The Barb SS-220 needs a mention. She sank more tonnage than half the boats mentioned here, but also brazenly launched the only ground operation on the Japanese home islands during the entire war

@user-gn3ux7tu9f

6 ай бұрын

The Barbarous Barb !! 🎉

@AArdW01f

4 ай бұрын

Lucky Flucky - WHAT A LEGEND

@hannesromhild8532

2 ай бұрын

Yeah but shes only top:4 in US service and wouldn't even make top 40 compared to german Subs.

@AdmiralYeti8042

24 күн бұрын

Barb is in a category of her own. Barb patrols 8-12 were the stuff of legends, she was a pirate ship that could dive. What Fluckey didn’t sink in tonnage he more than made up for in innovation and willingness to take calculated risks.

@zacharynunley9677

5 күн бұрын

USS Barb, she sank a train!!! Yes, a TRAIN!!!

The submarines of WW2 just Incredible along with every sailor in the silent service

My uncle served on the Seahorse when she was comissioned in 1943, spent the rest of the war on her. I have a picture of the first crew assigned. He is in the picture.

I have one issue with this list. The USS Archerfish (SS-311) should have been here. In terms of number of ships, she was one of the least successful submarines of any navy. That said, she also sank the largest warship to ever be sunk by a submarine, the Shinano. It was the largest aircraft carrier until the nuclear age, displacing 65k tons, and was originally intended as the third in the Yamato class of super battleships. Through a combination of skill by the Archerfish, as well as false assumptions on the part of the Shinano's captain, rushed construction, and plain dumb luck, the Archerfish succeeded in sinking the carrier with only 4 torpedoes. By way of comparison, the Shinano's sister ship, the Musashi, required 19 torpedoes and 17 bomb hits before sinking.

@VirgoShelter

Жыл бұрын

Definitely

@yankee_tango

Жыл бұрын

I understand your feelings, but had you listened to the intro you would know that this list is based on number of ships sunk. So the Archerfish having but one ship sunk would not qualify for this list. Perhaps you could suggest that list to this channel and see if they do it for you.

@rolandmohler2695

Жыл бұрын

This list had only 1 sub that sank less total than your sub.

@Farmer-bh3cg

Жыл бұрын

Shinano was being transferred to the Inland Sea for completion. After 5 years construction effort, when Archerfish sank it, Shinano had known the open sea for less than 20 hours...

@timber_wulf5775

Жыл бұрын

Not really any skill when it came to sinking shinano. She was as you said, basically incomplete and Archerfish was just cutting down a rotten tree

My grandfather was the youngest crew member aboard USS Rasher

The number of ships sunk isn't really the best way to determine "Most succesful". It really should be determined by tonnage instead because tonnage is much more important than just the numbers of ships. USS Barb did an incredible job and actually pulled off attacking a large convoy while they were at anchor in a VERY well protected and shallow harbor. Getting out out she even set a new record for speed by her class.

@timber_wulf5775

Жыл бұрын

This list kinda sucks ass tbh. A random sub could get 50 confirmed tug or harbor barge kills and it would be instantly the no.1 on the list

The USS Barb should had been on the list as the only Sub to sink a train, and its Captain received the Medal of Honor. The Barb sent a group of saliors onto a Japanese island and planted explosives under the tain tracks.

Somebody must have taken a long look at the records, because Flasher was judged the only boat over 100K tons for a very long time. They must have given Dick O'Kane in Tang a sinking unacknowledged before. George Grider, the skipper of the Flasher at the end of the war, was Wahoo's second officer when O'Kane was the exec under Mush Morton, who took them on the legendary reconnaissance of Wewak Harbor and pulled off a shot down the throat of an IJN destroyer. Truly incredible. Look it up.

@webbtrekker534

4 ай бұрын

I was plankowner on the second USS Flasher SSN 613. We had the 249 boat Battle Flag hanging in our crewsmess. I understand it was removed during an overhaul and never returned. Suppose to be in the Sub Museum in Pearl Harbor.

My Dad served on the "Billfish" was severely injured while on sonar detail, and spent a lot of hospital-time thereafter.

Woulda made more sense if the ones that had the same number of ships sunk would've been listed by tonnage.

The calculations were based on ships over 500 tons. Anything less was not counted in total tonnage sunk. Hundreds of smaller vessels were sunk by US subs but never counted to tonnage totals. Example. USS Blenny SS 324, on her last war patrol sank 62 vessels but only one was over 500 tons, the gunboat Nankai at 2400 tons, the other 61 were all under the 500 ton mark. By rights Blenny should rank #1 for vessels sunk at 75 but the powers that be said under the 500 mark wasn't worth counting. Blenny only fired one torpedo that patrol all the rest were sunk by deck guns, boarding parties and by being burned.

The Silversides is an awesome living museum in Western Michigan.

The think you need to include the USS Archerfish. It sank the largest warship ever sunk by a submarine in history. (The Shinano)

I was on the USS Sterlet(ss)392.as a Tm2(ss) I'm 80yo Feb 7 she also deserves a mention

I had no idea we had so many versions. BTW, your infographic would have been much better if it had simply included a first commissioning date for each class.

@Chuckworth_F7

Жыл бұрын

The USN definitely had many different sub classes in WW2. The V boats, S-Boats, Porpoise, Salmon, Sargo, Tambor/Gar, Gato, Balao and Tench classes.

Theres a reason the navy measures success in gross tonnage vs "boats sunk" because bringing down a carrier inside a carrier group > sinking 40 canoes. Tang's 3rd deployment, if im not mistaken, is the most successful pound for pound & dollar for dollar object the navy has ever put to sea.

I just read USN SUB the Sturgeon sank a Ship carrying Ausie POWs in WW2 ?

I will be 80yo on the 7th this mo. I was on the USS Sterlet(ss)392 figure she should be in the mix too.Tm2(ss)

ships should be commemorated by tonnage sunk. it's how navy usually does things lmao also uss barb where???? literally sank the most tonnage in the war, revolutionized submarine warfare with rocket launchers and shore bombardment, and its 12th patrol had the only land operation in the japanese main islands of the entire war and they sank a train. plus, not a single person in the crew was majorly injured or died. uss barb was so good that after its 11th patrol(and supposed final under rear admiral fluckey since u were only allowed 4) she was allowed a 5th and final run with fluckey(legendary 12th). she took all the rocket launchers in pearl harbor with her on that patrol, and when she ran out of all her ammo(a crap ton) she sank a boat by ramming it

What about the Harder

236 is still around!

Why do all these subs look different when they are the same class? The Gato in 3rd place I beleive was drastically different, while the others were more subtle...

@chestertallant3755

Жыл бұрын

They were up dated from time to time.

Τα καλύτερα ήταν τα γερμανικά υποβρύχια στην τεχνολογία τότε.

Japan in WW2 also had a lot of submarines.

@natureofparadise2380

Жыл бұрын

But they are useless . American had a lot also of destroyer hunting Japanese sub. They sunk only the mighty American heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis

@coleparker

Жыл бұрын

@@natureofparadise2380 IJN subs put the final blow to the Yorktown at Midway along with the destroyer Hamman, sunk the Carrier Wasp and damaged the North Carolina, The Indianapolis, some merchant vessels in the Indian Ocean. But overall the IJN unlike the USN failed to adapt their role to new tactics and objectives after the tide of war changed.

@tomhenry897

11 ай бұрын

Japs missed used them Mostly used as scouts and as islands were cut off as supply ships

@webbtrekker534

4 ай бұрын

They did but they didn't use then right. and lost 130 subs in the war.

Cabala sink aircraft carrier in battle of Philippine sea

@webbtrekker534

4 ай бұрын

Yes the USS Cavalla SS 244 sank the carrier Shōkaku. The last of the Pearl Harbor carriers.

First!

Missing #1, USS Albacore, SS218, Total LEADER in IJN Capital ships sunk. No one cares about sailboats and steamers.

@webbtrekker534

4 ай бұрын

True. The plan was to deprive Japan of supplies, like oil, rubber steel, food. At the end of the war there was very little fuel for Japanese ships to run on or airplanes to fly with.

I have grown to hate the narrator of these videos. Sounds out of place.

@thebuzz4108

Жыл бұрын

Yeah really sorry bout that, its just the way I speak and considering this isnt my first language, although I am very keen about these topics ,doesnt come through in my narration since I'm not speaking my own language, I hope you understand. Cheers

@matthewbratton3825

11 ай бұрын

Think she has a sexy voice myself.

What’s up with the odd accent???

I like U boat more 😂😂😂

@redblueyankee8343

Жыл бұрын

Who care 🙂

“Numbers Sunk”, as others have mentioned, means next to nothing compared to tonnage sunk, or more plainly, ship size. If you go by the “Numbers” list, that means you believe a Japanese Destroyer of 1,750 tons is equal to say, a Japanese Fleet Carrier rated at 36,500 tons. As Submariners, we care a hell of a lot more about how big the target is sent to the bottom. In any event, USS TANG was #1 in both categories after the post-war JANAC Revisions.

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