Japan: We've been telling everyone for 40 years. Don't mess with their boats. Do they listen nooo." We used to be Samurai, then we touched their boats. Now we're just Magical Girls and Hentai.'
@@theshadowthie1 Yeah, but this time, they are on the Allied side of history. So now we have the US military's logistical capabilities, German war technology, badass Japanese warriors, British SpecOps units, competent Canadian war criminals, Australians who know no fear, AND a bunch of pissed off Polish people who don't want to be railroaded again.
People take that clip out of context so often. To be specific, the quote is "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help. "
@@justanidiotmk2749 idk, sounds true to form to me. the point of the statement was that the government should stay out of your life, not try to fix your problems.
US Navy Veteran. The Ship is your home. Everything you own on deployment is, of course, in your home. The Navy takes damage control VERY seriously. Doesn't get mentioned much, but that is one of the reasons we won at Midway.
@@terran046that was the heavy cruiser USS New Orleans. In the battle of Tassafaronga it was hit in the forward magazine by a torpedo. This detonated the ammunition in the magazine and blew off the front most turret and the entire bow which proceeded to rip off and stab itself into the side of the ship. After the battle, the crew fixed the bow using coconut logs and sailed backwards to Australia where they revived minor repairs. They then once again sailed backwards but this time all the way across the Pacific Ocean to Bremerton Washington.
After Action Report excerpt. DoD: I'm sorry... you did what?! U.S. Navy: With all due respect sir, no one told us NOT to blow it up. DoD: YES WE DID! U.S. Navy: At the time we warned them, they fucked with us. DoD: (Sighs) Then what happened? U.S. Navy: They found out.
You mentioned the quote from President Regan. It's real, but the full quote is "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
@@Snipergoat1 I want to know wtf the guys who opened fire on a US navy task force with an AA gun were thinking. You're not gonna damage a destroyer with an AA gun, and you just gave them the green light to turn you into pink mist.
The “Joke” with USS Enterprise (CVN 65) is that she is the worlds first nuclear powered carrier, and she inherited the name of Enterprise from CV6. In WW2 USS Enterprise (CV6) was the most decorated US ship, participating in nearly every major conflict. So it had several nicknames such as the “Big E” and “Grey Ghost”. So E=mc^2 is both in reference to the “Big E” and an impressive scientific mind, which is very fitting for the first nuclear powered carrier. Though sadly Enterprise (CV6) was scrapped after the war much to the dismay of several people in the Navy, so it never became a museum ship. However the name of Enterprise lives on both in the navy as well as being referenced in different media such as Star Trek.
A lot of people wanted her to be a museum. However, there was issues in trying to gather the funds to do it. Battleship New Jersey museum (they have an active UA-cam channel), put out a video explaining the process of museum ships. I may not be 100% accurate, but to summarize what I remember: Essentially, the US museum ships were bought from the Navy to become museums, additionally they don’t provide any funding to maintain said museums. So all funding comes via a crowd funded organization or a given state. Additionally they had to prove they could meet requirements in maintaining the vessel among other things. Ultimately this meant that if no one could meet all the requirements to get a given ship, then the ship would eventually meet the scrappers.
@@Good20win11 We can put a goddamn easy chair and still from 2 tv shows in the fuckin' Smithsonian... But we can't preserve... LITERALLY the most important piece of Equipment IN the entire goddamn WW2... *Sigh* It's not at ALL the first time 20th Century U.S. Military has been fucked by it's own people... But It doesn't hurt any less...
There was something special about that particular photo though. All three ships were nuclear-powered: a carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN-65); a destroyer, USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25); and a cruiser, USS Long Beach (CGN-9).
(USS Samuel B. Roberts hits a mine) US: .... (inhales).... *WHO. FUCKED. WITH OUR. BOATS?!* Italy: *Oh no.* Germany: IT WASN'T US. PLEASE DON'T. Japan: (Hiroshima and Nagasaki flashbacks) Iran:... Why do I hear boss music? Soviet Union: Oh, this is gonna be goooood.... (munches on popcorn)
Probably also worth mentioning that Samuel B. Roberts had some weight attached to her name. For those who don't know, the first USS Samuel B. Roberts was a Destroyer Escort that was sunk in the Battle off Samar in WWII and was called "The Destroyer Escort That Fought Like A Battleship". Absolutely hopeless situation where a small landing support/submarine patrol unit wound up staring down what was left of Japan's heavy hitters sans their carriers (which still outnumbered them by nearly twice as much). Said battle ended with the Japanese retreating north and mostly failing in their original objective of shelling the hell out of American landing forces. Samuel B. joined the three Destroyers in charging at the enemy to make torpedo runs, despite being smaller, slower, and lighter armed. She got into a slugfest with the Chikuma that left the larger ship maimed and on fire.
Silkworm Missiles were land-based missiles that were developed by China and sold to just about everyone on that side of the planet who were in any way shape or form aligned with their ideals and opposed American ideals. The original range of these weapons was estimated at 50 miles but they could in fact reach targets 62 miles away as demonstrated in the Iran-Iraq War when Iran launched several of these missiles. These missiles were launched from the Faw Peninsula and struck the Liberian tanker 'Sungari', the American tanker 'Sea Isle City', and the Kuwaiti Sea Island offshore oil terminal. This attack also prompted Kuwait to set a MIM-23 HAWK (Homing All the Way Killer) missile system purchased from the US in the area to prevent any more such missile attacks. Keep in mind that America is VERY protective of its ships. Praying Mantis was the result of 1 being crippled. Could you imagine if any ships of this force got sunk as a result of these Iranian-fired, Made in China, land-launched missiles?
China developed the Silkworm missiles but did not want to be caught selling them to Iran, so instead, they gave them to North Korea as 'military aid' and then the North Koreans sold then to Iran cause they didn't care what the rest of the world thought of them anyway.
I mean…if the Samuel went down instead of managing to limp back after losing its keel, I think we wouldn’t have an Iran anymore…Praying Mantis would become operation: destroy. Don’t fuck with Americas boats lol.
We love our boats, they're pretty boats, and they're expensive. Expensive, pretty boats. It would be a shame to sink yourself out of being a country because you attacked one of our boats. That would be very sad indeed.
Every time I watch this I feel sad about the fast attack ship part. "I'm following orders" sounds like "We have no choice". It sounds like they were dead either way.
@@baggiestshelf5822 Yes, but at least following orders means you don't go home in disgrace and have yourself, wife, and first born son executed for cowardice and any other children sold off to pay for the executioner's fee.
@@ChuckLi-xh3sj only our military would flex hard enough to debo a u-boat, steal a whole train, and gangster leaned a 32,000 ton warship just to fire Volvo's further inland. As an American I'm happy knowing our military is the reason the saying "it's not a war crime the first time" exist.🤣🤣🤔🤔🤔🤔
TFE has a comment on why America uses millimeters for ammo: "The ammo isn't ours, it's the bad guys. We just haven't given it to them yet. We wouldn't want them dead *and* confused."
USA: *Literally the final boss of planet Earth* Iran: Eh, we can take em. Double down. Also Iran, looking traumatized: We stand corrected. Alternatively... USA: *Literally the final boss of planet Earth* Iran: Eh, we can take em. Double down. Japan and literally everyone else that fought in WW2: So who's gonna tell em?
USA: Literally the final boss of planet Earth Iran: Eh, we can take em. Double down. Narrator: As it would turn out, this was a significant error in judgement.
The US Navy learned the hard way how to manage damage. The salvage divers and dry dock workers at Pearl Harbor gave detailed reports of the damage the various ships sustained that gave insight into how to build ships to manage damage. The losses of Lexington and Yorktown both contributed greatly to the information, including one 'lowly' sailor's idea to purge the fuel filling lines to the flight deck with nitrogen to prevent fumes from building up and becoming an explosion hazard when not in use. The mass of ideas and processes that came about from hard warfare changed the way ships were built and crewed. Many ships that should have sunk were saved and managed to get back to base because of the lessons learned. The Navy maintains this standard to this day, something the USS Connecticut proved when mismanagement at the senior levels resulted in the sub slamming into a seamount at high speed. The initial damage was bad enough, but a fire in the electrical room threatened the safety of the ship and it was the training and fast thinking of the crew that saved it.
Yeah advice for everyone: Don’t fuck with gas prices and don’t touch Americas boats, chipping the paint on one means you get an ass beating. Also this response was from damaging a ship, imagine how the operation would’ve gone if they actually managed to sink it with the mine….
The A-6 deal reminded me of how in MMOs, people with high level pretended to be afk in lower level areas/near enemy cities to bait some poor sod into attacking and getting tagged for PvP lmao. Also holy shit, i recently watched "Flight of the Intruder", it seems like the Navy´s A-6 pilots were just bred different. From what i´ve read, Silkworm missiles were Chinese, who developed them from another Soviet rocket.
'Flight of the Intruder" was a good film. The novel is a lot better, of course, and worth your time to read. Attack pilots back then were arguably more skilled than their fighter pilot nemesis. The A-6A was state of the art on the front line, but was plagued by a few technical problems that were being fixed, but the classified nature of the newer computer and INS in the A-6E meant the government wasn't willing to put them in Vietnam for fear of one being shot down and examined by the Soviets. Bombing back then was either using the radar and computer to continuously calculate a release point (CCRP), or via the old-skool way of memorizing your speed/altitude/mils bomb fall chart and dropping visually with the bomb sight. Not an easy thing when under fire.
it's funny cuse i still play MMO's where i see this from time to time, watching as someone things they're the main character and starts wailing on a high level. it's funny cuse also on Non MMO games i've been seeing low levels shoot at high levels thinking their hot shit. Lo and behold, the high level doesn't take kindly to being killed, decides that bringing out the big guns is not over kill at all, and proceed to kill said person until the other person rage quits, or GTFO's as fast as they can.
The Sammuel B Roberts in this instance is the third ship with the name. The first ship, an escort destroyer in ww2, gained legendary status when it was sunk while helping fend off a massive Japanese fleet in The Battle off Samar. I won’t go into what happened or we would have multiple paragraphs from me gushing about it. Would suggest looking on youtube for many good videos on said battle or wikipedia.
To paraphrase: The Sammie B was one of the Destroyers of Taffy 3 that held off the entire Japanese Navy. These tin cans armed with torpedoes and 5in guns basically stopped the Japanese Navy from steamrolling through and inflicting heavy losses upon US forces landing in the area.
This is all anyone needs to know: The American Surface Task Force (Taffy 3) combined massed less than the single largest ship in the Japanese Fleet, you think the only battle Yamato was in were she actually got to shoot at something more than planes would be more famous, and Taffy 3's slowest ships were slower than the Japanese ships so the confrontation was inevitable. The 3 full-size fleet destroyers turned around and proceeded to launch torpedo and gun attacks on the Japanese Fleet. The Samuel B. Roberts was a Destroyer Escort, classified as a Corvette to the English, and decided it wanted a go at the approaching Battleships as well... All four destroyers would sink, but succeed in keeping the Carriers they were escorting alive- Until the first Kamakazi's of the War slammed into them and caused several of the remaining ships to sink. *Seriously, why isn't this battle more known?!?*
My Father was US Navy for 21 years. I was 6 years old at the time of this. He can not confirm or deny but my father was aboard a guided missile frigate during this operation and I believe he was a part of Operation Praying Mantis. I do remember when my mother (also former Navy) heard about the Samuel B Roberts hit the mine, she flipped. My dad was on leave at the time and next thing I recall I was watching him board ship at port in Pensacola. It took me decades to realize the significance of this. Fair winds and following seas Hooyah.
The fucking nuts on this Russian dude to just waltz on next to a massive navel fight with this massive warship and be just like: "да, I am only here to the pictures друг."
Let's be both honest and realistic. That was a perfect legal opportunity for the Soviet Union to find out how well the U.S. Navy performed in a live-fire combat environment, and the 'history' they were taking the pictures for was Military History, after their pictures and recordings were analyzed within inches of its life for every scrap of military intelligence that could be mined from them.
In one of his videos he tks about using the metric system for ammo and he says, "if America starts producing ammo in twelths, you better believe there's gonna be a lot more than fifty stars on that flag" LEGEND 🤣🤣
7:54 The reason behind the E=MC^2 is because the USS Enterprise was the US Navy's very first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. She was launched in 1961 and was decommissioned in 2012.
And more specifically, the reason it was spelt out on her deck by the crew was she, along with 2 other Nuclear powered ships (USS Long Beach, and USS Bainbridge) were sent on a mission to go around the world (Operation Sea Orbit).. basically to show off the benefits of Nuclear Powered ships.
To quote the legend himself, the fat electrician said in one of his videos when it comes to why we use the metric system for our ammunition is because if we did things in twelfths when it came with the ammunition be a whole lot more than fifty stars on that flag.
@@Adplusamequalsadamit’s a random mix really. Naval artillery is imperial but naval AA is metric. Tank guns are metric but often coincide with exact imperial measurements, the Sherman’s famous 76.2mm AT gun is exactly 3 inches. Land artillery is mostly metric. Small arms vary wildly and multiple weapon systems chambered in the same calibers can be referred to with either metric or imperial.
@@collinwood6573 I know it’s mixed I was just pointing out we do use inches too. I imagine if a caliber is shared by NATO it will be metric. We all use the same ammo for a lot of things.
Not really a surprise the Samuel B Roberts was a tough ship, her namesake was known as "The destroyer that fought like a battle ship". Look up Taffy 3.
7:55 the "joke" regarding the E=mc² is because the USS Enterprise shown in the image is the second ship to be called the Enterprise. The first being arguably the United States greatest warship of all time that fought in WW2 vs Japan
Slight correction, CV-65 was the eighth ship in the US Navy to carry the name Enterprise. The very first USS Enterprise was a British sloop that was captured in 1775.
@@Red_Sea_ Yeah, that's what you were thinking. And she was the first carrier to be nuclear powered, which is what Einstein's mass-energy equivalence formula on the flight deck is referencing.
I was disappointed that they got rid of the Perry class frigates, for such a small ship, they were well made, and could take a beating. The first ship I was on when I was in the US Navy was the USS Gary, FFG-51, and we used to go through some nasty seas going through parts of the western pacific and the south china sea. Those were the days....
They weren't bad ships. I think they were pretty much maxed out when they were first commissioned. There just wasn't too much upgrading you could do to them.
Fun fact, the Samuel B. Roberts was named after the famous WWII Destroyer Escort that earned the name "The Destroyer Escort that fought like a Battleship.) Going against Japans' Center Force at the Battle of Samar.
One of things I love about Fat Electrician videos, you don't get a political slant (though you will an American stance, he's a proud american), it's just history.
American ammunition isn't typically in metric either. .38, .45, .308, .223, .44, .50, .357, .22, .17, .338, 30-30, 30-06, 45-70, so on so forth. All imperial. Plus that's just what I can recall off the top of my head in the 30 seconds I'm writing this.
Loved the video @Kip Reacts! Can't wait for the next video man! I remember seeing The Operations Room's video on Operation Praying Mantis a while back, great breakdown and Detail as they usually do in all of their videos. The Full clip of Ronald Reagan was "The Main thing American's should really Fear is someone coming up to them and Saying 'I'm From the Government and I'm here to help.'" As for the Picture of CVN-65 Enterprise, The E=mc² is a Reference to her being the First Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier in the U.S. Navy, coming into service in 1965 around the Start of Vietnam. Her Very First Captain served aboard the Yorktown-class USS Enterprise (CV-6; CV(N)-6 after getting New Radar Sets both for herself and her Grumman TBF-1C Avenger Multirole Torpedo Bombers in 1943) from the Second World War and he would go on to Found the Enterprise Golf Course. While Trump was in Office, he had CVN-65 Enterprise placed in a Brick Warehouse so that one the Radiation from her 8 Nuclear Reactors had died down to acceptable Background Levels she could be made into a Museum Ship. Then work on the Newer Gerald R. Ford-class USS Enterprise (CVN-80) starts up and so Trump has to allow for the Deckplates from CVN-65 Enterprise in order to rush the Construction of CVN-80 Enterprise. Then Biden and Kamala get into Washington in 2020 and just orders CVN-65 Enterprise to be Scrapped. Anyone from Azur Lane's Community here? *OWARI DA!*
I just remembered something. On the Sammy b there was a bronze plaque with the names of those who were killed in the Battle off Samar. The crew were seen touching the plaque as they fought the fires and did emergency repairs. If you don’t believe me you can look it up by searching ‘crew of uss samuel b roberts touch plaque while fighting fire’. In my opinion, the crew did those men proud having managed to save their ship against all odds.
If a carrier / carrier strike group parks nearby, the question shouldn't be "why are they holding back?" The question should be "where are its friends?" Cause a carrier and its escorts stopping short of entering a region usually means something else is prowling the region, and if you dont already where they are, good chance they already have you lit like a Christmas tree and are just waiting for a reason
At a press conference on August 12th, 1986, US President Ronald Reagan said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’”
Those Silkworm missiles are Chinese modified Soviet cruise missiles. Also, the whole E=MC2 thing on the Enterprise is because that was the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier.
E=mc^2 is the carrier saying “every action has an equal and opposite reaction.” Implying should something happen, the USS Enterprise puts plane in the sky and you’re going to get a proportional reaction :)
Kip: using the word casualty was the correct term there. casualty can reffer to injury or death for military personell. thats why casualty numbers are a so hard to interprete and there are more clear abreviations to claerly identify casualties: WIA, KIA and DOW. wounded in action, killed in action and died of wounds. yes the last two seem similar but KIA means they died directly in the field during the opperation. DOW on the other hand means the wounded person reached a medical facility and then died there to the wounds the person recieved
“The fraction people”. I’ve never heard that one before. As someone who is from Canada and occasionally likes to poke fun at America, I might use that at some point in the future.
Kip, if you want to see someone talk about history from a top down perspective then I have a channel for you. The Operations Room, specifically the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and also the collaboration video on their sister channel The Intel Report which asks the question if the atomic bombs necessary. I will admit that they tend to be more serious and don’t really throw in jokes or memes, but it’s still well made and you can tell that they put hard work into it. And if you are worried about getting political about it, don’t worry as they don’t make it the main focus. Keep up the amazing work!
yeah the Reagan clip...he was saying "the most terrifying thing you will ever hear is 'i'm from the government and i'm here to help'" trickle down economics aside, Reagan was a bad ass also silkworms were from china
Reagan: "What did you do?" Navy: "Okay, but you can't be mad at me" Reagan: "What. Did. You. Do?" Navy: "Okay FIRST, I was minding my own business" Reagan: "BULLSHIT!" Navy: "I waaas!"
Lol i subbed just because you did this video lol the Fat Electrician does probably the funniest history vids on youtube right now. Uou should totally do more. Definitely check out the McNasty story
I'm going through some of his old stuff. I'm running into an ethical issue of, "If I react to everything he's done, while all of it is amazing, I don't want to be a reason for people to not go and support him." So grappling with the react content dilemma.
The Silkworm missile was a Chinese anti-ship missile based on the P-15 Termit (NATO reporting name SS-N-2 Styx). It's a radar-guided cruise missile that flies at Mach 0.95 and carries a 1000 pound shaped-charge warhead (think a High Explosive Anti-Tank round on steroids).
"Except for our bullets, we measure those in millimeters." *Caliber,* my friend. The one takeaway from this video for foreigners should be: *Do not fuck with America's boats. We really like our boats.*
@@chazo1367Remember, the atomic bombs dropped in Japan are a far cry from what we use now. We literally have enought power to delete an entire country off the map ten times over.
I love how theirs Two Ships named Samuel B Roberts and they just refused to Die The Original Samuel B Roberts was a Destroyer escort that was hit directly by the Yamato and kept fighting until she was put down by several light/heavy Cruisers and three battleships. (Battle of Samar. Taffy 3 Vs an actual battlegroup.) Then this one which gets keel broken by a mine and survives.
The "I'm from the Government and I'm here to help." is a real quote from Reagen. The part that got cut off for the sake of comedy was that immediately before those words he said "The 9 most terrifying words in the English Language are; I'm from the Government and I'm here to help". He fully understood how we the people view government intervention in most cases.
I know I'm late but I will like to say. the E=MC^2 on USS enterprise is a reference to her being the first nuclear powered Aircraft Carrier in the navy. in the same picture she is sailing next to the first american nuclear powered cruiser. that's why they got square superstructure.
If someone else hasn’t mentioned it already Kip, The E-MC2 is a reference to the U.S.S Enterprise (CVN-65) being a Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier. One of the first if my memory isn’t mistaken. She relies upon it for her propulsion system to spin the propellers of the ship and supply power to the ship. And Nuclear powered ships were also tested for civilian purposes.
In fact the CVN-65 Enterprise WAS the very first nuclear powered aircraft carrier. And she was unique. Her own class. There was never a ship before or after made exactly like her. Enterprise is the only aircraft carrier to house more than two nuclear reactors, having an eight-reactor propulsion design, with each A2W reactor taking the place of one of the conventional boilers in earlier constructions. She is the only carrier with four rudders, two more than other classes, and features a more cruiser-like hull. In fact - each of those 8 reactors was originally going to be slated for use in SUBMARINES. But they had not yet perfected the twin reactor design used in later classes like the Nimitz. So Admiral Rickover simply used what he had available and had the design altered. In fact it was very rare for all 8 reactors to be in use at the same time. Usually only for All-Power tests. In common usage, only four to six reactors were needed. While others were kept at maintenance power levels. (You can't completely "power down" a nuclear reactor.)
He mentions the whole idea of using metric for ammunition in another video he did. I can't remember which one but even though it's a comedic statement it still works
Japan: We've been telling everyone for 40 years. Don't mess with their boats. Do they listen nooo." We used to be Samurai, then we touched their boats. Now we're just Magical Girls and Hentai.'
hey the worlds changing man, first Germany is rearming itselt to be the bigges European military force and now japan is doubling its military budget
this one hit hard because it's the truth
Yeah
It’s like Basically Worth It
@@theshadowthie1 Yeah, but this time, they are on the Allied side of history. So now we have the US military's logistical capabilities, German war technology, badass Japanese warriors, British SpecOps units, competent Canadian war criminals, Australians who know no fear, AND a bunch of pissed off Polish people who don't want to be railroaded again.
@@williamthehuntsmanAs a Canadian I can assure you. No one in the world want to hear us say "I'm about to not say sorry."
Remember everyone, America is just 50 war tribes in a trench coat.
And don't you forget it! 😂
With a military budget big enough to challenge god 😊
"America: The only country on earth who's military can fight aliens."
America: “y’all did someone say oil THAT #### IS MINE”
At least credit Habitual Line Crosser for the joke
The clip he put for reagan, the full thing he said was, "When someone says im from the government and im hear to help, you should be afraid"
People take that clip out of context so often. To be specific, the quote is "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help. "
@@RocRolDisThanks for reminding me of the actual statement, I just remembered what it ment
That's the irony isn't it? As he was from the government and he definitely did not help.
@@justanidiotmk2749 idk, sounds true to form to me. the point of the statement was that the government should stay out of your life, not try to fix your problems.
@@Duskraven67 shit point but we aren't here for politics.
I can only imagine the A6 pilot in front of the CO arguing "In my defense, I was left unsupervised. " 😂😂
I love it when people give this response.
I actually give this response when people ask me why I did something.
@@KipReacts Who let Kip in the kitchen?
those A6 pilots are legends.
US Navy Veteran. The Ship is your home. Everything you own on deployment is, of course, in your home. The Navy takes damage control VERY seriously. Doesn't get mentioned much, but that is one of the reasons we won at Midway.
At Midway the Japanese thought they sunk the Yorktown like 3 times.
So yall are naval Amish, basically. Able to put shit together in a damn heartbeat
@@wierdgamer3067at least enough to get to port for proper repairs
Didn't a USN
Destroyer once rebuild thir bow out of banana trees and sail over the entire pacific backwards once to get the ship into dry dock?
@@terran046that was the heavy cruiser USS New Orleans. In the battle of Tassafaronga it was hit in the forward magazine by a torpedo. This detonated the ammunition in the magazine and blew off the front most turret and the entire bow which proceeded to rip off and stab itself into the side of the ship. After the battle, the crew fixed the bow using coconut logs and sailed backwards to Australia where they revived minor repairs. They then once again sailed backwards but this time all the way across the Pacific Ocean to Bremerton Washington.
After Action Report excerpt.
DoD: I'm sorry... you did what?!
U.S. Navy: With all due respect sir, no one told us NOT to blow it up.
DoD: YES WE DID!
U.S. Navy: At the time we warned them, they fucked with us.
DoD: (Sighs) Then what happened?
U.S. Navy: They found out.
ROLL TIDE
"We do bullets in mm so the enemy isnt dead and confused, that would be a war crime."
Quote the fat electrician
You mentioned the quote from President Regan. It's real, but the full quote is "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
Truly horrifying words!
A perfect edit of the phrase for the circumstances. All things considered it would have been a terrifying time to be an Iranian sailor.
@@Snipergoat1 I want to know wtf the guys who opened fire on a US navy task force with an AA gun were thinking.
You're not gonna damage a destroyer with an AA gun, and you just gave them the green light to turn you into pink mist.
@@carljohan9265 "Balogna Mist Cloud #1 reporting for duty!"
Thank you for actually explaining the quote. I was yelling to myself, " that's out of context." Since I am in my 70's I remember....
The “Joke” with USS Enterprise (CVN 65) is that she is the worlds first nuclear powered carrier, and she inherited the name of Enterprise from CV6.
In WW2 USS Enterprise (CV6) was the most decorated US ship, participating in nearly every major conflict. So it had several nicknames such as the “Big E” and “Grey Ghost”.
So E=mc^2 is both in reference to the “Big E” and an impressive scientific mind, which is very fitting for the first nuclear powered carrier.
Though sadly Enterprise (CV6) was scrapped after the war much to the dismay of several people in the Navy, so it never became a museum ship. However the name of Enterprise lives on both in the navy as well as being referenced in different media such as Star Trek.
Wait, of all ships they scrapped Enterprise? With all the tales around it you’d think it be a great museum piece
She's also best girl of the Eagle Union.
A lot of people wanted her to be a museum. However, there was issues in trying to gather the funds to do it. Battleship New Jersey museum (they have an active UA-cam channel), put out a video explaining the process of museum ships. I may not be 100% accurate, but to summarize what I remember:
Essentially, the US museum ships were bought from the Navy to become museums, additionally they don’t provide any funding to maintain said museums. So all funding comes via a crowd funded organization or a given state. Additionally they had to prove they could meet requirements in maintaining the vessel among other things.
Ultimately this meant that if no one could meet all the requirements to get a given ship, then the ship would eventually meet the scrappers.
@@Good20win11 We can put a goddamn easy chair and still from 2 tv shows in the fuckin' Smithsonian... But we can't preserve... LITERALLY the most important piece of Equipment IN the entire goddamn WW2...
*Sigh* It's not at ALL the first time 20th Century U.S. Military has been fucked by it's own people... But It doesn't hurt any less...
There was something special about that particular photo though. All three ships were nuclear-powered: a carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN-65); a destroyer, USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25); and a cruiser, USS Long Beach (CGN-9).
"Proportional response" is my new favorite phrase. No one ever said the proportion had to be equal.
(USS Samuel B. Roberts hits a mine)
US: .... (inhales).... *WHO. FUCKED. WITH OUR. BOATS?!*
Italy: *Oh no.*
Germany: IT WASN'T US. PLEASE DON'T.
Japan: (Hiroshima and Nagasaki flashbacks)
Iran:... Why do I hear boss music?
Soviet Union: Oh, this is gonna be goooood.... (munches on popcorn)
😂😂😂😂
America: WHO BROKE MY FUCKING BOAT
Iran: why do I hear doom music?
Probably also worth mentioning that Samuel B. Roberts had some weight attached to her name.
For those who don't know, the first USS Samuel B. Roberts was a Destroyer Escort that was sunk in the Battle off Samar in WWII and was called "The Destroyer Escort That Fought Like A Battleship". Absolutely hopeless situation where a small landing support/submarine patrol unit wound up staring down what was left of Japan's heavy hitters sans their carriers (which still outnumbered them by nearly twice as much).
Said battle ended with the Japanese retreating north and mostly failing in their original objective of shelling the hell out of American landing forces. Samuel B. joined the three Destroyers in charging at the enemy to make torpedo runs, despite being smaller, slower, and lighter armed. She got into a slugfest with the Chikuma that left the larger ship maimed and on fire.
Only inaccuracy is the Soviets having something to eat while they watched XD
@@secpendragon9760Oh, the Soviet military had *something* to eat-I believe it was cucumbers that year!
12:33 Russians were just like: "Ey'! We're just here to post this beatdown on WorldStar."
That's exactly what I was thinking when I first saw the video. Now I wonder what the Russian version of WorldStar would be?
frr The thought that was stuck in my head was the sea of thieves, " we're just passin' by, we're just passin' by!"
The US Navy: the number one creator of New coral reefs since 1942
When you realize they welded grommets and literally STITCHED THEIR SHIP UP like it was a damn teddy bear.
"The enemy is in that direction!"
"Roger sir! Removing that direction!"
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USS Wisconsin in a nutshell
Silkworm Missiles were land-based missiles that were developed by China and sold to just about everyone on that side of the planet who were in any way shape or form aligned with their ideals and opposed American ideals. The original range of these weapons was estimated at 50 miles but they could in fact reach targets 62 miles away as demonstrated in the Iran-Iraq War when Iran launched several of these missiles.
These missiles were launched from the Faw Peninsula and struck the Liberian tanker 'Sungari', the American tanker 'Sea Isle City', and the Kuwaiti Sea Island offshore oil terminal.
This attack also prompted Kuwait to set a MIM-23 HAWK (Homing All the Way Killer) missile system purchased from the US in the area to prevent any more such missile attacks.
Keep in mind that America is VERY protective of its ships. Praying Mantis was the result of 1 being crippled. Could you imagine if any ships of this force got sunk as a result of these Iranian-fired, Made in China, land-launched missiles?
The US never fully recovered from Pearl Harbor and if so much as the paint is chipped off an American ship...
We kinda go nuts.
@@cytorakdemon Probably because of how much taxpayer money it takes to build, paint and maintain them.
As compared to the Army or Air Force.
China developed the Silkworm missiles but did not want to be caught selling them to Iran, so instead, they gave them to North Korea as 'military aid' and then the North Koreans sold then to Iran cause they didn't care what the rest of the world thought of them anyway.
I mean…if the Samuel went down instead of managing to limp back after losing its keel, I think we wouldn’t have an Iran anymore…Praying Mantis would become operation: destroy.
Don’t fuck with Americas boats lol.
We love our boats, they're pretty boats, and they're expensive. Expensive, pretty boats. It would be a shame to sink yourself out of being a country because you attacked one of our boats. That would be very sad indeed.
Every time I watch this I feel sad about the fast attack ship part. "I'm following orders" sounds like "We have no choice". It sounds like they were dead either way.
There's always a choice. Power down, raise the white flag, and they'll live happily on US tax payers' dime for the rest of their lives in the US.
Given that government they where going to the afterlife either way
@@baggiestshelf5822”we’ll give you a quick death”
@@baggiestshelf5822 Yes, but at least following orders means you don't go home in disgrace and have yourself, wife, and first born son executed for cowardice and any other children sold off to pay for the executioner's fee.
"It's not a war crime the first time."
🇨🇦 looks on approvingly at their big bro 🇺🇸 I told you it was legit 😅
The US Military has some of the most "legally trained to be insane!!" People on earth 😂😂😂😂
"barely an inconvenience"
We weren't trained to be insane, insanity was the result of years of dealing with bureaucratic leadership.
@@ChuckLi-xh3sj only our military would flex hard enough to debo a u-boat, steal a whole train, and gangster leaned a 32,000 ton warship just to fire Volvo's further inland. As an American I'm happy knowing our military is the reason the saying "it's not a war crime the first time" exist.🤣🤣🤔🤔🤔🤔
Its a strength
@@ChuckLi-xh3sjnah we definitely started that way in my infantry unit
TFE has a comment on why America uses millimeters for ammo:
"The ammo isn't ours, it's the bad guys. We just haven't given it to them yet. We wouldn't want them dead *and* confused."
Which video is that from?
5:18 that situation sounds a bit like “oh, god how many did we lose?” “Few injuries no fatalities” [smiles in freedom]
It took an entire Japanese fleet to sink the first Sammy B, what makes you think a simple *Naval Mine* would do the trick this time?
USA: *Literally the final boss of planet Earth*
Iran: Eh, we can take em. Double down.
Also Iran, looking traumatized: We stand corrected.
Alternatively...
USA: *Literally the final boss of planet Earth*
Iran: Eh, we can take em. Double down.
Japan and literally everyone else that fought in WW2: So who's gonna tell em?
Just for the Alt…..
TicTac Aliens : Nah, let ‘em figure it out. *grabs some popcorn*
Soviet union: 'na, let em cook'
USA: Literally the final boss of planet Earth
Iran: Eh, we can take em. Double down.
Narrator: As it would turn out, this was a significant error in judgement.
the "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." was preceded by "The nine most terrifying words in the english language are."
That chad A-6 pilot is goddamn inspiring.
He had Danger Zone playing in his headset
Or free bird
@@seabas12navy aircrafts.... definatly danger zone lol, air force would have been free bird.
@@morgankuikka4940 Tru or TNT by ACDCif it was released in the 80s lol
@@seabas12 Unless I typed in something incorrectly, T.N.T was released more than 10 years before Praying Mantis took place.
The US Navy learned the hard way how to manage damage. The salvage divers and dry dock workers at Pearl Harbor gave detailed reports of the damage the various ships sustained that gave insight into how to build ships to manage damage. The losses of Lexington and Yorktown both contributed greatly to the information, including one 'lowly' sailor's idea to purge the fuel filling lines to the flight deck with nitrogen to prevent fumes from building up and becoming an explosion hazard when not in use. The mass of ideas and processes that came about from hard warfare changed the way ships were built and crewed. Many ships that should have sunk were saved and managed to get back to base because of the lessons learned. The Navy maintains this standard to this day, something the USS Connecticut proved when mismanagement at the senior levels resulted in the sub slamming into a seamount at high speed. The initial damage was bad enough, but a fire in the electrical room threatened the safety of the ship and it was the training and fast thinking of the crew that saved it.
Pretty much Ronald Regan was the embodiment of "Fuck around and find out"
Fat Electrician is so good. Entertaining but not too much, and he gets major facts right, a good mix of real history and entertainment.
Yeah, ask Japan about US proportionality. They sank two of our battleships in 41. We drop the sun on them twice in 45.
After we firebombed them to Nagasaki come.
Yeah advice for everyone: Don’t fuck with gas prices and don’t touch Americas boats, chipping the paint on one means you get an ass beating. Also this response was from damaging a ship, imagine how the operation would’ve gone if they actually managed to sink it with the mine….
There would be no Iran left if they sunk that ship.
Victory through overwhelming force! - the unofficial American motto
@@MonumentToSinTrue, you're not wrong.
"The missile guidance system knows where it is at all times..."
There is to be no mention of the turbo encabulator. lol
@@GreenSargent Malleable Logarithmic Casing is the ideal material for a missile though XD
@@GreenSargent "he said it in his own words. Agagaga"
The A-6 deal reminded me of how in MMOs, people with high level pretended to be afk in lower level areas/near enemy cities to bait some poor sod into attacking and getting tagged for PvP lmao.
Also holy shit, i recently watched "Flight of the Intruder", it seems like the Navy´s A-6 pilots were just bred different.
From what i´ve read, Silkworm missiles were Chinese, who developed them from another Soviet rocket.
'Flight of the Intruder" was a good film. The novel is a lot better, of course, and worth your time to read. Attack pilots back then were arguably more skilled than their fighter pilot nemesis. The A-6A was state of the art on the front line, but was plagued by a few technical problems that were being fixed, but the classified nature of the newer computer and INS in the A-6E meant the government wasn't willing to put them in Vietnam for fear of one being shot down and examined by the Soviets.
Bombing back then was either using the radar and computer to continuously calculate a release point (CCRP), or via the old-skool way of memorizing your speed/altitude/mils bomb fall chart and dropping visually with the bomb sight. Not an easy thing when under fire.
@@chrismaverick9828DAMN GOOD BOOK 👍 💯!
Yes. Silkworm missiles come from China.
it's funny cuse i still play MMO's where i see this from time to time, watching as someone things they're the main character and starts wailing on a high level. it's funny cuse also on Non MMO games i've been seeing low levels shoot at high levels thinking their hot shit. Lo and behold, the high level doesn't take kindly to being killed, decides that bringing out the big guns is not over kill at all, and proceed to kill said person until the other person rage quits, or GTFO's as fast as they can.
The Sammuel B Roberts in this instance is the third ship with the name. The first ship, an escort destroyer in ww2, gained legendary status when it was sunk while helping fend off a massive Japanese fleet in The Battle off Samar. I won’t go into what happened or we would have multiple paragraphs from me gushing about it. Would suggest looking on youtube for many good videos on said battle or wikipedia.
To paraphrase: The Sammie B was one of the Destroyers of Taffy 3 that held off the entire Japanese Navy. These tin cans armed with torpedoes and 5in guns basically stopped the Japanese Navy from steamrolling through and inflicting heavy losses upon US forces landing in the area.
This is all anyone needs to know:
The American Surface Task Force (Taffy 3) combined massed less than the single largest ship in the Japanese Fleet, you think the only battle Yamato was in were she actually got to shoot at something more than planes would be more famous, and Taffy 3's slowest ships were slower than the Japanese ships so the confrontation was inevitable.
The 3 full-size fleet destroyers turned around and proceeded to launch torpedo and gun attacks on the Japanese Fleet.
The Samuel B. Roberts was a Destroyer Escort, classified as a Corvette to the English, and decided it wanted a go at the approaching Battleships as well...
All four destroyers would sink, but succeed in keeping the Carriers they were escorting alive-
Until the first Kamakazi's of the War slammed into them and caused several of the remaining ships to sink.
*Seriously, why isn't this battle more known?!?*
I was in the TF_3 clan in WoWs for a while, 95% old geezers and 5% teenage history buffs lol
@@lordsylph414 Isn't the average age of WoWS players over the age of 60?
Ah yes - Taffy 3 - the charge of the Tin Can Navy!
My Father was US Navy for 21 years. I was 6 years old at the time of this. He can not confirm or deny but my father was aboard a guided missile frigate during this operation and I believe he was a part of Operation Praying Mantis. I do remember when my mother (also former Navy) heard about the Samuel B Roberts hit the mine, she flipped. My dad was on leave at the time and next thing I recall I was watching him board ship at port in Pensacola. It took me decades to realize the significance of this. Fair winds and following seas Hooyah.
Look, he said a proportional response. He didn't say what the proportions were.
That clip with him saying at a speech the scariest thing that a farmer or an American can hear is "I'm from the government and I'm here to help"
The fucking nuts on this Russian dude to just waltz on next to a massive navel fight with this massive warship and be just like:
"да, I am only here to the pictures друг."
That actually sounds very cold war ish for everyone not directly engaged.
Let's be both honest and realistic. That was a perfect legal opportunity for the Soviet Union to find out how well the U.S. Navy performed in a live-fire combat environment, and the 'history' they were taking the pictures for was Military History, after their pictures and recordings were analyzed within inches of its life for every scrap of military intelligence that could be mined from them.
In one of his videos he tks about using the metric system for ammo and he says, "if America starts producing ammo in twelths, you better believe there's gonna be a lot more than fifty stars on that flag" LEGEND 🤣🤣
7:54 The reason behind the E=MC^2 is because the USS Enterprise was the US Navy's very first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. She was launched in 1961 and was decommissioned in 2012.
And she's going to be scrapped this year... So sad.
And more specifically, the reason it was spelt out on her deck by the crew was she, along with 2 other Nuclear powered ships (USS Long Beach, and USS Bainbridge) were sent on a mission to go around the world (Operation Sea Orbit).. basically to show off the benefits of Nuclear Powered ships.
i can just hear the "for five... minutes... could you just stop destroying things. *FOR FIVE MINUTES!"*
That is a epic S+ class crew and damage control team
Casualties don't mean dead, it means unable to perform duties. Deaths, injuries, and illness all may count as Casualties
To quote the legend himself, the fat electrician said in one of his videos when it comes to why we use the metric system for our ammunition is because if we did things in twelfths when it came with the ammunition be a whole lot more than fifty stars on that flag.
I think he answered that in an earlier video of his: there would be a lot more stars on that flag if bullets were measured in inches than millimeters.
All ammo belongs to the enemies. We just haven't given it to them yet. Thats why it's in metric.
But they are measured in inches .308, .357, .45, .50
All inches.
@@Adplusamequalsadamit’s a random mix really. Naval artillery is imperial but naval AA is metric. Tank guns are metric but often coincide with exact imperial measurements, the Sherman’s famous 76.2mm AT gun is exactly 3 inches. Land artillery is mostly metric. Small arms vary wildly and multiple weapon systems chambered in the same calibers can be referred to with either metric or imperial.
@@collinwood6573 I know it’s mixed I was just pointing out we do use inches too.
I imagine if a caliber is shared by NATO it will be metric. We all use the same ammo for a lot of things.
As someone that’s been in the Navy I can guarantee that the 10 injuries suffered happened during the shockwave of the explosion.
Not really a surprise the Samuel B Roberts was a tough ship, her namesake was known as "The destroyer that fought like a battle ship". Look up Taffy 3.
7:55 the "joke" regarding the E=mc² is because the USS Enterprise shown in the image is the second ship to be called the Enterprise. The first being arguably the United States greatest warship of all time that fought in WW2 vs Japan
Slight correction, CV-65 was the eighth ship in the US Navy to carry the name Enterprise. The very first USS Enterprise was a British sloop that was captured in 1775.
@@Kez_DXX then was it the second US Aircraft Carrier?
@@Red_Sea_ Yeah, that's what you were thinking. And she was the first carrier to be nuclear powered, which is what Einstein's mass-energy equivalence formula on the flight deck is referencing.
@@Kez_DXX ah ha. Here I thought it was just cause she was the second USS Enterprise Aircraft Carrier. Thank you
No, you failed miserably.
The "joke" is to represent the nuclear powerplant.
CVN-65 USS Enterprise was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
I was disappointed that they got rid of the Perry class frigates, for such a small ship, they were well made, and could take a beating. The first ship I was on when I was in the US Navy was the USS Gary, FFG-51, and we used to go through some nasty seas going through parts of the western pacific and the south china sea. Those were the days....
They weren't bad ships. I think they were pretty much maxed out when they were first commissioned. There just wasn't too much upgrading you could do to them.
Fun fact, the Samuel B. Roberts was named after the famous WWII Destroyer Escort that earned the name "The Destroyer Escort that fought like a Battleship.) Going against Japans' Center Force at the Battle of Samar.
One of things I love about Fat Electrician videos, you don't get a political slant (though you will an American stance, he's a proud american), it's just history.
You don't get a political slant.
*Proceeds to show the latter half of Reagan's quote, instead of showing the whole quote, making him look bad.*
@@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060it was a joke bro 😁
@@nonautemrexchristus5637 My comment is a little old so, my bad.
We actually do measure our weapons in Imperial.
Caliber is based on inches, and then all of our naval guns are 5 inch guns, 10 inch guns, etc.
Take a sip everytime kip says the phrase "____ is just built different" in any of his videos
The most intimidating phrase I have ever heard was " I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
To answer your question about ammo being in mm is just ease of understanding between Ally’s that way there’s no confusion in joint battles.
No, the actual reason for why we do ammo in mm is cause it’s not ours, it’s theirs, we just have given it to them yet.
American ammunition isn't typically in metric either.
.38, .45, .308, .223, .44, .50, .357, .22, .17, .338, 30-30, 30-06, 45-70, so on so forth. All imperial. Plus that's just what I can recall off the top of my head in the 30 seconds I'm writing this.
Silkworm missiles were developed and manufactured by China, with some help from the Soviet Union. Iran has a bunch of these in inventory.
Love the new avatar look and this video with your commentary was just golden. Those poor office workers having to file and verify all that paperwork…
Loved the video @Kip Reacts! Can't wait for the next video man! I remember seeing The Operations Room's video on Operation Praying Mantis a while back, great breakdown and Detail as they usually do in all of their videos.
The Full clip of Ronald Reagan was "The Main thing American's should really Fear is someone coming up to them and Saying 'I'm From the Government and I'm here to help.'"
As for the Picture of CVN-65 Enterprise, The E=mc² is a Reference to her being the First Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier in the U.S. Navy, coming into service in 1965 around the Start of Vietnam. Her Very First Captain served aboard the Yorktown-class USS Enterprise (CV-6; CV(N)-6 after getting New Radar Sets both for herself and her Grumman TBF-1C Avenger Multirole Torpedo Bombers in 1943) from the Second World War and he would go on to Found the Enterprise Golf Course. While Trump was in Office, he had CVN-65 Enterprise placed in a Brick Warehouse so that one the Radiation from her 8 Nuclear Reactors had died down to acceptable Background Levels she could be made into a Museum Ship. Then work on the Newer Gerald R. Ford-class USS Enterprise (CVN-80) starts up and so Trump has to allow for the Deckplates from CVN-65 Enterprise in order to rush the Construction of CVN-80 Enterprise. Then Biden and Kamala get into Washington in 2020 and just orders CVN-65 Enterprise to be Scrapped.
Anyone from Azur Lane's Community here? *OWARI DA!*
"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
Ronald Reagan
I just remembered something. On the Sammy b there was a bronze plaque with the names of those who were killed in the Battle off Samar. The crew were seen touching the plaque as they fought the fires and did emergency repairs. If you don’t believe me you can look it up by searching ‘crew of uss samuel b roberts touch plaque while fighting fire’. In my opinion, the crew did those men proud having managed to save their ship against all odds.
If a carrier / carrier strike group parks nearby, the question shouldn't be "why are they holding back?" The question should be "where are its friends?"
Cause a carrier and its escorts stopping short of entering a region usually means something else is prowling the region, and if you dont already where they are, good chance they already have you lit like a Christmas tree and are just waiting for a reason
At a press conference on August 12th, 1986, US President Ronald Reagan said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’”
Those Silkworm missiles are Chinese modified Soviet cruise missiles. Also, the whole E=MC2 thing on the Enterprise is because that was the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier.
E=mc^2 is the carrier saying “every action has an equal and opposite reaction.” Implying should something happen, the USS Enterprise puts plane in the sky and you’re going to get a proportional reaction :)
Reagan’s whole quote is: “the nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help’”
Kip: using the word casualty was the correct term there. casualty can reffer to injury or death for military personell. thats why casualty numbers are a so hard to interprete and there are more clear abreviations to claerly identify casualties: WIA, KIA and DOW. wounded in action, killed in action and died of wounds. yes the last two seem similar but KIA means they died directly in the field during the opperation. DOW on the other hand means the wounded person reached a medical facility and then died there to the wounds the person recieved
Delta was out there looking for those frigates like "Bring that stern here boy!"
E=mC^2 mean “Every Action has a Reaction” is the short n polite way of saying “Fuck Around and Find Out”
“The fraction people”. I’ve never heard that one before. As someone who is from Canada and occasionally likes to poke fun at America, I might use that at some point in the future.
Digging the new avatar kip. Looks cool as heck
"You touched our oil."
The president: "I am from the government and i am here to help" in the most monotone delivery possible
y'know damn well whats gona happen now
Kip, if you want to see someone talk about history from a top down perspective then I have a channel for you.
The Operations Room, specifically the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and also the collaboration video on their sister channel The Intel Report which asks the question if the atomic bombs necessary.
I will admit that they tend to be more serious and don’t really throw in jokes or memes, but it’s still well made and you can tell that they put hard work into it. And if you are worried about getting political about it, don’t worry as they don’t make it the main focus.
Keep up the amazing work!
3:25 The name Samuel B. Roberts is legendary since World War 2. The ship can't sink out of plot armor alone.
great reaction video look forward to more
yeah the Reagan clip...he was saying "the most terrifying thing you will ever hear is 'i'm from the government and i'm here to help'"
trickle down economics aside, Reagan was a bad ass
also silkworms were from china
When the Enterprise comes and parks on your proverbial doorstep, you KNOW you are about to have a BAD TIME.
Reagan: "What did you do?"
Navy: "Okay, but you can't be mad at me"
Reagan: "What. Did. You. Do?"
Navy: "Okay FIRST, I was minding my own business"
Reagan: "BULLSHIT!"
Navy: "I waaas!"
Ahh Hellsing Abridged, a beautifully crafted parody.
That Ronald Regan clip is from a speech he gave
I think America first showed the world not to mess with its bath toys in the 1940's.
Lol i subbed just because you did this video lol the Fat Electrician does probably the funniest history vids on youtube right now. Uou should totally do more. Definitely check out the McNasty story
so a lot of people don't understand this but casualties doesn't just mean KIA by itself it count injuries as well so yes there were casualties
I'd like to see you react to some of his much older videos.
I'm going through some of his old stuff. I'm running into an ethical issue of, "If I react to everything he's done, while all of it is amazing, I don't want to be a reason for people to not go and support him." So grappling with the react content dilemma.
The Silkworm missile was a Chinese anti-ship missile based on the P-15 Termit (NATO reporting name SS-N-2 Styx). It's a radar-guided cruise missile that flies at Mach 0.95 and carries a 1000 pound shaped-charge warhead (think a High Explosive Anti-Tank round on steroids).
"Except for our bullets, we measure those in millimeters."
*Caliber,* my friend.
The one takeaway from this video for foreigners should be: *Do not fuck with America's boats. We really like our boats.*
They didn’t even sink this boat. Just damaged it and this was the retaliation. Imagine what would’ve happened has that boat SANK entirely?
@@chazo1367Remember, the atomic bombs dropped in Japan are a far cry from what we use now. We literally have enought power to delete an entire country off the map ten times over.
@@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060 so Iran go bye bye if that happens again?
@@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060 so Iran go bye bye if that happens again?
@@chazo1367 Yes. Their name will match their reactions when they learn the US decided to nuke them.
4:25 idk about the crew, but the ship certainly was built different after its encounter with the minefield.
I love how theirs Two Ships named Samuel B Roberts and they just refused to Die
The Original Samuel B Roberts was a Destroyer escort that was hit directly by the Yamato and kept fighting until she was put down by several light/heavy Cruisers and three battleships. (Battle of Samar. Taffy 3 Vs an actual battlegroup.)
Then this one which gets keel broken by a mine and survives.
Bullets are measured in millimeters because they aren’t ours, we just haven’t given them to them yet. 🤣
Part of the crew part of the ship. Part of the crew part of the ship.
America measures bullets in metric so at least the enemy doesn’t have to go out confused as to what just put them in the forever box.
Nice stating that your in it for the history I respect that u earn a follower
The second I heard the USS Enterprise I literally sat up. I love any version of the Enterprise. Star Trek and aircraft carrier
Our bullets are measured with the metric system so our enemies will understand what they just got shot by😂
That and selling in foreign markets.
It's like a law of physics every action has a completely opposite and disproportionate reaction
The "I'm from the Government and I'm here to help." is a real quote from Reagen. The part that got cut off for the sake of comedy was that immediately before those words he said "The 9 most terrifying words in the English Language are; I'm from the Government and I'm here to help". He fully understood how we the people view government intervention in most cases.
That Sammy B had the ghosts of the Original Sammy B DE-413 with them
I know I'm late but I will like to say. the E=MC^2 on USS enterprise is a reference to her being the first nuclear powered Aircraft Carrier in the navy. in the same picture she is sailing next to the first american nuclear powered cruiser. that's why they got square superstructure.
Makes sense! Thanks for the clarification!
Literally my favorite video
Oil rig #1: *insert R2-D2 Scream*
If someone else hasn’t mentioned it already Kip, The E-MC2 is a reference to the U.S.S Enterprise (CVN-65) being a Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier. One of the first if my memory isn’t mistaken. She relies upon it for her propulsion system to spin the propellers of the ship and supply power to the ship. And Nuclear powered ships were also tested for civilian purposes.
In fact the CVN-65 Enterprise WAS the very first nuclear powered aircraft carrier. And she was unique. Her own class. There was never a ship before or after made exactly like her.
Enterprise is the only aircraft carrier to house more than two nuclear reactors, having an eight-reactor propulsion design, with each A2W reactor taking the place of one of the conventional boilers in earlier constructions. She is the only carrier with four rudders, two more than other classes, and features a more cruiser-like hull.
In fact - each of those 8 reactors was originally going to be slated for use in SUBMARINES. But they had not yet perfected the twin reactor design used in later classes like the Nimitz. So Admiral Rickover simply used what he had available and had the design altered.
In fact it was very rare for all 8 reactors to be in use at the same time. Usually only for All-Power tests. In common usage, only four to six reactors were needed. While others were kept at maintenance power levels. (You can't completely "power down" a nuclear reactor.)
Kip there is another cilp you need to see F-15 Eagle - The Most Gangster Fighter Jet Of All Time. This video is from fat electrician
He mentions the whole idea of using metric for ammunition in another video he did. I can't remember which one but even though it's a comedic statement it still works