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my Dad was a WW2 vet..passed away in my arms peacefully..one of his favorite swear words was Hells Bells..first time i heard it i was smitten and asked him where he got that expression..looked at me and shrugged with a look faraway expression..never knew..but i still say that when i have to swear...and yes, many a folk ask me where i heard that...miiss you Dad..greatest generation all at peace now..

3:25 Great shot of Dick O'Kane who was Mush's exec but was reassigned prior to Wahoo's last patrol. O'Kane was given the Tang and amassed a terrific record until a circular run sunk the Tang and sent O'kane to a POW cam. O'Kane survived the war and retired as a two button. He is also a MOH recipient.

The Sea Dog (SS401) was our reserve sub div 1-11 boat in 1966-1972. I took my enlistment oath on her quarterdeck in April 1966.

The mission both avenged the USS Wahoo while testing and establishing technology that is still in use today. The Wahoo was famous for it's one submarine Wolfpack rampage and this mission kept that Spirit going. The fact that American submariners felt subdued empathy towards Japanese submarines adds a sobering element to it all.

The mission wasn't a waste. No one had any knowledge that the 2 atomic bombs were going to be used just 2 weeks later. And remember, Japan was just refusing to surrender. They were preparing to fight to the death on the home islands. Lockwood did the right thing and brought the fight to the enemy's backyard making them think even more. You dont take your foot off the accelerator until you are across the finish line

One old story onboard the Wahoo was the use of a lazy susan with small models of ships on top. It was used to get an accurate picture of what O'Kane viewed through the scope. Looking at the view of the target ship in the scope he would give instructions to turn the lazy susan to match the track of the enemy ship. I think it was called " the angle on the bow". Info collected was entered into the TDC . When the proper firing solution was attained it gave an ok to fire.

Geeez!Passing through those compact anchored minefields,even with a flimsy Fm detector requires balls of tungsten and courage above description.We don't get men like those anymore.May we always be motivated in peacetime by what these men achieved and endured!Best regards from Spain.

Cannot even imagine how many ships he would have sunk had the torpedoes not been so defective.

a miraculous tale indeed. is it me or does hidden history have the most high quality photos of all history creators? A true masterclass of production thank you sir!

Dudley "Mush" Morton probably did more to win the war in the Pacific than any other individual. Not just by sinking Japanese ships (some sources now give Wahoo credit for 21 sinkings instead of 19), but by teaching American submarines how to fight. Morton was fearless, and his bravery caught on. He taught submariners to actively seek out and pursue the enemy. It will always be a mystery why Wahoo tried to transit the La Perouse Strait in daylight instead of waiting until night to make the passage,

Wow' it would take unbelievable guts to penetrate a major minefield while under water. One would be risking one's life and the lives of one's crew on the efficacy of a new technology. If something went wrong with the mine detection system it would be a case of good night for everyone on board. The fact that these guys had to traverse these minefields both going and going out of the combat area exemplifies a devotion to duty of the highest order. Their nerves must have been stretched as tight as bowstrings. Talk about balls!

You forgot the broom…. Attached to the periscope. On that third patrol.

Great video. Very well organized to bring together may details. 👍

I have to disagree, it's easy to look into the past and play Monday morning quarterback. However, the use of atomic bombs should be completely discounted. The atomic missions, and indeed the atomic bomb itself, were highly classified and decisions had to be made without that knowledge! By running amok in the Sea of Japan it would convince the leadership of Japan that they surrounded and it was time to ring down the curtain. The submarine crews did their duty and did it well!

Dudley Morton was definitely the best submarine skipper until his XO Richard O'kane carried on his legacy and became the best period by using Morton's playbook. Morton may not qualify for the "best", but he will always be known as the groundbreaker, taking a sub from a tool of observation to the silent killer we know today, and showed Okane how to get it done. One of his best credits is being the best in his time and training the best for the next!!! Cheers for Dudley Morton and Richard O'kane

One of your best videos,HIDDEN HISTORY.Thank you brother..

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Prior to the Hellcats' mission, Japan had been able to use the Sea of Japan with near impunity, due to mining the straits into the sea. The Hellcats ended that security. As for, was it necessary questions, Nimitz could not know when would surrender (the same is true of the atomic bombings). BTW, the I-122 was a very old (as submarines went), not very potent, boat, and boats of that class were being used for training.

The Manhattan project was one of our most closely guarded secrets. Adm Lockwood, could not have known of it. To most of the forces in the Pacific, they were preparing to invade the Japanese home islands. So any targets that would make that job easier would have most likely been green lighted. It's unfortunate the later writers don't put thenselves intothe timeframe of the action but rather, devolve into armchair quarterbacking with the benefit of hindsight.

EXCELLENT WORK

Excellent stuff bro

Great video

Little did we know August would be good.

I call that un-warranted risk. Lockwood erred!

Ned Beach was the best authority on US submarine operations in WW2. Morton was controversial but very effective, he also was an excellent instructor for other captains.

God rest their souls,crew of the wahoo forever

The thing is that they did not know about the atomic bombs when they planned Operation Barney. It would have been important if the war had not ended. It would have caused the Japanese to have to increase anti-submarine patrols in the Sea of Japan

My father served on the USS Flying Fish/ss229 post World War II.

I love it when historians re-write history. How was the admiral to know about the super-secret manhattan project, and all it entailed? But armchair historians who weren't there can always find fault. Anyway, Enjoyed this presentation. Nicely done.

Due to conditions of special advantage I have decided to take this boat to the Bungo Straights. OK people, name THAT movie LOL..........

Hind sight is always 20 / 20. No one knew the A-Bomb excised.

Though daring and successful, at that stage of of the Pacific war the loss of Bonefish was not worth the mission. No sympathy for the Soviet ship sunk, though. The Soviets remained neutral towards Japan, and only declared war when they had an opportunity to grab some northern islands from Japan.

The Wahoo never sank the Destroyer of Guinea, while she did indeed torpedo the Destroyer IJN Harusame it was able to beach and be repaired. She also never sank a Seaplane Tender she spotted and fired at IJN Chiyoda before Morton took command but those torpedoes failed to hit.

Hind sight shows the Nukes weren't necessary either as the interruption of critical supplies were the death knoll anyway. "No plan survives 1st contact with the enemy." 3 gives a better survivability rate. Knowing that the mines everywhere were useless caused a dramatic shift in security. The devastation only exemplified the weakness. One night, in their secure bunker, and they are devastated. The Zero was getting phased out by obsolescence, their pilots had minimal training. Leadership was being cancelled as quickly as possible, and deep homeland cities were decimated by twin engined bombers with with no fuel left to return home, indicated as much courage as all Japanese warriors.

Fm. No static at all

It is criminal that the torpedos were given to these skippers. I hope to hell the men responsible faced consequences.

I like how a book author thinks they can cast judgement on decisions made in the process of fighting a war without the benefit of hind sight. I bet if that author could speak to the captain of the Wahoo today he would say he'd do it all again.

Anyone criticizing this mission is benefiting From books and websites containing what I like to call history. Take away their knowledge of how the end of the war and they would be silent. What we know today about the end of the war only few knew it was possible. Truman did not know about the Manhattan Project until FDR died and he was briefed in. Note I said possible. We had the components for one more bomb. If Japan had not surrendered after the second or third bomb we would have invaded. The ships sunk on this mission were beyond critical to the Japanese war effort. Japan then and today cannot feed itself. These ships would have continued bringing food and war materials to Japan until they were sunk.

Minor correction: USS Cravalle was pronounced "cruh-VAL-lee", not "cruh-VALL". The Navy had a weird obsession about not using the 'correct' pronunciation of foreign names when naming their ships, so all had Americanized pronunciation. Cruh-VAL-lee was a buh-LAY-oh class sub, not to be confused with the GAY-toe class.

Was the Doolittle raid worth the risk?

You cant backwards look to evaluate the worth of this mission. No one in the military knew about atomic weapons etc etc. At the time they did this and with the knowledge they possessed, it was of value.

Brave men.

Deserved!

Hard to watch with the constant logo do don't know how it ended Enough was enough

Has the Bonefish been found?

The war did NOT end weeks later after the two atomic bombs were dropped. That is incorrect. Nagasaki was bombed on August 9th and Japan officially surrendered on August 15th.

Where is la peru strait? I see Korea strait and Tsushima strait.

It is easy for Suskin to sit in his armchair in 2010 and say woulda coulda shoulda. The A-bomb project was not known to Lockwood or the sub command. Bringing the fight to the enemy was the correct decision.

You didn't honor Muss Morton!

What do you mean it took down the ships that were transferring materials to Japan. And force the Japanese to increase anti submarine activities within an area that before then they considered their personal sea. How many submarines benefited from this? The reduction of support away from that Sea.

Hindsight for those who have never served, find it is easy to mock those who do and have. Is this Peter Susskind the GERMAN writer? Interesting for the old foes to mock bravery so many years after the fact..

I hope that us Earthlings, humans on this planet can learn a lot of our past conflicts i.e., rebellions, civil wars, world wars as well as struggles vs microbes and viruses. It's just 1X of the mind-boggling queries in my mind about 'em organic population reducing means in this planet: Is it just 1X of our Almighty Creator's over-population counter-measure means in order for us not to be 'eating each other' before finding another hospitable nearby planet to go to before our solar system's demise🤔 🌞

I can’t watch videos with text crawling all over it.

USA USA USA

What? No mention of the home movie footage of Wahoo's officers shooting helpless, floating Japanese survivors with tommy guns? I saw this color footage on TV many years ago. Funny how some things disappear over time.

GUBBIMENT, NOT Japanese at fault for mark 14 CRAP torpedo,,,

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Your name on the middle reduces my respect for this channel and those who make it!

I stopped the video when you were stating the opinion of someone in 2010 who doesn't even register in 1945. Having full knowledge of the end of the war is not something they had at the time. Extreme few even knew about the atomic bomb. It was ignorant to even doubt a person living it live at the time.

Narrator, your voice raised inappropriately. Admiral Lockwood was not informed in advance of Atomic bombs. Few were. Armchair critics weren't there either..

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This video could have been great if it weren't for your annoying and distracting "Criticalpast" watermark. It's not like you own the copyright to the video clips, so it is totally unnecessary. That earned you a thumbs down, and I won't be subscribing until you loose the watermark!

what's up with the shouting and raising voice. It adds nothing to the narrative and makes listening antagonistic. Sounds like a childish tantrum.

the text is good, content interesting, but what you are doing to your voice is bad. It's like you're the awful tenor trying always to show off that you can shout a high C or compete with Tebaldi. You're putting stress on your voice/ vocal cords. Go listen to classic radio shows, narratives... and you'll hear how easy and sustained narrative can be. It comes from training, from vocal technique and proper breathing technique. A voice is an instrument, no different from flute or violin, piano and you can abuse it or learn good technique to maximize your natural abilities. You have a good voice, but the stress you put on it is bad. The content and text is good, but with you do to your voice is bad and can cause too much stress and fatigue. take proper theater or opera training. Hannity and Ingraham can do the total outrage machine, but there's never any stress on their voices. Never. It's just very controlled no stress voice technique -- melodrama. Go learn good voice technique. If nothing else in respect for your content.

Oooh nerve jangles

I want the MRK 1 mod 0 crystal ball all these Monday morning quarterbacks stare at. The mission is executed with the best Intel, intentions and greatest probability of success. The rear view mirror of history is not always the most accurate depiction of what just passed.

Btw, it's pronounced 'way-who', know your fish. (subs at the time were named for fish)