Fun Fact: Shōhō was the first *Japanese* aircraft carrier lost during the war. She was sunk by combined air attack from USS Lexington and USS Yorktown during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 7 May, 1942. She did not go down easily, as post war accounting of US and IJN records state she was hit by no fewer than 13 bombs and 7 air dropped torpedoes; a testament to her crews damage control abilities. The game claims Shōhō was the class name but it was her sister ship Zuihō which was sunk by air action during the Battle of Layte Gulf in October, 1944.

Love how jolly British you are old bean - sailing in the Bally-O.

@timonsolus

Ай бұрын

"Bally" used to be a very mild British expletive back in the 1930's and 1940's - it's a polite euphemism of "bloody". So "Bally-O" really means "Bloody O" (or maybe "Bloody 'ole").

@vipertwenty249

Ай бұрын

@@timonsolus Yes - I'm British old chap so I know.

@timonsolus

Ай бұрын

Which is nothing like the real meaning of "Baleo": which means “to plunder” or “to pillage” - (derived from Spanish).

@vipertwenty249

Ай бұрын

@@timonsolus As opposed to the real meaning of Balao - which is a kind of fish. Google it - but I assume you already did.

@timonsolus

Ай бұрын

@@vipertwenty249 : Baleo, Balao…. Tomayto, Tomarto! 😜

Awesome episode taff, this was one hell of an epic episode.. wiping out enemy oilers as well as a destroyer and a carrier, this was truly the best yet, just the very best. All that enemy tonnage sent to the seabed and destroying an enemy carrier.. this is going to hit the enemy right where it hurts, of enemy morale isn't going to be effected then their propaganda will suffer, well.. they'll put a cover up obviously but when the war situation reaches crisis levels.. they'll not be able to cover it up for long, with all the damage done so far I doubt the enemy's propaganda will be very convincing to those in their forces. Destroying the enemy's oilers is a perfect bonus, you really did just make the best contribution to the allied war efforts.. great work.. really.. great work. Fantastic episode, the best so far.. looking forward to the next one, get a good cold drink tonight and have one on me. Stay safe and happy gaming mate 👏👍

@bigmac60

Ай бұрын

Taff on fire 🔥 👍👍

@joeaustin4472

Ай бұрын

@@bigmac60 You said it my friend 😁👍

This…This puts a smile on my face

What a patrol, This new boat is the business 👌 Well done Taff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 👏🍻

What a night!!! You have a fine, deadly ship and crew, Taff. The real USS Balao was far less fortunate, but I hasten to add she survived the War!

Love the content taff. And I would pronounce the ship as Ba-lay-O

@jamesrussell7760

Ай бұрын

Close, but the word is Portuguese, pronounced Bal - low.

Good returns for an excellent set of well thought of approaches. The Balao class was the ultimate of the Gato class improvements. Well done!

Thank you Taff, Nicely done.

Brilliant episode Taff, awesome job

I can only imagine how big of an impact you, a single submarine, is having on the Japanese war effort, loads f submarines only came to a total tonnage of 100k, and you just pick up over 50 K in a single night! Great sailing captain!

@AbhChallenger

Ай бұрын

In real history. Submarine captains had countless opportunities to sink shipping even in 1942 but the terrible torpedoes prevented a huge impact on the Japanese war effort which may have caused many many losses that did not need to happen. It will forever remain one of the worst scandals in US military history. Most of the huge victories against shipping were from aircraft but they could not reach deep into the home waters of the empire.

@kristoffermangila

Ай бұрын

To be fair, the Mark XIV torpedo was developed in the midst of the Great Depression, where spending on new weapons were tight at best. What should the US Navy's Bureau of Ordnance should have done is to subject the Mark XIV to a thorough testing and development program as soon as additional funds were available, but as history showed, they didn't.

@wylandnares8642

Ай бұрын

​@@kristoffermangilaInstead, they went and blamed the submarine Captains for being "too conservative" and vehemently denying that anything was wrong. Same with the American 20mm. They had tolerances wrong, and they knew it, but they denied anything was wrong. FDR HIMSELF had to order them to fix the tolerances, and even then they dragged their feet. And the surface fleet almost never got radars and the mass of AA guns that were so essential in the early years, because BuOrd said they didn't need them. Thankfully, one Admiral Willis "Ching" Lee managed to cut his way through their labyrinth of red tape to get it done. I swear, BuOrd did more to help the enemy than the US.

@nerd1000ify

Ай бұрын

I think the USN should have borrowed a Mk VIII torpedo from the Brits and started talking about a desire to license produce a version that fit their tubes. Would have put a rocket under BuOrd, even if actually making an Americanised Mk VIII wasn't realistic.

@wylandnares8642

Ай бұрын

@@nerd1000ify Funnily Enough, that's kinda how Admiral Lee got Radars on their ships. Lee wanted Radars, BuOrd said they don't have enough, Lee said he'd just buy some from Britain, and suddenly, they do, in fact, have the radars needed.

Man the deck gun!!!

20:02 giggity

@dnjproducciones2358

Ай бұрын

"Seaman Quagmire! How many times have I told him to save those jokes for the port canteen!"

Great work ! ❤

Put a hurting on that convoy for sure! Keep em coming!!!!

There's poem there, I'll allow: Balao, Palau...

Good shooting Taff

very nice patrol up to date ..... this vid you bagged 52292 tons and with the beginning of 27418 tons it's a total of 69710 tons so far. GRATZ!

@BlazeInjun

Ай бұрын

Your a hair off in your adding.

@Lornharding

Ай бұрын

@@BlazeInjun LOL i'm 60 ... i have a lot a hairs off my head. and yes it's a 7 not a 6 it's my bad

@BlazeInjun

Ай бұрын

@@Lornharding LOL. I'm 56 and know all about those missing hairs. Have a great day.

Excited for another episode!

Watched and Liked 👍

Great hunting Skipper.

Jolly good show what

Japan seems to be really serious about protecting their whaling ships.

@kristoffermangila

Ай бұрын

Japanese whale ships in those days not only carry oil, but they also carry whale meat as well, for consumption back home.

I would suggest you go to one of the smaller bases to reload. Mainly because it will be easier for you to ignore orders to return to Hawaii to be promoted to Admiral and take over as ComSubPac!!! What a glorious night!!!

Nice! Captain Taff is on deck!

another good one

Taff, will you play the U-boat beta, with the different submarines and all that?

Wow, some nice tasty morsels :)

Be careful Taff. The last time you took on a Convoy with an Aircraft carrier in SH5, you & your crew did not come home.

You should really get familiar with the torpedo settings. Sometime one eel with an under the keel magnetic explosion can cut a big ship in half.

Balao around Palau. Sounds like a song.

I would fill the all the rear tubes with those homing torpedoes on the next fill up.

At the next opportunity, ditch the mark 14s and get the 18s. Was very surprised all the 14s actually worked.

aiming for and aircraft carrier, sink a whaling ship instead, o darn 😉

An excellent time was had by aboard USS Balao. The captain approved double ice cream rations after such a stunning night attack. Beer will have to wait until home port is reached. 😊😊😊

@jamesrussell7760

Ай бұрын

And Grog will have to wait until the next R & R! 🤣🤣🤣

Balao - Ba as in bat without the B, and lao as in allow without the A.

6:45 I think the word you’re looking for is ’prosecute’ vice ‘persecute’.

@EggnogTheNog

Ай бұрын

“Persecute” works just as well in that context.

@MyBlueZed

Ай бұрын

@@EggnogTheNog I’m ex Navy. Contacts and targets are prosecuted; persecuted is just wrong - and so are you.

say it with me bud...BA-LAY-O ;)

@TonySpike

Ай бұрын

And ironically that isnt how its pronounced either 😂 (Give ya a clue ..Laos is pronounced as louse)

@romeosdayoff88

Ай бұрын

@@TonySpike I've only ever heard it said one way, and I was just trying to keep the joke going lol Thank you "Down Periscope"

All quick kills.

Taff, are you going to play the new updated UBoat game when it rolls out? I’ve seen some people playing thee ed recent beta release and it looks great

I'd love a Japanese campaign.

Dont forget to set the depth on your torps and use magnetic pistols for maximum damage!

@kristoffermangila

Ай бұрын

You know those magnetic pistols were one of the problems that plague the Mark XIV torp, right?

@colintrueman8360

Ай бұрын

@@kristoffermangila I will sight drachinifel’s video on the mark 14 torpedo that highlights the issues with that trop include the impact pistol and depth keeping systems amongst others, it’s a fantastic vid

13:15 Is it me or are those sailors horrified by the damage sustained by their ship ? Didn't think a game so old would have this kind of animation.

possibly do an entire loadout in the stern tubes of cuties?? that would give U 4 for anti-destroyer use with the other 4 being standard torpedoes to give you something to fight with at the end of a patrol going back to base?

Taff, I Googled the word "balao". It turns out your sub is named after a small, schooling fish which has the Portuguese name Balao. It is pronounced, "Bal - low", with slight emphasis on the first syllable, as in "balance". I thought you might appreciate this information.😄😄😄

@TonySpike

Ай бұрын

If that was helpful he might 😂

Ba LAO (it rhymes with Palau)

@TonySpike

Ай бұрын

Taff is the sort of person that would pronounce palau wrong ....that isnt as helpful as you think it is

@michaelbourgeault9409

Ай бұрын

@@TonySpike he pronounced Palau in this video 😀

What a difference a new sub makes, eh?

Did you see the big update for U-Boat?

I'm a noob when comes to modding a game. Can someone point me to a guide for modding SH4? In advance, thanks for the help

Balao Crew: We ate good last night!!! Japanese Civilian: Why is crab so expensive!!!??? 😱 P.S. Don't listen to the grammar haters, Taff. Pronounce Balao the way you want!😁

lmao wasn't a very good ASW cruiser eh haha

Taff please can you pronounce the ship something unique every time just to wind up the other commenters xx

@TonySpike

Ай бұрын

Hes been pronouncing Tenryu wrong all this time and no one has batted an eye ...i have no idea how do you figure that 😂 (We do it to wind up him)

It's sad you can't run Bullhead (SS-332) configuration 2 4 inch guns and 2 40 mm bofors And please 🥺 use google translate pronunciation feature on Balao I can't take you seriously with your bah leyo

@tacticalcalebgaming7264

Ай бұрын

But you can do two 5” guns

it's pernounced BA-la-O

Its Bal-ow .....i would be more forgiving about it, but you still insist on pronouncing Tenryu wrong 😂

Just as an aside it's pronounce Buh-Lou. Coming from a land which has Worcester, Beauchamp and Mainwaring phonetic pronunciation is not to be assumed to be the correct way to pronounce a word.

I see you still haven't learned how to pronounce BAH-LAY-OH correctly. 🙄 5:51 - That is NOT a Tenryu class. For all the improvements that mod made to the base game, it screwed the pooch on that one. Looks more like a Nagara class than a TEN-REE-YOU, not TEN-RY-YOU, class ship. 11:02 - You've gotta be f-ing kidding me...that is NOT how a Katori-class CL looked! Who in the blue hell modded that ship?! Did he even bother to do his research beforehand?! 20:04 - Props for the Quagmire reference! 😂 And with that VERY nice patrol tally, you increase to 567,313 tons overall! Nice work!