Crash Diving! Submarines and U-Boats

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10 ай бұрын

An overview of "Crash Diving" performed by submarines during WW2
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Movies/Games Featured:
Das Boot 1981
Operation Pacific 1951
U571 (2000)
1941 (1979)
We Dive at Dawn 1943
Greyhound 2020
Uboat (Video Game)
Crash Dive 1943
Down Periscope 1996
#ww2 #navy #uboat

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@KevinSmith-yh6tl 10 ай бұрын

I have a Conure (small parrot) at home. Every time someone on the vid yelled ALARM! she started shrieking. Does that mean she might be a reencarnated kriegsmarine Submariner? WOW, HOW COOL IS THAT?

@krixpop 10 ай бұрын

... or maybe your Parrot thinks his tyrant owner is about to be ******, and he is shrieking with excitement for his potential FREEDOM !!!!

@liamwartz 10 ай бұрын

*casually sleeping*... "ALLLLLLARM!!!!"

@SilliamWilliam-xb7sl 10 ай бұрын

She's a retired submarineer

@KevinSmith-yh6tl 10 ай бұрын

@@SilliamWilliam-xb7sl She might be! 😄

@muhammads.a.m4727 10 ай бұрын

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@untransigent8825 10 ай бұрын

Come for the info, stay for the dad jokes.

@antennastoheaven 10 ай бұрын

Came for the info, stayed for “Aaaaaaaalright, I’m Johnny”.

@Zendria 10 ай бұрын

Both. Both is good

@SilliamWilliam-xb7sl 10 ай бұрын

Our motto

@muhammads.a.m4727 10 ай бұрын

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@Cyberleader135 10 ай бұрын

A great example of why you shut down the diesels was the Chinese Submarine No.361 which had its entire crew killed when a malfunction prevented the engine from shutting off. It literally used up all the oxygen in a matter of seconds. The submarine drifted for days before being recovered. The crew was all found dead at their stations, it happened that fast.

@vincentking9980 10 ай бұрын

😟 Crikey.. some years ago I met a former R.A.N. Submariner, and he still had PTSD..

@wcsd9577 10 ай бұрын

My grandfather served on a submarine during WWII, the USS Gurnard, and told us about getting depth charged, having the diving planes get stuck and nearly surfacing during battle, sneaking into Tokyo Bay behind enemy ships, etc... It's no wonder the death rate was 20%, and after hearing the stories I'm surprised it wasn't even higher.

@bojanivanisevic1072 10 ай бұрын

That's a high casualty rate and it must be a terrible way to die, german submarine crews had an even worse casualty rate of 75%, it was the most dangerous job in all of their armed forces. Sitting in a metal can and hoping the depth charges miss so you don't get crushed and drown miserably, no thanks.

@kellychuang8373 10 ай бұрын

@@bojanivanisevic1072 That is really hard to imagine and horrific for sure.

@connormclernon26 Ай бұрын

@@kellychuang8373the only mercy is that if you hit crush depth, you won’t even feel it

@NTAD 10 ай бұрын

To this day Down Periscope is still one of the funniest military themed movies ever. And Lauren Holly was absolutely smokin' 🔥

@cameronnewton7053 10 ай бұрын

I haven't seen it in a long time but the "I think someone dropped their change" scene is always funny.

@wiseguy3696 10 ай бұрын

Most accurate Navy movie

@madghost4286 10 ай бұрын

As always the dad jokes are on point.

@AndrewDederer 10 ай бұрын

Fastest divers were German type VII and British U-class, about 30 seconds to get under. Larger boats (type XI, Gato, S-Class, I-Class) took about a minute. On a U-boat, the FIRST man down the ladder tripped the alarm (on Allied boats it was generally the last man down). One problem with diving at full rotations, it made it fairly easy for a "Fido" torpedo to hear the sub (and thus track on it), one reason for all the secrecy about the weapon (which was quite successful).

@LudicrousLabRat 10 ай бұрын

Your day is made when Johnny drops a new video to watch

@kellychuang8373 10 ай бұрын

That's good and also for some other topics he can look to make well there are many but you can suggest him about the DSHK machine gun, that landmine click, Chinook, A1 Cobra helicopter, the Apache Helicopter and B-52 bomber to name a few. Maybe throw in the bouncing Betty landmine or S-Mine if there is one.

@nursestoyland 10 ай бұрын

@@kellychuang8373adding on, the Kar98, M50 Reising, Liberator pistol, Desert Eagle, L85, any MiG, heck, maybe even the Fletcher class destroyer or Spruance class frigate

@muhammads.a.m4727 10 ай бұрын

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@garfieldsmith332 10 ай бұрын

Das Boat is the ultimate submarine movie.

@awldune 10 ай бұрын

If you remember one thing from watching Das Boot, you will remember "ALARM!!!"

@davydatwood3158 10 ай бұрын

Most modern navies still operate mostly diesel subs; granted they have to surface a lot less thanks to all kinds of fun tech, and rely on snorkels a lot, but they still have to get air for the engines on a regular basis. Also, congrats on pronouncing Das Boot correctly!

@themanformerlyknownascomme777 4 ай бұрын

as well, to my knowledge, most navies still make an effort to practice crash dives and do drills on a somewhat regular basis.

@ideadlift20kg83 10 ай бұрын

I employ german uboat captains to stand beside my bed and scream ALAAAAAAAAAARM!!!!! When it is time to wake up.

@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078 10 ай бұрын

I knew the first scene would be "ALARM" from Das Boot prior to clicking on the video :D

@JeffBilkins 8 ай бұрын

That screaming ALARM! and dudes and seawater dropping down from the tower is so iconic.

@doggonemess1 10 ай бұрын

I love the guy in Das Boot that does a forward roll through the hatch and then lands in a ball on the other crew members. That cracks me up every time.

@el_spicerbeasto 10 ай бұрын

This movie is one of my favorites!

@bigblue6917 10 ай бұрын

In the early part of the war German U-Boats took about two minutes to dive as pre war doctrine led them to believe they did not think the would be operating under threat of air attack. So when the British started using aircraft capable of catching them on the surface in the Bay of Biscay or the Atlantic this led to the loss and damage of a number of U-Boats.

@stadtbekanntertunichtgut 10 ай бұрын

Das Boot is one of the best German films I ever saw and I'm German I saw a lot of German films!

@Russo-Delenda-Est 10 ай бұрын

Another great video.👍 I'm not sure if you've done it yet, but rifle grenades might make for an interesting topic.

@callsigntonks4029 10 ай бұрын

Ayy maybe first but keep up the good content johnny :) (could you do a video on the a4 skyhawk pls?)

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 10 ай бұрын

I put it on my list for you I promise!

@callsigntonks4029 10 ай бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsqThanks :)

@michaelandreipalon359 10 ай бұрын

Come for the crash dives, stay for the sub-launched drone concepts (which should be given fictional awesomeness) and the hope that submarine launched missiles may be a future topic... might expect to see some Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - 2nd GIG clips if that comes to pass.

@jackw8338 10 ай бұрын

Hey Johnny, there's an anime called 'Black Lagoon' which has a few episodes focused on a German U-boat and it's crew. Thought you may be interested in how an anime studio portrays this subject matter. (The animation is really good).

@Sion_Revan 10 ай бұрын

Season 1, episode 5 Die Rückkehr des Adlers

@rundownthriftstore 10 ай бұрын

The thumbnail is from the game U-Boat, which I highly recommend!

@michaelandreipalon359 10 ай бұрын

Am more of a Silent Hunter III person, however.

@rundownthriftstore 10 ай бұрын

@@michaelandreipalon359 I’ve never played that! At first glance it seems a little antiquated, would you say it still holds up? I’ve tried cold waters but I can’t get the hang of it

@michaelandreipalon359 10 ай бұрын

@@rundownthriftstore Can say that it and SH 4+Wolves of the Pacific have aged better compared to SH 1 and 2. Go ahead if you want, they're mostly cheap.

@yveaux500 10 ай бұрын

Das Boot; one of the truly best WW2 movies ever. It is a shame that it so underrated and that most WW2 movie top 5's list absolute garbage like 'Dunkirk' and 'Inglourious Basterds'.

@froginthewaves8450 10 ай бұрын

AWESOME VIDEO!

@rundownthriftstore 10 ай бұрын

In WWII the Germans designed a prototype helicopter/drone for u-boats. They would tie a guy on a rope to the hull, strap him to a rudimentary helicopter/kite, and send him up in the air. This greatly improved the sight range of the boat, but the kite man was SOL if the boat came under aerial attack and had to dive

@guespiere 10 ай бұрын

johnny has covered those if I'm not mistaken! :D

@fireman257 10 ай бұрын

@@guespiere Correct! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fsB7lJtyz7PJpqs.html

@rundownthriftstore 10 ай бұрын

@@guespiere to be honest I probably learned about it from him 😂

@KevinSmith-yh6tl 10 ай бұрын

@@guespiere Yep

@muhammads.a.m4727 10 ай бұрын

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@Riceball01 10 ай бұрын

The thing about WWI & WWII subs was that they were more like submersible or semi-submersible ships more than what we'd now consider a proper submarine. They generally travelled faster on the surface because their hull design was more like that of a surface ship than something meant to travel underwater. Eventually the albacore hull shape led to greatly improved underwater handling and improvements in diesel/electric theology along with nuclear power mean that subs could now spend more time underwater with nuclear powered subs spending most of their time underwater surfacing only to enter and leave port.

@MayumiC-chan9377 10 ай бұрын

my husband took me to see the Bullfin in Pearl Harbor 5 years ago and it’s an amazing WW2 era submarine

@bobmetcalfe9640 10 ай бұрын

Snorkels - or snorkelling was also very noisy. Obviously there were the diesel engines running which could be picked up on hydrophones, but if my memory serves the actual transfer of air was also reasonably noisy.

@JGCR59 10 ай бұрын

The one thing about the movie Das Boot that still is amazing is that the onboard communication is spot on. They didn't script write for dramatics but just stuck to what the commands and responses would have been.

@mbr5742 8 ай бұрын

The author did have real life WW2 experience in german subs. The war correspondent in the movie is basically "Buchheim" (the author)

@02Tony 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Johnny. You go to great depths in research for these videos.

@ebee-uz1oz 10 ай бұрын

I was always wondering why everyone headed to the bow of a submarine.

@garfieldsmith332 10 ай бұрын

They headed to the bow, and bowed to the head.

@SpitfireCGI 10 ай бұрын

Another great vid Johnny ,about the war beneath the waves !

@marpintado 10 ай бұрын

Tank you Johnny! More movies to explore!

@stevethomas760 10 ай бұрын

Johnny, continued solid work. Thanks

@GrahamWKidd 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video Johnny. Love this one.

@dankoz6340 10 ай бұрын

I’m really liking your ending puns, very nice.

@AlexanderStudios450 10 ай бұрын

Can you do a video about the Austrians during WW1?

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 10 ай бұрын

Anything specific you are looking for? That's a big request lol

@AlexanderStudios450 10 ай бұрын

Maybe the rifle they used?

@hugeot1182 10 ай бұрын

Kokoda or Tobruk? @@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

@eamonnclabby7067 10 ай бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsqLederhosen.....or maybe deciding which regime to back ...

@yveaux500 10 ай бұрын

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Yeah that last one :)

@geordiedog1749 10 ай бұрын

Italian subs were very poor at crash dive times. Not because of training but because of the subs design. Cost them a lot of subs.

@wiktorberski9272 10 ай бұрын

I have read a book written by Bolesław Romanowski, a WWII-era submarine commander. During patrol, they had an accident during a regular diving procedure. The electric engine was active, and the diesel engine too, which almost resulted in a fatal (for the whole crew) accident

@derrickstorm6976 10 ай бұрын

Could you give some details too?

@firstcynic92 10 ай бұрын

How about the opposite? Subs breaching the surface like in Hunt for Red October.

@tonnywildweasel8138 10 ай бұрын

Good info 👍 Thanks!

@itsjohndell 10 ай бұрын

Love ya for adding in Holl E. Wood from 1941. I love that movie. If you get the DVD the Commentary which i usually dis miss is the best, especially the John Wayne Story!

@bolnol 10 ай бұрын

22 seconds ago lol also could you do a vid on the f 86 Sabre also first

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 10 ай бұрын

Yes that will be a fun one for me!

@bolnol 10 ай бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsqthank you!

@jehoiakimelidoronila5450 8 ай бұрын

Das boot is the most historically accurate ww2 Submarine film by far

@mbr5742 8 ай бұрын

The author did travel on WW2 german subs as a war correspondent

@leoperidot482 10 ай бұрын

Heres some other submarine movies that were overlooked; DESTINATION TOKYO. HELLCATS OF THE NAVY. OPERATION PETTICOAT. RUN SILENT RUN DEEP. SUBMARINE COMMAND. TORPEDO RUN. UP PERISCOPE.

@Sn4fu 10 ай бұрын

amazing channel, Looove this stuff! very interesting, I need to watch a submarine movie now.

@waverly2468 10 ай бұрын

I finally learned the meaning of the "pressure hull", which is the part of the sub that is subject to the water pressure. The ballast tanks in WW2 subs surround the pressure hull and are open at the bottom so they don't feel any pressure. The David Duchovny movie "Phantom" (2013) was filmed inside a real sub. The use of newer LED lighting inside the sub made that possible.

@fazole 10 ай бұрын

I started studying German because of this film! Ich verlange ein Bericht! Wir sind undicht! "I demand a report! We're not water tight (leaking)"! 😅

@jasonstanley7326 10 ай бұрын

Johnny plays Uboat! Cool 😎

@Spoons__ 10 ай бұрын

God I love this channel

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 10 ай бұрын

😌❤️

@eamonnclabby7067 10 ай бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq.....certainly very😊😊 approving

@jamieolberding7731 10 ай бұрын

Johnny Johnson 180K subscribers Nice! BTW... could you please upload more epic action packed scenes from some of my favorite fictional War Movies such as "War of The Worlds: Goliath" (2012) and even some action battle scenes from some of my favorite War anime such as Macross, Submarine Super 99 (which has excellent fictional sub on sub action that will leave you on the edge of your seat!), and even the Space Battleship Yamato franchise (which is literally World War 2 combat, but in space)?

@treysmith8917 10 ай бұрын

You should do a video on the rubber coating on some Uboats

@kylesievers5034 10 ай бұрын

Did the DAS BOOT alarm yell the second one sounds very familiar, idk if it’s the same one as in the silent hunter u-boat game along with the u-boat game series

@Vytautas4Xfiles 10 ай бұрын

Oh those puns at the end ^^

@patriotenfield3276 10 ай бұрын

Remembering the sinking of PNS Ghazi in the 1971 Indo Pak war.

@fazole 10 ай бұрын

As a kid in the early 80s I visted a Dutch sub in hot Florida. They were still sailing old US Guppy conversion Gato or Balao boats! I still remember the sweat stink and a crew member gave me a piece of awful salty taffy. I guess they used it to replenish themselves from sweating.

@PlutoTheSynth 10 ай бұрын

i love the puns at the end

@nurglessohn9234 10 ай бұрын

A lot of sailors were also lost, during crash dives. Simply being left behind on the surface, by their own boat.

@Gojiro7 10 ай бұрын

Johnny, just how many war movies have you watched to give you this wealth of reference material?

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 10 ай бұрын

Alot haha. My dad started me young.

@Gojiro7 10 ай бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq well i'm sure he'd be proud that time bonding over them lead to something useful :3

@Chiller11 10 ай бұрын

I was Alarmed when I fired my rocket just above the surface. Sorry, that was the best I could come up with. Hope the algorithm likes it even if no one else does.

@danzmitrovich6250 10 ай бұрын

Some submarine forces still do crash diving drills

@rolfagten857 10 ай бұрын

The Das Boot series (3 seasons) is also a gem John!

@sidneysun5217 10 ай бұрын

ah das boot, love the film

@HATECELL 10 ай бұрын

That dangling lamp in the officer's room in "das Boot" always gets me

@johnchrysostomon6284 10 ай бұрын

Though not a dive, but a fast way to the surface I'm surprised you didn't use a scene from "The Hunt For Red October"

@calvins4940 10 ай бұрын

Dive to survive

@eamonnclabby7067 10 ай бұрын

A brave effort...however ,totally biased against our former enemies ,still don't like seeing the U boat here in Birkenhead...Coastal Command, and the RCAF and USAF, got on top of the U boat menace In the present day ...pleased to see NATO is what it says on the tin/ sub...ps the Western Approaches Museum here in Liverpool is a must see...just saying...cheers, Johnny...😊😊😊..E

@leestewart72 9 ай бұрын

Did the Germans ever think about building a decoy u-boat designed not to sink ships, but to shoot down planes? Sort of like Q-ships, but for use against enemy aircraft. Give it an armored tower and deck, and outfit it with several 37mm guns to shoot down patrol craft looking for u-boats to sink.

@chrisburr999 9 ай бұрын

Probably for about 2 minutes. The resources and manpower for a submarine vs a plane would require them to down planes at a unrealistic rate to break even. The allies could (and did) put out more planes than they could hope to soak up. The did up-gun their subs for a while with the idea it was better to fight it out with the planes on the surface, but that didn't work out either. The channel WWII Bombers covers this as well as crash-diving tactics, etc. Highly recommended. See kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bNZ9YMZpprmsdqM.html for example.

@user-lw5yu3wm8g 23 күн бұрын

What was that first movie named

@mattperson7293 10 ай бұрын

The modern Das Boot sequel tv series was pretty good, worth a watch. The opening sequence was interesting enough at the very least in this respect.

@mbryson2899 10 ай бұрын

I was always struck by the differences in crush depth between US and German submarines. German boats often refer to 600'-700', while US accounts usually cite 300' as the safe dive depth. Propaganda? Wartime secrecy? Facts? I have no idea.

@bongodrumzz 10 ай бұрын

German U-boats actually show that as 60-70 metres, not feet. So in comparison there's not much difference and therefore not much propaganda. U-boats were not designed initially for ocean going deployments, trolling round the North Sea and the Baltic were the original design criteria, later when type VII boats came online the depths were increased but still with a healthy safety margin. Meanwhile US boats were using Royal Navy tech to increase their operating depths and ranges, not forgetting the shnorkel, a german idea that came along very late in the war for use on U-boats.

@mbryson2899 10 ай бұрын

@@bongodrumzz 60-70 meters??!! Not in the films I've seen or books I've read. For example, in "Das Boot" (the movie) 165 meters is the maximum safe depth displayed, 260 meters is the end of the line on the gauge.

@davydatwood3158 10 ай бұрын

@@mbryson2899 For a lot of equipment, the "last marking on the gauge" is usually more aspirational than a true indicator of the design limit. Especially for something like an analog pressure sensor, which was almost certainly fabricated by going "okay, how far does this needle move as we drop the sensor 10m into the water? Okay, mark the gauge for that and make the last number whatever fits." As to the disparity - I don't have access to any reliable numbers but it's worth noting that the Germans had both a lot more practice in pushing submarines to the limits, and a lot more *reason* to . Allied submarines in either theatre rarely faced the kind of intensive sub hunting that UBoots had to endure. So I'm willing to believe that USN policy included a serious safety margin whilst KM policy shaved that down, both from neccessity and experience.

@Lord.Kiltridge 10 ай бұрын

Well done JJ. I know you know, this is just for the algorithm. .

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 10 ай бұрын

You're a damn good man 🙏

@mikeelder6298 9 ай бұрын

I want to have an aquarium with a model u-boat broken up on the bottom of the aquarium.

@dcr66 10 ай бұрын

What movie was the scene the US sub attacking a Japanese Q-Ship? Also the movie that seems to be taking place on board an IJN submarine?

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 10 ай бұрын

The title of the film is always in the top left corner and again in video description

@Thirdbase9 10 ай бұрын

No Operation Petticoat? I'm disappointed.

@warpartyattheoutpost4987 10 ай бұрын

"Trim party"...

@admiralkosovothefirst 10 ай бұрын

ALARM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@leecrt967 10 ай бұрын

"We build them good in Germany, eh Heinie?"

@leecrt967 10 ай бұрын

Oh, no no NO! How could you overlook "The Enemy Below" with Robert Mitchum and Curt Jergens as the U-Boat commander? "Ze Bottom...!"

@christophersnyder1532 10 ай бұрын

Remember, keep all comments, and replies, nautical, but nice. Take care, and all the best.

@roberthitchman 10 ай бұрын

I’m surprised you didn’t show the movies “The Enemy Below” starring Robert Mitchum and Curt Jergens and “Run Silent Run Deep” starring Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster. Just sayin. 😊

@ZombieSlayer-dj3wb 10 ай бұрын

Quite alarming ha

@eamonnclabby7067 10 ай бұрын

Seconded

@Napswhilewatchin 10 ай бұрын

ALARM! ALARM!

@starguard4122 2 ай бұрын

At 4:00 I'll bet that babe is the Richest person on board that sub!

@hunk8562 10 ай бұрын

ALARRRRRRM

@scootergeorge7089 9 ай бұрын

"Submarines and U-Boats," are they different? 🤣

@luigidisanpietro3720 10 ай бұрын

Whenever there is an advertisement, I promise to watch it in full in order to support your channel.... Good work as always.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 10 ай бұрын

That's very kind. Us smaller channels don't make big bucks. 🙏

@ryanthered2060 10 ай бұрын

Make another video about a gun

@BrickDaniels-qu7bz 10 ай бұрын

Ha. Alaaarrrmm!

@EDKguy 9 ай бұрын

Das Goot

@jamesmaythearsonist 10 ай бұрын

In the desc, you called "1941" "1942"

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 10 ай бұрын

Oops! Thank ya

@user-lm2cu3mc9k 10 ай бұрын

I have a video idea. I was watching Monuments Men and realized it's never been explained to me why jeeps (and other vehicles) are always depicted driving with their windshield down. I think I've seen them like that on MASH and other media but don't know why they wouldn't want the protection. Were jeep wipers that bad?

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 10 ай бұрын

Quarky idea! I like it. I'll see what I can do!

@harveywallbanger3123 10 ай бұрын

The wiper blades used rubber, a war critical material, and thus nobody got any replacements after the initial ones got worn out, so the windshield was always filthy. The glass was also non-tempered and tended to crack from one end to the other every time the Jeep hit a pothole. Unless you were getting pelted in the face with rain or gravel it was easier to keep it down.

@paladinsix9285 10 ай бұрын

Glare. Sunlight reflecting off the glass can be detected miles away, just using the "Mk 1" eyeball. Dozen miles with binoculars or other optics. Often the windshield is concealed with a canvas cover when down. We would cover the headlights and rear view mirrors with burlap. Tape over the reflectors and turn signal lights. That was in the 1980's, when I was a Cavalry Scout, using M151A2 quarter-ton trucks (the "Mutt" or "modern" jeep 1960's through 90's).