The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?
2019 ж. 26 Ақп.
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In which a small force of escorts and small carriers face off against the biggest battleship the world has ever seen, plus all its friends.
And win.
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“The Japanese Imperial Navy's Center Force fleet is bearing down on a handful of American escort carriers....but wait! Here comes the USS Johnston with a steel chair!!!”
I’m just imagining the USS Johnston either: A. As an anthropomorphic ship in a wrestling rink, with the Johnston missing an arm, limping, and covered in stitches and wounds, one handing a silver chair and smashing it on an anthropomorphic Yamato’s skull. Or B. It literally just being the real life ship, without any anthropomorphic features, and it somehow growing giant metal arms, before pulling out a ginormous silver chair from nowhere then bashing the Yamato. Both are absolutely hilarious.
@@apollyonnoctis1291 Is USS Johnston in Azur Lane?
@@paulfrancistorres7144 Yes, one of the least loli-like of all the destroyers
@@chadthundercock5641 Johnston isn't in Azur Lane...yet. If you've seen it in such a game, it would be Kancolle.
“Oh my God, Samuel B Roberts with an Elbow Drop on the Yamato!!!”
Japanese Battleship: “Oh, you’re actually approaching me??” USS Johnston: “I can’t beat the shit out of you without getting closer.”
Johnston: "I CAST FIST!"
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"Ah, no options. I see. Only thing left to do is dip into the batshit, unhinged violence of a desperate wolverine and make you work for this win."
Well, mostly it was the 400+ aircraft that drove the Japanese away. There were a lot of Escort Carriers in the area.
"Faced with an enemy whose gun turrets weigh more than the entire ship, Johnston decides running is boring."
I almost wonder if the damn engines weren't destroyed... Would the USS Johnston been used as a ram when it knew it was going to start sinking?
@@mauroinentertainment most likely
They would have probably ran Yamato boarded and captured her then sailed for Tokyo harbor
Ran Yamato down*
@@mauroinentertainment HMS Ulysses? (Alistair MacLean)
I’m not entirely convinced that the Johnston isn’t to this day sitting on the ocean floor planning its single handed amphibious assault on the Japanese mainland
well, they found her and her guns are still trained in the right direction
She's down there making sure Yamato doesn't try anything funny.
@@KibuFox My best laugh of the day. Needed that. Thx.
@@KibuFox Sammy B is right there with her ready to join in if needed.
@@wingracer1614 with the Gambier bay escort carrier that was built in Vancouver Washington
"This is to be a fighting ship and I intend to take her into harms way." He didn't fucking lie. He stood against capital ships for 3 fucking hours. What a true American hero.
Captain Evans. A legend among heroes.
You can tell he could only be in the navy because his massive steel balls wouldn't have fit in a tank or a cockpit.
@@willpat3040 In my Star Trek headcanon, both Kirk and Sisko look up to Captain Evans.
@@hariman7727 lol awesome!
@@hariman7727And why wouldn’t they. I wouldn’t be surprised to find Sisco playing him on the holodeck.
"I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me!" -USS Johnston
Oh, we REALLY need a USS Rorschach now!
Kumano: what could you possibly do to me you little destroyer? *Kumano after being hit* please have mercy
@@kyleabrezzi Suzuya: get your small dirty hands of my sister! (Gets hit by Johnston) *PLEASE HAVE MERCY*
Little known fact about the USS Johnston The ship came with unusually large sleeping quarters so that the MASSIVE balls of the crew could be properly accommodated.
That is exactly the attitude Commander Anderson of the Johnston and his crew had and it's why they won that battle.
“We call it a destroyer. We’re going to earn that name today, boys.” USS Johnston
She will, in her honour, have an entire class of ship named after her: the Absolute F***ing Badass-class
At her commissioning, Cmdr. Evans said, "This is going to be a fighting ship. I intend to go in harm's way, and anyone who doesn't want to go along had better get off right now."
American carriers were servicing planes from squadrons that came from who knows where, without question. Anything to get planes rearmed and back up. Meanwhile, in Imperial Japan, the Army can’t even be bothered to tell the Navy that they spotted the enemy.
In peacetime, landing on the wrong carrier leads to good-natured ribbing and covering the plane in graffiti making fun of the pilot's navigational skills (look it up, it's hilarious, especially that time RN Phantoms landed on an American carrier). When the shit hits the fan, any chance to get ordnance over the front end of the ship is welcome.
@@DeliveryMcGee unless it happens to be an enemy carrier…like when Japanese pilots attempted to land on USS Yorktown during the Battle of the Coral Sea😂😂 And I will have to look that tradition up, it sounds hilarious.
Well, according to one of the posters, the US Army was reluctant to arm and fuel US Navy ships until force was threatened.
The flexibility of the American serviceman, the capacity to improvise even in contravention of orders is our secret weapon. The concept of “commander’s intent” can be given very wide latitude in getting the job done. That’s our secret weapon
@@jackdedert2945 US Army: "We don't want to give you stuff." US Navy takes aim with primary, secondary, and anti-aircraft guns. "We strongly suggest you reconsider." US Army: "You need supplies? Why didn't you say so?"
Narrator: "As the Johnston goes down..." Correction: As the Johnston engages submarine mode for its 6th counterattack...
I laughed out loud. Literally. Thanks bro
Evans: "haha you sushi! this is not even my final form"
Yes submarine mode
Since this video's publication, the Johnston's wreck was found: A debris field along the side of a trench and "A track mark in the mud was found leading deeper into the trench, possibly suggesting the main wreck slid deeper still after impacting onto the seabed.", per Wikipedia. Clearly, Evans wasn't quite done, and went down to hell to fight Satan.
Capt. Evans was last seen swimming towards the Yamato with a knife in his teeth. Yamato withdraws.
This was the only time the worlds largest battleship Yamato fired at enemy ships, and a destroyer chased her away.
LOL. Yes, it is funny. A group of Chihuahua chased a Great Dane away. Let us not forget the Johnson was not alone. But it did start the show.
@@guyvalentine7258 The Johnston should have been named the Honey Badger... because that ship don't give a damn who or what you are, you're going to regret trying more than The Johnston will when it's all said and done!
That's the problem with capital ships. Too much national pride and symbolism is tied up in them. Captains and admirals careers are tied up in preserving them. That's why destroyers were used so agressively, because they were considered expendable to protect the capital ships.
I'LL gum ya to death ~Taffy 3, channeling their inner Jaws impression (The James Bond baddie)
@@blank557 Ironically, Johnston ended up with the bigger legend as the Tin Can that chased off a battleship, one built on actions, not national pride and expectations.
That pilot that found an entirely new wing in an active battle is a legend
And then flew away on it! We need more info about this story.
In fairness there's probably never a better time to find the odd spare part for your aircraft....
where is this mentioned?
@@user-hs9rd9ym4n At 36:50 after the four pilots helped repel an infantry attack.
The first pilot that landed at Taclopan ended up in an argument with a rather petulant Army major who didn't want to refuel and rearm the Navy planes - the Navy lieutenant pulled his .45 and basically hijacked the airfield. There's nothing about that battle that wasn't completely insane.
When a more cautious approach may have guaranteed tomorrow, the Johnston and her crew chose eternity.
sabaton needs to write a song about that ship.
It would be unlikely to guarantee tomorrow since most of their escorts were likely slower than the Japanese pursuers and the whole aspect that they had an entire landing operation to attempt to guard.
OH how I love that quote!!
An Eternity where her tale is told in stories of song and glory!
We're just escort carriers sir. We're ment to be expendable Uss Johnston: not to me
Ahaha nice little CW reference
Damn straight
I still wonder how the hell nobody has made a movie about this battle.
CVE- Combustable Vunerable Expendable
@@stevep2380 The movie could never live up to hype of the Johnsnton
Lt Frank Lupo departed one of the light carriers with no ordnance but constantly buzzed the enemy ships, rolling on it's side as he passed and shooting at the bridge with his .45 sidearm. That's either incredibly heroic or he was really pissed
The vengeance of Pearl Harbor ran deep that day.
"Every little bit helps."
Desparation. There were so so many heroes that day.
Was he a Navy pilot? That sounds like a very Marine thing to do. :-)
If he refused to take off with no ordnance, he might die by fire on his own CVE. If he took off but avoided engaging the enemy, he might die on the water (or by the beasts in the water, which don't care anything for what the apes on the surface are doing). At least if he took off and made mock attacks or used his sidearm, he might convince the enemy that he had truly dangerous weapons, or that he was crazy. I only wish to imagine that if I were faced with such a non-choice, I would have the courage do the same. I can't say with complete confidence that I would.
It's almost a crime that today there are no USN ships bearing the name _Johnston_ or _Evans_ ... their stories need to be told forevermore.
There's a Harvey Milk though. Priorities have changed I guess.
There were ships with the named after the three sunk, as well as a lot of men who died, but they weren't large fleet vessels and such. They were the smaller and lighter frigates and similar ships.
@doctor seruzawa the Milk is a USNS ship not a USN ship.
@@doctorseruzawa175Harvey Milk WAS a USN veteran. What level of civil leadership do you think he would have needed to reach to deserve a ship in recognition of him being assassinated as a civic leader?
@@AnimeSunglasses Milk was a damn predator man lol
IJN Officer: "Sir, we've got the enemy on the run!" IJN Captain: [Calmly points toward the rapidly approaching USN Johnston]
IJN Officer: Well I didn’t say running away.
Had the japanese not retreated the Johnston crew would have attempted boarding actions
They would have boarded WITH the Johnston.
@@SamaritanPrime ramming speed!
They would have used the stolen ship (of course boarding would work) to shred the remaining Japanese task force into pieces, and tow their stranded destroyer back to the fleet.
@@spetsnatzlegion3366 nah, they'd take the captured fleet to tokyo, rendering the atomic bomb moot.
"Captain Evans sir, Johnston is sinking. What will we do?" "Well boys, take whatever weapon you can, yes, spoons are also acceptable, and let's find ourselves a new ship. Yamato looks good."
It's amazing that the Johnston stayed afloat for as long as it did, considering the weight of the crew's massive balls.
@BC Bob "Love" would be a stretch, but I can point out when someone makes a superior display of testicular fortitude.
I was thinking the same thing. The Japanese shells were probably missing because the Johnston was sitting so low in the water.
@@ColeDedhand I think it was the Roberts that got so close to one of the Japanese ships that the IJN guns couldn't depress enough to hit her.
Not to take away from The Bravery of Captain Evans and his crew, you get down to it they had little choice. They could have tried to stay with the carriers which would have limited their speed or they could go out and engage the enemy. The fact that they engage the enemy with the tenacity that they did instead of resignation, is what amazes me. A lot of people would have looked at the situation and just got their personal effects ready to go over the side. These men instead fought their hearts out and gave their all just as their ship did. These men fought in the finest tradition of any Navy in the world.
There were some HEAVY fuckin balls on board that day.
“A Johnston- free firing position…” Read, “Any point on the map marked as ‘reserved for those too cowardly or too smart to fight the Johnston’.”
Can you imagine what it must have felt like to be flying above the South Pacific on a warm day, listening to other people fight on the radio, and you dip beneath the cloud cover for another look at the clear blue sea only to come cockpit-to-mast with the _fucking Yamato._
First words he probably uttered, "F*ck me."
@@thanatosstorm Second words were "How do I get her to submerge so these depth charges I'm carrying will do any good?"
@@KeithHearnPlus by sinking her first and then using the depth charges
@@KeithHearnPlus My thoughts would have been." .... Bet I could drop a depth chart on the bridge
On reflection it's probably a good thing it was an American pilot not one of us Brits. The traditional understatement of catastrophically bad news would likely have led to more confusion than is really healthy in that situation....
"A serious problem in planning against American doctrine is that Americans don't read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine" Just win. Taffy 3 all day every day.
You can't plan against absolute chaos.
@@risingsun9595 "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in face." -Mike Tyson
“War is chaos and the us military practices chaos on a daily basis”
"If we don't know what we're doing, the enemy certainly can't anticipate our future actions!"
As an SOI instructor was once told when he was sent to Fallujah "Here are some bullets, go shoot stuff"
Yamato: I’m the best ship in world war 2 USS Johnston: unfortunately for you history will not see it that way
Hello Michael, To be honest none of giant battleships in the German & Japanese navies of ww2 was used with any real potential. They seem to be legends based on size only, although they were awesome ships. In my opinion, it wouldn't of mattered if Germany and Japan had 10 super ships each as America was producing warships and planes on an endless scale and both axis countries would have run out of fuel and supplies in the end anyway. Imagine if the USS Montana class battleships were built! America could of built a ridiculous huge amount of them and made the Japanese and German surface fleets call in Sick for the entire duration of the pacific & Atlantic wars 😂
@@bkjeong4302 The USS North Carolina says otherwise. She earned her fame.
Clovis Ursa Except she didn’t. She only ever did secondary roles-roles where battleships are strategically inefficient at.
@@bkjeong4302 battleships had all switched to support roles in the war because of the advent of the aircraft carrier. She was in every major offensive and had over a dozen battlestars. Sounds like you just don't know actual naval history or what the roles of ships were in the war.
Clovis Ursa And the thing is that battleships are bad at support roles (in strategic terms), so once carriers caused them to be used only for support roles, they were worse than useless. The fact a battleship was used in support roles fails to actually justify her existence, since battleships are terrible strategic choices for support roles. Being present at an engagement doesn’t mean a ship was the best choice for that job or even that she even did anything. Battlestars are not a reliable indicator of a ship’s combat record, as most of them are participation awards. Almost all battle stars given to battleships are nothing more than participation awards. North Carolina's minor contributions in all of her engagements in no way justified her expenses.
28:37 "Seeing the ship under attack by a heavy cruiser, she promptly shoots up this ship as well, because of course it does." Never change.
INJ Chikuma: *Sees USS Samuel B. Roberts approaching* "Aw look at that! Ain't it such a cute little ship!" *Roberts Proceeds to rip the Chikuma a new one* Chikuma: "AAAAHHHHHHH!!! Get it off! Get it off!"
Lol
LOL
Heermann: Atta boy
Far too accurate
Sounds like a chihuahua
“One pilot vanished off with a patrol of troops and comes back with a new wing” Me: “I’m sorry, he did what now?”
That happens all the time in the US military.
NEVER ask how the hot dogs are made.
"I've been saving this for a rainy day!"
look up the all guardsmen party. those soldiers were nubby personified
Ah, yes, must've been O'Reilly. His son Walter served in Korea later on.
"After 17 bombs and 19 torpedoes, at least some of which were probably unnecessary..." - Said no American. Ever.
They're only unnecessary if you bring them back to port. Old US Army saying: " You are paid to USE ammunition, not bring it back."
@@txgunguy2766 I've definitely heard one US tank commander say "Shoot it until it burns. If the crew abandons the vehicle before that happens, it just means you dont have to worry about return fire."
The Japanese trying to fight a war so on the cheap, that in at least one case a victorious naval commander was sacked for using too much ammunition achieving the victory. That tells you all you need to know about the stupidity of the Japanese high command in ordering the largely unnecessary attack on the United States, instead of confining its attack to Dutch, French, and English holdings in the Far East and praying the then largely neutral and largely Pacifist United States would stay out of it. But it was all 'warrior spirit' and 'bonzai' and not nearly enough logistics and operational analysis and professionalism.
@@celebrim1 Admiral Yamamoto made the plan to attack Pearl Harbour, partially because he had been a naval attache in the US for several years beforehand. He knew the massive manufacturing capability of the US. He warned that the Japanese Navy would have six months of domination in the Pacific after attacking the US, then they would lose. I saw a rough chart of the naval production during WW2. The US was launching an average of a ship a day, with the Japanese launching maybe 1 a week. I understand the high command's miserly attitude, and why the fleet commander at Samar turned back. Any Japanese loss was significant, while the US cranked out more and more ships. As a trivial similar sidenote, this is why US planes in Europe were often shiny bare aluminum. PAINT DRYING? TAKES TOO LONG! GET 'EM FLYING!
Given the durability of that particular class (even with Japanese steel being a weaker alloy than that of anyone else) they probably were justified in overkill
I love that description: "Johnston decides running is boring"
Me To!!!
"We're suckering them into 40mm range." 😂
I laughed out loud.
This mans 😂
Now that's a t-shirt!
"They're shootin' at us in Technicolor!" - unknown carrier crewman in response to the colored shots.
@@swaghauler8334 He just needs to close his eyes, click his heels together three times and repeat "There's no place like home." When he opens them again, he'll be back in Kansas. At least that's how the old black and white/Technicolor thing worked in The Wizard of Oz.
"Did... did we just win?" "I believe so sir." "How the hell did we win?"
That's me in just about every World.of warships match
The Johnston sir the Johnston
"Just go with it, sir."
"How the hell do I write this report. They'll court martial me for doing drugs on duty".
How about the sailor, when he see the Japanese retreating, "they're gettin' away" ?
*after the 6th AP shell passes through your ship without detonating just making very large holes.* "STOP PUTTING HOLES INTO ME BLOODY SHIP!!"
Kame Dei - the Scottish navy
Well'' oooo' kay ,! Try these HE' rounds!!
As Captain Jack Sparrow once said: STOP BLOWIN HOLES IN ME SHIP!!
Classic!
Interesting to note USS Samuel B. Roberts also pulled a Carpathia and managed to exceed its design top speed by five knots during the battle by diverting all steam to her boilers.
The Battle off Samar is, IMO, the finest moment of the US Navy.
Well maybe not for the whole navy. Halsey fucked up pretty badly
I agree. Nothing but heroes and legends fought in that battle.
The day destroyers proved as powerful as any battleships or carriers ever could be.
It's the ultimate proof that yes, a well-placed pebble can stop an avalanche
@@AC_WILDCARD...and destroyer escorts (not escort destroyers, as some describe them. They had very little displacement, armament or speed compared to the Fletchers).
The Johnson carried 5" guns, as well as an unknown number of absolutely colossal balls.
Freakin' unbelievable Courage and sheer guts by USS Johnston!
Destroyermen knew they were very vulnerable against anything bigger but their torpedoes offered the possibility of creating enormous damage before going down. They were known for their cockiness.
"We are out of shells." "Bring them in close so we can hit them with our BALLS!"
The only thing that allowed those Japanese shells to detonate was when they hit the titanium balls of CPT Evans as he moved around the ship. Unfortunately it's hard to swim with a ton of balls and only one arm. I can see why he was reluctant to abandon ship.
Elephant balls
"Shipmaster, they outnumber us three to one!" "Then it is an even fight."
more like 50 to 1
All cruisers(or should I say destroyers) fire at will! Burn their mongrel hides!
“Hit them again! And again! And again!”
Surround the Meatball Flags & give them Liberty.
Cue Mandalorian: "We outnumber you 4 to 1!" .... "I like those odds."
In a curious twist of fate, the Battle off Samar occurred on the 90th anniversary of the infamous "Charge of the Light Brigade". Tennyson would write "the world wonders" in his famous poem, a phrase that managed to be attached in a message from Nimitz to Halsey.
History, although never exactly repeating, rhymes from era to era and history is truly woven together as a tapestry.
Very insightfull Wichman. I am impressed.
It was also the 529th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, of Shakespearean Band of Brothers fame.
Fought on St. Crispin's day! As was written "If it be a sin to covet honour these men are the most offending souls"
I hear tell that Halsey threw a fit when he got that particular message. He could never bring himself to admit just how badly he'd screwed the pooch that day -- even if he was man enough to give Taffy 3's boss Ziggy Sprague the credit he deserved.
Three weeks ago, probably more, they announced Johnston had been discovered. Its number proudly displayed, its guns still aimed where they were when it was sunk, almost as if she still fights on even in death.
Yeah I saw that. Very well preserved, she stands as a deep sea monument to the bravery of her captain and crew
Even in death, she still serves.
21,180 feet below the surface
Though silent for 80 years, her guns stand ready should the need rise again. The Ghost of Capt Evans forever fused with her battered steel.
Hedgehogs and 40mm bofors ready to go!
"Sir we have no more ammunition!" "Affix bayonets, sharpen the butter knives, and prepare to board the enemy cruiser!!"
Get that surgeon up to the foredeck with his scalpel too
Forget the Bayonets ... John Wick is passing out #2's
"get the potatoes" look it up
@@bradymenting5120 I looked it up but got nothing intresting. could you please explain the quote, I'd love to hear the story
Yea I'm not finding that quote either....closest I would think it be from is when a German submarine did try to board a U.S. destroyer which resulted in even coffee cups being thrown at the Germans, maybe potatoes where used too.
"This is going to be a fighting ship. I intend to go in harms way, and anyone who doesn't want to go along had better get off right now"-Cmdr. Evans' speech to his crew the day the Johnston was commissioned.
I remember reading about that. It is said that he had survived the battle and had ordered the abandonment of the ship personally. But had died later in the water. If it is true, then the severed finger that is said that he suffered from when his bridge was destroyed around him, would have attracted sharks to him.
Nobody thought that he was “really “ going to sail in harms way !
Like sharks? He probably didnt have the strength to swim
He probably punched a few sharks and suffocated one underwater before he said I'm finally done
@@brandonferretti9907 The Reaper needed to call in a favor from Aquaman in order to take him in.
The yamato has the power to crawl out of the ocean, but johnston went with her to make sure she never makes it out of the deep.
Not unless she too is raised.
@@proudamerican183 If the Johnston was raised too, well...we all know who'd win that one.
@@keyabrade1861 Only if Yamato is raised Japanese. If she becomes the USS Yamato . . .
I would guess even Godzilla gives her a wide berth.
Considering the slightly..... disassembled condition of the wreck of the Yamato, I don't think she's going anywhere in a hurry. She certainly died a warrior's death
The craziest thing to me was that the Johnston's decision to apply for the title of "biggest lunatic in the history of warfare" possibly single-handedly changed the tide of the battle. If they had failed, the japanese bombardment might have killed my great grandfather, who had just landed with MacArthur as a major in charge of an all-black Army Engineering corps. So I pretty much owe my great granddad's life to Ernest Evans, a man who probably only died because those 400 ton brass balls made it really hard to swim after he ordered the abandon ship. I highly recommend the book "Last stand of the tin-can sailors". Fletchers were crewed by not only heroes, but absolute madlads. Also interestingly, the Johnston's wreck was discovered about a week ago. She's now officially the deepest wreck ever discovered, at 21,000 feet.
Sank straight to the bottom those balls really weighing her down
Johnston’s application was rapidly followed by Sammy B’s. Not even Evans’ crew were crazy enough to lock down the boiler safeties and go screaming in with the engines running at 150%. Another video about the battle says that Sammy B made her torpedo run at 20 knots - flank speed for a Butler-class DE. She was apparently verified to be doing at least 27 knots, and several surviving members of the crew said she hit 29.5 during the run. The ship got shot to pieces before the bomb they’d made out of the engine rooms had a chance to go off.
Hey Now, I read a text lately that said they found the Roberts now too & it was in deeper water than the Johnston. Both ships being drawn into the deepest depths by the weight of the balls of the deceased crew members.
@@SamCogley That reminds me of the HMS Rodney, which had a less insane version of that happen. When it was chasing the Bismarck, the crew somehow squeezed 22 knots out of a drivetrain that was supposed to run at 20 in order to try to catch the Bismarck before it made it to a French port. But, yeah, the Roberts's engineering crew apparently pulled some kind of dark-magic ritual in the engine room. 29.5 knots out of 20 is unnatural.
@@keyabrade1861 Sammy B. Johnston was a 36+ knot Fletcher-class destroyer. It would have been interesting to see how long the boilers would have held at 600psi, but Kongō put a stop to that experiment. I’m not sure what alchemy Rodney’s engine crew pulled, other than sheer force of will to avenge Hood - especially considering that Rodney was kind of worn at the time, if memory serves.
The USS Johnston is the premiere example of a “Call an ambulance! Call an ambulance! But not for me!” scenario.
They both needed medical attention
"We're suckering them into 40mm range" Nelson would have been proud!
Science Chap Nelson the Admiral or Nelson the ship?
i dont get this reference help
@@madwolf0966 dude its Battle of Trafalgar
You cant be wrong by putting your ship next to his!
Admiral Lord Nelson at Trafalgar - "No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy."
*Edit* Samuel B. Roberts has been found in 22,262 feet of water, she now holds the title of the deepest wreck ever discovered. DD-557 USS Johnston has been found at a depth of over 21,000 feet as of yesterday. Her wreck is surprisingly intact, and, with its depth confirmed it holds the record of the deepest shipwreck ever discovered.
seems fitting, really. The ship never did anything half way.
Suprisingly intact?!?! It took on all that, finally sunk and it's still somehow still "surprisingly intact?!?!" Petition to raise it and display its remains as a war monument to how it isn't the size of the dog, but the size of the fight in the dog.
Not intact- but her the visible remnants of her superstructure is in great condition regarding integrity. Her hull is thought to be much deeper given the mud slide continued far beyond what the ROV searched for.
evans wsnt dOKne yet he was going to hell to fight the japanese who were sent to hell
Goodness, she's almost 4 miles down!
In 1967 my math professor at The Citadel was Captain Hathaway, commanding USS Heerman during this battle. He was awarded the Navy Cross. Heerman initially charged at flank speed through the formation of aircraft carriers, barely dodging collisions with Hoel and Johnston in the rain and smoke (sometimes as little as 100 yards visibility), and engaged a line-of-battle of four battleships--with just five 5" guns, some 40mm Bofors, and some torpedoes. Being only 19 years old, I was not mature enough to figure out or even to ask what ribbons he was wearing on his uniform. He never, ever, brought attention to himself or his role in the battle. I had no idea that this pleasant, genial officer, quick to lend academic assistance to any needy cadet, was indeed a "giant", and I had no clue what he and every single one of his gallant shipmates had achieved that day. Watching this video, and the unbelievable gallantry by all sailors in Taffy 3 just brings tears to my eyes. How proud I am to be an American, though just an Army paratrooper. What an inspiration!!
Real giants hardly ever brag of their exploits ... because they don't need to.
@@seanbigay1042 Precisely right!
Japanese Fleet: WHY WON'T YOU DIE!!!?!?!?! USS Johnston: BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DONE YET!!!!!
WE DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO DIE YET
I'M TOO BUSY TO DIE!!!!!!!
I can do this all day
They keep making those FnP rolls.
I DIDNT HEAR NO BELL
"We're sucking them into 40mm range," is one of my favorite quotes of the war.
@spudnic88 and then you woke up
I believe it was "suckering" not "sucking".
Reminds me of what a P-51 pilot supposedly radioed to his squadron mates... "Come on up, I've got ten 109's surrounded!"
Admiral Kurita: "How about a lovely game of Axis and Allies?" The Johnston: "We're playing DOOM, fuck off!"
RIP AND TEAR
Jonhston: F*CK OFF IM TRYING TO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF THE 'LARGEST BATTLESHIP EVER MADE'!!! _FIRE EVERYTHING!!!_
And without a BFG 9000.
On the hardest difficulty with pistols only!
Tips for your navy: make certain at all times that your firing position is Johnston free, or you will be destroyed.
Better tip for your navy... Pick Johnston for your team FIRST! ;)
You could make a Hollywood movie about the USS Johnston... but people would just say it was a way to unrealistic film...
Hollyweird doesn't do "heroic ship-to-ship battles." They prefer "love among the parachutes" and other soap opera dreck. Too bad the Brits, who do movies like "Master and Commander" aren't interested in this "David beats Goliath at his own game" tale.
@@Otokichi786 Twentieth Century Fox, Miramax, Universal Pictures collaborated on Master and commander, It's quite literary the most American film ever.
@@Nightdare FYI Evans already is half Native American...
@@Isolder74 Still missing a few oppressed victim demographic parts to play the lead
@@Otokichi786 They used to. There were several WWII based movies in black and white that used the battle of Leyte Bay and other event of the war in the Pacific as inspiration, although the facts were signifcantly altered . I think one of them was called "In Harm's Way" with John Wayne and Henry Fonda.
"Here have a carbine... " pilot: "Roger, but after we finish i need a wing" "seems like a fair trade"
“Sure, I’ve been carrying around this wing for a while now”
Sounds like your typical rpg quest. You help me kill things, and i reward you with this item i inexplicably have that can only be of use to you anyway.
@@Self-replicating_whatnot so what you meant is that we finally found who the player is in the simulation? should have figured out earlier. that's why i know so many people that have strange items in their garrage they have no idea why they have it or why they keep it: they just don't know they are questgivers
Makes sense. The pilot probably felt safer in the air at that point in the war. The marine on the ground probably felt safer with that pilot in the air to spot and shoot up enemy positions. Mutually beneficial 👍
He literally went on a side quest
"The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" damn book almost reads like a thriller
Thank you for making this video. My grandfather fought in this battle on the USS Heermann. He was a watertender, first class and was in the engine room giving the commands to open and close the valves that created the smoke screens. According to him, this was a risky procedure because they had to allow pressure to build. Not timing it right would allow too much pressure and cause an explosion. I'm remembering this story from when I was a boy so I might have certain details wrong. But, the way he would tell the story would make the hair on the back of your neck stand up - felt like you were right there with him.
Woah, that's really cool!
Thank you for telling us about what he did, and describing how it was done. My dad was on the Fanshaw Bay talked about how he was on fire detail, I didn't get a lot out of him. He was a SAFETY FRREEEAAAKKK about fire when we (7 kids) were growing up. No camping trips with fires, no fireworks, no candles when we were out of power, always flashlights. He freaked out when someone slammed a door (usually by accident because we knew how he would react), PTSD. 😪
We thank your grandfather for his service!
Correction, thank him for our FREEDOM!
@@PlatinumIrishrose Your dad was really in the thick of things, being on Ziggy Sprague's flagship!
"In no engagement IN ITS ENTIRE HISTORY has the US Navy shown more GALLANTRY, GUTS, and GUMPTION than in those two morning hours between 0730-0930 off Samar." S.E. Morrision, the US Navy's historian of WWII.
He got it right.
I wish this was the destroyer movie Tom hanks had made instead of greyhound.
@@stevep2380 If you wrote this up as a movie script and gave it to a Hollywood producer, they would probably say, "I know it's true, but no one in the audience would believe it. They would think we were making it up."
LEEEROY JENKINS!
Forgets the 850 aircraft that swarmed the Japanese fleet...
This seems to prove an old addage. It doesn't matter how big your Johnston is, It's how well you use it. Lol.
Fast, hard hitting and with stamina to keep returning when. Not expected?
Hit 'em hard, hit 'em fast, hit 'em often! Lol!
@TheVisigoth LOL - but that is exactly what they did
Feel better now?
Well if it's only an inch than it'll be hard to overcome that no matter how well you use it
"Dammit, boys, they're getting away." 😂
Yamato crewman: "look, I-I ain't talkin about that destroyer, alright!?....shit, it-its not still here, is it!?!?
Yamato crewman: I fear no man, but that thing? it scares me.
One shudders to imagine what inhuman thoughts lie behind that ship.
The Japanese thought they were facing cruisers
@@reyllantenefrancia5693 "do you believe in magic" as johnston and roberts proceed to molest japanase ships
She's down there, making sure Yamato and Musashi stay put. Space Battleship Yamato? Not if Galactic Insanity Hull Johnston has anything to say about it.
When talking about the Yamato as the largest battleship, you forgot to mention that the USS Samuel B. Roberts was the smallest battleship around :P
Wasn't her call-sign that day "Dreadnought"?
@William Signs "Tin can", in the version I've heard, but she was FAR more impressive, pound per pound, than the Yamato or the Bismark.
christosvoskresye Far more impressive on absolute terms than almost ANY battleship, and in relative terms, puts literally every post-Dreadnought battleship ever built to shame (for all that the Iowas are, deservedly, called the best-designed BBs ever, they and most of the Allied WWII battleships didn’t do anything significant, either. None of the battleships designed and laid down in the 30s or 40s justified their existence, arguably the one case where both the Allies and the Axis built gigantic, impractical weapons) To compare her to battleships is an insult to her. Literally every BB of WWII underperformed. This ship overperformed.
Faragut: Damn the torpedoes! USS Samuel B. Roberts: Damn the largest Battleship ever!
She may have been the smallest ship... but she had the biggest balls in the pacific that day.
"The Johnston turns around, screams 'Leeroy Jenkins' for the 5th time that day and then, as the kids say it now adays, yeets another cruiser from the Imperial Japanese battle line." "The Japanese navy report the Johnston for aimbot, no clip, and teleporting, as it seems to never miss, appear and disappear at will, and all salvos against it pass straight through. But what they fail to understand is that this is just how the little destroyer do."
I love this episode of "True Facts" :D
the most millennial medal of honor citation of all time XD
Here, have your 100th like.
THAT'S what's known a "BEAST-MODE"!!!
Needs more crazier little brother Samuel B Roberts....
Said Admiral Clifton Sprague later: "The failure of the enemy ... to completely wipe out this task unit can be attributed to our successful smoke screen, our torpedo counterattack . . . and the definite partiality of Almighty God." Possibly one of the best Military quotes I've ever read.
and the massive balls of the crew of the USS Johnston blocking the passage to the Japanese.
Amazing. Captain Evans literally went down with his ship. Sprague was an incredible Admiral.
he forgot to start with Ernest Evans attacking the enemy full bore, no heed of any orders from any one, protecting McArthurs' 180,000 kids landing on the beach at all costs, heedless completely of and including his own life. THE WORLD SALUTES CAPTAIN ERNEST EVANS , MAY HE REST IN PEACE IN DAVY JONES LOCKER FOR EVER MORE.
Legend has it when Evans charged the IJN fleet he shouted over the loudspeaker, "Leeroy Jenkins!"
@@questionreality6003 The landings were alrerady winding down by that point, actually. The idea Samar saved the US invasion is a myth perpetuated by bad historiography.
The USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) was found on June 22, 2022. She rests at a depth of 6,895 meters (22,621 feet) in the Philippine Sea. This sets a new record for the deepest shipwreck ever found, which was previously held by the USS Johnston (DD-557). Her bow is damaged from impact with the sea bottom and the stern is separated from the rest of the ship by a distance of about 5 meters.
we must immediately recommission her.
"Her bow is damaged from impact with the sea bottom and the stern is separated from the rest of the ship" - I think you mean her bow is damaged from her ramming attack on the planet, after which she engaged multi-vector assault mode.
Reportedly they're down there making damn sure the Yamato doesn't get any ideas.
I'm genuinely grateful they worked so hard to find her and Johnston. Those men who served and those who died deserved as much. History baby.
Capt. Evans was on the stern of Johnston, giving orders to manually steer his ship for an attack. His bridge destroyed, his right hand blown off, he saluted the other destroyers with his left.
To elaborate: Another officer might have handed (no pun intended) command of the ship to his XO, but not Capt. Evans. With the bridge useless he simply relocated over to the rear of the ship (save for most of the fingers on one hand) and started yelling orders down an open hatch so his men could steer the ship... by manually turning the rudders. That's how damaged the Johnston was, no bridge, at half power/speed, I think she was down 1 gun, no bridge and had to be manually steered.
I read that too somewhere, do you remember the source? I also remember reading that Japanese crews of one ship saluted what was left of Taffy 3 as they left the area.
@@mithikx In addition; at some point he had to get those men over the side.
Oh, boy. Respect to him and his crew.
@@mithikx she was down to one gun, with ammunition being hand carried from the other magazine if I recall correctly
"Work around to a Johnston free firing position"..lol
Actually this is very funny.
I really hope Drach writes a book or something. I would buy it so damn quick.
After watching it continuously "kick the big boys in the nuts", they wisely chose to avoid this little psychopath. Dying gloriously in battle is one thing but being castrated by a cheese grater is another.
"Eeww icky icky get it away from me," the Japanese officer in charge of the flotilla I'm assuming.
And after all that, they missed!
The Johnston currently lies on the Ocean floor as the deepest shipwreck to date. Even in it's death it had to show off
now the samuel b roberts is
@@legionx4046 they found her?
@@aaronstorey9712 yep back in june
@@legionx4046 bloody hells bells. Was the captain trying to board hell?
@@aaronstorey9712 lmao
USS Johnston was found in over 20000 feet of water, the deepest shipwreck ever found. It was discovered that she was dragged so far down, due to the absolutely gigantic brass balls of her crew and captain.
Amen. Prayers and I will celebrate with them in Heaven.
@@PlatinumIrishrose lol, read it again
@@edmardisla8492 🤣🤣🤣
21,180 feet down TO be exact
until four days ago when the wreck of the Samuel B Roberts was found at a depth of 22,621 feet
USS Johnston; the whole damn crew should have received the Medal Of Honour. In the annals of naval warfare there has never been a more determined and courageous display of sheer guts and commitment. Rest in peace.
they technically did as after the battle of Samar the entirety of Taffy 3 received a Presidential Unit Citation which is basically the Medal of Honor but for military formations
@somerandomguy Actually, it's equivalent to the Navy Cross... the second highest honor for Navy personnel
i suggest researching korean admiral yi sun sin, he was insane, and so were his men
@ALSO-RAN ! You are correct
@ALSO-RAN ! Hundred percent the greatest admiral.
The Battle off Samar: What happens when a superior enemy force runs into a bunch of Americans who have something to fight for and nothing to lose.
Well trained, battle hardened, and with their backs firmly against a wall... vs largely untrained, untried, and overconfident.
According to the third ranking officer of the Johnston (the highest ranking survivor), when the Johnston was commissioned 363 days earlier, 85% of the crew had never been on a ship, and he and Captain Evans were the only two sailors who had seen any combat. The Johnston then took part in four shore bombardments and had possibly sunk one submarine, but had not been hit or damaged in any way, not even losing a chip of paint, up until the 25th of October off Samar. Perhaps the Japanese were more raw, perhaps not, but "untrained, untried, and overconfident" could certainly apply to the Americans as well.
@@ryanaegis3544 yeah it diminishes unjustly the absolute heroism of the johnston and her crew
@@ryanaegis3544 you can’t train courage
@garmonbozia No, you can't. You can train duty. You can train technique. You can train to follow orders. Courage is something every man has to find for himself when the need arises. All of that training can definitely help, but at the end of the day even the most well trained person may very well freeze from fear. That is where good leadership comes in.
On June 22th of 2022, the torpedo mount of the Samuel B. Roberts was located, lying at a depth of 6850 meters. But as of the 24th of June, the rest of the Samuel B. Roberts has been located, lying at a depth of 6895 meters now making her the current deepest shipwreck recorded, taking that title from another ship sunk during the same battle, USS Johnston.
Isn't it appropriate that the two most courageous warships of the battle (perhaps the war) are the deepest wrecks?
Imagine a pride of lions walked up on a group of small forest creatures, only half of them are honey badgers and the other half are like ant eaters or something that shoot bees out of their mouth
*Large Japanese Fleet of many guns exists Captain Evens- "Targets!".
"THEY HAVE US SURROUNDED SIR!" "those poor bastards"
Looks like we got a target rich enviroment boys!
In any other time, he would have rammed the bigger ships. Probably.
@@dakkahead517; if there were less capital ships than destroyers they sure would have started with ramming attacks
given everything else he and the ship did, he would have rammed the Yamato and somehow manged to sink it
"I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's way" J.P. Jones November 16th 1778
30:03 When you're such a hard ass you turn two ships away causing their entire squadron of ships to break off and avoid you. If the captain of the Johnston had a ship with the same capabilities and size as the Yamato he could have won the war in the pacific with just the crew he had.
the johnston existed. The Yamato withdrew a few hours after engaging it. Coincidence? I think not!
@@KoishiVibin it wasn’t due another DD torps forcing the ship away, and was already damaged by previous air attacks that seen the lost of Musashi
U.S.S. Johnston saw this main Battle Group and said “ now this is more like it! Finally a worth opponent.”
OUR BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY
Cap'n Evans: "nah nah no! This ain't no fair fight... you better go back to Japan and get some more ships!"
Hey! Come back! I just started!
U.S.S. Johnston looks upon the Japanese fleet *BREATHS DEEPLY* "bet"
She saw an entire fleet against her and said "I like those odds!"
This needs to be a movie. "You say we're massively outnumbered. I prefer the term "target-rich environment""
Taffy 3 is makin' it RAIN up in here.
*sometime in the future* Movie trailer: THE BATTLE OF SAMAR STRAIT me: *TAKE MY MONEY TAKE ALL OF IT*
This, along with the Hunt for the Bismark and of course Jutland, make up the Triumverate of "Awesome subjects the movie _Battleship_ could've been about instead of a Micheal Bay ripoff but wasn't"
Hollywierd only makes anti-American gay friendly movies. Thu Russians will have te make this one.
@@NemoBlank Orrr it's been physically impossible to accurately recreate the events for 70 years and no one wanted to half ass it. WW2 movies are kinda very hard to make, in case you didn't know, Fury literally used the only running Tiger 1 in existence and a fair chunk of the remaining Shermans. The Battle Off Samar would have to be entirely CGI with massive sets for the close up work and thousands of extras. Oh, and it's a story with a cast of thousands so how do you even write that screenplay and not make a four hour movie?
Captain of IJN Yukikaze saluted as USS Johnston went down, recognized her as honorable enemy.
I seem to remember another documentary stating the Japanese crew shouted “senshi” (or whatever the translation is for warrior) and threw rations to the survivors in the water.
You know, traditional samuri culture which despise people who surrender but respect those who fought to the last man.
It’s even better as the Yukikaze had a great combat record herself. “I tip my hat to you, from one legend to another”
Another destroyer captain restrain his crew firing at uss gambier bay survivor...cant remember its name
Legends recognized legends doing legendary things
Another fascinating tidbit - Lt. Cmdr Copeland of the Samuel B. Roberts had an encounter with a higher-ranking officer before they sailed west from Pearl Harbor, where he was told that the Navy was considering removing the torpedo mounts from the DEs and replacing them with anti-submarine weapons. He apparently told that officer something to the effect of "we're little boys, but sometime, someone is going to forget that and send us to do a man's job. When that happens, I want to have a man's weapons." Removal of the DE torpedo mounts wasn't brought up again, and the Sammy B still had her three fish on October 25 - much to Chokai's dismay. In a double irony, with Samar being the end of the IJN as a fleet capable of surface operations (and Copeland and the crew of Sammy B being a big part of that) the Butler-class DEs *did* end up having their torpedo mounts replaced with Hedgehog anti-submarine weapons - something that would later result in USS England's insane submarine hunting spree. Lt. Cmdr Copeland was apparently at least part of keeping the torpedo mounts on the Butlers for a bit longer, but in the end played a big role in making them obsolete. Just another bit of weirdness from a completely insane situation.
The bravery of the Johnston is akin to that displayed by HMS Ardent and HMS Acasta in their final stand; defending the HMS Glorious on their home voyage. Truly courageous and inspiring self sacrifice to defend your brothers in arms. May they Rest In Peace.
Bro imagine you and the bois are walking away from an air-sprip, and you just find a freaking airplane wing, bring it back, attach it to your plane, and fly into a warzone. These guys are the definition of madlads
I would guess the thing with the wing wasn't random. One of the Marines' aircraft probably crash-landed close to the airfield, and they knew the wing was salvageable.
That’s nothing, imagine coming back from a badly-needed bathroom break to find some toe rag has nicked your wing! I mean, how do you explain that one to the quarter bloke when requisitioning a new one?
Orky.
Never put anything beyond the capability of the E-4 Mafia, regardless of service branch.
@@ccommack Very true, they are very handy..........or so I'm told.
The skipper of the Johnson, Lieutenant Commander Evans, proved the old adage, "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog"
The Johnston is the little mutt with Fight the size of The Great Wall of China. (It can be seen from space.)
Same with the USS Sammy B, and Commander Copeland her Captain. She is the D.E. that fought like a Battleship!
@@timandshannon03 And the White Plains proving that a one gunned escort carrier is not to be ignored.
@@timandshannon03 no battleship in history could have done what that little destroyer escort did on that morning.
The Johnson was a fucking Honey Badger in that regard
The carriers USS White Plains and USS Gambier Bay were both built in Vancouver Washington and my uncle Phil and aunt Marcella helped build them. Marcella died at 69 from Mesothelioma because she had used asbestos to insulate the ships. All 50 escort carriers of that type were built in Vancouver. It’s amazing that they could build that many including all of the other ships built there. They had only 12 “ways” where they ships were built.
USA switching over to a war economy during WWII is a feat that wont be made again. I mean car manufacturers was building tanks sawing machine factorys built rifles even Ford started a factory that built B-24 Liberators. Also from 1942 - 1945 a whopping 139 cars was built
31:30 This bit is actually wrong, but nobody knew it at the time of recording and it would not have been considered an unusual event at the time, the Type 93's being notorious for exploding at the least provocation from enemy fire. An expedition aboard the RV Petrel located and dove the wreck and determined that her Type 93's were still intact, but that happened almost three months after the video was recorded and wasn't publicly announced until eight months after this video was recorded. Still, it does rescue the Chōkai from the indignity of being the only ship even sunk as the result of gunfire from a carrier.
My father, James O'Gorek was on the Johnston and survived this battle.
James Ogorek From brave stock you are.
I can't think of a more heroic US Navy battle.
Keep passing those genes on.
Ogórek*
Badass. I love the visual of a scrappy ship handing out all the punishment it can.
Japanese fleet: oh oh, you dare to approach me? Uss Johnson: I can’t hit you without getting closer.
It's that a Jojo's reference?!?!!
Johnston: FIRST BLOOD!
Johnston
Dio Yamato vs Jojohnston
The centre force 23 weren't just gna sit thr and let the destroyers damage them with all they had the centre force didn't even had air cover they give their all makes me sad no one thinks about them the destroyer crews were very brave I accept that but like u expected Japanese to just not do anything
Well, Johnston was just found, and is the deepest recorded wreck, that ship is truly special
21,180 feet down
Don't disturb Evans' and his mens' tomb.
@@questionreality6003 wdym its gonna come back and destroy the entire island of japan for revenge
@@magnum6763 That's why you don't want to disturb it. Millions of Japanese lives depend on it
@@hagamapama ikr
I heard they had to talk the Captain of the Johnston out of what he really wanted to do, ram the Yamato and launch a boarding party which he had planned on leading. The officers under him even had to take his cutlass and blunderbuss away to drive the point home.
"hey what's that over there" *distant reeing*
That’s probably, no a damn good decision, considering how much damage the Yamato did to the Johnston with just one main and a secondary turrets shells hitting the ship, the Johnston’s reputation would be a bit lower had they listened to Evans about it
My uncle was on the Samuel B. , He joined the Navy because he thought it would be safer than being a infantry soldier , when telling me this story he stated , " Boy was I wrong " . He spent 30 years in the Navy because it was " a safe place to be " go figure .
Statistically, someone on a ship was VASTLY more likely to survive the war than someone running around with a rifle on the ground. The trick is, when your number came up on a ship you usually had a lot of company whose number had also come up...
@@andrewszigeti2174 He was on the USS Oriskany in 66 when it burned .
More sailors than marines died during the Guadalcanal campaign: www.answers.com/Q/How_many_americans_died_at_guadalcanal. Being a submariner had high risks. In WWII, there was no safe way to be a combatant.
More of a zero sum game in the navy, often. You could survive the whole thing, or go under in a magazine explosion in five seconds.
One of my high school teachers was on LSD during the 1960's. In order to avoid getting drafted into the Army, he enlisted in the Navy and served on a Landing Ship Dock off the coast of Vietnam. That was safer than toting a rifle and hoping not to step on a landmine. If some Vietcong frogmen had mined his LSD though...
Imagine what the avergage Japanese sailor must've thought seeing the Johnston fighting like a complete madlad while knowing that the US Navy had actual battleships nearby... I'd call it a day and go home. If a little destroyer is already fighting like complete lunatic, then there's no telling what a battleship with 15 inch guns will do.
I read a passage from IJN Admiral Ugaki who reported sighting the mast of an American battleship. The aircraft attacks were withering, which gave the diminished Centerforce an excuse to withdraw from the licking they suffered by three USN destroyers and one Destroyer Escort. Earlier he had witnessed aircraft savage his sister ship Musashi. Submarines sank cruisers. IMHO, the notion of USN battleships gave Centerforce an excuse to withdraw.
I believe they actually saluted the Johnston as they sailed by out of respect because it fought so hard.
@paul Provenzano yeah the USN never used 15s to the best of my knowledge
Actually I can't remember which battle it was at Guadalcanal, but are heavy and light Cruisers took on a battleship and Japanese Cruisers and destroyers. The Admiral in command was killed in the battle but his last words were we want the big boys. They split the Japanese formation with turrets turned out either side firing away at the Japanese. This was the first naval battle where Japanese navy experienced American full beast mode in a surface action. It was a bloody battle and I think it was the Japanese battleship Hiei that was sunk.
@@JohnRodriguesPhotographer Hiei November 13 1942?
Wife's cousin, a logger from Twisp, Washington, had been a 19-year-old Fireman 1C on the Johnston when she was sunk. He was a Plankowner who joined the ship with Cdr Evans. Fortunately, he was one of the 141 out of 327 who survived.
You know I tried to fashion a comment on par with everyone else’s praise for this absolutely legendary battle. But fuck it, this just makes me so damn proud to be from the same nation as these absolute mad lads.
USS Johnston. They say of here. The Destroyer that Fought like a Battleship. No that is wrong. It is actually. The destroyer that fought like a fleet.
*Johnston
USS Johnston, a fleet of one.
Actually she fought better than a battleship. To compare her to a BB is an insult to her.
Samual B. Roberts. The Destroyer escort that fought like a battleship. Johnston. The Destroyer that fought like a fleet. I like it.
more like the destroyer that fought like a whole Navy
I like this channel. Propper information. Meanwhile on the history channel: Ghosthunters
Q&A: Can you talk about the British campaign in the Baltic, during and after WW1. Thank you.
Lolol
The History Channel is at best popular history (crowd pleasing, inaccurate, moralistic, worse). There really isn't much you can say to an audience which knows little to nothing and has minimal interest. The only regrettable effect of popular history is that the audience thinks it has learned something.
@@jamesjacocks6221 it use to be good. Like 20 years ago
I still remeber the days of "Dogfights". Good days.
I have wondered about Kurita's psychological state leading up to the battle with Taffy 3. Just over two years before while at the humiliating defeat at Midway, Kurita had lost the cruiser Mikuma (I don't know if he personally ended up in the water on this occasion). More recently, he had been with, as I recall, dengue fever. Then while on the way to the Battle off Samar, he had survived his heavy cruiser flagship, Atago, being sunk from underneath him by the USS Darter. Kurita was fished out of the water by an IJN destroyer (this must have had an impact on him), not to mention that another of Kurita's heavy cruisers had also been sent to the bottom by a USN sub, Dace. Then, while Kurita is still drying out on his new flagship, Yamato, airstrikes damage the Yamato and SINK the Musashi. Thus, under his command and responsibility, he had just lost his own flagship and one of the two largest battleships that ever put to sea which were the pride of the IJN. Kurita was not having a very good week at this point. It would not be hard to imagine that he would not want to put the Yamato at risk (also, he may have wanted to avoid getting wet again).
I believe he said after the war that he turned back because he felt that attacking a bunch of empty transports wasn't worth the lives of his men.
Kurita eventually realized he wasn't fighting the fleet carriers that had sunk Musashi, and then he finds out that Southern Force had been annihilated. He had to have concluded that he was about to get caught between two fleets far more powerful than the one that was faring far better than he expected even when he thought they were a full battle fleet. I also think he recalled the destroyers in order to save them. Thinking that the big armor piercing shells of the larger ships would be perfect for destroying large, armored fleet carriers well stocked with munitions. And that his ships secondary guns, many being cruiser grade guns, would do fine keeping the escorts that were thought to be cruisers at bay. Thus Kurita accidentally sets the stage for nimble destroyers to get close and AP shells to not detonate. Resulting in far more of his men dying than would have otherwise. Wouldn't be surprised if he felt guilty for that.
"I know this book, your conclusions were all wrong. Halsey acted stupidly."
Red October standing by.
Said the guy who (in the book) took out an enemy sub by straight-up ramming into it.
The beautiful irony of this battle is that the American destroyer and destroyer escort crews, in attacking with such determination even in the face of seemingly hopeless odds, were actually doing exactly what Japanese sailors in the same position would have been expected to do. To constantly charge into vastly superior forces, heedless of one's own safety, and fight with such skill as to turn those superior forces aside, was a level of courage and martial prowess that both the Americans and the Japanese could admire equally. At least one Japanese captain recognized this as the battle progressed; survivors from USS Johnston recounted that the captain of the Japanese destroyer Yukikaze saluted them and their sinking ship as he sailed past.
Let this battle be a lesson to our enemies. "It's not the dog in the fight, its the fight in the dog."
Our Bonzai charge was successful.
every blossom, so perfect and beautiful
バイオレットチーズ!!!
Yes, very indecisive and insecure for Japanese. Americans are the true samurais.
My grandad was lucky that day. He was on the only remaining gun turret aboard the USS Samuel b Roberts. I got to talk to him about it before he passed about 15 years ago. Well until he broke out in tears then I stopped. Said he couldn’t swim because his arms were like spaghetti after the action and almost drowned. I’m here because he kept fighting.
@Baby Maybe Thank you. Funny other story to that part is he was 17. My great grand parents had to sign for him to go.
@Baby Maybe do you know who C E Anderson is? But he’s best known as Bud Anderson. He is a 2nd cousin and I’ve only had the privilege to meet him one time.
@@fprtclvs I'm not surprised that the events of that day would make him shed tears. I listened to the book "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors", and I have to say... What happened on board the Roberts was truly horrific. We remember the crew as the heroes they were, but the truth is also that a lot of those heroes died excruciating, terrifying deaths.
Faced with an enemy whose gun turrets weigh more than the entire ship, Johnston decides running is boring. USS Johnston: "I'm not having this!" Engages Angry-Small-Ship mode *Doom music intensifies* IJN: *fear*
"Where is, repeat, where is Task Force Thirty Four? The world wonders." Though improperly decoded, the message finally got through to Halsey who finally turned around but too late to help Taffy-3.
28:37 "[Johnson] seeing the ship under attack by a Heavy Cruiser, it promptly shoots up this ship as well....because of course it does." I died a little, hahahahaha
The best of British wit.
Johnston*
Lt. Cmdr. Evans: "So anyway, I started blasting."
Had the Japanese continued the battle, I believe Lt. Cmdr. Evan's would have either rammed a Japanese vessel, or attempted a boarding action.
@@hariman7727 I seriously thought a ram was coming.
@@TheGuruStud I had seen a previous documentary, so I knew what happened. BUT... a ram wouldn't have surprised me.
@@hariman7727 wouldn't that been something, he heads out in a fletcher class destroyer, comes back with the Yamato. Lol!
Lt. Cmdr Evans, AKA Big Chief, half Cherokee, one quarter Creek and all warrior.
The courage and determination of Taffy 3 will remain in the history of naval warfare one of the greatest examples of pure guts ever demonstrated. I live in the Philippines and the entire battle happened just off where I live...I often wonder with all the exploration of WW2 that goes on underwater here when and even if its possible to find those ships. One of the greatest submarines of the era is sunk just off the west coast of Luzon...the Harder
The wreckage of the Johnston has been found
@@unbeatablesniper16 And they just found Sammy B.
So I watch this video probably a couple times a year. I never get tired of hearing about the absolute insanity/heroism of the escort captains of taffy 3. Great job on this video. Truly a work of art.
I’m glad I’m not alone! I don’t know what it is. But this story deserves to be told repeatedly.