USS West Virginia - Guide 102

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USS West Virginia, a Colorado class battleship of the United States Navy, is today's subject.
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@korbell1089 4 жыл бұрын

West Virginia: "Hey Japan, remember when you sank me?...Well I"m baack!"

@sombertownds149 3 жыл бұрын

Honnny imm baaaackkk

@christianjohnson9190 3 жыл бұрын

West Virginia: HELLO BOYS IM BACCCKKKK

@asedecraft 3 жыл бұрын

west Virginia : my death was... greatly exaggerated

@rudrakshmishra2761 3 жыл бұрын

japan meanwhile : ofc not this again

@Fullchristainname Жыл бұрын

West Virginia was like the killer in a slasher film; it just won’t stay down.

@slabo9035 5 жыл бұрын

The ship didn’t have guns, it had large, cylindrical speakers blasting country roads at the enemies.

@paulcole6481 5 жыл бұрын

Lol 😂

@prjndigo 5 жыл бұрын

Old Towne Load

@paulspahn4529 4 жыл бұрын

For once I'm actually disappointed that he did not play this at the beginning of the video

@ErdenizS 4 жыл бұрын

I came here to find a comment like this, and I'm leaving satisfied! :P

@hypedpanther6464 3 жыл бұрын

@@paulspahn4529 As a mountaineer (A native West Virginian, for the uncultured) i would prefer if he used "The West Virginia Hills" or "West Virginia, My Sweet Home". Both are and have been state anthems.

@mattblom3990 5 жыл бұрын

The Battle of Surigoa Straight is really epic. A Japanese fleet steams up towards the repaired and refloated battleships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbour and those ships get their final revenge.

@jamesberlo4298 4 жыл бұрын

How fitting is that !!!

@tonytrotta9322 4 жыл бұрын

Surigao Strait : The total shells fired per battleship: Appendix US Battleship Ammunition at Surigao Strait Ship Capacity Total On-Board AP HC Rounds Expended (all AP) West Virginia 800 375 200 175 93 Maryland 800 685 240 445 48 California 1200 318 240 78 63 Tennessee 1200 664 396 268 69 Mississippi 1200 744 201 543 12 Pennsylvania 1200 453 360 93 Did not fire Data from "Two Ocean War" by S.E. Morrison. The Cruisers fired well over 2000 rounds of 6 inch and 8 inch shells. U.S.S. Louisville fired 333 rounds of 8 inch shells.

@model-man7802 3 жыл бұрын

@@tonytrotta9322 yep,dad was on California and he told me 63 rounds in 16min.👍

@tonytrotta9322 3 жыл бұрын

@@model-man7802 Thank you to your dad for his service - a part of the greatest generation too! Those service men went through events that we will never have to go through. Take care!

@mrz80 3 жыл бұрын

Nishimura was, from all accounts, a gruff, unimaginative sort who wasn't much for making plans, believing he could just sort of bull through whatever came his way. Of course, not even the tactical genius of Ozawa or Yamamoto could've overcome the force imbalance toward which he was steaming. Some days you're the windshield, and some days you're the bug.

@captain0080 5 жыл бұрын

Trapped underwater knowing no one will save you is a horrible way to go, one cant even imagine the desperation those poor souls experienced.

@animal16365 5 жыл бұрын

I couldn't imagine being a Pearl Harbor for the weeks after the attack. Hearing the pounding coming from those ships and not being able to rescue the trapped sailors. To hear the pounding get less and less as time went on. It would drive me crazy with sadness and heartbreak

@TEHSTONEDPUMPKIN 5 жыл бұрын

It is terrible, if I remember correctly when USS Oklahoma was rolled over, and crew went in to prep the ship for being towed out to sea, the found a group of men locked in part of the ship and according the the calendar they left, they survived until December 23, 1941 EDIT: It was actually West Virginia. NOT Oklahoma.

@Cpt_Boony_Hat 5 жыл бұрын

Tyransorous I thought that story was from thr West Virginia not Oklahoma

@TEHSTONEDPUMPKIN 5 жыл бұрын

@@Cpt_Boony_Hat You're right, It was West Virginia. I remember hearing the story but for some reason I thought it was Oklahoma. But after looking it up yes it was West Virginia, A link to both Wikipedia which references it, and another source with slightly more detail. Really sad no one wanted to be on guard duty next to West Virginia because days/weeks after the attack they could still hear men banging on the hull trying to someones attention so they could rescue them, though there was nothing they could do to save them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)#Pearl_Harbor (Last paragraph before the "Repairs and Modernization" section) www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/pearl-harbor-16-days-to-die.html

@Johnnycdrums 5 жыл бұрын

@@TEHSTONEDPUMPKIN ; Poor bastards.

@klobiforpresident2254 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I too like having torpedo tubes to round out my AA armarnent.

@csours 5 жыл бұрын

Submersible float planes are a real killer

@typehere6689 5 жыл бұрын

If those "torpedoes" were actually missiles in a space fleet and not a blue water navy, then sure.

@klobiforpresident2254 5 жыл бұрын

@@typehere6689 No, just normal torpedoes. Not the Battlestar Galactica or BD Armory type. As noted above, it's to defeat submersible float planes.

@applecore4720 5 жыл бұрын

@@klobiforpresident2254 BD Armory ha

@typehere6689 5 жыл бұрын

I know that. Someone was mentioning torps as AA, and I only said that'd only work if the "torpedoes" in question are actually missiles used by a space fleet or something.

@milesff7 4 жыл бұрын

Doris Miller served aboard the West Virginia during the attack in Pearl Harbor. His efforts in the attack landed him a navy cross, and it was recently announced that CVN -81, the fourth Ford class carrier will bear his name!

@marckyle5895 Жыл бұрын

And CVN-80 will be christened 'USS Enterprise'. Maybe the folks in the Navy realized how much history they scrapped and are doing what they can.

@sheilatruax6172 Жыл бұрын

That's perfect! I have always found Mr. Miller's story fascinating. And, finally, we're getting a new Enterprise!!! Whoop, whoop, whoop!

@travissmith962 4 жыл бұрын

Love how she came back and was a decisive player on one of the only battleship brawls of WW2

@marckyle5895 Жыл бұрын

“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.” --- Obi-Wan Kenobi

@anarchyandempires5452 5 жыл бұрын

Japan: I sunk your battleship!!!! America:......I revive her and build 20 carriers!!!! Japan:....Wait...T.. that's not how the game work, you can't do that!!! America: no YOU can't do that, I can do whatever the hell I want.

@michaelnaisbitt1639 5 жыл бұрын

Big deal Japan you sunk and destroyed three battleships. But remember we sunk and destroyed your entire fleet. And laughed while we did so

@jacksonbowns1087 5 жыл бұрын

Japan: You can't! America: I just did!

@christosvoskresye 5 жыл бұрын

Yamamoto knew very well that could happen. Their only chance was what Americans call "shock and awe". They achieved the shock, but anger rather than awe.

@Robert53area 4 жыл бұрын

@@christosvoskresye true, Yamamoto was looking for a decisive victory, he need to destroy the carriers if he had beaten the carriers they could have lasted another year on rampage to bring in the oil and resources from Indonesia to build a fleet capable of going toe to toe. When he died, the old guard took back control and went back to the battleship mindset. Even their biggest carrier, was re purposed as a support carrier, to carry planes to other carriers. Japan just, didnt have the time or the industrial capacity to rage a war against the US. Pearl harbor should have been called off when the carriers were not sighted, and waited 3 more days for their return from midway, dropping off planes. They also should have hit the dry docks and fuel, would have had a long lasting effect, as the only ship not salvaged from pearl harbor was the arizona and the Monahan, i think

@Tank50us 4 жыл бұрын

@@Robert53area Arizona, Utah, and Oklahoma were the only ones we truly lost. The rest returned to action..... Eventually.

@sarjim4381 5 жыл бұрын

Because the battle damage to West Virginia was so extensive she wasn't recommissioned until September of 1944. As a result, she was fitted with the most modern radars available. A combination of her SO-13 and brand new SK-2 radars allowed her to detect the Japanese fleet sailing down the Surigao Strait at a distance of 34 miles against the clutter of the many small islands in the strait, long before the other vessels in the task force. When the Japanese came in range. the West Virginia, using her improved Mark 8 fire control radar combined with the SO-13 was able to fire her first salvo at almost 13 miles from her target, the Japanese battleship Yamashiro, scoring a direct hit with at least one round. It is reputed to be the longest hit by one ship against another in the dark during the entire war.The other two slightly longer range hits during the war both happned in daylight.

@SamsonCheung 5 жыл бұрын

That was sweet revenge for Pearl Harbor.

@sarjim4381 5 жыл бұрын

@@SamsonCheung Yes, all the Pearl Harbor battleships with the exception of Mississippi got a chance to get their licks in that day. She had the oldest fire control radar of the group and was unable to come up with a firing solution until seconds after Adm Olendorf ordered a ceasefire. Even though her single 12 gun salvo didn't hit anything, it was the last salvo ever fired at another battleship. Seems somehow fitting that this was the last battleship versus battleship fight in history.

@MrHSwager 5 жыл бұрын

My grandfather was on the team that installed the new electronics and radar. When he went to enlist after his cousin died in Guada Canal the war department tried to convince him that he was more valuable to the war effort not enlisting.

@bkjeong4302 5 жыл бұрын

She actually outshot the Iowas by some margin.

@mikebronicki6978 5 жыл бұрын

That is an impressive tale. But she hit the Yamashiro (from 13 miles, at night) with her *first* salvo! Hell yah!

@willrogers3793 5 жыл бұрын

If there is a club for US Battleships that have run aground in friendly waters, I’d like to think HMS Warspite was given an honorary membership. I mean, we liked Churchill so much we made him an honorary US citizen, so it would make a lot of sense.

@peterson7082 5 жыл бұрын

His mother hailed from Brooklyn... Making him immediately eligible for citizenship.

@luvr381 5 жыл бұрын

So tired of this wankers constant subtle jibes at the US.

@willrogers3793 5 жыл бұрын

Ender He makes constant subtle jibes at EVERYONE, his own country included. It’s called a “dry sense of humor”. You’re taking offense to non-existent insults.

@mithikx 5 жыл бұрын

Also named a DDG after him, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81).

@misterjag 5 жыл бұрын

US Navy ship naming controversies: news.usni.org/2013/04/23/twenty-six-us-navy-ship-naming-controversies

@doccyclopz 5 жыл бұрын

My favorite U.S. Battleships based on appearance alone. Those clipper bows looked amazing. It's too bad they weren't a hundred feet longer and 6 knots faster.

@peterson7082 5 жыл бұрын

27kn. turboelectric with clipper bow. Me likey.

@HaddaClu 2 жыл бұрын

I have to be honest I prefer the look of the Iowas, but the look of the rebuilt WV is just fantastic in my opinion. It looks like the Navy took a page out of the Brit's book on modernizing and stripped her of all the needless stuff - making her look solid and ready to lay down with the best of them.

@marckyle5895 Жыл бұрын

@@HaddaClu It was basically the South Dakota's superstructure and funnel. They wanted clear arcs of fire for all the new dakka-dakka.

@HaddaClu Жыл бұрын

@@marckyle5895 yup. I just meant that effectively all we did was hack off everything off of the hull minus the turrets and then just build new; which is what the Brits did with all of their major modernizations until they ran out of funds like that one QE - the name escapes me right now, but it basically still had it's WW1 superstructure due to lack of funding and was the least overhauled.

@CMDRFandragon 5 жыл бұрын

Wonder what went through the Japanese heads, besides 16 inch shells, when they saw a large number of the USN ships sunk at Pearl, back in action.

@ONECOUNT 5 жыл бұрын

It was momentary!

@spikespa5208 3 жыл бұрын

Probably didn't know exactly what was shooting at them. All they knew is that it was a hell of a lot of big guns.

@mrz80 3 жыл бұрын

@@spikespa5208 Yeah, it was like, "Today's vocabulary word is 'disparity'."

@fishingthelist4017 13 күн бұрын

@@spikespa5208they were probably saying "Who is shooting at us? We don't see any ships!"

@justinarchibald3857 5 жыл бұрын

Love the WeeVee Capt. Bennion from pearl harbor was buried near my home in Salt Lake City after receiving the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions at Pearl Harbor. I try and visit him on December 7th and got to this year. Love this episode. the West Virginia is one of the ships I absolutely think should have been saved as a war memorial. Sank at Pearl Harbor, resurrected into a bigger, meaner, tougher ship and had a vital role in the last battleship on battleship fight in history.

@justinarchibald3857 5 жыл бұрын

@Old Iron Nice. One thing about making it a museum ship is by the time it was removed from the list by the navy there were not a lot that could be done to take it on a trip all the way around south america to the east coast. This assuredly doomed any attempt to do so.

@justinarchibald3857 5 жыл бұрын

@Old Iron true I think Annapolis is the closest spot. Still makes me sad. But then I think most notable ships should be preserved. Of course looking at how USS Texas is rusting away that really isn't always feasible

@tykedurst 5 жыл бұрын

all i could think about while visiting is those poor people who got trapped in airtight bubbles inside the ship

@lynnwood7205 5 жыл бұрын

Justin Archibald: You are a good person for that.

@johnnash5118 4 жыл бұрын

@@justinarchibald3857 Portland, OR. would have been a good spot; after giving BB3, the USS Oregon (museum ship) back to the USN, who stripped her down to a floating hulk as an ammunition barge, stationed her in Guam for the duration of the Pacific war, then scrapped her remains... to Japan.

@toddwebb7521 3 жыл бұрын

Those clipper bows on the later standards that got refit definitely looked elegant

@jameskbattlesr.9761 4 жыл бұрын

"West Virginia was sold into scarp" -- how about following up with the story of how the scrap yards dealt with the retired warships of all countries and the work involved with this ?

@mrz80 3 жыл бұрын

The poster child for "you can cut me up for biscuit tins but I'll make you WORK for it" is HMS Warspite, who, contrary to the last, jammed herself up off the Cornish coast and made the breakers come to her! :D Then of course there was (what was left of) USS Oklahoma, who broke her tow and foundered in the middle of the Pacific, like 'I"m FREE! I'M FREE!!! Haha! Bye, suckers!"

@marckyle5895 Жыл бұрын

USS Brooklyn ( O'Higgins ) sank herself while being towed to India. I like to think ships would rather sink than endure that degrading slide up onto the scrapping beach. Not all of them go quietly!

@stratagama 5 жыл бұрын

You aren't dead!! glad you are okay.

@ThePaulv12 5 жыл бұрын

Barnacles scraped

@lr_korone_suki267 4 жыл бұрын

Tho she did witness her battle ship Allied U.S.S Arizona get killed right in front of her .. r.i.p Arizona 😞

@Aelvir114 4 жыл бұрын

Šx_Rāžør ! She stayed in the fight aboard Nevada so

@tykedurst 5 жыл бұрын

Post refit standard battleships with the dual 5inch 38s are the most beautiful things my eyes have ever seen.

@indianadave4590 3 жыл бұрын

My father served on the West Virginia from the summer of 1941 until December7th 1941. Dad told me lots of stories about the attack. None very pleasent. He, also, had stories of pre-attack history. After the attack dad was stationed on the USS Salt Lake City.

@mrz80 3 жыл бұрын

My wife's grandfather served aboard Arizona in the late 20s/early 30s. Right after Pearl Harbor he went and re-enlisted, and spent the entire war aboard New Mexico.

@JamesDike-xs8cs 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I had an Uncle (Mother side) on the Wee Vee at Pearl Harbor. He lived. After she was put back in service, my Uncle (Father side) was aboard her at the Battle of Surigao Strait. So this ship has a place in the hearts of my family. Again, Thanks.

@dataunavailable2843 5 жыл бұрын

I know which song will be stuck in my head today... Good you are back!

@simon4781 5 жыл бұрын

Sees the title: *COUNTY ROADS... TAKE ME HOME...*

@vartriiness 5 жыл бұрын

That song will now forever remind my of the failure than is fallout 76

@ironstarofmordian7098 5 жыл бұрын

This song was ruined by Fallout 76

@N0rdman 5 жыл бұрын

@@ironstarofmordian7098 What is fallout 76?

@huynhxuanviet9818 5 жыл бұрын

I can see a tsunami coming =))

@megu_weeb 5 жыл бұрын

@@huynhxuanviet9818 RT choose the best song to use

@jeffcamp481 4 жыл бұрын

Her rebuild made her a beautiful ship! She had some fine lines to her!

@jlawsl 3 жыл бұрын

I think this class, though not the biggest, are among the best looking battleships built. They combine the elegance and power of a battleship while being pleasing on the eye. Even the late cage mast look good to me. When she got the 5" turrets and the new superstructure, that was the selling point. An early treaty battleship that outgunned a Bismarck, had better accuracy then a Nagato and was more stately in appearance then a Vanguard. While, late war, having a better AA battery then all of them. The simple step behind the Tennessee class of adding the 16" guns was beautiful. It added to the symmetry and the clipper bow was something that was dated, but very elegant. HMS Hood would be my other pick for the best looking ship.

@phildicks9251 3 жыл бұрын

The mast of the ship is now on display on the campus of WVU, and the ship's bell is in a museum in the state capital.

@hypedpanther6464 3 жыл бұрын

One of her Bofors is in Parkersburg.

@loganbrandenburg7299 5 жыл бұрын

WVU has the WV’s mast on campus

@usswestvirginiabb-48 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, nice memorial, been there

@themadhammer3305 5 жыл бұрын

That's pretty damn cool. I love smaller memorial things like that since their like an Easter egg hunt

@Cpt_Boony_Hat 4 жыл бұрын

It not just the mast the entire ship is below it buried under Oglebay Hall

@usswestvirginiabb-48 4 жыл бұрын

@@Cpt_Boony_Hat lol

@michaelbragg6903 4 жыл бұрын

Captain Boony Hat Thats the story that parents are told on WVU orientation tours. Some people actually believe it. The bell from the first USS West Virginia (ACR-5) is also non the WVU campus. When the battleship was built the cruiser was renamed USS Huntington.

@rahbaralhaq 5 жыл бұрын

Sees the title: *A tornado has touched down in the area, take shelter immediately if any is available!*

@Slayer_Jesse 5 жыл бұрын

No! Not the poop volcano!

@Cpt_Boony_Hat 5 жыл бұрын

WE DONT EVEN HAVE TORNADOS. ALSO WHO SPPROVED THIS STUPID INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT

@claypidgeon4807 5 жыл бұрын

**USS West Virginia appears atop a mighty poop tsunami and starts firing 16-inch meteors**

@Cpt_Boony_Hat 5 жыл бұрын

I hate that video so much.

@ShopeeMarketteam 5 жыл бұрын

A man of culture

@Marnie_Racing 5 жыл бұрын

MOUNTAIN MOMMA!!!!!

@LlewelynReswald 5 жыл бұрын

Kaga ́s Playground RIP Merlin

@MendTheWorld 5 жыл бұрын

The people of West Virginia, apparently feeling the expression "Mountain Momma" to be a bit ignominious, changed the words to "How I love you".

@Marnie_Racing 5 жыл бұрын

@@MendTheWorld thank you for the info cuz i didnt know that

@ShopeeMarketteam 5 жыл бұрын

Also the home of spooky mothman

@IronRAVENxvx 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine if they did commission a ship to serve alongside it named USS Mountain Momma

@emmgeevideo 4 жыл бұрын

I think it’s very inspirational that the “Wee Vee” was refloated, repaired, and made a substantial contribution to the war effort. I am particularly inspired by the bravery of the me doing fire control and counter-flooding which, although the ship was to sink, positioned her to be raised to fight again.

@talonharibon8577 5 жыл бұрын

This only reminds me of WG selling an early and late war refit seperately... *I AM THE SALT*

@mattblom3990 5 жыл бұрын

They are virtually different ships.

@ThroneOfBhaal 3 жыл бұрын

If that annoys wait til you see them now...

@camrsr5463 4 жыл бұрын

4:02 One of my favorite battleship photos EVER.

@admiraltiberius1989 5 жыл бұрын

The Wee Vee !!!!!! One of the most beloved battleships ever in the US Navy. Love your videos, keep it up. Glad you are on the mend.

@warrenlehmkuhleii8472 5 жыл бұрын

American Battleships that ran aground in there own waters club. Not as exclusive as I would have initially hoped.

@mrz80 3 жыл бұрын

At least she was out of sight of flag officers quarters, or worse yet, the ARMY, when she did it. Unlike some OTHER BBs I could name (*cough*cough*) :D

@Zephyrmec 2 жыл бұрын

Lynnhaven shoals is a tricky area, you don’t have to be a BB to get into trouble there, I was riding a DLG in the 70s that managed to grab some sand and nearly get into some serious trouble there. It seemed as if that was about the location that we secured the sea and anchor detail and during the turnover to the standard watch, minor items would be missed, normally harmless but if conditions were just right (or wrong) you could hear the “AwShit” launched on the bridge all the way into CIC! Id think it was not common, but certainly not rare!

@vicmclaglen1631 3 жыл бұрын

They were really tough looking ships; purpose built killing machines. A handsome class of battleship.

@nou286 5 жыл бұрын

The best uss with "take me home" volleys that blasted the enemies' ears clean off

@windborne8795 5 жыл бұрын

Nice to have you back sir!!! 😎

@andrewmulqueen5877 5 жыл бұрын

Great Video again. Thank you Drachinfel.

@matthewrobinson4323 5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you're feeling better. And, great video, as always.

@kenwest6300 11 ай бұрын

My Uncle, Matt Matherly was part of the crew of the West Virgirna including the wrestling team. He was know as Wee Vee becuase of his size. Uncle Matt was the 1937 "All Service" Wrestling Champion (118 Class). I have his championship trophy and many of his Navy items, ribbons, ID cards, boards, hat band with emblem. Some of his items are very interesting, especally the Japanesse script that looks like American money used in places like the Phillipians (It's clear marked as Japanesse). Uncle Matt rose from Seaman to Warrant Office 2nd. Uncle Matt had been transfered from the West Virigina just prior to her being moved to Pearl Harbor. He was in the South Pacific when the war broke out and was later sent home to make ready the USS Iowa for commissioning.

@geoffhunter1385 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the insight into this ship. Great listening that was when ships looked so mind blowing.

@ironstarofmordian7098 5 жыл бұрын

Good to have you back!

@N0rdman 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Even more pleased that you're back in business again. Please don't exhaust yourself; we'll still be around even if you take a couple of weeks on your back.

@Shatnerpossum 5 жыл бұрын

My great-grandpa was a coxswain on her at Pearl.

@boctopus9823 5 жыл бұрын

welcome back. glad to see you are better

@WildBillCox13 5 жыл бұрын

Served. Killed in action, while in Port. Rezzed by ship healers, themselves fueled by fanatic outrage, she re-entered the fight and carried it right to the enemy's shores. If a ship could talk, what would she say?

@DimoB8 5 жыл бұрын

"I'm still alive and kicking Japanese butt bitches!"

@patricklenigan4309 4 жыл бұрын

Should have checked for a pulse, dumb**s!

@theatagamer90 4 жыл бұрын

"Hello Boys! IM BAAAACK!"

@elzombito5678 4 жыл бұрын

I’m back to chew gum and kick more ass...and what do you know, I’m all out of gum....

@stevenhogan9724 5 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you're back Need my fix of Drachinfel Was getting withdraw symptoms :)

@kristierann5740 5 жыл бұрын

Love these guides!!!!!!

@garyschaaf6566 2 жыл бұрын

My grandfather was on the USS West Virginia after it was rebuilt. After Pearl Harbor. I still have a black and white picture of the West Virginia and her crew.

@donnamccomb9650 Жыл бұрын

My father also served on The Wee Vee after it was returned to service in 1944 as Fireman 1st Class.

@skipper4126 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Video, just in time for Dinner Drach :D As a follow up, great video, thanks a bunch.

@trippm4036 4 жыл бұрын

Well done, you are honoring so many ships and crew with your videos.

@alanrogers7090 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this story. I've been asking for a long time, but had not realized that you had made this episode way back in 2018. I also liked your trilogy on the salvage operations at Pearl Harbor.

@brentgranger7856 4 жыл бұрын

USS West Virginia had two famous names from the Pearl Harbor Attack - the ship's captain, Mervyn Bennion, and one of its stewards, Doris "Dorie" Miller. Captain Bennion was mortally wounded during the attack, but refused to leave his post where he succumbed to his wounds and would earn the Medal of Honor. Doris Miller would become the first black American to win the Navy Cross when he manned an anti-aircraft gun.

@tedbaxter5234 5 жыл бұрын

Another riveting episode. Sounds like you are still mending. Happy New Year!

@PNolandS 5 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you’re back, but don’t rush yourself! If you need more time, take it.

@bongobrandy6297 5 жыл бұрын

Run aground, join the club, great stuff!

@sargemooda 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing video of an beautiful vessel . My grandfather served aboard her as an officer from mid till end of the war and while he had passed away before I was born, my family still keeps his personal memoirs of the time. He was close by when the Kamikaze attack hit the ship and we even have a small shard of metal from that very aircraft which he had kept as a reminder.

@damilla1958 Жыл бұрын

My Dad served on the WeeVee as well. He was transferred to her as soon as she was fit for battle in '44. He was in the Main Battery Plot, serving on her until the day before the Japanese surrender. I have his firing logs from the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Your Grandfather, my Dad, and all those who served on BB48 deserve our respect.

@calvinbutterworth5394 5 жыл бұрын

What a great start to the day! I get a Kraken in my first game of the day and then I notice that you have uploaded a new video. Splendid.

@edwardpate6128 4 жыл бұрын

She did a lot of payback for those men trapped below decks a Pearl Harbor!

@MotownWes 2 ай бұрын

Outstanding. I’m from Morgantown WV. The bell and Mast of the WeVi is in my hometown to this day.

@sse_weston4138 5 жыл бұрын

As always another great video! Hope you have a Happy New Year and that your sickness is gotten rid of >_

@sarjim4381 5 жыл бұрын

Another great video!

@fooman2108 4 жыл бұрын

I love your videos. Always informative especially when you use your voice rather than the computer voice. One thing that did get me about this video was the reference to the 5 in 38 twin mounts is being turrets. In the usn unarmored or very lightly armored gun enclosure is referred to as a mount. As in Mount 5-2 mount 5-6 mount 40-2. The first number would refer to its size the second it's location, fore to aft, port side even numbers. This enabled people to very quickly identify the caliber, location, and number of the mount. Any aircraft guns usually had one phone talker / gun tub, which in a tub with 4 20 mm he would do all the communications for those guns.

@falloutghoul1 5 жыл бұрын

Tosa and Amagi are next. I'm excited!

@salfox1820 3 жыл бұрын

I like the lines of that ship. It’s very sharp looking.

@davidwiner8571 3 жыл бұрын

I love the old battle ships they are so beautiful

@mrz80 3 жыл бұрын

WeeVee and her Tennessee class half-sisters got almost the same sort of superstructure as the South Dakota class, sort of "South Dakota Junior" :D

@wrayday7149 5 жыл бұрын

Many things came out of the fleet problem exercise.... like no team killing your cv.

@stevewatson3662 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you I enjoy your site more than any

@darrenbennett4437 4 жыл бұрын

The job to get her hull repaired was huge . It’s amazing that they were able to do it at all .

@BurningUp99 3 жыл бұрын

She has one of the best Naval war stories ever survived the sneak attack and then went back to get revenge.

@deetroittony 5 жыл бұрын

Good morning form Detroit. Always have loved the Wee Vees

@peterdansie9195 4 жыл бұрын

Anthony White p

@TheBestVirginian 8 ай бұрын

The mast and bell from the USS West Virginia can still be seen to this day in front of West Virginia University's Woodburn Hall

@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek Ай бұрын

A Brilliant Career!!!

@TurkeySteam 5 жыл бұрын

I just found this channel and now I have some binge watching to do. Have you done an episode on the Chitose float tender?

@gregorylumpkin2128 Жыл бұрын

I too love the clipper bows of the these ships and in particular, the rebuild of Tennessee, California, and West Virginia made them look similar to the South Dakota class above deck level. Fitting that these ships were part of the battle line at Surigao Strait.

@charlieaustin2818 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Thanks

@mikeray1544 3 жыл бұрын

Thank You again Sir-CM3 Ray,CEC, USNR,Atlantic Fleet.

@mikeray1544 3 жыл бұрын

Oh..thats Retirred..erra..erra..lol

@spookyshadowhawk6776 5 жыл бұрын

Hope your feeling better, hospitals are so depressing! The food gives a whole new meaning to mystery meat! Always thought it would make a great horror Story!

@mudhutproductions 5 жыл бұрын

From the main mast forward it has a surprisingly modern look for it's time.

@murielcunningham8703 5 жыл бұрын

I love this ship

@josephjames259 5 жыл бұрын

Years ago, a fellow told me his dad was on the WV. I said, “didn’t it sink at Pearl Harbor?” He said his dad was just sitting down to breakfast when the attack began.

@Duececoupe 5 жыл бұрын

My favourite US battlewagon!

@antonymitchell3385 5 жыл бұрын

Hope you've had a good christmas!

@nowthenzen 2 жыл бұрын

I know this is years ago, but feel better, Drach!

@randyjohnson6845 3 жыл бұрын

Dam fine ship...especially for its time

@kyle857 5 жыл бұрын

Almost heaven...

@ZucchiniSlayer 4 жыл бұрын

Im proud to have this old girl bearing the name of my beloved home state.

@hypedpanther6464 3 жыл бұрын

A fellow mountaineer?

@ZucchiniSlayer 3 жыл бұрын

@@hypedpanther6464 Aye, Lets Go!

@randomlyentertaining8287 4 жыл бұрын

Knowing what kind of AA armament ships like the Iowas were built with, it's always hilarious to hear that at one point a mere four 3 inch guns was considered an acceptable AAA battery.

@johnnash5118 4 жыл бұрын

Naval aircraft warfare didn't exist for another 10 years after she was ordered in 1916, and even then, were highly ineffective.

@montanabulldog9687 3 жыл бұрын

Dame DEMOCRATS AT WORK ! . . . they "Scraped" some of the BEST ships that existed, sadly never to be replaced.

@winstondietz 2 ай бұрын

My Uncle, Charles D. Brown serving on BB-48 was killed during the attack. Charles remains weren't identified until recently through DNA. Charles was just brought back to Arcola Illinois and laid to rest on 4-21-24. RIP Uncle Charles and to those who perished beside him.

@bullreeves1109 5 жыл бұрын

The Colorado class has always been my favorite US Battleship class. Something about their design just makes them look So sexy in the 1920’s and very Modern and badass in the WV-1944 hull, Though admittedly Maryland-45 looks better IMO.

@brennangum6236 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah the Colorado class is nice. I also like the North Carolina class. I went and visited the ship when I was a kid and it was pretty awesome

@Zephyrmec 4 жыл бұрын

The North Carolina class we’re notorious for their wet ride / seakeeping. They were beautiful ships, but an “Atlantic Bow” such as the Iowas would have looked great, and provided a much drier ride when she was running with “a bone in her teeth” my Father served aboard Washington, her seakeeping and initial placement of SG radar ( such that she had almost a 60 degree blind spot aft due to the antenna being placed a little low and on the forward side of the mast) were the main crew complaints, other than the usual sailors complaints....

@johnnash5118 4 жыл бұрын

My dad served aboard BB46, USS Maryland as a radarman from Mar. 1942- Aug. 1945. He experianced the kamikaze direct hit, multiple bomb hits and the aerial torpedo hit from a Betty, which as he described it, "blew a hole in her port bow large enough to drive a freight train through it." His buddy told him one day, that during mess (KP) duty, when he was told to mop up the mess floor, he replied "It's the "Officers Mess" (pointing to the sign) let them clean it up!"

@bluemarlin8138 3 жыл бұрын

Zephyrmec my grandfather also served aboard Washington in ‘44 or ‘45. He worked in one of the main gun turrets and used to tell me how he would ride up in the powder hoists.

@Voltstorm0207 3 жыл бұрын

Other then the Iowas they are my second favorites. I am from Colorado so it makes it even better that they are so interesting

@zemesserschmitt8626 5 жыл бұрын

Where is the blast of country roads i expected ?

@datgood121 5 жыл бұрын

This video is *Almost Heaven*

@user-tl5fi9lz9z 5 жыл бұрын

A piece of her is on display at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV.

@rileyvolz9574 5 жыл бұрын

Nice to see or... I guess hear... you're back on your feet.

@chloehennessey6813 3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad they dropped the two nuclear weapons on Japan. I know it sounds terrible, and I’m a bit upset at myself for having said it and feeling it; however they deserved what they got. And you can’t convince me otherwise.

@marckyle5895 Жыл бұрын

It was Karma. You see, they had to modify the torpedoes used at Pearl Harbor to work in shallow water. If this couldn't be done, the attack wouldn't take place. The factory where they did that was the Mitsubishi-Urakami Ordnance Works plant at Kawatana, next to Nagasaki. It specialized in torpedo production and was destroyed by the Fat Man A-bomb. Life is a circle, bitchez *boom*

@seanshi2945 5 жыл бұрын

Good to see you’re back! Also how can you possibly do a video on the West Virginia without THE song lol

@Drachinifel 5 жыл бұрын

I can't sing :p

@Nukefest2179 5 жыл бұрын

get well soon

@kellycarf707 4 жыл бұрын

Need to do a video on the USS Proteus (AS-19) sun tender. Represented SUBPAC 7 during Japan surrender. Keel laid in I believe 1944. Very interesting history.

@Jon.A.Scholt 5 жыл бұрын

Holy crap , that story about the trapped men in the store room is utterly terrifying, especially when you consider it must have been pitch black unless they had cigarette lighters or something similar whose fuel would be rather limited in any event. As terrible as the fate of those men trapped in Oklahoma was, there is some sort of existential dread about this situation that crawls up my back.

@davidtong2776 4 жыл бұрын

This might sound silly, but i would have mothballed the new ships and sailed the older ones for a while, saving my newest ships for as long as I could. And scraping the Big E, was just wrong.

@theralfinator 3 жыл бұрын

That does indeed sound very silly.