You're obviously inspired by Drach, the patron Saint of naval KZitem. But you manage to put out content that doesn't overlap too much. Kudos man!
@levipierson4946
Жыл бұрын
I find Drach to be very bais and quite dry. He's too bais in favor of the royal navy and makes them seem as perfect as possible
@JudeKincer
Жыл бұрын
@Levi Pierson interesting perspective, I always found Drach to be very impartial, particularly considering the Royal Navy has generally been the dominant naval power for centuries.
@jeremydoud4885
Жыл бұрын
@@levipierson4946 He’s a Brit, that’s why, lol….but, the Royal Navy ruled the 🌊 for centuries, till Pearl Harbor forced our hand and we became the King of the Sea 🌊!!
@levipierson4946
Жыл бұрын
@@JudeKincer ironically he's thr most fair on topics pre dreadnought. He's very defensive to the RNs short commings in ww1 and ww2. He also refuses to do content on post ww2 which I think is stupid especially when talking about ships who have very interesting post war careers
@pedenharley6266
Жыл бұрын
I have been and remain a big fan of Drach, but I think this channel’s creator has his own distinct strengths, and I enjoy the slightly longer format for individual ship histories.
@jacqueschouette7474
Жыл бұрын
My sainted father was on the USS Birmingham when the USS Princeton exploded. His battle station was a quad 40 mm mount on the other side from the Princeton. He said that since the Japanese weren't attacking, they weren't really at battle stations so he and many of the other men were just watching damage control fight the fires when something told him that he needed to go below. It was after going below that the Princeton exploded and he survived without a scratch. Many of those who were killed and wounded were like him, watching damage control fight the fires.
@shiningstarr7298
Жыл бұрын
My dad was on the Princeton. He thankfully survived ❤
@alephalon7849
Жыл бұрын
I intellectually knew about Princeton's service and end, but you made the "dry" history I read feel alive in my head, especially involving Birmingham's ill-fated attempt to save her half-sister.
@12131569
11 ай бұрын
My late father served on the USS Princeton from 1958 to 1961. It is so fascinating to watch this video, knowing that my dad served on this ship.
@petestorz172
Жыл бұрын
While October-November 1942 was a crisis time for USN carrier availability, the process leading to converting some Cleveland class light cruisers into CVLs began in October 1941, i.e. before the PH attack. As things turned out, USS Independence and USS Essex entered into service around the same time in early 1943. Using light cruiser hulls probably allowed yards too small to build 34000 ton Essex class carriers to build aircraft carriers.
@BHuang92
Жыл бұрын
The idea of converting the Cleveland class cruisers into aircraft carriers was Roosevelt's idea!
@rcdogmanduh4440
Жыл бұрын
Both points are mentioned in this video.
@petestorz172
Жыл бұрын
However, the start of the video said that the decision to convert light cruiser to light carriers was related to the situation in late 1942. That is what my post responded to.
@taskforce3833
Жыл бұрын
interesting story about the service of Princeton, the Cleveland class where actually a little too light in construction but it took time and convincing the navy to give up 2 heavy cruiser hulls under construction to build the Tinian and Saipan on Baltimore class cruiser hulls that where a little larger and as shown a little more capable of performing the tasks they where intended for. The Japanese had thought about converting cruisers to full aircraft carriers, as did the Kriegsmarine, but they didn't have a lot of cruisers left in 43. there where also plans to convert some of the planned Alaska class into carriers, but someone pointed out that the cost of that would be almost equal as that of an Essex class and at that time the Kido Butai had lost so many ships and pilots that the war could probably be ended with the ships currently ordered.
@billkallas1762
Жыл бұрын
One of my uncles served on the Princeton. I'm not sure what his job was on the ship, but in combat, he operated a single 20mm antiaircraft gun. He was lucky in that he was transferred back to the States before the ship was sunk.
@edelweiss1944
Жыл бұрын
My uncle was killed. His parents were told the sharks got him as when they were in the water people were shouting “sharks”. Uncle Jimmie was only 18
@Straswa
Жыл бұрын
Great vid Skynea, an excellent retelling of Princeton's sinking.
@panic_2001
Жыл бұрын
U deliver great content, respect 👍
@biwamasa
Жыл бұрын
I do really like your content. Keep it up.
@benjaminjohnson4054
8 ай бұрын
My Grandfather was a air radio man 3rd class for VT-27 stationed on the princeton when she was sunk
@petestorz172
Жыл бұрын
Re the attack on Rabaul, the point of damaging as many ships as possible was to make them unavailable for combat and occupy Japanese shipyards, workers, and materials with repairs instead of new-builds.
@sharonbartholomew35
9 ай бұрын
My mother's first husband lost his life on the Princeton. They only had about 30-days together from the date of their marriage to the date of the sinking of the Princeton.
@73Trident
Жыл бұрын
You are doing a great job on these. Keep the good work. I look forward to your videos.
@joel530johnson2
3 ай бұрын
My father was a boiler tender on that ship. I know he had burns all over his body and spent time in the water (I don't know how long, he never talked about it). Had my sister and I (a son) and died in 1979 at 52.
@Ex-LDS
Жыл бұрын
Good job! Well done!
@jamesm3471
Жыл бұрын
I’d like to also praise the airmanship of the young Japanese pilot, who despite being very inexperienced, and up against almost impossible odds, managed to get through the force’s formidable combat air patrol without a wingman, execute a textbook dive, releasing two bombs at 1500’ and squarely hitting Princeton with one, before timely pulling out of the dive, in all an attack far more difficult to execute than a kamikaze attack. His fate afterwards is not known with any certainty. Some say A/A gunners on the cruiser Reno hit his aircraft, other claim a Hellcat from Lexington splashed the Judy. Whatever his fate, he served his nation with courage and skill, and that’s commendable.
@conanhom
Жыл бұрын
I'm curious as to what the reference is for the Pearl harbor test raid so to speak. That sounds like an interesting story to read more on.
@jonathanj8303
Жыл бұрын
I don't know about the one Princeton was involved in during WW2, but the 1930's one happened during one of the USN's annual 'fleet problem' large scale war games. Drachinifel has a whole video series on those and it's covered in one of them. Essentially the team playing 'honestly not Japan' decided that the best way to neutralise the one playing the US was to carry out an air raid on Pearl Harbour. Just after dawn on a Sunday morning. Sound familiar? And except for the fact that they weren't using live ammo, they were entirely successful. Unfortunately the USN/USAAF top brass's learning point from this seems to have been a combo of "That guy cheated" and "Why worry, no chance anyone else would think of this." (Just checked, Admiral Yarnell did this during fleet problem 13 in 1932, and King did it again in 1938, with the results being ignored both times.)
@skyneahistory2306
Жыл бұрын
The source is: www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/p/princeton-iv.html These are almost always good for little anecdotes like this. There’s often a lot of detail and little stories, depending on the ship. Direct quote: "The Pacific Fleet dispatched a plan to the three ships on 7 August 1943, directing them to stage a simulated attack against Oahu to determine the defenders’ alertness. The staffs carefully planned their raid and an hour before dawn on the 9th, the trio of carriers launched their planes from a position about 100 miles out. The attackers swept in on aircraft installations on the island, and only then did U.S. Army Air Force fighters rise to intercept them. "
@conanhom
Жыл бұрын
@@skyneahistory2306 thank you very much!
@takashitamagawa5881
Жыл бұрын
The INDEPENDENCE class being conversions did not have the best construction as aircraft carriers but PRINCETON's loss was more due more to the vulnerability of carriers in general when conducting flight operations rather than to deficiencies in its design. It was an INDEPENDENCE class light carrier, the BELLEAU WOOD, which claimed the biggest prize in TF58's air attack on Ozawa's fleet at Philippine Sea, the medium Japanese converted carrier HIYO, which fell victim to BELLEAU WOOD's torpedo planes.
@TheDavidlloydjones
Жыл бұрын
"One in either ocean" means one, with only the slightest hint of ambiguity. If you mean two, you mean one in each ocean.
@Gamer_1745
Жыл бұрын
Can you do something about the light booming in the background?? Otherwise very good.
@rickm9244
Жыл бұрын
After what happened to the birmingham I don't think another ship would have risked going along side her again. Considering how many was killed.
@mahbriggs
Жыл бұрын
The hazards of war.
@Reepicheep-1
Жыл бұрын
"The ship was on fire and it wasn't my fault."
@anycombo
Жыл бұрын
Visions of the Kamchatka😬
@luvr381
Жыл бұрын
Man, I much prefer listening to you over Drach.
@lt.petemaverickmitchell7113
Жыл бұрын
Could you imagine Biden having any viable input to the Navy concerning the conversion of the hulls of two different classes of ships? Just correctly pronouncing “conversion” would be impressive 😂
@billkallas1762
Жыл бұрын
What is your degree in?
@victorboucher675
Жыл бұрын
@@billkallas1762 98.4 F
@billkallas1762
Жыл бұрын
@@victorboucher675 Figures.
@CaptainSeato
Жыл бұрын
Halsey: "This is a risky mission!" Also Halsey: * sends someone else * "Bull" Halsey? More like "Full of Bullshit" Halsey.
@brianslack7234
Жыл бұрын
Why did US shipbuilders put wooden decks on American carriers? British carriers always had steel decks.
@EllieMaes-Grandad
Жыл бұрын
Lighter weight topside for one and the British carriers expected to fight against land-based aircraft in the North Sea and Mediterranean. Late UK war experience in the Pacific was good.
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