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@Kevindaly382

6 күн бұрын

Qq see

Simon, blink twice if you're not allowed to leave the Studio

@eshandongare6062

Ай бұрын

FR bro seems to be at gun point

@gilbertwilcox

Ай бұрын

who’s kept in the basement?

@AlacrityGamesTX

Ай бұрын

But...a day without listening to Simon is like a day without a parade..😢

@niftybass

Ай бұрын

blink/hostage Now THAT'S funny

@leighpowell1062

Ай бұрын

He has to make sure Danny never leaves the basement

97 Minutes of Simon Talking about Aircraft carriers.... YES

@zzzzz45zzzzz79

Ай бұрын

Can’t wait to fall asleep to this for the next 4 nights

@artkahn888

Ай бұрын

Hahaaaa this is pretty boring

@FarmerEnvoyXtreme

Ай бұрын

each to their own

@bogbupog

Ай бұрын

hell yeah sea power

@Cartoonman154

Ай бұрын

Why watch 97 minutes, when Dr Alexander Clarke is going through Aircraft Carrier history since January. Good channel by a Naval Historian.

1:05 - Mid roll ads 2:30 - Chapter 1 - Origins & WWI 14:20 - Chapter 2 - Interwar developments 41:35 - Chapter 3 - WWII 56:40 - Chapter 4 - The cold war 1:15:30 - Chapter 5 - The carrier today 1:36:40 - Conclusion

@proxy3386

Ай бұрын

THANK YOU!!! (seriously, I’ve been looking for this for a while)

@travisparker5632

29 күн бұрын

Is should get pinned.

Well, I guess I'm stopping everything I'm doing for the next hour and a half while I learn about aircraft carriers from Simon and team. This is worthy of a fresh pot of coffee!

@TweeKZula

Ай бұрын

Fantastic! I'm listening along while I grind on Ark

@davidrouth9901

21 сағат бұрын

Really they should be called ‘Aircraft Launchers’ cos if all they did was just carry aircraft no one would see the need to wear brown underwear pants!😎🤣

“A Serbian bloke shot an Austrian fellow.” This exquisite blend of content and rhetoric is sublime. You and your writing staff are proof of the inherent good of the (semi-)free market ideology which KZread is built upon.

@MrEnjoivolcom1

26 күн бұрын

Correction: “…which KZread *was* built upon.”

I really like this series. Even though im asleep be half hour mark. It's not boring its actually pretty good stuff its just my sleep schedule that's fcd up

@TheManLab7

Ай бұрын

Mines due too crippling pain which keeps me awake and loving when I can get some random sleep.

@heatherbee4248

Ай бұрын

Also, Simon is the best thing to fall asleep to.

@dave1234aust

Ай бұрын

Agreed, laying here with a CPAP mask on, opiates kicking in it's good to concentrate on something like this. I get about halfway and fall asleep. But!!!! I rewatch in the morning. (Always)

@coconutsmarties

Ай бұрын

​@@heatherbee4248 and *on* errm, probably.

Simon, you forgot 2 other classes of US “aircraft carriers”. Although technically they are amphibious assault ships, they still have fixed wing aircraft onboard to support amphibious operations, and a secondary light carrier with up to 20 AV-8B’s, or 20 F-35B’s carried in the secondary role. They are the older Wasp Class LHD, and the newer America Class LHA. Both are conventional powered, similar in size to a WWII fleet carrier, and the new LHA has a displacement of 44,000 tons. Combined the total number of both vessels is 9.

@chrisbusenkell

Ай бұрын

I don't think those ships are considered aircraft carriers, despite the fact planes fly off of them. Other countries might consider the LHA and LHD class ships aircraft carriers but the U.S. does not. This is due to the primary purpose of the two respective ships: the aircraft carrier's is to launch and recover aircraft, the LHA/LHD is to facilitate an amphibious or ground assault.

@KNETTWERX

Ай бұрын

@@chrisbusenkell hence the use of amphibious assault ships. However some countries like Spain have an “Aircraft Carrier” that is an amphibious assault ship that were mentioned.

@Cartoonman154

Ай бұрын

@@chrisbusenkell Yes they are.. Watch a video called 'How to build an aircraft carrier' by Dr Alexander Clake - Naval Historian.

@jonathanjones2835

Ай бұрын

Also japan is converting their assault ships to be f35 ready.

You missed the apptly named 'helicopter destroyer' which are currently being upgraded for F-35s. Also there is this whole crazy thing about countries being creative with thier ship designations to get around sanctions, laws, and treaties that you kinda missed as well. Overall great video, really enjoyed it.

Nice, the opening shot is of the Hornet docked in Alameda California. My kid plays soccer just down the street at Hornet field.

You missed the Japanese Izumo-class (Izumo and Kaga), both of which have been or are in the process of being upgraded for F-35B operations and they've already done several F-35B take-off/landings with USMC F-35Bs, and Japan has placed their order for 42 F-35Bs.

Some other notable milestones: Birmingham, the first to have a plane take off; Ark Royal (1914), the first to have a hangar; Engadine, the seaplane carrier at Jutland; Wakamiya, the first sea-to-land air strike, Furious, the first one to land a wheeled plane (and how difficult it was); Langley, Lexington, and Courageous, the first to have catapults; Hermes, the first to have an enclosed "Atlantic" bow that became the standard; Ark Royal (91), the first to have enclosed hangars that have become standard, and invented naval fighter direction; Unicorn, the first aircraft maintenance and repair depot ship; Perseus and Ark Royal (R09), the first with modern-day steam catapults; Antietam and Victorious, the first angled flight decks, and Kaga and other "helicopter destroyers" like Hyuga and Izumo (but most importantly Kaga), the first carriers to pretend to be destroyers. Battles: Matapan, Taranto, and Bismarck, the battles that ended the era of battleships forever. Also, naval aviation without a mention of Swordfish...

Simon thanks for these Long movies about specific topics, loved the one covering ars tanks and choopers

Served on board the CV-67 J.F.K. she was the last conventional(oil burning) carrier in Desert Storm/operation Iraqi Freedom.

Anything that launches fixed wing aircraft would include the Wasp and America Classes (LHD and LHA respectively). And the "Destroyers" JS Izumo and Kaga.

Nov 1944 largest ship sunk by torpedo 68,000T , today the largest ship is 657,000T. Got to love the Spanish Carlos, more tapas bars than aircraft. What a great script . Love Simon in the clouds.

barely halfway through and the concept of the submarine carrier got me super excited about the latter part of the video where simon'll most likely talk about drone carriers and submarine drone carriers. now that'd be a thing to fear, a sub that could pop up anywhere in the sea and launch hundreds of drones carrying a fearsome payload to precise locations for the fraction of the cost of ballistic missiles used on some subs to this very day at a fraction of its price

The armour belt on a warship is NOT where a torpedo would hit. The belt is for naval gunfire. The torpedo defence system is below the waterline.

Thanks for this video. As an Alien its interesting to know the standard Human behavior of blowing one another up.

@pindakaas4443

Ай бұрын

Green or gray?

@ChIGuY-town22_

Ай бұрын

​@@pindakaas4443lizzard....

@quadrantalerror1121

Ай бұрын

@@pindakaas4443 green

@davidboysel4509

Ай бұрын

Na-noo Na -noo 😂

@johngaglione2236

Ай бұрын

​@quadrantalerror1121 That is exactly what a Grey would say 💀

You made a huge omission when discussing the EMAS system. It has two huge advantages over steam-based catapults: speed and stamina. A steam catapult requires pressurized steam to launch aircraft. This is generated using steam from the nuclear reactor. This takes time to make and build up. A steam catapult is a very well perfected system, and can't get much better. But it's need for steam is a big drawback. It takes time to build up, and after a certain number of launches, it isn't capable of launching aircraft again. Depending on operations, it can take hours to fully replenish it's launching capabilities. The EMAS doesn't have that limitation. It can launch faster as it doesn't need to recharge the steam pressurization system, so it can reload and fire again as quickly as you can retract the launcher. Also, it doesn't have a limit as to how many it can launch before it has to stop to recharge the steam. It can just keep going as long as the power plants can keep functioning. This means more planes launched, more frequently, and without delays. This huge advantage will lead to the development of other EMAS type catapults.

TOMCATS!!! Anytime, Baby! 😎🤙

Imagine getting paid to learn and talk about stuff like this. I do the same thing but instead of getting paid my coworkers just ignore me

So nice of the Navy to build an enormous missile and drone magnet that will sink instead of all the good ships.

FANTASTIC JOB Simon. Without a doubt this is the best video you've ever done. God bless you sir. 🫡 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

Fujian: conventionally powered (unimpressive) EMALS without any prior CATOBAR experience (that's going to be fun, esp.with an air wing that hardly ever trains at night)

Boy this was a beast to get through. It took 3 separate sittings and it being on in the background as I did chores. Loved it!

Thank you Simon. My grandfather was the Flight Engineer at Test Flight Farnborough to Capt Eric "Winkle" Brown who was the first pilot to land a jet aircraft on an aircraft carrier. He also has the world record for most deck landings at over 2,000

@Suprahampton

Ай бұрын

And first to land a twin engined aircraft on a carrier & first to land an aircraft without landing gear on a carrier

Also worth a mention the Yak 41 / 141 which was used to partially help develop the F35

@joeclaridy

23 күн бұрын

Partially, the F-35B powerplant is basically an American liscensed copy of the Yak with some modifications.

Every plane goes 107 MPH regardless of what Simon says :)

@cameronsienkiewicz6364

15 күн бұрын

Came to the comments to see if I was the only one who noticed 😂👍

Just so you know, wooden sailing frigates are generally not considered ships of the line and are indeed the sort of lighter vessels that term is meant to exclude.

My dad led the team at General electric that developed the first electronic Heads up display that was designed for the navy to help pilots.Is pilots during landing on the carrier. He passed away a year ago.So the section where you are showing the predecessor what is that sir broad memories of him Explaining to me what he was designing a replacement for. Thank you

This was great! Request: Could you do an episode covering wartime production of ships, planes, tanks, etc. during WWII? You hear tales of the American war machine after Pearl Harbor, but really don't know how much of it was true or not

The technical location of Midway Island totally killed me lmao

I really enjoy most if not all of Simon's channels. This particular episode, however, had me frequently thinking (and once saying out loud) "that's what she said." 😂

I think its universally agreed the C-130 is one of the most impressive planes ever made. Add to its list of accomplishents that it is aircraft carrier friendly. During an experimental period the U.S. Navy had one conduct trials over the span of several months. A KC-130 made approx. 21 landings and unassisted takeoffs in 1963 off the USS Forrestal. There are videos of it. Amazing. Due to the fact the Navy has no C-130s the pilots were from the U.S. Air Force. I doubt the distinction wasn't made a bragging point given the rivalry between the two fraternally fueding groups of pilots.

@Darth.Fluffy

Ай бұрын

Lt James A Flatley III and Lt.Cmdr. W.W. Stovall, both Navy pilots, flew a Marine C130 for that test. No Air Farce in sight.

When you discussed how the U.S. had broken Japanese code before Midway, you missed explaining how that happened, namely from radio intercepts during the daring April 1942 Doolittle raid on Tokyo performed by full-sized *bombers* launched from...a U.S. Navy *carrier*, the Hornet.

The British came up with the angled flight deck. The meatball was also a British design.

@barrygeekler6458

13 күн бұрын

Desperate for the old glory days english lol, too bad the royal navy is only a world class joke these days.

edit: this comment is just me nitpicking because i'm a massive naval warfare nerd. the video is good i just like nitpicking and i can do a lot of it No USS Birmingham? First airplane take-off from a warship in human history? No? No mention? Edit: And Pennsylvania barely gets a mention for the first airplane landing on a warship. Wonderful. edit 2: a close look into Hermes and none for the Yorktowns. My guy. (As of the end of the interwar chapter) edit 3: just realised there was ALSO no mention of the off-deck elevators on Wasp and the Essexes. edit 4: Ah yes, the Buffalo was directly replaced with the Corsair and the Wildcat and Hellcat aren't real. (43:35) edit 5: Mentioning Illustrious' 36 aircraft and not giving a point of reference is also hysterical to me. For reference, a Yorktown would generally have about 85. (Edit onto this edit: Has he mentioned another carrier's number carried at any point throughout this video? Like, he made 36 sound like a lot. It wasn't for the time and still isn't really- just look at the Yorktowns.) (nvm it just took him 20 minutes (1:09:20 he mentions the Kitty Hawks having their 90 with the Audacious and Invincibles with their 40 and 20 and the clemenceau with 40)) (and the 30 of the Kyivs) edit 6: (mentions an Essex in the context of wwII) (uses an image of one from way after the war ended (i think about the 60s)) edit 7: -Light carriers designed from the bottom up to be between Escort and Fleet carriers -San Jacinto (Not a nameship and converted from a light cruiser) edit 8: 50:00 NO MIDWAY?? NO TArANTO? NO PEArL? skipping to Philippine Sea? Why?? (OOkay he went back to Midway and briefly Pearl but the way Pearl was talked about made it seem like carriers were hit there (which they weren't) and the lack of Taranto is really interesting) edit 9: 55:38 Hiryu's counterattack ultimately sunk Yorktown. Yeah, sure. Whatever, at this point. edit 10: 58:22 im sorry i just cant let you get away with putting an old-timey filter over an F-35B takeoff edit 11: not really that important but the lack of mention that a catapult is better than a ski jump at getting heavy aircraft airborne (hence the lack of F-35C on the QEs) is just like. i mean come on. edit 12: 1:01:50 Simon you've shown a lot of images of carriers with angled flight decks by now. Including in the context of WW2, as mentioned in edit 6. edit 13: 1:02:55 NUH UH. I am not letting you get away with saying Enterprise-class and showing an image of CVN-80 (a Ford-class carrier), nevermind the fact that CVN-65 never got any sisters so saying she had a class is a misnomer

MEGA PROJECTS: 2 slot toaster and its humble beginnings.

Tony Scott's Top Gun footage of the opening credits of an F-14 Tomcat being arrested is so iconic, that if it had not been used in a modern documentary of aircraft carriers, then I would've down-rated this video. Kudos Simon and team on a job, done.

Loved how during the battle of midway section they used the Battle 360 graphs

Such a great video. Pure quality. Loving every minute of it.

Like the channel not the constant background music

@jimkear6749

28 күн бұрын

Without the background music, you'd hear Danny's chained up body clinking around and whimpering in Simon's basement dungeon.

@jimkear6749

28 күн бұрын

#freedannynow

The US's premier "helicopter assault ships" are the Wasp and America class and they each can easily carry a more impressive fixed wing compliment than anything outside of the Charles de Gaulle or Queen Elizabeth class.

I’m surprised you didn’t mention: 1.) The World War I zeppelins that were fitted with parasite fighters, because that would technically count. 2.) The Fairey Swordfish bomber. I mean, it got its own video, but the meme is so funny in how it outmatched all odds that it would still be worth mentioning.

Simon, this is great. Always love your videos - you’re a machine

Right On Go Army!

Thanks!

Good work

I'm glad Simon could use his personal aircraft carrier to record this video

RESPECT, THROUGHOUT THE CHANGING LOCATIONS OF BODY HAIR, YOUR HISTORY FROM MOP TOP TO SOUP STRAINER BEARD HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY. THANK YOU,🔱⭐

In my 5 deployments on 3 CVN's I always couldn't wait to get off the ship. Now I miss them.

At 25:01 you say that the uss yorktown is from the UK just so you know

@ConcreteLand

Ай бұрын

He didn’t say that. He said the carriers from the US are, and then names three. On the screen however it does say UK in front of the last two. So you get a half point. 😊

@gabrielcopeland2726

Ай бұрын

Just when I thought nobody would say something lol.

I'm surprised that Simon hasn't passed out from narrating this video 😂 All in all this is great history about how aircraft carriers have evolved over the years. Good job Simon

i love long & detailed video ❤ especially subject I'm interested in.

How did they start? Long time ago, sailors were not content with lobbing hate a couple dozen miles away. They got together and decided as a group that it would be great to lob hate many hundreds of miles away.

Looking good!

I've got a buddy who worked on a Nimitz. You truly cannot understand the scale of these things until you witness them with your own eyes. Gargantuan. Cities on the sea. Also, as a mariner, it does make me wonder and worry... because anyone who has spent much time on the water knows that a ship is "a hole in the water that you throw money into." I suppose, at least I know where my taxes as an American go.

I didn't think the studio room would fit into the bridge of that carrier, but I'm seeing it, so it must fit

Epic, Simon!

Kinzhal is definitely not a threat to a carrier strike group. Patriot has been eating them for breakfast in Ukraine. Aegis can more than handle it. I'm more concerned about a saturation attack

missing Japan's Izumo "destroyer" 😁 also the American class, technically can launch fixed wings 😂

Emals is important for launching lighter drones alongside heavy airplanes. The greater range of power and control is important.

Then there are the US America class and Wasp class also carry fixed wing A/C and the Japanese DDHs which also launch F-35s. Soon to add a CV in south Korea. Egypt and Australia have 2 ships each capable of F-35s.

It's big, it's heavy, it's bulky, and always ready!

I'm loving the yt trend towards longer form content

Why did you leave out the London naval treaties which were the treaties that declared the weights of aircraft carriers

1:21:52 Well of course that is their last planned type of carrier. No other nation has the new tech yet, which causes China some issues. Chinese ship development breaks down into the time honed skills of larceny and a box of tracing paper.

A great one, though, I would like to have seen the America Class, even if you skipped the Wasp. It is easily as capable as the vast majority of carriers described. The US just does not want to call it a carrier, because they would have to admit to overkill with 20 carriers. And no potential opponent having more than three.

Nice introduction

Thanks for the in depth video. In a world where everything has to be condensed down to 12 minutes it is nice to get a good, meaty video that goes in depth on a topic.

Jesus Christ that's a long video! I mean, imma still watch it...

It’s saddening not to hear the USS Casablanca, Gambier Bay and Long Island not be mentioned. It’s also sad to not hear how USS Enterprise was only mentioned for a very small portion of the video despite being built as one of the three most prolific sister ships of the Pacific Fleet.

These large sums are easily justified, and largely demanded, because the spending goes to _domestic_ recipients. The big exception were those Soviet donor ships bought for conversion, but you have to start somewhere. Whether or not the “airfield” ships will be superseded in importance by future “cyber command” ships is a question for another video.

Didn't you just do an Aircraft Carrier one on Megaprojects?

This video does exactly what it says on the tin :)

If it wasn't 10:30 in the morning it would be a fun drinking game to hit it every time Simon says "on the tin"

I do really like the look of it alright very fresh looking

As an American, I am tremendously proud of our armed forces and the military technology that has been developed to make us the world’s most powerful and well funded fighting force. However… I saw a meme video where a military aircraft was demonstrating its defensive capabilities (I’m pretty sure it was a C-130 gun ship, a behemoth of a flying death machine). It had a caption saying “Why we can’t afford universal healthcare..” It was right on the money too. We have a shit ton of military might and personnel, but not the ability to go to the doctor or dentist to tend to our health and well being…not to mention the crushing student loan debt that is the reason we have to live with our parents until we’re 40… All that being said, we sure do have some seriously bad ass carriers though don’t we?

What about the Japanese helicopter carriers that are being modified to carry VTOL fighters?

Your work is great sir. 👍 i was wounding if a special on housing projects/programs that were put in place after each war? its not in line with your channel, but i feel it might interest others as well as me... and i cant see a downside to diversification in content.

Drachinafel is the channel to go to for Naval info. Good try tho guys.

@Switcharoo12

29 күн бұрын

Love Drachs content, that dude knows his boats for sure. I love his piece on the Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron, hands down the best telling of that fiasco.

1:14:38 Are you going to mention Landing Helicopter Decks (LHD's) like what Australia has? It's essentially a light carrier that doesn't support aircraft

At 53:50 there's a card labeled June 4, 1942, The Japanese Attack. On it, there are two illustrations. The one on the right has a pattern that looks like a mathematical pattern known as a Sierpiński gasket (or triangle). I'm curious what that's a depiction of.

Yeeess, I've been waiting for this! Can't wait for the next!

This man must have 100000 hours worth of KZread content

After WWII,Admiral Halsey said, *Battleships ar the nay of yesterday,Carriers are the navy tody,Subs are the navy of tommorrow* .

That was a megaprojects to end all megaprojects!

Simpn, the corsair was a late ww2 air craft. Wildcat and hellcat were before it

0:00 bless you.

"A Serbian bloke shot an Austrian fella and ruckus ensued" is a hell of a way to summarize it

Interesting how many planes all have a maximum of "107 MPH" despite Simon saying otherwise

F35 can not launch off of the Ford. The Ford is currently in dry dock for upgrades and bug fixes. The jet blast deflectors are not on the list of upgrades but I wonder if the current state of the world changes that?

Simon:"and now super carriers " My brain: so a carrier for aircraft carriers? 😂😂

1800s : Non Stationary Engine - Light Bulb - Morse Code. Three inventions that changed the world.

Don't forget the America class n the Japanese carriers with F35 Bs

Just remember, the US has 11 of these behemoths. More than the next 8 countries combined. This doesn’t count light/helicopter carriers and amphibious landing ships.

@churblefurbles

Ай бұрын

Yes but as the Houthis have shown, lumbering expensive platforms are now bested by cheap swarms.

@coconutsmarties

Ай бұрын

Umm ok?

@samuelgarrod8327

Ай бұрын

So? Should we be scared?

@eldridgep2

Ай бұрын

True but remember your top of the line carrier at the time was repeatedly sunk by a Swedish diesel electric submarine in 2005 wargames. They are an amazing platform but also a huge target and increasingly vulnerable.

Amazing documentary. Few 90+ minute videos can make me think it was worth that much time, but you pulled it off. I just have one question nagging at me. How much time do you spend each week sitting in that chair?

You forgot the Japanese carriers. They have F-35Bs taking off their “helicopter cruisers” now making them proper carriers.

@1:35:20 At tightening defense budgets? When did you record this? They are very much increasing. All over the board.