"This is the worst crew I've ever heard of" "But you have heard of me"

“Some of this was silly but that is dangerous” Unlike shooting a torpedo at a ship carrying the president. That’s was just a classic ol’ prank.

Imagine failing to crash your plane into something but the Target instead helps finish your job anyways

" This is the worst crew I've ever heard of" My Sea of Theives crew: Allow us to introduce ourselves

Kamikaze means "Divine Winds" named after the Tornados that saved Japan during the Mongol invasion

Sounds to me like they were the luckiest ship in the war, they repeatedly f'ed up and their reward was to be kept out of the fighting until the very last min at which time they all survived their own incompetence in the battle.

"This is the worst crew I've ever heard of" Four words: Russian Second Pacific Squadron

ok a few things to clear up. "humid sacks of rice, hogs and bats sniffing each other, massive stereos" is a play on the old ghostbusters line. "human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria" The torpedo drills were not their own idea. All the other ships were told to fire blanks at the Iowa for testing. Roosevelt was a big fan of watching naval combat and drills, and wanted them to show off. You know... without the actual live fire. They did get the signaling wrong and just confused the Iowa even more. The whole crew was not arrested for this action, only the person who fired the live torpedo. But they were reassigned elsewhere right after.

Mr.Terry: "This is the worst crew I ever heard of." The crew of the Kamchatka: "Hold my vodka."

Fun fact: my great grandfather was on the USS Iowa. I was going to talk to him about it after this video, but he died 7 years ago. Loved him. I’m sad now.

In Defense of the Sailors, most of them, up to that point, had never seen, let alone navigate, a body of water bigger than their nearest pond. Ship production was off the chain and we HAD to crew these new ships with someone. The President knew this, that is why he insisted that no punishment be administered as most of the crew had not even gotten over the sea sickness problems yet.

Mr. Terry at 9:25 "This is the worst crew I've ever heard of" Drachinifel's Kamchatka - Guide 151: hold my vodka

Just read the Wikipedia article about this ship. Turns out when Roosevelt was told that there was a torpedo headed towards the ship he was on he told his Secret Service guy to wheel him to the side of the ship so he could see. I’m surprised Sam didn’t put that in the video lol.

Alternate title: “Navy: The Sitcom”

i like how he actually reacts and adds to the video with his own knowledge rather than blankly staring at the screen

I would nominate the Brazilian cruiser Bahia (a scout cruiser built in the UK for Brazil), it managed to sink itself in 1945. During training with the 20mm anti-air guns they managed to hit the depth charges on the stern of their own ship, the resulting explosion sank the ship within minutes.

To be fair, it really was “WW2’s unluckiest Ship”. The ship had no control over the numerous misfortunes that befell it. Sounds like shit luck on the ship’s part to me. Poor boat. :(

9:27 "This is the worst crew I've ever heard of." Kamchatka (Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron, Russo-Japanese War): "IS THAT A CHALLENGE?"

The Kamchatka called, wants it's worst crew designation back. Though, a lot of the William D Porter's hijinks fall under scrutiny of being unsubstantiated.

We need to protect Mr. Terry at all cost.

8:24 the president actually ordered a torpedo drill because he was a huge fan of the navy, I watched simple historys vid on this

Mr. Terry: "This is the worst crew I've ever heard of." Drachinifel Fans: "But wait, there's more!"

This incompetent crew reminds me of a certain incompetent squad of Spartans...

7:44 A nod to Ghostbusters and the Venkman's line: ''Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together,...mass hysteria!"

Also the Willy D's crew looks like the crew of the Enterprise compared to the crew of the Imperial Russian repair ship Kamchatka

My favorite bit of trivia about FDR was his fear of fires and how it got worse over time to the point that he refused any locked doors.

Kamikaze does mean divine wind, from what I can remember they called it that because during what would have been an invasion of Japan by sea, powerful winds etc hit the invading fleet protecting japan. The emperor named the pilots after the wind so they’d be viewed as the divine protectors of Japan

6:13 You ever just sit there, listening someone talk on and on about something showing they know a lot about it, know in a few moments it's going to be proven irrelevant?

Do Sam'O'Nellas, "The Tale of Micheel Malloy" Its hilarious

The lights gave the message, “torpedo on the other side of you”

9:22 Kamchatka say hi

Mr Terry REALLY should check out The 2 videos on the Russian 2nd Pacific Fleet in the Russo Japanese War by Drachinfel channel...its a hoot

神風(Kamikaze) 神(Kami) - God 風(Kaze) - Wind When both Kanji are put together it means "Divine Wind" or "Spirit Wind." Officially "特別攻撃隊 (Tokubetsu Kōgeki-tai)" meaning "Special Attack Unit." The attacks themselves were known as "体当り(tai-atari)" meaning "body attack." Similar to the word "体あたり(karada atari)" meaning "ramming." Just a little bit of a Japanese lesson.

Kami: God Kaze: Wind Kamikaze: God's Wind...

When the incorrect Morse code signal came from the William D. Porter, they were trying to judge how close the torpedo was to the Iowa. They misjudged the distance and speed of the torpedo and thought it would hit the Iowa on the front, when in reality it was closer to the rear. Luckily, the Iowa didn't follow through with the signal because if they had, they would have reversed into (or at least came a lot closer to) the torpedo explosion.

Kamikaze is Divine Wind. It was coined after a series of fortuitous typhoons that prevented a Mongol invasion of Japan. It was also the name of at least 2 ships in the Japanese Navy, and the term Kamikaze is rarely used for the actual pilots or attacks, with there being a much more militaristic name for them. Kamikaze is just the layman’s term.

"This is the worst crew I've ever heard of!" Four words: My Battlefield 4 Squad

6:35 he was on his third term, he was elected for the fourth term in 1944

My favorite Sam O'Nella video is the one about the guy who succeeded in everything he did despite being stupid. And no, it wasn't Forrest Gump

Definitely one of the unluckiest ship to have ever fielded a crew so incompetent.

this guy is so wholesome both are but mostly mr Terry

One of the funniest videos ive watched in along time

been binge watching mr terry reactions, i love that he refers to sam o nella as sam and sometimes says hi back to him. its so cute! i hope they can collab one day

This crew makes Down Periscope look professional.

If you think this is bad, please take a look at the Russian 1905 war fleet video by potential history

Yeah as someone already said, Worst crew? Try nearly every other ship (especially the Kamchatka) in the Russian Second Pacific Sqrdrn.... *shudders*

Dead pilot gets a notification where ever he went, "Just a flesh wound!"

The more I look at mr. Terry the more I see him in a ww1 U.S. sargeant, doing something amazing in french trenches that will be remembered, like Fray Bentos' siege or Pegamagabow's sniping time, or even Alvin York's epicness

I actually destroyed all fire alarm in my school, and torched the boy's room as a sign of protest

You should look up about the Russian ship Kamchatka. Naval Historian / youtuber Drachinifel has a video titled "The Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron - Voyage of the Damned" in the Russo Japanese war. The Russian fleet got into all kinds of shenanigans on their way to japan.

The amount of incompetence is impressive

He looks like the cool teacher half way to becoming the old teacher

I believe the signal sent from the William D. Porter to the Iowa could have been interpreted on the Iowa as “Going to All Back Emergency” or “Going to Emergency Astern.” Engine order telegraph names are quite fun to use, and I’m still getting the hang of their meanings.

I believe Potential History makes a better job at detailing this ship's journey than Sam this time. He may be more technical, but sometimes it can be more useful listening to facts than just the comedic part. By the way, Potential History made a video on the Russian naval squadron during the Russo-Japanese war, real good stuff! Would recommend giving a look!

5:05 the president (who was on the iowa) actually ordered the torpedo drill

Oh no....I think he's passed away now, but I used to know an old fellow that was on the USS Iowa during WWII....no wonder he often grumbled about incompetent crew members on other ships....

In regards to the light signals: in naval communications typically you have radios to talk to people. In the event that you have complete radio silence or all radio comms are down you can use lights to send morse code. Its actually still used today and Quartermasters (a naval rate or job usually just called QM) are required to know how to use lights for morse code in those specific situations

Flashes date June 10, 1945 "This is towards the end of the Pacific campaign" Nooooooo, the hell you say. No one would figure that out

Well to a history teacher I guess 3 months ago this is "new"

Only one dude was arrested and not the whole crew

Note: MacArthur didn't actually have any say as to what was in 'the fleet' as he was an army general.

I like how this guy actually talks about the video instead of other reaction youtubers that just watch it while eating or something

This crew sounds like if me and my friends found a ship

Correction: FDR didn't have Polio. He had a different disease that shared many of the same symptoms as Polio, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and was only retroactively diagnosed with the disorder as recently as 2003.

Having now seen one of the videos on the 2nd Pacific Squadron... yeah, I'm joining the chorus. That's the kind of thing non-superstitious people refer to as "cursed."

There was a IJN destroyer named “Kamikaze” and she survived the war

I think they were trying to tell the Iowa to go backwards full-speed and they thought they were saying they were going to do it.

That ship sounds like it was Hell on wheels. Service must’ve been a blast 💥

Normal people say „reaction often steal views from the original video“, but I’ve seen pretty much all of his vids

No no the title makes sense, it was the most unlucky ship... because that poor ship got paired with that crew.

You should check out "Voyage of the damned, Russian 2nd pacific squadron"

Getting sunk by a downed plane is like getting hit by a parked car.

Another great reaction video, Mr. Terry! With the world going through the COVID-19 pandemic right now, I hope that you'll react to Extra Credit episode videos on the history of John Snow who tried to fight cholera like a detective in "The Broad Street Pump" or Extra Credit episode videos on the infamous 1918 Flu.

As a submariner, I was told that the Scorpion was the most unlucky WW2 ship. Which one? Yes.

The ship was unlucky: She drew the worst crew in the war!

Thats not an unlucky ship thats one hell of an incompetent crew

My great grandpa was a turret gunner and flight mechanic on a B-25 Mitchell bomber in the North African campaign

"Some of it was silly but its getting dangerous now!" Yes! Sending a torpedo at the president is very silly!

He was actually in his third term when he was going to Africa, his forth term started in 1944

You're only react channel that i like, keep it up!

I like to imagine that The Willie D's (probably exaggerated) exploits were the inspiration behind McHale's Navy

That video game collection is INSANE

The ship was very unlucky to get such an overwhelming incompetent crew.

Just to note, the story about a drunken crewman shelling an officer's home in Alaska is purely apocryphal and there's no evidence to prove that it actually happened. As for the kamikaze that sunk the ship, William D. Porter actually dodged the attack and the plane nosedived into the water instead, but its momentum carried it under the ship anyways. Also, I think Sam took the bit too far in portraying the crew as utterly incompetent. Past the near friendly fire incident on Iowa, William D. Porter served with distinction in three different campaigns.

The ship was definitely unlucky to be stuck with this crew

You have got to watch Potential Histories video about the Russian fleet in the Russo Japanese war, it makes these guys look smart and responsible.

Torpedo to the president, wow. GG, luckily it did not did any harm. This is the most incredible and messed up crew ever. Amazing.

my son was on the greenville. the only us vessel to sink a japenese ship since wwii. apparently, nobody looked up when they surfaced. this was in 2001. they spent the next few years damaging the us fleet. they seem to have calmed down now.

If you thought that was incompetent you should see the Russian Baltic fleet's journey to the pacific in the Russo-Japanese war

Lmao the roast roast on fletcher tho

Why is nobody noticing that Sam wrote "Top Secert"?

I wonder if the movie "The African Queen" drew inspiration from how the Willie D. sunk.

Love the vids man

I'll be honest with you I'm watching this after having binged all of sam'o'Nellas videos just to get a second kick out of it and watching you pause right before the torpedo punchline is comedy gold

thanks mr. terry

Kamikaze translates as divine wind. the name was originally given to the typhoon that sunk the mongol fleet trying to invade japan in the 1600's and was re-used for the pilots because " you will be like a divine wind blowing the enemies of the emporer away from our islands"

Well the ship has to have bad luck in order to get such an incompetent crew.

SHOOTING TORPEDOS AT THE PRESIDENTS SHIP PRANK (GONE WRONG)

The SHIP is unlucky for getting the grossly incompetant CREW.

OK, just wondering how the kamikaze pilot got ahold of a North American P-51 Mustang...