USS Dorado's Mysterious Disappearance

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    USS Dorado (SS 248), a Gato-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the dorado.
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  • @HiddenHistoryYT
    @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +7

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  • @timmi59
    @timmi59 2 місяці тому +32

    It’s wonderful that you were able to show pics, names and hometowns of the crew members. They were real people and that drove home the point. Good work here.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +5

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

    • @iso-didact789
      @iso-didact789 2 місяці тому +2

      @@HiddenHistoryYT They should go to where that ghost thing was and do ground penetrating radar on the seabed.

    • @eze417
      @eze417 Місяць тому

      Agreed 100%.

    • @elizabethschneider9507
      @elizabethschneider9507 15 днів тому

      My Grandfather...😢

  • @kennethiman2691
    @kennethiman2691 2 місяці тому +16

    So sad so many lives lost in wars. Thanks for showing a glimpse into the cost of war. May they rest in peace.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @jawharpist
    @jawharpist 2 місяці тому +12

    One of the most moving WW2 videos I've ever seen.
    Tears running down my face.
    Taps always brings tears to my eyes.
    Seeing the faces, names, hometowns, rank/rate and the amazing caricature of the mess attendant ... In alphabetical order ... Is true respect.
    S class boats, and those who served on them, deserve their own unique place in history, memory and honor.
    Best, J.S.Walker, USN DC3, 1987-1990

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +2

      Thank you for your service! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

    • @BuddyLee23
      @BuddyLee23 Місяць тому

      It’s a shame that even for those who did make it back and live a long life after the war, their generation is nearly gone now. Leaves me feeling like we’re a classroom full of kids when the teacher steps out of the room…

  • @markpaul-ym5wg
    @markpaul-ym5wg 2 місяці тому +15

    Still on eternal patrol.Thanks HIDDEN HISTORY.

  • @sjb3460
    @sjb3460 2 місяці тому +4

    Thanks for the history and the photos of the men.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +2

      Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)

  • @loyalrammy
    @loyalrammy 2 місяці тому +5

    Wow....I got choked up watching the names and the faces of the lost. I have a picture of myself in my Crackerjacks and it could have been inserted with these guys, even though they were my grandparents age when they died. Such a scary way to go.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +2

      Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)

  • @stevekohl5351
    @stevekohl5351 2 місяці тому +12

    With a green crew, i wonder if this was another mistaken opening of the main induction valve like Sqaulus.

    • @revolutionaryhamburger
      @revolutionaryhamburger 2 місяці тому +5

      Most naval ships are expected to only successfully sink once. Submarines are expected to repeated the process and somehow return to the surface. Every time they manage that feat is a miracle of modern engineering.

    • @petestorz172
      @petestorz172 2 місяці тому +1

      That is the sort of incident included in the term "Operational Casualty".

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @TRHARTAmericanArtist
    @TRHARTAmericanArtist 2 місяці тому +5

    Love the thumbnail painting. Sad for the loss. Great job HH.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +1

      Indeed! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @52robbo
    @52robbo 2 місяці тому +12

    How very sad. Is it not possible to mount an investigation of where the grey ghost was sighted?

    • @rod2998
      @rod2998 2 місяці тому

      That's very expensive 😢

    • @kirkstinson7316
      @kirkstinson7316 2 місяці тому +4

      ​@@rod2998
      Not with a known location. A few days of grid work with a magnetometer should find it. Won't dig it up (it's a war grave) but could confirm location

    • @rod2998
      @rod2998 2 місяці тому

      @@kirkstinson7316 More expensive than you know. Do some research on expenses.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

    • @anthonylowder6687
      @anthonylowder6687 2 місяці тому +2

      @@rod2998 The cost doesn’t matter…..the families, descendents and friends of this lost boat and crew deserve to know what happened.

  • @rogerrendzak8055
    @rogerrendzak8055 Місяць тому +3

    Superb honorable tribute, to our boys on the 'USS Dorado'😔👍👏👏!!!

  • @JefferyKaighin
    @JefferyKaighin Місяць тому

    I agree! This is a very respectful tribute to these soldiers who were called home long before their time was due. Thank you for recognizing them and telling their story. 🙏

  • @elizabethschneider9507
    @elizabethschneider9507 15 днів тому +1

    I appreciate that the USS Dorado is remembered.
    My Grandfather was the Commander 😢
    Wrecked our family, him not returning. Grandma couldn't cope.
    So she was lost as well, my dad an orphan.
    To the brave men ❤
    Thanks again for remembering.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  11 днів тому +2

      Your grandfather was an American hero who won’t be forgotten. It’s the least I can do, but isn’t much compared to his sacrifice for our country. Sorry to hear how this affected your family. We will remember all those brave men.
      Appreciate you watching and have a great week ❤️

    • @elizabethschneider9507
      @elizabethschneider9507 11 днів тому

      Thanks. Noticed also the picture with my Grandmother I may have blocked out before. Stella Grace❤
      Also remembered
      Spouses serve as well
      ​@@HiddenHistoryYT

  • @blackhawkorg
    @blackhawkorg 2 місяці тому +8

    The obvious. Main induction valve failure to close during a dive. Or other failure while submerged.
    A lot can go wrong on a war boat, no enemy or friendly fire required.
    Rest in Peace Sirs

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

    • @nattybumpo7156
      @nattybumpo7156 2 місяці тому

      The date offers another possibility.
      That she was a victim of one of the multitude of faults inherent in her own M k 14 torpedoes.
      They were sometimes known to circle back, among other operational deficiencies.

  • @HootOwl513
    @HootOwl513 2 місяці тому +7

    The Free French Sub Surcouf went down in the same waters under similar circumstances.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week

  • @Shipnut-dc9ps
    @Shipnut-dc9ps 2 місяці тому +3

    Total admiration and respect to the lost men and to their families,God speed.Would definitely like to have copies of prints from the 27 paintings of the boat and her men!!!

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

  • @Pinnaclebeacon634
    @Pinnaclebeacon634 2 місяці тому +4

    Great work I’ve been waiting for this one!!

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +1

      Hope you enjoyed it! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @vet-7174
    @vet-7174 2 місяці тому +4

    Rest in Peace to the Crew 😢

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +1

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @anthonycassata5152
    @anthonycassata5152 2 місяці тому +2

    Great but sad video. And thanks again for putting up pictures. As I was looking at the pictures, I noticed a family name and as I looked closer, the resemblance of the names sailor is just amazing how he looks like my mother’s brother. Now my uncle was born in in 1940. But again the name and resemblance is something else. I did have some great uncles who did serve in the pacific, one Navy and one Marines. And my father in-law served in the Navy on board a tin can, destroyer on the North Atlantic also. Have to check out the family tree. Thanks for the video.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +1

      Thank you to him for his service! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @simonjester0074
    @simonjester0074 2 місяці тому +4

    My uncle was a Chief Petty Officer aboard this submarine 💜

    • @katehughes1860
      @katehughes1860 2 місяці тому +2

      Rest in peace

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +2

      Thank you to him for his service and sacrifice ❤️

    • @simonjester0074
      @simonjester0074 2 місяці тому +1

      @@HiddenHistoryYT He survived Pearl Harbor while assigned to a destroyer then volunteered for the silent service 💜

  • @robertreads21
    @robertreads21 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you so much for the Taps reel.

  • @iamrichrocker
    @iamrichrocker Місяць тому

    i always wonder how their last seconds of their lives must have been..what heroics did they try that failed to save their boat, and fellow brothers..thanks for such great content..still think you deserve so many more subs/views...

  • @melina001a
    @melina001a 2 місяці тому +2

    The The Royal Navy lost 73 submarines, seven X-craft, and 3,160 men

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +1

      RIP, brave men. Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

  • @glennboyd939
    @glennboyd939 2 місяці тому +1

    If you know the exact route, a magnetometer should find it.

    • @chadrowe8452
      @chadrowe8452 2 місяці тому

      The exact planned route will not be the same as the actual route. Think about how water density and currents(favorable and unfavorable) can alter the path.

  • @elizabethschneider9507
    @elizabethschneider9507 2 дні тому

    So I have emailed Senator Marco Rubio and told him that my Grandfather and his men never received their Purple Hearts.
    It's the crew I am mostly concerned for and their family members and loved ones and all appreciators of the Dorado and WW2 submarines in general who would like to see some sort of recognition.
    I will keep you posted.
    Marco Rubio is incredibly effective and responsive.

  • @glennboyd939
    @glennboyd939 2 місяці тому +2

    One possibility: Scared by the Mariner attack, they crash dived a barely tested boat.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @stephenfarthing3819
    @stephenfarthing3819 2 місяці тому +3

    Was the submarine on the line to the Panama Canal close to the Bermuda Triangle? It might be the case of that!

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @VoicesofWW2YT
    @VoicesofWW2YT 2 місяці тому +2

    RIP

  • @RedcoatsReturn
    @RedcoatsReturn 2 місяці тому +3

    All those young men….😔😪

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +1

      Yep :( Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)

  • @johnmcmickle5685
    @johnmcmickle5685 2 місяці тому +1

    I doubt that it floated for any amount of time they did provide an escape hatch that could be used on the Balao class so I would thin k there would also be one on a Gato class. In shallow water that would have been very useable.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @dark_natas_666
    @dark_natas_666 2 місяці тому +1

    Those paintings were a curse.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +1

      Possibly! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @adelfomarrero8723
    @adelfomarrero8723 Місяць тому

    R.I.P. TO ALL THOSE SAILOR'S AND OFFICERS.

  • @steveaustin1111
    @steveaustin1111 2 місяці тому +3

    To Fair winds
    And following seas
    #EternalPatrol
    #YouAreNotForgotten

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +1

      Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)

  • @dannystaton5386
    @dannystaton5386 2 місяці тому +1

    Really 😢

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

  • @brianchu3317
    @brianchu3317 Місяць тому

    If she was disabled and sent drifting why didn’t her CO radio its status to his command?

  • @herschelmayo2727
    @herschelmayo2727 2 місяці тому +1

    Close to the surface, they could have exited using Momsen lungs.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @mikerobb7443
    @mikerobb7443 2 місяці тому +1

    If they were that shallow they have an escape hatch

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @Eric-kn4yn
    @Eric-kn4yn 2 місяці тому

    52 in the pacific ?

  • @steventhorson4487
    @steventhorson4487 2 місяці тому +2

    😮

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +1

      Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)

  • @troygroomes104
    @troygroomes104 2 місяці тому +1

    Mk13 & 15 torpedo, the mk14 i thought was only used on British used old us dd's

    • @mattwilliams3456
      @mattwilliams3456 2 місяці тому +1

      Unfortunately the MK14 was the primary US submarine launched torpedo at the time. It was riddled with defects and was an absolute liability for much of the war. If you have about half an hour and want to learn to hate the Bureau of Ordnance then Drachinifel has a wonderful video about it: ua-cam.com/video/eQ5Ru7Zu_1I/v-deo.htmlsi=PNQlyx6NOl7q9ylk

    • @troygroomes104
      @troygroomes104 2 місяці тому

      @@mattwilliams3456 I know of the mk13 (dd launched) & mk15 air dropped version having a lot of defects, but always thought the US submarines had a better torpedo

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @Cronoviajero
    @Cronoviajero 2 місяці тому +1

    78 subs lost and thousands of lives lost... Over 100 crew members for every sub??? I dont beleave it...

  • @thatguy990
    @thatguy990 2 місяці тому +1

    👍👍

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +1

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @SNOwyte
    @SNOwyte 2 місяці тому +1

    Aye remember, this was brought to u by the state of Connecticut

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      Thanks for watching and have a fantastic week :)

  • @steventhorson4487
    @steventhorson4487 2 місяці тому +2

    🫡👍👌

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @davidlang4442
    @davidlang4442 Місяць тому

    New boat. Mechanical failure likely.

  • @IslandCreek
    @IslandCreek Місяць тому +4

    Soon as you said women built it....

    • @ryanparker4996
      @ryanparker4996 Місяць тому +1

      Well,
      *adjusts trouser braces*
      there's yer problem

    • @chaddixon5725
      @chaddixon5725 Місяць тому +1

      I was too slow. You beat me. Well played sir, well played.

  • @thelemming54
    @thelemming54 Місяць тому

    Connecticut is not a populous state, and her sons are overrepresented among the dead.

  • @Olliethesnowman
    @Olliethesnowman Місяць тому +1

    Orrr it was made by women there for…..

  • @IOTrooper
    @IOTrooper Місяць тому +1

    First sub built by women you say? Mystery solved boys saved you 20 mins.

  • @philipwelsh1862
    @philipwelsh1862 Місяць тому

    Of course never mention the English will you They lost 79 of their subs but as usual it was the yanks that did everything and won both wars on their own

    • @mikecody3578
      @mikecody3578 Місяць тому

      Nobody cares about your stupid island.

  • @eze417
    @eze417 Місяць тому

    I think Britain and Japan had larger flying boats than the Martin Mariner.

  • @curtisvonepp4335
    @curtisvonepp4335 2 місяці тому

    wHAT IS GOING WRONG INBUDE YOUR HEAD BO YOU REPLY BACK WHAT AND WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT READ MY REQUEST AGAIN BO UNSUBSCRIBE ME FROM HIDDEN HISTORY BYBY HIDDEN HISTORY THANK YOU.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому +3

      You’re a funny guy Curtis

    • @curtisvonepp4335
      @curtisvonepp4335 2 місяці тому

      @@HiddenHistoryYT HIDDEN HISTORY CHANNEL IS WELL DONE THE PROBLEM IS YOU REFUSING MY REQUEST TO UNSUBSCRIBE ME.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      @@curtisvonepp4335 what are you wanting to unsubscribe from??

    • @grantenhodges4758
      @grantenhodges4758 2 місяці тому

      Curtis don’t go baby, stay awhile kick those feet out and pull those pants down my dude. You earned it! Maybe grab a cold one….together?

    • @curtisvonepp4335
      @curtisvonepp4335 2 місяці тому

      @@HiddenHistoryYT UNSUBSCRIBE HIDDEN HISTORY CHANNEL .

  • @Estes705
    @Estes705 2 місяці тому +1

    You spend WAAYYY too much time giving unimportant facts about the boat. We don't need to know how many heads there were, or the area of the forward sleeping quarters.
    Get to the story.

  • @michaelpiwcewicz1412
    @michaelpiwcewicz1412 2 місяці тому +1

    VOTE TRUMP LAKE 2024// YES

  • @NX6.2
    @NX6.2 Місяць тому

    RIP USS Dorito

  • @DaveSCameron
    @DaveSCameron 2 місяці тому +3

    Respect from your firm friends over the Pond here. 🎚️☘️👏🙏🇺🇸🇬🇧📚

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  2 місяці тому

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @EchoesofWarYT
    @EchoesofWarYT 2 місяці тому +1

    RIP

  • @HiddenHistoryGaming
    @HiddenHistoryGaming Місяць тому

    RIP

  • @HiddenHistoryPlaysYT
    @HiddenHistoryPlaysYT 2 місяці тому +1

    RIP