In mid May, 2005, the U.S. military wanted to know what would sink a semi-modern Carrier. The USS America, Kitty Hawk Class, commissioned 1965, de-commissioned 1998. After 4 weeks of America's military hammering a completely empty and UN-protected USS America with all they had, it was still Floating, they had to send in demolition units to place charges inside to finally get it to sink.

@DivusMagus

Жыл бұрын

I mean even older ship Yorktown took a beating at the battle of the coral sea and midway and was still floating after being abandoned until a sub finally finished her off.

@wendyfrye1844

Жыл бұрын

unbelievable isnt it! but still the biggest reason u cant sink a carrier remains - The U.S. would unleash hell on who ever even tried it!

@victorwaddell6530

Жыл бұрын

SINKEX USS America . Trying to sink a modern US Navy Aircraft Carrier with conventional weapons is like trying to sink a canvas bag filled with ping-pong balls with an air rifle .

@user-ty5di3ku6o

Жыл бұрын

My dad served on the Kitty Hawk when he first joined the Navy. I remember that ole boat rolling in with the tide.

@halicarnassus8235

Жыл бұрын

There's a reason why the United States does hold exercises like in 2005 there is another reason why any nation is not stupid enough to try to attack a nuclear powered American aircraft carrier since... We do not want to destroy this planet that we live on however if push comes to shove the United States will make sure that if we die we won't before those who try to strike against us do. Do not play with us is the reason to not engage, unless a game of Chess. Merry Christmas. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pW1nraVtcaqxnrw.html

NOW 11 CARRIERS WITH THE GERALD FORD.

most of the aircrafts are assisted by the flight deck Catapult to launch reach takeoff speed.

My best to you and your family for a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy our celebration

More than meets the eye. Lol

The last U.S Carrier sunk in battle was the USS Bismark Sea (CVE-95). It was an Escort Carrier that was sunk during The Battle of Iwo Jima, Feb. 21, 1945.

They have "launchers," that pull the planes up to speed. Huge pistons that throw the planes into the air.

I was a Signalman on USS Constellation (CV-64)-I loved being on watching the sun rise and set from above

Aircraft carrier launches are all catapult assisted. The older system uses a steam catapult, where the latest use an electromagnetic system. They'll send an aircraft from 0 -150 knots in about 1.5 seconds.

Merry Christmas Beesleys! 🎄🎅

Merry Christmas kids!!

When the planes land they actually pick up speed. The reason for this is in case they miss the hook and cable that is suppose to catch them they need to have enough speed to take off again. I watched this happen on the flight deck on the USS NIMITZ.

@Titus-as-the-Roman

Жыл бұрын

Correct, all landing aircraft currently assigned to carrier duties lands under Full Throttle for the reason she just said, missed arresting wires means they have enough inertia to take off again, there was a lot of accidents the early days before they figured this out.

the steam you see below the front wheel is the steam powered catapult.

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May I refer you to an old Christmas cartoon...the scene: The deck of an aircraft carrier with presents strewn all about, and people looking over the stern...the caption: I tried to tell Santa that carrier landings were tricky....

@warrendavis9262

Жыл бұрын

@Beesleys What's your Telegram?

You need to look at the shock/blast test that these ships are subjected to.

Merry Christmas 🎅

The CIWS for the ships are amazing, I call them R2FukU!

Look up, "Aircraft Carrier Sinking - The Only Known Photo of a US Navy Supercarrier Sinking" (5:56)

Wishing you and yours a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year

My Father served in the U.S.Navy for 25 years and with the exception of (Navy boot camp) were served aboard Aircraft carriers until he retired in 1963,I know he loved every day of it he was in three different helicopter accidents (as a passenger) he told us a story of one where after the accident he and fellow crewmen were picked up by a local boat and taken to shore, whereupon they contacted the ship about needing to be picked up, and enjoyed some drinks while they waited, apparently thru some mixup the Notice wasn’t sent to where it needed so they waited a long time and my father decided to call home to say hello, his mother answered and while telling her they were waiting for a ride, the US Navy contacted her to tell her her son was Missing in action and presumed dead in the accident to which she replied..”Well my dead son is on the phone with me now telling me he and his shipmates are still waiting for their ride back to the Ship!” lol I’ll never forget that one

@corinnepmorrison1854

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful event and story!! God bless you all!!

My grandfather was in the Marines in WWII, he told me about an Aircraft Carrier back then that was damaged so much in a battle with Japanese kamikazes that everything above the deck was sheered off and the deck was 1 foot above the ocean - it made it back to harbor almost invisible. But, as long as it had air circulating, it was fine.

The biggest problem is once someone has shown their intent to do harm . . . Lord have mercy on them. Don't throw rocks at a bee hive!

@Zankaroo

Жыл бұрын

You can throw rocks at a bee hive and "kill" it. I've done it and didn't get stung once. Used to to it as a kid on the farm. Also they weren't bees they were hornet. Throw from far away then run like hell inside. Hit and run tactics work very well.

@dabassmann

Жыл бұрын

​@@Zankaroo You kinda took the saying too literally. Do you think China or Russia or any country can throw rocks at the US, run away, and not get stung? And frankly I'd say, as a kid, you just got lucky. You may have knocked it down, but I'll bet the hornets, or bees, or whatever lived and were not "killed". Hey, I may be totally off, but you did throw a rock at MY beehive first.

US carriers have a catapult system to help launch planes/jets via picking up speed. The older carriers used a steam catapult system. The newer Ford class carriers use an electromagnetic catapult system. It’s faster and more efficient. Also cheaper and easier to maintain.

One of my oldest and dearest friends in the world enlisted in the US Navy when we were about 19 or 20. (For comparison, I'm currently 45) I would talk to her on the phone for hours while the vessels were docked in various ports around the world. She told me vague specifics about which level of the carrier was responsible for what function---probably things she shouldn't have been telling a civilian, haha, but to this day, the only thing I remember is how they make fresh water from seawater. She unexpectedly passed away in her sleep this year (likely from an aneurysm, stroke, or heart attack) and I miss her dearly. Anyhow, those ships are hardcore as hell.

P.S.- look up the Essex class WW2 Carrier Bunker Hill, hit massively by Kama-Kaze's (2 I believe with their bombs) at the Battle of Oki Nawa, never before has a ship this size taken the horrible beating it did while in batle yet still able to float it back into port.

I worked on the flight deck as a firefighter. It has been said that during war we had a 90 second life expectancy. Never agreed with that

@frederickknapp5340

Жыл бұрын

@Beesleys ???

merry christmas great vid

Hi Beesleys...look up CATOBAR, and you will see how the planes can speed up so fast to take off, and how they slow down so fast to land.

By the way can I not be the first person to say how beautiful she looks with that mascara and makeup on, she doesn't usually put makeup on however she's already pretty but that highlights her beauty.

Happy holidays

Plans are hooked to a steam powerd sling shot that gets them up to speed , no matter how big they are

the aircraft carriers can turn into the wind and speed up to help planes take off. so even before the catapult the planes can be going 35 miles per hour.

@thomasohanlon1060

Жыл бұрын

That is done as SOP

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A British Aircraft Carrier was actually it the South China Sea with a US Strike Group

As if getting a hit isn't hard enough, sinking one pretty much requires having to go on board and plant explosives in specific spots -- which is what the US Navy had to do to sink an old decommissioned carrier. (Note: Sinking one leaves plenty more -- and they will be angry!)

@apolloaero

Жыл бұрын

Not exactly, they were not trying to sink it. They wanted to keep it afloat to test it

@thomasohanlon1060

Жыл бұрын

@@apolloaero It was a test to see what it would take to sink it and they found out it took scuttling charges. Also please remember there was zero in the way of damage control on board like what would be on an active vessel. The vessel was: USS America, She was a Fleet carrier, would have had 79 aircraft. on the 14 of May 2005, near Cape Hatteras, with no crew on board the USS America was Scuttled after being used as target. Then there was the USS Independence, She was aLight carrier; would have had 30 aircraft; on the 29 of September 1951, near the Farallon Islands; with no crew on board the USS Independence was used as a target during Operation Crossroads and later scuttled after decontamination tests, If anyone doubts what I listed you can look it up for yourself, Date and ship name.

@apolloaero

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasohanlon1060 usually when it's time to sink a ship at a Sinkex exercise, they'll do it with the Mk48 torpedo. And even after it's mostly sunk, they'll sometimes continue to engage. Also, these ships don't carry fuel nor explosives, so I think it at least balances out for lack of damage control. US warships are very robust, but these tests aren't to see how resilient our ships are. They are excellent for testing our weapons, coordination with allies and etc.

@dwaingambino1979

Жыл бұрын

Wasnt even doing damage control with all that going on

@thomasohanlon1060

Жыл бұрын

@@apolloaero The USS American was used for target practice. The USS Independence was scuttled after decontamination tests after a nuclear weapons test.

She's always ready

You should react to c-ram in action, like in Baghdad

I spent 4 yrs on 2 different carriers, best time of my life. the gatlin guns can shoot a bullet to cover every inch of an american football field. And is super noisy

The biggest aircraft that can actually land and take off again from an aircraft carrier is a C-130 Hercules. When a C-130 is landing they actually have to clear the deck of all planes to make sure there's enough room for the C-130 to land because C-130s don't have tail hooks.

4:39 Steam-powered catapults that basically push the aircraft speed to takeoff speed within seconds are what help craft like this take off without issue from an aircraft carrier. The Gerald Ford aircraft carrier, which is the newest and largest built, has some other form of non-steam catapults I think. I have forgotten the name of the device, but US aircraft carriers use an Australian-made device that fires into the air and projects a carrier-sized radar cross-section in in another area to throw off missiles. So it's basically giving enemy missiles an illusion to chase that they think are on radar. The carrier can go 30+mph, so it can be miles away before a missile even hits.

@MichaelScheele

Жыл бұрын

The Ford class aircraft carriers have an electromagnetic launch system instead of the steam powered catapults on previous aircraft carrier classes. Similarly, the recovery system uses electromagnets rather than hydraulics to absorb the forces on the arresting cables.

@kenkurogue101

Жыл бұрын

I think the new carriers are using magnetic propulsion for their catapults now instead of steam powered. More efficient

Thanks!

Happy Holidays to both of you!

Have catapult, will travel.

Mark 1:59? Howdy! 🤠 (Ahem.) Did he say, "million" or "billion"? I thought that I heard, "million"! Like, an "Apache", costs more? 😳 Quote: The average aircraft carrier costs between $5 billion to $10 billion to build. Why is this? The exact cost of building an aircraft carrier depends on the carrier's intended role, size, type, and the country manufacturing it. October 17, 2022 AD. End quote. Note: I made a correction by changing, "what" to "why"!

im waiting on them to make ships boats with liquid steel like the terminators in terminater 2 and 3 so if hit they will automatically heal on its own lol

Nothing is utterly unsinkable, but even if you can get through the protective screen and defeat the carrier’s point defenses, nothing short of a nuke will knockout a carrier with one hit. Those things will soak up a ton of damage.

4:35 it is a Recon plane, probably has counter surveillance and cyber warfare capabilities

The jets are catapulted, they don't just throttle up. And when they land on a carrier, they hook a cable that drags them to a halt. Catapults - The four steam-powered catapults thrust a 48,000-pound aircraft 300 feet, from zero to 165 miles per hour in two seconds. On each plane's nose gear is a T-bar that locks into the catapult's shuttle, which pulls the plane down the catapult. After an aircraft is cleared to land on the carrier, the pilot will lower a device known as a tailhook on the end of the plane. This device is exclusive to carrier-based aircraft and consists of a metal pole with a hook on the end.

Even prop driven airplanes are _thrown off the ship like you do a paper airplane so they're moving at flight speed right from thr get go. No where to fly but up.

Look into the “Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System” to see how they get those planes off the runway. It’s not on their own engine power alone.

A few years ago the Navy took one of its older carriers, the USS America, and spent 3 weeks attacking it and trying to sink it. It took demolition charges to finally scuttle the ship in miles-deep water in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Hehe the Gotland Submarine

In 2003 I did a launch and recovery on the USS kitty hawk, it’s retired now. It was a ton of fun! The plane I was launched on was a similar one to the one with that big plate on top. Good times.

4:28 US Navy has the world's 2nd biggest Airforce and the US Airforce is 1st

see them better though if you look up how the jet take off and land on carrier's

The one technology that wasn't mentioned ( maybe on purpose), is the use of satellite imagery...just a thought

Carries have a little tjing on them that slingshots the plane to give it speed

Oops, they showed one of the U.S. most super secret projects on the deck of the carrier. The one thing no other nation has or can beat.

Merry Christmas all Beesley MOD here... James and Millie Will NEVER ask to talk over telegram or any such thing please do not be caught by these scammers!

There are only 3 countries (that I know of) that have a long history (100 years each) of battle proven experience with Aircraft Carriers: The British Royal Navy, The United States Navy and the Japanese Navy. These 3 countries began developing carriers back in the 1920s, and then actually used them tactically and strategically in actual warfare. There are some countries that believe having a carrier in their fleet automatically makes them a world power, but nothing could be further from the truth. Navies not only have to understand the tactics, but prove their tactics in actual battlefield conditions. Look at Russia's 1 (ONE) carrier. It began experiencing problems as soon as it went to its first sea trials and has never recovered. Just this past week, it was on fire AGAIN while docked at a repair port where it has been sitting for years. In fact, most of its history has been spent docked in ports for repair. China, India and France have a carrier or two also, but knowing how to coordinate them tactically is a whole different ballgame. You don't just build a carrier and become an instant sea power. It just doesn't work that way. BTW, my father served on a U.S. carrier in the Pacific during WWII.😉

@AM-dc7pv

Жыл бұрын

WWII...when the US had like literally 100+ carriers and many times more of light carriers. Once in full wartime production mode, American naval shipyards about one rolling out of drydock every week or some ridiculous build time like that, IIRC.

@beesnestna9544

Жыл бұрын

@@AM-dc7pv As a matter of fact, by January 1944 (possibly sooner) the United States "Pacific" fleet was larger than the navies of all the warring powers combined (not even counting the U.S. Atlantic fleet). Pretty impressive. BTW, it was an escort carrier that my father served on during WWII (also known as Jeep Carriers, Baby Flat-tops, etc.) Full size carriers were designated "CVN" and escort carriers were designated "CVE".😉

@HemlockRidge

Жыл бұрын

@@AM-dc7pv At it's height, the US had 151 carriers during WWII. 119 of them were Escort Carriers. 23 Fleet Carriers, and 9 Light Carriers.

Actually. The planes that take off do not need to worry about speed. They are launched with a catapult to 170mph in 2 seconds. The new super carriers will use electromagnetism which are more efficient. Speaking of the US and a little off topic but I learned that modern architecture was created in the states. I had no idea they started that.

US Navy Aircraft Carrier Battle Groups are the ultimate power projection force the United States can field . Just the presence of one CVBG can change the Military / Political situation in a troubled region . Every enemy of the US and her allies sleeps with one eye open when they hear that a US Navy Aircraft Carrier is steaming off their coast . US Navy SEALs and USMC MARSOC operators can deploy from carriers and their escort vessels . US Navy amphibious assault vessels can tag along with a carrier group and deliver conventional US Marine forces onto any beach in the world .

And then there's reason #6 which is all the top secret defensive systems they refuse to rank about cause their a secret

Let me remind People of the unsinkable Titanic, every thing is sinkable.

No ship is unsinkable ask Titanic, Bismarck, Yamato

Also, the smaller ships that accompany the aircraft carriers surround the carrier during battle to prevent ant submarines from hitting the carrier. The smaller ships would put themselves in the way of a torpedo before letting one strike a carrier.

The Titanic was also considered to be "Un-sinkable".

@AM-dc7pv

Жыл бұрын

They've already used old decom'ed US supercarriers as target practice in the recent past...they finished ordinance and had to go back onboard with a bunch of guys and do controlled demo across the thing in simul-fashion to actually sink the supercarrier. It'll likely take a direct or very near direct of something at least tactical yield since it'll [prob Nimitz class and up] maintain consistent steadiness with a 20k lb explosion going off like pretty much right next to it in it's shock trials prior to commission.

They have landed and took off agian with a C - 130 cargo plane and that's about 3 tines the size of that a wax radar plane your looking at there

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Beesleys, remember we are just still a mere Republic that has Imperial power. We learned it from you Brits our beloved cousins. And of course the Ancient Romans of Italy. Whom we fashion our Republic from. By the way Merry/Happy Christmas 🎄 ✨️ ♥️.

@halicarnassus8235

Жыл бұрын

​@Beesleys don't you ever dare damn yourself if you ever want me to respond. Gj.

If it floats it can sink.

It was photoshop. We don't have transformers...yet.

There's 11 carrier groups

That robot is a joke photo. But it’s actually a battle suit that never happened. Japan did create a tank version for the civilian market but it fires rubber bands and it costs a million for the standard model that it’s not really worth it. The military actually took notice of it and wants to make something similar but the software is proprietary and really is hard to fix into different configurations. It’s also quite slow and doesn’t go very far but it’s out there. Look up real life gundam or Japanese battle suit.

This is what is spurring China to develop missiles that fly at hypersonic speed - greater than five times the speed of sound. Supposedly if you get the missiles flying fast enough, the air they push ahead of them forms an extremely hot plasma that enhances pennetration power. Northrup-Grumman say that they have systems that can intercept missiles at that speed.

@AM-dc7pv

Жыл бұрын

There's already a preliminary weapons system to handle that and other anti-ship weapons though very little info beyond basic program reference naming scheme is distributed, for obvious reasons. Though, the US Navy still has a bunch of programs still developing because they still want to field a much more mature and cost effective weapons system.

By the end of WW2, the US had 105 active Carriers (refered to as CVs) of both the Fleet and Escort design types (the main difference being the role it's aircraft are supposed to be filling, along with size). While they may not have had anywhere near the same capabilities of today's 10 ( however that will most likely change so that all 7 major fleets have two carriers), they were still quite overwhelming. The largest USN Alpha Strike (an exceptionally large strike by naval aircraft on an important target) was, to my knowledge, the sinking of the IJN Yamato in 1945 during the half-baked Japanese attempt to reinforce Okinawa. Just over 380 aircraft participated in sinking what was and is to this day the largest Battleship to have sailed the oceans. Now take that, plus the fact that weapons systems, aircraft holding capacity, and just overall scale of CVs, and the US could realistically be unbeatable on sea. However, we have yet to be realistically challenged on sea since WW2, and only now are we having to deal with Chinese aggression in the South China Sea (they are creating fake islands so that they can claim a chunk of the sea as their sovereign territory, probably to cut off Taiwan, as well as they are blatently copying our ship designs [but then again the Romans did that all the time]).

@kibecawest9867

Жыл бұрын

And then there are Amphibious Assault Ships, which are really just an Aircraft Carrier but for helicopters.

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Okay here's an example of what it's like to try to sink one a few years back we took a Vietnam era aircraft carrier and it was going to turn it in to an artificial Reef so they were going to use it for some target practice first so they hit it with an anti-ship missile and all they did was put a hole in it so they torpedo it twice it still didn't go down they had to wind up sending in a Navy Seals demolition team with a set of blueprints and strategically place an explosives in the vulnerable spots and they finally managed to sink it but it took a few hours and that's with nobody on board fighting the sinking and all them emergency water type bulkheads opened up if you got Sailors on there closing doors and fighting the fires and pumping it out you're not going to sink one

they are not speed up to launch off a carrier, they are slingshotted off.

they have hydrolics and big steel cables that push jets to a high speed to take off and catch a hook hanging down on them as they land watch them close and you can see it happen

USA#1

unless you are a Swedish submarine.

During WW2 America had 105 Aircraft Carriers, of course they were no where near as sophisticated as todays Super Carriers

I think you two are so much fun there are no transformers I think someone just put it in the photo. And it is not easy to sink one a lot of new tech are to keep her afloat save a nuke. As that movie back in the 90s said I don't fear those who want many nukes it is the one that wants one. Anyway good video thanks

At the start of the video I can name five reasons why the United States Navy covers all five reasons why the United States Military is upon itself a Naval 5 arms of Strategic force alone, encompassing All Land, Air, Sea, and Space. The United States Navy can also launch United States satellites/Missiles into space that will hover(orbit)/orbital until reaching their target/targets precise in low or high Earth orbit if the United States was ever threatened equipped with fully functional Nuclear weapons. Something that Russia cannot boast because they do not have that function. Let's hope that Russia does not strike first as it did against its own Slavic people of Ukraine .

Pretty Christmassy

Godzilla can sink them😄

The truth is we don’t know…. The US Fleet of Naval Aircraft Carriers has kept up to date and a new class has been introduced to keep supremacy until 2100 WITHOUT new upgrades, but it has never been tested against a force that even comes close unless World War 2 against Japan. The truth is, in this new generation of warfare, we won’t know will come until it does. None of us ordinary citizens want this, but we may face an adversary and it’s people that they want this warfare. I can only hope not and both sides find some peaceful resolution.

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