The wastefulness of the post-war nuclear playboys was astounding. All that highly-refined steel now nothing but radioactive waste, and we dig for more ore. Thanks Crosser!! Love, David
I wish there was more information about that epic voyage of a japanese battleship in serious disrepair manned by us crews. Apparently it was quite eventful, things were constantly breaking down and getting fixed as they went. Then they ran out of fuel, which sounds strange to me, but apparently thats how it happened. And in the end they managed to get the old lady steaming 13-15 knots ahead under her own power and spare her the dishonor of arriving under tow. Epic voyage.
There is. A two part book in PDF format with the transcripted manuscript of Nagato's former XO while under the USN flag, Edward Gilfillen. It's on Vic Socotra's website and can be downloaded for free, iirc. At least I did, eons ago. Google "last cruise of the nagato pdf" and the two first results should render the proper answer if the search engine doesn't act up like Nagato's engines. An eventful voyage... Yeah. You could say that. A very well written first-hand account, I might add. You can see the increasing respect Gilfillen developed for the old enemy ship, the endless setbacks the crew had to endure during the voyage and no small amount of personal suffering given the lack of maintenance. Tough people on a tough ship. Give it a try and let me know. It reads fast and provides some interesting insights. Cheers.
Yes, Vice Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku's flagship at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the only battleship afloat at the time of Japan's surrender, Haruna, Ise, and Hyuga had been sunk in shallow waters. The film Tora! Tora! Tora! Did an incredible job in recreating the battleship, back in the late '60's. Great aagain, take care, and all the best.
i think the removal of the main mast was before the AA on the ship was practically disarmed post yokosuka air raids since alot of effort went into converting the ship into a floating AA battery to withstand taffy 38's raids there was alot of effort into concealing it as part of the urban background aswell and for the most part it went relatively unscathed all the way till the US got their hands on nagato
The Japanese began removing the AA guns prior to any air attacks. By the 18 July, 1945, most were already removed and placed on shore mounts. I think the primary reasons they were removed was to conceal it as you stated plus they needed the steel elsewhere. We may never know 100% either way. Thanks for commenting.
Crosser, as usual you bring the details and contemporary reports that give the story real life. In this case the missing funnel and mast, _Nagato's_ poor sailing condition and the towing, and the memo are all facts I've never seen before. Thank you again for sharing your extensive research.
Excellent short format on Nagato's last voyage, Crosser. Concise and to the point. Love the old ship. Went down when no one was looking, in the middle of the night as if ashamed of such an unbecoming end. Or too proud to let the former enemy witness its last moments. That is, if battleships had souls (I'm looking at you, Warspite.) But I digress. Well done, mate.
That is also true of the USA battleships some of which had been raised from Pearl Harbour - also the German cruiser Prinz Eugen which had also been moved into the atoll.
Would've been cool, as she took her last dive that there would be a massive bubbling to the port side of the ship, then, a 100 foot tall amphibian appeared. Ten Japanese sailors would appear on the deck and point at the amphibian as they yell in unison "GODZILLA!!"
I wonder which branch labeled the ships in the photo. In any case, it doesn't surprise me as many of the people involved focused only on their branch or department.
@@Ricky40369 No, not the narration. Stop the video at 04:40 and look in the upper left. It’s clearly labeled “Saragota” by whichever service member labeled the photograph.
@@Ricky40369 It is clearly the _USS Saratoga_ to people who study ships. She is labeled "Saragota" in the photo, likely either by someone who is dyslexic, was in a hurry, or who did not study ships. I heard Crosser say "Nevada," but his accent does tend to draw out some vowels when they end words. It was quite clear to me, but I customarily listen using headphones and they may make a difference. Whatever the case, Crosser does a fine job but like everyone he does occasionally misspeak. Rerecording and editing extremely minor slips is not worth the effort, especially given how much time and effort he puts into research, scripting, illustrating, and narrating his videos.
Splitting hairs aint ya. America dropped the bombs on them and they signed the surrender on the USS Missourim yes it was to the allied forces but America brought them to their knees to be in position were surrender was their best option
The wastefulness of the post-war nuclear playboys was astounding. All that highly-refined steel now nothing but radioactive waste, and we dig for more ore. Thanks Crosser!!
Love,
David
I wish there was more information about that epic voyage of a japanese battleship in serious disrepair manned by us crews. Apparently it was quite eventful, things were constantly breaking down and getting fixed as they went. Then they ran out of fuel, which sounds strange to me, but apparently thats how it happened. And in the end they managed to get the old lady steaming 13-15 knots ahead under her own power and spare her the dishonor of arriving under tow. Epic voyage.
There is. A two part book in PDF format with the transcripted manuscript of Nagato's former XO while under the USN flag, Edward Gilfillen. It's on Vic Socotra's website and can be downloaded for free, iirc. At least I did, eons ago. Google "last cruise of the nagato pdf" and the two first results should render the proper answer if the search engine doesn't act up like Nagato's engines.
An eventful voyage... Yeah. You could say that. A very well written first-hand account, I might add. You can see the increasing respect Gilfillen developed for the old enemy ship, the endless setbacks the crew had to endure during the voyage and no small amount of personal suffering given the lack of maintenance. Tough people on a tough ship.
Give it a try and let me know. It reads fast and provides some interesting insights.
Cheers.
Yes, Vice Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku's flagship at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the only battleship afloat at the time of Japan's surrender, Haruna, Ise, and Hyuga had been sunk in shallow waters.
The film Tora! Tora! Tora! Did an incredible job in recreating the battleship, back in the late '60's.
Great aagain, take care, and all the best.
i think the removal of the main mast was before the AA on the ship was practically disarmed post yokosuka air raids since alot of effort went into converting the ship into a floating AA battery to withstand taffy 38's raids
there was alot of effort into concealing it as part of the urban background aswell and for the most part it went relatively unscathed all the way till the US got their hands on nagato
The Japanese began removing the AA guns prior to any air attacks. By the 18 July, 1945, most were already removed and placed on shore mounts. I think the primary reasons they were removed was to conceal it as you stated plus they needed the steel elsewhere. We may never know 100% either way.
Thanks for commenting.
swag video either way@@centralcrossing4732
Crosser, as usual you bring the details and contemporary reports that give the story real life. In this case the missing funnel and mast, _Nagato's_ poor sailing condition and the towing, and the memo are all facts I've never seen before.
Thank you again for sharing your extensive research.
Nice work! The memory of these ships and the men who crewed them must not be forgotten.
It must still be radioactive.😮
Really enjoying your channel. Nicely researched!👍👍👍
Excellent short format on Nagato's last voyage, Crosser. Concise and to the point. Love the old ship. Went down when no one was looking, in the middle of the night as if ashamed of such an unbecoming end. Or too proud to let the former enemy witness its last moments. That is, if battleships had souls (I'm looking at you, Warspite.)
But I digress.
Well done, mate.
Good job very entertaining you are a lot like me I love Japanese ships . I wonder how she would do up against an Iowa class?
Poorly.
Thats very sad end for her, they should preserve her in some way
That is also true of the USA battleships some of which had been raised from Pearl Harbour - also the German cruiser Prinz Eugen which had also been moved into the atoll.
Would've been cool, as she took her last dive that there would be a massive bubbling to the port side of the ship, then, a 100 foot tall amphibian appeared. Ten Japanese sailors would appear on the deck and point at the amphibian as they yell in unison "GODZILLA!!"
I think they would have literally cried, “Gojira!” 😜
Us divebombers: *dies from peak fiction*
No.They said Leviathian.Which is a real creature.The description can be found in the king james bible,in the book of job.
@@markpaul-ym5wg GOJIRA!!
@@The_DudesterTitanosaurus‼️
Very informative video! Well done.
Interesting thank you.
Awesome channel just found it.
Outstanding video!
WELL DONE!- as usual...
Well done. i just ran across your style and liked it. Please keep them coming.
In the photo of the Test Able target ships, is that a typo identifying carrier Saratoga as “Saragota”? 🤔
I wonder which branch labeled the ships in the photo. In any case, it doesn't surprise me as many of the people involved focused only on their branch or department.
No. It is clearly Saratoga. Unfortunately, the author pronounces Nevada as Nevado. Maybe that's what you're pointing out.
@@Ricky40369 No, not the narration. Stop the video at 04:40 and look in the upper left. It’s clearly labeled “Saragota” by whichever service member labeled the photograph.
@@Ricky40369 It is clearly the _USS Saratoga_ to people who study ships. She is labeled "Saragota" in the photo, likely either by someone who is dyslexic, was in a hurry, or who did not study ships.
I heard Crosser say "Nevada," but his accent does tend to draw out some vowels when they end words. It was quite clear to me, but I customarily listen using headphones and they may make a difference. Whatever the case, Crosser does a fine job but like everyone he does occasionally misspeak.
Rerecording and editing extremely minor slips is not worth the effort, especially given how much time and effort he puts into research, scripting, illustrating, and narrating his videos.
Obviously someone was dyslexic. USN sailors arent immune to dyslexia 😂
7:26 Probable*
The Japanese didn’t surrender to the American, they surrendered to the Allies forces
Splitting hairs aint ya.
America dropped the bombs on them and they signed the surrender on the USS Missourim yes it was to the allied forces but America brought them to their knees to be in position were surrender was their best option
The Allied forces were Invited to the Surrender.