USS Buckley's INSANE Fight with U-66
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USS Buckley (DE-51) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escorts in the service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. After spending 23 years in reserve, she was scrapped in 1969.
German submarine U-66 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.[1] The submarine was laid down on 20 March 1940 at the AG Weser yard at Bremen, launched on 10 October and commissioned on 2 January 1941 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Richard Zapp as part of the 2nd U-boat Flotilla.
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This is the same destroyer escort that was in the movie "The Enemy Below".
@HiddenHistoryYT
22 күн бұрын
Indeed it is! Appreciate you watching and have a great rest of your week :)
@jessebauer7372
22 күн бұрын
The battle was very similar.
@johnharris6655
22 күн бұрын
USS Haynes, Buckley class destroyer.
@stevecagle2317
22 күн бұрын
Wouldn't surprise me if the book the movie was based on took elements of this true story for the fictional book.
@vanroeling2930
21 күн бұрын
@@johnharris6655 I just watched the movie two days ago - you are correct
Nice video, thanks for sharing! My dad served on a Buckley class DE in the Pacific during WW 2. The USS Frybarger.
@HiddenHistoryYT
3 күн бұрын
Thank you to him for his service, he’s a hero! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)
Credit to the U-boat crew as well. They were also brave men who put up quite a fight.
@briancooper2112
20 күн бұрын
To hell with the u-boat.
@brianhawk1854
12 күн бұрын
Evil murders no glory
@HiddenHistoryYT
11 күн бұрын
Indeed. Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)
@thatguy1321
5 күн бұрын
@@briancooper2112 they were fighting for their country. Don’t be so sour.
I just got 2 warship models from your hidden history store! They are absolutely incredible young man thank you. I will be gifting one of them to my grandson for his birthday and keeping one all for myself. I think ill put it in my living room but dont tell the old lady HA!
That thumbnail U-boat looks more like the USS Monitor than a submarine
Brave crew
@andywilson2406
18 күн бұрын
Both of them.
This was a thrilling story. Thank you for sharing it.
I'm amazed that the Germans actually boarded the Buckley when their own boat was all but crippled. Throughout the narration, I kept waiting for the u-boat captain to surrender. Very die-hard crew, Nazis or not.
@conveyor2
19 күн бұрын
They were party members?
That is so freaking cool
That skipper was itching for a fight! 🫡🇺🇸♥️
Around 1960 while in Explorer Scouts I was lucky to spend a weekend on The Buckley as a guest of the Naval Reserve. We went from San Diego to to the neighborhood of Catalina. They let us have the run of the ship including the engine room. They let us play with the 3 inch guns and take the helm for a while. The next day they dropped depth charges and fired depth charges. They also fired the hedgehogs. Then they did target practice with one of the 3 inch guns. It was quite an experience. Living arrangements sucked. Anyway, I went into the Air Force.
@HiddenHistoryYT
11 күн бұрын
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Bremen is not really on our Baltic coast but on the Weser river which ends in the North Sea. You probably mixed it up with Kiel.
@juhopuhakka2351
21 күн бұрын
No, he is just ignorant
@EDD519
14 күн бұрын
@@juhopuhakka2351 A I is both !
@juhopuhakka2351
14 күн бұрын
@@EDD519 It sure is buddy. Semper Fi!
@jaibhimadevi5805
11 күн бұрын
Also, Kiel has no animal musicians :P
Brave men all around, RIP
@HiddenHistoryYT
11 күн бұрын
Indeed. Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)
Wow!, just Wow! never heard of this story before after 50+ years of military studies.
@HiddenHistoryYT
9 сағат бұрын
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That's a thrilling story. Brave men fighting for their very lives using anything at hand...including that hand grenade.
beast mode
My grandfather’s ship, he served on it during the Korean War.
@HiddenHistoryYT
9 сағат бұрын
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It seems that the German U-boats could submerge to a far greater depth than the US fleet submarines. I always wondered why?
@HiddenHistoryYT
11 күн бұрын
Leaders in submarine technology at the time. Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)
Shotgun buckshot.Thats insane!
My guy👍👍
@HiddenHistoryYT
22 күн бұрын
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beast crew
That's not a Buckley class destroyer in the picture
What an amazing story
@HiddenHistoryYT
11 күн бұрын
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Wow.
@HiddenHistoryYT
11 күн бұрын
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Wow😮😳👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@HiddenHistoryYT
11 күн бұрын
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It's foc'sle not forcastle!
At 7:57 you show a F4U instead of a TBF.
@HiddenHistoryYT
11 күн бұрын
Ah dammit my bad. Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)
@taproom113
3 күн бұрын
Just FYI ... The two aircraft at 7:57 are Grumman F4F Wildcats. The F4U was the Vought Corsair. Skal, ^v^
Sorry, no more USBS war stories. the RCN did 10x the ASW, and never got half the credit..
PS: Upperhand in allied flotilas against uboots WASN'T about tactics as you said, but about STEALING enigma machine and decoding messages, so nothing BRAVE, HONOURABLE and about MILITARY FIELD VIRTUES.
@andrewstackpool4911
19 күн бұрын
As a retired Naval Officer and historian, you obviously have absolutely no idea about the battle of the Atlantic, including the Murmansk convoys and the natural environment, naval operations strategy and tactics or ASW. The battle, like the other actions against the Kreigsmarine, was a mix of many factors including Enigma (oh dear, the naughty Poles stole it, have you called the Police?), but at the end of the day it was sheer guts, determination, courage and seamanship/warfighting skills by those poor bastards out there on both sides. I suggest that you stay off making comments on these channels and go look up the battle and other anti-submarine actions on Google or somewhere. You might just be enlightened
105 rounds of 3.5 inch to sink a sub typical american useless fire As for the AI voice no TY
@andrewstackpool4911
19 күн бұрын
Nothing like racism to add to the comments. So when did you serve?
Almost definitely a cover up for the americans slaughtering the crew. There is no way the beaten uboat crew tried to board the ship and fight to take it. They were obviously trying to board the ship to survive and surrender and the americans got trigger happy. Just apply common sense
@HiddenHistoryYT
11 күн бұрын
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