The Hypnotic Process of Launching Gigantic Torpedoes From US Ship
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2022
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Next video. The chaotic process of being hit by a giant torpedo.
An old sailor once told me a story about his ship getting struck by a torpedo, I'll never forget the tale as he told it:
"Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into her side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte. We'd just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half-hour. Tiger. 13-footer. You know how you know that in the water, Chief? You can tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail.
What we didn't know, was that our bomb mission was so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, Chief, sharks come cruisin' by, so we formed ourselves into tight groups. It was sorta like you see in the calendars, you know the infantry squares in the old calendars like the Battle of Waterloo and the idea was the shark come to the nearest man, that man he starts poundin' and hollerin' and sometimes that shark he go away... but sometimes he wouldn't go away.
Sometimes that shark looks right at ya. Right into your eyes. And the thing about a shark is he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesn't even seem to be livin'... 'til he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'. The ocean turns red, and despite all your poundin' and your hollerin' those sharks come in and... they rip you to pieces. You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I don't know how many sharks there were, maybe a thousand. I do know how many men, they averaged six an hour.
Thursday mornin', Chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player. Boson's mate. I thought he was asleep. I reached over to wake him up. He bobbed up, down in the water, he was like a kinda top. Upended. Well, he'd been bitten in half below the waist. At noon on the fifth day, a Lockheed Ventura swung in low and he spotted us, a young pilot, lot younger than Mr. Hooper here, anyway he spotted us and a few hours later a big ol' fat PBY come down and started to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened. Waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went into the water. 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945.
Anyway, we delivered the bomb."
I hope he's doing well.
Seems reasonable.
Ofnie
Hahahahahaha!!!
Verbatim from the movie Jaws.
There is an amazing amount of information in the comments here from the video game commandos here who don't have any clue what they are talking about. US surface ships do carry torpedoes but they are small (12.75" dia, 500-600lbs ea.) to use against enemy submarines only, they are the Mk 46, Mk 50 and Mk 54. The Mk 46 is still in use but is being replaced with the Mk 54, the Mk 50 was less than satisfactory and not in use any more. The Mk 54 supposedly can be used against surface targets but it's dinky little warhead won't do much damage. Surface ships launch torpedoes from Mk 32 tubes, mostly the triple tube mount. These torpedoes are also capable of being dropped by aircraft against enemy subs. Coast Guard Hamilton class cutters (we call them 378's) had the Mk 32 tubes and Mk 46's. We had a "trolley" system to load them but usually just put 2 straps on them and 4 of us just carried them by hand the few feet from the magazine to the breach in each tube. The breach of these tubes was a pressure sphere that was charged to 1500PSI and had a ring around it that was threaded to seal the breach. just inside the tube was a cable connector that was plugged into the torpedo to receive fire control info from the Underwater Battery (UB) in sonar or CIC. In the Coast Guard we figured the firing solution on paper and loaded this info to the torpedoes, the Navy has fire control computers and this made their life easier.
Most missiles have the ability to steer and move under their own power, not just torpedoes.
4 million per torpedo? Holy crap, that is staggering, never though they would cost that much.
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Do you remember the old movie "The African Queen" Charlie Algood (Humphrey Bogart) says, "There ain't nothing so complicated as a torpedo".
Tons of pilfered B-roll strung together to get a C+ in any high school classroom.
0:22 "When it comes to naval warfare, the destroyer is the most versatile vessel"
That's quite true, so why are you showing me an Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ship?
What's the matter? You don't like the Little Crappy Ship? Lol.. What a waste of our money.
@@bcdushman the problem is inaccuracy
i had to hire a hypnotist to un-mesmerize me after i saw that torpedo leave the tube. and the segue into aircraft operations was wonderful.
The Japanese Long Lance torpedo was far ahead of anything the U.S had at the beginning of WWII. It was an excellent weapon and they used to to devastating effect at the battle of Savo island.
What happened at Savo Island?
A battle between Japanese and US forces. And it’s true. The US Navy had a very unreliable line of submarine torpedoes in the beginning of WW11. Of course the navy brass did not want to admit there was a problem with the torpedoes and it had to be the crew making the mistakes. It took a year or so to get them to fix the problem of dud torpedoes.
@@scottthomas8894 Worse we had Ignorant Commanders who believed since our torpedo's could not be a threat then no reason to take evasive action from theirs.
Sad we lost submarines to their own torpedo's circling back and many aviators and seamen risked or lost their lives to then have our torpedo's not detonate on impact of enemy ships.
_World War 11 XD_
@@twddersharkmarine7774 There were 9 world wars in that short span of time between WWI and WW11. Don't you remember?! XD
LOL this video is all over the place! Advertised as a hypnotic torpedo vid, it's all about B-52s, F-35, the list goes on and on! Hilarious.
I served on one of the destroyers shown in this video as the LCPO of the gunnery division. I will tell you that Mk-46 torpedoes are best used via helicopter. On Arleigh Burkes, shipboard torpedo launchers are absolutely useless and all but impossible to reload. The only time a torpedo would be launched from shipboard torpedo launchers would be if the target is already disabled. It is nearly impossible for a surface ship to get in close enough to a target, submerged or otherwise, to deliver a Mk-46 torpedo. The maximum range of these torpedoes is less the 2 miles, and on the ocean with modern weapons, that's almost point blank range for any navy.
The launchers get loaded via crane while pierside at a weapons depot. If we had to reload the launchers while at sea on a flight II Arleigh Burke class destroyer, the torpedoes would be need to be staged on the flightdeck, hoisted with a chain hoist up two decks to the aft missile deck atop the hangars, rolled on torpedo dollies, that also had to be hoisted the same way, forward to the launchers located amidship, then lowered via hoists to the deck where the torpedo launchers are located. It would take several hours.
My first two ships were Ticos, and just like the Spruance class destroyers, those torpedo launchers were far better located on the ship. Before my time, shipboard torpedo launchers may have been practical. However, especially on Arleigh Burkes, shipboard torpedo launchers are a design after thought of some old admiral from a bigone era, at least for Mk-46 torpedoes.
Honest question, could this be, somehow, a classified info. I mean, this some tactical disadvantage you're talking about
@@pepeborrego8006 You can find everything I said via open sources like Wikipedia.
@@pepeborrego8006 not classified
That's why they use ASROC. More than twice the range of tube-launched torpedos, using the same Mk-46 strapped on a booster. Nowadays of course, they come in VLS flavor, which is called long-range ASROC. But i think that tubes are not completely useless. When weather prohibits an ASW chopper to fly, you still have some means of attacking a sub.
The first guided torpedo I found out about that was even included on the links helicopter and it was everything that advertised it to be, but if it tracks you it's going to get you it's subsonic it's slow, but if it locks on to you then David Jones Locker
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I was on the USS BARBOUR COUNTY 1195 LST and seeing one of these ships taking a hit is scary.
The Mk48 isn’t fired from surface ships. They’re only fired from subs
Also, Tico's aren't destroyers. This kinda feels like a high school presentation done at the last minute using only wikipedia to bang that pup out...
Those torpedos are damn big! 😱😱
You should see the Russian City Killer, basically a nuclear powered sub that carries a nuclear warhead.
Here's a video about ships launching torpedoes, and everything else launching everything else.
I know right? gotta pad that run time.
You forgot to mention that dolphins can be deployed to locate torpedoes and other objects, and can attach lifting gear to the objects.
A dolphin will never protect you from a torpedo
El uso de un torpedo en una guerra naval actual, es casi absurda si no te puedes acercar. En mi opinión el torpedo debe lanzarse como un misil e iniciar una búsqueda subacuática a altísima velocidad a partir de la PSN estimada del posible blanco, (un submarino). Nunca contra una unidad de superficie o excepcionalmente, porque para ello están los misiles como el Exocet.
I'd like to see a mention of the interesting 'NULKA' defense system.
For me, there are 3 wonders of the world: the Pyramids b52 and the Apaches ☠💀
Which US destroyers have hull mounted torpedoes?
The clips from 1:55-2:10 are from a Canadian vessel, a Halifax-class patrol frigate
Damn those torpedos are big!
Wow so awesome
Much bigger version of PT-boat during world war 2
Distroyers during WW2 is carrying
deep charges against submarines
and cannongs
most advance version
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Hypnotic? Lol Fructos, really? Very little actually said about torpedoes
I didn't know ships carried torpedoes.
With the submarine used properly you could take out seven or eight surface ships, and they never know what happened until it's over
Can anyone imagine what would happen if someone turned a nuke into a long range torpedo?
Its sad how much money humans spend on war, that money could be spent on so many better things.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
As much as many desire this use of any countries tax money the world and its people aren’t all so enlightened. A very slow process in human evolution. Very slow.
4:35 I don't think there has ever been an operational submarine-launched SAM...
Frigate bellhara one of the best frigate in the world made from french for the greek navy
The most powerfull torpedo is the Poiseidon.. It has he capacity to transport a 100 megatons nuclear head. Just for comparison, it is more than six thousands the Hiroshima bomb. It has AI, can wait years on a place, travel at speed of 185 km/h under water. It doesn't just sink a ship, but an entire fleet.
But, if the Belgorov submarine is not so near to lanch one of its 6 Poiseidons, there is a possibility of the 80's airplane, but is the fastest until now, the MI31 with a hipersonic missel Khinzal. It can be launched at 2000 km from a aircraft carrier and in less than 10 minutes will reach the target.
1.08 on the time scale isn’t a destroyer it’s a Ticonderoga cruiser. Just being picky
What a great alternative to spending the money on feeding the hungry.
the recovery is part of the training...
Torpedos were first used in the late 1880's.
now weather they fixed the issue or it’s a flop high speed runs on these aluminum ships 🚢 stress cracks.
Is the missile at :31 sped up? That is beyond fast
Yeah,dummy recovery can be a bitch...especially when someone forgets to detach the strap made of near-indestructable material and it gets caught on your screws....23hrs drifting along 'til a dive crew could arrive...thankfully we worked it off ourselves...Go Navy!....lol
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Submarines don't launch SAM'S. Tomahawk's, yes. SM-2 missiles, no.
Hi, I hope our enemies were watching this video!!!! Do not fool with bad ass.
Bellhara frigate one of the best frigate in the world made from french for the greek navy 2020--2025 we will have complete the 4 frigates bellhara from french for the greek navy!!! Torpedos Exocet torpedos aster 30
"At just 33 pounds the Stinger is easy to carry." ROFLMAO......I can guarantee you never had to hump one through the bush. They are ANYTHING but easy to carry.
I had to carry an M47 Dragon. 🥵
Wait, what happened to the launch process and how did we get to bombing?
Have the sailors shoulder all the internal parts for brake fluid to drink
Don't lose any of them
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What a waste - we could invest in creating a new forest
But our times are like this- weapons are a must for defending ourselves.
I mean like damn. Who would ever want to go to war with us lol
Way to prep that War Machine and War Birds 🦅. God’s speed Lady’s and Gentlemen. Move out the way we have a Country to Save. Giddy up little Doggie way to drive that Mule. All day long Yahoo
“3,430 pounds”
Today pickup trucks weigh more than 4,000lbs. So that’s nothing. If you want a real heavy torpedo, check out my home country’s Poseidon Torpedo.
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Makes you wonder though huh
Didn’t know torpedoes had blanks 2
Not that it matters, but I later learned that there vibrating dummy torpedo s. 👉🏾
Mi Bangladesh
Ok
2:51 Must get life support on Torpedoes Quick MAJ Burns we need to get core Temperature back good thing you brought
your wife's hair dryer 3:36 come on " hot lips " I need more suction live dam it live 4:47 well now McHales navy not happy with loosing a boat
8:43 and CPT Boyinton ( black sheep squardon ) I and my crew did all that with p-15 Mustangs and 500 lb bombs and we still beat EM
and last but not least Lee Marvin & the dirty dozen went in and cleaned it all up
Come on guys. At least take the effort to get some video footage that matches the ships and armaments that you are supposed to be talking about. This video was really poor. Anyone can spout information off the internet over a bunch of random video footage.
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4 billion per torpedo? lol
Wow, $800 Billion a year on military weapons...as a consolation, they should let us fire a stinger or something...lol.
Ok video…..but train of thought is chaotic….firing a torpedo….then jump cut to ice recovery, with no context?
1 minutes of torpedo, the rest is not related
The next giant bomber an 225 bomber edition
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rusian hipersonic ?
Tens of millions to sink a ship, which could be done for thousands of dollars worth of dynamite or C4
Tor pedro
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Painful narration and mangled terminology, not to mention video scenes not matching narration. Kind of gives you a sinking feeling.
Agreed. About 10% on torpedoes.
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Come and get some China.
定深SD多少??誰知道??
FTN
DDG1000
You against me a United States 🇺🇸 citizen?
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fail35, lol
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everything moves too slowly. all this crap needs to move quickly
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Instead of f35, why not b2 bomber?? Its stealth
You can’t launch a b2 from a ship dummy
I can't seem to snap out of it😄what a load of crap
So humiliating to see those guys wearing masks, not even our 'mighty' military made anyone accountable.
Leave the sea alone, it belong to no one.
Say that to China....
How stupid is to wear mask inside a submarine, bysides its disputable effectiveness, the crew is locked inside this metal cage for months. It's just for show.
I love how the "test" of the chicago was done against a stationary target in calm water!!! When you actually carry out a real world test then get back to me!