerFortySeven.9154 Před 4 lety

      @@ainzooalgown7589 LOL warships is not the best reference for performance of any kind related too real life specs

    • @ffsForgerFortySeven.9154
      @ffsForgerFortySeven.9154 Před 4 lety

      @@ainzooalgown7589 Also fun fact the Smolensk rolled over in port without any dmg

  • @dmitrishostakovich9559
    @dmitrishostakovich9559 Před 4 lety +32

    When a pro starts a new account:

  • @JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor

    I admire the courage and bravery of those japanese men who didn't give up even when outgunned

    • @soetnact532
      @soetnact532 Před 4 lety +1

      He faithfully performed the mission until the moment he died.

    • @percyfaith11
      @percyfaith11 Před rokem +2

      They never gave up, rather they usually died uselessly.

  • @averageplait88
    @averageplait88 Před 5 lety +1007

    Youre scaring the fish away.

  • @rollingo8678
    @rollingo8678 Před 5 lety +1770

    Because threatening to shoot your own men is clearly the best way of motivating them

    • @somerandomguy4812
      @somerandomguy4812 Před 5 lety +284

      The Soviets, Japanese and German soldiers in Ww2 would know.

    • @taggartlawfirm
      @taggartlawfirm Před 5 lety +182

      It worked, besides he wasn’t threatening to shoot them he was shocking them back to mission at hand. Chances are they would have cheerfully followed him to hell and back, and it would seem from the subsequent history of the Silversides, they did more than once.

    • @Myuutsuu85
      @Myuutsuu85 Před 5 lety +22

      I realy like to know, how many officers, who issued death threats against their own soldiers, found themself at the buisness end of a gun.

    • @theswordguy5269
      @theswordguy5269 Před 5 lety +78

      That's actually the reason infantry officers are issued sidearms and not rifles traditionally - not to kill the enemy with them, but to police their own men if they run. That is truly the actual historical reason.

    • @taggartlawfirm
      @taggartlawfirm Před 5 lety +26

      What he said was, “if you don’t get back on that gun I’ll shoot everyone of you”. “If”. Shooting troops is rarely (never) done, but we all went through strict training on our obligation and authority to enforce lawful orders in time of war, deter and halt mutiny, and prevent cowardice in the face of the enemy. All of which are capital crimes under the UCMJ. We were also trained how to prevent those problems before they begin. (Ala Chamberlain) History shows that usually all it takes in a situation like that is a little jolt to remind good men of their duty and training. The US military, even in Vietnam has rarely had discipline problems in combat. The soldier and sailor, when all else is done, at the most basic forgets home and hearth, right or wrong, doctrine and principal, and fights for the man next to him, for the ship, the unit, and because he is a man trained to do a job that must be done.
      With all that said, and not really pertinent to this situation, running is contagious, if one man runs more will, and once unit cohesion is gone you’re no longer a military force but a mob. Though I’ll tell you, before I would have ever had need to shoot a fleeing man, the nearest sergeant would have already knocked him on his ass, and thrown him back into position, ... or drilled him. NCO’s have much the same authority in tight situations and your squad or plt. sergeant is much more likely to know if the troop just had a momentary freak out, or was a coward. NCO and PO’s are the backbone of the military. If the sgt squared the man away, and told me he had squared it away, it would be one of the many things that a leader “didn’t see,” and would not be mentioned again.
      Regardless, it is what it is. A decision to use summary deadly force will be reviewed by a board of review and then a summary court, make the wrong call and you’re in deep sh*t, that’s why Officers get the big bucks.

  • @SuperSedingAngeL-yr0
    @SuperSedingAngeL-yr0 Před 4 lety +265

    Props to the Japanese. Surprised they stayed afloat with those massive balls aboard.

    • @1629con
      @1629con Před 4 lety +14

      Defeats the Asian stereotype ;)

    • @limitablesnow8979
      @limitablesnow8979 Před 3 lety +3

      Nice

    • @kamikazefilmproductions
      @kamikazefilmproductions Před 3 lety +2

      Thank you

    • @caseyb1346
      @caseyb1346 Před 3 lety +12

      @John MacLellan it's a shame you dropped out of highschool.

    • @corvidconfidential8826
      @corvidconfidential8826 Před 3 lety +4

      @@caseyb1346 it is a shame in a way because they would've died no matter what. Had they been sunken faster, that soldier would have gone home to his family and the other wouldn't have had such a damaging head injury.

  • @dunecat8538
    @dunecat8538 Před 3 lety +20

    "In the end someone died"
    *cheerful theme music*

  • @pixelfire1755
    @pixelfire1755 Před 5 lety +82

    They are lucky the fishing boat doesn't have a pilot and a bayonet

  • @thegreatdominion949
    @thegreatdominion949 Před 5 lety +578

    They were obviously a lot closer than 4 miles from the target ship if they were receiving accurate machine gun fire. BTW that is a Bren Gun the Japanese are shown firing. Presumably the Bren is a stand-in for a Japanese Type 96 or Type 99 LMG.

    • @828enigma6
      @828enigma6 Před 4 lety +13

      Could have been a 12.7X81, or 12.7X120. They'd have a bit better range than the 7.7. I , too, have questioned how close they were before I saw your post.

    • @thegreatdominion949
      @thegreatdominion949 Před 4 lety +85

      @@828enigma6 The book "The War Below" indicates that the engagement occurred at approximately 1200 yards which makes a lot more sense. It was really a boneheaded move of the part of the sub skipper taking his vessel in so close on the surface when he clearly could have used his deck gun effectively from a much greater range at which no return-fire would have been received.

    • @hofico6
      @hofico6 Před 4 lety +4

      The Great Dominion
      And the American naval uniforms don’t look right.

    • @paladinsix9285
      @paladinsix9285 Před 4 lety +19

      @@hofico6 it's raining. The US Submariners are wearing Rain Slickers over their uniforms.

    • @MarkGoding
      @MarkGoding Před 4 lety +5

      Yep, no cooling fins on that barrel.

  • @wackonaut
    @wackonaut Před 3 lety +45

    “It wasn’t worth a torpedo, but it costed much more”
    Upbeat music

    • @super-zw3ep
      @super-zw3ep Před 3 lety +3

      Feels like they should have just rammed it if it was just a wooden fishing boat

  • @MazelTovCocktail
    @MazelTovCocktail Před 3 lety +12

    It’s the smaller skirmishes that often get left out the really put the war into context. It’s easy to get caught up in the big moments but there was far more engagements like this than major offensives.

  • @imtiredtiredtired
    @imtiredtiredtired Před 5 lety +53

    "Damn gaijin sub scaring all the fishes"

  • @furiouszer0221
    @furiouszer0221 Před 5 lety +740

    When noobs play world of warships

    • @bouteilledeau1463
      @bouteilledeau1463 Před 5 lety +33

      The fishing boat was probably a seal clubber lmao.

    • @thegreatbookofgrudges6953
      @thegreatbookofgrudges6953 Před 5 lety +7

      At least they can aim, I suck at aiming.

    • @hanselsihotang
      @hanselsihotang Před 5 lety +26

      When your Tier 1 gunboat manage to severely damage Tier 4 ship single-handedly.

    • @IronPanther76
      @IronPanther76 Před 5 lety +22

      Submarine = High level noob
      Fishing Boat = Low level smurf

    • @torpedo996
      @torpedo996 Před 5 lety

      I'm pretty good at world of warships. It's my pc that's the problem. 16 fps max is not good.

  • @maxdukhovskoy1406
    @maxdukhovskoy1406 Před 4 lety +25

    A man in Heaven be like: "yo how'd ya die"
    The guy who died: "by machine gunners in a fishing boat, you know the usual"

  • @Quincy_Morris
    @Quincy_Morris Před 4 lety +6

    “We’re going fishing.”
    “For fish?”
    “Sure that too.”

  • @josephstalin9357
    @josephstalin9357 Před 5 lety +81

    They put up a good fight for a wooden fishing boat.

  • @dylon537
    @dylon537 Před 5 lety +2236

    If only they used a torpedo.. Money is replaceable, life isn't.

    • @dylon537
      @dylon537 Před 5 lety +261

      @c: Methods If you watched it, that commander of the boat had the chance to use a torpedo, but he didn't want to because of how expensive they were, and figured it could have gone to better use. They underestimated the Japanese boat.

    • @dylon537
      @dylon537 Před 5 lety +73

      Mc Water What? Can you make sense please? I can’t understand your shit grammar.

    • @dylon537
      @dylon537 Před 5 lety +77

      @@jaekim8820 Hopefully he doesn't take his own advice then. We don't need anymore low IQs like him running around.

    • @JellyThatIsRoyal
      @JellyThatIsRoyal Před 5 lety +13

      @@dylon537 /r/woosh and /r/iamverysmart

    • @dylon537
      @dylon537 Před 5 lety +76

      @@JellyThatIsRoyal r/ihavereddit

  • @toothedacorn4724
    @toothedacorn4724 Před 3 lety +7

    Nobody:
    Not a soul:
    American submarines failing to observe cruiser rules:

    • @hydrobazooka
      @hydrobazooka Před 3 lety

      ?

    • @toothedacorn4724
      @toothedacorn4724 Před 3 lety +1

      @@hydrobazooka cruisr rules basically say you should order a civilian ship to surrender before sinking it, at this point in the wat its common on all sides but it's something the allies will accuse the germans and japanese of after the war

    • @hydrobazooka
      @hydrobazooka Před 3 lety +1

      @@toothedacorn4724 oh

  • @Mike91337
    @Mike91337 Před 4 lety +26

    I grew up in muskegon where silversides is docked. I always need a moment of reflection when I see the commemorative plaque in the exact spot Mike Harbin was killed on deck.

    • @benmarietta9633
      @benmarietta9633 Před 3 lety +1

      And when ya spend a night on it it's better

    • @Cybersawz
      @Cybersawz Před 3 lety +1

      Fellow Muskegonite, here.The USS Silversides was the 3rd most decorated submarine during WW2 having sunk 23 ships. While cruising through the Muskegon Channel, she's an awesome sight to see! Tours are provided, and overnight stays during the summer. Highly recommended!

  • @qrayka213
    @qrayka213 Před 4 lety +194

    "Japan fishing boat, Not worth for a torpedos,"
    Japanese fisherman "Hold my fishing pole,"

    • @thepotatomanisreal3917
      @thepotatomanisreal3917 Před 3 lety

      XD

    • @1mol831
      @1mol831 Před 3 lety +2

      How is it not worth a torpedoe though.

    • @1mol831
      @1mol831 Před 3 lety

      Torpedoes get wasted when attacking battleships anyways.

    • @iplaygames8090
      @iplaygames8090 Před 3 lety +3

      @@1mol831 yes but a battleship costs more then a fishing boat.

    • @QuadLamb
      @QuadLamb Před 3 lety

      @@1mol831 torpedoes cost tens of thousands of dollars or even hundreds of thousands, one being used to destroy a fishing boat and to deny the Japanese a minuscule amount of food wouldn’t be worth it.

  • @joksizantos7520
    @joksizantos7520 Před 5 lety +496

    Now the US armed anything even small dingy boats are armed with Miniguns

    • @jimco5852
      @jimco5852 Před 5 lety +87

      Extravagant Baboon : We sometimes mount Miniguns to our small patrol boats.

    • @TheCaptainSplatter
      @TheCaptainSplatter Před 5 lety +20

      Probably learned from this. Arm everything that floats to the teeth.

    • @420f37
      @420f37 Před 5 lety +2

      camerom gibson idk bro wagons were the shit back then

    • @thecbrndude6208
      @thecbrndude6208 Před 5 lety +6

      @User guy Ever heard of SWCC and their 2 GAU-17s, 2 M240b GPMGs, 2 Mk. 19 automatic grenade launchers, and single .50 caliber M2HB?

    • @anarchyandempires5452
      @anarchyandempires5452 Před 5 lety +1

      @User guy it definitely will, most us Navy rigs have either a .50 or a Minigun, usually the Minigun.

  • @flak8950
    @flak8950 Před 4 lety +93

    The americans shoot at the boat
    "The japanese boat fires back*
    Americans: how dare they?

    • @Editorwithchai
      @Editorwithchai Před 3 lety

      I guess in World War 2 everything seemed illegal to the Americans, even returning fire or even dog fighting or even Ship warfare.

  • @The_CIA
    @The_CIA Před 4 lety +50

    *_"...Senpai, the fishing line is moving, I think we caught something!"_*
    (Submarine surfaces)
    *_"HORREE SHEEEEET!!!"_*

  • @MuskratandRatman
    @MuskratandRatman Před 5 lety +25

    0:52 he’s so sassy when he says “fire”

  • @colmcorbec7031
    @colmcorbec7031 Před 5 lety +428

    Good video. Also crazy to see what a fisher boat with LMG is doing against a US sub.

    • @levijones1874
      @levijones1874 Před 5 lety +4

      Colm Corbec sub or uboat?

    • @camward9293
      @camward9293 Před 5 lety +43

      @@levijones1874 sub. U-boats are German.

    • @sillyone52062
      @sillyone52062 Před 5 lety +11

      No shield for the deck gun...too much drag underwater.

    • @IIKiboshII
      @IIKiboshII Před 5 lety +25

      If the commander had done his job right instead of medal chasing, the fishing boat wouldn't have even got to fire a round.

    • @factbeaglesarebest
      @factbeaglesarebest Před 5 lety +2

      The picket boat had mo than that

  • @JohnSmith-hp9ds
    @JohnSmith-hp9ds Před 3 lety +5

    This is actually a really cool sub, and one of the last surviving WWII era subs that you can visit. Spent a night on the USS Silversides and even broadcasted on its radio for a few hours a couple years ago. Great time, but the torpedo ticking was disconcerting.

  • @robertmoulton2656
    @robertmoulton2656 Před 4 lety +1

    I'm honoured to have stood on the deck of the USS Silversides in Muskegon Michigan just last summer. A truly wonderful floating museum, and great tour guide. I highly recommend everyone to go see this ship.

  • @ThomasSteffien
    @ThomasSteffien Před 5 lety +339

    correction - i found out: the "Ebisu Maru No5", mentioned in this video was build in 1934, 131ts, survives this attack badly damaged and got to home port (Kure?) later she was sunk on april 30, 1943 by gunfire from USS Scorpion (a Submarine) position of Action/Wreck is known
    i just comment, because this episode of war is so "David vs Goliath" as someone stated ...
    a 131ts Fishing Boat vs a Gato-Class Submarine (1525 /2424+ ts) in an 75min Engagement...
    (Source: World War Two at Sea, Vol 9, p269)

    • @codyhawkcaster4671
      @codyhawkcaster4671 Před 5 lety +30

      They stated in the video at 3:47 that it didnt sink

    • @halfcantan1208
      @halfcantan1208 Před 5 lety +5

      Good a true David and Goliath story maybe it's the Irish in me but I always root for the small guy

    • @ThomasSteffien
      @ThomasSteffien Před 5 lety +5

      @@user-yg2up4lg3r well, i have to correct myself. Ebesi Maru No5, build 1934, 131 Ts, classified by USN as gunboat, was sunk by gunfire from USS Scorpion, 30.4. 1943, position of action/wreck is known (Source: World War Two at Sea, Vol 9, p269) - thanky you for making me think about it

    • @taggartlawfirm
      @taggartlawfirm Před 5 lety +2

      Thomas Steffien excellent research on the actual source material! That’s history!! found recorded and taught. Thanks for the info and the lesson.

    • @AlexSDU
      @AlexSDU Před 5 lety

      @@halfcantan1208 so... who is really the little guy in this case. Honestly I don't know.

  • @Steve-vl5mg
    @Steve-vl5mg Před 5 lety +268

    Ah it was a bit more then "just" a fishing boat..

    • @TheIndogamer
      @TheIndogamer Před 5 lety +14

      Juuust a bit

    • @apkdrip5848
      @apkdrip5848 Před 5 lety +2

      Steve Dwyer A FISHING BOAT WITH A TURRENT

    • @fastair8546
      @fastair8546 Před 5 lety +4

      i know, ridiculous click bait title

    • @Talsedoom
      @Talsedoom Před 5 lety

      yeah a fishing boat with a single machinegun.

    • @Nickelist
      @Nickelist Před 5 lety

      The floating fortress....

  • @that_hatchbak_civic
    @that_hatchbak_civic Před 3 lety +3

    Me: hears silversides
    Also me who has slept overnight on the USS silversides: I am now mildly interested

  • @rou8390
    @rou8390 Před 4 lety +15

    When you run into a smurf account

  • @joshmorel2363
    @joshmorel2363 Před 5 lety +18

    Sub: “Get out of my fishing spot!”
    Boat: “No You!”

  • @UnordinaryCarl
    @UnordinaryCarl Před 5 lety +87

    Me in World of warships as free 2 play player vs some rich kid with pay 2 play from his dads credit card.

    • @snipingflute4346
      @snipingflute4346 Před 5 lety +5

      John Doe I can say the same, but for the game War 2 Victory. I remember how I could not build any max-level cities until some rare item I was able to receive allowed me to. So, holiday events were the only way for me to acquire those said items to stand a chance against those level 60-100’s who leveled up faster than I did because they had money and I didn’t. Also, I was not one who would beg my parents to make an in-app purchase for some iPod Touch game. They would just tell me to focus more on school, to be honest.

  • @garrysekelli6776
    @garrysekelli6776 Před 4 lety +6

    That one actor portraying the sub crew member looked so much like Leonardo Di Caprio.

  • @reggiesm4460
    @reggiesm4460 Před 4 lety +19

    CZcams: surprisingly tense battle between us sub and a fishing boat.
    Me: hol up.......

  • @muhammadsherazi8654
    @muhammadsherazi8654 Před 5 lety +45

    Japanese: We’re gonna need a bigger boat.

    • @siggyunsichtbar6980
      @siggyunsichtbar6980 Před 5 lety +12

      This is how the Yamato was born

    • @nogisonoko5409
      @nogisonoko5409 Před 5 lety +4

      We are gonna build the biggest fishing boat in the world!
      *Yamato created*

    • @demonvxv7668
      @demonvxv7668 Před 4 lety +1

      @@nogisonoko5409 daz alot of fish

    • @DotDotDotDashDashDashDotDotDot
      @DotDotDotDashDashDashDotDotDot Před 4 lety

      @@nogisonoko5409 nah it ended up becoming a cruise ship with artillery

    • @grug6682
      @grug6682 Před 4 lety

      @@DotDotDotDashDashDashDotDotDot felted by a few torpedo bombers from the U.S.S Enterprise

  • @andrewrodriguez8569
    @andrewrodriguez8569 Před 5 lety +87

    Don't mess with me when I'm fishing.

    • @lpdeath6229
      @lpdeath6229 Před 5 lety

      Don't mess with me while I'm fishing in the sea
      Don't mess with me or the tree of liberty

    • @Gestapo-jc8nd
      @Gestapo-jc8nd Před 5 lety +2

      @@lpdeath6229 yea they speak vietnamese

  • @warwings117
    @warwings117 Před rokem +2

    First time in the history of naval warfare SALUTE TO THIS FISHING BOAT AND THE BRAVE MEN ON IT.

  • @captain0080
    @captain0080 Před 4 lety +15

    When you accidentally aggro a high level mob

  • @johannsebastianbach9003
    @johannsebastianbach9003 Před 5 lety +236

    Japan never cease to amazes me,they fight to the death

    • @glossygloss472
      @glossygloss472 Před 5 lety +29

      **comment made by edgy 15 yr old kid named Eugene who sports a Hitler profile pic on youtube**

    • @barthill9578
      @barthill9578 Před 5 lety +10

      They have honor.

    • @SouthernGentleman
      @SouthernGentleman Před 5 lety +6

      bart hill The death march was not honorable

    • @TheCaptainSplatter
      @TheCaptainSplatter Před 5 lety +8

      Took two damn nukes to make them surrender.

    • @fireraid2336
      @fireraid2336 Před 5 lety +1

      @@TheCaptainSplatter when you thinl about that is incredible(in a bad way) but damn two nukes jeez.

  • @saoirse5308
    @saoirse5308 Před 5 lety +87

    0:19 "There 3 inch .50 caliber gun" which, what, who? Dang I had to look that one up.
    The 3″/50 caliber gun (spoken "three-inch fifty-caliber") in United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 3 inches (76 mm) in diameter, and the barrel was 50 calibers long (barrel length is 3 in × 50 = 150 in or 3.8 m).
    Well I'll be damned!

    • @vendomnu
      @vendomnu Před 4 lety +3

      Nice try, Loch Ness monster - you almost had me.

    • @John_McCarthy1
      @John_McCarthy1 Před 4 lety +2

      Yeah, that's the way Naval artillery is designated, like the Iowa class's main armament is the 16"/50 Mark 7

    • @PracticalReformation
      @PracticalReformation Před 4 lety +3

      I was so confused by this and was chalking it up to documentarians being inept.

    • @billylauwda9178
      @billylauwda9178 Před 4 lety +1

      All navies does that

    • @basilpunton5702
      @basilpunton5702 Před 4 lety

      Standard measurement for all guns.

  • @WASRGP
    @WASRGP Před 3 lety +1

    USS Silverside! Muskegon,MI is absofk'nlutely glad to have her!! 🖤🤘🏼✌🏼🇺🇸

  • @FartSmeller995
    @FartSmeller995 Před 3 lety +2

    American: Bonjour
    Japanese: Hold my future sushi.

  • @smort3547
    @smort3547 Před 4 lety +764

    Somalian Pirates be like
    *Hold my AK.*

  • @loganwreckedem9550
    @loganwreckedem9550 Před 5 lety +45

    The U.S.S Silversides is a floating museum in my home town. It's pretty awesome.

    • @kentoscocos5238
      @kentoscocos5238 Před 5 lety

      Where is it?

    • @davidsandberg7631
      @davidsandberg7631 Před 5 lety +2

      Muskegon Michigan @@kentoscocos5238

    • @johnstreeter747
      @johnstreeter747 Před 5 lety

      Our Boy Scout Troop and Cub Scout Pack have spent the night on the Silversides.

    • @sohi4146
      @sohi4146 Před 5 lety +2

      I visited that sub and there's a memorial plaque on the deck where that sailor was killed.

    • @yoshimet
      @yoshimet Před 5 lety

      Logan wrecked em' crazy to think I spent a night on this historic ship. I still remember them telling this story to us our first night there.

  • @thernius4284
    @thernius4284 Před 3 lety +17

    "It's a woodden fishing trawler"
    **Depicts steel sided ship**
    **Heavy rain with the sun out**

  • @zack5757hamzah
    @zack5757hamzah Před 3 lety +43

    "Why do you bring a machine gun while fishing?"
    "To shoot an uncoming shark"

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 Před 3 lety

      Bullets don't work underwater but if the shark is real close to the surface it's time to start pumping lead.

    • @alexandermackellar7198
      @alexandermackellar7198 Před 3 lety

      You're joking but Ernest Hemingway legitimately brought a machine gun for shark hunting while tuna fishing.

    • @neurofiedyamato8763
      @neurofiedyamato8763 Před 3 lety

      @@adankmeme651 Bullets technically do work under water. They won't go very far for obvious reasons so yea the shark would need to be close to the surface.

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 Před 3 lety

      @@neurofiedyamato8763 yes ik I think It's sorta posaible when it's fin breaches the surface, any deeper than that and it'll do nothing.

  • @exudeku
    @exudeku Před 5 lety +336

    there are boats that are like this today...
    the somali pirates
    the illegal chinese boats
    and the japanese whaler boats

    • @user-fs9ko6wg2o
      @user-fs9ko6wg2o Před 5 lety +1

      Exu lol how do Chinese and Japanese mount guns on their fishing boats TODAY

    • @18nakedcowboys3
      @18nakedcowboys3 Před 5 lety +7

      Nowadays al of the US ships are pretty impenetrable compared to fishing boats and bootleg pirates

    • @Predator42ID
      @Predator42ID Před 5 lety +5

      @@18nakedcowboys3 No they're not, outside of Carriers, most warships of today can be easily penetrated by 50bmg rounds and bigger. what they do have though is firepower.

    • @Shibagaesski
      @Shibagaesski Před 5 lety

      @@18nakedcowboys3 I wouldnt call it impenetrable. Your saying that because the Americans only invest on weapons and vehicles. Not many country even have the money to do it but one stray missle could sink one of the carriers anyway.

    • @Shibagaesski
      @Shibagaesski Před 5 lety +3

      Yes when I mean investing on weapons I mean it. Not tactics. Take the Vietnamese for example. They may have outdated weapons but their skills is beyond what the Americans could do. Building damn tunnels and ambushing. If the Americans opponent is heavily influenced by sun tzu... It will put a hole in Americans history. And that Japanese ship you saw in the video. They actually returned to shore heavily damaged because the Americans was too busy looking after the dead after the commander has made a stupid mistake.

  • @Daniel-iz5kt
    @Daniel-iz5kt Před 5 lety +526

    Who would win a submarine filled with hundreds and thousands of dollars worth of weaponry and ammo and a trained crew
    or a
    Tiny machine gun boi

    • @zach4604
      @zach4604 Před 4 lety +33

      The submarine won

    • @neutron4263
      @neutron4263 Před 4 lety +12

      the submarine won

    • @mr.numbers5968
      @mr.numbers5968 Před 4 lety +11

      The submarine won

    • @danielevans8910
      @danielevans8910 Před 4 lety +13

      Arky Darky to be fair, it was the crews first battle. And they won, just at a little less than equal loss.

    • @Aruesx
      @Aruesx Před 4 lety +4

      It's like when Britain was fighting for the queen while America was fighting for their life in the war of 1812. America technically loss but no one expected them to stand a chance

  • @orangu
    @orangu Před 4 lety +2

    The random family enjoying a nice ride on a fishing boat,
    random U.S. Sub:

  • @panzerkampwagen.iiiausf.j1112

    *everyone gangster until the fishing boat starts fighting back*

  • @lukeknighton4918
    @lukeknighton4918 Před 5 lety +36

    The only armed fishing boat these days do speed runs between cuba and south floridaa.

    • @utubnguugles1125
      @utubnguugles1125 Před 5 lety +3

      AND THEY BELONG TO THE CIA AND DEA
      AND WHEN THEY KILL EACH OTHER IT'S BETWEEN RIVAL CLANS OF THE FED

  • @dannykim6447
    @dannykim6447 Před 5 lety +11

    Americans: We clean bois
    Japan: Raining and not a cloud in the sky

  • @Beetus_Deleetus
    @Beetus_Deleetus Před 4 lety +4

    Me: sees 40mm behind them
    Also me: yells at my phone while my family is thinking I am possessed

    • @peterson7082
      @peterson7082 Před 4 lety

      _Silversides_ is currently in her 1945 configuration which is what the Smithsonian media center filmed on. She didn't have the 5", 40mm., or 20mm. back in 1942. Just a 3"/50-caliber and a rear mounted .50".

  • @natesturm448
    @natesturm448 Před 4 lety +2

    I remember to this day the stories my great-grandfather told me about the wars. He said that the Germans were cunning and very solid tacticians. Whilst the Japanese were ruthless with grandiose displays of honor that were not only a shock to some, but earned the respect of many.
    I stand with the United States at all times because I once stood as my country's strength and deterrent. However, a warrior no matter what deserves the respect of his enemy. Even more so when it comes to naval engagements.

  • @bradley9856
    @bradley9856 Před 5 lety +383

    A surprisingly tense battle between Vietnam trees and us marines

    • @imtiredtiredtired
      @imtiredtiredtired Před 5 lety +33

      The trees, the trees starts to speak
      Don't you hear it??
      "người Mỹ ăn nhiều đồ ăn vặt"

    • @georgegeorge9361
      @georgegeorge9361 Před 5 lety +5

      @@imtiredtiredtired that might actually be a language humans speak

    • @gotchupham8152
      @gotchupham8152 Před 5 lety +3

      They’re in the trees man! THE TREES!
      Btw I’m Vietnamese

    • @gotchupham8152
      @gotchupham8152 Před 5 lety +5

      George George bro it’s Vietnamese

    • @snif1ng
      @snif1ng Před 5 lety +7

      A surprisingly tense battle between Vietnam trees and us napalm.

  • @luisprado7107
    @luisprado7107 Před 5 lety +107

    The Japenese version of the movie Fury.

  • @jazzysoggy12
    @jazzysoggy12 Před 4 lety +7

    When the fisher boat explodes in a fireball, It brighter here!

  • @JulianScytheSpear
    @JulianScytheSpear Před 4 lety +21

    Me who played cod WAW: *TAKEOUT THOS F*****G PT-BOATS!*

  • @roadhouse6999
    @roadhouse6999 Před 5 lety +4

    I'm trying to decide whether or not this is an appropriate time to say, "That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen."

  • @user-xg5nr6cf6l
    @user-xg5nr6cf6l Před 5 lety +195

    from Japan, I respect both soliders.

    • @Firemaz
      @Firemaz Před 5 lety

      深谷颯人 you respect the Japanese fishing boat people

    • @mrsantosjon
      @mrsantosjon Před 5 lety +27

      @@Firemaz I respect the fishy boat cuz the damn good sushi

    • @sakurauyou749
      @sakurauyou749 Před 5 lety

      @@mrsantosjon w

    • @freedomfish1096
      @freedomfish1096 Před 5 lety +53

      @ZX1 hey buddy, woah. This guy is just saying he respects the soldiers and sailors from both sides of the war, what you said was completely uncalled for... Japan is a changed nation, they are a peaceful liberal democracy that values their freedoms just like us now, and a mostly peaceful population. You shouldn't go around saying we'll obliterate their country with nuclear hellfire to people saying they respect both the Americans and Japanese who served, fought, and died in the war.

    • @pjotrnygard1447
      @pjotrnygard1447 Před 5 lety +35

      @ZX1 this is why half of the world hates americucks

  • @HBomb157
    @HBomb157 Před 3 lety +2

    For those curious, the 3-inch/50 caliber means a 3-inch diameter projectile and a barrel length of 50 inches. It has nothing to do with the .50 caliber which is 0.5 inches in diameter

  • @joejoelesh1197
    @joejoelesh1197 Před 4 lety +1

    Wow! I have been on the Silversides! She is in Muskegon Michigan, and was open for touring last I knew (2019).

  • @BlindingLight
    @BlindingLight Před 4 lety +8

    That’s the most aggressive fishing boat I’ve ever seen in my life

  • @somestickmanboi9458
    @somestickmanboi9458 Před 4 lety +10

    When you play a online game for the first time

  • @josmo1363
    @josmo1363 Před 3 lety +2

    And the next time
    "Captain, there's a Japanese fishing boat ahead"
    "well everyone has to make a living"
    "But Captain..."
    *"I SAID EVERYONE HAS TO MAKE A LIVING"*

  • @theredtails7609
    @theredtails7609 Před 3 lety +1

    How to defeat an enemy submarine: *Just throw a fishing boat at em'*

  • @birdwife589
    @birdwife589 Před 5 lety +304

    I feel so bad for that guy who died while loading the gun

    • @zandarzandarevic5466
      @zandarzandarevic5466 Před 5 lety +32

      I feel so bad for people who feel bad for people who kill other people.

    • @jeffpeng1118
      @jeffpeng1118 Před 5 lety +34

      what about the Japanese Machine gunner? the Japanese crew?

    • @dylanmaxwell9993
      @dylanmaxwell9993 Před 5 lety +8

      @@suba1030 Germany started the war...

    • @lasaga9565
      @lasaga9565 Před 5 lety +7

      @@zandarzandarevic5466 well killing isn't bad. Its human nature. Primal instinct.

    • @dylanmaxwell9993
      @dylanmaxwell9993 Před 5 lety +5

      @@suba1030 WW2 started in 1939... Japan signed a treaty with Italy and the Germans in 1940 and thats when they became apart of the Axis party

  • @PhilMC_
    @PhilMC_ Před 5 lety +124

    *Top 10 anime fights*

  • @blankee6132
    @blankee6132 Před 4 lety +4

    when ur lvl 100 and a level 2 starts beating you.

  • @harrywisniewski5017
    @harrywisniewski5017 Před 4 lety +3

    I remember staying the night on the silversides years ago. Pretty cool experience.

  • @Schregger
    @Schregger Před 5 lety +3

    "Hey, you know what would have been good, right about now!"
    "What?"
    "A TORPEDO!"

  • @drinks1019
    @drinks1019 Před 5 lety +20

    Who would win
    A heavily armed warship crewed by sailors of one of the best navies in history
    Or
    One derpy fish boat with a machine gun

    • @shepherdlavellen3301
      @shepherdlavellen3301 Před 4 lety

      heavily armed warship?

    • @aaronsalentine7876
      @aaronsalentine7876 Před 4 lety

      I say fishing boat. 🤔

    • @shieldde6209
      @shieldde6209 Před 4 lety +1

      Isnt it a sub?

    • @danielevans8910
      @danielevans8910 Před 4 lety

      Drinks 101 well, the sub actually won. We all are freaking out because one American died yet we totally disregard the fact that the whole Japanese crew died to a couple fresh sailor recruits. I’d say it was a fair fight.

  • @molybdaen11
    @molybdaen11 Před 4 lety +4

    Nobody:
    Kamchatka: "Do you see torpedo boats?"

  • @jed-henrywitkowski6470
    @jed-henrywitkowski6470 Před 4 lety +1

    I'm impressed with the ballistic properties of those steel pots!