I went and visited her recently. She looks to be in good condition and well looked after.

Sir, thank you mammothly much for your service. Cheers to you and to all of our warriors from the Greatest Generation. 💛🙏🏼

Much respect fellow "Bubblehead". My father served on the USS Brill, SS-330, in 44-45.. I was on the USS Sturgeon, SSN-637.

Thank you for your service to our country and to the world!

Only after the Navy fixed the torpedoes.

Absolutely! And closing to 1200 yards on Shokaku??? That would take nerves of steel!

I liked that too. He used logic and ration to guide his actions and it paid off. Excellent character.

They knocked out around 60% of Japanese merchant shipping. Without them the war would’ve dragged on much longer

Thank you so much!

Everyone talks about the Battle of the Atlantic regarding submarine warfare. But the US submarine fleet in the Pacific was, despite the bad torpedoes, the most effective submarine force in the war and strangled the Japanese war machine.

@@Draconisrex1 that was only once the Mark 14 torpedo problem was solved. in 1942 our subs paled in comparison to the German U-Boat campaign.

Those defective torpedos were depressing and hindered a lot of positive gains for the U.S. early on.

​@Marc Lemieux The Germans built 1100 subs (most of their Navy), the U.S. built 250. The Atlantic Ocean is 1/6 the size of the Pacific. The Germans did not sink 60% of the Allies Navies or Merchant Marine.

Love you Aussies too! North Africa, jungles of the Pacific, Viet Nam, all warriors! And I served with your fine troops in Afghanistan.

My dads boat was stationed in Freemantle in 44-45.

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you!

All the Japanese subs were meant to be used for was scouting for the main fleet!!!!!! In 1942, when Intel was close to even between the two nations, the Japanese well and truly outplayed the US Subs sinking a lot US ships vs Japanese ships. After 1943, the US had better torpedoes and better intel (right spot and right time all time from intercepting and decrypting Japanese fleet code JN-25D) and starting hitting warships especially late 1943. In 1944, the Americans employed ASW Hunter killer groups that decimated the IJN subs in April and May around Truk and Marianas as the Japanese patrol picket line of subs were eliminated one by one, usually by USS England. US only in March 1944, did they start targeting IJN 20 oil tankers, while also attacking IJN 80 or so destroyers that were left. Eliminating these meant IJN couldn't sortie at all as they lacked protection and /or have the legs to stand in a fight with the US. Japanese built 20 or so subs in 1944 for transporting supplies for bypassed garrisons while the used bigger and older I boats as a makeshift supply force for Guadalcanal and New Guinea with mixed and limited results. But after their one off missions of supplies, they return to missions of scouting the US Fleet. That US could manoeuvre their fleets away from these scouting subs using decrypted JN25 shouldn't be dismissed as easy as remark like "how to engage the enemy" and scouting "wasn't necessary".

Halsey should of been sacked.

It wasn't Halsey's job to guard Leyte. You research his orders and find out he did exactly what he was suppose to do. Halsey's 3rd Fleet didn't answer to MacArthur, his boss was Admiral Nimitz. Blame MacArthur for no direct communication between 3rd and 7th Fleets; he wanted it that way.

That was the battle of Leyte Gulf not Phillipine sea.

@@patrickmccrann991s. If I remember correctly, his orders were more along the line of, “protect the landing force unless you want to sink their carriers.” Feel free to correct me. And, I’ll do some research to see if I can read the actual orders. (My guess is that we would have sacrificed the whole landing force if it meant we got the carriers).

We're very glad to hear you enjoyed the video! We have a few World War II series that we've created (Santa Cruz, Midway, Philippine Sea, and V-J Day), so hope you'll check all of those out on our channel. We've really enjoyed making them. I am actually the narrator--my name is Laura Lawfer Orr, and I'm the Director of Education at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. Video narration isn't my job--just a fun thing to do while teaching naval history to the public! Thanks for watching!

The IJN used multiple codes in WWII.

Yep the subs had faulty torpedoes. Most of time.

Look at the battle of midway. The Japanese outgunned the US forces. Yet the US Navy scored a decisive hit on the Japanese navy advance.

All the navies in the world were profoundly influenced by the research and publications of Alfred Thayer Mahan.

Oh, I don't think so. The greatest naval war in world history and several of the greatest naval battles in world history. Extraordinary bravery and sacrifice on both sides. I think the names "King" and "Nimitz" will be remembered in American and world history for a long time.

Hello! It is COMSUBPAC now, and has been for a long time; you're very right. What we found is that the name seems to have changed during World War II. It was Submarine Command Pacific (SUBCOMPAC) for most of the war, and then changed to Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC) at the end of the war...just to be confusing for everyone! We used the lesser-known name for the command since that was correct at the time of the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

Good morning, you're right, it is COMSUBPAC now, and has been for a long time. The name seems to have changed during World War II. It was Submarine Command Pacific (SUBCOMPAC) for most of the war, and then changed to Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC) at the end of the war...just to be confusing for everyone! We used the lesser-known name for the command since that was correct at the time of the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

Hello! It is COMSUBPAC now, and has been for a long time. What we found is that the name seems to have changed during World War II. It was Submarine Command Pacific (SUBCOMPAC) for most of the war, and then changed to Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC) at the end of the war...just to be confusing for everyone! We used the lesser-known name for the command since that was correct at the time of the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

@@HRNavalMuseum Thanks for the tip!

Most of the Kamikaze attacks WERE coordinated attacks by large units, and in a number of cases, escorted by fighters to improve the chances that the bombing planes got through. And they were hugely damaging to the American fleet, although they did not succeed in causing the US fleet to withdraw or significantly modify it's plans to attack.