When World's Largest Aircraft Carrier Goes To War | Full Documentary
Step onboard and experience the intensity of life on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, a floating city in the middle of the ocean. This documentary takes you behind the scenes, uncovering the daily routine and the preparations for potential combat situations.
Our journey starts with the everyday life onboard: the challenging conditions, the constant threat, and the amazing facilities that keep morale high. Discover the camaraderie and the shift system that keeps the ship operational 24/7.
Then, we dive into the preparations for war. We reveal the advanced technology, cutting-edge radar and weapons systems, and the formidable force of the service personnel who man these ships. Follow the frantic rush as the klaxon alarm rings out, triggering sailors to their battle stations and preparing for the worst.
Witness the flurry of activity on the flight deck as pilots scramble to prepare for launch, the engineering team ensures the systems are ready for battle, and the medical team stands by for potential casualties. The tension is high as the aircraft carrier moves from a neutral state to a state of high alert and readiness for combat.
Our journey doesn't end there. Experience the highly complex and coordinated effort of combat situations on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, from air defense and anti-submarine warfare to offensive operations against enemy targets.
Finally, learn about the post-combat procedures as the crew transitions from high alert back to routine operational status. The ship might be back to routine, but readiness remains a top priority.
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Luxurious facilities!? 😂 no, not at all
Never mind just when at War. I served onboard the USS Nimitz 78-82 as a jet engine mechanic with Fighter Squadron VF-41. The dangerous conditions are there 24/7.
My brother served on the Nimitz 80-84, he was a reactor engineer but also did fire drills. He was aboard in the Med and when the deck crash occurred.
Okej no stoce toliko oružja sta misle napasti rusa isto vele sila ne nosačima al raketama i stace biti
Thank You so much for your service.
Was Just on the Nimitz 22-23. She’s still kicking
Thank you for your effort and hard work ❤❤❤
💙💙💙💙 Thank you to all our military personnel
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I was a submariner for many years, but my last command for about 3 months was the USS Ranger. Definitely a different world from what i was used to. I would do it all over again though! Tony E. MM1(SS)
My husband was on the Ranger from 1989-1993, during the Gulf War...
Thank you so much for your service.
Thank you for your service Sir
Thank you for your service. 🇺🇸
I went on an aircraft carrier while an elementary-age kid and was amazed by the runway and the floor below deck. Everything was larger than life!
Go on KZhead and check out the new Ford-class carriers. Every some bad dude right there. The nuclear propulsion plant energy they can operate the entire vessel for about 12 years straight without stopping. Routine maintenance and preventive maintenance is not as involved as what it used to be more of the funding and support is now freed up to be concentrated and to all the other areas that make that ship second to none. The department of the Navy has already decommissioned a lot of areas of operations that the other countries and world has not fully developed yet as the standard. United States is light-years ahead in every area of defense India Russia and China or still trying to develop and put into a practical practice the launching in recovery using steam catapults in hydraulic arresting gear. The new ford-class carrier has electric catapults using inline motor and more practical applications for speed adjustment for the different aircraft weights and specifications for arresting the the inertia safely using a lot less resources energy as well as the Manpower that it demands in order to keep everything operating efficiently and safely during operating in a hot area under threat when it absolutely positively must operate whenever failure is not an option Steam catapult systems work great, but they require a lot of Maintenance a lot of Manpower and a lot of attention I'm glad to see that They Came Upon resolution that totally replaced the downtime and maintenance requirements system that was designed to achieve the power needed, but without maintenance and constant upkeep attention
wow lucky
I've served aboard an aircraft carrier. I never had to go through Navy SEAL training like you are depicting.
A carrier is nothing like an airport, it is an airport.
Military airport 😅😂
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I was a radar ET aboard the USS Forrestal back in 82. I maintained the AN/SPS-43A long range, air search radar. It was one of two long range, air search radars we had, the other being the SPS-48, mentioned here. The SPS-48 was a 3D air search radar and was maintained by FTs in those days, though the techs for it shared the radar shop with us. I rode that ship into the Philly shipyard in 83 for its SLEP overhaul. In that overhaul, my radar was replaced (among others). It was replaced by an SPS-49 radar. Remember I said my radar was an *air* search radar? So is the SPS-49, contrary to what was said in this video. It is NOT a surface search radar. The surface search used in my day was the SPS-10, which was the primary in the Navy for decades. It's since been replaced, I believe with the SPS-67. Plus, unless I've missed something, I don't think Tomahawks get launched from aircraft carriers. Their escorts, yes. There was a saying back when I was on the carrier. In the event of war, the goal is to get all the aircraft in the air. Once. Anything after that, is gravy. The point being, the aircraft are the weapons, and they're useless on deck. On the other hand, having the carrier still there when its over, is bonus.
Very interesting, thank you for your service. 👌🏼
My uncle was very high up in coms in the British navy. I have a huge respect for our military’s (USA & UK). Thank you for everything you do ❤
The ships are so big that you almost never meet or see 50 to 75% of the crew
..And they stuff people in there like sardines..
Facts. The week I was transferring to my next command I was sitting on the mess deck with somebody id never seen before. Turned out he checked in the same day as I did...4 years earlier
Love how they talk about the fleet sailors training, then show cuts of BUDs lol
They seem to not fact check or ask big Navy for facts
Yea, no kidding. I was on the Nimitz from 75 to 77. All I did was just walk aboard and look for the machine shop.
Working for protecting a country is no joke!❤ 👍
It warms my heart to see the F/A-18 still being used on carriers
My son works on those and Blackhawk Helicopters. He's on the Ike now.😢
F/A-18 is a compromise between bomb truck A-6 intruder and interceptor F-14
Great to see even some women working on this ship under these conditions !👏 👍 👌 🙏
Been in Country 3 times, slept in a bivy near scorpions etc.. These Seaman have it good. But always nice to have them ready. Love you all. Never Forget! We all work together. No arrogance, just power. SFC.
Been there, done that, got a yellow jersey. ABH-1 USNR-Ret.
"When America's Aircraft Carriers Go to war: You don't want to be on the receiving end, that's for sure! Thank you to all that serve in our honorable Navy. God Bless America. (if not America, then Who?)
This shit will sink before even arrive at the theater of operation
Go ahead and try little boy. LOL @@isabaru6562
In 1987 the JFK visited Boston harbor, right next to my job, it's hard to explain how huge it is, it made the harbor look small. God bless all who serve this great country.🇺🇸
So fire theet Ythis to me
An aircraft carrier is by your words, "luxurious". Any US Navy ship is, "luxurious"????? What planet do you live on?????
I was a propulsion ET on the Enterprise (CVN-65) in the late 1970s .... that job was a full-time+ gig and I didn't learn a lot about other jobs like I should have, except perhaps firefighting. What really impressed me about carrier life was the flight deck team ... those guys (they were all guys back then) were really something to watch during flight ops. The flight deck crew, my own propulsion shipmates .... and the guys who kept us fed were most important to me. :)
I was attached to AIMD, intermediate maint depot@NAS LEMOORE CA. I was an AMH 2 AW, hydraulic flight controls F18, superhornet. I deployed withthe Airwing, VFA squaderns as they attached and went forward fpr their turn standing ready at the threshhold up front. Thar Battle Group is always quite a cooler, and deterent to those who walk a line when the battle group is on watch, 800 lb Gorilla sittin, watchin.
Flight Ops operates same as if war, and its very dangerous, very busy, uou have to be alert, all the time. When people slack and let down the swivel of the entire op, thats when the sucked upin engines, they walk through turned up props, the fall over, the get caught nappin and a tragedy results. Its very dangerous. Just one person loading ordandence on fighters, and it falls, or heat bakes it off, talk about a world of trouble.
One torpedo will sink it simple
@@techtitanuk5609 a torpedo won't get anywhere near that carry on it'll never make its destination and even if one does hit it it's equipped to survive it The hulland keel is designed to isolate affected areas from taking on drink
@@techtitanuk5609you have no idea what is lurking in the water. Carriers never travel without subs. And their job is to prevent that from happening. Even if it were struck, they’re built to withstand a direct hit.
Best facilities to face worst situations! 😮 ❤ 👍 👌
God Bless the men and women of our armed forces. I wish I would have been healthy enough to be in the Navy, sadly I was born a diabetic.
Aint nothing luxurious about an aircraft carrier except where top brass resides, for example, where the CO and the Fleet Admiral quarters. Trust me, I served on the GW CVN 73.
Aircraft carriers don’t carry and launch the Tomahawks as a ship borne weapon
It’s the ships in the carrier strike group. Not the carrier. I’m surprised they said that 🤔
It should be the carrier strike group.
I was just about to say the same thing! Also no torpedoes
Yeah, this guy doesn't know shit
Yeah and also another inconsistency; we in the industry (RDT&E) refer to the Rhino is BLK-III only at this point in time.
Lots of “stock clips “ spliced together from previous videos, some of which are irrelevant. I concentrated on the audio & cc which made it less confusing.
Do USA have super Sonic misaels As china or Russian
Thank you for this documentary. I'm obsessed with this ship !
Always a great and adventurous video. Thanks for the video. Always look forward to them! ❤️👍🙂🇺🇸
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Awesome 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️🌹
Thank you so,so much for all that you do for us. I'm very,very proud to be an American citizen, all because of your hard work, God bless you all. 😊🎉😊
Impressed And proud ❤
I was on the USS Ranger (CV-61) in the 80's during the Persian Gulf Crisis. You forgot to mention Unreps and Vertreps where the ship is replenished under way by other ships and heli's. An aircraft carrier can stay in place a long time this way.
I also served on the same ship USS Ranger (CV-61) during the mid 1980's. I did remember they were bringing "Waves" women sailors onboard as a trial period for a short period of time. I can still recall the Show of Force during that time where you can see not one but two Iconic World War II Era Battleships firing their Super Guns. What a sight to behold.
@@antonioalfaro5749 In 1981, I got a brief tour of the Ranger. I was in class at San Diego 32nd St for the SPS-37/43 radar family, and had orders to the Ranger's sister ship and class namesake, Forrestal CV-59. One of my classmates was the tech on the Ranger and asked if I wanted an idea of what I was getting into. The Forrestal was my first ship. Coincidentally, years later while I was on a Knox class frigate (Vreeland), I spent a week or two on the Saratoga while I was in school and the frigate went to Haiti. I expected a barracks room at Mayport, I got X div berthing on the Sara. Curtains and pillow stolen day one. Locked in the coffin locker after that. So, I've been on three of the four Forrestal class carriers at least once.
My husband was on the Ranger from 1989-1993...
Thank you for your service.
@@antonioalfaro5749 Thank you for your service.
Thanks you so much america for helping the philippines. God bless.
God bless America and her brave military forces , which protect the free world.
That's news. A US aircraft carrier can now launch Tomahawk. 😊
Thank you USA, AUSTRALIA and JAPAN for your help and support to our beloved Country. Philippines. You knew that, that our country we don't have more money to pay you. We pray that God continue to bless your Country. God will pay it back for your Country.and also,we proud of you and thanks for your good hearts. Take care always and God bless you❤
This video is awesome &quite inspiring. 👍 👌 Since my childhood I somehow developed transparent love for cricket 🏏, ships,especially aircraft carriers &aviation though none of these things have nothing to do with my family background! I really don't know how! Of all these,I excelled in cricket 🏏 upto some extent but my love for all these things still stick to me! I sincerely wish all my brothers on this USS ship good health &good luck! 👍 ❤ cricket 🏏 🚢 ⚓️ ✈️
India 🇮🇳 us with aircraft carrier have deal very advance technology aircraft carrier 2026 star
لم تعد حاملات الطائرات بنفس القوة اليوم بعد التطور الرهيب في صناعة الصواريخ المضادة للقطع البحرية ذات السرعة الفائقة مثل الصاروخ موسكيت او الغواصات المسيرة و الطائرات المسيرة التي استطاعت ان تدمر قطع بحرية عملاقة في لمح البصر،لذلك اصبح الاعتماد على الصواريخ البالستية و المسيرات هوا مفتاح القوة في عصرنا هذا،و اصبحت المعدات الحربية التقليدية مثل حاملات الطائرات و الفرقاطات و المدمرات و الغواصات و الدبابات و حتى المقاتلات شيء من الزمان الماضي لا تتناسب مع حروب العصر الحديث !!.
Thanks for information
Thank you! 👍
It is hard to understate the continued genius of the US Navy since their inception in October 1775. For example, it took them merely a month to come to the realization they needed Marines. That's sharp.
This is great! Much better than " top gun II" .
Ok, as a ships oil king I can say that not everyone is trained on every system. There were only 2 of us qualified on a FFG as oil kings. The CDR wasn't even qualified to operate our systems, especially the F/O purifiers. He was the final say over alignment before we started them, but he couldn't operate them himself. Now we do go over and learn some about the other ship systems if we choose to get ESWS certified. Well, at least back in my day on board the FFG 49. RGB.
Amazing 😮
I have a relative thru marriage who was CO of one of these carriers, later became a battle group commander (carrier, cruiser, missile frigate, and 2 nuclear subs). Retired a 3-star admiral after holding other very high naval positions. Real down to earth guy, fun to be with, he even chauffered me around on one occasion when we were in the boonies. Home James!
Cool stuff
Its the Navy..... not too stressful when you're 100 miles from the actual battle and there isn't 2 navys combined that can challenge the U.S. Navy. As someone who was actually on the ground in the last war. I'd have loved to have a Starbucks floating on a city in the middle of the ocean. Definitely sub crews have it much harder than a carrier crew.
I mean these days it's less stressful. But during world war 2, Navy was a fucking scary place to be. Getting sunk out in the middle of the pacific with nowhere to go. In a serious global power conflict, that threat would come back with more ship to ship or aircraft to ship combat
I've been out 10 years but I served on carriers as an ATO buy definitely wasn't a Starbucks onboard!!!
Sub crews have it rough, but food wise apparently the navy shells out since its one of the only rec activities they have besides sleep or reading
Yeah, not too stressful when you're trying not to die on the roof
Long live Finland! 1finn equals 20 Ryssä!
❤Awesome!!
Nice repeating content from your other video on aircraft carriers to take up time, regurgitating content nice job navy.
9:50 what is a disco ball doing there 😂😂
Emezing 🎉❤
I lived on the USS Albany CG-10 for 8 months during Vietnam war,with 1400 other men.
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👍 Is it real photography!?
Very interesting video.
Thank you so much!
A chat over drinks with a few buddies, we were discussing impressive jobs to have. Now, there are people out there that were tasked with designing a structure - that can house and facilitate a small city [and that means food, medical, recreational as well as domicile facilities], function as a military airport, be maneuvrable across all the seas, withstand the deadliest of storms *and* to top it all off, go to war being the single most prized target for any enemy, so, shrug off torpedoes and what have you. Just imagine such a thing. I once set foot on a *destroyer* from the 80's, and the thing was HUGE. Now look at this monster amidst a handful of those, they're just little boats in comparison. Just think of all the things to consider when designing your home kitchen. We agreed that Aircraft-Carrier-Designer was the most impressive job a person can have. As in, seriously. Putting a man on the moon compared to this is peanuts.
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We all ~ those that like this kind of stuff ~ have a great love for the great E-2's, we all know that when we got that other plain, F-35, the E-2's responsibility's although be great have a backup, while the "bad guys" spend a bunch to take out our E-2's and consider "game over" all that does is make F-35 guys really ticked off - their little jet does the same thing as the E-2 but it's a little better on the defense side, like about 100 miles. Shooting at the E-2 is an investment in stupidity. The F-35 guys love it when you say here I am ~ come get me. At about 2 miles a second at 60 miles, you have 30 seconds to say your final pray.
God Bless the British Navy and our Powerful Allies. Projecting military might in any War, IE The war in Europe is a must. And its enemies must be pushed back. Peace in Ukraine, and thanks to all who fight for what is right. Thanks for the video.
Royal navy ?
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A large target. When the air fighters return and that 'Might' illusion is distroyed...too late to turn back...
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TRUE PERSONS.
Wow Starbucks onboard 😅
This video was great until it had a BUDs class playing while talking about sailors meticulous training 😂😂
Hàng không Mẫu Hạm USS của Mỹ quá tối tân. Y như một dãy phố trên biển..🇺🇸👍
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These are a remnant of once mighty power. One hypersonic missile and it’s game over.
So all the sailors go through BUD’s before they deploy with their ships 😂
There are 10 destroyers, cruisers or frigates that are sacrificed before a carrier goes down. Meaning a destroyer’s value is one (1) and a carrier is worth ten (10). That is why we have so many “other” combat ships in the US Navy.
Taffy 3 attacking the Imperial Japanese fleet at Layte Gulf. Their attack was so audacious the Japanese thought they were a bigger force. Ernest Evans and the USS Johnston was the toughest Destroyer in the fleet. When they last say Captain Evans the ship was in flames from bow to stern and he was in the rear yelling down to the sailors turning the rudder by hand. They now rest on the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
Did you know that during the second world war that the Navy and the Marine Corps alone handle the entire Pacific Theater and prevailed. The Army Air corps was primarily occupying Europe. The battleships oh, the prop airplanes, in the Marine Infantry took down the Japanese island by Island where they were severely disadvantage and completely outnumbered five to one the Japanese that were occupying those islands we're occupying and completely dug-in, the famous statue and picture of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima those were Marines and Navy corpsman as they prevailed in that battle when they were severely outnumbered and outgunned the Army Air corps did have some bombers and reconnaissance planes that were operational in the Pacific Theater but we're mostly concentrated more in Europe Both the Navy and the Marine Corps occupied throughout the islands in many different squadrons dog fighting planes to keep the Japanese out of our supply and fuel Reserve .Those old Corsairs were full of bullet holes on their last legs at the end of that one. The Japanese Zero's suffer twice as much loss then the more maneuverable and faster coarsairs. What the Navy's Fleet suffered a lot of loss and Casualty aboard crippled and damaged ships in the fleet the new technology and design today are built around the whole design that can sustain a lot better equipped with alternate systems operation
Those boys aboard those vessels made some tremendous sacrifices they never gave up they didn't quit they stuck with it till The Bitter End
That particular engagement and the battle was mentioned in the movie Men of Honor whenever the Master Chief diver held his breath for 5 minutes and saved many trapped men, he was recognized by the board presiding over a guy that lost his leg
Some years ago there was a surviving retired Marine officer pilot that was in the Squadron the one of those corsairs that lost control serface ability and lost it om the drink, somewhere near the Marianas Trench and he got all the paperwork that he needed from the Navy to hire a company to retrieve that plane for him he pulled it up and restored it. He knew right exactly where it was at. After he passed away his family donated it to one of the Naval Museum somewhere. He had 37 confirmed zeros hit and downed
OPERATIONS SPECIALIST GO NAVY!!!
Thank you all for serving ,benigno
one aircraft carrier deal with united state of America
I have to watch in total 12 ads for this video!?!? really !?!?!
1:23 and some also doesn’t get to see sea 😂
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Not again, how many times will I see this….
'Merica!!!!
And finally, most importantly, the weapons... The Chef: Y'all musta forgot
Most of the time all the ship's crew won't even be aware of what's going on if we go hot, we go into a war zone or to a threat or something like that most of the crew don't even know what's happening the people up top that see the ordinance going onto the aircraft and then you see the aircraft coming back 10 minutes later empty you know something's going on somewhere. A lot of times if the Marines are present in the amphibious landing gear and they're blowing the door open somewhere they're using the planes to do it. Who knows it might be a rescue mission it might be in till it might be recognizance, whatever it is, they will be ready. You got to be ready for anything at anytime
I'm curious how they plan on dealing with 4 or 5 supersonic missiles coming at the same time, Personally, I believe the Carriers are nothing more than a sitting duck
It seems from the video that the Navy is the first line of defense? I toured the USS Hornet several times the vessel is intimidating!
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Why show SEAL training in a “basic” navy life during deployment???
They are showing Seal training. That is a no go
lol since when have Tomahawks been fired from carriers? 7:26
During my career, I was on 5 different carriers USS Midway CV41 - Home port Japan, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV42, USS Forrestal CV59 (berthen right by the arresting gear machinery room), USS John F Kennedy CV 67, and USS America CV66 - all homeported on the East coast. Working in the Aviation part of the crew, we worked 12 on 12 off 7 days a week so when it was time to catch some sleep we normally didn't have much of a problem doing so. When on the MIdway I took part in the evacutation of Siagon and during that time we were so hyped up that sleep was the last thing most of us were concerned about.
NAVAIR!!!
I want to know what carrier had the Starbucks on it?? Definitely a pipe dream!! Been out 10 years but served on 3 different carriers and no starbucks for us. Im not sure thats accurate at all
Yep the aircraft carrier replaced the battleship…. Having all those fighter jets alone is a huge weapon
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I was on the uss constitution as a civilian for a week wow some thing I’ll never forget.
💙💙💙💙 my brother in law was navy for 16 years
I can’t believe Americans drink Starbucks coffee. It’s the worst.
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Jun 17, 2023 VERENIGDE STATEN Step onboard and experience the intensity of life on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, a floating city in the middle of the ocean. This documentary takes you behind the scenes, uncovering the daily routine and the preparations for potential combat situations. Our journey starts with the everyday life onboard: the challenging conditions, the constant threat, and the amazing facilities that keep morale high. Discover the camaraderie and the shift system that keeps the ship operational 24/7.
Air craft carrier is the worst ship when hit by a Chinese sub sonic missiles 4000 men die ??
The way you say Missile drives me insane. mi·sl
I was on the commando carrier wasp 1970
I 😅😅😅❤keep. Myself going gigging 😢
Ua could invent aircraft carrier rollers for shot Landing, BTW
Been there done that, 21 years 10of those at sea, USS MIDWAY X2, USS NIMITZ
God bless America ❤