For this being the last heavy cruiser in all of the world, just like how the USS Texas is the only super-dreadnaught in the world, are there any plans to get Salem to drydock for much-needed maintenance? Salem doesn't look too good in terms of condition.
I used to think the cage masts were ugly but pooking at them more and playing games like Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts has lead to me falling in love with how they look.
Are you gonna talk about proposed but never built battleships like the Montana Class battleship. Are you also going to include the Alaska class (pocket battleships)?
Probably at the end of the series very quickly! I’m really just covering battleships in service, I probably will make a separate video about the Alaskas and their uniqueness in the Navy
The First Midway Class ship was commissioned in 10 September 1945, 8 days after the wars end. The Second of it's class was commissioned in October 1945.
Excellent video. I am no expert but steam warships of all types and the naval side of World War 2 have been one of my main hobbies for about fifty-five years and I think you have done a great job here. I want to take a moment and praise you here for referring to the new 5"/38s on _Pennsylvania_ as mounts and not turrets as almost everyone else does. Mount is the correct terminology. They are not turrets. I will be here waiting on the next one. You bet I subscribed.
Personally, I find the 1930s configurations of the Pennsylvania class to be absolutely gorgeous along with their older sisters in the Nevada class. The double tripod masts just look perfect for those ships. It’s absolute crime that neither Pennsylvania nor Nevada were preserved considering their historical significance and also being sisters of the only Dec. 7 battleships that were total loses.
After the us battleships will you plan to do other nations next or other ships type like subs? any way great video, I know there is a ton of research that go in to theses.
Great question, down the road yes (to other nations ships). Carriers and battleships are more of my expertise. I also plan to make these a bit shorter too, though I love going into detail, it does make these videos super long
Great video. You missed one interesting detail on New Mexico. At the time of her last Kamikaze and bomb hit in ‘45 she was serving as the Fifth Fleet Flagship. Admiral Raymond Spruance having shifted his flag to her after his beloved USS Indianapolis took a kamikaze hit. After the attack on New Mexico everyone panicked. They could not find Spruance. He had gone out for his daily exercise power walking around the ship. They desperately sent crewman searching everywhere while fearing the worst. They finally found him, manning a firehose with the DC teams.
I don't what it is about the older battleships prior to the 30's, but I always liked how the guns were clustered close together, especially with the triple turrets - they almost seem more powerful and menacing, to me at least. Will you cover battleships of other nationalities at some point?
USS Pennsylvania may no longer be with us, but two of her 14-inch barrels are still on display at the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburg, PA (near State College).
As a person totally immersed in this period of history, I find the detail from research in these videos to be extraordinary. Really wonderful. This is real data.
One of my favorite things that my tour guide said when we were under the keel was that she told us to reach up and touch the keel, then said “you’re rubbing the belly of the Black Dragon” in reference to the nickname the Japanese gave her during WWII
The "armor-piercing bombs" were adapted 16.1" armor-piercing shells (the caliber used by Nagato and Mutsu). These were larger than the caliber against which Pennsylvania and Tennessee class BBs were armored, and they hit vertically rather than diagonally (as the deck armor was designed for).
@@svgproductions72 I figured that was the reason. I just have a hard time mentally separating the two classes. And lets not forget that it was Maryland and West Virginia that did the heavy lifting at Surigao Strait and Oldendorf was willing to face-tank Yamato, Nagato, and Kongo despite his ammo situation.
@@brianfiebig7403 so I did my script writing for the Colorados already, let me revisit it and see if i put a heavier focus on their action at Surigao Strait, I appreciate you bringing this up. My surface level thought on the differences of Tenn. and Colorado classes is that they just have 16 inch guns, the design didn’t change much if I remember correctly
@@svgproductions72 My understanding is essentially the same, the 4 Colorados (Washington was stopped and scraped by treaty) were repeat Tennessees with adjustments for 16" main battery. At Surigao, West Virginia made contact at something like 22 miles and opened fire at 12 miles, scoring a first salvo hit on Yamashiro. Tennessee and California followed. Maryland was having radar problems and built her fire control solution from the splashes of the other ships then fired 6 or 7 salvos in the same time as the 14" ships fired 6 despite the late start.
Arizona is the most famous of the 'standard-type battleships.' And she is sacred and is hollow ground with her 'tears' weeping on the surface of Pearl Harbor.
This video is fantastic, finally someone is giving the Standard type Battleships the credit they deserve. They are my favorite classes of battleships, and I love the black and white footage shown. Where did you find it?
A lot of it is public domain on archive.org, it’s just a lot of digging to find video that is high-enough quality to show of the ships I’m specifically talking about as well as at the actual battles I mention too
There is a picture around of all three sisters tied together at Pearl just before they all three went to mess up the Marshall Islands. It is one of my favorite pictures from the war.
The sinking of Arizona is so sad how a Japanese plane dropped a bomb on a gun and the ammo exploded luckily the government didn't forget about the Arizona and made the Arizona a memorial huge respect to everybody that died during pearl harbor can't wait for episode 3?
