Old Man Reaction to The Fat Electrician's The Ship That Wouldn't Sink

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  • The old man reacts to the Fat Electricians video on "The Ship That Wouldn't Sink"
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 269

  • @shannonmcvey8669
    @shannonmcvey8669 2 роки тому +112

    The first blast actually BENT THE SUPERSTRUCTURE! The second, being an underwater blast, washed a giant wave over her and flooded the ship with radioactive water. Researchers stated that the crew would have survived the blast but the entire crew would have died within a day of radiation poisoning. HOWEVER, The Fat Electrician omits a MAJOR detail. After the second blast, she was de-watered, hosed down, and towed back to Hawaii, where she sat for two YEARS while the navy decided what to do with her. She was then towed just a few miles offshore to the navy gun range and used as a gunnery target for 5 days. Her wreck was just found about 2 or 3 years ago. I read a report many years ago written by the chief engineer, who was aboard during Pearl Harbor and throughout her rebuild and the rest of the war. When she went back to the states after being refloated at Pearl Harbor, the old electrical bus-bars in the engine room had to be replaced...HOWEVER, due to the start of the war, copper was in critically short supply. As such, they requisitioned 2 Million dollars (in 1942 money) worth of silver bullion from the US Mint...melted them down and cast new bus bars out of them. Then they painted them battleship-grey to hide the fact from the crew (he was required to check them every time they made port somewhere to make sure that none of the crew had scraped off a poke of silver to pay for shore-leave). He stated that he always wondered if the navy had removed them before the bomb tests. If not, the Nevada is sitting at the bottom of the ocean with a literal FORTUNE in silver deep in her bowels.

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +16

      That seems like a crazy expensive material to make more bars out of. Have you seen this recorded anywhere else?

    • @shannonmcvey8669
      @shannonmcvey8669 2 роки тому +5

      @@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      No I haven’t. But this was in a book on the salvage effort at Pearl Harbor

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +7

      @@shannonmcvey8669 I’m not sure it’s legal to make salvages from military ships but even if it’s not you would think the government would go get it

    • @shannonmcvey8669
      @shannonmcvey8669 2 роки тому +11

      @@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan Yeah, that's not gonna happen. Even if they wanted to, the Nevada currently sits upside-down in more than 15,000 feet of water. Any idea of a salvage effort at this point would be an impossibility. As for the legality of it, in most cases you would be correct as most such ships are war graves. The Nevada was not.

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +10

      @@shannonmcvey8669 your right it is not a war grave and munitions were removed, so maybe someone could get that silver. But at 15000 feet it would be complicated and expensive. Not to mention it was probably removed before they sank her

  • @gilmadreth680
    @gilmadreth680 Рік тому +15

    After 2 Nukes
    Japan: We surrender!
    USS Navada: Come on! Stop trying to hit me and hit me!

  • @SuperBigdaddy75
    @SuperBigdaddy75 2 роки тому +108

    America said “hold my beer” and dropped a second bomb and the ship said “nah”

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +19

      that right there is just funny as can be

    • @sethgilcrist8088
      @sethgilcrist8088 2 роки тому +7

      Ship went.
      Sorry I don't drink beer I drink whiskey

    • @ka0skontrol504
      @ka0skontrol504 Рік тому

      ​@@sethgilcrist8088I'll drink to that. Hopefully we still have the blueprints for that ship... just in case.

    • @sethgilcrist8088
      @sethgilcrist8088 Рік тому +1

      @@ka0skontrol504 it's not the blueprint it's the steel it was made from.
      They don't make it anymore

  • @DieuDeMort
    @DieuDeMort Рік тому +41

    A thing to keep in mind regarding the Nevada; it was not crewed, and stalled. So no damage control, no evasive maneuvers, nothing, it was essentially dead in the water from the get-go. And it still took 2 nukes and 5 days of bombardment to sink it.

  • @javabean215
    @javabean215 Рік тому +14

    The Fat Electrician is hilarious. He did one video where he was "converting" from metric to Freedom Fractions, and mumbled "Carry the two world war victories, and divide by the Second Amendment..."

  • @unhingedgamin2706
    @unhingedgamin2706 2 роки тому +57

    This man's positive energy and laughter always makes me smile

  • @msb3175
    @msb3175 2 роки тому +67

    The first bomb "Able" was an air burst that missed it's target (the Nevada) by 1800 yrds. The second bomb "Baker" was suspended under a landing craft. The Nevada was anchored a few thousand yds. from that one. The battleship Arkansas was much closer and was lifted vertically out of the water and driven straight into the shallow bay like a telephone pole and totally obliterated.

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +27

      1800 yards? that's very close for a nuke, the Nevada was a tough ol girl

    • @iowa61
      @iowa61 2 роки тому +12

      Recent analyses suggest the Arkansas was not “lifted vertically” as had been previously conjectured (based on vague photography). Principle damage from Baker seems to be from the overpressure wave on one side of the hull. Pics of the wreck are available on the net…

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +7

      @@iowa61 that makes more since

    • @PrinceAlhorian
      @PrinceAlhorian 2 роки тому +10

      1800 yards is as close to make no difference to 1 statute mile. The Able bomb was a 23 Kiloton Weapon. One mile for a nuke that size is irrelevant. She's a stubborn old Southern Gal that's for sure.

    • @AflacMan13
      @AflacMan13 Рік тому +1

      "Missed" by 1800 yards. 🤣

  • @ScarriorIII
    @ScarriorIII 2 роки тому +41

    I can only pray that the American People have the same endurance as this ship, because we're gonna need it.

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +13

      Ditto, brother, ditto

    • @oxide9679
      @oxide9679 Рік тому +3

      We were forged in fires worse than we face today. It's definitely bad, but we will endure.

    • @ScarriorIII
      @ScarriorIII Рік тому +4

      @@oxide9679 Our problem is not really endurance but rather a lack of initiative, as well as laziness and unwillingness to sacrifice. We keep waiting for someone else to save us, and while we wait the nation dies.

    • @oxide9679
      @oxide9679 Рік тому

      @@ScarriorIII I see where you're coming from. You're right. We're the last bastion of freedom in the world. No one is coming to save us because no one CAN save us.

    • @ScarriorIII
      @ScarriorIII Рік тому +3

      @@oxide9679 Nah, we can save us. The problem is we're so committed to maintaining our lifestyles and so used to our institutions protecting us that now we sit and wait for them to save us like we've always done. They're the ones failing us, but we're the ones failing us too. The answer is very simple: 4/15/1775.

  • @terryeaster1
    @terryeaster1 Рік тому +3

    His video "proportional" cracks me up every time I watch it.

  • @Bald_Cat2007
    @Bald_Cat2007 2 роки тому +58

    Fun Fact: whenever you see an explosion in SpongeBob SquarePants, that's the Bikini Atoll explosion. Also the reason she was painted orange was because IT WAS THE SHIP THAT WAS GONNA HAVE THE BOMB DROPPED ON IT!!!!!

    • @QurikyBark32919
      @QurikyBark32919 2 роки тому +13

      Nevada was the PRIMARY TARGET. Badass boat

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +14

      wow, that's amazing, so she was ground zero

    • @Bald_Cat2007
      @Bald_Cat2007 2 роки тому +5

      @@QurikyBark32919 somehow they fucking missed and hit the USS Gilliam a old troop transport ship

    • @redactedredacted4080
      @redactedredacted4080 2 роки тому +5

      @@Bald_Cat2007 I mean it's the chair force what did you expect?

    • @Bald_Cat2007
      @Bald_Cat2007 2 роки тому

      @@redactedredacted4080 the Nevada was supposed to be the ship hit, not the Gilliam

  • @jasonnelms4556
    @jasonnelms4556 Рік тому +11

    As a Nevadan having spent many years contracting for the military in NV, this is a point of pride for many.

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  Рік тому +4

      As well as it should be, just like the USS Texas is a point of pride for us here in Texas.

    • @jasonnelms4556
      @jasonnelms4556 Рік тому +3

      @@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan as the Texas should be

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  Рік тому +3

      I have never understood the sinking of ships when they’re no longer needed. Of course we cannot make a museum out of all of them as nice as that would be as far as I’m concerned, that’s just not feasible. However, it seems they could be used for scrap. Of course I’m sure they would say that the cost of scrapping one out is higher than the cost of creating new steel and while that may be true I think it would be awesome to have an old ship. Give birth to a new one. That say, a new guided missile ship made from the steel of the Nevada, or the USS New York.

    • @jasonnelms4556
      @jasonnelms4556 Рік тому +1

      @@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan I absolutely have to agree with you. Where I contracted at, we had a bunch of 16" barrels from the Missouri I believe. Us locals were proud of them, the Missouri is historic. I think one or two were hauled out as is to somewhere else but the company got special contractors, the metal had dangerous materials in it, to cut them down to scrap. We were all horrified sitting in our vehicles on base watching it happen.

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  Рік тому +2

      @@jasonnelms4556 I would have had to try to grab me a piece of that metal. Nobody else would ever known where it came from but I would know.

  • @josephsmith2183
    @josephsmith2183 2 роки тому +15

    Nevada had half her boilers at up to full steam before the Japanese attacked. Her captain knew the war was coming, and kept the ship at some point of alert.

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +4

      smart man

    • @ridgely1635
      @ridgely1635 2 роки тому +2

      My states title of battle born is there for a reason

    • @josephsmith2183
      @josephsmith2183 2 роки тому

      @@ridgely1635 I don't understand the question.

    • @kdrapertrucker
      @kdrapertrucker Рік тому +1

      Actually Nevada was scheduled to go to sea and the boilers took a while to fire up and had to reach operational temperature to get underweigh. The captain was ashore during the attack and a Jr. Officer was in command. The Japanese pilots saw her making to the entrance and thought they could block the channel for months if they sank her in the channel, so they concentrated on her. She took many bombs that were meant for other ships.

  • @izekealtopanga8513
    @izekealtopanga8513 2 роки тому +13

    Fun fact the USS Nevada BB-36 is the only ship to have the same number as the state it is named after. The Nevada was the target for the Bikini Atoll test but was missed by roughly half a mile. But the second drop was within 100 yards of the Nevada.

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +7

      Amazing isn't it. I know by modern standards those were small nukes, if there is such a thing, but that close and she still floats? Amazing.

    • @comradeeverclear4063
      @comradeeverclear4063 Рік тому +3

      "Missing" by ½ Mile with a NUKE isn't actually missing...

  • @CindyJoGorman-bt9ro
    @CindyJoGorman-bt9ro 7 місяців тому +2

    As a Native Las Vegan, Escaped to Utah, I'm Very Proud of the USS Nevada! Nevada's Moto is 'Battle Born' and the ship sure stood up to That Hype! Thank you for your Reaction! More TFE please, love your laugh😂

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  7 місяців тому +2

      Thanks Cindy, without a doubt the Nevada was built to take a beating and did so. Very glad to have you on board here. I do a livestream every Monday at 6:30 p.m. CST join us in the chat if you can. We talk battleships and general conversation. Would love to see you there and I for one am proud of EVERY woman that keeps up with this stuff. This is NOT just a man topic; this is a human topic. Take care.

  • @lsswappedcessna
    @lsswappedcessna Рік тому +4

    The Iowa-class is known for deleting mountains and soldiers of rogue nations alike (see the Wisconsin's response to being shelled by North Koreans and the Iowa-class's effectiveness as a floating "fuck around, find out" weapons platform during Desert Storm) and yet the Nevada survived THAT plus shells from other ships for an entire work week.
    The "unsinkable" label was never more fitting than taking two nukes and five days of heavy shelling from a ship that had enough raw firepower to make a molehill out of a mountain, literally.

  • @huntclanhunt9697
    @huntclanhunt9697 Рік тому +2

    A fellow Sioux City enjoyer?
    Truly, you are a man of excellent taste, sir.

  • @tompittmon9250
    @tompittmon9250 2 роки тому +9

    Sure hope he gets to come to Texas when they move the ship. I think it would make the day entertaining. Once again great video

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +3

      Thanks Tom, he has said he would like to come down, I hope they give us enough notice of the date so maybe he can make it, your right that would be fun.

  • @murrayclark1333
    @murrayclark1333 2 роки тому +4

    Going to be going on a cruise in December. Hope to see Texas in her drydock when we are there.

  • @shadowdevil126
    @shadowdevil126 2 роки тому +10

    So the 1st nuke was about 1000 feet away from the ship if I remember correctly but the 2nd one was placed 90 feet away from the Nevada underwater to do even more damage than it would above water

  • @rcadd1ct
    @rcadd1ct Рік тому +2

    Coming in late on this. The reason it survived the first bomb was because the aircrew missed the bright orange target and hit another ship instead by “accident “.

  • @rbear1231
    @rbear1231 2 місяці тому +1

    SUPER DREADKNOUGHT ....it's in the name

  • @mastervarian977
    @mastervarian977 Рік тому +2

    the titanic; I am unsinkable!!
    the USS Nevada; hold my beer

  • @davidu5196
    @davidu5196 2 роки тому +4

    You definitely need to watch all of his videos. You won't be disappointed

  • @bradmunson3226
    @bradmunson3226 2 роки тому +2

    You are correct she was the only one to get steam up to get underway in the harbor, my grandmas cousin was on her during the attack

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +1

      I have family that was there as well, but not on his ship at the time of the attack. He survived but was unable to make it to the ship during the attack

  • @Ha-young_is_Just_Too_Fine
    @Ha-young_is_Just_Too_Fine 3 місяці тому +1

    In Pearl Harbor the 1st ship hit was the USS Utah, as Nevada was near BattleShip Row which was attacked later, the Utah was sinking before Nevada or any other was hit, the Utah capsized into the ground long before Plane's of Akagi and Kaga would strike the Battleship Row

    • @Ha-young_is_Just_Too_Fine
      @Ha-young_is_Just_Too_Fine 3 місяці тому

      Aircraft Carrier's were the main target and they weren't at port that day, most japanese pilot's failed their mission as most were tasked with destroying more than just battleship's, they didn't want to go home saying they destroyed a cruiser or destroyer so most munition's used by Japanese pilot's were on Battleship Row, mostly USS Virginia and USS Oklahoma were most targeted by IJN Akagi AC, and 2 or 3 bomb's on USS Arizona

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  3 місяці тому

      That is correct

  • @georgiastraub3485
    @georgiastraub3485 Рік тому +1

    Good Day to you as well young MAN

  • @justinstout4151
    @justinstout4151 2 роки тому +4

    That reminds of when Big Navy decided to conduct a SINKEX on my first ex wife the USS Deyo (DD-989). All they had to do to put our girl down was: 1) strip her of her crew, 2) empty her magazines, 3) weld her hatches and WTDs open, 4) tie both of her screws behind her back, and then 5) bombarded her for days with every thing they had (short of double-tapping her with nukes).
    Lucky for them we weren’t around to fight our girl, because while we may not have won that gun fight we’d sure as shit have taken more than our fair share of them down with us; and that’s good enough.

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +3

      Apparently Our navel vessels are much do more difficult to sink than one would think

    • @justinstout4151
      @justinstout4151 2 роки тому +1

      @@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan it all comes down to effective damage control and we ran damage control drills every day of the week except Sunday.

  • @aloneinthedarkl159
    @aloneinthedarkl159 Рік тому +2

    back then we build war ships not only to resave an ass kicking but to give it as will.

  • @ninjabearpress2574
    @ninjabearpress2574 2 роки тому +6

    Says something about how well America built things, nuked twice and still would not go down.
    If the Nevada could talk, she'd shout, "IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?"

  • @seangunn4772
    @seangunn4772 2 роки тому +5

    That opening statement is the only time I think I've ever seen TFE be actually incorrect. The New Yorks (which Tex is one of) are Superdreadnoughts. He even calls Tex a Superdreadnought in his video on her. Other than that, I love his content, its always great to see, and I love watching ya react to it!
    Also, yes, Nevada was the only battleship to get under way, you're right :)
    Also as a result of that test, USS Saratoga, who was far away, literally crumpled due to the shockwave. Being far away can almost be worse. Pennsylvania was also close, and she was only scorched. The Pennsylvanias were basically uparmored and up-gunned Nevadas

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +5

      Thanks for the info brother, I noticed the superdreadnought thing too, I just didn't want to point it out because he does a great job with his videos, he's allowed

    • @seangunn4772
      @seangunn4772 2 роки тому +2

      @@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan yeah he certainly does, but I figured I'd point it out in case anyone was confused

  • @bogustoast22none25
    @bogustoast22none25 Рік тому +3

    He didn’t correct them cause the enemy was making a mistake, and you never correct their mistake.

  • @TheGreatEchoingPotato
    @TheGreatEchoingPotato Рік тому +1

    I love Sioux City Sarsaparilla, to be exact it’s 551.156 pounds, the Nevada was out for blood

  • @windwulfboi
    @windwulfboi Рік тому +1

    Brother, you got an infectiously wonderful laugh. Have a great day pal, and thank you for making mine.

  • @GeraldWalls
    @GeraldWalls Рік тому +1

    Sioux City Sarsaparilla was also the an approved brand by the Stanger narrator (Sam Elliot) in the movie The Big Lebowski.

  • @greglemrow3917
    @greglemrow3917 Рік тому +1

    The way he says "double tap" always gets me.

  • @gamingnerdgirlz
    @gamingnerdgirlz Рік тому +1

    "a second nuclear test" your expression. i subscribed.

  • @jameslanning8405
    @jameslanning8405 2 роки тому +4

    And TFE speaks negatively about the metric system pretty often.
    But to be fair, (slightly), the Japanese did used the metric system and so, maybe his statement was from a Japanese report...
    The Arizona, unlike Titanic, had her watertight doors shut and sealed. 2 nukes couldn't put her down, unlike Titanic, that was cut open on an ice cube!

  • @danielseelye6005
    @danielseelye6005 2 роки тому +6

    Definitely need to react to the video about the E-4 Mafia...that is if they existed...which they don't. 😉

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +2

      I'll be reacting to more of his videos but I don't want to watch them before the reaction

    • @nate4036
      @nate4036 2 роки тому +1

      Just got to walk with a mission

  • @theredneckunicorn9752
    @theredneckunicorn9752 2 роки тому +8

    At what point do you think that top brass was having second thoughts about decommission?

  • @danielcampbell3542
    @danielcampbell3542 Рік тому +4

    Love the reaction. I would HIGHLY recommend to take less pauses. You can't really appreciate his humor when you pause it so much. Keep reacting!

  • @wambathewisefool2893
    @wambathewisefool2893 Рік тому +2

    The Fat Electrician brought me here. I love it.

  • @tjbelcher3144
    @tjbelcher3144 Рік тому +2

    Love how tickled he gets. We've watched these history lessons fir quite a while now.

  • @gregorydufek261
    @gregorydufek261 2 роки тому +5

    I subscribed to you just to watch your fat electrician videos! They are great keep them up!

  • @jewishspacelaseroperator5410
    @jewishspacelaseroperator5410 2 роки тому +3

    Been waiting for this one!

  • @The_Keto_Klingon
    @The_Keto_Klingon Рік тому +1

    I believe you are mistaken. The Texas is referred to as The Last Dreadnought. But my understanding is she is also classified Super Dreadnought. I could certainly be wrong.

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  Рік тому +2

      You are correct, she is a super dreadnought. When we refer to her as the last of the dreadnoughts what we mean is that she is the last of the dreadnoughts of any size/class

  • @MrMattf727
    @MrMattf727 Рік тому +1

    she was painted bright orange so the bombardier would have an easy target........they missed her. not by much but they missed the huge bright orange spot in the center of bikini atoll hahaha

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  Рік тому +1

      I sometimes wonder about that. They say the Norton bomb sight could drop a bomb into a pickle barrel...... but it can't hit a battleship? Something is wrong with this picture

  • @hogfan949701
    @hogfan949701 Рік тому +1

    i LOVE your reactions to the Fat Electrician's videos!! I think he is hilarious! I've been watching him for the past few weeks and send links of them to my friends.

  • @EliteValor1003
    @EliteValor1003 2 роки тому +2

    As a Southern Texan there are 3 beverages I love. It's Sweet Tea, Root Beer and Dr Pepper. My favorite Root Beer is still to be decided, but I am a fan of IBC Root Beer so far.

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +2

      Well from one Texan to another, howdy. This must mean you get your root beer from either Kroger, H-E-B, or the best place to get craft root beers Cracker Barrel. The Cracker Barrel has one called sarsaparilla root beer which happens to be my current favorite but that’s the only place I can find it. At one point in time H-E-B sold Zuberfizz root beer, now that’s my favorite out of all of them I tried I just can’t no longer find it. So my current favorite like I say is that sarsaparilla root beer from Cracker Barrel. If you have not tried it yet stop by your local Cracker Barrel buy a bottle I think you’ll love it. I also like the Dr. Enuf that they sell.

    • @EliteValor1003
      @EliteValor1003 2 роки тому +1

      @@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan I'll shall do just that when I get the chance my good sir.
      P.s Crackerbarrel is one of my favorite restaurants ever. My grandmother took me there a lot when I was little.

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +2

      @@EliteValor1003 it is my favorite places to go eat, or maybe a Mexican food restaurant, or maybe barbecue, lol. One of those three.

    • @jacobbearnson5874
      @jacobbearnson5874 Рік тому +1

      Henry weinhards and Wasatch brewery's Brigham's brew are pretty solid choices

  • @jeffdorr8135
    @jeffdorr8135 2 роки тому +1

    I love the Sioux city sarsaparilla. Keep up the awesome videos.

  • @GamingwithAccent
    @GamingwithAccent 2 роки тому +3

    The USS. Nevada is proof that old is Gold missing a G.

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +4

      hmmm.... I'm going to use that, it would make a great tee shirt

    • @GamingwithAccent
      @GamingwithAccent 2 роки тому +3

      @@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan Feel free sir. It is kind of a general statement that applies to a lot of stuff, so you could get some good use out of it.

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +4

      @@GamingwithAccent I don't really do tees or anything like that. I still work a full time job and make very, very little from youtube, I would never put all my eggs in their basket. I do this for fun, I just really enjoy doing it. HOWEVER it is still a great idea for old folks like me

    • @GamingwithAccent
      @GamingwithAccent 2 роки тому +2

      @@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan Understandable. Binged a few of your videos last night and I can tell you have a lot of fun with them.

  • @GetDougDimmadomed
    @GetDougDimmadomed Рік тому +1

    Nevada assisted Arizona in getting revenge from the grave.

  • @acid3129
    @acid3129 Рік тому +1

    The navada was the central target at both tests it was 2 24 kiloton bombs airburst directly above it

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  Рік тому +2

      she's a tough one

    • @acid3129
      @acid3129 Рік тому +1

      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan I have a correction 1 airburst 1 hung under a landing craft for an underwater detonation from 1km away. You yanks made some tough ships

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  Рік тому +1

      you are correct sir @@acid3129

  • @nicholaspointon3803
    @nicholaspointon3803 2 роки тому +2

    The prinz Oigen survived those two nukes as well

  • @tomforbes7865
    @tomforbes7865 4 місяці тому +1

    As story tellers go, TFE gives Morgan Freeman a run for his money. Great choice of reaction vidios.

  • @gregorydufek261
    @gregorydufek261 2 роки тому +4

    Just a suggestion, when reacting to his videos rewind just two seconds or so because he he is talking fast and you might miss some small things that you can talk about. You are doing amazing tho keep it up!

  • @michaelpitcher733
    @michaelpitcher733 2 роки тому +2

    You should watch his video on USS Texas. I fell over laughing!

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +2

      Already have a reaction to that one, and yes it's a funny one.
      Link to my reaction video.
      ua-cam.com/video/ozhZsX1Tuas/v-deo.html

  • @susanlee6816
    @susanlee6816 2 роки тому +2

    Awsome video. Thanks for sharing. God bless 🙏 stay safe hugs ❤️

  • @SSIronHeart
    @SSIronHeart Рік тому +1

    The fact you need to convert 260k into lb.... well there's a reason only the US and I think Indonesia use tge imperial system and the rest of the world have gone on to 10s... poor sad creatures

  • @ufoe20011
    @ufoe20011 Рік тому +1

    The first blast was a half mile from the nevada

  • @joesphhuffmaster7603
    @joesphhuffmaster7603 Рік тому +1

    The first nuke missed by 1/2 a mile.

  • @jasonrichter3107
    @jasonrichter3107 Рік тому +1

    I'm really late on this. At about the 5 minute mark he says the metric size of the bombs because that's what the Japanese were using. If America had been using the bombs they would have been in "freedom fractions" as he would put it.

  • @josephpilkington5122
    @josephpilkington5122 Рік тому +1

    😂 I absolutely love the commentary that he ( the fat electrician ) puts out

  • @mikerogers9711
    @mikerogers9711 Рік тому +1

    Just found toy. LOVE the content. started watching TFE.

  • @deamonbear
    @deamonbear Рік тому +1

    You should also have a look at his videos for the USS Laffey and the USS Barb

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  Рік тому +1

      I’ve seen the one for the Barb, but not the other. I’ll have to check it out.

    • @deamonbear
      @deamonbear Рік тому +1

      @@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan Still surprised me that a Sub could sink a train. lol

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  Рік тому +1

      @@deamonbear American ingenuity

  • @Timman57
    @Timman57 Рік тому +1

    Maybe the nukes heated up and hardened the steel of the ship 😂😂

  • @nunyabidness674
    @nunyabidness674 Рік тому +1

    Most of the ships involved in the Bikini testing didn't sink... The targets were intentionally spread out to figure out the scale of damage over range.

  • @neogoterra
    @neogoterra Рік тому

    The first nuke at the tests blew up 900 yards away from the Nevada.

  • @georgiastraub3485
    @georgiastraub3485 Рік тому +1

    Its usally double when counverted to USA

  • @brizzo4554
    @brizzo4554 2 роки тому +2

    He does have one on the USS Laffey

  • @acer_triplex
    @acer_triplex Рік тому +1

    The Nevada should have been saved!

  • @jsublett8871
    @jsublett8871 2 роки тому +3

    🤣🤣🤣 here we go again

  • @leolordful
    @leolordful Рік тому +1

    That moment when you realize that two cities tapped out when we dropped the sun on them. But when we do it the boat just says"...Nah."

  • @Its_Dino
    @Its_Dino 11 місяців тому +1

    Castle Bravo is the inspiration for the original godzilla

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  11 місяців тому +2

      Oddly enough, I need that

    • @Its_Dino
      @Its_Dino 11 місяців тому +1

      @@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan No problem... big fan by the way. lol

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  11 місяців тому +1

      @@Its_Dino thanks brother, I appreciate that

    • @Its_Dino
      @Its_Dino 11 місяців тому

      @@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan The real reason behind that as well was because like many test's we tried to keep it secret, and we "accidentally" made that bomb too big. It was supposed to only have a yield of 5-8 megatons but ended up being 3 times that at 15 megatons making it the largest nuke the U.S. has ever detonated.
      They tried to say the danger zone of the blast wasn't increased even with the bomb being so bright and hot that it caused burns and made bones visible. But of course, the danger zone was much larger and caused a great many of fishing boats to be exposed and if I'm not mistaken it was over 200 boats. It was so disastrous that the Japanese people dubbed it a second Hiroshima... I could go into the whole story but I wont bore you with more details. Have a nice day or night.
      Oh and another couple of video's I think you'd like from The Fat Electrician are
      Americas freedom fighter Lewis millet: ua-cam.com/video/-aivkapXU14/v-deo.html
      America's war horse: ua-cam.com/video/NJhxBuLI-eE/v-deo.html
      And that time we accidentally shot a torpedo at the president: ua-cam.com/video/RM5CSMkTJI4/v-deo.html

  • @mikebraaten122
    @mikebraaten122 Рік тому +1

    The fat electrician is awesome

  • @SpenReyn
    @SpenReyn Рік тому +1

    Japanese bombs were weighed in KG

  • @robertschumacher2707
    @robertschumacher2707 2 роки тому +2

    Nevada, the ship so nice they nuked it twice!

  • @salieri_sg9413
    @salieri_sg9413 2 роки тому +1

    He used Metric because japanese used it for their munitions

  • @ashanks7731
    @ashanks7731 2 роки тому +2

    Watch his video on the USS Barb

  • @freshfish7529
    @freshfish7529 2 роки тому

    Even America uses the metric system for weight of ordnance

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +1

      I knew that was the case for small arms but I've always heard of bombs and such in pounds

  • @gundam2jimmy
    @gundam2jimmy Рік тому +1

    6:40 and 7:40 and 8:34 and 9:16 and 10:09
    Fat Electricians video on the M50 Ontos The Thing.

  • @georgiastraub3485
    @georgiastraub3485 Рік тому +1

    5 days or 12 days Good LORD the first NUKE should have rearangged that into to fish habitat

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  Рік тому +1

      One would think so, but apparently not

    • @georgiastraub3485
      @georgiastraub3485 Рік тому

      I have just happened across yourself Sir and TFE, I laugh like I'm at a comedy show I've several members serve in the 4 fingers of the freedom fist Army,Navy,Marines and Air Force and 1 of them was a E4 and I was crying cause that's is exactly what his wife said he did (LMAO)
      To get to the point Love both of y'all's videos God Bless the Women & Men whom choose to protect the Idea that people can be free in America
      Thank you to all service members part and present
      Also don't forget your Quack Bang never know when you'll need to breach a room Hahahahahaha

  • @jaymichaelruss6872
    @jaymichaelruss6872 2 роки тому +1

    You missed an amazing nokia phone joke my guy lol great video

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +2

      No it was not lost on me I just didn't comment on it. TFE is as funny as can be

    • @jaymichaelruss6872
      @jaymichaelruss6872 Рік тому +1

      Very true lol I found your videos searching for his USS Texas video. Great content friend. Would love to see you react to more videos of his. Thanks mate!

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  Рік тому +2

      @@jaymichaelruss6872 I currently have for reactions up to his videos, and definitely planning more

  • @NorthsideHawk
    @NorthsideHawk 2 роки тому +2

    Another epic video

  • @nickwest3157
    @nickwest3157 2 роки тому +2

    You should check out his uss barb video

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +4

      I'll do that....if memory serves that's the sub that used scuttle charges take out a train?.... I may be wrong

  • @georgiastraub3485
    @georgiastraub3485 Рік тому +1

    He said they dropped it on it double tap

  • @dakotah4866
    @dakotah4866 Рік тому +1

    Oh my God 551 pounds I was off by one 1 i said 550 we reach that far in the video I play a lot of ship battle game so I do a bit of both learning systems because we're the only country that still uses the imperial system everybody else does the metric

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  Рік тому +2

      I'm not sure how much of the round was explosive, but that is a large round to be coming in through the side of your ship

  • @J.D.191
    @J.D.191 Рік тому +1

    The Nevada was actually one of the closer ships to where the bomb was set off

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  Рік тому +1

      Indeed she was, she was painted Orange because she was the aiming point for the drop, ground zero

    • @J.D.191
      @J.D.191 Рік тому +1

      I knew it was closed but I didn't know it was that close to the explosion

  • @archadessabboth3151
    @archadessabboth3151 2 роки тому +1

    Uss salt lake city, Uss pennsacols and, Kms prinz Eugen also survived both blasts.

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +2

      I have been told that Nevada was painted orange because she was the drop target, ground zero, but was missed by 1800 yards (B-17s were better than that) I wonder if the distance all the ships were and the results of the test on the ships is available anywhere

    • @archadessabboth3151
      @archadessabboth3151 2 роки тому +1

      While I'm having trouble finding eugen's position during, test able the other 2 were inside 1000 yards of point impact both tests. Eugen's lucky(?) Streak put her about 1200 yrds out from each epicenter. If wiki is to be believed.

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +2

      @@archadessabboth3151 That's really close for a nuke, even an old one, those ships were really put together

  • @skullking9471
    @skullking9471 Рік тому +1

    Because they used 250kg bombs it didn't sink it

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  Рік тому +1

      I know the first test at Bikini Atoll was an air burst of a 23 kt nuclear weapon. The second was an underwater test but I’m not sure how large the nuclear weapons was

  • @jamesrichardson9829
    @jamesrichardson9829 2 роки тому +1

    I wish I spent my summer vacations with the og andy dad who also had a similar opinion
    God I'm old🤣

  • @georgiastraub3485
    @georgiastraub3485 Рік тому +1

    BMF

  • @QurikyBark32919
    @QurikyBark32919 2 роки тому +3

    Does the fat electrician watch these? I think you said it but i didn’t quite catch it

  • @matthewcherrington2634
    @matthewcherrington2634 2 роки тому +1

    There was nuclear testing on tanks so

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому +1

      Yes there was there was testing I’m just about anything you can think of

    • @matthewcherrington2634
      @matthewcherrington2634 2 роки тому +1

      @@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan I can't find it right now but I have heard of nuclear rifle rounds

    • @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan
      @AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan  2 роки тому

      @@matthewcherrington2634 are you talking about rifle rounds? Like small arms rounds? The smallest I have seen videos of our small artillery rounds. I’m not sure how useful a rifle round would be even if it was a large rifle around like a 20 or 30 mm and less they were made from depleted uranium. But that would not really be a nuclear around. You got my curiosity up, so are you talking about a rifle round?

    • @matthewcherrington2634
      @matthewcherrington2634 2 роки тому

      @@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan yes rifle rounds and grenades

    • @matthewcherrington2634
      @matthewcherrington2634 2 роки тому +1

      @@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan smallest I can find right now is backpacks and suitcases

  • @Warhear87
    @Warhear87 2 роки тому +1

    Got a reaction for you to make. Bit different than what you’re doing here but not too far out there. React to either the lyric videos (there are two) for the song “82nd All the Way” by Sabaton.

  • @tomclem1
    @tomclem1 2 роки тому

    You pause way to often to enjoy the video

  • @timcollins8963
    @timcollins8963 Рік тому +1

    Stop the video too much