My dad was on the USS Nevada on December 7. He was severely wounded and was placed in a dead pile for three days until a Navy Chaplain came to give the sailors the last rites. Saw movement in his eyes and got him to a hospital. Wounded 27 times it took almost a year to put him back together.

@gayprepperz6862

2 жыл бұрын

I'm always interested in hearing the personal stories of servicemen during those momentous times. That one is unlike any I have ever heard!

@timothycook2917

2 жыл бұрын

@@gayprepperz6862 My father's friend was on the Nevada at the Pearl Harbor attack. Apparently he was one of the float plane pilots. I was told he transferred to a carrier and died later in the war, possibly during the air battles near the Marianas

@beedalton9675

2 жыл бұрын

I know. It was pride for her to get underway that was brave ..did he go back to the navy or had to be honor discharged??? He was a hero like all the other sailor and military personal that day

@mattschm5486

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky him

@williamc.1198

2 жыл бұрын

My late Father-in-law, BM2c Frank Ball Coy was also aboard Nevada on 7 December. He later retired as a CBM and passed away in 1982.

Arizona could not have been struck by torpedoes as she was inboard the U.S.S. Vestal.She was protected from torpedoes. Arizona was sunk by a bomb going thru her decks and detonating her fore magazine similar to the HMS Hood. I think the Navy should have saved Nevada. Her crews courage and determination getting her underway was a torch to the other sailors in the harbor that fateful day. Nevada showed American resolve and perseverance by putting up her fists to another tyrant threat We should have made a museum out of her. Great crew and great ship. I understand,the Navy can't save them all,but surely Nevada deserved it.

@richardcline1337

2 жыл бұрын

This guy got so much WRONG that he is an embarrassment to the subject he is attempting to explain. The USS Arizona was destroyed by a BOMB and NOT a torpedo. I hate it when the Brits get so much of our history so wrong! That's why I gave him a Dislike!

@sovereignnews3336

2 жыл бұрын

My next project is to raise the USS Nevada.

@A_p_T53040

2 жыл бұрын

Hood didn't get its decks penned

@40MileDesertRat

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! A very important point concerning the bombing of the Arizona. Even Hollywood got that correct.

@TERoss-jk9ny

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardcline1337: They have actually proven that “two” torpedoes struck the Arizona, as well as bombs dropped from planes. A mini sub actually penetrated into the harbor and launched its torpedoes. It’s on the tube here, as well as articles that show their bubbles/wakes. I believe the photos came from enemy planes filming their attack. I find it hard to think that the Arizona had her powder stacked around the turret like the Hood did ( to increase rapidity in firing shells) as they were in port. Either way, it’s such a sad state of affairs. With this current administration I fear another sneak attack from ANYONE on the planet!!

The USS NEVADA, and especially her crew, should be remembered and honored.

@sovereignnews3336

2 жыл бұрын

My granpa was on her.

It was BB36 sir. Only ship to get under way during the Pearl Harbor attack. It was a WW1 battleship. BTW, it had steam turbine engines, not recipricating engines... I had a 'first blood' uncle on the Nevada.(my mother's brother. George Maiella), the son of Italian immigrants. As an 80 yr. old man now, I still remember how proud my Uncle George was of his service in the US Navy and of 'his ship' the Nevada.

8 ай бұрын

My grandfather ed Walsh was a crewmember on the Nevada from Pearl Harbor,to the end of the war. Except a little bit a time on the Iowa when Nevada was being repaired. Radio operator he was also navy shore party. Landed at Utah beach the invasion of North Africa the invasion of southern France, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa to call in gun fire support. He had a chest of metals. I still have his ship book and coin. And carried his knife when I went to Afghanistan.

Thank you much for this presentation about USS Nevada (BB-36). My Grandfather, G.M. Chandler (RIP), began his 24-year U.S. Navy career as a Seaman on USS Nevada (BB-36) from 1922-1926. Also served on USS West Virginia (BB-48) and USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) between 1929 and 1940.

A little-known fact is that the first American ship to be sunk by the Japanese was not the USS Arizona nor, indeed, any of the ships at Pearl Harbor, nor did it even belong to the Navy at all. It was the U.S. Army Transport Cynthia Olson, which was sunk by the Japanese submarine I-26 some 1,200 miles out in the Pacific Ocean. The Cynthia Olson managed to transmit a radio message that the ship was under attack by a Japanese submarine, and that message actually was received by the U.S. Navy. However, news of the attack on Pearl Harbor soon thereafter distracted everyone's attention away from the Cynthia Olson and no search was ever made for the ship or her crew. Although the Japanese submariners later claimed that the crew abandoned ship in one of the lifeboats, no trace of the 33 seamen and two Army personnel who were on board at the time were ever found. Even to this day the ship remains ignored as, whenever Pearl Harbor is mentioned, no mention is ever made of the fate of the Cynthia Olson and her crew. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Cynthia_Olson

@michaelcampin1464

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you that is very interesting. I'd never heard of the Cynthia Olson.

@wildcolonialman

2 жыл бұрын

Stunning. Remarkable history.

@richardcline1337

Жыл бұрын

At least the skipper of the Japanese submarine I-19 stopped and gave the survivors some food. Sadly, all 33 members of the crew were never heard from again according to the article.

@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503

Жыл бұрын

@@richardcline1337 Oh wow... can't imagine...wow! Well my Dad had 3 confirmed kills as a Combat engineer Amphibious island Hopper WWII ❤️🇺🇸🛐🗽...he carried shrapnel in him for 55 years 10 days till he passed...

Silver State Drednaught. BB36, Nevada was the 36th state to join the Union. All or nothing armor, designed keel up as an oil burner, first BB with steam turbines, first with three guns in a turret. On and on, so many firsts. My favorite ship.I was born and raised in Nevada. You need to visit the Nevada's room at the state museum in Carson City.

@sovereignnews3336

2 жыл бұрын

I will raise the USS Nevada.

Good to see this old dreadnought honored. However, did you miss her work at Iwo Jima and Okinawa? If the old ship could be anchored and still survive a shelling by the Iowa that shows just how tough she was after the rebuild.

@Charlesputnam-bn9zy

2 жыл бұрын

I feel it's a real injustice to her that she was not the ship chosen for the Ceremony of the Japanese Capitulation, instead of USS Missouri. She would be a blazing symbol of American Resilience in the faces of those postwar Japanese like Saburo Sakai who didn't admit they first offenders, were soundly beaten.

@johnbockelie3899

2 жыл бұрын

Arizona BB 39 was a Pennsylvania class.

@alfredobachoco5392

2 жыл бұрын

Ssssßs

@breadbug6101

2 жыл бұрын

adding to this, the Nevada withstood *5 days* of shelling before the navy went "fuck it" and sank her with torpedoes

@davidelliott5843

2 жыл бұрын

Nevada was a great example of the all or nothing armour system. She proved it worked especially her refusal to sink at her final “battle”.

I've lived in Nevada my whole life and never plan to leave and this makes me so proud!

@chrisgentry7242

2 жыл бұрын

It would've make you more proud if it was now a museum ship. I wish that was the case.

@daniellee5147

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisgentry7242 yeah good point

Kind of a neat little bit of history about the USS Nevada, during the Normandy invasion, the captain realized that the main guns couldn't elevate high enough to get the maximum range those guns were capable of so the captain ordered flooding on one side of the ship (the side farthest from France) and he was able to get the necessary gun elevation he was looking for.

@metaknight115

Жыл бұрын

That's the USS Texas

@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503

Жыл бұрын

@@metaknight115 correct!

@MartinLong-zj2hs

4 ай бұрын

USS TEXAS DID THAT!!

In addition to the Nevada, many other noteworthy ships were in the target fleet at Operation Crossroads. My dad as a newly commissioned ensign was in the standoff fleet of ships monitoring the tests from a distance of 15 miles or so. My dad had served on the destroyer Hughes and was tasked with sailing the ship with a skeleton crew from the West Coast out to Bikini. He then readied the ship for the upcoming Able test (the first airburst detonation) then the Baker test(the 50ft. deep underwater detonation meant to simulate an atomic torpedo and it's effects on both surface ships and submarines too included in the target fleet.) I recently found the letter my dad had handwritten to my grandparents back in Philadelphia where my grandad was a Capt. and c.o. of the Philadelphia Naval yard. In it he detailed( as much as security protocols would allow) the detailed and painstaking preparations of the target fleet including the disposition of live ammo and naval shells in the ships magazines just as if they were ready for combat. This made for many anxious moments as the smoking, battle damaged, in some cases, on fire, not to mention irradiated ships were reboarded by the men assigned to inspect them after being thoroughly hosed and cooled down by salt water housings. I also have the Hughes final cruise book that detailed the effects of the two atomic shots. The little Hughes, who had served with distinction thru many campaigns since the onset of the conflict, a tough little iron hulled, single stacked design commissioned in 1938, she survived the off target airburst with not much significant damage, the second lagoon burst, which the scientists assured her inspecting crew that she would be vaporized as she was anchored at virtually ground zero, she was blown skyward 700 feet into the vertical column of seawater produced by the blast, somehow landed upright on her hull and incredibly remained not only afloat, but intact to the point that the skeleton crew made repairs to her that she was able to sail all the way back to Bremerton, Washington. She was eventually sunk as a target off the coast but not before the defiant little ship had survived multiple bomb and torpedo hits before she finnaly rolled over and went to Davy Jones locker. A remarkable story indeed.

@markredgrave1665

2 жыл бұрын

One more note, the writer noted that most if not all of the inspecting crews died from horrible cancers. Not true. My dad's good friend and fellow officer Dell Cummings who were young childless junior officers onboard Hughes often joked around that they would probably never father children and if they did, they would probably walk backwards lol. I, myself, born in Jan. 61, my brother born the previous March of 60, and my older sister born in Jan. of 49, as well as The Cummings normal healthy kids, can vouch that happily that was not the case. My dad went on to serve a 30 year career from the Inchon landings during Korea where he had his first command, the U.S.S. Redhead, a pre-WW2 wooden hulled minesweeper and was decorated with 2 Bronze stars with V's for meritorious actions undertaken to protect a destroyer and fellow ships disabled by N. Korean shore batteries. He went on to become one of the foremost destroyer officers for his time becoming an instructor at The Naval War college in Newport, R.I., the ex. officer of U.S.S. Mahan, the c.o.'s of Cotton, John R.Craig, Henry B.Wilson, Yosemite, The Naval Destroyer School, Newport, R.I., squadron Comadore of Desron 25 out of Pearl from 69-71 and then on the staff of the late Sen. John McCain's father Admiral McCain, c.o. of Pacific fleet forces at Cinpacflt, Pearl as Operations officer Pacific fleet. In fact I personally got to meet the Admiral and his wife at a staff party my dad was giving at our quarters on Captains row in Makalapa the very night John was shot down over N.Vietnam and reported as missing. Not even given any report as of yet whether his son was dead, alive or captured, the Admiral and his wife were most gracious and courageous in their attendence with their entire staff. My dad retired from the Navy after that in 1972, he was assured a one star promotion if he stayed in one more year, he had assumed he would receive the selection(at that time out of some 600 Navy Captains, 40 were selected for flag rank each year as my dad well knew as he had served on that very board at BUPERS in 65 in D.C. ). And it is a well accepted Naval rule that if you were selected for flag rank and accepted the promotion, I seriously doubt one was ever turned down, and took the accompanying bump in pay both active duty and retired, that you would serve an additional 3 years till either selected for a second star or retired. The final spot they chose to give to Alan Shepherd, a next door neighbor to my folks at Brenton Village in Newport where they were colleagues and instructors at the War College as Commanders there, when now Adm. Shepherd took the promotion, bump in pay, and then several months later retired before fulfilling his 3 year assumed obligation. Years after my dad's death in 1988 after he had served as Executive Director of Southern Tennis in Atlanta, Ga., I had a retired Navy chief come in the bar I was bartending at in Alpine, WY. in 1998. We shortly started talking Navy talk( I was a brat, never served myself), when I mentioned that. He goes then you're gonna like this story. I was the winch operater on the Sea King helo off the carrier when we pulled Shepherd out of the drink after his space shot. Many years later after Adm.Shepherd had written his auto biography detailing his Naval career and astronaut selection at NASA, I stood in line for two hours at the Barnes and Nobles in Norfolk, Va. so he could sign a 6 by 9 Navy glossy I had brought for that purpose, when my turn FINNALY came I stepped up and introduced myself and asked him if he wouldn't mind signing the picture, he said sorry Chief but you're going to have to buy a copy of the book for that, I go know what you can do with that damn book sir? And tore up the picture and walked away lol. I said Chief, somewhere up there my old man is laughing his head off at that story and you ain't buying a single drink at this bar the rest of the afternoon lol.

@Nstoolman14448

Жыл бұрын

My father served on USS BOTTINEAU during the Able and Baker shots. He lived to be 82, 7 children later and no radiation disease's. Died in his sleep. He was an Atomic Veteran.

23:41 The Admiral's decision was a wise one. USS Nevada had a house-sized hole on her port and was taking in water. Even if she escaped to sea she would sink in deep water and never make it back. The Japanese were counting precisely on sinking her in the entrance to bottleneck the whole base.

@sovereignnews3336

2 жыл бұрын

The only US Navy ship ever to be intentionally beached. That is bad ASS.

there is a quote I remember of the Pearl Harbor attack, that after the Nevada ran itself aground on Hospital point. It was abandoned by the crew, the officers yelled at the crew that "The Nevada was not done and that she was still a good ship that needed help get back in the fight VS japan" The men ran back to their stations again after that pep talk I tried to find the exact quotes, it was in a book titled "day of infamy" a very good historical read!

Sad how heroic ship's were treated after the war a dishonor to their crews and dead.RIP.

@WRMonger1

2 жыл бұрын

That’s exactly what I was thinking. Most people don’t believe that a ship can be “alive” but she shouldn’t have been treated the way she was after her long honorable and distinguished service. She deserved better than to be sunk by her own countrymen. Very sad to think that she might have been wondering what she did wrong….

One of my favorite ships in history, thank you for this!

@sovereignnews3336

2 жыл бұрын

I am working on Raising The Nevada. What other ship deserves raising?

@ronanvave560

2 жыл бұрын

@@sovereignnews3336 Be careful. Nevada could still be radioactive.

@sovereignnews3336

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronanvave560 We all are now. This is my hope if i had Elon Musk's money.

@sovereignnews3336

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronanvave560 Well, Nevada itself is radioactive. We just have to cut the ship down enough to get under the highway bridges and give her a nice shower and put her in Lake Tahoe where we rebuild her.

@ronanvave560

2 жыл бұрын

@@sovereignnews3336 OK then, once again, I wish you the best.

USS Nevada, BB36, is the only ship to be at Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941 and Operation Overload, Jun 6,1944 and Operation Dragoon Aug 15, 1944. Operation Overload is the invasion of France in Normandy. Operation Dragoon is the invasion of southern France. The USS Nevada also survived two Atomic Bombs.

@coltonniese1702

2 жыл бұрын

Overlord? I think you mean Operation Overlord

@Ricky40369

Жыл бұрын

I think it's amazing that the jackasses that made this clip call it BB 38. Morons. Just one of many flaws in this pile of shit.

The Bell from USS Nevada, BB36, is on display in the State Museum located at the Springs Preserve Las Vegas.

@sovereignnews3336

2 жыл бұрын

The Bell from the USS California is at the Capitol Building in my town, Sacramento.

I just love the many points of defiancy this ship possesed. The band playing as the flag is posted, nuked, sink me if you can.... Just awesome how She gave herself to her counrty men for more training to keep the USA safe. 🇺🇸Tanker Tough!! 🇺🇸

She was a mighty ship with an illustrious career

Love the content so much dude, keep it up. Have a good weekend

Great content as usual!

Great video! Thanks

I'm a huge fan of your channel... I love war history, especially those stories about ships...your narration and pictures are fantastic... Keep up the great work!

Very well done! Thank you!

Your commentary of the Pearl Harbor attack brought tears to my eyes.

I loved that pic of all the empty shells (5 inch?) covering the deck. Looked like a busy day for the crew..

Good One. Thanks.

The Arizona was hit by a torpedo, but was not "blown out of the water" by it. The Arizona was sunk when an armor piercing naval shell that had been converted into a bomb hit the foredeck between the #1 and 2 turrets, went through several decks and exploded, detonating the forward powder magazine.

@DRAGONSLAYER1220

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, you noticed that too.....

@glenn1035

2 жыл бұрын

How was the USS Arizona hit by a torpedo when the repair ship USS Vestal was alongside. How do you make a video like this with errors as bad as this. The USS Arizona has been extensively researched and no torpedo hit her the fatal damage was from a bomb.

@rhettlowery2173

2 жыл бұрын

yep

@taproom113

Жыл бұрын

@@glenn1035 Correct, the fatal damage was from the aerial bomb. A little reported fact is that the Captain of the VESTAL reported watching a torpedo bomber line up on his ship and drop their torpedo. He said he was sure it was going to hit the VESTAL as it disappeared from his view. The torpedo passed under the VESTAL's relatively more shallow draft and hit the Arizona in the bow area. Shortly after, the aerial bomb penetrated ARIZONA's forward magazine and devastated the bow section. The resulting aerial bomb damage effectively erased the evidence of the aerial torpedo hit. So it is possible. The VESTAL Captain's statements are in Admiral Nimitz's after-action report and Navy archives. ^v^

Great video and research! Videos like these are more informative and more detailed than the over produced mainstream stuff that you heard about over and over. Some information here I never heard about before.

Holdup the Arizona wasn’t suck by a torpedo, it was a bomb that detonated the magazine in the front turret, and the ship literally blew up up lifting out of the water and almost ripping in half

@peteleadlove9215

2 жыл бұрын

When I was in Hawaii at Pearl harbor I went over to the Arizona memorial that was awesome sight to behold your eyes the USS Arizona was a beautiful ship

Job well done thank you

Fascinating history and fine telling.

Excellent documentary.

Am I the only one that thinks they should raise the Nevada and turn her into a museum ?

The narration is brilliant. The way you say it you have to respect Nevada for that

Liverpool native and the seas hold a wonder❤️🙏⚽😎

The Nevada should've been turned into a museum-ship.

That was Fantastic man! Your research, literature, n presentation, were just "Perfect", Thank You for telling a Great Story about a truly Great Ship. Wyoming, Robert,. 🇨🇦🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇲👀👀🤔🤔🧐🧐🙏🙏

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

This is a five stars video! thank you very much! 👍

Great video again gentlemen.

Wrong designation USS Nevada was BB-36 not BB-38 that is USS Pennsylvania.

First! Love this channel A few notes: There weren't any dreadnoughts at tsushima, if anything the battle influenced Dreaghnought's design. Comparing the South Carolina and Nevada is a bit weird when there is 3 other classes between them. New York and Texas had the same level of armament. The jump from 12 inch guns to 14 inch was partially due to the British going to 13.5 inch guns with the Orion class. The Soviets halted construction of capital ships out of poverty, not out of a desire to abandon battleships. In fact they attempted again during the second world war to construct a very large class of battleships, the Sovietsky Soyuz class, but this also did not get completed. Ensign is pronounced "Enn-sinn" Arizona's magazine was detonated by an armor piercing bomb, not a torpedo. Beaching was intentional to prevent the ship from capsizing. While Nevada has an impressive reputation for pearl harbor, I dunno if I'd call her one of the most defiant stories in warship history or anything like that. Plenty of ships have taken more punishment.

@SilverShamrockNovelties

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, wait! You trying to say that sometimes KZread videos ain’t factually accurate? I’m shocked and appalled.

@kobeh6185

2 жыл бұрын

@@SilverShamrockNovelties yup, and with historical content like this, the more accurate we represent the past, the better it is for all of us

@windborne8795

2 жыл бұрын

I might also add "Admiralty" is pronounced admiral-T, not admirality. 😂

@robertstone9988

2 жыл бұрын

Really if you want to talk about ships that took an absolute beating wars fight took a beating through both world wars. And I know it sank but the battleship haruna took a hell of a savaging before it finally sank same thing with the Bismarck.

@kobeh6185

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertstone9988 im assuming you meant warspite

The old girl certainly didn't want to go down easily that's for sure!

Used in operation Crossroads then towed back to Hawaii. Sever radioactivity caused the US Navy to tow it back out to sea and sink it with some difficulty. Rediscovered off the Hawaiian islands in May 2020. Almost 2 years ago. That wasn't so hard. Been in the history books for over 60 years except for the rediscovery.

@RowdyBorders-ni3ti

8 ай бұрын

Just wondering if she still hot off Hawaii after towing up there from Bikini alto

sharing, found at last :)

Correction on your video the Arizona was sunk by an areal bomb not a torpedo.

Simple past verb of “to sink” is “sank”. Sunk requires a helping verb such as “have “ or “has”. Your channel is quality enough to use good English. Thanks

@American_Jeeper

2 жыл бұрын

David, I haven’t the foggiest idea, but is it possible British grammar rules are different from American grammar rules? I only ask because they do spell a few words differently than Americans do, so I’m ASSuming that the same might be true with their grammar. That is, of course, unless you’re British, in which case my entire supposition is entirely invalid.

I was at a lunch in the 90,s the guy was a navy guy who was wounded at Iwo Jima, he had a silver sugar bowl and creamer from the officers mess that a diver had took from the ship when he was doing salvage diving, the guy gave it to the sailor who used it . He died 20 years ago and I don't know what happened to the silver set. They had the Nevada,s name ingraved on them.

Interesting. Surprised that given the ships history and significance in WW-2 that it wasn't preserved.

Just shows what independent initiative, serendipitous thought it was, by a lowely O1 can change the situation.good on ya, hope you were promoted.

Salute, not only to him, but to all who survived, & endured the hardships of Pearl, …

Admirality? I think you mean Admiralty.

Sorry as a michigander i have to correct you the first U.S. dreadnought was the USS Michigan even though it was BB-27 not BB-26 like the South Carolina, Michigan was the first laid down and commisioned

My father was on board December 7, 1941.

The officer's silver service for this ship is on display at Carson City mint museum, Carson Nevada.

I want that last version of it in world of warships. After pearl harbor refit. Has killer looking secondaries.

BB-38 is the USS Pennsylvania

4:06 in and the USS South Carolina is being touted as the most advanced due to the centreline gun layout. She had reciprocating engines as opposed to the turbines in Drednaught. She was 3 knots slower. She had thinner armour. She had cage masts as oposed to tripods.

@dkerr4077

2 жыл бұрын

Reciprocating engines and "Dreadnaughts were before steam turbines.

My mother was 19 years old and was at home when she heard about Pearl harbor

The Arizona was never hit by a torpedo. The Vestal repair ship was moored outboard of the Arizona.

You were wrong about the torpedo hitting the Arizona. A torpedo did not cause the explosion. It was a modified bomb using the shells from the Japanese battleship Nagato. The proof is in the time of the explosion. It happened after the torpedo planes hit and during the horizontal bombers. One thing that stands out to me is that the Nevada survived two atomic bombs including being a target for one. The Nagato sunk due to the under water explosion. I'd like to do something done on the USS Arkansas and its use in the second atomic bomb.

My Uncle Doug Harr was at Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 not sure what ship…his half brother my father James Harr Jr. was discharged In August 1941 from the USS Nevada and where he was stationed was heavily damaged and he would have died but as fate would have it-it’s the only reason I am here. My uncle Doug never spoke of what he experienced except maybe to his brothers and wife…Of course my father re-enlisted when the War was declared and spent much time in the South Pacific and would tell about it when I was growing up which left a huge impression on me…and I ended up doing mission work in the Philippines in 2018…

A grand old lady!!!

CV-6 USS Enterprise (Yorktown class) aka Big E and The Grey Ghost is the "Unstoppable Force", she has been bombed on, strafed on and torpedoed and was involved in almost every major battle engagement of the Pacific War.

At 3:23, what are those 30 degrees tubes on the outside of the hull used for ?, seen them on many other ships of that era.

@kaptainkaos1202

2 жыл бұрын

Same at 5:39 I asked the same question.

@mikus4242

2 жыл бұрын

They swung out and deployed anti torpedo nets. They could only be used at anchor. www.viewing.com/Mars/HMS%20Mars/Anti-Torpedo%20Nets.htm

@zephyrold2478

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikus4242 Thank you for your answer.

The Magnum Opis of the time

Excellent video. Glad I found this channel! I'm confused on one point. The USS Arizona was shielded by the USS Vestal. Are you saying the Arizona was sunk by a torpedo? It wasn't. It was sunk by a converted 16" armor piercing shell that pierced the forward deck and set off the magazines. Thought everyone who studied Pearl Harbor knew that.

@JDPwatching

2 жыл бұрын

Brits. Go figure!

At time 5:39 look along the side of the ship. What is the network of piping running parallel and diagonal to the hull?

@robsisson6808

2 жыл бұрын

I think those were brackets to hold up the degaussing cables, demagnetized the hull against magnetic mines, or torpedo netting.

@USS_Grey_Ghost

2 жыл бұрын

Actually those were to hold onto Torpedo nets

@USS_Grey_Ghost

2 жыл бұрын

@@robsisson6808 What you’re describing only came about in World War II because of German magnetic mines

BB 38 was the Pennsylvania. Arizona's sister. Nevada was bb36

I will raise the USS Nevada.

The British learned of the design of the South Carolina class which prompted them to design and build dreadnought

No mention of Iwo Jima or Okinawa? Aside from getting what happened to the USS Arizona wrong, this was pretty well done.

@JDPwatching

2 жыл бұрын

No mention of her bombarding Normandy on D-Day either, but what're ya gonna do? 🤨

@MakeMeThinkAgain

2 жыл бұрын

@@JDPwatching That's at 25:00

You need to correct your identity of BB38. USS PENNSYLVANIA was BB38 not the Nevada.

“Admiral-ity?”

Definitely the ship I would want too be on if I was born in that generation

The sad story behind the Bikini bomb tests was that radiation wasn’t fully understood back then and most of not all of the men that boarded those ships afterwards died of horrible cancers later. They thought that they could just “rinse” the radiation off with a quick salt water hose down.

They need to find the Oklahoma next.

We don't add the letter "U" in the US Naval Station Pearl Harbor. Other than that I was happy to learn about the ship and it's history.

umm the Arizona was not struck by a torpedo due to the Vestal being moored outboard. She was hit by at least two AP bombs. One glanced off turret four and penetrated the aft decks. The next pierced between turrets one & two and ignited the black powder storage that in tern ignited the forward magazine that blew out most of the forward structure causing the mast, bridge and funnel to fall forward.

damn, they nuked it twice, shot it for 5 days, after it had been through pearl harbor and D-day and it still didn't sink

@21.40 One plane.?

The first of the standards

The Arizona was hit by a torpedo and lifted out of the water? What part of mass is this guy from?

That reddish color is nothing more than "red lead" primer, painted over the haze gray. Saw this many times in20 years in the fleet. SMC, USN, Ret.

USS Arizona was not struck by torpedoes

I think the AR15 sawed off was an AirSoft.

Past tense of the verb is “sank”

BB36! It was BB36! It was the only ship whose number matched her state's entry into the US. Nevada is the 36th state!

@mikecavanaugh257

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What a great piece of trivia. I had not made this connection despite being a Navy man myself and inexorably tied to this Battleship in particular. Perhaps more interesting (in our family history at least) is that my Grandfather was aboard Nevada the morning of 07 December 1941. He had just been relieved on deck and had headed below to the Wardroom Mess to get a cup of coffee for the OOD who relieved him. The attack happened in that time period. He survived that day and went on to serve throughout the war and was in Tokyo Bay for the enemy surrender, aboard USS Missouri BB 63. My Great Grandfather was just across the bay from Nevada that morning as well, aboard the drydocked USS Pennsylvania BB38. He also survived that day and the war. Fast forward to the 1980s and I am myself serving aboard a battleship. The USS Iowa BB61. Through sheer astronomical odds, three of us in different time periods and different career tracks in the Navy served on battleships, all of which had been in WWII, and each survived major incidents in each ship's history. Sadly, it was Iowa that was involved in the sinking of the Nevada after the Bikini Toll tests. Nevada was radioactive after those tests and was determined to be too dangerous to clean up or repair. She was used for gunnery exercises using the Iowa class shells to determine battle damage. Nevada did not go quickly by any means, incredibly taking numerous hits including broadsides from two different Iowa class battleships. Ironic in many respects that she could withstand the initial Pearl Harbor attack, duty in the Pacific during the war, D-Day invasion and make it to Tokyo Bay and then literally survive the two nuclear tests only to be used for gunnery exercises. The last incredibly unique part of this Naval saga and personal Naval family history is that the three of us ( out of 32 total USN veterans in the family) all lived in Nevada at different points in our lives. Astronomical odds indeed. However, it's USS Nevada BB36 that ultimately lived up to her name....."Battle Born"

@denniswobbe3157

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@@mikecavanaugh257 she definitely didn't go down without a fight. She almost said I tried this sinking thing once. I have no desire to sink again

@mikecavanaugh257

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@@denniswobbe3157 Absolutely True. Wish she had been considered for a Museum Ship. Definitely earned it.

Why would anyone with a YT history channel publish videos with this many errors? Just stop.

ARIZONA was hit by an armor-piercing bomb made from a modified obsolete Japanese 16.1" AP naval shell; NOT A TORPEDO, KLIKE OKLAHOMA WAS. Other ships were also hit by these bombs, but they suffered much less damage, the worst being knocking out unmanned heavy gun turrets by penetrating roof hits.

Great content and research. But I find it difficult to listen to your exalted voice with it pompous dramatization. Ditch that and you have a receipt for a success :)

There is a lot wrong with this video, beginning in the first minute. BB-36, not BB-38.

Due to its historic place in U.S. and naval history, this ship should have been preserved for posterity. It should be moored next to the Arizona in Pearl Harbor instead of at the bottom of the sea where it is. Too many surviving historic ships were scrapped or used as targets.

Armored warships with port holes in the hull......?

Good an interesting video, but sweet jesus....how many adds can you force in one short video????

Yes .The ship says 36 on the bow ,but he's saying 38

i feel like the title "the ship the enemies could not sink" technically belongs to laffey.

BB-38 USS Pennsylvania, USS neveda was BB-36.

Yet, it was stopped and, later, sunk.