Essex Class Carriers - An Animated Timeline 1938 - 1945
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- Опубліковано 8 гру 2022
- The Essex class was a class of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy. The 20th century's most numerous class of capital ship, the class consisted of 24 vessels, which came in "short-hull" and "long-hull" versions.
Twenty-Six were ordered during World War 2 but two were canceled after construction had begun.
Fourteen saw combat during World War II. None were lost to enemy action, though several sustained severe damage.
Essex-class carriers were the backbone of the U.S. Navy from mid-1943 until supercarriers joined the fleet in the 1960s and 1970s.
Several of the carriers were rebuilt to handle heavier and faster aircraft of the early jet age, and some served until well after the Vietnam War.
This installment shows the incredible industrial might of the USA that could churn out these most complex fighting ships.
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Just....totally brilliant. Deserves thousands of view. The Essex class -- still the all-time king of fleet carriers.
Man, we were making carriers like other countries made cars. And not only in numbers, but also in both quality and quantity.
Great animation of an extraordinary period of time. Unbelievable what they accomplished. Thank you!
A top 5 video of mine. I reference it all the time
What a great presentation on US shipbuilding capacity in ww2, and this is just the Essex class carrier.
A little error at the end USS Iwo Jima is CV-46.
Great:)
Thank you. There are a few annoying errors in there. The project itself became a monster by the end and very complicated to make alterations.
Concise. Well done.
Thank you!
Just found this video, I have liked and subcribed sir this is fantastic. I have long thought i would love to see a time line like video of production like this. All though you went above and beyond. As a 52 yr old american this made goose bumps stand up all over me and my heart filled with pride as I witnessed through your eyes and story telling the industrial and production engine of the United States ignite and reach a massive pace. TY so much great work
Thanks for your comment. I'd glad you enjoyed it.
The music made me dim the lights, put on my smoking jacket, chill the bubbly, and wait for Bo Derek to come over. 🤣
I was going to mention the music as well. I was wondering if we were going to Morocco to charm snakes or go over to her pad and f each others brains out. I'm sorry, the background scenery, well, I can't tell what the picture is. My best guess is a sunken tank because it looks like it's covered tank tracks. And Bo Derek in the movie 10.
If I was in the Navy I would be furious to have an Essex class carrier in the Atlantic in June 1943
Probably sea trials
@@snake57This. These shipyards are on the East Coast, so naturally they do their sea trials and enter service in the Atlantic Fleet before moving on down to the Panama Canal and making their way to the Pacific.
The routine back then was shakedown in Trinidad, then transfer to the Pacific to join the Fleet.
We Had More Essex Class Carriers Than Any Other In US Navy History! ⚓
Wow this is great work, thank you so much for making it.
This is very close to something I've been looking for for a long time but couldn't find properly-presented anywhere. If you added CVs 2-8 (if not going back to their construction, at least keep tracking them in the fleet panels) and the Japanese fleet carriers (similarly), it would be *exactly* what I've been looking for, and I'd imagine others too. That would really tell the story in a way even less-initiated watchers could appreciate.
Also I bet if you added any narration to this at all, it might help this get closer to the views it deserves (I know that kept me from from hitting play for so long, though I kept bumping it up my Watch Later list).
Have you tried reaching out to adjacent creators (eg Drach, Historigraph) for advice?
Thanks for your feedback. I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was labor-intensive as you can see but I'm glad I did it. It took many hours to get the info right and animate it and is one of those things that can mushroom very quickly. I want to do the same for post-war Essex class, hopefully at some point in the future. Regarding the voice-over, I considered it but there would have been a lot of "laid down, launched, commissioned, etc..." for such a numerous class.
@@TheWarshipologist I think even "laid down, launched, etc" would be worth it just for the youtube meta, but you could also talk about those name changes, mention contemporaneous war events, etc.
I know, this essentially comes down to "bro just make a completely different video at 10x the effort" lol. Nevermind, just keep doing what you're doing. I'm glad I found your channel, and thank you again.
My father served on the U.S S Kersarge cv 33 back before the korean war. He got out right before the war started.
If only we could have shown this video to the Japanese High Command, I would have directed them to skip to Dec '43 to see what was coming. The war would have been over a lot sooner...
Appropriate selection of music.
If you go over to navsource you’ll see that the USS Valley Forge CV-45 was constructed in a dry dock at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, not a slipway. From what I can deduce from the pictures it looks like Dry Dock #5.
Thanks. Quite a few of them were built in dry docks. I haven't made a distinction. There's literally unlimited detail you can add to a video like this.
Iwo Jima has a wrong Number
CVL과 CVE의 영상도 있으면 좋겠네요...
My Father was stationed on the USS Battan and as I understand it was unique in some way can any one fill me in on the details please, What Class of carrier
What is the name of the music playing in this video?
Bolero by Ravel
@@TheWarshipologist
Thanks!
You have 2 CV-45's in the buildout. USS IWO JIMA is CV-46.
Holy smokes. Well spotted! Did you spot the error with Indiana?
@@TheWarshipologist no, missed that.
Just like the Germans the Japanese never had a chance.