The Wreck of IJN Furutaka - A Shattered Cruiser On the Bottom
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- Опубликовано: 9 мар 2024
- If you ask someone to name a Japanese cruiser, their first answer probably wouldn't be Furutaka. Japan's first heavy cruiser, and one of the first to be sunk during the Pacific War. Shot to ribbons during the Battle of Cape Esperance, this ship was also somewhat unique in being sunk by gunfire.
And possibly a torpedo. Although there's no sign of that on the wreck, from what I've seen. Doesn't mean it didn't happen, but worth keeping in mind.
Regardless, Furutaka was surveyed in some detail by RV Petrel back in 2019. As a result, there were more pictures to share here than the last few videos. Including a very interesting look inside her detached bow.
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I worked with a guy about 35yrs ago that was on Duncan during this battle,in which she was also sunk.He was in the water for 7 hours before he was picked up.Another destroyer pulled up alongside,and sailors were manning the rails with rifles to keep the sharks off the guys still in the water.Knew another guy that was on Boise as well.Lost two turrets and 107 dead,but still never stopped firing the whole time.This was one hell of a fight.Feel fortunate to be old enough to have known some of these men personally when I was young,because they are all passed away now.
As a much younger officer in 1980 I sailed with the LT who, relieved out of MainPlot, ran to the afire forward 6-inch powder rooms, possibly saving Boise. He was PH’d and NC’d for this. A high-quality human and captain -one of the two or three best ( out of hundreds ) I had the privilege to know. Taught me many lessons about career-preparedness and leadership.
THANK GOODNESS THE HULL BREACH ABOARD THE BOISE MAGAZIINE STOPPED THE DEFLAGRATION ALONG WITH DAMAGE-CONTROL USING THE AFT DC HOSE-TEAMS ADDED TO QUELLING THE BURNING FOR'ARD TURRETS 3,000 POUNDS OF PROPELLANT WAS CONSUMED
@@jonathanstrong4812 Why do you type with capital letters?
Seeing the gaping holes in Furutaka's hull make me wonder how hellish they must have looked like right after the shell punched through the metal... Sobering stuff, but also interesting.
A very rough translation is that it was fire control device used to issue gun corrections to compensate for deck motion and distance from target.
Furutaka was built with the armor belt as hull plating in an attempt to wring more out of her tonnage. Could the switch from regular hull plating to armor plate plating at around her #1 turret caused a focus point for the stress of sinking that tore the thinner platted bow off at the transition point?
The torpedo theory always made sense because she rolled over so quickly after a large explosion but the damage to the second turret makes me think of a magazine explosion. She was built in the 20's if I remember correctly and so wasn't a large well armoured or extensively compartmented ship like those that were built after her.
my fave ship in world of warships the fury taco
The ship with the largest guns in her tier (is she still? I haven’t played for a while)
i dont think so there has been a lot of new ships added and subs added @@thinaphonpetsiri9907
I'm gonna have to look up the Yuro video now haven't seen it in 5 years or so.
A dang fine job and my son's thought it was very cool. Thank you for the highly informative and interesting video. Please continue with making more videos.
The magnetic detonator on US torpedoes would often explode very close to the target making it seem as if it had hit.
This ship had an interesting service story by the way... Thx for the video!
Maybe Buchanan’s torpedo actually hit the bow, this explaining why the bow was severed
Possible, but not something I can verify on available information. The picture of the bow break doesn’t have obvious torpedo damage (it’s too clean a split).
There *might* be more visible torpedo damage at the break on the main hull. Around Turret One. But, if there is, Petrel didn’t photograph it.
(I erred on the side of caution, in that regard, because Petrel is- well, was -good about looking for torpedo damage. If they didn’t photograph any, it implied they didn’t find any.
But, well, that’s why I was very clear on ‘maybe it happened, maybe it didn’t’. Just because they didn’t show any, doesn’t mean there isn’t any.
Certainly not robbing the Buchanan crew of their success without 100% certainty.)
American torpedoes didn't explode consistently at that time. Still, a torpedo will do damage even if it didn't explode. With all of the shells hitting the ship, even if a torpedo didn't explode, it could have fractured where it hit. However, the other side of the ship should look torn off as seen with the surviving American cruisers being hit in the bow by the Long Lance.
The Japanese commonly put their ships’ names in katakana, a more angular writing style than hiragana, as it was easier to read from a distance. Kanji characters, of course, would be hard to make out except fairly close in.
Why do these ship bleed rust so bad? Please forgive my ignorance. I do know saltwater is more corrosive, but I thought deep water there was less oxygen.
Maybe those torpedoes were actually fired off by local control? Might have not been recorded bc of the imminent sinking of the vessel??
If there was a torpedo hit, perhaps the magnetic exploder actually worked, and exploded underneath Furutaka. Stranger things have happened.
It is a shame that Paul Allen put so much effort into his deep sea explorations but did not provide the information to the world in full scale. Just a few pics ans clips here and there. Why not putting all together in books and documentations like Bob Ballard has done?
Many WWII wrecks are being looted for their metal by illegal salvagers. I don't know if this is a reason, but I know locations are restricted as much as possible.
yeah they spend days at these sites recording in video. yet the best we get is a handful of screenshots. its always been rather sad how little they release.
@@denniswiggins3816 You´re right but deep sea wrecks are not in danger of beeing looted. What i mean with information is pictures and videos of the wrecks not the exact location.
Maybe the torpedo hit and didn't detonate, or it hit the bow.
Interesting
Old Eagle, if i am not wrong.
That's right. It was named after Mount Furutaka in Etajima City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
広島県 江田島市 江田島町 " 古鷹山 "
Tried to have my Japanese girlfriend translate the dial. From what we could tell, it seems to be a ship roll compensator. She's not knowledgeable about weapon control systems so hard for her to be able to read it 100%
It may be...日本光學工業（Nikon）九四式高射射撃盤（Type 94 Anti-aircraft gun fire control device system.）The aiming and computing devices were separated
I feel like it's a little different...
Burning fiercely with the oxygen from the torpedoes, the ship charged alone to act as a shield for the heavy cruiser Aoba.
A conservative design ..... for Azur Lane.
Ahh the Furry Taco
I'm betting the japanese welding techniques weren't the greatest. Torque and tension was put on the bow and it just went "snap".
Furutaka sailed along side Aoba during the battle that she sank but the pictures look like Aoba class ships. The Furutaka class had 6 single mounts for her 8in guns. Not trying to say this is a bad video i love your stuff i just figured id point that out.
The Furutaka had a refit before the war that replaced her six single mounts with three twin mounts. That's why she looks similar to Aoba.
@@fabianzimmermann5495I thought she did but I couldn't find any pictures of her like that on the surface with the refit that's why I was confused
Furutaka_ and her sister _Kako_ received refits in 1937 (or '38 according to some sources) and the refit included replacing the six single 203 mm guns, turrets, and mountings with three twin sets.
The swap helped with fire control as well as reducing topside weight.
The sisters have few photos in either configuration. Both were available as 1/700 Waterline kits.
You can generally tell if it’s a Furtaka or Aoba-class ship by a few details. The funnels are a different style. So are the torpedo tubes.
The searchlight tower and aircraft storage are also different.
It’s easy enough to pick out, if you’re familiar with the designs. Shipbucket, here:
shipbucket.com/drawings/4627 (Aoba)
shipbucket.com/drawings/4637 (Furutaka)
@@mbryson2899 combined fleet website shows Furataka refit 16 March 37 through 30 April 39 at Kure, and Kako refit 4 July 36 through 27 Dec 37 at Sasebo. I tend to trust the TROM's at combined fleet above other sources.
Also Kako was sunk in August after Savo Island not during this battle. So same campaign but different battle.
Hi i dont understand why japanese ships so easily didn't these fight back once attacked by enemies