8:49 It wasn't a rudder, it was actually a *sail* they whipped up to get the Intrepid home. The rudder was hosed, and they needed a way to keep the bow pointed the right way-- without the sail, in the prevailing winds the ship tended to point directly toward Tokyo, where they most definitely did not want to go at that time. The gigantic Intrepid "sailing" into Pearl was an interesting sight.

"The juggernaut that was the US manufacturing sector" Well put.

@morgankuikka4940

2 жыл бұрын

I like potential historys line about sicking the economy on the economy to fix the economy lol

@Joshua_N-A

2 жыл бұрын

A continent away from the fronts, hence the undisrupted production rate. Unless Latin America joins Axis and stretching and stressing out American labourers.

@Ideo7Z

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joshua_N-A Latin America didn't have the industrial capacity of the US or Canada. They wouldn't have been able to ship anything overseas to Germany or Japan without getting blown out of the water by the US, Canadian and Royal navies. Their economies were tied to the allied cause. Brazil, Colombia and Bolivia had also declared on Germany.

My father flew a Hellcat from the USS Randolph CV15 during WW2 and later from the USS Tarawa CV40 for several years after. Essex-class is part of the family.

@MachRacer4

4 ай бұрын

My paternal grandfather was on CV-19 (by then CVA-19) USS Hancock in Vietnam.

So lucky to have the USS Hornet right on my backyard. Such a monumental piece of engineering

@travisperkins6291

Жыл бұрын

My grandpa served on the USS Hornet that is now a museum. I remember when we drove down to it how happy he was being back on the ship. He loved it.

@nathansheldahl

10 ай бұрын

I enjoyed my trip there with my brother a few years ago. We had a better time there than when we (and my dad) visited the USS Iowa but that was our fault due to getting there so late. We got to that again sometime and get our special tour for being Iowans.

The current Wikipedia article, "Essex Class Aircraft Carriers" includes a photo, (USS Philippine Sea- CVA-47, underway 1955)... I can almost see my dad waving from the island, as he enjoyes his first WestPac tour...

Simon, Brickworks... How all the bricks were made to build the UK, London, Manchester and so on. All the buildings, viaducts, canals, culverts and sewers. Where did they all come from, billions of them. Check out the Bursledon Brickworks for a start. Stay safe, Stay strong.

@dexus8762

2 жыл бұрын

Hands, face, space, stay safe 🤤

@uum6

2 жыл бұрын

"When you hear about all this brick shite... you'll be shittin' bricks, innit"

@dexus8762

2 жыл бұрын

Jayo Delaware the irony in this comment

@stephenchappell7512

2 жыл бұрын

@Jayo Delaware They also policed it with their civil servants and large volunteer recruited army. Indians also settled its length and breadth from Trinidad via the Cape to Fiji in the South Pacific.

@xyzpdq1122

2 жыл бұрын

Sam from Wendover heard this and he’s panting

Loved the video! My dad was aboard the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) which was hit by two kamikaze planes. It was knocked out of the battle but did not sink. She was being repaired when the war ended.

I would LOVE to see a megaproject on the sinking of the USS Oriskany. The process of decommissioning a ship as an artificial reef is mind boggling.

@KPearce57

2 жыл бұрын

It's on youtube I watched it, boring mostly .

@crazywarriorscatfan9061

2 жыл бұрын

This video is pretty good about the Oriskany kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGZho8ewZ7azf5s.html

@patricktyler84

2 жыл бұрын

There is a good doc about this subject on utube

@patricktyler84

2 жыл бұрын

There is a good doc about this subject on utube

@honda6353

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, like the Bismarck or Yamato

YEEEEEESSSSSSSSS I suggested this one, I've been waiting aaaaaaages lol 😁😁😁

@sandybarnes887

2 жыл бұрын

Thx. Great suggestion 👌

@NnH_Kairyu

2 жыл бұрын

Did you marry Essex, and that's why you suggested it? 😂

@hiddenporcupine932

2 жыл бұрын

@@NnH_Kairyu Essex is best waifu. Worth it to oath😉

@NnH_Kairyu

2 жыл бұрын

@@hiddenporcupine932 My first was Intrepid.

@hiddenporcupine932

2 жыл бұрын

@@NnH_Kairyu she also nice. I remembered a tour visit of her real life ship 10 years ago.

The way he described the moment of transfer of power by Yamato sinking…. Chills.

@keithmoore5306

2 жыл бұрын

oh it didn't just sink it was blown clean in two when the forward magazine detonated!!!

@MrSpartanicus

2 жыл бұрын

Musashi also suffered from a magazine detonation. Makes you wonder if it was a design flaw.

@issacfoster1113

2 жыл бұрын

"There was now a new king of the seas" sounds the most chilling to me

@Epistolary8

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSpartanicusYeah, the design flaw is that there wasn't about ten feet of solid armor between the ship and the bombs and torpedoes blowing holes her.

@keithmoore5306

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSpartanicus there probably was a flaw mushashi only had a 1/4 to a 1/3 the planes hit her 240 to 270 some compared to 800 if memory serves! my bet would be in the ammo handling system! i bet you it didn't have enough or the right kind of interlocks to prevent flash travel to the magazines.

My dad was a Marine stationed on the Essex and the Princeton in WWII, he always spoke of those times as some of his favorite. No matter how deadly the situations were he said he was in with all his brothers and he was sure they would prevail.

My father served on Intrepid from 1963 to 1965. He was very proud to have been there. I have her 20th anniversary yearbook and treasure it greatly.

Another idea do the norden bomb sight it was a fully functional analogue computer that took control of the plane for the last bit

@Lorddesructo

2 жыл бұрын

This would be good too, considering how secretive the army was about protecting them. They'd be pulled from planes and stored in locked armories after flying a mission.

@ramal5708

2 жыл бұрын

You do know the captured B-17 or B-29 bomber crews were interrogated extensively by the Germans or Japanese to gain information about the Norden

1:30 - Chapter 1 - Pre war 2:05 - Chapter 2 - Early aircraft carriers 3:05 - Chapter 3 - WWII 4:20 - Chapter 4 - Development of the essex class carriers 6:05 - Chapter 5 - The carriers 8:10 - Chapter 6 - WWII Operations 11:10 - Chapter 7 - Post WWII 12:20 - Chapter 8 - End of the road

Sweeeeeeeeeet Bringing back Cold War projects: A10 Bradley IFV development

@jamescoop8979

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, he should do one on the Bradley!

@mho...

2 жыл бұрын

that movie about making the bradley reality(the pentagon wars) is hillaious!

@sam8742

2 жыл бұрын

@@mho... It outlines pentagon office politics well but what it doesn't take into account is that the bradley was supposed to be multi role

@WasabiSniffer

2 жыл бұрын

it was a ridiculous project. It was like the f35’s development with “good ideas” and changes constantly thrown into and expanding budget. But it redefined mechanized warfare into something totally different. I mean I only see an oil-soaked bullet magnet but that’s just me

@seanbrazell6147

2 жыл бұрын

I'm all about that A-10 life!

the first question every President asks, when security of the Nation is concerned " Where are the Carriers at right now?" no country foe, ever wants a carrier stationed off their coast.

@AlbionTarkhan

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone one of China’s neighbors want American carriers nearby because they’re all scared of China

@AlbionTarkhan

2 жыл бұрын

Apart from North Korea that is

@davidlium9338

2 жыл бұрын

They have also done humanitarian missions (e.g., off the coast of Indonesia after the tsunami of Dec. 36, 2004).

@anydaynow01

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidlium9338 Not to mention their reactors can provide enough power for an entire town!

@anthonymonge7815

2 жыл бұрын

@@anydaynow01 depends on the needs as well. During the SF earthquake in 1989, we disabled the reverse power interlocks from the shore power connections and fed power to the city. It was enough to power a few vital services. The reactors onboard are huge for the ship. For a city, we had to be picky on what services were being supplied. Having 10 of those beasts is awesome. Like it was said, those platforms can provide incredible services to hard hit areas. Think of a self-contained level 1 trauma center that is portable along with a huge full-service hospital.

My Dad did donuts around Cuba on the CVS-9 USS Essex. He went through the Suez, and the Mediterranean, around the Atlantic and back to Mayport with variations over his 4 years. I went with my scout troop to spend the night on the Yorktown, her sister ship. Him being a former telephone man and firefighter he knew all the shortcuts and what was behind secured hatches. If you ever get a chance, it's like the Grand Canyon. You can't convey in words appropriately the scale of it all.

@g.t.richardson6311

Ай бұрын

I have visited Yorktown twice and Laffey as well ,, excellent experience

@linkerthejedi2575

3 күн бұрын

My great grandpa was on the uss Essex near the end of the war he was a photographer of a marine squadron of corsairs

Bagger 293 please! I believe it is a mega project if for no other reason than it is the largest land vehicle ever!

@zopEnglandzip

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@MaxGBlyat

2 жыл бұрын

Now that sounds like something Simon would tackle

@Mr.Cerera69

2 жыл бұрын

Up. Simon dont miss this one please.

You should do an episode on the USS enterprise. What a aircraft carrier

@BAZZAROU812

2 жыл бұрын

CVN 65..

@robertgarrett5009

2 жыл бұрын

Both where or are scrapped, sorry for the update.

Megaprojects idea (or maybe Sideprojects, depending on your ego) - "The Decade Whistler Stole KZread"

@BonShula

2 жыл бұрын

Cringe

@RedDeadRanger

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's meant to be pal.

@Predator42ID

2 жыл бұрын

Accurate, this man has more channels then I have hobbies.

@mmdirtyworkz

2 жыл бұрын

he's a drop in the ocean dude

@RedDeadRanger

2 жыл бұрын

r/whoosh

My grandfather served on the Lexington around 1960, so this was a neat one to see. Never realized it was the last Essex in action.

@kdrapertrucker

2 жыл бұрын

Lexington was in active service right up to the early 1990s. She was used as a dedicated training carrier for pilot training.

@AvengerII

11 ай бұрын

Caveat to the Lexington history -- While she was THE LAST OPERATIONAL Essex-class carrier, the majority of her career was spent as the training carrier. After the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), in which Lexington was used as part of the blockade, she was never deployed frontline again. From 1963 onward, USS Lexington/CV-16/CVS-16/AVT-16 was strictly a training carrier. The actual last Essex-class carrier used in frontline service (armed and fully ready for war) was the USS Oriskany/CV-34. She was retired in 1976, sunk as an artificial reef in 2006. Lexington/CV-16 was the third aircraft carrier museum established. Hornet/CV-12 proved to be the last (and fourth) Essex-class ship preserved as a museum ship. USS Midway/CV-41 was the last carrier museum established (2004) in the US, PERIOD, and will likely be the last aircraft carrier museum in the US period, owing to economics and security realities of later supercarrier designs. The Midway is the only American carrier museum ship that is NOT an Essex-class vessel. There's too much of the basic designs of the earliest supercarriers being still used in the later nuclear-powered vessels. This is a huge reason why all the retired ships from Forrestal-onward have been scrapped or are in the process of being demolished. It's also tremendously expensive to preserve any ship as a museum ship; the situation gets aggravated the larger the preserved ship is! No light or escort carriers have been preserved as museum ships in the United States.

@roycsinclair

10 ай бұрын

@@AvengerII The nuclear reactors in the later carriers also factor heavily into the problems of turning them into museums.

Enterprise-senpai!

Simon, do the Iowa-class battleships!

Forget the supercarriers of today, the Essex class will always be among the top in my books. Also, not sure if it has been covered already, but perhaps a mega/sideproject covering the allied efforts to counter the U-boat threat during WWII?

@anthonymonge7815

2 жыл бұрын

Really? I can assure you the carriers today would outmatch the Essex class quite easily.

@Wxwy

2 жыл бұрын

It's not just how capable the carriers are that influences my opinion of them, it includes other things like historical context, the fights it participated in, -personality- etc.

What’s really cool is that the Intrepid museum has the Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle on its flight deck. You can actually walk under the shuttle and really get a sense of how big the thing is. And it’s on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier!

@theenzoferrari458

2 жыл бұрын

USS NC-1701 starship enterprise. Captains, Jonathan Archer, James Tiberius Kirk and Jean Luc Picard. Space... The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. It's continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.

@georgehill8285

2 жыл бұрын

@@theenzoferrari458 yeah, when you walk into the exhibit they actually have front and center the picture of Gene Roddenberry and the cast at the rollout. It’s pretty awesome!

@ramal5708

2 жыл бұрын

Intrepid took part in the sinking of both Musashi and Yamato

@theenzoferrari458

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgehill8285 The Federation of United planets. Was founded in 2161. It is a representive republic using the monetary currency of federation credit. The Paris France is the executive branch capital and San Francisco California United States is the legislative branch capital. The UFP consisted of up to 350 chartered members in the alliance. The UFP collapsed in 3061. The last remnants of the UFP consisted of 38 members who held to the federations core values until 3189.

@georgehill8285

2 жыл бұрын

@@theenzoferrari458 yeah, I saw Disco season 3 too. Should be interesting to see what a reconstructed Federation looks like in season 4.

Ah Yes Finally. The Horde known as Essex and her Sisters. Also don't let her near Lemons

@mixnmatchflavourbleach2313

2 жыл бұрын

Or liquor!

@jehoiakimelidoronila5450

2 жыл бұрын

Lemons?...

@mikoajwilk1767

2 жыл бұрын

@@jehoiakimelidoronila5450 Weeb joke

@PhillyCh3zSt3ak

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, a fellow SKK of culture.

@imapopo2924

2 жыл бұрын

If she finds some Lemons... Keep her away from Enterprise.

FYI : The MUSASHI was also sunk by carrier base aircraft during the battle of Leyte gulf.

@ramal5708

2 жыл бұрын

Yes the 4 Essexes Franklin, Intrepid, Lexington and Essex contributed the attack on Musashi and the Cabot (Independence Light Carrier) as well. Also the Gray Ghost CV-6 as well, so 3 classes of carriers sunk one giant Battleship

My Great Grandfather was a Chief Fire Controlman on USS Ben Franklin (Big Ben) CV-13, the most heavily damaged ship to ever return to port under it's own power. It practically sank without sinking. His story was incredible. He was a member of the 704 club (704 sailors who remained on ship instead of abandoning) and battled the fires that nearly sank the ship.

I got to visit the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi not too long after her decommissioning. If you ever have a chance to see one of these ships, please do. They're a military history lesson in port, usually with a mix of aircraft from throughout their careers, from single piston engine fighters from the Second World War to the jets that would expose the vessels' weaknesses due to their small size. All four remaining ships had angled decks added during post-war refits to accommodate the higher landing speeds of jets, as well as catapults for launching their ever-heavier weight.

What really made the Essex carriers special was their damage control systems, Several Essex carriers were heavily damaged in the war but none were sunk

My wife's grandfather was a plank owner of the Intrepid. She was known as the"Evil I" as she was always catching it from the Japanese.

@johnbenet5394

8 ай бұрын

I was on the USS ShangriLa CVA 38 It was the most miserable time in my life

Interesting side note is the Kamikazi attacks on the British carriers was pretty innefective as they had armoured decks. The Japanese were expecting wooden decks like the American carriers but they hit 3" steel and mostly bounced off leaving a dent, i believe the Americans ere pretty impressed with this at the time

@ATomRileyA

2 жыл бұрын

I was watching a documentary about the battle of midway and thought i saw wooden decks on the American aircraft carriers and just thought i was mistaken and did not realize that were actually wood, interesting info thanks for posting that.

@sweetpeaz61

2 жыл бұрын

@@ATomRileyA You will find this link very interesting then, great chanel. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z6Rqrs5wgK7LoKQ.html

@TheBooban

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they just pushed them overboard, brushed off the debris and carried on. Too bad they didn’t get to war much.

@ronclark9724

2 жыл бұрын

While some Americans were impressed by armored decks, the wooden decks of American carriers were easily replaced without the need to return to a shipyard... The USS Enterprise's flight deck was rebuilt time and time again in New Caledonia and Hawaii...

@MrTmac9k

2 жыл бұрын

It's a design trade-off -- more deck strength vs. larger complement of strike aircraft. Of course, with the Midway class, they just made the darn thing bigger so they could have both.

It is pretty cool to see this video being a carrier sailor myself. I was on the Nimitz and that ship was huge. In all my time onboard, I maybe saw 30% of the ship.

What about the Yorktown class? They were the work horse at the beginning.

@JJsMuvieHole

2 жыл бұрын

They were, both only Enterprise lasted long. I think also that since this is megaprojects channel.... Well the Yorktown class weren't really a "mega" project.

@ph89787

2 жыл бұрын

@@JJsMuvieHole but a lot of what made the Essex-Class so effective. Was that most of their design included concepts and features that either evolved from the Yorktowns. Or were kept from them due to the restrictions imposed by the Washington and London Naval Treaties. Essentially, not only were they a step in the evolution of the US Aircraft Carrier design. But one of the best carriers based on the pre-war doctrine. Keep in mind that the Midway-Class was based off combat experiences from both US Navy and Royal Navy carriers during World War 2.

@kdrapertrucker

2 жыл бұрын

Essex Class ships were basicly enlarged, improved Yorktowns.

@negativeindustrial

2 жыл бұрын

Y’all would know better than me, however, wasn’t the Texas the first naval ship to launch aircraft?

@somethinglikethat2176

2 жыл бұрын

@@ph89787 One thing I think a lot of people miss when comparing Japanese and US design philosophies with the British is that the IJN and USN were building for the Pacific theatre while the RN was designing for the Mediterranean. With that in mind the decision for the IJN and USN to prioritise strike power and the RN to prioritise survivability both make sense. And as you point out the Naval Treaties of the time limited the possibility of doing both.

Lexington was my first ship in 1988. Left right before she decommissioned. It was quite awe inspiring to see her do 30+ knots being that old.

The Oriskany was the last Essex class to operate in a combat zone. The Lexington lived out the rest of her days training pilots for the Navy.

A great historical tragedy was scrapping the Enterprise. The Big E had taken a few hits and was on the west coast under repair when the war ended. Her career is worth a video.

Idea for a Megaproject or Sideproject video. History of the ships named Enterprise. From HMS Enterprise (1705), to CV-6 Enterprise (WW2), CVN-65 Enterprise aka the "Mobile Chernobyl", USS Enterprise OV-101 Space Shuttle, to the planned USS Enterprise CVN-80 Gerald R Ford super carrier.

@digdugsmug

2 жыл бұрын

Should be an entire video just on CV-6, what a ship!

I don't have anything interesting to contribute, I just love WW2 videos and your videos are must-clicks.

@sandybarnes887

2 жыл бұрын

Try the World War Two channel with Indy Neidel

There was a 1 hour documentary on the Oriskany that was on American Heros Channel (Formerly The Military Channel) or some other PBS Channel. It was very detailed and very informative .

Still hoping to see Denver International Airport! The second largest airport in the world by land (though tbh King Fahd shouldn’t count since it has a third of the runways as DIA!)). It’s one of the busiest in the world and has some of the more unique architecture and interior design among airports. There’s also a few interesting controversies around it, as well as a massive blue bronco we love to call “Bluecifer.” Seriously worth looking at! Edit: IF you want a bit of an in depth look at carriers and the Essex class, go check out Drachinifel! He covers them extremely well and is really entertaining.

@jehoiakimelidoronila5450

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, definitely want to see!

@elbruces

Жыл бұрын

I've been through the DIA and there's actually a subway train connecting the terminals, it's that big. They also hilariously lean in to the conspiracy theories about them, having some signage on remodeling-area walls showing hard-hats with illuminati symbols, pictures of aliens, etc.

You left out the strongest showing from a Essex class carrier.. the USS Franklin. It's nicknamed the ship that wouldn't sink.

@horseblinderson4747

2 жыл бұрын

BB-36 Nevada operation crossroads

@jameswright4236

2 жыл бұрын

You could also mention the catastrophic losses aboard USS Bunker Hill too. Both sadly had their services cut short due to the frightening destructive power of the kamikaze

@robertgarrett5009

2 жыл бұрын

All have been scrapped.

Mega Project suggestions: Benban Solar Park, Aswan High Dam, Bar Lev Line and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

I've actually been on the uss intrepid. It was turned into a museum on the NYC harbor. They have tvs with timers in various spots and when the timer in that area hits zero it describes a battle the ship was in and ends with if you were standing here on on this day at this time it is now you would have died from a kamakazi.

@BAZZAROU812

2 жыл бұрын

I actually believe you.. Felicia

I've visited the Yorktown a couple of times. I know she wad smaller than the super carriers that came after, but man it doesn't look like it when you're walking up to her. ABSOLUTE UNIT

I like Simon how he uses straight forward explanations for history.

Episode idea: the German battleship Bismark and the operation to hunt her down. This is actually on none of his channels. Very surprising.

@888johnmac

2 жыл бұрын

i'm sure that's already been done .. either on here or one of Simons other 74 channels

@themistoclesnelson2163

2 жыл бұрын

@@888johnmac This is one on none of his channels.

@jonadabtheunsightly

2 жыл бұрын

Drachinifel covered that one pretty well.

@mmdirtyworkz

2 жыл бұрын

Many great docs on YT about it.

@MikoyanGurevichMiG21

2 жыл бұрын

It's surprising god damn Sabaton beat him to that.

We had one of our school dances on the hangar deck of the USS Lexington in the late 90s.

You sunk my battle ship 🤣

5:18 2. Plane infront of the Turret, mad parking skills

The HMS Invincible class could be an interesting topic. As could the Soviet Navy's 'Kiev' class carrier.

Simon please do a Video About The Yorktown Class Aircraft Carrier.

You need to do a video on the USS Enterprise CVN-65. Or even Cv-6 on another channel.

Could you cover the operation to capture Berlin by the Red Army? The logistics for that were insane.

@haidweng7948

2 жыл бұрын

It just lots of ppl

@darthdooku6246

2 жыл бұрын

@@haidweng7948 he could do it on warographics

@kanash8851

Жыл бұрын

He should do a video on how horrendous Russian logistics were, like Jesus Christ you must be kidding me they were so bad- do the point that it sparked the "the other man picks up the rifle and shoots", they had more than enough rifles they just never got them to the front line 💀

Nice. Alright, when does Megaprojects do a video on the "Midway" class of aircraft carriers?

One of your best presentations yet. Very informative!

Thank you. Nice summary of the Essex calss

For a Mega. Project. The National Ignition Facility at Lawerence Livermore Laboratory.

@samsignorelli

2 жыл бұрын

Yamato was really a non-factor in the war. She was only involved in 3 actions -- Midway (as a command ship too far away from the action to engage US forces), the Battle Off Samar (the ONLY time she really fired her guns offensively, and even then she was driven off by smaller destroyers), and Ten-Go. She didn't even operate as a fleet-in-being like Tirpitz did...Yamato was a massive waste of material. Musashi a little less so. Shinano was sunk 10 days after commissioning, so even less of a factor there. Yamato saw far more action in anime than she ever dud in real life.

@Zarcondeegrissom

2 жыл бұрын

or maybe ITER, looks interesting even tho still under construction.

You should've mentioned the upgrades and modernizations the Essex class underwent, particularly the angle deck shown in several of your photos. That's why they lasted so long, they were flying jets into the 1970s, F-8 Crusaders, A-4 Skyhawks, and A-3 Skywarriors, along with the last of the prop jobs, the A-1 Skyraider. Steam catapults allowed this. Lexington was useful as a training ship into the 90s because she could operate jets, and had it not been for the post Cold War draw down she'd still be useful today. Bigger and heavier aircraft such as the F-4 Phantom and F-14 Tomcat could not operate from an Essex class and required the bigger supercarriers.

THX. Your projects got it!

Cheers on this one Simon. My grandfather served on a few of these carriers throughout the Pacific campaign of WWII.

I love your videos and research. Thank you sir

HELLO from las Vegas Nevada, you have a very good list of videos, this to me is the BEST, thank you and GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

It’s lovely to have an Essex-Class carrier, Lexington, stationed as a museum in Corpus Christi, but I wish the Big “E” Enterprise would’ve been made into a museum of her own. She was one of the few that saw a lot of the fighting against the Japanese and became the first carrier used for night time operations with designation CVN.

Great video. In follow up you need to do a video on the most deadly aircraft to launch from an Essex. The F4U-Cosair both beautiful and feared.

Props for mentioning lady lex the USS lexington

Been aboard the USS Lexington as a museum ship. Quite the museum.

I’ve been the museum ship USS Intrepid and still have fond memories of that. Really want to visit the other three Essex class ships still around sometime in the future.

The Essex class were mighty ships with a powerful, often knock-out punch. Those men manning these did their job and did it well.

How about more stories about British tech!!!

I don’t know how the carrier CV-15 USS Randolph was left out of this presentation. I served aboard the Randolph in 1954-56. In November of 1954, just 2 months prior to a 6 months cruise in the Mediterranean,we were torn up by Hurricane Edna. We spent nearly 2 months in dry dock being repaired from hurricane damage. In the Med we were participating in NATO exercises as the Korean War was undergoing peace negotiations.

Intrepid is now a museum in the Hudson River, NYC. Well worth the visit!

Great job as always Simon. Do one on The Skydome aka Rogers Centre or Canada's railway.

Thanks

I’ve been able to see this Megaproject in person with the USS Yorktown CV-10 in Charleston Harbor

I was on the Lake Champlain CVS 39 and the Lexanton Cva 16 in the lare 50s and early 60s

Very interesting video Simon,can you please do a long video about the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.

One of your best

Loved the video.

The Enterprise class of carriers would be perfect for us Star Trek nerds which Simon is a member. 🖖

@kdrapertrucker

2 жыл бұрын

Enterprise class was a class of 1. Enterprise was the only Enterprise class carrier, really she was a technology demonstrator, what they learned from her allowed them to build improved nuclear powered carriers which are now known as the Nimitz class.

@ph89787

2 жыл бұрын

@@kdrapertrucker and both were named after CV-6.

You should do a video on the Yorktown class carriers which arguably bought the US Navy the time and space for the Essex carriers to launch from the slipways. Includes the USS Enterprise (CV-6) which was the most decorated US war ship of WW2 as well as the Hornet (CV-8) which launched the Doolittle raid. Enterprise was also the first carrier to be equipped for and carry out night missions in the US navy during WW2 as well.

7:36 Shows HMS Ark Royal while talking about Essex carriers.

4:07 When Chuck Wepner knocked Ali down he turned to his corner and told them they were in for a pay day, they replied “you’d better turn around because he’s getting back up, and he looks angry” Yamamoto probably had a similar feeling when he found out there wasn’t a single aircraft carrier in Pearl Harbor.

Got a nice chuckle seeing Simon talk about Taranto while showing F4U Corsairs.

THANK YOU for bringing up Taranto. So many think that Pearl Harbor was a new idea.

@ramal5708

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Both US and Japanese saw the potential and lessons after Taranto raid, for Japan opportunity to strike a US anchorage, while for the US as a defensive measures for Pearl Harbor but never realized and mostly downplays the potential attack on their anchorage.

Good video 👍

Their should be one on the American Escort Carrier program during the war. The goal was to have 100 carriers in it but in the end the last were cancelled due to manpower shortages. HMS Argus was the Worlds first through deck carrier (you could safely land and take off from it with a fixed wing aircraft). It was launched in 1918 (converted Passenger Liner). I've read it was intended to launch a torpedo attack on the German Fleet at anchor. The USS Intrepid (The Evil I) is now a museum ship in New York.

Apparently the ones built in WW2 had timber decks. The Brits used a thick steel deck which performed better is carrier struck with bombs, planes, etc.

@owenshebbeare2999

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the Americans later adopted both this and the angled-flight deck, the latter was developed by the British sfter WW2.

Any chance of doing a video on Yorktown Class of carrier....great video

The uss Lexington is in my hometown as a "floating" museum! I've been there so many times as a kid and am always in awe even going now.

Glad to see this I had the good fortune to serve on the Essex, Yorktown and Lexington. Didn’t know I was part of history back then.

The USS Yorktown (CV-10) is a museum ship in South Carolina. It’s one of my favorite places to visit.

How about a video on WWII era escort carriers. Smaller than Essex class carriers, they made up 2/3rds of the US fleet of aircraft carriers during the war. My grandpa served on the 1st of its class of this type of vessel, CVE-1, USS Long Island. Long Island never served in combat but was used in training pilots in San Deigo, then used on several trans pacific voyages to supply new aircraft to the pacific front. Vital ship to the war effort, grandpa talked about hitting a typhoon that almost sunk the ship, said it rolled to about 20-25 degrees before righting itself a few times

I've had the opportunity to tour all four Essex class ships, Hornet is my favorite and well worth a visit if you're in the San Francisco Bay area.

ITER deserves a Megaproject ! if that thing works as intended it will change the world forever!

How about a video on Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia Basin Reclamation project.

Simon you made me think with this video. Most Naval fighter aircraft were "Radial" air cooled engines and the Army Air Corps fighters were mostly inline water cooled, wonder why. Thanks to you and your team for posting your work.....

Bloody hell Simon, you could land a squadron of aircraft on that beard! 😂

Nice video

Swordfish!Stringbag! Maybe not mega but at least a side project...