Very good coverage of this action but as a "Bluegrass" region Kentuckian Louisville locally is "Loo-a-vill" (that Southern part of our heritage!). You might find it interesting that one of Louisville's 8" turrets (without its guns) survives out west where it was used as a post war monitoring station for nuclear tests!
Great job. Per usual. Chicago seemed to be rather Star Crossed. At least the casualty toll was on the light side compared to losses suffered during that savage campaign. From a standpoint of Naval material losses the Guadalcanal Campaign was just about even. Guadalcanal ended up a war of attrition and the USN took their licks. The IJN’s dominance ended shortly after this campaign concluded.
Fate caught up to the Chicago. Having suffered massive damage forward from a Japanese torpedo on August 8, the cruiser was spared destruction that night when a second torpedo hit but failed to detonate. Chicago was the last major USN ship lost until the sinking of the USS Princeton in October, 1944 at Leyte Gulf.
Yeah, it’s kind of funny that the Chicago’s replacement found itself in this same situation, in 1944, when Adm. Halsey was softening up Formosa (Taiwan) before the Leyte landing. It was hit by aerial torpedoes and, again, had to be towed. Remember, Adm. Halsey used this Chicago and the other cruiser whose name escapes me (Houston?) as bait to draw out the Japanese Navy to fight. It worked for a little, that, and the Japanese pilots’ false claims of ships sunk. A small Japanese fleet did sail, but reversed course, when their reconnaissance found our fleet and realized it was mostly intact. I’m thinking the other cruiser was the Houston, which replaced the one sunk at Java Sea. The damaged cruisers called themselves the “Bait Division”! History repeating itself!
@@Wayne.J You’re right! I messed up! It was Wichita towing Canberra, then Boston towed Houston. At any rate, with the number of Japanese planes attacking, earlier in the war, all four of them probably would have been sunk. This shows the lack of quality of their pilots at this stage of the war. Given that Houston was severely hit again, later on, it also shows the quality of our damage control! Thanks for the video. I apologize for my lack of research before commenting!
@@TPW900GP35 U r right in one way, but u must remember even the best bombardiers are getting shot down miles from US naval task forces. Plus the one or two bombers that actually get to attack would be flying into heaps of AA fire, probably the best/worst of all time depending on your perspective, so you performance maybe affected from watching your mates get blown away, AA firing at you and whether you can hold your nerve through it and mindset on this day, of how the war is affecting your mental health (fatigue, sadness or national fervour) or if you are sick (malaria, dengue fever etc) A lot of factors going into a bombing mission and how hard it was by any axis forces in 1944 or 1945, which is drown out by Allies continual unending victories. Usually breezed over by western media/historians
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Very good coverage of this action but as a "Bluegrass" region Kentuckian Louisville locally is "Loo-a-vill" (that Southern part of our heritage!).
You might find it interesting that one of Louisville's 8" turrets (without its guns) survives out west where it was used as a post war monitoring station for nuclear tests!
That was a riveting account of the battle that USS Chicago faced. Like millions of people, I was born in Chicago and this was a fascinating story.
Great job. Per usual. Chicago seemed to be rather Star Crossed. At least the casualty toll was on the light side compared to losses suffered during that savage campaign.
From a standpoint of Naval material losses the Guadalcanal Campaign was just about even.
Guadalcanal ended up a war of attrition and the USN took their licks. The IJN’s dominance ended shortly after this campaign concluded.
USS Chicago captain Bode killed himself after an inquiry into his actions at Savo island when Chicago took a torpedo to the bow
True, he never bothered to warn anyone of presence of the IJN.
@@alanh1406 "South Pacific: The Goat of Savo Island” is a good article
Thank you for (once again) covering an action that is usually mentioned only in passing.
very nice video, as always. Thank you.
Amazing story. And thank you for your research and videos.
Great as usual, never dull, or ill informed.
Take care, and all the best.
USS Chicago is the only US Navy cruiser lost in world war 2 to have its wreck yet to be located.
Does Uss Huston wreck still exists ? Btw
Yes but illegal salvagers have done quite a bit of damage to her.
Awesome, thank you!
Fate caught up to the Chicago. Having suffered massive damage forward from a Japanese torpedo on August 8, the cruiser was spared destruction that night when a second torpedo hit but failed to detonate. Chicago was the last major USN ship lost until the sinking of the USS Princeton in October, 1944 at Leyte Gulf.
It’s too bad that Japan 🇯🇵 & USA 🇺🇸 couldn’t have been Friends 😢
Yeah, it’s kind of funny that the
Chicago’s replacement found itself in this same situation, in
1944, when Adm. Halsey was
softening up Formosa (Taiwan)
before the Leyte landing. It was
hit by aerial torpedoes and, again, had to be towed. Remember, Adm. Halsey used
this Chicago and the other cruiser whose name escapes me (Houston?) as bait to draw out the Japanese Navy to fight.
It worked for a little, that, and the Japanese pilots’ false claims of ships sunk. A small
Japanese fleet did sail, but
reversed course, when their
reconnaissance found our fleet
and realized it was mostly intact. I’m thinking the other
cruiser was the Houston, which
replaced the one sunk at Java
Sea. The damaged cruisers called themselves the “Bait
Division”! History repeating itself!
USS Canberra not Chicago
@@Wayne.J You’re right! I messed up!
It was Wichita towing Canberra,
then Boston towed Houston. At any
rate, with the number of Japanese
planes attacking, earlier in the war,
all four of them probably would have
been sunk. This shows the lack of
quality of their pilots at this stage of
the war. Given that Houston was
severely hit again, later on, it also
shows the quality of our damage
control! Thanks for the video. I
apologize for my lack of research
before commenting!
@@TPW900GP35
U r right in one way, but u must remember even the best bombardiers are getting shot down miles from US naval task forces. Plus the one or two bombers that actually get to attack would be flying into heaps of AA fire, probably the best/worst of all time depending on your perspective, so you performance maybe affected from watching your mates get blown away, AA firing at you and whether you can hold your nerve through it and mindset on this day, of how the war is affecting your mental health (fatigue, sadness or national fervour) or if you are sick (malaria, dengue fever etc)
A lot of factors going into a bombing mission and how hard it was by any axis forces in 1944 or 1945, which is drown out by Allies continual unending victories. Usually breezed over by western media/historians