Never mind that the title says the ship was sunk when she wasn't. The vessel that engaged the submarine was the destroyer Ushio, not the heavy cruiser Myoko. And just Myoko got hit by the spread of torpedoes, no hits on Ushio. So the title should be "Submarine successfully torpedoes heavy cruiser, and are then engaged by the destroyer escort"
I really like this channel along with his dark Docs one but i really hope he avoid misleading his viewers with titles like this. And kudos to you for correcting historical inaccuracies such as this.
No ships were sunk? I think an accurate title is worthwhile here. When the entire point of the channel is to relay facts, having an inaccurate title is just off-putting.
This channel is not the most accurate when it comes to facts. In their video on Yamato, they completely forgot that Yamato partook in the battle off Samar.
Your narration told of Myōkō's involvement in the sinking of the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter. My SIL's uncle, Roland Hudson, was Lt Commander, Navigation Officer on the Exeter. He survived the sinking, and the three and a half years of POW camp to return to England. I met him in 1990, but did not know his background, and all he would ever say was that he served in the Royal Navy.
@@hoppscraft Well that's uplifting. NOT. How about some servicemen have done their duty and because they survive, they give the glory to those that didn't survive the conflict? Even if they themselves were truly heroic. True heroes rarely talk of their service. No one cares for a braggart, 98% of the time they're LYING. Mr. Jenkins my father's first cousin, Sydney Larriviere was the first sailor from the State of Louisiana to die in the soon to be declared WWII aboard the USS Kearny - DD-432 on 17 Oct 1941. He was a firman below decks and on of several crew killed when it was attacked in the Md. sea.
Mr. Jenkins my 2nd cousin died in a U-boat attack just prior to Pearl Harbor. Don't listen to trolls trying to spread depression. My father was in WWII and in England, France and just about every other country in Europe during the war. He also hardly ever spoke about what he did. he passed in 2001 and despite an interest in history I had never asked him about it. Then I became interested in WWII and now I have a million questions. Guess I'll have to ask him when I see him again. I also left a message below about my dad's cousin. My grandmother's house had four posts on the front porch and all my life and to this day I can see the initials "S.L." he left in one of them. Those were tough men in that war, and those from England and UK were some lions.
He would have known my Captain (Captain F R Twiss)...........who as Lieutenant-Commander was Gunnery Officer of Exeter at time of her sinking...........he too survived and went on to become Admiral
My dad was 101 st airborne in WW2. .. I too a veteran an we would watch world at war on Saturday mornings as he would relive his glory years .... Always proud of his service more than my own , he would have loved to be able to enjoy this series.. thank you so much for sharing your knowledge...
You certainly must be proud of your dad, my late grandfather flew a DC-3 into Normandy bringing Gen. C Hodges 1st Army and staff in, great stories too, makes me proud too, Thank You for your Service
That sucks that your father never realized the catastrophic results of our supposed ww2 "victory" brought us... Like globalization, multiculturalism, and Wage slavery. Worldwide domination of fiat currency and the plummeting of 99% of the world's quality of life. People can repeat all the propaganda they were brainwashed with about Hitler's Germany...but at the end of the day NONE of it is true. It's all LIES made up by the ALL-LIES for their post-war "de-nazification" plan. They had to convince all of Germany and the world that "the Nazis" were evil because that what their owners (the international bankers) demanded they do. And like the good little la kids they were they complied and completely inverted the truth about Germany and buried how the National Socialists created a virtual utopia in Germany when Hitler kicked the international bankers out of Germany and took control of Germany's money supply and put it to work for the German people instead of the banisters. And the result was that Germans had the highest standard of living the modern world had ever seen...and bever seen since. People can't know that can they?
I would watch The World At War with my dad. He was about a year too young to serve before Japan surrendered, but he was a member of the occupying force. As we watched, he'd tell me of the stories he'd heard over the years.
I thought it was the destroyer Yukikaze that was the luckiest ship of the IJN. Survived the entire war and multiple battles without being hit once, if memory serves.
My father was aboard the Bergal when this happened. His battle station was the forward torpedo room. He and his first cousin both joined the Navy at the age of 17 and went to sub-school together and were both on the Bergal. When that shell hit for forward torpedo room Dad was overcome with fumes from burning electrics and such. Stan (Dad's cousin) went in there and pulled Dad out saving his life. Dad was 6'4" which is actually too tall for sub service but he hadn't finished growing when he enlisted. He also served on the USS Cod which is now an exhibit in Cleveland. In the picture of the crew on the Cod he's in the center and stands out due to how tall he was.
@@rolandthethompsongunner64 Dad had PTSD big time. Saw way too much for any teenager. I used to ask him about the war and after awhile said “I’m sick of the whole smear. Just quit asking.”
Wow! What a shootout between two warships. And they both survived the encounters, at least enough to get to port. I think the sub commander deserves credit for transferring as many of the crew as possible to the relative safety of the other submarine.
I had EIGHT uncles in WWII, all over the wotld, S. Pacific, Europe, China-Burma-India. Five from my dad's side, 3 my mom's side, Uncles Kenneth, Bobby, Sammy, L.C., Willian, Joe, Elmer, Herman. My father Korea, me Vietnam. I wish I'd asked them about their experiences but we didn't, my grandmother asked us not to. Luckily they came home, but not undamaged. My Uncle Elmer was a gunner in the USN and lost his hearing, my Uncle Kenneth was an Army Chaplain who sometimes would cry, just tears would come very sad. My Uncle William was covered in scars every once in awhile a piece of metal would come to the surface. I'm very proud of my family's service but I worry about our country these days, we're in an unusual fight with a "hidden" foe, not too hidden if you notice that one country always in the news CHINA. Linked to every corrupt action in this government from Afghanistan to the Ukraine.
@ Tess Sanders You're right Ms. Sanders. We do face an "enemy". But they're not hiding at all. They're amongst us, they claim to be patriots but are in fact nationalists. Fascists in the guise of repuglicons. A true Patriot knows the difference. Save our Constitution and our DEMOCRACY. VOTE BLUE in 2024 and understand The reasons for the 2nd Amendment. ✌💙🇺🇸
Thanks for telling us some about the Myoko. I see it's on Warthunder and it's awesome to hear some history from you on these. I hope you have many more on Warthunder ships.
@@jamesdeen3011 Former crew member of a Diesel-Electric boat back in the 60's-70's...I would NOT serve in a tank! Especially after watching the movie "Fury"...
I get that many like to see action clips but to those can recognize the titled ships I am always a bit annoyed by the unrrlated ships in the story shown in the videos, ranging us destroyers, triple gun turret battleships, ijn carrier aa, ijn light cruisers in port, etc.
Man, I can't imagine being on a disabled sub 2,000 miles from land. Ain't no way I would choose sub duty. The few sub guys I know swear I'm nuts and brave for being an infantryman, but I think they are the brave ones.
@@treystephens6166 They were not friends or allies in those times. Japan only saw America as a threat to the Japanese's intentions of dominating East Asia.
You should look up HMS Argonaut - 1939-45 - blown up twice in that time and did d-day - pacific - all over - and was one of the first in to nagasaki after the nuke
The sea keeping suffered for the design. They were fast, but the Japanese almost lost multiple cruisers before the war started. They are the reason behind later designs attempt to reduce weight from the superstructure while also attempting to strengthen the structure to reduce stress fractures.
I'm disappointed with the title. Your videos don't need to click bait. They are excellent as they are. Title and historical accuracy are why people watch and subscribe. You've let yourself down on this one.
I thank you for your great research and work to put out these videos! So we shall never forget what the greatest generation did for us all! Great video and channel
Man. As a music guy, the tracks you use are fire. I wish you left a list of the tracks you use. Especially the orchestral number you used at the beginning of the video.
Myoko never participated in the battle of the Java Sea. Her sisterships Haguro and Nachi partook in it, during which, Nachi sank the Dutch light cruiser Java while Haguro crippled the British heavy cruiser Exeter and sank the Dutch light cruiser De Rutyer and the Dutch destroyer Kotenaer.
@@darkbiddy511 Nope. Gambier Bay was sunk in the battle off Samar, not the battle of the Java Sea. Haguro did partake in the battle off Samar, but did not target Gambier Bay. She helped to cripple the escort carrier Kalinin Bay before helping to sink the destroyer Hoel. Gambier Bay was initially though to have been sunk by the heavy cruiser Chikuma, but later studies state that she was more likely sunk by the super battleship Yamato.
@@metaknight115 it was a salvo from her 18" guns, probably the longest hit in history. Some studies claimed it was fired from 40km And Yamato had radar so it could be possible
Thank you so much for all your hard work and research that goes into these documentaries I truly enjoy learning true history thanks again for reviving these classics❤
While Myoko was in Singapore she was attacked by British midget submarines and was further damaged although the harbour was shallow enough for her to remain active as an anti-aircraft battery.
Dark Seas genuinely imposters a historian, but he had been crippled during the battle of his mind. They never sent him for repairs, he was so damaged that he could never make the trip back to history.
You are the most BREATHLESS sounding narrator on RUclips! I fear that you may one day experience a heart attack while recounting one of these naval stories. "The tension! I can't take it!" 😂
The USS Bergall would serve in the US Navy until 1959 and then in the Turkish Navy being sold to them in 1973. She would serve in Cyprus until being scrapped in 2000.
@@jeffadams9807 7:46 The torpedos were launched from 33 hundred yards. Supposedly, the visual contact was made from 35k yards, which is pretty impossible..
Being a Viet Nam era sailor, I remember that the sight distance at sea level was 15 miles, then the curvature of the earth made further observation impossible. I could be wrong however, I was a boiler tech stuck in the hole.
Very good video. I have never served aboard a submarine so I have a question. The narration said the sub captain looked through his periscope and spotted the cruiser at @35,000 yards(@20 miles) is this possible?
The IJN had the best scopes in the world as they also had an access to the rare element for their lenses. But 20 miles is a far stretch. Check how for the Earth curvature drops down at dat distance against the sub's height!!!!
An average person standing on a beach with their toes on the water can see approximately 12miles to the horizon. A periscope would probably on see 3-4 miles max if the sub is submerged.
It's kinda like running over a alligator and thinking you killed it so you put it in your trunk to bring it home so you can eat it, then when you get home open the trunk the alligator pops up and rips off your arm
Be careful, it's COUP DE GRACE (pronounced grass) otherwise it sounds like "gras" which means fat in french :P Don't know why this particular saying is mispronounced by so many english speaking people. Thanks for your great videos by the way, keep it up !
I would disagree with you on the most heavily armed cruiser in the world. The USS Alaska class cruiser had 9 x 12”guns which definitely outguns an 8” cruiser.
I was thinking exactly this aswell, although the Alaska's were dubbed " large cruisers" and were more a middle ground between a heavy cruiser and a battle cruiser, also they had 9x305mm guns.
Alaska was more of a Battle Cruiser than Heavy Cruiser. Also it was completed in 1944, so Myoko was the most heavily armed cuiser in the world up to the late WWII and definetly most heavily armed treaty cruiser ever.
The quality and accuracy of this channel and it's sister channels has been steady declining. This video in particular is full of mistakes and a bad misleading title.
Never mind that the title says the ship was sunk when she wasn't. The vessel that engaged the submarine was the destroyer Ushio, not the heavy cruiser Myoko. And just Myoko got hit by the spread of torpedoes, no hits on Ushio. So the title should be "Submarine successfully torpedoes heavy cruiser, and are then engaged by the destroyer escort"
I don't think I've seen even one truthful title on this channel.
Smartass
Accuracy ftw.
huzzah!
I really like this channel along with his dark Docs one but i really hope he avoid misleading his viewers with titles like this. And kudos to you for correcting historical inaccuracies such as this.
No ships were sunk? I think an accurate title is worthwhile here. When the entire point of the channel is to relay facts, having an inaccurate title is just off-putting.
As sad as it is, "everyone made it home" is a bit of a boring ending for a war story.
It's because RUclips requires click bait titled for vids to get any visibility
Where is that title at,
@@tommychiletti8506 "The Submarine that Got Blasted Point Blank by the Ship It Just Sunk"
This channel is not the most accurate when it comes to facts. In their video on Yamato, they completely forgot that Yamato partook in the battle off Samar.
Your narration told of Myōkō's involvement in the sinking of the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter. My SIL's uncle, Roland Hudson, was Lt Commander, Navigation Officer on the Exeter. He survived the sinking, and the three and a half years of POW camp to return to England. I met him in 1990, but did not know his background, and all he would ever say was that he served in the Royal Navy.
They never talk about détails of sevice,instead they get regrets and close them selfs not reveilling a thing ,they start crying,and more drinking
@@hoppscraft Well that's uplifting. NOT. How about some servicemen have done their duty and because they survive, they give the glory to those that didn't survive the conflict? Even if they themselves were truly heroic. True heroes rarely talk of their service. No one cares for a braggart, 98% of the time they're LYING. Mr. Jenkins my father's first cousin, Sydney Larriviere was the first sailor from the State of Louisiana to die in the soon to be declared WWII aboard the USS Kearny - DD-432 on 17 Oct 1941. He was a firman below decks and on of several crew killed when it was attacked in the Md. sea.
Mr. Jenkins my 2nd cousin died in a U-boat attack just prior to Pearl Harbor. Don't listen to trolls trying to spread depression. My father was in WWII and in England, France and just about every other country in Europe during the war. He also hardly ever spoke about what he did. he passed in 2001 and despite an interest in history I had never asked him about it. Then I became interested in WWII and now I have a million questions. Guess I'll have to ask him when I see him again. I also left a message below about my dad's cousin. My grandmother's house had four posts on the front porch and all my life and to this day I can see the initials "S.L." he left in one of them. Those were tough men in that war, and those from England and UK were some lions.
PTSD is a biyatch!
He would have known my Captain (Captain F R Twiss)...........who as Lieutenant-Commander was Gunnery Officer of Exeter at time of her sinking...........he too survived and went on to become Admiral
My dad was 101 st airborne in WW2. .. I too a veteran an we would watch world at war on Saturday mornings as he would relive his glory years .... Always proud of his service more than my own , he would have loved to be able to enjoy this series.. thank you so much for sharing your knowledge...
You certainly must be proud of your dad, my late grandfather flew a DC-3 into Normandy bringing Gen. C Hodges 1st Army and staff in, great stories too, makes me proud too, Thank You for your Service
That sucks that your father never realized the catastrophic results of our supposed ww2 "victory" brought us...
Like globalization, multiculturalism, and Wage slavery. Worldwide domination of fiat currency and the plummeting of 99% of the world's quality of life.
People can repeat all the propaganda they were brainwashed with about Hitler's Germany...but at the end of the day NONE of it is true. It's all LIES made up by the ALL-LIES for their post-war "de-nazification" plan. They had to convince all of Germany and the world that "the Nazis" were evil because that what their owners (the international bankers) demanded they do. And like the good little la kids they were they complied and completely inverted the truth about Germany and buried how the National Socialists created a virtual utopia in Germany when Hitler kicked the international bankers out of Germany and took control of Germany's money supply and put it to work for the German people instead of the banisters. And the result was that Germans had the highest standard of living the modern world had ever seen...and bever seen since. People can't know that can they?
I would watch The World At War with my dad. He was about a year too young to serve before Japan surrendered, but he was a member of the occupying force. As we watched, he'd tell me of the stories he'd heard over the years.
There was also a tv show called The Silent Service. It's on RUclips now. You might like it.
MIC appreciates your involvement in our Forever Wars.
Myoko was never sunk only badly damaged multiple times. She was one of the few IJN ships to survive the war and probably the luckiest of the IJN
IJN also happened to have what was perhaps the unluckiest as well. The Kumano.
the sole japanese ship that Halsey felt bad for
I thought it was the destroyer Yukikaze that was the luckiest ship of the IJN. Survived the entire war and multiple battles without being hit once, if memory serves.
@Exidy YT you can look at it like that but Myoko got beaten up repeatedly
@@Nernj5 Indeed. Aside from the attack that sunk that poor ship the Johnston gave it a helluva black eye by taking it's bow off.
My father was aboard the Bergal when this happened. His battle station was the forward torpedo room. He and his first cousin both joined the Navy at the age of 17 and went to sub-school together and were both on the Bergal. When that shell hit for forward torpedo room Dad was overcome with fumes from burning electrics and such. Stan (Dad's cousin) went in there and pulled Dad out saving his life. Dad was 6'4" which is actually too tall for sub service but he hadn't finished growing when he enlisted. He also served on the USS Cod which is now an exhibit in Cleveland. In the picture of the crew on the Cod he's in the center and stands out due to how tall he was.
KOOL!
I know this girl----her steady boy said "Ship ahoy" and joined the nayayavy.
I would never serve on a sub back then. I’d rather join the army 😂
@@rolandthethompsongunner64 Dad had PTSD big time. Saw way too much for any teenager. I used to ask him about the war and after awhile said “I’m sick of the whole smear. Just quit asking.”
Christ, you must be a good 80 years old.
those Cruisers looked so fancy :) sadly nobody kept them as Museum Ships
Wow! What a shootout between two warships. And they both survived the encounters, at least enough to get to port.
I think the sub commander deserves credit for transferring as many of the crew as possible to the relative safety of the other submarine.
I like that Dan Cummins got a great side gig narrating WW2 videos. 😂
I had EIGHT uncles in WWII, all over the wotld, S. Pacific, Europe, China-Burma-India. Five from my dad's side, 3 my mom's side, Uncles Kenneth, Bobby, Sammy, L.C., Willian, Joe, Elmer, Herman. My father Korea, me Vietnam. I wish I'd asked them about their experiences but we didn't, my grandmother asked us not to. Luckily they came home, but not undamaged. My Uncle Elmer was a gunner in the USN and lost his hearing, my Uncle Kenneth was an Army Chaplain who sometimes would cry, just tears would come very sad. My Uncle William was covered in scars every once in awhile a piece of metal would come to the surface. I'm very proud of my family's service but I worry about our country these days, we're in an unusual fight with a "hidden" foe, not too hidden if you notice that one country always in the news CHINA. Linked to every corrupt action in this government from Afghanistan to the Ukraine.
Lol! Yep that's it, genious! Since WW2, one country's always on the news...
my uncle was a maintence guy(janitor) at the navy base in san diego--he cleaned toilets,swept floors
And we have fox news manipulating the morons by skewing the narrative.
Same here in Britain can’t trust the government or any other part of the establishment
@ Tess Sanders
You're right Ms. Sanders. We do face an "enemy". But they're not hiding at all. They're amongst us, they claim to be patriots but are in fact nationalists. Fascists in the guise of repuglicons. A true Patriot knows the difference. Save our Constitution and our DEMOCRACY.
VOTE BLUE in 2024 and understand
The reasons for the 2nd Amendment. ✌💙🇺🇸
I love watching this channel. It makes me feel really geeked that I've finally found (an adult) someone that knows less about WWII than I do.
Please bro you are good at your work and don't need click bait...
"Myoko hit while sister ship fires at attacker, no one sunk" should be the actual title
Thanks for telling us some about the Myoko. I see it's on Warthunder and it's awesome to hear some history from you on these. I hope you have many more on Warthunder ships.
It takes a hell of a man to to fight on and below the water. Enjoyed!
I could never serve on a submarine.
@@davidtorre7370 I couldn't either. Me? I'm a tread head. I served as a tank crew man in the 80s.
@@jamesdeen3011 Former crew member of a Diesel-Electric boat back in the 60's-70's...I would NOT serve in a tank! Especially after watching the movie "Fury"...
@@jamesdeen3011 I wish I was a Fly Boy.
@@kayakdan48 all of this is funny as hell. Nobody, I mean Nobody wants to be a grunt.
Your channel is the best I have yet to see. I am now 69 and have so many memories of the aftermath of ww2 in my England. Thank you.
The footage is so good, this is an exceptional short documentary. Your work keeps getting better, thank you.
I get that many like to see action clips but to those can recognize the titled ships I am always a bit annoyed by the unrrlated ships in the story shown in the videos, ranging us destroyers, triple gun turret battleships, ijn carrier aa, ijn light cruisers in port, etc.
Man, I can't imagine being on a disabled sub 2,000 miles from land. Ain't no way I would choose sub duty. The few sub guys I know swear I'm nuts and brave for being an infantryman, but I think they are the brave ones.
At least a sub can hide. I wouldn't wanna be a sitting duck on any sea craft 2000 miles from dry land!
It's amazing to me how fast these lumbering warships could go. Why I'm happy if I can get my sailboat up to seven knots.
small tube boilers + turbines go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Solid narration, music & production all around.
One of the few times anyone described the Japanese 25mm anti-aircraft gun as useful.
Yep
Cant believe it was the go to for Yamato and Mushashi
@@yeahh_idk_ Especially since the Japanese manufactured the 20mm Oerlikon. They used it in the Zero and other airplanes.
Great story telling, thanks
the slow paced voice is much better. good improvement
This was one of the best 'Dark Seas' docos... Such a great channel for any history enthusiast.
Except the title didn't have anything to do with the facts of the story.
@@earlysda You should probably ask for a refund...
@@earlysda And some of the facts were flat out wrong.
I can never get enough WW2 history.
How did the American 🇺🇸 and Japanese 🇯🇵 friendship deteriorate so horribly ⁉️
@@treystephens6166 They were not friends or allies in those times. Japan only saw America as a threat to the Japanese's intentions of dominating East Asia.
@@chrisf8855 if Japan hadn’t attacked Pearl Harbor they might have gotten away with everything.
@@treystephens6166 Study history.
@@irafair3015 I heard that America 🇺🇸 let down Japan 🇯🇵 many times ⁉️
Great story, another one well done.
Had my heart pounding.
Yes, and my head banging with all the clatter of noise.
Awesome as always!
You should look up HMS Argonaut - 1939-45 - blown up twice in that time and did d-day - pacific - all over - and was one of the first in to nagasaki after the nuke
1929 speed of 35 knots for something that massive built without computers. incredible. the size and speed at that time (or any time)
The sea keeping suffered for the design. They were fast, but the Japanese almost lost multiple cruisers before the war started. They are the reason behind later designs attempt to reduce weight from the superstructure while also attempting to strengthen the structure to reduce stress fractures.
78k views in 5 hours! Boy this channel has grown tremendously since I joined. Congrats
I'm disappointed with the title. Your videos don't need to click bait. They are excellent as they are. Title and historical accuracy are why people watch and subscribe. You've let yourself down on this one.
I thank you for your great research and work to put out these videos! So we shall never forget what the greatest generation did for us all!
Great video and channel
very much enjoy your videos. look forward to seeing them. thank you!
Man. As a music guy, the tracks you use are fire. I wish you left a list of the tracks you use. Especially the orchestral number you used at the beginning of the video.
Myoko never participated in the battle of the Java Sea. Her sisterships Haguro and Nachi partook in it, during which, Nachi sank the Dutch light cruiser Java while Haguro crippled the British heavy cruiser Exeter and sank the Dutch light cruiser De Rutyer and the Dutch destroyer Kotenaer.
And US Carrier Gambier Bay
@@darkbiddy511 Nope. Gambier Bay was sunk in the battle off Samar, not the battle of the Java Sea. Haguro did partake in the battle off Samar, but did not target Gambier Bay. She helped to cripple the escort carrier Kalinin Bay before helping to sink the destroyer Hoel.
Gambier Bay was initially though to have been sunk by the heavy cruiser Chikuma, but later studies state that she was more likely sunk by the super battleship Yamato.
@@metaknight115 it was a salvo from her 18" guns, probably the longest hit in history. Some studies claimed it was fired from 40km
And Yamato had radar so it could be possible
Outstanding video and presentation.
great story telling, thanks
Thank you so much for all your hard work and research that goes into these documentaries I truly enjoy learning true history thanks again for reviving these classics❤
The beat at the beginning of the video was fire
Few vids of USN ships there where I think you meant to have IJN ones, but otherwise an awesome documentary with awesome footage!
I could be wrong but I don't believe any of the footage was of the event or vessels involved and in title "ship it had just sunk?" None sunk...
Yes, things didn't always line up; but excellent overall.
If the Japanese cruiser was not sunk, why does the title say it was?
Totally amazing channel
You a very good at what you do👍🏴
"Ship it just sunk". So, which is true? Your thumbnail description, or your narrative that Myoko sailed successfully back to Singapore harbor.
SO MANY videos have titles that don't match their content, and then have historical or technical details that are untrue. Why?
Thank you
Thanks for the stories.
Slightly inconsistent info on torpedoes carried
2:29 - 12 torps
3:15 - "Doubled to 16 torps"
Thanks
Love your work! Keep it up!
Another interesting video.
Thank you!
While Myoko was in Singapore she was attacked by British midget submarines and was further damaged although the harbour was shallow enough for her to remain active as an anti-aircraft battery.
Thanks
Where did you get the black & white combat footage of the ships from?
Great vid. Love to see more Japan and usa fights back in the day.
the music really lends itself to the narrative, well produced sir
Great video 😂
Excellent
Dark Seas genuinely imposters a historian, but he had been crippled during the battle of his mind. They never sent him for repairs, he was so damaged that he could never make the trip back to history.
You are the most BREATHLESS sounding narrator on RUclips! I fear that you may one day experience a heart attack while recounting one of these naval stories. "The tension! I can't take it!" 😂
I love your videos, but PLEASE stop with the click-bait titles. Give us what the title says.
Interesting but more research could have been conducted on what kind of submarine the Bergall was and at least a little bit on her capabilities.
Grammar still counts: your headline should correctly read "... by the ship it just sank." C'mon... it's sink, sank, sunk, OK?
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...by the Ship It Just Sunk'
Please. "sank," not ""sunk"!
thanks for this video as others are about the US submarines
“Sunk” ⬅️ NO! “Sank” ⬅️ YES!
So which ship was sunk exactly??
The USS Bergall would serve in the US Navy until 1959 and then in the Turkish Navy being sold to them in 1973. She would serve in Cyprus until being scrapped in 2000.
35000 yards is about 19 miles. Does that sound right? That seems like a long distant for visual contact.
17.28 - 17.5 nautical miles approx.
A Damn Long Shot
For Torpedo's...
@@jeffadams9807 7:46 The torpedos were launched from 33 hundred yards. Supposedly, the visual contact was made from 35k yards, which is pretty impossible..
Being a Viet Nam era sailor, I remember that the sight distance at sea level was 15 miles, then the curvature of the earth made further observation impossible. I could be wrong however, I was a boiler tech stuck in the hole.
Very good video. I have never served aboard a submarine so I have a question. The narration said the sub captain looked through his periscope and spotted the cruiser at @35,000 yards(@20 miles) is this possible?
The IJN had the best scopes in the world as they also had an access to the rare element for their lenses.
But 20 miles is a far stretch. Check how for the Earth curvature drops down at dat distance against the sub's height!!!!
@@schutendohkji548 It was a US sub but you are correct about Earth curve and view from low height of a sub.
This channel is notorious for bad research and misleading titles.
An average person standing on a beach with their toes on the water can see approximately 12miles to the horizon. A periscope would probably on see 3-4 miles max if the sub is submerged.
Periscopes have magnifiers and their height above the sea surface is about 30 feet when surfaced. So yes, it is possible to see a ship so far off.
Just curious about why you use untruthful clickbait titles, Your content is good, so why use crumby titles ?
?
Love your channel. Unless it has a sail, a modern ship steams, it doesn't sail.
Either "it had just sunk" (past participle) or " it just sank" (past tense)
Well told history lesson !
So, the Ship wasn't sunk!
is it not "sank"?
Seriously, you need to quit the clickbaity, inaccurate titles. It is ruining your credibility.
It's kinda like running over a alligator and thinking you killed it so you put it in your trunk to bring it home so you can eat it, then when you get home open the trunk the alligator pops up and rips off your arm
Be careful, it's COUP DE GRACE (pronounced grass) otherwise it sounds like "gras" which means fat in french :P Don't know why this particular saying is mispronounced by so many english speaking people. Thanks for your great videos by the way, keep it up !
Love the stuff I've never heard about ... keep it up
Thank goodness this title was clickbait! I would have been very upset if the ship I just sank blasted me in the face.
Time frames mentioned are not consitent. I.e. commissioned in 1944 and sunk in 1942?
The Leyte Gulf still sails today...been attacked more than once...now she is a proud frigate capable of Aegis ...she is not to be taken lightly
Interesting and informative post, thank you.
Feels kind of bad admiring the service record of a Japanese WWII Naval vessel. But, it was good service to her country.
The title of this video appears to be wrong. Click bait.
Good boat
I would disagree with you on the most heavily armed cruiser in the world. The USS Alaska class cruiser had 9 x 12”guns which definitely outguns an 8” cruiser.
I was thinking exactly this aswell, although the Alaska's were dubbed " large cruisers" and were more a middle ground between a heavy cruiser and a battle cruiser, also they had 9x305mm guns.
Alaska was more of a Battle Cruiser than Heavy Cruiser. Also it was completed in 1944, so Myoko was the most heavily armed cuiser in the world up to the late WWII and definetly most heavily armed treaty cruiser ever.
She was the best armed when she was commissioned.
@@TheRelativy don't forget about the Deutschland class crusiers.
Total waste of money !
The quality and accuracy of this channel and it's sister channels has been steady declining. This video in particular is full of mistakes and a bad misleading title.
Let’s go another upload🎉
The title of this video is so misleading it verges on being click bait.
Good story
The ships 🚢 that paid for themselves.
can you please do a video on Robert Smalls from the US Civil War. Perfect for this particular channel
this is a excellent idea!!, my feeling is that they will not cover that bold, heroic Black man becuase///well we all suspect!!
This title was a bit missleading
"Click Bait" titles are not a good look for your channel. Imho
Great story, but I don't understand why there is footage of a depth charge attack when all the fighting happened on the surface. Hmm...
Can you do a video about Laffey(Benson class destroyer)
Notable battles the Myoko fought in:. ALL
Where was she at the battle of Savo Island?
The last word of the video title should be "sank."
Would love to know if the skeleton crew *remaining on sub volunteered??*
By the ship it just SANK ! Duh.