Should a do a long a10 warthog video? if not what next?

@thetruedragon909

10 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@gabrielstump-joe5780

10 ай бұрын

Yes

@dbalwochus

10 ай бұрын

Fuck yeah!

@aceofthesky1247

10 ай бұрын

A-10... absolutely

@Spearmaster-and-suns

10 ай бұрын

Yes

Best part was a Russian warship showing up like “this is cool, we wanna watch” 😆

@spikesgirl9371

8 ай бұрын

I mean that is such a typical Russian thing to do. I know they supposed to be our nemesis but sometimes I just love thier balls.

@lanterns_glow

8 ай бұрын

"Yvgeni, hey the vodka and the popcorn! This will be fun"

@nick_a91

8 ай бұрын

I genuinely hope that guy got some good pictures

@dner75-xh9le

7 ай бұрын

Little more than that. Guaranteed they were taking detailed notes, so to speak.

@ajwilson605

7 ай бұрын

@@dner75-xh9le Like, "Holy crap! The US missiles and guns are THAT good!"

I wish there were history teachers like you in schools

@Falloutboy7555

10 ай бұрын

You should’ve met my 8th grade us history teacher, he taught exactly like this minus the cursing😂

@riverrat1284

10 ай бұрын

Hell my 8th and 10th grade history teachers were both Vietnam vets, one being a tunnel rat. Both taught like this with the cursing. Back then we could handle it and wasn’t offended by it

@darrellfarley1869

10 ай бұрын

I was fortunate enough to have teachers who were World War II, Korea, and early Vietnam War veterans. My English teacher was a Marine on the USS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, that survived Kamikaze strikes at Okinawa and stayed with her all the way back to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. My history teacher was in the 38th Infantry Division (Indiana National Guard, I’m from Indianapolis) they are known as, “THE AVENGERS OF BATAAN”. He had vivid stories about the liberation of the Philippines ( he was even in the village where my wife was born ) . But the most interesting was my Business teacher and the faculty member in charge of the Audio/ Visual Department. Mr Pavel was a Pilot, a Major, and a member of the OSS. He served in every theater of the war. Had photos of himself with Stalin, Churchill, Chang, Ho Chi Minh, Tito, FDR, and Truman. The guy had a highly redacted record.

@michealdelaura1853

10 ай бұрын

Would have been funner than reading that damn textbook all day!

@radium4194

10 ай бұрын

They’d all be fired because the students would learn to think for themselves

International Court: USA You can’t do that it’s a war crime. USA: They touched my boat International Court: Fair enough have a good day

@majorjared21

3 ай бұрын

Lmao..

@zachgardner4820

3 ай бұрын

Facts. We still have not gotten over what Japan did and have 2 rules every one knows. No touchy US citizens and most importantly NO TOUCHY OUR BOATS!

@mountainjews

2 ай бұрын

@@zachgardner4820unless you’re Israel then it’s fine

@Ey_SmoKrac

2 ай бұрын

DO. NOT. FUCK. WITH. OUR. GODDAMN. BOATS.

@metroidhunter965

2 ай бұрын

@@zachgardner4820there’s an unspoken third rule to that If there are American citizens on a boat, that boat automatically is viewed as an American vessel

For context”I’m from the Government and I’m here to help” is actually the most terrifying words you can hear according to Ronald Regan.

@Eye_Of_Odin978

2 ай бұрын

He was also the worst President for the Iranian Navy to face, barring maybe Gerald Ford. Both of them were *really* straightforward with military confrontations and took potential threats seriously.

@Blin240

Ай бұрын

@@Eye_Of_Odin978regan was a coward who banned fun switched

@1BeGe

Ай бұрын

@@Blin240 Ok, but that's not what he said. More than 1 thing can be true about a person. Wild concept, I know. Reagan did dumb gun law shit, and ALSO did a very good job of foreign military policy.

@J-Rush

29 күн бұрын

Hearing that clip made me burst out laughing so hard, I’m surprised I hadn’t seen that before

@mimcduffee86

16 күн бұрын

​@@1BeGe So trying to escalate into a full blown war with the Soviets was a very good thing? Selling weapons to known international terrorists and then destroying the evidence of those sales was a very good thing (and yes, he admitted on national television that he made the sales)? Publicly supporting and selling weapons to Saddam Hussein was a very good thing? Giving money, training, and military equipment to countries to support a war we had no business being involved in was a very good thing? Reagan would have never made POTUS with the reichpublicans of today. LOL.

I lost it at the soviets saying "we are here to take photos". Beautifully told and an epic story.

@WolfiiHD

6 ай бұрын

For history

@gdwnet

6 ай бұрын

@@WolfiiHD probably for the intelligence lot back in soviet russia more than for history.

@DonPatrono

6 ай бұрын

"Oi russkie why y'all here" "Oh pretend I'm not here, just enjoying the show?" "Show? this is a serious military operation" "It can be both" *pulls out a polaroid and a bag of sunflower seeds and seats on a beach-chair

@anselford3753

5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣@@DonPatrono

@patrickkinsella1132

5 ай бұрын

They have even more stories like this, channel BlueJay has a video on the dumbest Russian voyage - well worth a watch.

Proportional Responses: If your life-threatening actions warrant a "proportional response" from the US Navy, any response that doesn't involve the complete obliteration of your nation's military and infrastructure is proportional to the response that it could have been...

@satagaming9144

10 ай бұрын

We didn't fucking say the proportion would be 1:1, did we

@TheNerdForAllSeasons

10 ай бұрын

Proportional response = The Chicago Way. They pull a knife, you pull all the guns. They send one of yours to the hospital, you send many of theirs to the morgue.

@Hullj

10 ай бұрын

Merca

@MrSirwolf2001

10 ай бұрын

@@TheNerdForAllSeasons *That's* the *Chicago* way!

@MonumentToSin

10 ай бұрын

It WAS proportional! America only used 0.5% of its power! The fact that it only took that much to make the Iranian navy past-tense is merely a collateral issue.

Iran: "...WTF just happened?" US: "Your guys fired on our guys, so... We handled it."

Its a lesson as old as America itself: DO NOT TOUCH OUR BOATS!!!

@isdrakon9802

23 күн бұрын

Or our oil

@kacbcd

17 күн бұрын

just ask Japan

Yes, those A-6 pilots are indeed the main characters. Doing a WW2 style dive bomb with anti-aircraft guns firing at you, not giving a shit, and then completely disabling the vessel with a bomb straight down the smokestack is absolutely main character material. That's amazing and bless those fuckers for thinking, "My orders are vague. It's time to improvise."

@tanall5959

6 ай бұрын

As the man once said: "Fighter pukes make movies. Bomber pilots make HISTORY!"

@brandonseyfried1251

6 ай бұрын

...which, as he's said before, the last thing an enemy could want the American military to do is improvise. It never ends well.

@DonPatrono

6 ай бұрын

those pilots literally experienced an Ace Combat sidequest

@CFITOMAHAWK2

6 ай бұрын

It hit not on the center of the smoke stack. 3 mm to starboard.

@colecampbell1264

5 ай бұрын

Dude was Luke Skywalker

The moment you said the USS Enterprise was on standby for support...I realized the proportions were already out of whack! No other navy vessels needed to be there. She could have taken that entire operation herself, but was nice enough to let the little boats have fun and play babysitter.

@adamjacobs8606

10 ай бұрын

The big E was like a mom with her kids at the park. Now you kids go play now

@longshot7601

10 ай бұрын

@@adamjacobs8606 Heh. Like a mom with a big fucking stick to smack ANYBODY threatening her kids...then will stick that stick in a place that a stick shouldn't be stuck.

@Wpns175

10 ай бұрын

USS Enterprise had to be there, her E-2s were super critical as where he Tomcat's as they provided "top-cover". The A-6s going HAM was not part of the set up but there is YT videos of those Pilots discussing what happened and it is basically like what Nick said, they wanted to get in on the action.

@generaljedi8691

10 ай бұрын

@@Wpns175 Yeah...Big E's Pilots have a tendency to achieve crazy and unexpected things once they leave the flight deck. Her predecessor was the most decorated naval vessel in WW2.

@Shadethewolfy

10 ай бұрын

@@adamjacobs8606 A mom with her own Pocket Healer.

USA- you touched our boat......YOU TOUCHED OUR BOAT! Japan- NO! BAD IDEA! DO NOT TOUCH THE USA BOATS!

I love that description "The cardinal sin of the late 20th century: raising gas prices." That along with the legal defense of "We didn't agree to _not_ blow those up." really does make this a fun video and a reminder of a little bit of history.

@DankasorusRex

4 ай бұрын

Iran is once again raising oil prices by impacting Qatar’s oil, do they not learn from prior cardinal sins?

@thebrander2238

Ай бұрын

If you had lived thru that odd or even bovine defecation in the 70's, you would go to war too! Thanks Jimmy! You grew the Republican party better than any Republican could!

@warfarenotwarfair5655

10 күн бұрын

​@@DankasorusRexDoesn't matter now, America has been oil independent since Trump. We don't need to trade with anyone.

@lord_wyran

6 күн бұрын

@@warfarenotwarfair5655 biden is working as hard as he can to fix that

Loved the Jocko cameo! But one slight error. A-6 crews sit side by side. So that crew who dropped a bomb down the smoke stack of that Iranian frigate were probably giving each other high fives after the bombing run.

@willpugh8865

10 ай бұрын

Might have confused it with the EA6 prowler which is just a 4 seat A-6 Intruder airframe

@2Quietus

10 ай бұрын

@@willpugh8865 Ah, no. The prowler has 4 seats because the two extras seat two extra EWO's. While it is a modified A-6 (EA-6B), it is definitely not "just a 4 seat A-6". The Prowlers have some pretty serious gear for electronic warfare aboard....it's like a mini AWACS, only for specific attack groups instead of entire theater overwatch. Saying its just a 4-seat A-6 is a gross understatement of its true nature. Source: Me, 24 yrs military service (Retired)

@jamesdouglas6977

10 ай бұрын

@@willpugh8865 possible

@Singleprep

10 ай бұрын

@@2Quietus Well...he DID say "which is just a 4-seat A-6 Intruder *airframe*" so I doubt he was doing a side-by-side comparison of the two planes (no pun intended).

@revejmal

10 ай бұрын

Or celebratory handies

2024 and it seems "F-around and find out" and "don't touch the boats" are lessons that need to be re-taught...

13F veteran here….. you NEED to look up the story of the USS Biddle. This ship is most definitely worth mentioning. USS Biddle, Last manual Gun sight kill from a ship

@guysabol8743

Күн бұрын

thx for a good read will check it out peace

1000% makes sense that a modern destroyer named the Samuel B. Robert's would be nigh unsinkable given its namesake. If the first American ship with that name took a 3rd of the Japanese navy to sink, an Iranian mine isn't going to take down her successor.

@davidtherwhanger6795

10 ай бұрын

Exactly. It took like 4 Japanese Battleships to sink the last one.

@benjaminstout941

10 ай бұрын

There was one in between those two. USS Samuel B Roberts DD-823

@professormccoyspopculturer8345

10 ай бұрын

The ghosts of yesterday looked towards that minefield and said F you, you're not taking another one of our bois and process to pull pro gamer move because Japanese maybe have gotten sure as hell Iraqis won't

@Cobra-King3

10 ай бұрын

​​@@professormccoyspopculturer8345 Iranians

@ericluffy7970

10 ай бұрын

I came here for this, already posted and knew without a shadow of a doubt I would not get 5 comments down and find someone already corrected his course after merely grazing the great name Sammy B. Cheers brother.

For anyone not familiar with US naval history...as soon as you hear "Samuel B. Roberts" in any iteration or in any conflict, things are going to get crazy.

@terraoftime

10 ай бұрын

Aint that the fucking truth

@lgd1974

10 ай бұрын

Damn straight. Sammy B has always been a legend.

@missmeppsie3389

10 ай бұрын

Any documentaries you can point me in the direction of to learn more about Samuel B. Roberts? This story was SO damn good and I NEED to learn more. Thanks in advance if you can!

@faustoescobar9183

10 ай бұрын

​@@missmeppsie3389look for the battle of zamar

@adamoliver4094

10 ай бұрын

@@missmeppsie3389 The original Samuel B Roberts is famous for its role in the Battle of Samar. It's also in the book "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors." As impressive as this story is, that one is even more heroic and spectacular.

I'm not "American" and my ancestors where probably against yours at some point ( I'm a french Canadian living in New Brunswick) but you manage to make me proud of something I'm not even part of. congratulations. you deserve more recognition than what your country is giving you.

@johnwanderin3872

4 ай бұрын

French Canada wanted the US invasion of Canada to succeed which what kicked off the War of 1812 because not British.

@hughwoatmeigh6999

2 ай бұрын

Everyone's ancestors were against the US at some point - even half of the US's ancestors. We don't take it personally anymore.

@joeysausage3437

2 ай бұрын

Stop crying about the world calling us Americans. Oh wait, your Canadian, you cry about everything.

@Kaelland

Ай бұрын

The French helped us hand Great Britain its first major L in the late 1700s. We may make fun of the French, but any of us who have studied history truly appreciate what the French did to help us. And Canada is just America's hat, so we can't really hold "being Canadian" against you, either.

@StraightKnots

15 күн бұрын

Nah, you're American. North American. Might not be the same country but I'll be damned all us North Americans are fuckin rowdy and while we might deck each other all the time, God help any nut dumb enough to threaten the brethren

Holy shit, My dad was on the Samuel B Roberts when this happened, I was almost 3 years old when it happened, had to go live in Maine for a bit while the ship was repaired, I’ll never forget with even as young as I was the size of the hole in the ship

When I was in the military, we had a saying: "The only reason something can freely traverse any of the oceans of the world....is because the U.S. Navy allows it to."

@nercksrule

10 ай бұрын

Their prop shafts are driven by the homosexual energy of the crew.

@ninjabearpress2574

10 ай бұрын

Yeah because it's true. The USN has everything from aircraft carriers to ninjas, mind your manners.

@nercksrule

10 ай бұрын

@@ninjabearpress2574 I am minding my manners. I didn't call them any slurs. I just acknowledged the fact that the Navy has historically been the most homosexual branch of the US military.

@ninjabearpress2574

10 ай бұрын

@@nercksrule i don't mean you, I intended to address any potential troublemakers.

@markbrown9765

10 ай бұрын

@@nercksrule I was in the Navy during the "don't ask, don't tell' period. I did nine years (83-92). I obviously came across thousands of sailors during that time. Only two were gay (one I'd actually say was more "any port in a storm" than gay. Very very few women sailors back then and none onboard warships). Any, I've always found the juxtaposition about sailors interesting. One the one hand there's all the gay sailor jokes. On the other there's the lock up your daughters and wives because the Navy is in port. In my experience it was way way more of the later. When I was first in, in school, we had a fleet returnee in our class. He would tell the craziest stories about the Philippines, Korea, etc. I thought, this guy has to be full of shit. Nope, been there, it's all true. Anyway, I never minded the jokes, it's (or was) rare that they are true. A more accurate description would be that sailor are sexual deviants. They'll bang anything/any way that is a human female.

Every Naval Aviator Ever: No way in hell am I passing up a chance to paint a ship on my plane.

@MartinHatch-oi6xq

10 ай бұрын

😅

@jimreilly917

10 ай бұрын

😂

@thechambermagazine1940

5 ай бұрын

Bingo! An example is in my lengthy comment above.

My dad worked on the A6 intruder when he was in the Navy. Years later after they were replaced he was able to tell us he worked on the lazer guidance systems. He was also stationed on the Enterprise . I am not sure if he was there at that moment in history but it wouldn't surprise me. He passed away about 18 years ago and I miss him and his naval stories.

Broken English: I'm just here to take pictures. That Komrad is cool.

"It's never a war crime the *first* time." Beautiful words to live by.

@navidk1476

6 ай бұрын

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@novax7514

6 ай бұрын

Canada indeed lives by those words

@mitchb311

5 ай бұрын

Tell that to the Nazis

@Amen-Magi

5 ай бұрын

At this time, Iran had 300 ships and bought 24 frigates from England and America, so these 3 ships were not half of Iran's navy.

@StonyDilithium

4 ай бұрын

@@Amen-Magi 300?? Have they ever had that many? It's 2023 and the Iranian Navy only have barely 200 total ships as is...

As badass as the A10 is, I feel a long video style would be perfect for Taffy 3. The sheer battleship sized balls of USS Johnston, USS Hoel, the WW2 incarnation of the USS Samuel B. Roberts, and the other ships of Taffy 3's totally bonkers charge/last stand against what was the majority of the Japanese capital ship fleet (including Yamato herself).

@coreytaylor5386

10 ай бұрын

yeah, plus there are a thousand A10 videos out there already and much much less on the Taffy3

@kaneo1

10 ай бұрын

Possible lines: 'When the turret firing at you outweighs your entire ship...' 'When the world's biggest, worst sub outweighs your entire task force...'

@liberalsockpuppet4772

10 ай бұрын

Read Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors before Taffy 3 video. You will won't be able to put it down til you finish it.

@davidsnapp7121

10 ай бұрын

I second this!

@NateGiebel

10 ай бұрын

I third this!

I laughed soooo loud when you said made the credits as “Bologna Mist Cloud #1” 😂 Your videos are amazing! Thank you 🙏

@randomman4938

Ай бұрын

Agreed, hilarious phrase!

I was also there as XO of USS O'BRIEN (DD-975) in SAG Delta. Crazy day to be sure. SAG Delta most of the day trolling back and forth in the haze through the Straits of Hormuz trying to get one of the Iranian frigates to come out and play. INS SAHAND finally came out to play and, as discussed, immediately got jumped by the Strike Group from USS ENTERPRISE. The only weapon fired by SAG Delta against SAHAND was a Harpoon shot by USS JOSEPH STRAUSS (DDG-16). STRAUSS was directed not to fire but did anyway. For a good account of the US Navy in the Persian Gulf during those times, including Operation Praying Mantis, I recommend the book "Inside the Danger Zone" by Harold Wise.

Honestly, when you mentioned them going to court over war crimes I was kinda expecting the court to be like "So you put mines out into international water where any civilian vessel could stumble upon them? And you think America did the war crime here?"

@Tskelly4

7 ай бұрын

I’m sure it came up 😂

@Erudito_Ra

7 ай бұрын

😂😂 they always pin the U.S. as the bad guy for being 0 tolerate

@novacorponline

7 ай бұрын

@@Erudito_Ra Yeah... "Listen, we get that you were attacked, but, you retaliated. That makes you just as bad. One could argue, worse even. I'm going to argue that."

@OneBiasedOpinion

7 ай бұрын

Easier to pin blame on America. We tend to be the favorite international punching bag because most nations hate being so drastically out-classed. Plus they know we’re always good for that reparation money, unlike most other nations.

@christopherhammond3664

7 ай бұрын

​@@novacorponlineif you're actually arguing that, I'm calling BS. No answer/reaction actually projects weakness.

The A-6 intruder was the most technologically advanced attack plane of its generation and is overlooked WAY too often.

@lancerevell5979

10 ай бұрын

And the bombardier sits beside the pilot, not behind, in an A-6 Intruder.

@intellectualiconoclasm3264

10 ай бұрын

Well said.

@MrGaryGG48

10 ай бұрын

@@intellectualiconoclasm3264 ...and that's a fact! 🤣😂 Having served on a really old WWII Destroyer Escort and two Guided Missile Frigates during my ten years in the US Navy, I found this "Documentary" a total Hoot!! Well Done.

@christianpethukov

10 ай бұрын

I loved the A-6, that weird-looking bomb truck. I was sad to see it retired. In the 80's I had high hopes it would get a new lease on life with the A-6F upgrade plan. Unfortunately that program was canceled. Now many A-6 airframes sit at the bottom of the sea off the Florida coast as artificial reefs for sea life.

@SynchronizorVideos

2 ай бұрын

A-6s were awesome, and the dudes driving them were absolute badasses.

Mate, I normally have zero interest in military stuff, but your storytelling is incredible. Love listening to your stuff before bed, it's super relaxing. Keep it up!

You are officially my new favorite military story channel.

I was there aboard the USS Merrill (DD976). That was a WILD day. We pumped over 100 5 inch rounds into that platform. Mount 51(forward, on the bow) and mount 52 (aft, on the fantail) just chucking out round after round. The Soviet ship's Captain really said that. That is a true story.

@jameskennedy7906

9 ай бұрын

"Its all good bro we're just here to watch" - soviet ship captian

@Carlito100S11

9 ай бұрын

Knew an FC on that ship during the operation. I was on the USS Wabash at the time as well, saw a lot of the video on SITE tv.

@1917Enfield

9 ай бұрын

@@Carlito100S11 Who was that?

@jbennett4196

9 ай бұрын

thank you for your service. thats amazing. i cant imagine all of this going on at once and being an admiral on that day. you think youve got a solid plan to let them know "dont mess with us" and halfway through nothing makes any sense as news keeps coming in.

@Elthenar

9 ай бұрын

@@jameskennedy7906 It's easy to forget that the Soviet seaman were young kids too and a lot like ours. As soon as they heard the US was about to blow Iran back to the Battle of Thermopylae they absolutely had to take a look.

This is the way we want history told. Keep this up, man, as long as you can. I never get tired of your video.

@Karlach_

2 ай бұрын

They are so engaging and go by so fast

And now Iran about to f around and find out for a second time. 😂

“Or, I’m going to have to get, real proportional, around here”. Pure gold

It’s so strange to think that a military commander stopping operations when they are going too well is a VERY new concept

@BlandSpagetti

10 ай бұрын

It makes when you realize this could have lead to some low level officer or an enlisted man starting WW3 if someone got trigger happy

@Jadefox32

10 ай бұрын

I mean we stopped hitting the convoy of retreating Iraqis in Deserstorm because we didn't want it to be labled a massacre after we spent a week shooting anything that moved on said highway.... American military might is best described as "don't touch my stuff." before anyone mentions the withdrawal from Afghanistan realize 2 things, we had already accomplished what we set out to do (getting Bin Laden and eviscerating Al Qui Da) Trump did have a withdrawal agreement with the Taliban before Biden said "nah" and left our outdated toys behind. Two US forces were no longer doing anything than holding the patch of ground near Bagram for 20 years. That's not a loss and if the US operated like Russia does we could level countries and reshape geography.

@dogsbecute

10 ай бұрын

the message was sent by that point, like the other guy said, it couldve easily escalated to something way bigger than a skirmish. Iran understood why all of that was happening, and its a shame they dont pay mind to history, because its looking like they are going to need a reminder as to why their navy is 80% speed boats after this first engagement....

@rylandavis2976

10 ай бұрын

​@@BlandSpagettihow could this have escalated to ww3. The soviets didn't care one bit about Iran.

@snowdirt2529

10 ай бұрын

@@rylandavis2976 In all reality, the odds of starting WW3 from this event were probably pretty low, but who the heck expected an arch duke getting assassinated would have started the bloodiest conflict in human history. Weird things can happen.

I'm a US Navy retired vet, and this is some of the funniest story telling I've ever heard, love it. On the last ship I was on, USS Princeton, a similar thing happened, got hit by two mines, this happened way back in 1991, but that ship is still fully operational, it's amazing what US Naval ship yards can do.

@ichaffee1

9 ай бұрын

Bravo !!

@minstrel7210

9 ай бұрын

Wew, most wild thing that happened on my ship, the Vinson, was when one of our pilots crashed an F-35 across the flight deck and then some Chief put the footage of it on KZread like the day after. Pilot was fine, but I'm sure Big Navy got that chief's ass pretty good 😂

@robgrey6183

9 ай бұрын

Could do. Not any more.

@evandrogamabytedance74

9 ай бұрын

My friend Robert was one of the divers who defused one of the bombs, he is retired from the EOD and lives in Ewa Beach. Bravo for you guys!

@leavingsoonduetocensorship3453

9 ай бұрын

Blowing people and their resources up is fun? Guess we know what to do with YOU when we apply do unto others

My dad was largely involved in Praying mantis this hits really close to home. Thank you for covering this op. 🙏

Op. Praying Mantis' tagline could have been the paraphrased quote from Raul Julia in Street Fighter: "For you Iranians the time the US Navy destroyed half of your fleet was the worst day of your life...But for the US Navy, it was but a monday" Yes, April 18, 1988, was a Monday. A missed opportunity for America to mail a "I Hate Mondays" mug to the Iranian Navy's Chief of Staff, if you ask me

@toddhutchins2492

2 ай бұрын

When you're out at sea, you tend to lose track of the days,

I've learned more history from this man than any public school ever taught me. Also, bologna mist cloud number one 😂

@danielmorskijr411

10 ай бұрын

Kevin!!!

@IsseyAlmquist

10 ай бұрын

Thanks kevin, now my youtube circles are connected.

@bodyrumuae2914

10 ай бұрын

I'd like to see footage of how that happened, if there is any. Probably wouldn't be on KZread because of sensitivity to reality.

@Nick-ue7iw

10 ай бұрын

The crossover nobody knew they needed.

@FarSeeker8

10 ай бұрын

My friends used to just call it a "red mist."

I laughed and almost choked on my breakfast at "bologna mist cloud number 1"

My sisters in the Navy deployed right now over there outside of Yemen. I keep seeing news articles about missiles that keep getting fired at her ship (uss gravely). Its pretty f’d up and ive been really scared. This video just made me cry of laughter and eased my concerns. I guess i just needed to be reminded how stupid it is to mess with the US. Thank you for the vid! Def Subscribing

At the time, I was LTJG Slattery, the senior intelligence officer for VA-95, the A-6 squadron in this story. I was on board the Enterprise as this took place and I debriefed the A-6 crews, who were my drinking buddies, as they returned from their missions against the Sabalan and the Sahand. This is a very entertaining overview of that day's action. However, you need to watch your details. The A-6's did not carry Harpoons that day. They had AGM-123 Skipper II glide bombs. They also had dumb bombs and Rockeye cluster bombs (I remember the crew that hit the Boghammer saying that it spun in the water when they hit it). The mine that the Samuel B. Roberts struck was an M-08 (as in Model 1908) contact mine that had been originally developed in 1908 (prior to WWI). The phone you have is of an M-08, but it was not magnetic. It was detonated by a ship coming into contact with one of the three horns in the photo, which broke open the horn allowing seawater in to detonate the mine. The Samuel B. had entered a mine field (if I recall correctly) and was backing out when it hit the mine. I was listening to the comms during most of the battle and I don't recall the Sahand being hit by missiles, but I wasn't listening for that either. I was listening to hear what was happening with the A-6's. VA-95 and the A-7's on board the Enterprise hit the Sahand several times. The Sahand did not sink right away. It was a floating, burning hulk through the night and didn't sink until the next morning. As for the A-6 that flew alongside the Sabalan to ID it, your version is pretty accurate, but the A-6 crew (I forget who it was) knew they had found the Sabalan when the bombardier/navigator (B/N) looked behind at the ship's bridge after they had just passed it and saw someone had launched an SA-7 Grail at them. They hit chaff and flares and decoyed the missile. The rest of what you say about that flyby is probably accurate, I just don't recall it being described that way (that was 35 years ago). I forget which A-6 crew dropped the bomb down the stack of the Sabalan, but it didn't detonate in the engine room. Either something was wrong with the fuse or it simply passed through the ship too quickly to detonate inside, but after it went down the stack, it punched out through the hull and left a hole leaking oil for a mobility kill and the Sabalan had to be towed back to port. I remember reconnaissance photos from the next day showing the oil leaking as it was towed to its homeport of Bandar Abbas. I don't recall any Silkworms being launched. We were watching those very closely and we were continually receiving satellite imagery of the launch sites (they were stored in underground bunkers and moved out via rails to their launch positions). Had a Silkworm (old Soviet technology) been moved onto a launch pad, we already had plans to strike it before it could be used. There were a couple of humorous incidents from that day. You mentioned the one A-6 being "committed". The B/N for that A-6 was probably CDR (might still have been LCDR at that time) Schork, whose callsign was Schorky. I remember him saying (maybe at the debriefing) that his A-6 was rolling in hot on one of the ships (probably the Sabalan) when the call came in to cease operations for the day. He didn't want to miss an opportunity to drop a bomb in a real battle, so he responded to the call, "Too late! I'm committed!", which he said was BS, because there's no such thing as being "committed". He could have broken off the attack but didn't want to. He didn't want to pass up a spot in history. Another light moment was when (an aircrew told me they heard this radio transmission) when one of the battle groups called one of the oil platforms and said (as best I recall) "Attention, Iranian Oil Platform! You have five minutes to abandon your platform before we open fire. Have a nice daaaay!" The crew immediately abandoned the platform. I like your channel. I am subscribing to it. Thanks for all the memories.

@davidstinson1184

4 ай бұрын

Great clarification 👍 I was visiting VA-22 back at NASL after the cruise, saw a ship painted on the side of one of their A7’s. When I inquired I was given a post strike photo of the Sahand. 😊

@MadMax75th

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the detailed post. THANK YOU for your service! I was a police officer at the time and LOVED President Reagan and the USA during his era! Our military became a much more potent force thanks to his support, and it definitely showed. I miss those days.

@vapoet

4 ай бұрын

It was odd to hear him say it was a Harpoon missile.

@masonfox9070

4 ай бұрын

One of the best responses I've ever read on KZread. Epic. Thanks for the details and personal account. That was really cool.

@PantheraOnca60

4 ай бұрын

Damn. I was just going to comment that the bombardier in a A6 wasn't behind the pilot. 😳

The Sammy B. Is one of the huge points of navy DC training. That crew absolutely embodied the biggest rule of nautical damage control: "Dont give up the ship!" Another banger video buddy.

@TheMythicalHaastsEagle

10 ай бұрын

Samuel B Roberts DC training motto "Do not give up, EVER'

I actually found this video by accident, when another KZreadr put his commentary on it. I had a hard time getting through it, because I was laughing so hard!!! I followed his link here, and watched it again, straight from you, and now I HAVE to check out more of your videos! Don't let me down, bro!

"... if the American people find out about your mistake, I will have to get absolutely 'proportional' about that." Very funny!

@richardwoodford3365

5 күн бұрын

Not funny to the two US Marine Aviators we lost that day from the USS Trenton.

It’s cool watching in real time as you get better and better at telling these stories. Please make them all 15+ minutes. I guarantee 99% of us will watch till the end, no matter how long the videos are.

@halfspeaker

10 ай бұрын

Hell yeah

@zacharymeinholz7817

10 ай бұрын

💯

@zN8cH

10 ай бұрын

Definitely!

@testickles8834

10 ай бұрын

no. that makes 25% math fail >

@SeventhAlpha410

10 ай бұрын

I would

The best part of this story is the sailors who saved the ship. Those men deserve respect.

@dangermouse9494

9 ай бұрын

I was on a sub.. We were all part of the DC team. That crew deserves everything.

@devonpeeples2188

9 ай бұрын

Them and the crew on the USS Cole.

@abel_underwater

9 ай бұрын

Actually the even better part is the Iranian Navy that annoys the US Navy every now and then is the half that remained from Praying Mantis😂 talk about fckn around to find out

@dboi1656

9 ай бұрын

IIRC their captain intentionally made sure his crew was top-notch in respect toward the previous ship, DE-413, which was part of Taffy 3 and sank during the battle which saw a couple Destroyers and some Escort Carriers fight off Yamato and multiple IJN Cruisers

@ManofSteel4889

9 ай бұрын

I work with a dude who was on the USS Simpson during this. He has the patch and everything from the campaign. He said this guy is a riot

Before Iran starting laying mines, they should have called Japan and asked, "hey, what's the worst that could happen if you sink a US Navy ship?"

Man... Thank you for your content. It makes me smile during a tough period in my life. Gracias!

No joke, the Samuel B. Roberts' crew deserve every amount of praise that they've gotten for saving their vessel. That ship _should've_ sunk, but they pulled that shit off. Look, I'm an American and I definitely subscribe to the whole "OUR SHIPS ARE THE BEST SHIPS" philosophy too, but even a great ship can get sunk if it takes a catastrophic amount of damage. No amount of 'Murican Pride can save a vessel if the damage is that bad... except in this case. Those fuckers worked their asses off and nobody died. That's just straight-up amazing. Kudos to the crew of the Samuel B. Roberts. Something catastrophic happened and you all just buckled-down, rolled-up your sleeves, and said, "No, we're not sinking. We won't _let_ that happen."

@BustaCapov

6 ай бұрын

USS Coronado Agf-11 JTFME 1988, and took part in both operations, we sent 6 of our crew, Welding the top deck , zipper fashion, and never got credit for the effort...

@alexandertelehin3425

5 ай бұрын

You have now highlighted your exceptional skills in zip welding with what you had to work with to save one of your best ships from sinking far too far from home. They are true tradesman skills that are taught to most sailors that are a requisite to keep any ship afloat long enough to get it home for proper repair. Well done lads. @@BustaCapov

@vapoet

4 ай бұрын

I used to say they held it together with duct tape and baling wire, and I wasn't far off. Those frigates, built with economy in mind, turned out to be extremely tough and deadly ships.

Digging the channel. You ever hear about the guy doing tailgunner duty and the entire tail got blown off by flack guns? It continued flying normal-ish so he kept fighting and the Germans thought it was a new secret weapon so they shot it up and hit the guy with a couple cannon rounds. It landed itself in a POW camp and the prisoners heard someone moaning inside. The guy made it through the war and had like 12 kids. Your way of telling it would do it justice. It's a heck of a story.

@ChiefCrewin

10 ай бұрын

​@@niga7299I'd be proud to refuse that medal ha

Was in Battlegroup FOXTROT for this endeavor in 1988. Non combat ship (USS PYRO AE24), But still doing support and many oddball things getting the job done, including breaking a few records. Great storytelling.

Man thank you so much for all of these! I really enjoy them and your delivery sometimes leaves me laughing so hard I start to cry. Thanks again and keep up the great work.

Should be noted the Samuel B Roberts (or the Sammy B) is a ship name filled with history. The original Samuel B Roberts was a John C Butler Class Destroyer Escort (the WWII equivalent of a frigate) and her job was to screen escort carriers and fuck up destroyers in hunter killer groups. The Sammy B was named after a USN coxswain who was killed while distracting Japanese forces to rescue his fellow crew mates, he had volunteered for this action and was awarded the Navy Cross and had ships named after him. So the name already had crazy history, and her namesake was killed in the Pacific so they send her on over, let her get revenge. Nothing too notable would occur until the Invasion of The Philippines, where shit got out of hand fast. She would be assigned to Taffey 3, where she and her fellow Escort Destroyers, Fleet Destroyers, and Escort Carriers would go toe to toe with the largest fleet that Japan ever sailed in WWII. Taffey 3 would engage Admiral Kuritas Second Force during the Battle off Samar, in a true David vs Goliath scenario. Kurita had 4 Battleships (one being the IJN Yamato), 6 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, 11 destroyers vs Spragues 6 escort carriers, 3 destroyers, and 4 destroyer escorts. The Yamato alone displaced more tonnage than the entirety of Taffey 3, so the battle should have been lopsided right? Well the USN does not take kindly to being attacked, and loves to be aggressive, so the pilots of the escort carriers, and crews of the USS Johnston, USS Samuel B Roberts, and USS Hoel decide that running is boring and charge the enemy fleet. The US fleet would not only score first blood, but would sink multiple cruisers and destroyers, and heavily damage other ships in the fleet. Even the 5 inch gunners on the escort carriers got to shoot up some enemy cruisers. Due to her action in this fight, the Samuel B Roberts is referred to as “The Destroyer Escort that fought like a Battleship” I highly recommend for those interested in a more coherent retelling of the story to read “The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors” or watch Drachinifels video on The Battle off Samar, both are excellent

@sawyerawr5783

10 ай бұрын

It's been reported by men off the FFG-58 Samuel B Roberts that they all, at various times, stopped by the memorial to DE-413 on the ship during the fight to save the ship. As if asking the men who went down off Samar to lend them their strength. and apparently, it worked.

@BackAlleyCycles

10 ай бұрын

Wow my name is Samuel Roberts and I knew there was a ship I had the same name as but awesome to learn the real history thanks for that!

@knpark2025

10 ай бұрын

Oh my god you're right. I wondered why the name ringed a bell and it was from Taffy 3. The missile frigate and her crew truely lived up to her name.

@constitutionsupporter1972

10 ай бұрын

Excellent Summation. Thanks for the book recommendation. Wrote it down and will be ordering it directly.

@wrenchinator9715

10 ай бұрын

The last stand of the tin can sailors desperately needs its own video.

I was on the USS Gary (FFG-51). Iran shot those silkworms at us and the barges. We were sent out to see if Iran still wanted to have a fight. They did. We couldn't fire any anti-missile missiles (jamming) so we ended up popping chaff and firing the big gun in their general direction. One of the silkworms got distracted by the chaff and the other one kept coming in...but it ran out of propellant and splashed. Because the government wanted to sweep the information under the rug, we were the only combatant ship that was denied combat action status.

@cgilleybsw

7 ай бұрын

That blows. My son 11B served in Afghanistan and Iraq. His first tour he was assigned to support special forces. When he completed the tour, he was up for a CIB which the board wanted to reject (he was part of an intelligence battalion). His company sergeant pointed out that he had 18+ confirmed kills and multiple high intensity discussions with the Taliban (we was the 240 gunner on a Humvee). He got his CIB. Next assignment sent him to the 7th Cav at Hood. At this point he's 20. The unit is ordered to present itself with all authorized awards - which he does. Company sgt loses it (son has more ribbons than he does...), accuses him of falsifying, etc. Get's back to his previous battalion commander who is now a Colonel. That shit got fixed quick. I am constantly amazed at the politics around awards. The real warfighters just don't care.

@16rumpole

7 ай бұрын

@@cgilleybsw Your son made you proud he is a hero

@DrMarianus

7 ай бұрын

I am a US Navy diver veteran who was in Danang, Vietnam with HCU1 (1971). Of course, equipment and tactics have changed over the years. We wore dungarees (bell bottom jeans LOL) for E1 - E6. Chief uniforms were khakis and were identical to officers. Your story makes me think that sometimes our government uses members as guinea pigs to see if the enemy will engage, even it means the loss of the ship. Our rules of engagement sometimes are too strict. Fortunately, your ship made it safely. Bravo Zulu on that.

@Pops-km8xt

6 ай бұрын

DeMarco, I was also there. USS Knox. We were there from July 87 to Jan 88. Nimble Archer. I recall in the first week's, a helo went down and an A6 "disappeared ". Remember manning the rails with lights searching the debris of the helo for survivors. Fun times.

@theflamingeagle572

5 ай бұрын

​@@cgilleybsw Your son was able to get the title of mass murder before the age of twenty 😂

Really enjoy the way you disseminate information. So good.

Great narrative style, concise and to the point with no little humor too. Outstanding!

"Just hear to take pictures.... for history" I believe that is the point where a coworker came into my office and asked what had my laughing! Dude! I love your stuff.

@shanejamesmccann5858

9 ай бұрын

Y'all wanna find out what it's like to chew 5in gum? Haha I died

"Im just here to take pictures....... for history" I respect it

@danielseelye6005

10 ай бұрын

They should've responded with, "Roger that. Grab you some popcorn and enjoy the flick."

Japan:Dont touch their boats Iran:IDGAF USA: *Whips out belt*

One of my favorite parts of rewatching these movies is watching the subscribers count raise. So close to a mil!!!

My husband was on the USS Hoel, a destroyer, taking part in the whole thing. I have his VHF tape of it, recorded by one of the other ships crew. It was his last time out before he retired in 1988. He was also on a Navy ship active in Nam. Got dosed with Agent Orange. Yup, his health paid for it. Miss him dearly

@bobrees4363

10 ай бұрын

He was a good man, I remember him signing several spots in my PQS book for the Mk42, and me asking why he signed so many. His reply was "You can do it, and I wrote the book."

@t00130x

10 ай бұрын

I was reading this comment and thought someone else was there with my step-dad, then I realized it was my mom commenting. Lol.

@c.s.oneill2079

10 ай бұрын

My respects ma'am, to you and your son who commented below. It touched me how you remember him. It sounds like he chose his beloved very, very well. Blessings to you and your family. (USN, Retired, 2009)

Simply put, you have a great way of telling stories. Gathering facts and adding humor. Thank you for doing what you do ❤

1:55 “in God we trust all others we track” is 🔥

I’m not really a war story kind of guy, but dam duck.. your delivery is so engaging…. Great videos.

I was stationed on The Sammy B from 2008 -2011. We had to learn all about our name sake, what he did, the previous ship, what they did, and all about Operation Grasshopper. We still were winning DC (damage control) awards 20+ years later as well. The mine strike was taught in the DC school as the textbook " What to Do" for DC scenarios. Best ship I was ever on in my 23 yrs! NO HIGHER HONOR!!

As someone that was going into the military when this was happening I definitely was paying attention at the time. I was still captivated by your storytelling, sitting on the edge of my seat waiting to hear what happened next! Great job. Keep up the good works.

@marthavineyards7525

10 ай бұрын

Did this currently happen?

Had to come by and give you a 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 I saw another person reacting to this, and YOU SIR DESERVE this "like"!!!! Great way to tell this history lesson!!!!!! #Salute !

Brilliant again thanks dude, hi from the UK 🇬🇧 ❤❤❤ I thought I new a lot about previous conflicts, but always learn something new from your shows, brilliant thanks Paul 😮😮😮❤❤❤🎉🎉😂😂😂

When I was in the (Aussie) navy I heard a story from some blokes who deployed to the gulf. You yanks wanted a drag race against our frigate. We don’t like to do that but we accepted, only intending to come up in revolutions as per the handbook You yanks didn’t do the same, you went from dead stop to full ahead and blew the gas turbine, absolutely legendary, but that’s not the best part Your ship was towed to port and operational again in 24 hours, I mean that would take our navy months. You guys are absolute legends, so much respect for the U.S. Navy

@Karlach_

2 ай бұрын

Lmao Just some fun sibling rivalry. We love ya Aussies and will always have your backs

@aaronwilliams1249

2 ай бұрын

That reminds me of an incident my dad experienced when he was on the USS Ranger aircraft carrier in the 1960s. The captain asked the admiral if it would be OK to drag race the Kitty Hawk. The admiral said absolutely not, and then he proceeded to take a nap. The Captain then said screw it then proceeded to drag race the Kitty Hawk anyway and beat it, making the cover of Hot Rod magazine.

@nunya5891

Ай бұрын

I was a gas turbine electrician on these class of ships. The GE LM2500 that powered the frigates and the destroyers actually had built in rails in the intake stacks to facilitate quick removal of the engines. 24 hr turn around is standard. It can actually be done faster.

I was a sailor on the USS Kansas City (AOR-3) at the time. We passed a LOT of ammo that week, and even had some excitement ourselves as some fast attack boat thought it was a good idea to traverse the Strait of Hormuz and threaten the supply chain. A destroyer, I don't remember which one, um...discouraged them. Good times.

@jerrybailey1086

10 ай бұрын

I was on the U.S.S. Pyro for this. We were scheduled to go to Mombasa for liberty and got called back to refuel Frigates. Did over 120 continued days at sea.

@EricDKaufman

10 ай бұрын

America, exporting freedom of the seas one Arleigh Burke at a time. :-) *Thank you Office of Naval Research for paying for my Ph.D. :-)

@ALEEN517

10 ай бұрын

My first boat was the Milwaukee AOR-2

@MisterlincolnTX

10 ай бұрын

Praise the lord and pass the ammunition

@reeceguisse17

10 ай бұрын

@@ALEEN517 Wilwaukee was an East Coast ship, yes? All the AORs were decommissioned shortly after I left the Navy

That was a heartwarming storytelling time. Thank you.

Man I was watchin you way back on the shorts an stuff when you made the full screen jump it was meant to be.. thank you for entertaining us… educating us on the stuff the education system doesn’t necessarily teach you.. happy 1 million subs keep it up❤️

It’s always amusing to me to see a navy captain respectfully give their enemies 15 minutes to evacuate before they drop steel rain onto a target.

@goldenhate6649

10 ай бұрын

To be fair, this was only because we weren't officially at war. The assets were the target, not the people.

@alexh3974

8 ай бұрын

Professionals. USN are Professionals.

The longer form content you’ve been doing lately is absolutely amazing! Lots more of this, PLEASE! Keep up the incredible work!

In the words of Ron Burgundy “Boy that escalated quickly, that got really outta hand fast”

I am really digging your running commentary. Especially likeing your: he said; they said. Kindly keep 'em coming. Tom.

And now they're doing the same thing in Yemen. Iran never learns.

@JAMUSA2018

3 ай бұрын

They are troglodytes

@ChiakiNanami736

3 ай бұрын

Facts.

@eagleraider444

3 ай бұрын

Facts x2

@strawberrypoptart5128

3 ай бұрын

Facts³

@Concerned-Nihilist

2 ай бұрын

When your country is run buy a 7th century death cult, good decisions are rear.

"Proportionalized" is the US military version of the police term "Decentralized". I like it.

Bologna Mist Cloud Number 1 😂 My entire house hold had to come watch your video with me (in the basement) because I was laughing so hard that they heard me from their bedrooms up stairs (on the second floor). I was in stitches the whole time watching this. Thank you for the amazing video!

Got inspired by this and since I'm a military nerd I'ma use this topic for my informative speech in my English II class.

As an Iranian I can confirm this is exactly how it happened .

@EsfandiarNokhodaki

9 ай бұрын

تو چی میگی

@mr-fatji1491

9 ай бұрын

@@EsfandiarNokhodaki دارم میگم این یارو آمریکاییه که کل کارش کیر ارتش کشور خودشو که منبع نصف جنگ های امروزیه خوردنه بهترین منبع خبری برای یه عملیات نظامی پیچیدس که احتمالا تو آمریکا فقط یک طرف داستانش رو میگن.

I kinda wish they'd been able to save the Roberts as a museum ship. That ship has one hell of a lineage, because the first Samuel B. Roberts was a DE that was part of the Battle off Samar in 1944 as part of Taffy 3...she scored a torpedo hit during her suicidal charge at the much larger Japanese fleet before being blown apart. So the crew on FFG-58 did the name of Samuel B. Roberts damn proud.

@johnusas2870

10 ай бұрын

I'm just hoping they name another destroyer after the Roberts

@Norbrookc

10 ай бұрын

Fun story about that... apparently there was a plaque on board the new Sammy B memorializing the first one, and as the crew ran to fight to save the ship, they were touching the plaque.

You're a great story teller! Normally it's hard for me to follow a long spoken story (I tune out if it's too long winded), but I kept right up with all of it and you did a great job painting the picture. Subscribing!

Gotta be one of the best story tellers on the platform! Cheers!

This is honestly the best version of the story I have ever heard in my 43 years. You sir have all my respect. Thank you for your service.

America really said "Listen here you little shit." 😂

@the_fat_electrician

10 ай бұрын

indeed

My wife just said “If they step out of line, we’re about to get proportional up in here!” My new favorite sentence.

This is one of my favorite videos on KZread 😂 the humor with the direct delivery of information is gold

My father was a boiler tech on USS Buchanan during this time. Was part of the escorts for the kuwaiti tankers. Glad you made a video about this and gave me new context about what my father was helping to do. Thanks man.

My grandpa was an A-6 pilot during Vietnam (although he retired a few years before this operation took place). The Intruder was originally designed to do dive bomb work like WWII planes, but they had to adapt to low-level strategies because of Soviet anti-air in the '60's. Still, the pilots loved to do it the old-fashioned way whenever possible, because they felt it ensured a more precise hit. Also, a minor nitpick: the A-6's bombardier/navigator sat beside the pilot, not behind. Back seats weren't introduced until the EA-6 Prowler.

@patheddles4004

10 ай бұрын

Kinda hard to argue with the "more precise hit" thing in this case, yeah...

@tonyking3125

10 ай бұрын

"down the smokestack" Hmmm, sounds like your Grandpa knew what he was talking about.

It's worth knowing that the Samuel B Roberts is a storied ship name. It's named for a badass who put himself in the line of fire to draw fire from US marines evacuating a surrounded position at Guadalcanal, ultimately giving his life so those marines could escape. The first ship to bear his name perhaps is the single greatest story of valor in the history of the United States Navy. At the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Japanese snuck their most modern battleships and surviving surface combatants into a close action against a force of basically undefended escort carriers covering landing forces off Samar. Standing in the path of 4 battleships, 6 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, and 11 destroyers was 3 US fleet destroyers and 4 destroyer escorts. The odds were impossible, but don't tell that to LtCdr Robert W. Copeland, DE-413, Commanding. He would take his Destroyer Escort - all 1350 tons of it - into knife fighting range with the Heavy Cruiser Chokai, and blow its stern off in a torpedo run, and light it up with its guns. Not satisfied, he would turn his attention to the Heavy Cruiser Chikuma, using his 5 inch guns to set it ablaze and taking out it's bridge and one if its main turrets. In action for over an hour and taking fire from the entire Japanese force, the Samuel B Roberts would eventually succumb to hostile fire, but due to the aggression of her and her cohorts, the Japanese would turn their superior force around and flee the fighting, believing the ships they were engaging to be of a much larger size class. This action would both save thousands of marines on the landing beaches, and 4 of 6 escort carriers under threat. The Samuel B Roberts in this action was dubbed the "destroyer escort that fought like a battleship". I sincerely hope we continue to name ships after Samuel B Roberts to keep up this ultimate standard in US Naval Tradition. We've been blessed to largely be able to carry advantages into most of our greatest victories in the storied history of the U.S. Navy due to the firm foundations upon which it has resided, but it's always important to remember that the very base of that foundation is the brave, disciplined, and well-trained sailors like those that have served in noteable actions involving two generations of this ship name.

@Vee_231

7 ай бұрын

I would like to add that Sammy B. wasn't alone, by the way. USS Johnston, a Fletcher-class Destroyer, would make the first charge and would later be joined by Hoel, Heerman, and Samuel B. Samuel B. They fought so ferociously that the Japanese thought they were facing a much larger main fleet. Apparently as Johnston was sinking, her crew witnessed the captain of the passing Yukikaze saluting her as she went down.

@ddpdjl2252

7 ай бұрын

I would definitely recommend reading "The Last Stand Of The Tin Can Sailors" by James D. Hornfisher It tells the battle from multiple points of view from the ships commanders, aviators and even some from the Japanese side.

@brandyl8805

7 ай бұрын

Interesting read. Thanks

@maximocristobalvaldespino5408

6 ай бұрын

Correction during the Battle for Leyte Gulf There was NO MARINES in those beaches .only soldiers of 6th US Army..particularly of those from 24th Infantry Division and 1st Cavalry Division in red beach sector of the landing...

@paulbrown8216

6 ай бұрын

@@Vee_231 Destroyer men are the real Navy, all the rest just wish they could be like us. ⚓

That was awesome! Thanks for the best kind of infotainment.

The best laugh from your presentation I’ve had this year. Brilliant brilliant !

I continue to learn more and more about our country's history and just the shear level of FA2FO that America's men and women have had in them since our inception. Thank you Sir. I wish we had more teachers like you.

I joined the Navy in 88. I had nothing to do with this but I did go to the fire fighting school our home port had. The chief there was an HT chief on the Samuel B Roberts and was a part of saving that ship! He described how they welded eyelets on both sides of the crack and threaded the cable from the deck winch's to tie it all together. Talk about boss level!! I have a huge amount of respect for that crew!

@spartangaming6218

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service. We are for ever in you debt, not all heros shoot. The heros heros are fixers of the heros equipment.

@dougtaylor7724

8 ай бұрын

It never occurred to them that they could fail. So therefore it will work.

@hankscorpio6111

8 ай бұрын

@@dougtaylor7724 Actually I'm sure failure was on they're mind. But I think pride in they're ship and teamwork overwhelmed fear of failure. They were willing to toss the book overboard and rewrite what's possible!

@alexh3974

8 ай бұрын

You do what you javw to do. The US Navy will not charge you for saving a very expensive ship. If you have to get creative, yoh get creative.

@doxx2265

8 ай бұрын

⁠@@alexh3974Save the Ship, Save your Shipmate, Save yourself is the order of priority if Battle Stations is ever called.

So impressed by your impressive knowledge- Thank you for your service and your amazing vlogs!

Just found your channel and I consider it the best thing about today! Semper Fi .