AAAARRRGGG! This is like the old Radio serial shows: "Will the men of COD become shark bait? Will the clogged filters become death masks? Tune in next week for the next exciting episode of .... "
Looking foward to Part II. After watching this video I can’t help but think of that saying “when it rains it pours”. Went from a normal day to everything and anything going wrong. Lucky the torpedo’s warhead didn’t cook off and send the whole crew and ship to the bottom of the sea.
The U.S.S. Forrestal (1967) came readily to mind. Precautions and drills are vital for all crew members, but on a submarine, they can be life or death situations. Thanks, Paul!
RIP Andrew Johnson. I can only imagine the situation as it progressed for the crew. Smoke, fire and of all things, a torpedo...surrounded by other torpedoes. As a qualified battery charging electrician on a nuke boat in the 80's, I remember all the hazards associated with hydrogen while charging the ships battery. I recall the USS Pomodon accident that had multiple fatalities and how we were trained to be safe. My mind is racing to think of what the Cod's crew was doing to combat the casualty and eject that doggone torpedo out of a tube. Of course, I am wondering where the EAB's (and 100# air manifolds) and OBA'S are located, and getting the ventilation lined up ( did they use the diesel engines?). There is no doubt they performed as a qualified crew and I am looking forward to reading about Part 2.
A couple of my Great Uncles served on subs during WW-2. They were profoundly affected by the experience and I don't think either lived long happy lives. Anyway, RIP to all who served, God Bless you all.
I was trained to use an OBA in firefighting school in 1972 and we had those aboard the sub tender. I don't know what the boomers had but they did have a type of gas mask that plugged into the hard piped air supply. I was in the missile compartment one evening when they announced a drill and the missle men put the masks on. Had the drill been real, I would have run to the crew members to see if they had an extra mask as I was only a rider. I couldn't swim when I joined the Navy. They taught me the back stroke and how to float on tied pants and a white hat. That was in a pool. Always wondered if I could do that in the sea.
Johnson who can't swim. I am 58 and born & raised in Portland Oregon with all of our swimming pools and rivers and creeks I have never learned how to swim. You toss me and a rock into a diving pool and it will be a race to see if I or the rock is the first to the bottom of the pool.
You always think of submarine crews either all surviving together or staying with their boat on eternal patrol. Maybe a some cases of partial crew lost during abandoning. I suppose we often forget how dangerous all that heavy machinery was and the risk of accidents, even without someone shooting at you.
It must have been a horrific hellscape in the aft torpedo room during the fire--I've read the story before during my visits to the sub, but the telling here makes it much more vivid. I can't even begin to comprehend how terrifying this must have been for the crew. Thanks for the excellent presentation here, Paul--I'm looking forward to the remainder of the story (kind of dreading it, really, but it's important history to be remembered, so I'm glad it's being told so well).
good story, very sad someone died. One thing ,Cap on OBA canister faces up, there is a lanyard on the bottom you pull to activate the canister. Im a Navy vet HT 2
Paul, I visited the USS Cod today for the 2nd time in 50 years. I have a question about the forward torpedo Room that has 6 torpedo tubes. Could you demonstrate how the crew got the torpedos into the bottom two torpedo tubes?
30-35 years ago, I had a car battery blow up, while I had it on a battery charger, in my garage. Not sure what caused the spark, but it cracked the battery in half.
@@andrewd.1113 No, it wasn't that large of an explosion. There wasn't even any damage to the car, except I had to hose out the battery area, to wash off the acid.
Lol. I thought my internet dropped out (I live in a rural area, and it's not unusual). Truthfully though, I would watch an entire 1 hour USS Cod video all the way through. Unless the plan all along was to keep the story at least close to interpretation period and split it up like a radio serial.
Oh if only we were that clever... we're not sure if an hour program would be acceto our viewers... the cut off point is more a factor of where the camera phone battery crapped out! Apparently using our dedicated video camera with its multiple batteries wasn't in the cards this day. Our apolo.
@@paulfarace9595 No need to apologize. You and your crew do a fantastic job with your videos, and I'm sure that filming is not their only responsibility. Keep up the great work, and when I see USS Cod, I click.
Our sub crews and skippers were very very good by that point. Read "Clear the Bridge" by USS Tang CO Richard O'Kane. He goes into considerable detail about their patrol off Formosa, which was the patrol in which Tang was sunk. The Japs were trying to keep their remaining convoys close to shore in shallows and under air cover to limit sub exposure, but the weather, currents, and tactics worked for and against both sides at varying times. Also by that time most of the Japanese navy's effective Anti-Submarine forces had been decimated, and while not exactly exceptional, the remaining escorts were very good with what they had. There just weren't enough to go around and were largely clustered on the largest, most valuable convoys. Those were great to run into and attack, but the smaller pairs and singles were being sunk with almost no risk, creating a death by 1000 cuts scenario. Regardless of what method was used, the US skippers were getting their boats into position and making effective attacks with the revamped Mk14 and Mk18 torps.
This was during the same period the B-29s were dropping mines in all the ports. They started doing it in preparation for the Battle of Okinawa. It worked so well they decided to continue. Japan was seriously running out of food and other supplies at this time.
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Part two can be viewed here!
ruclips.net/video/4Uc1nPCN24w/видео.html
This program was so long we decided to split it into halves. Part Two will be uploaded next Monday at 6pm. Thank you for watching!!!!
Thanks Paul, had me glued to the story. I thought RUclips had borked the video for a moment.
@@toddmetzger Yeah, the cut kind of left me blue balled, and it leaves me with mixed feeling towards how how fast I want it to be Monday :(
AAARRRRGH! Cliffhanger!
omg, now I have to wait to find out what happened????
AAAARRRGGG! This is like the old Radio serial shows: "Will the men of COD become shark bait? Will the clogged filters become death masks? Tune in next week for the next exciting episode of .... "
A fire on-board, a potential warhead detonation that would destroy the ship, & now 2 men overboard. No wonder the expression is to cuss like a sailor.
Paul you sure can tell a story.
I can’t imagine the stress levels of the captain when he heard “man overboard!”
“Fire in aft torpedo and now this?!”
To Be Continued...
Number One sea story. Holding my breath.
[Just glad it wasn't my internet going offline.]
Wow what a story, complete with cliff hanger ;) Tune in next week, same bat time, same bat channel!
Looking foward to Part II. After watching this video I can’t help but think of that saying “when it rains it pours”. Went from a normal day to everything and anything going wrong. Lucky the torpedo’s warhead didn’t cook off and send the whole crew and ship to the bottom of the sea.
The U.S.S. Forrestal (1967) came readily to mind. Precautions and drills are vital for all crew members, but on a submarine, they can be life or death situations. Thanks, Paul!
RIP Andrew Johnson. I can only imagine the situation as it progressed for the crew. Smoke, fire and of all things, a torpedo...surrounded by other torpedoes. As a qualified battery charging electrician on a nuke boat in the 80's, I remember all the hazards associated with hydrogen while charging the ships battery. I recall the USS Pomodon accident that had multiple fatalities and how we were trained to be safe. My mind is racing to think of what the Cod's crew was doing to combat the casualty and eject that doggone torpedo out of a tube. Of course, I am wondering where the EAB's (and 100# air manifolds) and OBA'S are located, and getting the ventilation lined up ( did they use the diesel engines?). There is no doubt they performed as a qualified crew and I am looking forward to reading about Part 2.
A couple of my Great Uncles served on subs during WW-2. They were profoundly affected by the experience and I don't think either lived long happy lives. Anyway, RIP to all who served, God Bless you all.
Spent 20 years as a Submariner, 4 Boats. Fire in people tank bad.
I was trained to use an OBA in firefighting school in 1972 and we had those aboard the sub tender. I don't know what the boomers had but they did have a type of gas mask that plugged into the hard piped air supply. I was in the missile compartment one evening when they announced a drill and the missle men put the masks on. Had the drill been real, I would have run to the crew members to see if they had an extra mask as I was only a rider. I couldn't swim when I joined the Navy. They taught me the back stroke and how to float on tied pants and a white hat. That was in a pool. Always wondered if I could do that in the sea.
I was still using an OBA in the 2000's 😂
We were still using the OBA’s in the eighties. Pretty cumbersome when maneuvering in tight spaces.
Still in the early 2000's too.
I got off my last ship in 2006 having never worn an SCBA.
Johnson who can't swim. I am 58 and born & raised in Portland Oregon with all of our swimming pools and rivers and creeks I have never learned how to swim. You toss me and a rock into a diving pool and it will be a race to see if I or the rock is the first to the bottom of the pool.
You always think of submarine crews either all surviving together or staying with their boat on eternal patrol. Maybe a some cases of partial crew lost during abandoning. I suppose we often forget how dangerous all that heavy machinery was and the risk of accidents, even without someone shooting at you.
It must have been a horrific hellscape in the aft torpedo room during the fire--I've read the story before during my visits to the sub, but the telling here makes it much more vivid. I can't even begin to comprehend how terrifying this must have been for the crew. Thanks for the excellent presentation here, Paul--I'm looking forward to the remainder of the story (kind of dreading it, really, but it's important history to be remembered, so I'm glad it's being told so well).
Wow, this one is riveting! 😂 So many questions though... how do they know the crewman ignored all of the safety procedures and why? 🤔🤷
The occasional long format story is A-Ok! Nice story time Paul
Excellent video.
Wow, you are a terrific storyteller! Very much looking forward to Part 2!!
Incredible hostory, never read about this before.
Thank you for sharing this history.
Great video Paul and crew!! What a terrifying experience for those submariners!
good story, very sad someone died. One thing ,Cap on OBA canister faces up, there is a lanyard on the bottom you pull to activate the canister. Im a Navy vet HT 2
Yes... I remembered it wrong... thankfully the Navy nolongee uses them so I can't negatively influence anyone!😂
4:24
Oof.
Injured by his own ships depth charges. I can’t imagine that felt good getting squished by shockwave moving through the water.
Paul, I visited the USS Cod today for the 2nd time in 50 years. I have a question about the forward torpedo Room that has 6 torpedo tubes. Could you demonstrate how the crew got the torpedos into the bottom two torpedo tubes?
Those are the first loaded, and they suck to tube load cause you're in the bilge
Did the boats in WW II have "flash covers" on the bedding? They were there on Sea Devil SS-400 and Pomfret SS-391 in early 1960's.
Yes we have flash covers... otherwise it would hv e been worse!
30-35 years ago, I had a car battery blow up, while I had it on a battery charger, in my garage. Not sure what caused the spark, but it cracked the battery in half.
Was there any damage to the Garage?
@@andrewd.1113 No, it wasn't that large of an explosion. There wasn't even any damage to the car, except I had to hose out the battery area, to wash off the acid.
@@billkallas1762 Wow, Lucky you!
Lol. I thought my internet dropped out (I live in a rural area, and it's not unusual). Truthfully though, I would watch an entire 1 hour USS Cod video all the way through. Unless the plan all along was to keep the story at least close to interpretation period and split it up like a radio serial.
Oh if only we were that clever... we're not sure if an hour program would be acceto our viewers... the cut off point is more a factor of where the camera phone battery crapped out! Apparently using our dedicated video camera with its multiple batteries wasn't in the cards this day. Our apolo.
@@paulfarace9595 No need to apologize. You and your crew do a fantastic job with your videos, and I'm sure that filming is not their only responsibility. Keep up the great work, and when I see USS Cod, I click.
Thanks!
No, thank you!
Worst place to have a fire...grain alcohol everywhere...people sleeping...
I wonder if the torpedo expanded so it didn’t fit in the tube? Or was warped.
No the battery access ports were not seated in their cavities ...
given all the airfields how the japanese not protect their convoys????
Our sub crews and skippers were very very good by that point. Read "Clear the Bridge" by USS Tang CO Richard O'Kane. He goes into considerable detail about their patrol off Formosa, which was the patrol in which Tang was sunk. The Japs were trying to keep their remaining convoys close to shore in shallows and under air cover to limit sub exposure, but the weather, currents, and tactics worked for and against both sides at varying times.
Also by that time most of the Japanese navy's effective Anti-Submarine forces had been decimated, and while not exactly exceptional, the remaining escorts were very good with what they had. There just weren't enough to go around and were largely clustered on the largest, most valuable convoys. Those were great to run into and attack, but the smaller pairs and singles were being sunk with almost no risk, creating a death by 1000 cuts scenario. Regardless of what method was used, the US skippers were getting their boats into position and making effective attacks with the revamped Mk14 and Mk18 torps.
Ran short of AvGas?
This was during the same period the B-29s were dropping mines in all the ports. They started doing it in preparation for the Battle of Okinawa. It worked so well they decided to continue. Japan was seriously running out of food and other supplies at this time.
11:45 The best trick Satan has is to try to convince souls that he does not exist.❤❤