yeah, but he cannot say anything complimentary about the IJN, let alone pronounce any of the names correctly. and I doubt he knows what the names mean, or that all these bad "decisions" were based on slow moving committees and dwindling resources. He won't admit that Japan made the highest quality fastest destroyers and cruisers in the war, as well as the most powerful battleships and world's first super carrier. Tamaichi Hara would roll his eyes.
@@gendaminoru3195 highest quality Is not true they didnt use the highest quality metal, their AA was useless, they has a Lot of type 91 torpedoes wich where one of the best torpedoes of the war but being oxigen fieles Made them extremely volatile
@@gendaminoru3195 Yamato was the best armed and had the best armor but it's AA and fire control was horrible especialy the AA only shooting down 6 planes when they where being attacked by More then 300, 7 where destroyed by Yamato magazine explotion
Thank you for your wealth of knowledge on Japanese (lJN) warships & hey not to worry about the few times that you "admire" Japanese warship advantages as you at least have a desire to learn and read about history. Thanks again & l am impressed with your helpful knowledge
Actually a pretty good ship in numbers, this is another error of the IJN not to build more of this great destroyers and before they did instead of wasting valuable time and resources building the Yamato class but at least they lost the war doing tf they wanted
zuki is acutally a conjugated form of tsuki, which means moon. Japanese destroyers are frequently named after natrual phenomena like Akizuki means "autumn moon", Shimakaze means "island breeze" (kaze means wind), Fubuki means "blowing snow" (yuki, or sometimes just ki when used in a compond word means snow), etc., etc.
@@barnclebill6333 It was the most powerful. Those 100mm guns had a very high velocity. The Akizuki was credited with downing 13 American planes and our guys were advised to avoid it if possible. I am building it because to me it is the most beautiful destroyer in the Japanese navy. There is a guy on RUclips that built the Akizuki in 1/72 using 3d printing.
@@barnclebill6333 I think so. Also the prettiest. Actually I'm rebuilding the model. I sailed it until water did a lot of damage to the hull. Made a mold and cast a glass hull. Still have the mold.
One thing this kid never mentions is how invaluable torpedo reloads were! Ijn destroyers could run in launch their torpedoes withdraw reload torpedoes attack again! U.s. destroyers couldn't do that! Ijn had superior tactics, they launched their torpedoes, timed them and then fired main batteries so that torpedoes and shells hit at the same time with devastating effect!! Ijn night fighting was far superior to the u.s. as demonstrated around guadalcanal! Ijn ruled the night!
@@sheadjohn are destroyers had radar going into guadalcanal and we still got clobbered! Read about the battle between hiei ,the San Francisco and admiral Callahan! And the battle of tassaforaga!
Not many sea battles fought around the 'canal were in rainy conditions that I know of! I refer to the publication in the '80's 'The history of the ijn 1936? To 1945' in that what confounded the Japanese navy at the 'canal was they new the usn had radar on on their warships, in battle the u.s. units seemed to concentrate on the lead ship in the column. Pound it under the waves and leave the rest of the column untouched! U.s. sources claim the ijn had a 'flashless' powder! U.s. units fired it lit the horizon and betrayed their position before they could spot the Japanese ! And a lot of times when you did spot their gunfire you were being hit by long lances!
@@sheadjohn most of the sunken wrecks around the 'canal are American! I refer to Jim Ballard's book about photographing the wrecks of iron bottom bay. I believe there are 6 or 7 cruisers, at least 5 destroyers. The cruiser count includes the hams Canberra(?)!
Mate, your speculation is astounding. Talk about the disbursement of what was, rather than the fictional chronological wishes. Love the minutiae but you don't address so many political and then systemic issues. You speak to them as both a contiguous understanding of strategic and tactical series of ideas, rather than oppositional, within Japanese Naval thinking.
Should have been "Tones with float planes that leave on time and carry radios that work properly."
Put yourself in the position of your enemy. To beat your opposition; one must respect same, equally.
Japanese destroyers and heavy cruisers were a nasty hand full. These were probably the meanest class of destroyers.
yeah, but he cannot say anything complimentary about the IJN, let alone pronounce any of the names correctly. and I doubt he knows what the names mean, or that all these bad "decisions" were based on slow moving committees and dwindling resources. He won't admit that Japan made the highest quality fastest destroyers and cruisers in the war, as well as the most powerful battleships and world's first super carrier. Tamaichi Hara would roll his eyes.
@@gendaminoru3195 japanese dd's where quite slow the exception being shimakaze
@@gendaminoru3195 highest quality Is not true they didnt use the highest quality metal, their AA was useless, they has a Lot of type 91 torpedoes wich where one of the best torpedoes of the war but being oxigen fieles Made them extremely volatile
@@gendaminoru3195 shinano was trash, it only has 1 hangar with 56 planes on a 68000 Ton ship you could build almost 4 unryus for that weight,
@@gendaminoru3195 Yamato was the best armed and had the best armor but it's AA and fire control was horrible especialy the AA only shooting down 6 planes when they where being attacked by More then 300, 7 where destroyed by Yamato magazine explotion
Another good video! Thank you sir!
Thank you for your wealth of knowledge on Japanese (lJN) warships & hey not to worry about the few times that you "admire" Japanese warship advantages as you at least have a desire to learn and read about history. Thanks again & l am impressed with your helpful knowledge
"Oh wait I'm American"
XD
Good videos where ya been
I can hear the sound of cicadas.
Autumn moon
Actually a pretty good ship in numbers, this is another error of the IJN not to build more of this great destroyers and before they did instead of wasting valuable time and resources building the Yamato class but at least they lost the war doing tf they wanted
Hehehe
Nihon Kaigun wants to know your location*
I am in Tucson Arizona.
I'm in Tucson Az.
@@earlyhemibill
Zuki obviously has a meaning..... Google translate doesn’t seem to work ....
zuki is acutally a conjugated form of tsuki, which means moon. Japanese destroyers are frequently named after natrual phenomena like Akizuki means "autumn moon", Shimakaze means "island breeze" (kaze means wind), Fubuki means "blowing snow" (yuki, or sometimes just ki when used in a compond word means snow), etc., etc.
Zuki basically means moon or with the phase of the moon.
I am building this ship in 1/72 scale It will be R/C.
Do you feel this ship class was Japans bested DD?
@@barnclebill6333 It was the most powerful. Those 100mm guns had a very high velocity. The Akizuki was credited with downing 13 American planes and our guys were advised to avoid it if possible. I am building it because to me it is the most beautiful destroyer in the Japanese navy. There is a guy on RUclips that built the Akizuki in 1/72 using 3d printing.
@@earlyhemibill Thank you for your quick and informative reply. Good luck with your build.
@@barnclebill6333 I think so. Also the prettiest. Actually I'm rebuilding the model. I sailed it until water did a lot of damage to the hull. Made a mold and cast a glass hull. Still have the mold.
One thing this kid never mentions is how invaluable torpedo reloads were! Ijn destroyers could run in launch their torpedoes withdraw reload torpedoes attack again! U.s. destroyers couldn't do that! Ijn had superior tactics, they launched their torpedoes, timed them and then fired main batteries so that torpedoes and shells hit at the same time with devastating effect!! Ijn night fighting was far superior to the u.s. as demonstrated around guadalcanal! Ijn ruled the night!
Until radar
@@sheadjohn are destroyers had radar going into guadalcanal and we still got clobbered! Read about the battle between hiei ,the San Francisco and admiral Callahan! And the battle of tassaforaga!
Not having radar did the ijn no favors in rain or night
Not many sea battles fought around the 'canal were in rainy conditions that I know of! I refer to the publication in the '80's 'The history of the ijn 1936? To 1945' in that what confounded the Japanese navy at the 'canal was they new the usn had radar on on their warships, in battle the u.s. units seemed to concentrate on the lead ship in the column. Pound it under the waves and leave the rest of the column untouched! U.s. sources claim the ijn had a 'flashless' powder! U.s. units fired it lit the horizon and betrayed their position before they could spot the Japanese ! And a lot of times when you did spot their gunfire you were being hit by long lances!
@@sheadjohn most of the sunken wrecks around the 'canal are American! I refer to Jim Ballard's book about photographing the wrecks of iron bottom bay. I believe there are 6 or 7 cruisers, at least 5 destroyers. The cruiser count includes the hams Canberra(?)!
Mate, your speculation is astounding. Talk about the disbursement of what was, rather than the fictional chronological wishes. Love the minutiae but you don't address so many political and then systemic issues. You speak to them as both a contiguous understanding of strategic and tactical series of ideas, rather than oppositional, within Japanese Naval thinking.