Needs a volume 2 to cover such disasters as the Wilhelm Gustloff, MS Estonia, The Herald of Free Enterprise, The Empress of Ireland and Costa Concordia.
As a retired Sailor, these maritime stories have a place in my heart. In 1994 I was stationed on USS Whidbey Island LSD 41. Helped to rescue 8100 Cuban nationals from the Florida Straits in their attempt to reach the United States via whatever they could find that floats.
I’m not a sailor and no one in my family ever have been to my knowledge, but for some reason maritime stories just hit differently. I think sailors are so brave as it seems like just a little mistake can cause major disasters, I think that’s why I’m always so interested! I have a lot of respect (little understanding of what it means to be a sailor at any time) for sailors
@@nataliabirchall9093 Prime example of how one mistake led to fatal consequences. My 3rd ship, USS Kinkaid DD 965, was on deployment to the Western Pacific in 1989. The Officer Of The Deck (OOD) lost situational awareness while transiting the Malacca Straits causing a collision with a Singapore freighter. The Kinkaid's navigation officer was killed while asleep in his stateroom. 12 other Sailors were hurt. The Kinkaid sustained damage causing flooding because the bow of the freighter tore a 14 foot by 56 foot hole in the starboard side behind the helicopter hangar.
@@nataliabirchall9093 The ship's Captain was relieved of command. The OOD received a letter of reprimand. The investigation concluded a breakdown in communication between Combat Information Center (CIC), my workspace, and bridge caused confusion of where the ship was in regards to other shipping traffic in a narrow waterway. CIC is the nerve-center of the ship. Operations Specialists, such as myself operate ship's radar; surface and air search, assist in navigation and communicate with other ships via radio telephones.
I am a student of the Civil War. I have studied the Sultana disaster thoroughly. It was a real tragedy brought about by greed and indifference to human lives. It is perhaps the saddest thing I have studied.
I'm an absolute sponge for a well told history lesson. My father is a retired history teacher and even after all these years he never ceases to feed my hunger for history lessons because he still searches daily for new knowledge 🤓🤓. I recently introduced him to this channel. He's ecstatic to have another source for history and he really enjoys seeing the passion and enthusiasm these lessons are told with.
Very well presented. One thing that makes these types of tragedies so sad is knowing that if one or 2 happenstances had occured differently, the tragedies would have been avoided.
The first merchant ship I joined right out of high school in 1969 was a C-2 type, same as the Mount Hood. It was converted to containers. During my 30+ years in the US Merchant Marine I sailed on 3 ammo ships. Many time I visited the docks at Port Chicago, California. This is where an enormous explosion occured back in WW2. It also left a huge crater below where the ship once was and destroyed the dock and surrounding structures. It was said that it rained body parts for a long ways from the explosion.
To just stand there, my god, they were strong men. Wish people were like this still. To give their lives for those women and children. To give their lives for others they deserved medals for that. Those poor blokes stuck below deck.
Haven’t watched a THG video in a couple months because I wanted to give time for a ton of videos to be uploaded so I could binge, this alert was the one that got me started on said binge
Seventy-nine years ago today, the most catastrophic maritime disaster in human history occurred. On January 30, 1945, the Soviet submarine S-13, under the command of Captain Alexander Marinesko, torpedoed the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German military transport ship, which had been repurposed for evacuating more than 10,600 German war refugees from the eastern parts of the Reich across the Baltic Sea. This devastating attack led to the tragic loss of an estimated 9,600 lives, including more than 5,000 children.
I want to take the time to thank you, The History Guy for your documentary on the Sultana. Nobody could have put it better. I salute you and our military for all you do and all you've done. God Bless you.
Thank you for keeping history alive, it gives me the opportunity to do the same History Guy.. well done! I will never forget the accidents of 1844 wow that really impacted the USA... actually all of the stories will be retold. Very well done.
The land of opportunity at others expense. I do enjoy your channel. I always learn something. Wish I had you as a history teacher when I was in highschool in the late 60s, I might had completed school.
In your closing about the Sultana disaster, one could easily see how heartbroken you are speaking of the horrors that those poor veterans faced! You Sir are an excellent Historian and certainly a very good man! My hat is off to you and Thank you.
All the British Soldiers on board the HMS Birkenhead commited the most loyal, selfless, brave, courageous, heroic - act ever. They would of all known the slow, torteous fate that was to come by following these orders. I have the utmost respect for VC & Medal of Honor Recopients, but this makes these Soldiers more courageous than VC & Medal of Honor Recipients. The level of valour that these British Soldiers displayed when they followed the Colonel's request to save Women & Children first, is far greater than any other act of valour I've read or heard about.
😔💔 Heartbreaking. Yeah... it distresses me to see(wonderful) Organizations like "wounded warriors" needing donations for something the GOVERMENT should be doing for these brave Men and Women hurt and maimed in action, where the government sent them, with the equipment the government gave them. The Vets of America and there Families should NOT WANT for ANYTHING . While many of these soldiers were overseas in a war ... many.. of there Families were on Welfare ! I didn't even know about that till I seen a show about it, on ... maybe .. Frontline? Much Respect Sir and Blessings to you and your family.
Wow. I was not familiar with some of these. And they all were historically significant. How did I get through so much history without learning about these events? Makes me wonder.
I’ve literally watched hundreds of your videos! Hope you’re doing well. You do these videos w an actual historian perspective where you don’t insert your political or social beliefs… just tell the story and I love that. 🫡 to you. I’ll give ya a watch as long as you’re doing em!
I've recently discoverer your channel and subscribed. Fabulous content presented with genuine interest and personality. I am not a history buff, but your presentations are must see and incredibly interesting. You need a network show!
Great compilation! I would love to see you do a post on the sinking of the SS America, 'The Ship of Gold'. It's an amazing story and would fit in your channel quite well.
That Princeton story was quite the tale. Never heard of that connection to the civil war as a specific cause to the war. Was that just Grant’s opinion or is it a widely held belief shared by CW scholars?
I think it is at least not uncommon for historians to connect the War with Mexico to the US Civil War, as expansion of slavery in the southwest territories was the key issue in the 1860 election.
Birkenhead Drill..... omg, those poor soldiers, so very brave and made of stronger stuff than most people in our time, it's a very emotional story of unbridled honor 😢
Vicksburg is a spot on the map where they legalized gambling. They have antebellum houses there that have cannon shot still in the floor boards from Grant's seige.
What i don’t understand, why put a Commercial right when the story Climax is ready to start? I’m sure it is a UBeeTuBee policy and not the program, but it’s like they don’t want you to watch the show!
"I begin to regard the death and mangling of a couple thousand men as a small affair, a kind of morning dash-and it may be well that we become so hardened." -William Tecumseh Sherman
I am wondering if the reason why so many big ship disasters don't get into the public memory is due to the fact Maritime issues are considered covered by the Navy or Maritime laws so we assume it's being delt with?
Hey guy, I too love history. You mentioned some vessel called the Titanic,, yes, I do believe I’ve heard the name before, it sounds familiar! 0:36 I know very little about steam boilers but in the case of the Sultana, it seems suspicious that 3 boilers would explode at the same time unless rapidly subjected to very cold water…even then…3 simultaneously?!? Great channel H.G. I can certainly understand that Lincoln’s assassination would overshadow all other news at the time.
@15.51 you misstated the Birkenhead had AIR tight - but was incorrect - they were WATER tight compartments What is strange is that I know of all these events.
The sad truth is that now there are people who want the descendants of those soldiers to pay reparations to the people they died, trying to save, or at least the descendants thereof. People need to understand history to truly understand how great this country has been, even with all of its mistakes.
7:53 Heartbreaking to think after all they went through. My father was in Italy at the end of WWII & he said it was a scary time because they were afraid people did not get the word the war was over & they would get shot.
@@dennistate5953 Unfortunately, a total washout. It's a small place that opens at irregular hours and you need to contact them sometimes to arrange an opening on certain weekends. Their message box was full so we couldn't reach them. We waited out front for a while but no good. The owner (?) did send an email of apology.... Good afternoon, We are sorry we did not get to your message yesterday! If you are still in town, our director Melody and I are in the museum doing some work today, and we would be happy to open it up to show you around. Otherwise, please let us know when you plan to come back to town, and we would love to have you visit then. Best, Wyly Bigger Projects Director Sultana Historical Preservation Society 😭
This was on an episode of... THE RIFFLEMAN. With johnny Crawford and Chuck Connors . It had my favorite actor in it.. ROYAL DANO .He's looking for his son and thought Johnny was his long lost son, who actually died on that ship accident on the Mississippi , but the baby boys body was never found only the mommas body was found. 🤠🖖 ♨️
History frightens me since I discover so many stories about men and women and children dying through no fault of their own. Overwhelmed. When courage and intelligence the right tools, all of it and still nothing is enough and you die. Courage is not enough.
It is little wonder after watching these maritime disaser videos, reading about these and other similar disasters, you quickly understand how quickly human life on a large scale can be extinguished. Our pier officials, merchant marine crews, shipping officers, naval officers, sailors all need to be well trained in safety and emergency disaster procedures. Disasters, fires and dangers of explosions must be anticipated, risks identified, managed and prepared for with robust training. Governments must manage and regulate the shipping industry. Young fresh crops of engineers must replace older engineers. However, the wisdom of experience must be recorded and best practices taught to the next generation to mitigate future disasters surely waiting for the first moment of carelessness to claim human lives. The WW2 disasters at Bari, Italy, Port Chicago, California, West Locs, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii show sailors, Merchant Marine sailors and Army service soldiers in ports have as dangerous of jobs as frontline infantry men. The British also had their share of wartime port disasters. It always took at least five men in the rear to keep one infanttry soldiers at the front supplied. I think when the Merchant Marine with naval armed guards is added the ratio of rear area men to frontline infantrymen goes even higher. No brilliant tactical or strategic military maneuvers or operations by generals or admirals are possible without well supplied amd well equipped sailors, soldiers and airmen supported by a vast logistical network. The potential for disaster lays everywhete men have to move huge quantities of fuel, ammunition, dangerous chemicals, bombs or other flammable supplies in warehouses, ports and cargo ships. Disaster is just one careless mistake, safety short cut or piece of bad luck away.
Love ya bra...but where's the excitement? So maintained and polished, I miss the exuberance. But still and all your work is the best on the net. Thank you!
History Guy could you please do a story on the USS Missouri crossing the Artic Circle in November of 1946. Northern Domain of the Polar Bear, so many different stories and mystery surrounds this action ordered by President Trumann, some say it was to check on the Russians and I even heard they checked on UFO? What is the true story. Thanks and God Bless.
7:51 I am moved by this first story. I am guessing it was from an early broadcast as your hair style had changed. I like the more distant spacing [ your closeness to the camera] in the later /more recent episodes. Have not yet remembered to try an listen to the podcasts, I always seem busy ,when they come out. Shivering black bell and thumbs up.
Love your videos. In this case I must correct you, unless I heard you wrong, perhaps you said, "worst maritime disaster in US history"? Obviously, the MV Wilhelm Gustloff, in 1945, being 5x worse than the paddle-wheeler or 4x worse than the Tetanic.....almost 3x both of them combined with 9000 souls+ lost, and perhaps, the famous "Amber Room", as well. Maybe, you have even done a short on this? If not, it's deserving I assure you.
Quite right, not American, German, and not just German, Nazi German, but it is a fact, the worst Maritime disaster in history belongs to them, and a tragic event, perhaps only 10% of the dead were military. They were children, women, and old people. Whose lives were stuffed closed by history. Perhaps there were no Anne Franks on board, but people in fear for their lives, crowded on-board. Many dozens of "candy-stripers" young teenage girls were crammed in the pool area, and nearly all were lost. Many other similar stories. I'd suggest a tragic similar aspect exists between the paddle-wheeler and the Gustav, and that is Hopes Dashed. Think of an Andersonville releasee and your on the way home, what are you thinking about, and then BOOM! You're trying to escape the Reds, you're a young widow with 5 children, you, and your kinder make it on board, you finally settle in, and relax, and BOOM! Are not both incidents nearly exactly the same? Perhaps that is the angle from which the vista is focused on which I ponder?
Hey C. In Sin City, greetings. I know you enjoy Prof. Of Rock, did you see Runaway Train? Dave P. Didn’t look so good in the interview… kind of uncomfortable to watch… Always great to bump into you at THG and POR!
Dear Mr. History Guy: Here are two subjects you might find worth working to promote your The History Guy channel, if you can find anything out: Where did marriage vows of these days come from, or how did marriage vows evolve? There are no "marriage vows" in the Holy Bible, or marriages at all; people are just married already in the Holy Bible, no ceremony, no pomp, no fanfare, just married ta-dah. What happened between Patent and first-use product of the internal combustion engine? Apply "history" from invention to the first useful product of the Otto-cycle engine.
Thank you for all these long form videos, I work overnights and I pop in an ear bud and listen to these. Thanks for keeping me sane!
Needs a volume 2 to cover such disasters as the Wilhelm Gustloff, MS Estonia, The Herald of Free Enterprise, The Empress of Ireland and Costa Concordia.
As a retired Sailor, these maritime stories have a place in my heart. In 1994 I was stationed on USS Whidbey Island LSD 41. Helped to rescue 8100 Cuban nationals from the Florida Straits in their attempt to reach the United States via whatever they could find that floats.
I’m not a sailor and no one in my family ever have been to my knowledge, but for some reason maritime stories just hit differently. I think sailors are so brave as it seems like just a little mistake can cause major disasters, I think that’s why I’m always so interested! I have a lot of respect (little understanding of what it means to be a sailor at any time) for sailors
@@nataliabirchall9093 Prime example of how one mistake led to fatal consequences. My 3rd ship, USS Kinkaid DD 965, was on deployment to the Western Pacific in 1989. The Officer Of The Deck (OOD) lost situational awareness while transiting the Malacca Straits causing a collision with a Singapore freighter. The Kinkaid's navigation officer was killed while asleep in his stateroom. 12 other Sailors were hurt. The Kinkaid sustained damage causing flooding because the bow of the freighter tore a 14 foot by 56 foot hole in the starboard side behind the helicopter hangar.
Wow! That must have been awful for you all!
@@nataliabirchall9093 The ship's Captain was relieved of command. The OOD received a letter of reprimand. The investigation concluded a breakdown in communication between Combat Information Center (CIC), my workspace, and bridge caused confusion of where the ship was in regards to other shipping traffic in a narrow waterway. CIC is the nerve-center of the ship. Operations Specialists, such as myself operate ship's radar; surface and air search, assist in navigation and communicate with other ships via radio telephones.
So you felt the need to confess your traitorous crimes against N.America. Sorry, we will never forgive you.
I am a student of the Civil War. I have studied the Sultana disaster thoroughly. It was a real tragedy brought about by greed and indifference to human lives. It is perhaps the saddest thing I have studied.
I'm an absolute sponge for a well told history lesson. My father is a retired history teacher and even after all these years he never ceases to feed my hunger for history lessons because he still searches daily for new knowledge 🤓🤓. I recently introduced him to this channel. He's ecstatic to have another source for history and he really enjoys seeing the passion and enthusiasm these lessons are told with.
Greed & Incompetence. Two companions, present throughout all of human history.
Teaching: What not to do. These stories are priceless. Support THG.
This is my new favorite channel to listen to while gardening.
Another Maritime Disaster you might consider adding to your list is the loss of the steamer Eastland on the Chicago River in 1915.
I’ve seen that video. I don’t think it’s the History Guy’s though. It’s like an hour long.
Part-time Explorer did an excellent video on the Eastland. As a born Chicagoan, I’ve seen numerous videos about it and this is one of the best.
Very well presented. One thing that makes these types of tragedies so sad is knowing that if one or 2 happenstances had occured differently, the tragedies would have been avoided.
The first merchant ship I joined right out of high school in 1969 was a C-2 type, same as the Mount Hood. It was converted to containers.
During my 30+ years in the US Merchant Marine I sailed on 3 ammo ships. Many time I visited the docks at Port Chicago, California. This is where an enormous explosion occured back in WW2. It also left a huge crater below where the ship once was and destroyed the dock and surrounding structures. It was said that it rained body parts for a long ways from the explosion.
😯 that's crazy ! I hope he does a show on that . Right here in California. Thanks for the info.. I'm gonna try and find a story about the Tragedy . 😔💔
To just stand there, my god, they were strong men. Wish people were like this still. To give their lives for those women and children. To give their lives for others they deserved medals for that.
Those poor blokes stuck below deck.
😔💔
People are still strong wtf are you on about?
Haven’t watched a THG video in a couple months because I wanted to give time for a ton of videos to be uploaded so I could binge, this alert was the one that got me started on said binge
Seventy-nine years ago today, the most catastrophic maritime disaster in human history occurred. On January 30, 1945, the Soviet submarine S-13, under the command of Captain Alexander Marinesko, torpedoed the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German military transport ship, which had been repurposed for evacuating more than 10,600 German war refugees from the eastern parts of the Reich across the Baltic Sea. This devastating attack led to the tragic loss of an estimated 9,600 lives, including more than 5,000 children.
I want to take the time to thank you, The History Guy for your documentary on the Sultana. Nobody could have put it better. I salute you and our military for all you do and all you've done. God Bless you.
Amen!
Thank you for keeping history alive, it gives me the opportunity to do the same History Guy.. well done! I will never forget the accidents of 1844 wow that really impacted the USA... actually all of the stories will be retold. Very well done.
The French frigate Méduse and the tragedy of the Raft story would be an interesting story to research.
Made for a great painting.
And a great album cover
The land of opportunity at others expense. I do enjoy your channel. I always learn something. Wish I had you as a history teacher when I was in highschool in the late 60s, I might had completed school.
Thank you History Guy for this very moving, informative, precarious and dangerous segment(s) of maritime history. May God hold them gently! ⛵⚓
Some good stories in the collection!
In your closing about the Sultana disaster, one could easily see how heartbroken you are speaking of the horrors that those poor veterans faced! You Sir are an excellent Historian and certainly a very good man! My hat is off to you and Thank you.
I live in Upshur County TX, named after Abel P Upshur the Secretary of State..
Wow! Some of these maritime disasters should be made into movies.
All the British Soldiers on board the HMS Birkenhead commited the most loyal, selfless, brave, courageous, heroic - act ever. They would of all known the slow, torteous fate that was to come by following these orders.
I have the utmost respect for VC & Medal of Honor Recopients, but this makes these Soldiers more courageous than VC & Medal of Honor Recipients.
The level of valour that these British Soldiers displayed when they followed the Colonel's request to save Women & Children first, is far greater than any other act of valour I've read or heard about.
More great old HG episodes. Sometimes I miss the 5 minute ones. Good night
For years after the sinking of the Birkenhead, having women & children evacuate a ship before the men was referred to as the "Birkenhead drill."
Regarding the Sultana, we combat veterans are still treated this way to this day.
😔💔 Heartbreaking. Yeah... it distresses me to see(wonderful) Organizations like "wounded warriors" needing donations for something the GOVERMENT should be doing for these brave Men and Women hurt and maimed in action, where the government sent them, with the equipment the government gave them. The Vets of America and there Families should NOT WANT for ANYTHING . While many of these soldiers were overseas in a war ... many.. of there Families were on Welfare ! I didn't even know about that till I seen a show about it, on ... maybe .. Frontline? Much Respect Sir and Blessings to you and your family.
I am so sorry and thank you so much! From the bottom of my broken heart.
Wow. I was not familiar with some of these. And they all were historically significant. How did I get through so much history without learning about these events? Makes me wonder.
I’ve literally watched hundreds of your videos! Hope you’re doing well. You do these videos w an actual historian perspective where you don’t insert your political or social beliefs… just tell the story and I love that. 🫡 to you. I’ll give ya a watch as long as you’re doing em!
Hail and well met, fellow students! Greetings from Connecticut! 😀
Nice cap collection!
I've recently discoverer your channel and subscribed. Fabulous content presented with genuine interest and personality. I am not a history buff, but your presentations are must see and incredibly interesting. You need a network show!
Awsome History here THG I didn’t know most of these! Amazing. We are Babies in 2023 vs 1800 society. 🇺🇸
Outstanding material.
Great compilation! I would love to see you do a post on the sinking of the SS America, 'The Ship of Gold'. It's an amazing story and would fit in your channel quite well.
This was a great video! Thanks for the info!
Dude. No need to shout! I’m impressed enough with the content; it makes you sound like one of those over the top early newsreels
Fascinating stories. Some I knew of some not. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
Absolutely love your passion!
Absolutely fantastic video.
Thank you!!!
thanks for this informative video.. i am subscribing as I enjoy American History..
Great channel. This man tells a great story.
That Princeton story was quite the tale. Never heard of that connection to the civil war as a specific cause to the war.
Was that just Grant’s opinion or is it a widely held belief shared by CW scholars?
I think it is at least not uncommon for historians to connect the War with Mexico to the US Civil War, as expansion of slavery in the southwest territories was the key issue in the 1860 election.
Birkenhead Drill..... omg, those poor soldiers, so very brave and made of stronger stuff than most people in our time, it's a very emotional story of unbridled honor 😢
For the Army folk that wonder why we squids get a little woozy every time Ft. Hood is mentioned... xC
Finally a compilation
Very interesting! Thank you for the video.
Thank you HG for these very informing and interesting videos of disasters at sea.The great earthquake of san Francisco would be a great video.
Much if the story of the earthquake and fire is covered in this episode: ua-cam.com/video/TxbZlRuo9MI/v-deo.html
i was in the navy, fire was our devil, we trained daily!
Thanks for your service Shipmate. OS1 USN Retired here
Awesome production sir.
How many of these do we have to watch before we receive our Masters? Lol.Thank you sir!
Some how I missed this episode, until now. 😢
I remember❤ I will always remember,, this absolute tragedy!!
The trend of naming ammunition ships after volcanoes is excellent, as is naming fleet oilers after rivers
Vicksburg is a spot on the map where they legalized gambling. They have antebellum houses there that have cannon shot still in the floor boards from Grant's seige.
I remember reading this in highschool. I read the part about the soldiers that slept by the boiler for warmth and thought what a horrible way to go.
I absolutely love this channel. I have binge watched it....more than once. Thank you for posting.
What i don’t understand, why put a
Commercial right when the story Climax is ready to start? I’m sure it is a UBeeTuBee policy and not the program, but it’s like they don’t want you to watch the show!
"I begin to regard the death and mangling of a couple thousand men as a small affair, a kind of morning dash-and it may be well that we become so hardened."
-William Tecumseh Sherman
😔💔
Try Twain: "The Damned Human Race."
I am wondering if the reason why so many big ship disasters don't get into the public memory is due to the fact Maritime issues are considered covered by the Navy or Maritime laws so we assume it's being delt with?
Hey guy, I too love history. You mentioned some vessel called the Titanic,, yes, I do believe I’ve heard the name before, it sounds familiar! 0:36
I know very little about steam boilers but in the case of the Sultana, it seems suspicious that 3 boilers would explode at the same time unless rapidly subjected to very cold water…even then…3 simultaneously?!?
Great channel H.G. I can certainly understand that Lincoln’s assassination would overshadow all other news at the time.
@15.51 you misstated the Birkenhead had AIR tight - but was incorrect - they were WATER tight compartments
What is strange is that I know of all these events.
Pedant
Correct, watertight. I apologize for the error.
@@TheHistoryGuyChanneldetails...who, friend, tells this better? And yes i know, you're smart.❤
The sad truth is that now there are people who want the descendants of those soldiers to pay reparations to the people they died, trying to save, or at least the descendants thereof. People need to understand history to truly understand how great this country has been, even with all of its mistakes.
That Sultana sinking affected hillsdale county, Michigan,where I live. There's a monument in the courthouse grounds, in hillsdale!
7:53 Heartbreaking to think after all they went through. My father was in Italy at the end of WWII & he said it was a scary time because they were afraid people did not get the word the war was over & they would get shot.
Hope to visit the Sultana Disaster Museum next month.
Please report back here!❤
@@dennistate5953 Unfortunately, a total washout. It's a small place that opens at irregular hours and you need to contact them sometimes to arrange an opening on certain weekends. Their message box was full so we couldn't reach them. We waited out front for a while but no good. The owner (?) did send an email of apology....
Good afternoon,
We are sorry we did not get to your message yesterday! If you are still in town, our director Melody and I are in the museum doing some work today, and we would be happy to open it up to show you around. Otherwise, please let us know when you plan to come back to town, and we would love to have you visit then.
Best,
Wyly Bigger
Projects Director
Sultana Historical Preservation Society
😭
Hey History Guy 🤓 👋 the 1st story you looked like Bob Backlund!
maybe a bit of SLIM PICKENS ala DR STRANGELOVE .... "gonna git them bombay doors open"
This was on an episode of... THE RIFFLEMAN. With johnny Crawford and Chuck Connors . It had my favorite actor in it.. ROYAL DANO .He's looking for his son and thought Johnny was his long lost son, who actually died on that ship accident on the Mississippi , but the baby boys body was never found only the mommas body was found. 🤠🖖 ♨️
The Birkenhead demonstrates why the British Army is so good. Duty comes before the self and nothing but perfect conduct is good enough.
This man is super cool.
History frightens me since I discover so many stories about men and women and children dying through no fault of their own. Overwhelmed. When courage and intelligence the right tools, all of it and still nothing is enough and you die. Courage is not enough.
Thx you're the best
Please look up the fire and sinking of the Vanderbilt designed Lexington. You might find it interesting
thanks
Well done Lance…
Please do one on the Great Charleston Earthquake of 1886! City of Heroes is a good book about it with many witness accounts.
I both dread and desire for this to end...sweet Jesus!
HISTORY IS ALWAYS HERE SOMEWHERE SO WE DO REMEMBER WHATEVER HAPPENS SO WE LEARN NOT TO REPEAT IT 😮.
It is little wonder after watching these maritime disaser videos, reading about these and other similar disasters, you quickly understand how quickly human life on a large scale can be extinguished. Our pier officials, merchant marine crews, shipping officers, naval officers, sailors all need to be well trained in safety and emergency disaster procedures. Disasters, fires and dangers of explosions must be anticipated, risks identified, managed and prepared for with robust training. Governments must manage and regulate the shipping industry. Young fresh crops of engineers must replace older engineers. However, the wisdom of experience must be recorded and best practices taught to the next generation to mitigate future disasters surely waiting for the first moment of carelessness to claim human lives.
The WW2 disasters at Bari, Italy, Port Chicago, California, West Locs, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii show sailors, Merchant Marine sailors and Army service soldiers in ports have as dangerous of jobs as frontline infantry men. The British also had their share of wartime port disasters. It always took at least five men in the rear to keep one infanttry soldiers at the front supplied. I think when the Merchant Marine with naval armed guards is added the ratio of rear area men to frontline infantrymen goes even higher. No brilliant tactical or strategic military maneuvers or operations by generals or admirals are possible without well supplied amd well equipped sailors, soldiers and airmen supported by a vast logistical network. The potential for disaster lays everywhete men have to move huge quantities of fuel, ammunition, dangerous chemicals, bombs or other flammable supplies in warehouses, ports and cargo ships. Disaster is just one careless mistake, safety short cut or piece of bad luck away.
Betting everybody's asses! 28 years Disaster Services worker.
Love ya bra...but where's the excitement? So maintained and polished, I miss the exuberance. But still and all your work is the best on the net. Thank you!
Three things in history that are covered ad nauseam...Hitler, Titanic and Jack the Ripper... pretty sure other stuff happened 🤔
History Guy could you please do a story on the USS Missouri crossing the Artic Circle in November of 1946. Northern Domain of the Polar Bear, so many different stories and mystery surrounds this action ordered by President Trumann, some say it was to check on the Russians and I even heard they checked on UFO? What is the true story.
Thanks and God Bless.
@33: Seeadler -- what you pronounced as "seadler" is more like "say adler" in German.
Didn't Mark Twain write a piece on the death of his brother as a result of being burned in the Sultana?
Naw man his brother was a twin and drowned in the tub beside him there were issues.
nice graphics. the camera angle looks better.
I had a second cousin, Captain Deming Norton Lowrey, recently released from Andersonville, who died on the Sultana.
Behind you is a slouch the hat the badge on the fold rim of the the hat is a type I can recognized is isn't the rising sun worn by Australian soldiers
While the glare of the lights is somewhat odd, it is a standard rising sun badge.
Good to see Bill Nye has a youtube channel
Wow! My life ain't that bad.
7:51 I am moved by this first story. I am guessing it was from an early broadcast as your hair style had changed. I like the more distant spacing [ your closeness to the camera] in the later /more recent episodes. Have not yet remembered to try an listen to the podcasts, I always seem busy ,when they come out. Shivering black bell and thumbs up.
The Sultana?
Are they going to try and bring her to the surface?
The Raisin of the Sultana!
What about the Honda Point Disaster?
The location is now called "Destroyer rock" because of this incident from 1923
Hot damn that's one heck of a way to open a video. Floored. I've been a subscriber for about 5 years now and I'm still blown away by your videos.
Never go to sea, especially not in a boat, because ship happens.
Love your videos. In this case I must correct you, unless I heard you wrong, perhaps you said, "worst maritime disaster in US history"? Obviously, the MV Wilhelm Gustloff, in 1945, being 5x worse than the paddle-wheeler or 4x worse than the Tetanic.....almost 3x both of them combined with 9000 souls+ lost, and perhaps, the famous "Amber Room", as well. Maybe, you have even done a short on this? If not, it's deserving I assure you.
I have not yet done an episode on the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustav. I don't know, however, how it would be called a US disaster.
Quite right, not American, German, and not just German, Nazi German, but it is a fact, the worst Maritime disaster in history belongs to them, and a tragic event, perhaps only 10% of the dead were military. They were children, women, and old people. Whose lives were stuffed closed by history. Perhaps there were no Anne Franks on board, but people in fear for their lives, crowded on-board. Many dozens of "candy-stripers" young teenage girls were crammed in the pool area, and nearly all were lost. Many other similar stories. I'd suggest a tragic similar aspect exists between the paddle-wheeler and the Gustav, and that is Hopes Dashed. Think of an Andersonville releasee and your on the way home, what are you thinking about, and then BOOM! You're trying to escape the Reds, you're a young widow with 5 children, you, and your kinder make it on board, you finally settle in, and relax, and BOOM! Are not both incidents nearly exactly the same? Perhaps that is the angle from which the vista is focused on which I ponder?
Some excellent examples of the `Butterfly Effect` in History! PS I`d heard of all these - not bad for a Limey, Hey?
Hey C. In Sin City, greetings. I know you enjoy Prof. Of Rock, did you see Runaway Train? Dave P. Didn’t look so good in the interview… kind of uncomfortable to watch…
Always great to bump into you at THG and POR!
Dear Mr. History Guy: Here are two subjects you might find worth working to promote your The History Guy channel, if you can find anything out: Where did marriage vows of these days come from, or how did marriage vows evolve? There are no "marriage vows" in the Holy Bible, or marriages at all; people are just married already in the Holy Bible, no ceremony, no pomp, no fanfare, just married ta-dah.
What happened between Patent and first-use product of the internal combustion engine? Apply "history" from invention to the first useful product of the Otto-cycle engine.
Intro looking very upmarket Mr H G
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Wilhelm Gustov should have been #1. Not too sure if you mentioned it as I didn't get past the first 7 minutes.
Titanic was a British ship.
Have you ever looked at the Edmund Fitzgerald which went down in Lake Superior in 1975.