When the Japanese came after a Pearl Harbor survivor again - USS Pennsylvania, August 12th 1945
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- Опубликовано: 6 дек 2022
- Today we take a look at the last major successful Japanese attack at sea of WW2, after a relatively charmed life, USS Pennsylvania is hit right at the end of the war.
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Given their larger size, better construction and historical toughness, could the Shoukaku's have weathered the Damage taken by Soryuu and Hiryuu at Midway?
And would the Japanese have been in a better situation if the Soryuu and Hiryuu were deployed to Coral Sea and the Shoukaku's were sent to Midway? (I don't think the Japanese could have won Midway with the Shoukaku's, but they might have been able to recover the 5th carrier division at least and bring them back to action later)
Do you think you could explain the lack of an island on some carriers like the Ryūjō?
I recently watched a documentary, missions that changed the war, about the Doolittle raid. They said that the cruiser Nashville expended over 900 rounds in the sinking of the picket ship that spotted the task force. They said the sea conditions were bad so I was wondering is this a case of bad conditions and a green crew, or I there something I'm missing?
What in your opinion was the most powerful ironclad monitor?
'Standard'! Penny vs. Queeny?
A friend of mine, Chief Quartermaster Mickey Ganitch, lost most of his division during the Aug 12th attack. He just happened to be "on duty" and wasn't present in the Quartermaster spaces at the time. He was tasked with identifying the bodies, since he knew them all personally. He was assisted by an Ensign Johnny Carson who had just reported aboard. Mickey remained with the ship through the Atomic Bomb tests and was tasked with taking care of the farm animals who were there to ascertain the effect of radiation. Mickey was dressing up for a Football game on December 7th , 1941 and was wearing his padding. Mickey passed away a few months ago at age 102. He retired from the Navy as Senior Chief.
I had to look up Johnny Carson's wiki page and sure enough, you were talking about THAT Johnny Carson! I never knew he served in the Navy or WWII. Learn something new every day.
@@RCAvhstape He would occasionally talk about how he was a brand new Ensign, typically affecting a high, nasally voice and say ""Allright men...." and remark that here he was addressing all these grizzled, experienced sailors and how incongruous it all was.
@@RCAvhstape and his sidekick served in the Marines
Imagine an older Capt. Carson enterring the bridge of his ship.... Instead of "Captain on deck!", the call is "Here's Johnny!" 😆
@@lancerevell5979 Over the 1MC every damned day lol.
... her nickname after Pearl Harbor was ... "the Angry Sister !!!" ... she also holds the record for the most shells fired in support of a beach landing ...
Also "Old Falling Apart" a nickname gained in the Aleutians Campaign due to her amount of sustained fire, still holds the record for most ordinance fired by one ship.....ever.
Angry Sister!!!
The moniker fits very well. :-D
This being Pearl Harbor day, I’ll remember my uncle Ens. George A. Wolf Jr. (ironically from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania), who disappeared after the explosion of the forward magazine of USS Arizona. Assigned to Plot, just aft the bridge, there was never a chance of his remains ever being discovered. The only sign humans had once been stationed there was Admiral Kidd’s Annapolis class ring, fused to a metal panel.
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Had to rewind a few times when you first mentioned Menominee. My grandfather served on her as a mechanic and diver. She was a Navajo-class ocean tug. Grandfather never mentioned working on the Pennsylvania. Glad to hear about it now. Wish he was still with us.
Respect to your grandfather.
Thank you. I’m sure he’d have appreciated it. He would have loved Draco’s channel, too, I bet.
Drach, at Okinawa after the hit, a young Ensign reported aboard. His name was Johnny Carson, and he became a very famous late night television host in the US. As the most junior Ensign, he was assigned to enter the impacted spaces and retrieve the bodies. I see this is mentioned below as well.
My father was there on the Pennsylvania that day as an assistant gunner on one of the 5" mounts. I think at that point he would have been 18, having lied about his age (a common enough thing at the time) to join up in 1943 at 16. I think there's a fairly high probability that he's in one of those pictures, somewhere, and I'm sure he must have known some of the missing 20. Hard to imagine. Really appreciate you doing this one, cheers.
My dad also lies about his age and joined the Army in December of 1941 at the age of 16
I know what you mean. My father was aboard USS Enterprise in 1942, and every time I see an image or some film, I wonder if he’s in it.
My uncle Howerd was killed at Pearl the family is still varry proud of his sacrafice. His little sister my grand mother never forgot her big brother and spoke his name on her death bed befor passing.
Respect to your father.
My Grandfather and his good friend Kenneth Taylor, both university students, decided to join the US Army in 1940 because they saw the war coming. Taylor succeeded but the recruiter refused to take my Grandfather. Turns out the man recognized Grandpa as the only child of a beloved family in the area and that he'd never hear the end of it from people if he took my Grandfather. Thus, Kenny went on to become a pilot for the US Army Air Corps and found himself at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, earning fame for his actions that day. Grandpa was thrilled Kenny survived, but furious he was not there himself.
Actually worked out for the best, however, because while Kenny was learning to be an Army Air Corps pilot, Grandpa finished his education as a chemical engineer and got his first job building aviation gasoline refineries for the US Army Air Corps, so not unimportant work as it turned out. Once he decided enough gas was flowing, he volunteered for the Navy despite being exempt from the draft due to his education and went into naval mine warfare.
at 11:19 USS Shackle would go on to have a very long career. In 1946 she would be transferred to the US Coast Guard and renamed USCGC Acushnet (WAT-167).
She would continue to serve all the way to 2011 before being retired and as of 2022 is owned by a private group that is restoring her with the aim of getting her running again.
Wonderful little ship
Drach do a video on her now!
It's always wonderful to hear the long story of a ship's life end with "is currently being restored".
@@BleedingUranium been following the project for awhile. they've done a lot of work already
Fascinating ! As an added detail as the Acushnet Shackle would play a massive role in one of the finest hours of coast guard history. That of course being when Two tankers broke apart mere miles apart from each other during a heavy storm off cape cod. Acushnet would be one of the first ship to respond and would be responsible for saving most of the crew from one of the stricken ships.
Hearing log entries from Pennsylvania took me back to my days making similar entries while standing watch as #2 Plant Engineering Officer of the Watch in USS Long Beach. I had to determine what was important enough to write, had to ensure that what was written was clearly stated, and had to be aware that the Chief Engineer would review what was written - the most important factor in my efforts. LOLOL! Another great video, Drach.
My wife's uncle Walter Morris was a crewman on the Pennsylvania at Pearl Harbor on December 7th. He told me after repairs were completed to make the ship seaworthy the ship left to return to west coast in company with the Maryland. At some point, the ships parted company. The Pennsylvania continued to San Francisco and Maryland to Puget Sound. I most remember uncle Walter saying that as Pennsylvania approached the Golden Gate bridge traffic stopped and the people lined the railings and cheered as the ship entered the bay.
I had the good fortune of knowing a gentleman who served as a US Navy photographer during WW II. He was present for and documented events related to the atomic bomb tests. Many years later he showed me a very large pair of scissors which he had “liberated” from the Pennsylvania before the tests. He was still making good use of them in his darkroom.
The phrase is "Tactically Acquired"
@@ahwilson1744 In the US Marine Corps the phrase is "recon'd"
So she, Enterprise, Saratoga and who else created the club of “They took our sisters. So we’ll take their Navy?”
I believe HMS Renown was in that club. And whole of KGV class minus the PoW.
Add Nevada to the list
Fun fact: The number 3 shaft was troublesome for the ship since before the Pearl Harbor attack. It was prone to vibrate when at speed and had limited the ships maximum output. Throughout the war, the crew commented about that the noise should have alerted any Japanese subs to its presence.
There is something especially tragic about dieing in a war that is already over.
I am pretty convinced that there was one IJN officer who saw it as his life mission to sink the USS Pennsylvania. Trying to get her sunk multiple times, and just failing every time. After the drop of the bombs, he knows that, he has at best two changes left. After the attacks, he gets reports that the attacks was successful and he prematurely celebrates. Then some time after he heard that Pennsylvania survived. He breaks down over his desk, looks upon a dartboard with a picture of USS Pennsylvania, and cries "Why won't you die", his phone then rings and a growling rugged voice of a woman speaks "You may have gotten my sister, but you will never get me". After that, the officer could never sleep normally again. Having the same nightmare over and over again, of being shot by naval cannons, and waking up in cold sweat. As time went on, he had calmed his nerves and returned to a normal life, but always had the urge to look over his shoulder. You could never know.
I see an anime series in this
@@Trek001 : New episode idea for Azur Lane
Is Agrajag a Japanese name then?
@@cbbees1468 hush you... no need to drag our state's politics into the comment section where we're having fun
Every old Salaryman I knew when living in Japan.
Very fitting for Pearl Harbour's anniversary. Thank you, Drach.
USS Pennsylvania's nickname of the angry sister Is quite fitting for the fact that she lost her sister at pearl
This reminds me of the deck logs I had to review as Navigator on U.S.S. BATAAN back in '02-'03. Had to review them monthly before passing them to the Captain for his signature. And for those who may not know, S.O.P.A. stands for Senior Officer Present Afloat/Ashore and we pronounce it SO-pa.
As an In Port Officer of the Deck in USS Caron and USS Nassau it was my responsibility to keep the rough deck log, handwritten. The NAV Division would type up a smooth copy of the Log the next day and then have to track down all the OODs from that previous duty day so at a minimum they could sign it, or sit with the NAV guys to "translate" the handwriting (scrawl) they couldn't read as it was typed up.
I serve on the current USS Pennsylvania and its cool to learn about the ship that used to bear the name. Great video as always!
One of the higher ups in my company was a former nuke engineer aboard her. Just met him today and we talked about sonar for a good 30 minutes.
Two of her 14 inch guns are on display at the Pennsylvania Military Museum. Her silver is at the Penn Museum in Harrisburg.
My grandfather served on the USS Pennsylvania. It's so cool to hear another perspective on the stories he used to tell!
Respect to your grandfather.
As someone born and raised in Michigan, it was fun hearing Drach say USS Menominee. She was named after a Native tribe as is a town here in Michigan.
I facepalmed at his pronunciation of Tenino. I grew up in Washington, a few dozen miles from that town. It's not te-KNEE-no, as most from out of State say it, but te-NINE-oh. It supposedly originates with the name of the steam engine that ran there - the 10-9-0.
Great long-form presentation, thanks Drach. Amidst the tragedy of sailors killed "after the war is over", I got a smile from being reminded of the hazards of workplace injuries that are documented. Just 'doing the job' could get a young sailor hurt, or even killed (electrical wire contacted and 30' drop (!!) lucky guy.) Yeah, construction safety professional here.
Hey, if you're on a warship and run-of-the-mill workplace injuries are prominent enough to show up in the deck logs, you're doing pretty well.
I was in Okinawa in the 90's and ammo/flares from WWII washing up on various reefs was fairly common. Some of the "spoiled" ammo/powder may have just been excess to authorized amounts and this was an easy way to get rid of it no questions asked.
For some reason, I'm fascinated by these deck log entries. Thank you.
Also Wow. @ 27:52, after getting electrocuted, dude falls 30' to a deck below, but didn't break any bones? Incredible.
Probably very limp from the electrocution 😀
@@Drachinifel lol that probably DID save him. 30' is a heck of a drop.
Thanks for covering this fine Battleship.
My uncle was a sailor on Okinawa in August 1945. He told me that he saw the Pennsylvania get torpedoed there.
Timely and excellent. I had hoped that the Navy would have done a Battle Damage Report, but I've never found one and this is maybe the closest we will get. The 2012 HMS Prince of Wales Sinking reappraisal by Garzke, Dulin and Denlay (available at Pacificwrecks) goes into an interesting comparison of the hits on each ship and adds detail that the Deck logs didn't.
I looked hard but I couldn't find a damage report in the archives, although the deck war diary does refer to them being submitted.
@@Drachinifel I think those reports were "liberated" by someone with a connection to the Pennsylvania, perhaps even after obtaining them for some official purpose. This someone probably figured that after she was scuttled "No one will miss them." That or they were "lost" by a sloppy bureaucracy.
@@robertf3479 Probably in that big warehouse next to the box containing the Arc of the Covenant...
Odds are that the report is simply still in the archives, one of the billions of pieces of paper the US Navy stored after the war with minimal concern for ease of later reference. After all, in an age before computers, the only way to know where a specific paper was in the archives is if someone wrote down its location on another piece of paper, which meant someone had to then store that paper, which consumed space that could have been used to store records. Thus, it shouldn't be that surprising that most US records of the war are not listed, simply stored in boxes as they arrived at the archives from the agencies sending said records, and the only way to find a specific record you don't already know the location of is to look through boxes until one finds it.
@@genericpersonx333 And often stored in the wrong boxes too. I’ve known of a few people who have gone through the Archives and found items that bear no relevance to what the box says it does.
@29:45 .....Buckner Bay is now called "Nakagusuku Bay" (a VERY Okinawan name). There used to be a USN base/shipyard there but it's long gone. I don't scuba dive so I dunno what the currents are like in that area; I'm sure there are easier places to find UXO on/near Okinawa. I take my family for walks in a big park that faces this bay, and I'm always imagining what it looked like with a bunch of battleships anchored in these waters.
The first to Go and Fight...
And stayed till the very end... all the way up to the Surrender...
Good to know Drach... thanx
Thanks from the last of the U.S.N. boiler technicians.
Thank you for putting this out on the 81st anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Drach.
32:00 "entered floating drydock¨
THIS. This was another hole in the attrition and great battle strategy.
The assumption was that both sides would take damage, but that the IJN would have had an advantage in being closer to repair stations, and the USN would have had to sail back damaged ships to (at least) Pearl Harbor.
Well, the IJN never had enough drydock space or industrial output to repair the damage or cover the losses.
While the USN output made up for the losses; AND floating drydocks patched up many ships to remain in the area, or make the trip back safer/faster
We need to know who came up with the drydocks, how many and when they entered service, and who managed them.
Solid content
Pretty sure Brits invented floating drydocks, but I am not sure.
Don't be ridiculous, Sir. If the IJN damages the facilities in the Philippines, I'm sure the British will offer theirs at Singapore. Also, there's nothing wrong with our torpedoes...
@@mikhailiagacesa3406 pretty much 😁
Wonder if the Japanese pilot ever found out how much damage he did with just one torpedo. It's crazy how much damage one torpedo can do if it misses the torpedo bulges
Few U.S. battleships could take a torpedo even on the bulges without serious damage. Even the Japanese airdropped torpedoes had more powerful warheads than ours.
Had this attack occurred while underway in combat, she likely would’ve been lost w/o quick assistance from support/aux. ships like the kind found in ports or in that anchorage.
I guess I am surprised that a single hit from a torpedo on a battleship could doom it.
"You can't kill me that easily." USS Pennsylvania, probably.
(As an aside, it was this damage that basically consigned her to Crossroads, and not a museum ship behind USS Olympia as the state of Pennsylvania wanted)
27:09 "So, basically, he was trying to put the cover on a fire control director, and dropped it on his foot." The way you said that sounded just a little snarky to me, and I lost it laughing.
My Grandfather served in the Pacific from day one to the end, including fighting fires on the Arizona from a nearby Destroyer. I wish I could go across the US and shake hands with every sailor who is left alive, but as it stands, I can only thank all of you from here. I am so proud of what you all did to keep America free, and the sacrifice that some of you made for this country. You all have my respect and admiration. God bless you and God bless America.
My great uncle John "Johnny" Frisbey was on the Pennsylvania as part of the number 3 turret crew during the attack on 12 august 1945.
My dad was on the ship also. Richard Pryor
As it so happens, I was walking through Arlington National Cemetery and saw the grave of one of the people killed on the Pennsylvania. A LtJG who was a medical officer if I'm recalling correctly.
Edit: LtJG Richard Rall
At Pearl Harbor the Pennsylvania was one of the first (if not the first ) to return fire after beating open the locked ammunition lockers ... she was credited w/ shooting down a attacking Japanese aircraft ... maybe the first of WWll ... the Capt's "after Action Report stated the only down side was the crews' Over Expendisure of ammunition (HaHa). And that never changed ...
Thank you, Drachinifel.
Drach, you are one of the most interesting and informative creators for RUclips. Excellent presentation here. I thank you for all you do. Am greatly anticipating your next video about Trafalgar.
Thank you, as a retired sailor and resident of Pennsylvania, I've a keen interest in the history o this ship.
I just came upon this video. Amazing..as a side note I wanted to say my father was serving abroad the Pennsylvania at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed. Gunners mate, turret 2. The greatest generation. I can't thank you enough for putting this together.
What a pleasant start to the morning
I remember making my own deck log entries. I also remember doing Damaged control training on board my ship. This episode really gave me some flash backs to my navy days.
As a Pennsylvania native I was acutely aware that I was assigned to a submarine in drydock 2 pearl harbor naval shipyard 40 years later
My first boat, Los Angeles (SSN 688) was located in Drydock #1 when I reported aboard 42 years later in 1984. The cool thing is the portal cranes that were there on December 7th of '41 are still there and in use.
Today is December 7th, 2022. The 81st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S.S. Pennsylvania survived the battle. But too well. She didn't get the improvements, her more heavily damaged sister battleships received. Though she did survive the war!
I live in Pennsylvania. This ship has a real spot in my heart considering that is my state. I also live in Philly which is an extra bonus as we got a bunch of naval history here. We got some amazing museum ships in Penn's Landing and New Jersey across the river. Plus there is still a bunch of ships in the Navy Yard. I was catching 30lb flatheads under the JFK last summer in my boat. Good ol PA
The USS Olympia is at Penns Landing too which Admiral Dewey used as a flagship during the attack on Manila. Also the SS United sits there as well but the owners are struggling to figure out what to do with her as she needs alot of funding to repair. She still holds the record for the fastest trans atlantic crossing. I hope they can restore her.
I absolutely feel you man I'm from up eerie Way we have a lot of Navy history here you know Battle lake Erie Oliver has a Perry and I don't know what it is but every time someone talks about a ship with the name Pennsylvania on it or has a name from Pennsylvania like Philadelphia Pittsburgh Erie Youngstown any ship that's ever carried a name from the state of Pennsylvania has always had some weird thing happened to it whether it does some cool s*** like Old falling apart firing the most artillery shells to support a landing or USS Pittsburgh being the longest ship in the world by having like 40 ft of its front end ripped off and drifting over a thousand miles apart and then USS Erie a gunboat carried for 6-in guns and nearly started a second war with Spain during the Spanish revolution or civil war
I knew that Pennsylvania had been in relatively poor condition when she was taken to Bikini with only two or even one shafts operational but hadn't known about the torpedo damage she had suffered at Okinawa. Thank you for filling the "hole" in my knowledge sir.
It seems the American "Standard type" battleships were tough old broads even though not up to the "modern" protective standards of those built after the Battleship Holiday had expired.
18 seconds after release, my thumbs up already 😊
Thanks Drach for this interesting 👍🏼 and to me unknown chapter. It was thoroughly enjoyed with my morning coffee amongst the fog here in mid Missouri I would gladly have shared with the Pennsylvania. Please keep up your great work on this channel. So glad I'm able to enjoy all of these exploits and even learn more about the ships of the line in olden times. Never learned much about the old sail ⛵️ boats of which I now can dive into through your exploits here to start. But I'm still going to look more into the WW1 destroyers first. Can you suggest some books about them?
I somehow missed this particular saga. Thanks for another job well done! God bless the USS Johnston, USS Samuel B. Roberts and USS Hoel and all their men.
That's the world-record duration Five Minute Guide. Complicated story, I appreciated the details.
Very nicely done as always.
Poor old lady, she did her best as did the crew.
The book "The Last to Die" by Stephen Harding covers a similar circumstance, revolving around the last US service member to die in WW2-it is an amazing read, that I highly recommend.
I wonder about the Japanese pilot. He appearts to know what he was doing -- evading detection, putting his torpedo behind the antitorpedo protection where it would do the most damage to the ship's propulsion, and getting clean away. With less than a week of conflict, did he survive? Is his name known?
I was going to ask the same thing, do we know who that guy was? There is a famous photograph of a Japanese aircraft in combat in the Solomons and the pilot was identified. Last time I checked that guy is now like a hundred years old and still flying glider tow planes in Japan!
Very interesting. So sad to the lost of lives so close to the end of the war. RIP.
Once again, just as with Prince of Wales the shaft alleys are a real weak point of battleships. If this had been one of the turbo-electric battleships the damage would have been significant but would have not threatened the ship. The shaft alleys on Pennsylvania extended beyond the C turret leaving a path for flooding. The shaft alleys on the turbo-electrics terminated aft of the D turret which would not have caused anywhere near as much flooding. The logs after the torpedo also point out how many problems can arise in the efforts to repair the ship. This of course also occurs when ships are in the dock for maintenance.
I could be mistaken... But I believe that, in the damage report the shaft alley was one of the arias that WASN'T flooded...?
Here because of your Bovington tank museum Top 5 video. Subscribing because the content looks very interesting.
It’s 5 am and now I’m definitely not going back to sleep
Hey my fellow Mountain standard time time zone occupier.
She is the only ship model I ever made funny enough. The Father in Law served in the Royal Navy on 5 different ships including hit by a Stuka at Malta. No idea how those boys coped with the war.He died in 2000 aged 80
My father served on the Pennsylvania and said he was playing pool when they Got hit. He said it knocked him clear a cross the room. He passed away last year I dearly miss him
I did not know this at all. Thanks Drach
I hope they find her someday. Also wished WOWS would add her
Timing: USS Pennsylvania is attacked mostly unsuccessfully as the Pacific War began in December 1941, then successfully after the war was thought to be over .
Both times she was in harbor and the key threat was from single engine torpedo bombers .
There is also the irony that she survived so many battles only to nearly be lost with the war "over".
I built her Revell model as a child in the 1970s. I remember the casemate gun turrets well. I knew she was destroyed in the atom bomb tests , but not that she had nearly been sunk as the war was ending .
In case anyone thinks the Japanese were "fighting dirty" by launching this attack, the USAAF kept bombing Japanese cities nearly to the last minute of the war. The pressures of war are relentless.
I built the Revell model in the mid 60’s. It was the third Revell battleship kit l built as a boy, the Iowa and the Bismarck being the first two. I had the pleasure of visiting and touring the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk in 2015. One of my bucket list items was to tour one of the Iowa class battleships, as the USS Iowa was always my favorite ship growing up!
My father-in-law was present at the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb tests and probably saw the USS Pennsylvania after the explosions. He was aboard the USS Orca, which was a destroyer/sea plane tender which was docked in the atoll after the tests to retrieve float planes, as that was the only place where the water was calm enough to do so. My father-in-law remembered getting a close-up look the ships in the atoll, including either the Prinz Eugene or the IJN Sakai’s which were surrendered at the end of the war and used in the tests.
@@davidrupp9089 Very cool. I built the Prinz Eugene model as a child . The Bismarck chase made her famous.
@@davidrupp9089 The Whisky was also my first Iowa class battleship tour. Finally toured her , including the CIC and engine room extra cost tours, in July 2022. Super impressive , especially the engine room and the massive boilers and turbines. Barely saw any of the rest of that museum in Norfolk , VA.
I also built the Prinz Eugene kit as a companion to the Bismarck kit. Later, l also built the King George V model as she fought against the Bismarck.
An interesting Rum Ration, thanks Drach.
Excellent video, loved it!
Thank you for reducing the end blurb volume. Makes for a much nicer listening experience.
If you never spent time in the US Navy, you'll probably not understand much of the log entries. Brought back many memories of making my own log entries. Still why I never use a red pin.
damn, Pennsylvania's a real warrior.
Fascinating account. A piece of history worth recording. Told with a great deal of respect and attention to detail. Thank you!
NOTE: USS Menominee (AT-73) was a Navajo-class fleet tug. There is no "m" immediately preceding the "n" in the name. Perhaps differing cultural norms account for your inclusion of an extra "m" in your pronunciations.
Love this channel just wanted to wish ya a happy holidays bud. Greetings from CA
I bet I know what caused the ship to be hit... someone started talking "look at this we did the whole war witthout gettting hit!"
Uss Pennsylvania should have become a museum ship not a nuke test ship
Great video of a proud warrior
One of her barrels is on display at the Pennsylvania military museum, right outside Boalsburg, PA. Quite a sight, an enormous hunk of metal.
the seagull flying blithely through the war-damaged ships, undoubtedly looking for a meal,
in the 1st photo, is something I have never noticed in the many times I have seen that picture...
unless it was airbrushed out, which I can sort of understand
Binge watching pearl harbor videos
Another great documentary video
Those American dreadnoughts were hard ships to sink, the Pennsylvania and especially Nevada took unworldly amounts of damage and kept floating
How can I not watch a ship named after my home state
Greetings fellow Keystone taxpayer... 🙋🏽♂️
@@WALTERBROADDUS Greetings on this Day that will live in infamy, join me for a moment of Silence for lost shipmates of the past
One of the gun barrels is at Boalsburg, PA at a museum
Looking forward to this
Reading the log made this come alive. I thank the gods this is old unhappy and far away...
Could you get her deck log for the day of the Battle of Samar? I would love to know what she was doing in Leyte Gulf.
It would have been unbelievably odd if the sister ships Arizona and Pennsylvania had sunk at the beginning and at the very end of the war. Would she have been the last USN ship to sink? (I believe so.)
Kind of a sad ending for a ship that so many had a hand in saving after being torpedoed.
ARS9 USS Shackle was given over to the Coast Guard in 1946 as the USCGC Acushnet 157 and retired in 2011 and being turned into a museum
She ain't going down until she avenges her little sister
USS Pennsylvania, the ship so pissed off that even a nuke couldn't sink it.
Sad Pennsylvania. Should be a museum in Philadelphia
My uncle is the young man standing second from the left in the picture at 20:29. He has his resting his hands on the rail. He just passed away December 2023 at 96. Was amazing to hear him talk about what happened. He was on duty when she was hit, slamming him across the room. He was able to go on board the new USS Pennsylvania Submarine. This picture I’d hanging in her galley. So he was able to tell crew that was him standing there.
One thing this highlights, apart from the sheer determination and skill of the crew of the Pennsylvania to keep her salvagable.
Was the tenacity, insanity and skill of the IJA and IJN pilots who carried out the lone attacks at the end of the war. Considering they weren't really Kamikaze, as they weren't given planes outfitted with more fuel and onboard explosives. And then considering they were flying poorly maintained aircraft, flying from small airstips, knowing that at any point they could be detected and shot down en route. And when arriving at the destination they had to find a target large enough, and fly low and slow into what would have been the largest concentration of AA they had ever encountered. And even after all that they had to drop the payload and fly out of the area knowing that the taskforce was alerted to them. And then to make it back in what was essentially a flying washing machine that was ikely falling to pieces around them.
Unmentioned in the piece was an interesting semi-connection with the Royal Navy, of all things. On the 10th of December, 1941 (only three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor), HMS REPULSE and HMS PRINCE OF WALES were attacked and sunk by Japanese aircraft. This is mentioned since one of those ships (REPULSE?) was hit by a torpedo on one of her shafts, which bent said shaft, and the spinning propeller caused a lot of damage to the ship, either actually sinking the ship, or contributing strongly to the loss of the ship. I have heard that the PENNSYLVANIA would have suffered similar damage, and possible loss had her propellers been spinning at the time of the attack, but she didn't because she was anchored at the time.
did you turn down the intro track? the gun fire isn't startlingly loud anymore :(
One IJN aerial torpedo nearly sank the Pennsylvania - all the ships in Pearl Harbor that took multiple torpedo hits had no hope.
I love old documents and found these logs very interesting. I wasn't too familiar with the contents of Naval logs. They're pretty detailed! Even giving the anti-aircraft rounds expended and the number of sutures someone got.
What is it with Late War Japanese attacks and them being entirely undetected? Bunker Hill and Franklin both got stealth-ikazed, and Penn got stealth-torped
It's something I need to cover in a video at some point, but in short it was a combination of the Japanese having understood the USN's radar defenses enough to identify small weaknesses that an elite pilot could exploit. It seems the very small number of pilots who'd survived the entire war would get assigned these small scale strikes that relied on infiltration as opposed to massed strength.
The major problem with communications during a war it sometimes takes months to notify the people in the field, sometimes even years.
The ship that would not die.
"Pennsylvania" was a tough old lady. And as for the Japanese, all I can say is...close, but no cigar.