Hunting USS Chicago
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- Опубликовано: 22 дек 2018
- During World War 2, the USS Chicago was stationed in Sydney Harbor. On the 31st of May, 1942, three midget submarines snuck into the harbor in an attempt to sink the heavy cruiser.
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I served aboard USS Chicago SSN -721 for a brief time. We made a liberty call to Brisbane early 1996.
Hi Jack, I just found your channel. I served aboard the USS Chicago CG-11 from 1970-1973 and did 2 deployments to Vietnam aboard her. She was the hull of CA-136 with a new aluminum hull and re-designated CG-11. I served as a Radarman/Operations Specialist during deployments 4 &5.....Larry Sumner
@@ChicagoAussie , She was a great ship to serve on. The first deployment wasn't so bad even though we were tested a few times. The second deployment was really hairy, we had to shoot down a Mig that got to close and narrowly missed being shelled by a 155' Battery while covering the mining of Haiphong Harbor....
Gotta love the Australian setting....
Someone should send this to flat earthers as evidence.
The response debunking videos would be great. They would probably explain everything other than "It was a joke".
The third USS Chicago CA-136 was converted to a guided missile cruiser CG-11 in the early 1960s. I served aboard her for five years.
WestPac 77'-78' & 79'-80' OI Div. here.
Yes, unfortunate he only showed the photo of CA-136 which was decommissioned in 1947. About the only thing they have in common is the hull and the engineering layout, as the two ships are completely different looking, with completely different capabilities.
@@ChicagoAussie Yeah, CG-11, not CA-136, or SSN-721;
They remember us, not the other ships.
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Hi Reuben, yes that was the one i was mentioning. didn't know it was a CG. I served aboard the USS Ranger.
@@dn52n56 ; Ranger was on my scope for days, sometimes weeks at a time off and on.
I was on 1967 - 1972. Three WestPacs. M Div, down in the hole stoking the coal, so to speak. The Chi was its own Navy at times.
The Baltimore Class heavy cruiser USS Chicago (CA-136) was decommissioned in 1947. She was converted into one the fleet's first missile ships, and reclassified as USS Chicago (CG-11) in 1958. She was joined in this configuration by Baltimore sister USS Columbus (CA-74) and near-sister Oregon City Class USS Albany (CA-123, -basically a Baltimore hull with a different topside design), and both became CG-12 and CG 10, respectively.
As someone who was raised in Chicago and moved away, your videos remind me how great Chicago is. Congrats on the baby and Thank You
Also there was a Heavy Cruiser USS Chicago, played the theme song color, by Chicago. I had a privilege to be along side refueling her in the mid 70's
I lived on Naval Station Guam as a teenager between 1969-1971 as my father’s Naval career stationed him there at the time. I remember a Japanese midget sub being on display in front of the Naval barracks near the base library. It was identical to the ones in your photographs and I was able to check it out from the outside up close while I was there. While being labeled as “Midget” it was not particularly small but about 80 feet long and maybe 12 feet wide at the beam. It was held on two concrete mounts. There was no history of how it came to be there. Just a plaque stating “Japanese Midget Sub”. Might still be there.
Poking at it with an oar is by far the best reaction to have to a submarine attack.
They had reported it to their superiors, who accused them of being drunk. Just then the sub exploded.
@@rayfairall4126 To be fair, being Australian they were probably drunk.
USS Chicago, CA-29, was a Northampton class cruiser. It was launched on 10 April 1931 and it was sunk on 30 Jan. 1943.
Thanks for the info. My Father served on CA29, and was there that night. He always spoke highly of his time in Sidney, and of the Australian people. He said when the fleet visited Australia before America entered the war, the welcome was unlike anything he had ever seen. His Neptune Rex certificate still hangs in our home, and my son, a former US Marine, has the K-bar sheath knife, scabbard, and dog tags dad was wearing when Chicago went down.
Thank you for sharing a bit of history with us.
My Father served aboard USS Chicago CA-29 that night. We returned to Sydney in1992 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Battle of the Coral Sea. He rarely talked about the war. On this occasion he took me to Cackatoo island to show me where the Chicago was berthed that night. You could see some damage to an old brick fort in the harbor that the Chicago had fired upon. The difference in his version was that the ferry boat had around 50 French sailors aboard who had been interned their since 1940. He told me it was 24 of them that were killed that night.
I was born in Rockford, close to Chicago. I remember in the early 1950s as a young child we would go to a restaurant in Chicago's "Greek Town". This was before the interstate ran straight through that section of town and took it out for the most part. As a Rockford resident at that time, the only television was from Chicago. My father established the first television repair service in Rockford and specialized in antenna installation so that Rockford residents could receive Chicago's TV signals. A slightly snowy picture was better than none.
So nice to see your videos back, and the first few seconds were fun, too ! I never knew about this incident in WW 2. Thanks for such a great video.
My favorite Aussie is back!! Nice video!
Chicago Aussie congrats on the little one!
Thanks Jack. Very interesting. Never heard this before
My wife and I grew up in Chicago, now living in NH. Always interested in Chicago trivia. Congrats on the addition to your family.
You’re finally back
Incredible story. Great storytelling as well. Glad to see you uploading again! As a local Chicagoan I've been missing your uploads! Keep up the great work.
Loved the opening camera joke, I thought I was holding my phone upside down! What an interesting war tidbit and connection to Chicago. Very cool! Welcome back and congrats to your family.
I... I did not know any of this... so amazing !!!
Thanks for posting!
Welcome back. Love your videos
Wasn't aware of the mini sub story. Thank you and Happy New Year.
It's nice to see a new video. Happy New Year!
Awesome content as usual.
Great story! Thanks for sharing, I did not know any of this. Best wishes to you and your young family from an old American sailor.
Wow, never heard of this incident. Thanks for posting!
Missed this...happy holidays!
Great work brother
Thanks for the history lesson. Gratz on the new baby.
fun fact: Fremantle, Western Australia was better defended than Sydney during the war due to it being the largest submarine base in the Southern Hemisphere
So glad you're still making videos! I was worried I stumbled onto your channel just as Chicago wore out its welcome ;)
Very nice video!
Hey..THANKS for giving us run through on your own country. Australia, and particularly Sydney, have as much interest to us as Chicago.
Very interesting :) Thank you.
Hi, For a good Chicago/Australia story, consider that Walter Burley Griffin the famous Australian Architect was from Chicago (Elmhurst, Illinois specifically) originally. Griffin worked with Frank Lloyd Wright and many others and developed the American Prairie Style of Architecture. Griffin worked in Wright's Studio in Oak Park at the turn of the 20th century plus 10-12 years.Griffin entered the design contest for the Capital of Australia, to be built of course, in Canberra. Griffin won the contest and moved to Australia with his architect wife, Marion Mahoney Griffin. The rest is Australian History, as it were.
I was told that story (history) on a business trip to Canberra many years ago. The city layout SCREAMS "Frank Loyd Wright"...very orderly...very functional.
CA, Have you gone to Oak Park to see the Prairie Style Homes? They mostly focus on Wright, but Griffin designed many of the homes. There is a book out about Griffin's American projects. Griffin had three homes in Elmhurst. Two remain. One of Griffin's homes, the Emory House, is caddy corner from a Wright house. The Emory house has been restored, It is fantastic. Griffin also designed a train station in Villa Park.for the Aurora Elgin system which is now the Illinois Prairie Path. It is usually uncredited to him.
PS: Griffin's wife, Marion Mahoney Griffin was an architect renderer for Wright when she met Griffin. Marion hated Wright because he took all the credit and all the oxygen in the room. Griffin was fine without Wright.
Welcome back to Sydney, Australia
Lol. Love the opening giggle!
Welcome back!
Very interesting! I went to IC"A" school with a sailor off of the SSN Chicago:)-John in Texas
Super interesting.
haha flipping the camera because you are in Australia. lol
Congrats on the new family member. Now the real adventure begins. Interesting sub fact is there is a WW1 German sub in lake Michigan. It was destroyed as part of the armistice.
@@ChicagoAussie If you haven't already, you should do a video on the Edmund Fitzgerald. Truly eerie wreck.
My uncle and two cousins served aboard the U.S.S. Chicago when it was torpedoed by the Japanese during the Battle of Rennel Island. My uncle perished aboard the ship while my two cousins were able to escape.
I have seen the anchor on Navy Pier. It is HUGE.
Awesome tie-in! Can’t stand Chicago, but love your channel! Keep up the good work.
Too bad you're not a fan of Chicago, but glad you appreciate good content when you see it. Still, I really hope Chicago grows on you :)
Great camera joke! Suggested subjects: lifting Chicago, Wright architecture. I really appreciate your work from downstate C/U.
Congratulations!!!
I saw one of the surviving mini submarine at the Australian War Museum in Canberra back in 2002
I LOVE your intro LOL!!!!!!
Lol the Australians poked at it with an ore lol
Good Job Young man! from a yank who is very familiar with the WWII USS Chicago in my own studies of WWII. I think you have a great delivery, stay true to the facts and get in to the details and you won't go wrong. Peace and love in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ!!!
I was at the Museum of Science and Industries when you were making this video.
Thanks for the like
Hi You should do a story on the Chicago Tollway Oasis. They are disappearing and need to be remembered.
I'm from Chicago!
Sydney, Australia is your hometown?
The war museum in Canberra has a midget sub on display .. I do not remember if it was one of the 2 that were part if the Sydney attack.. The sailors who went down in these iron coffins were gutsy and determined .. It was good luck more than anything else that they did not succeed in taking out any big target
cool
When the video started I was like damnnnn then you flipped it. You got to Museum of Science and Industry to see the 505?
Chicago Aussie I need to fly down sometime, I have family in Gold Coast
how come the water didn't run out at the start?
What brings you to chicago?
How was your trip to Chicago?
It would be interesting to know if the allies studied the torpedo that did not explode. We could have learnt a lot.
I live in Chicago!
How was chicago?
Chris Jeffries , Chicago CG11 1969 / 1973, Supply S3 I ran all 3 stores on board her.
You say you live in Chicago?
Uss chicago was found in 1942
How it sunk and in what battle would have been interesting.
I like the Australian English accent. Is how you say "nuclear" the way all Australians say it? 🇦🇺
You know there are two R’s in the word harbor - right ? “Hahbah” you’re cracking me up ! Would you take your bahbah to the hahbah?
What's a Hobba?
Australian setting, lol
Wow, he flew to Australia, did a video and flew home. Must be rich!!
in my instructions under "Aussie setting", it says "touch yer toes"!
if I just move to Australia then I can use my camera without getting a headache. k
ek scaped?
Midget submarines were not very effective weapons at the best of times. The US did not use them because they have always been opposed to suicide missions.
Poked it with an oar. 😂😂😂😂
"Half to change the Australian setting"
Have
The USA and Australia have always been close allies and pollitically. Hope it remains so.
Dang aussie settings lol 👍
You will say that you didnt kbow camera was flip... mate...
I spy the knockoff Hells Gate Bridge in the background
Oooiiiiii !!!! Lol
It's bitch filming in the Land Down Under you have to adjust your camera.
Quite the war story, the submariners must have set off one of the torpedoes to explode like that.
Aw hilarious, australian setting
To lazy to tell us how the USS chicago was sunk? Just say
"A year later the USS Chicago was sunk"
and leave it at that?
Nice work.
For anyone interested , it was sunk by torpedo planes during The Battle of Rennell Island in 1943.
@@ChicagoAussie it was a good video, I enjoyed it. He does have a point though.
you can't say midget! they're little people subs!!
Japanese SALIORS..., not soldiers.
English. You don't spikka so good.