My wife and I visited the USS Alabama last July. It is a very well maintained museum, and you don't appreciate how big she is until you are on board and walking through the various passage ways inside the vessel. There is also the Gato class submarine USS Drum there and several Navy and Air Force planes on display. It is definitely worth the visit.
Battleship Cove in Fall River, MA has her sister, USS Massachusetts, sub USS Lionfish, a PT boat museum, Destroyer Joe Kennedy and corvettes...worth the trip as well!
At Pearl Harbor there's the USS Missouri USS Bowfin and the Pacific Air Museum . Bowfin's next to the USS Arizona visitor center while the other two are on Ford Island
My father served on the Alabama for the entire duration, both Atlantic & Pacific. Petty Officer, radioman. Married my mother on leave between fronts, August 1943.
That is so cool. When I was in Boy Scouts in NWFL I got to stay overnight on the Alabama several times. Being the rascals we were I have probably seen alot more of that ship than most tourists 😂
They always seem to forget the most important people. That honor goes to the men that took down the old radar and installed the new one while at sea. Also the men involved in calibrating it. Needless to say, the Captain who had the foresight to take the new radar onboard and was responsible for alerting the rest of the fleet was also a critical element.
@@flick22601 I don't think anybody here is more honorable than anybody else everybody did what they had to including the developers of the radar and getting it out so quickly.
To make a ship like Alabama go you need people. People who know the ship, inside out. Detail people. Any ship, any airplane needs the support of a large group of individuals. One of the miracles of production in the Second World War was the ability to produce the people with the expertise and motivation to operate and maintain all of the technology required to operate a ship like that. The people who installed that radar under way are one of the best examples.
I took my daughter's there on our last vacation in their teens, we took a lot of pictures while we explored the enormity of this magnificent battleship. Then we got to explore the submarine USS DRUM we were stunned how cramped everything was. On the grounds is an assortment of tanks, from WW2 and different conflicts and in the aviation museum it was just awesome P51 mustang, F16, F18, Huey helicopter and PT boat from Vietnam and ny favorite an actual ST71 BLACKBIRD!!! We made a great memory there it's worth the drive.👍😎
My family and I have visited USS Alabama three times, twice while I was an active duty Fire Controlman, so I was drawn to the guns (16"/50, 5"/38) and the Fire control tops and gun plotting room. I also visited USS Wisconsin while it was in commission. Wonderful experience!:-):-)
I was an Fire Controlman back when it was called Fire Control Technician. I worked on the old AN/SPG 51C The radar for Tartar missiles. Yeah long time ago. But in my visits to the Alabama the same things were my main interests as well.
The radar antenna and TR was high above the guns and not near any of the possible lines of fire or muzzle blast. The bigger problem was the recoil shock to the ship's structure. At Guadalcanal her sister South Dakota lost all power for this reason, knocking out the radar, comms and everthing else. This wasn't helped when someone tried to wire the breakers shut and caused a fire.
Glad the people desired to save this great battleship!! My boys and I visited the Iowa recently in San Diego and was amazed at just how big these old battleships actually are..let alone going inside one of the 16in gun turrets. I urge everyone who can to visit these glorious WWII ships whenever you get the chance. A disabled US Army Veteran
The South Dakota class are widely considered to be the best battleships built within the treaty restrictions of the day. They were an excellent combo of firepower & armour. Their only issue being the cramped living conditions for the crew, which became more of an issue as WW2 dragged on & more extra AA guns were added, complete with the crews needed to man them
While I don’t know everything, the North Carolina and washington were the pure treaty battleships @ 35000 tons. This South Dakota class while trying stay within these restrictions when designed were clearly way over and in the 38000/39000 ton range
@@g.t.richardson6311 The North Carolina's armor was inferior. It could not withstand a blast from its own 16in guns which was an unofficial standard for battleships at the time. This was a big focus in the SoDaks. But you are correct, she was only designed under the restrictions of the WNT but was finished and fitted out free from its restrictions. The SoDaks have always been my favorite American battleships. I think they're among the most beautiful ships of their type ever built, and an exercise in efficiently. All that firepower packed into a tight little package. Everything you need, nothing you don't.
I am a native Alabamian. We are very proud of our ship, and the current USS Alabama ballistic submarine. It is the one portrayed in the movie Crimson Tide with Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman. Excellent movie, and makes one wonder if something like that could happen. I took our Cub Scout Pack the the USS Alabama battleship park twice. Youth groups can stay overnight and sleep in the crew quarters and have the run of the ship!!! Wooo!!! That is awesome for sure! Us dads enjoyed that as much as the Cubs.
A situation like that could easily happen if events aligned right, or wrong if you look at it that way. Retired Subs here myself. ETC(SS/IDW) Retired Hooyah
She wasn’t part of lease lend when seconded to the UK Home Fleet. To be part of that, she would have been crewed by the RN. She was a US battleship guarding convoys to the then allied USSR.
One of your better videos, well done. Interesting to know Alabama was at those various battles in both theaters of war. I visited the ship with my wife over 20 years ago, well worth the visit. As an EE i can appreciate the crew and their efforts to replace the radar system while in route to the battle zones, that's a story you don't hear often in the stories of war. I suspect the Tirpitz stayed hidden as, i believe she knew the Alabama and other naval vessels would have sent her to the bottom just like the Bismarck. The Tirpitz and Bismarck were very good ships with excellent fire-control radar, but Germany did not have the more numerous support vessels (DDs, CLs, CAs, etc) like the UK and US did. I may be wrong.
The Alabama is the ship that is responsible for my love of ww2 history and naval ships. My parents took me when i was very young and ive been probably 10 times in my life. Very good place to visit if you ever get the chance.
Radar tech:"Almost two hundred miles away..this thing that good ?? Fellow radar tech: they got closer so I'm thinking yes. Both techs: "yea I don't want risk to that being wrong ... Emergency comm over the whole ship: Time to rock and roll 💪
I was in the 2nd grade in Alabama when the effort to bring the Alabama home occurred. Elementary grade students were asked to donate 5 Cents, Junior High 10 Cents, and High School students 25 Cents. That effort alone generated about $100,000 toward the effort to bring the ship to0 Mobile, where it is today.
I was in elementary school then too. I remember the coin cards we were given in school. Each slot held a dime. Several slots in a card. Gov. Wallace had proudly proclaimed, and rightfully, that Alabama school children could raise the money to bring her home. So we spent that school year getting everyone we knew to help us fill in the coin cards. We felt like it was up to us to get her home, so we all did our part.
Great video! FOR THE RECORD, your definition of a 'Turkey Shoot' is wrong. I'm older than most of y'all, I'm from rural southern Appalachia, AND I've been shooting since I was 6 y.o.. Targets at a turkey shoot are NEITHER easily NOR abundantly taken down. Turkey shoots from the 1700s into the 1900s were fixed targets. These were drawn, painted, or simply used a feature in a board/log, like a knot hole. Many people shot, but ONLY good shots (and those not drinking) lasted beyond the early rounds. Eventually, people started throwing bottles in the air. Later on, they started skeet (called clay pigeons). Again, as a rule, ONLY those who were better equipped, more experienced & more skilled walked away with the prize... A turkey for Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc... often along with💸 for the winner(s) and some💰from 'unofficial side bets' and maybe a🏆/🏅. Lessor experienced, lessor trained & mostly poorer equipped Japanese pilots were "ABUNDANTLY & EASILY" dropping like clay pigeons. It was because they faced better shots, better guns, better pilots, superior radar & superior tactics.
Im on their FB from the 4th of July. The yr of Deepwater Horizon spill, when they had a VIP guest of the Marine, in the show The Pacific. If you've saw it, it was the guy from Mobile, nicknamed Johnny Reb
So what was this "secret device that made this ship unsinkable"? Do you mean that radar? It might have contributed to the whole fleet getting the upper hand in that battle, and therefore not being sunk, but I wouldn't call it "making the ship unsinkable".
It is sad that this same early warning COULD have taken place at Pearl Harbor. But, even this crew had doubts! You would have thought there would be moe confidence in the equipment by 1944.
Actually the Japanese were detected by radar on Hawaii but it was assumed it was a flight of expected B 17s. To be fair in one case there was a known enemy in the case of Pearl Harbor we were not at war so it would have been a huge assumption that those were a Japanese planes attacking. Still your thoughts would have saves many lives.
Just from the title I knew this would be a bad one. The radar officer was Lt John Henry; it would be a bit odd to have a captain in charge of the radar room. The initial detection of the Japanese aircraft was not dismissed as 'an anomaly because of the vast distance'. 190 miles was reasonable for that new parabolic antenna. They just didn't know what it was and had to wait to get a track going. Alabama was not sent to the Atlantic as part of 'Lend/Lease'. If so she would have been given an RN crew and renamed HMS Alabama. She and Washington were detached to the RN Home Fleet but remained a US warship. Alabama was not armed to the teeth for convoy protection. The ship was already fitted with the SC air search radar. The one you initially show in your video is an SK1 radar with rectangular dipole array. The equipment taken on board at Pearl at the end of '43 was the SK2 system, easily recognised by its circular parabolic antenna, clearly shown on the foremast at 11:40. Contrary to what we see at 4:20 Alabama did not escort Hornet on the Doolittle raid in April 42, still being fitted out at Norfolk an' all. I'm sure the Alabama did not have to defend anything 'against Truk'. Truk just sat there and got built on, and bombed. Why when 'tragedy struck' do we see HMS Barham blowing her magazines off Crete in 1941. The 'friendly fire' incident was actually the Alabama famously shooting itself when one 5" turret mistakenly fired into another. The equivalent of shooting yourself in the foot doesn't really count as friendly fire! The Japanese didn't anticipate the Marianas campaign. In fact it took them by surprise as they were expecting the next attack to be on the Pelaus or Carolines. Why show the raising of the US flag over Iwo Jima? It is so famous an event that everyone will know that it was well before the Empire surrendered. Alabama wasn't even involved in the assault, being repaired at Puget Sound at the time. Alabama and the South Dakotas were at the pinnacle of battleship development. But far from being a 'future-predicting ship' as per the title, she was arguably obsolete before she was launched. For all their impressive power the future of naval warfare did not lie with the battleship. So what was 'future-predicting'? The radar? Alabama, and the rest of TF34 were certainly surprised by the Japanese at Leyte Gulf, Halsey putting them significantly out of position to intercept the enemy fleet. All we can say is that long-range surveillance can be invaluable, but that's been known since generals sent cavalry to see what was over the next hill or captains put sailors in the tops with telescopes to spot enemy sail. As usual, if you are going to use random clips it doesn't help if they are so easily recognised as utterly unrelated to the topic.
If the turret was accidentally targeted/hit during a battle by another gun crew, it was certainly friendly fire. Maybe you should produce & present YOUR OWN VIDEOS. Show the Fall Seas crew how it's done... if you can regularly generate interesting, entertaining information. Certainly, you should correct legitimate, substantial errors. Otherwise, give these ppl a break.
That really had me puzzled, a four striper Captain on a radar? Thought possibly he was there in an advisory capacity with the new type radar then would go write a report afterward.
Made her unsinkable - that would have been about 44,000m3 of polystyrene or builders foam. Nobody will find a periscope with an air search radar. Try telling a submariner (Tube Dweller) that a battleship is unsinkable. He'll break several ribs laughing at you.
The, exploding as she capsizes, battle ship, is HMS Barham. Force H. Incidentally, no ship built has ever been unsinkable. Some are more difficult to sink than others but they can sink!
I never thought about it before, but can you imagine the absolute insanity of all of those guns being fired in anger? Not just one ship, but a whole battle group! Over one hundred guns on one ship….Yow!
I would recommend checking with Unauthorized History of the Pacific War Podcast broadcasters, specifically Seth Paridon. He spoke to a team that did a recent high def survey of Kirishima’s hull and they seemed to get a lot of detail on the impact of BB-56’s (USS Washington) sniper shots.
That big red arrow pointing to the only thing in the thumbnail sure was helpful. Never woulda seent that ship there without it. Thanks so much, Dark Guys & Gals.
The enablers of Battlespace Awareness now extend beyond early developments in radar technology, but RADAR remains fundamental. AEGIS systems remain potent.
I've been on the Alabama several times as a kid when we lived in Pensacola. It was cool but they have added so much since then. I really wish Florida would begin to get more of these Navy ships as museums with al of our Florida Naval bases.
All very good and praiseworthy. BUT how did this secret device, make this AMERICAN SHIP UNSINKABLE!!!!!?????. ALL ships can be sunk!!! But the video is good
I visited the USS Missouri BB63 the 27th of March 1992 in long beach california while doing my two week reserve duty. Big beautiful lady. That was a few days before she was decomissioned.
Not really. Both were fast battleships with fairly equal armament. 9-16" 20-5" Even close in 40 MM and 20 MM I imagine though the reason was which BB was available at the moment.
Not true. Submarines sank several US capital ships during the war. Even as recent as 10 years ago a Swedish submarine managed to sink a US carrier in practices.
We should take all our still capable Battle Ships and update them fully to include rolling frame missile launchers , new radar and comms, update the 16" guns to be even more accurate and state of art upgrades to thier turrets add cwis, these behemoths are scary and awsome already but if they were updated right and not take off the guns off of them because they have awsome effect in pulverizing target areas from a long distance away but when seen by enemy they intimate and scare the hell out of the enemy!! If Ukraine had one or two of these ships and the assets to protect and crew trained like the crews who fought those ships in protection of freedom they would have probably already ended the war with thier adversarie!!
My wife and I visited the USS Alabama last July. It is a very well maintained museum, and you don't appreciate how big she is until you are on board and walking through the various passage ways inside the vessel. There is also the Gato class submarine USS Drum there and several Navy and Air Force planes on display. It is definitely worth the visit.
Battleship Cove in Fall River, MA has her sister, USS Massachusetts, sub USS Lionfish, a PT boat museum, Destroyer Joe Kennedy and corvettes...worth the trip as well!
I saw her back in 1976, quite impressive except compared to the Lexington which I saw the same year, actually about a week before.
Yes. We visited as well. I couldnt remember the pig boat name. But there was an SR-71 Blackbird there. Also way bigger than one would expect.
That's my next visit. I've been to Midway (CV-41) New Jersey (BB-62) and N. Carolina (BB-55). Those S. Dakota ships were beasts.
At Pearl Harbor there's the USS Missouri USS Bowfin and the Pacific Air Museum . Bowfin's next to the USS Arizona visitor center while the other two are on Ford Island
My father served on the Alabama for the entire duration, both Atlantic & Pacific. Petty Officer, radioman. Married my mother on leave between fronts, August 1943.
Awesome ❗
Now that's A True American Patriot!
That is so cool. When I was in Boy Scouts in NWFL I got to stay overnight on the Alabama several times. Being the rascals we were I have probably seen alot more of that ship than most tourists 😂
They always seem to forget the most important people. That honor goes to the men that took down the old radar and installed the new one while at sea. Also the men involved in calibrating it. Needless to say, the Captain who had the foresight to take the new radar onboard and was responsible for alerting the rest of the fleet was also a critical element.
There's no "I" at Sea !
@@DavidRouse-iz9hj - never heard that before but, it is so true.
@@flick22601 I don't think anybody here is more honorable than anybody else everybody did what they had to including the developers of the radar and getting it out so quickly.
@@Omegatonboom - Point taken.
To make a ship like Alabama go you need people. People who know the ship, inside out. Detail people. Any ship, any airplane needs the support of a large group of individuals.
One of the miracles of production in the Second World War was the ability to produce the people with the expertise and motivation to operate and maintain all of the technology required to operate a ship like that. The people who installed that radar under way are one of the best examples.
I took my daughter's there on our last vacation in their teens, we took a lot of pictures while we explored the enormity of this magnificent battleship. Then we got to explore the submarine USS DRUM we were stunned how cramped everything was. On the grounds is an assortment of tanks, from WW2 and different conflicts and in the aviation museum it was just awesome P51 mustang, F16, F18, Huey helicopter and PT boat from Vietnam and ny favorite an actual ST71 BLACKBIRD!!! We made a great memory there it's worth the drive.👍😎
The Mighty A and her crew are all hero's. Thank You for your service.
My brother served on USS Missouri during the first Gulf War and USS Midway CV 41.
I toured the USS Alabama in 1999. It was cool to see such a vessel up close
My family and I have visited USS Alabama three times, twice while I was an active duty Fire Controlman, so I was drawn to the guns (16"/50, 5"/38) and the Fire control tops and gun plotting room. I also visited USS Wisconsin while it was in commission. Wonderful experience!:-):-)
I was an Fire Controlman back when it was called Fire Control Technician. I worked on the old AN/SPG 51C The radar for Tartar missiles. Yeah long time ago. But in my visits to the Alabama the same things were my main interests as well.
The Alabama had 16 in. 45 for the main armament
Very impressive that that radar could survive the even indirect muzzle blast of a 16-inch gun. Great video.
The radar antenna and TR was high above the guns and not near any of the possible lines of fire or muzzle blast. The bigger problem was the recoil shock to the ship's structure. At Guadalcanal her sister South Dakota lost all power for this reason, knocking out the radar, comms and everthing else. This wasn't helped when someone tried to wire the breakers shut and caused a fire.
@@timgosling6189actually that is what caused it; the highly illegal and stupid wiring the relays down.
Glad the people desired to save this great battleship!! My boys and I visited the Iowa recently in San Diego and was amazed at just how big these old battleships actually are..let alone going inside one of the 16in gun turrets. I urge everyone who can to visit these glorious WWII ships whenever you get the chance. A disabled US Army Veteran
The South Dakota class are widely considered to be the best battleships built within the treaty restrictions of the day. They were an excellent combo of firepower & armour. Their only issue being the cramped living conditions for the crew, which became more of an issue as WW2 dragged on & more extra AA guns were added, complete with the crews needed to man them
While I don’t know everything, the North Carolina and washington were the pure treaty battleships @ 35000 tons. This South Dakota class while trying stay within these restrictions when designed were clearly way over and in the 38000/39000 ton range
@@g.t.richardson6311 The North Carolina's armor was inferior. It could not withstand a blast from its own 16in guns which was an unofficial standard for battleships at the time. This was a big focus in the SoDaks. But you are correct, she was only designed under the restrictions of the WNT but was finished and fitted out free from its restrictions.
The SoDaks have always been my favorite American battleships. I think they're among the most beautiful ships of their type ever built, and an exercise in efficiently. All that firepower packed into a tight little package. Everything you need, nothing you don't.
@@Achromania for sure
As a citizen of Mobile, AL, and a leader in a local Scout troop that spent many a nigh on the Mighty A, I really appreciate this video. Thank you!
I am a native Alabamian. We are very proud of our ship, and the current USS Alabama ballistic submarine. It is the one portrayed in the movie Crimson Tide with Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman. Excellent movie, and makes one wonder if something like that could happen. I took our Cub Scout Pack the the USS Alabama battleship park twice. Youth groups can stay overnight and sleep in the crew quarters and have the run of the ship!!! Wooo!!! That is awesome for sure! Us dads enjoyed that as much as the Cubs.
A situation like that could easily happen if events aligned right, or wrong if you look at it that way. Retired Subs here myself. ETC(SS/IDW) Retired Hooyah
I’m blessed to see the Alabama on almost a daily basis, I’m awed every time I see her, I love Biggun Battlewagons
wow what a story, excellent information, great documentary on this ship i had no idea occurred in its history, what a ship
Thanks Glad that the Lady Was Not scrapped.
She wasn’t part of lease lend when seconded to the UK Home Fleet. To be part of that, she would have been crewed by the RN. She was a US battleship guarding convoys to the then allied USSR.
One of your better videos, well done. Interesting to know Alabama was at those various battles in both theaters of war. I visited the ship with my wife over 20 years ago, well worth the visit. As an EE i can appreciate the crew and their efforts to replace the radar system while in route to the battle zones, that's a story you don't hear often in the stories of war. I suspect the Tirpitz stayed hidden as, i believe she knew the Alabama and other naval vessels would have sent her to the bottom just like the Bismarck. The Tirpitz and Bismarck were very good ships with excellent fire-control radar, but Germany did not have the more numerous support vessels (DDs, CLs, CAs, etc) like the UK and US did. I may be wrong.
The Alabama is the ship that is responsible for my love of ww2 history and naval ships. My parents took me when i was very young and ive been probably 10 times in my life. Very good place to visit if you ever get the chance.
So glad they preserved this legendary ship ❤
Great Video. Thanks.
Excellent 🎉🎉❤❤Documentary , about W.W.II
One of the most beautiful battleship ever produced by the United States ever. Sad their time has come and gone.
Mostly. Battleship bombardment was quite useful in the first Iraq conflict.
I heard theyre on the table again. Might possibly make some. Cant figure why economically tho.
I visited the USS Alabama somewhere around 1996 and till this day I think about how awe inspiring it was to walk aboard such a distinguished vessel
Radar tech:"Almost two hundred miles away..this thing that good ??
Fellow radar tech: they got closer so I'm thinking yes.
Both techs: "yea I don't want risk to that being wrong ...
Emergency comm over the whole ship:
Time to rock and roll 💪
4:35 is HMS Barham blowing up, torpedoed in the Mediterranean.
I was in the 2nd grade in Alabama when the effort to bring the Alabama home occurred. Elementary grade students were asked to donate 5 Cents, Junior High 10 Cents, and High School students 25 Cents. That effort alone generated about $100,000 toward the effort to bring the ship to0 Mobile, where it is today.
I was in elementary school then too. I remember the coin cards we were given in school. Each slot held a dime. Several slots in a card. Gov. Wallace had proudly proclaimed, and rightfully, that Alabama school children could raise the money to bring her home. So we spent that school year getting everyone we knew to help us fill in the coin cards. We felt like it was up to us to get her home, so we all did our part.
Great video! FOR THE RECORD, your definition of a 'Turkey Shoot' is wrong. I'm older than most of y'all, I'm from rural southern Appalachia, AND I've been shooting since I was 6 y.o..
Targets at a turkey shoot are NEITHER easily NOR abundantly taken down. Turkey shoots from the 1700s into the 1900s were fixed targets. These were drawn, painted, or simply used a feature in a board/log, like a knot hole. Many people shot, but ONLY good shots (and those not drinking) lasted beyond the early rounds. Eventually, people started throwing bottles in the air. Later on, they started skeet (called clay pigeons). Again, as a rule, ONLY those who were better equipped, more experienced & more skilled walked away with the prize... A turkey for Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc... often along with💸 for the winner(s) and some💰from 'unofficial side bets' and maybe a🏆/🏅.
Lessor experienced, lessor trained & mostly poorer equipped Japanese pilots were "ABUNDANTLY & EASILY" dropping like clay pigeons. It was because they faced better shots, better guns, better pilots, superior radar & superior tactics.
Im on their FB from the 4th of July. The yr of Deepwater Horizon spill, when they had a VIP guest of the Marine, in the show The Pacific. If you've saw it, it was the guy from Mobile, nicknamed Johnny Reb
Roll Tide!! I have visited with my family and most recently with grandson. God bless all that served on Her. She is a symbol of freedom.
So what was this "secret device that made this ship unsinkable"? Do you mean that radar? It might have contributed to the whole fleet getting the upper hand in that battle, and therefore not being sunk, but I wouldn't call it "making the ship unsinkable".
You miss the point!!! It was SECRET!!! They can’t tell us or it would no longer be a secret!!! 🥸
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O yeah! USS alabama visited that ship many times since I was a kid 😀 must see! they also have a very nice A12 at the museum now in the same location
It is sad that this same early warning COULD have taken place at Pearl Harbor. But, even this crew had doubts! You would have thought there would be moe confidence in the equipment by 1944.
Actually the Japanese were detected by radar on Hawaii but it was assumed it was a flight of expected B 17s. To be fair in one case there was a known enemy in the case of Pearl Harbor we were not at war so it would have been a huge assumption that those were a Japanese planes attacking. Still your thoughts would have saves many lives.
Just from the title I knew this would be a bad one.
The radar officer was Lt John Henry; it would be a bit odd to have a captain in charge of the radar room.
The initial detection of the Japanese aircraft was not dismissed as 'an anomaly because of the vast distance'. 190 miles was reasonable for that new parabolic antenna. They just didn't know what it was and had to wait to get a track going.
Alabama was not sent to the Atlantic as part of 'Lend/Lease'. If so she would have been given an RN crew and renamed HMS Alabama. She and Washington were detached to the RN Home Fleet but remained a US warship.
Alabama was not armed to the teeth for convoy protection.
The ship was already fitted with the SC air search radar. The one you initially show in your video is an SK1 radar with rectangular dipole array. The equipment taken on board at Pearl at the end of '43 was the SK2 system, easily recognised by its circular parabolic antenna, clearly shown on the foremast at 11:40.
Contrary to what we see at 4:20 Alabama did not escort Hornet on the Doolittle raid in April 42, still being fitted out at Norfolk an' all.
I'm sure the Alabama did not have to defend anything 'against Truk'. Truk just sat there and got built on, and bombed.
Why when 'tragedy struck' do we see HMS Barham blowing her magazines off Crete in 1941. The 'friendly fire' incident was actually the Alabama famously shooting itself when one 5" turret mistakenly fired into another. The equivalent of shooting yourself in the foot doesn't really count as friendly fire!
The Japanese didn't anticipate the Marianas campaign. In fact it took them by surprise as they were expecting the next attack to be on the Pelaus or Carolines.
Why show the raising of the US flag over Iwo Jima? It is so famous an event that everyone will know that it was well before the Empire surrendered. Alabama wasn't even involved in the assault, being repaired at Puget Sound at the time.
Alabama and the South Dakotas were at the pinnacle of battleship development. But far from being a 'future-predicting ship' as per the title, she was arguably obsolete before she was launched. For all their impressive power the future of naval warfare did not lie with the battleship.
So what was 'future-predicting'? The radar? Alabama, and the rest of TF34 were certainly surprised by the Japanese at Leyte Gulf, Halsey putting them significantly out of position to intercept the enemy fleet. All we can say is that long-range surveillance can be invaluable, but that's been known since generals sent cavalry to see what was over the next hill or captains put sailors in the tops with telescopes to spot enemy sail.
As usual, if you are going to use random clips it doesn't help if they are so easily recognised as utterly unrelated to the topic.
If the turret was accidentally targeted/hit during a battle by another gun crew, it was certainly friendly fire.
Maybe you should produce & present YOUR OWN VIDEOS. Show the Fall Seas crew how it's done... if you can regularly generate interesting, entertaining information. Certainly, you should correct legitimate, substantial errors. Otherwise, give these ppl a break.
@@DocAppalachia this set of channels is all about quantity of output and monetarization. Accuracy is clearly not a priority.
That really had me puzzled, a four striper Captain on a radar? Thought possibly he was there in an advisory capacity with the new type radar then would go write a report afterward.
@@glennrishton5679 I understand he made captain in the 1960s.
Made her unsinkable - that would have been about 44,000m3 of polystyrene or builders foam. Nobody will find a periscope with an air search radar. Try telling a submariner (Tube Dweller) that a battleship is unsinkable. He'll break several ribs laughing at you.
The, exploding as she capsizes, battle ship, is HMS Barham. Force H. Incidentally, no ship built has ever been unsinkable. Some are more difficult to sink than others but they can sink!
Would love to see a video on one of the IJN Takao class cruisers
good radio show with confusing video
I never thought about it before, but can you imagine the absolute insanity of all of those guns being fired in anger? Not just one ship, but a whole battle group! Over one hundred guns on one ship….Yow!
USS Alabama a great ship & a great State.
I would recommend checking with Unauthorized History of the Pacific War Podcast broadcasters, specifically Seth Paridon. He spoke to a team that did a recent high def survey of Kirishima’s hull and they seemed to get a lot of detail on the impact of BB-56’s (USS Washington) sniper shots.
That big red arrow pointing to the only thing in the thumbnail sure was helpful. Never woulda seent that ship there without it. Thanks so much, Dark Guys & Gals.
Oh. I thought it was making a left turn.
Tirpitz didn’t want that Alabama smoke yeehaw
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It would be better if you could speak slowly so that it could be undestand by listeners.The story is somewhat interesting to hear.
The enablers of Battlespace Awareness now extend beyond early developments in radar technology, but RADAR remains fundamental. AEGIS systems remain potent.
Im sorry,but I fail to see the relevance of a picture of HMS Barham exploding in the Mediteranean
No ship is unsinkable
I've been on the Alabama several times as a kid when we lived in Pensacola. It was cool but they have added so much since then. I really wish Florida would begin to get more of these Navy ships as museums with al of our Florida Naval bases.
I'm pretty sure several museum ships have made their homes in Florida now - didn't USS Oreck just move to The Landing in Jacksonville?
"We defeated the wrong enemy." - General George S. Patton.
The lucky "A" was Lucky for many reasons. The sailors who fought the battles included my father who later served 26 years in the NAVAL Reserve.
a bit difficult to follow since years rarely are mentioned.
After Pearl, how did ANYBODY think potential approaching aircraft are likely an "anomaly?" Jeez! 🙄
A great uncle's name is on the plaque. Died storming the beaches at Anzio.
who needs to predict that they were given whatever junk was handed to them and sailed as pre-planned?
All very good and praiseworthy. BUT how did this secret device, make this AMERICAN SHIP UNSINKABLE!!!!!?????. ALL ships can be sunk!!! But the video is good
"Captain John Henry" was a Lieutenant at the time.
190 miles, seen past a curvature 😅😂🤣
well heres something new i didnt know before ... didnt realise Americans covered the russian convoys .. nice
I visited the USS Missouri BB63 the 27th of March 1992 in long beach california while doing my two week reserve duty. Big beautiful lady. That was a few days before she was decomissioned.
My ship 😊
The Mighty “A”
Wow I went to see the battleship and they sild the guns so no one can hurt them selfs
This might be a new record, Dark 5! You've changed the title and thumbnail FOUR (4) TIMES on this video!
Why the F did the Alabama here crew and her Radar people have to. Validate her actions. As they say the proof was in the stunning victory.
Harder to sink . Not really unsinkable
8million service members?
So alabama had a better radar than iowa ? Swems backwards from how it should have been
Not really. Both were fast battleships with fairly equal armament. 9-16" 20-5" Even close in 40 MM and 20 MM I imagine though the reason was which BB was available at the moment.
Roll Tide! 😊
There are *no* unsinkable ships.
Friendly fire, isnt.
no enemy, submarine could have surprised them
Not true. Submarines sank several US capital ships during the war. Even as recent as 10 years ago a Swedish submarine managed to sink a US carrier in practices.
@@Munakas-wq3gp not true and then prove my point ? what's up doc ?
@@jyvben1520 oh I misread your post if you meant a sub could surprise them
A Pump.
It would be good if you could speak more clearly so we can understand everything you are trying to say
"Unsinkable" - Rubbish. Every USN battleship that served in WW II had SK radar and every one was sinkable.
go bama
No Country has EVER challenged the US Navy since !
see bama see
Any ship is sinkable…deceiving title 👎🏽
Sadly our navy isn’t anywhere near as big as it used to be very well trained yes but only about 300 ships total with half even capable of battle
Another dumb title.
We should take all our still capable Battle Ships and update them fully to include rolling frame missile launchers , new radar and comms, update the 16" guns to be even more accurate and state of art upgrades to thier turrets add cwis, these behemoths are scary and awsome already but if they were updated right and not take off the guns off of them because they have awsome effect in pulverizing target areas from a long distance away but when seen by enemy they intimate and scare the hell out of the enemy!! If Ukraine had one or two of these ships and the assets to protect and crew trained like the crews who fought those ships in protection of freedom they would have probably already ended the war with thier adversarie!!
so sick of these bull 💩 titles, yea the radar helped but by no means did it make the alabama unsinkable
LOL, sequences from Doolittle raid in between not fitting the sound....
Its American, it burns