Battle Off Samar 

Hi

Very well done

Cool

Yes a new video

Good vid like always😃 keep going yarnhub💪

And they did it well too

But not like Yamato and Bismarck. nah it wasnt something like those floating turds, that sunk within hours of an attack.

@@35SF Circumstances for each one we’re different, but they all went down fighting

@@35SF considering how much deficated fire power is needed to cripple a battleship, I think its impressive for one lone ship to handle a entire fleets worth of fire power on a good day if the crew is well trained

@@eageraurora879 true

It was the first documentary i watched

Sadly a lot of the "pop culture knowledge" about this battle isn't really correct. - The American landings on the Philippines had been going on since October 20th. By the time the Battle off Samar happened, the Japanese were already too late to do anything abut them as almost all of the American land forces (men, supplies and equipment) were no longer on the transports. And there was not enough time for the Japanese to try and starve out the American forces by cutting off the supply lines (Third Fleet was going to come back and deal with Centre Force long before the American land forces ran out of supplies). So in reality, the Japanese didn't throw away a critical opportunity; they never even had that opportunity in the first place, and if anything they pressed too hard trying to achieve something that would be impossible without their ships being able to travel back in time. - Samar was ultimately decided by the escort carriers. The idea the CVEs didn't have anti-ship weapons isn't true (they had them aboard, they just didn't have them loaded onto the aircraft at the start of the battle, so they rearmed with aerial torpedoes and heavier bombs after the desperate initial air attacks), and in fact air attacks were responsible for much of the damage traditionally attributed to surface action (Chokai being a good example). - Taffy 3 was NOT fighting alone. Taffy 2 and Taffy 1 also launched air attacks, and by the end of the battle, the Standard battleships of Seventh Fleet (the ones at Surigao Strait the last night) were moving north to intercept. Had Kurita continued on, he'd have run straight into them.

I concur, wholeheartedly. “The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors” is an excellent book that tells the story of these brave sailors and pilots.

A book by that title is a good one about the battle . . . James Hornfischer is the author.

Totally

The destroyers of Taffy 3 are legends! To manage to turn away such an overwhelming force! When Johnston was sinking several people saw the Captain of the destroyer Yukikaze saluting the sinking ship in respect for how hard it had fought!

Taffy 3’s destroyer and destroyer escorts kicked more ass that day than any Destroyer over the course of the war. (Not sure if that’s factual but it feels like it should)

@@tdofducksplays it’s mainly the fact they were so outnumbered and outgunned and behaved like they were the bigger force and charged right at the Japanese that day

I totally agree! The US Navy at its finest!

Taffy*

History videos are truly incredible,in these videos I see people learning about their and other people's history

That is amazing. Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, about this battle, is one of my favorite books.

@@remason8833 did you know there's a graphic novel written by that author and this battle as well!?

@@heartsoulmindlearning6753 Yes, bought it :)

@@remason8833 there is also a book about USS Samuel B Roberts with first hand experience of the captain!

Yea but Ayo?

What kind of steel balls 💀

Freedom ball of steel

I hope Hoel will be found soon, she might be lying just as deep as her two comrades.

Rumor has it that both ship's captains had a clinking sound when they walked

The crew of the Johnston were also saluted by a Japanese captain as his ship passed by the crew in the water

To be honest I wish the episode focused more heavily on the Johnston, the entire crew was a badass

There was even pilots who landed on the very recently captured Airstrip and while their plane was being rearmed and refueled took up arms and fought alongside the Marines until their plane was ready, There's even an account of a pilot emptying his side arm firing down on the ships. They threw everything they had at them. And that's not to mention the bad-ass that was Evans. Taffy 3 is 1 of my favorite maritime 2 fisted tails, And in my opinion one of the greatest feats of arms ever committed.

Apparently the uss Johnston is still not done preforming great achievements. Because with discovery of her wreck see is now the deepest know ship wreck in the world.

Yea, when I heard this was task unit Taffy 3 I was sure this video would be about the Johnston. The tale of the Samuel B. Roberts, a destroyer escort, going toe-to-toe with the heavy cruiser Chikuma by using every munition they have for their two 5-in. guns is definitely incredible. But the story of the USS Johnston is one of unbelievable perseverance under fire that deserves more than a cameo.

Hope you liked the film !

@@Yarnhub will u make a vid of the spanish civil war?

Thanks yarnhub, my uncle was a cook on the ship, I’m sure he tried to help around the ship but I don’t have much details unfortunately.

The Destroyer escort that fought like a battleship

My father was on the USS Heermann (DD 532), he saw the Robers go down. One important item missed was in the beginning of the battle, the Japanese were firing armor piercing shells not realizing how thin the ship’s hull were. Later they switched to high explosive rounds. This error actually saved some of the ships. The AP rounds passed through without exploding unless they hit something like an engine. My father said if a marine found out you were in Taffy 3, that marine would by you a round. Taffy 3 saved a lot of marines that day. My father had nothing good to say about Halsey. I want to add, if you can visit Fredericksburg Texas, please visit the Pacific War Museum. The museum is next to the Admiral Nimitz Museum. In the Pacific War Museum, you will see the Japanese midget sub found on the beach in Hawaii. Try and coordinate your visit during the re-enactments of the island fighting. Very impressive. My father was a veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. My brother and I are Vietnam veterans, my mother was a very brave woman. Vietnam was not easy for her.

Wow! That name seems to be a synonym for "badass".

Definitely evoking her name sake. The efforts of that Sammy B's crew to keep her going despite her damage is completely in keeping with the spirit of the WW2 ship

Her crew did their namesake proudly?

The WW2 Roberts sister ship USS Johnston's wreckage is the deepest wreck discovered to date.

@@TheMhalpern The Johnston was one of the ships of Taffy 3, but she was one of the Fletcher class destroyers, not one of the destroyer escorts

Epic.

Omega respect

Respect!

Noice 💩

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USS Johnston is another great example.

Testament to the bravery and courage of the sailors and their Captain

@@GrumpyIan Captain Evans, the one Captain that doesn't want to make one go down without a fight

True…absolutely true.

Imagine getting a radar hit and its like the bulk of the japanese navy.. must have been a "well shit" moment. Aircraft carriers arent even that armed and a single shot from the yamato or the battle ships could sink any of their ships. Really one battle ship is very hard to defeat even for a bunch of destroyers, let alone 3. they had 4. 6 heavy cruisers that are really scary and armed ships as well, 2 light cruisers and 11 destroyers. God.

The Japanese guns shot over The American a lot because their aim could not be lowered enough

@@raymondweaver8526 The Japanese (specifically, the cruisers, and Yamato against Johnston) scored plenty of hits on the tin cans; it just so happened their shells over-penetrated.

Drach's video about this battle is enthralling!

@@crookedwell8527 . I love that one

You see, the Johnston was bored with running, its also really interesting hearing about the ship's wreck

The johnston is making sure yamato doesn't come back

@@Pointclearius love drachinifels video!

When the Johnston was commissioned, Captain Evans proclaimed that the the Johnston was a fighting ship and that he would never back down from a fight. He made good on his proclamation in this battle.

@@Pointclearius Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well. Drachinfels' account of this battle and the Johnston's continual 'wait, they did _WHAT?!'_ actions throughout the battle are just one of those things is always pleasing to listen to.

I believe you meant "it's now*"?

@@cleverusername9369 Yes I did, thank you for bringing it to my attention.

@StuckOnAfireHydrant "6.5 km" ? ? ? ? ? Convert that to a unit of measure that has meaning. Like feet or miles. Or feet. Nobody uses kilometers to describe ocean depth. Except maybe a coupla weirdos in the Commonwealth.

twice the depth of the Titanic ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sfGI_6_gvmU.html

Beautiful ❤

​@@linguinatorschwartz9309 you do know right that imperial units aren't the ones with 'meaning' cuz they're based of off metric units

@@big_man_ank1768 -- No one knows what you're trying to say. Re-read your comment, edit it for clarity, and we'll try again.

Don't forget Uss Johntson.Even The Japanese Honoured them Calling them Samurai and throwing overboard Rafts and Food,over the Legendary Ijn Yukikaze.

@@pranavshinde4472 dont forget USS Laffey and how she pummeled the IJN Hiei, heck is even in the Azur Lane as a hint and her skill is named "Warlord of the Solomons"

@@AtemerusRhayli There was One Pilot in a Bomber who had Ran out of Ammo,So the Mad Lad Literally,Opened The Hatch Of The Plane,Took Out his Pistol.And shot at The Sailors in MidFlight.And That too not at Any ship But Targeted Directly The Admiral Over Yamato.Yes.The Guy Literally Flied over The Yamato's AA while firing a Freaking!!Pistol!!Now That's Badass.The Pilot was from USS Laffey.

Samar is poop

Also Overlooked was that two of the first planes the Japanese saw were from a land based patrol of F6-F Hellcats which the Japanese knew could only fly from Larger US Carriers and Not Escorts. This aided the interpretation that they were encountering the main US Fleet.

@@MartinCHorowitz i did bot know that part! Thanks!

Like we tank players in war thunder say, no armor is best armor

@@kommandantgalileo Can't hit what doesn't exist!

@@kommandantgalileo Armor? Lol, never heard of it.

I am a Pole ... Piorun vs Bismarck. The tin cans really got their place in Halls of Valhalla

The Sammy B was only the secondary target for that dive. The dive team wanted to find USS Gambier Bay. However it may be the case that the Gambier Bay is resting even deeper than the Sammy B.

I was wondering if someone was going to mention this quote.....

I imagine they had to pick only 1 player in the battle due to the cost of the animation. While the Johnstone was crucial in instigating the offensive action as well as defending the carriers from a destroyer line closing in; the actions of the Samuel B Roberts can't be overlooked. A destroyer escort with only 2 5" guns going toe to toe with heavy cruisers, with 1 turret weighing almost as much as the DE, for the better part of an hour is nothing short of legendary. The battle of Samar as a whole is legendary and Yarnhub could probably do a whole short series on the events in it. Drachinifel has an excellent video on it with time stamps and prelude/aftermath. Dogfights or Battle 360 has a good animated episode on the battle as well

@@hammer1349 Also because Ernest Evans was lost at sea (seen on life raft, never recovered) there are gaps in individual accounts of what happened there, mostly pieced together between actions and accounts of survivors from various ships, but a lot has to be inferred

He ordered oil dumped into the fuel mixture to produce more smoke. The officer from the Engine Room complained it would be bad for the engines. He responded telling him he expected the ship likely would not survive more than a couple of hours.

It was nice that Evans and his ship had a cameo at 6:34, but honestly Yarnhub should do a who video on them as well

You can’t forget the part that they fired everything including the Sandbag practice ammo at the enemy. And I heard (although I’m not sure it’s true) The japanese threw food and water to the men in the water shouting “Samurai Samurai!” Honoring the men for their Fearlessness and honorable bravery.

For a long time, it was thought that Jonston was hit by a single 14 inch shell from Kongo, and a few 6 inch shells, possibly the 6.1 inch secondary armament from Yamato. However, as more info came out about the battle recently, and records from the Jonston were released, it was found that the Jonston was hit by 3 main armament guns, and 3 secondary armament hits. These hits matching the Kongo is extremely sketchy at best, as there was no way Kongo could have hit Jonston with 3 secondary guns in a single salve, as she could only fire 2 at an angle. The 6 inch hits also couldn't be from a light cruiser, as the only two light cruisers in the fleet were targeting other locations. Further more, if there was enough shell dispersion, she could hit 3 time with her main armament. The hits fit Yamato a lot more, matching both a frontal and aft salvo from her guns. She was in a better firing position, and could most definitively scored 3 secondary hits with her 6.1 inch guns. Not only that, but 3 main battery hits also suit her a lot more, since she was armed with triple turrets, while Kongo was only armed with twin turrets. So, most, if not all sources past 2012 list Jonston as being hit by Yamato, and not Kongo.

I believe I read somewhere that they recently found the Johnston at the bottom of the ocean. Still in pretty good shape considering the time. It is also the deepest shipwreck ever found

@@ctwells40 She was found back in 2019 and is currently the deepest know shipwreck in the world lying just past 6,100m/20,000ft and was explored partially in April 2021, the front portion was in relatively good condition with the guns still facing the correct direction, however it's hard to tell just what she was hit by yet and more dives are required however very few submersibles are able to reach her.

I was hoping it was indeed a reference

Sounds like a Star trek reference.

I've seen (and made) that same plea every time I read an account of the battle...at least the ones which allow comments. In my mind, this was the US Navy's 'Finest Hour' moment; perhaps the greatest battle ever fought by the service.

@@jackdedert2945 you would think that during the late 40s and through the 50s and 60s at least one studio would have produced an epic surrounding Taffy 3….maybe a producer will stumble (it won’t be deliberate)upon the story some day!

@@54blewisYeah, elsewhere I remarked that it should be on it's second or third reboot by now (like Pearl Harbor or Midway).

I agree, an hour by hour account of this battle would be a fantastic movie and a fitting honor to the men who perished in service that day.

I was certain that this episode would be about the Johnston, but the Roberts certainly deserves it's own chapter.

The Sammy B and GQ Johnny went down as legends

Got your wish

this video feels about bias towards the Samuel b Roberts. some of thing said and done were not carried out by the joberts.

@@Caktusdud. the Roberts was cool. But honestly I think the USS Johnston was more impressive

@@generalolivervonbismarck393 oh yeah definitely.

She tanked three 18.1 inch shells and three 6.1 inch shells from Yamato, and decided that dying is overrated and continued onwards

And at that moment, Evans was at the stern shouting engine & steering orders down through a hatch as his bridge had been damaged.

He’s with his brothers and family now! May he rest in piece!

What an honor

Incredible. Please tell us all you can about his view on the battle

also the deepest known war grave and shipwreck

@@thesmirkingwolf aye, that she is.

@@thesmirkingwolf They found parts of the Roberts( Torpedo Tubes) this week and hopefully the Hull soon *fingers crossed*. I believe they are also looking for Hoel and Gambier Bay.

@@thesmirkingwolf and now she is no longer the deepest, they found the Roberts

​@@thesmirkingwolf they found roberts and is now the deepest shipwreck

A few Soldiers there after all that was point!

Thanks. We’ll be covering his story.

Yeah. 10:37

I was expecting a full-on animation for the entire video. I love that the makers credited their sources instead of trying to pass off the animated parts and sound effects as authentic footage.

Honestly that tale in my opinion is a greater story than midway. I mean even the pilot let's who lost their Carrier landed on a newly captured runway fought alongside Marines killing Japanese troops On the ground while there plane was being refueled and rearmed only to go backup To fly into battle On the sea. Even to the point of emptying their sidearm firing down upon the ships. This is a total badass battle. One of the best two fisted tales ever told.

it's on History Channel a lot

Nice to see the Yarnhub lot aren’t just Star Wars fans lol

bro, that made me laugh so hard.

Reminds me of that one war thunder trailer called “Victory is Ours” which made me smile

I got it, after thinking about it for two seconds. “Why would an American in the engine room speak with a Scottish accent? Oh, I got it!”

I also wondered when someone else would notice the quote..

“In 5 furious minutes The Johnston’s main battery fires over 200 rounds”, ah dogfights, that’s my childhood right there

It was because of that episode the little me HATED the Kongo. How DARE she cripple the Johnston and Sammy B.

What

They found out

Damn right! Filipino here, but I've been a subscriber for a year now🤙

*miles

@@Bob-fh4ht Ima go ahead and say that you are joking

This is a well know and celebrated battle

You use these as backrounds too?

My grandfather fought on the side of the british in North Africa (we South African). He served on a RAF bomber as crew. He wanted to be a pilot but alas he, and myself, are colour blind and this somehow prevented him from doing that, so i guess he did the next best thing. RIP Pops, miss you ❤️

One of my favorites too! Try the video ‘odds what are those?’ By drachinifel for lots of good info and fun commentary!

We’re working on the USS Johnston episode

@@Yarnhub Outstanding. I can't wait, you did great work with this one.

Your wish is locked and loaded :)

@@Yarnhub Let's gooooo!! Thanks Yarnhub!

the Johnston was one of the most epic ships of WW2

@@Yarnhub thank! Th8s battle is one that I always like seeing videos on regardless of how much I’ve read or watched regarding it!

Johnston is the deepest wreck recorded and was only recently that they found her. One of the surviving crew was shown footage from a robot that was surveying the wreck. Her mounts were still pointed outward as if still engaging the enemy vessels.

He didn't "gloss over". He got key details wrong. Details about the actions of Ernest Evans, the commander of the Johnston. I get the impression that he didn't conduct research from a valid source. This inaccurate telling of an astounding battle is unforgivable.

Might wanna check their update. There will be an upload on the Johnston's POV.

Hahahahah

Yeah remember that too.

Those waves at the end tho were pretty trash ngl 11:26

The tv series dogfights covered this battle.

If you want a longer retelling of the battle going a little more in depth I recommend ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4AdcvDiA3lE.html

I feel I should mention something: All of the men of Taffy 3 went into this fight fully expecting to die due to the overwhelming odds against them but they were the ONLY thing standing between the IJN and the vulnerable landing ships and beachheads. Taffy 3 knew what the outcome would logically be and stood their ground against a vastly superior force in both numbers and in firepower and they WON, something no-one could've predicted. Remember the crews of the following ships: USS Fanshaw Bay, St. Lo, White Plains, Kalinin Bay, and Kitkun Bay and Gambier Bay, Hoel, Heermann and Johnston, Dennis, John C. Butler, Raymond, and Samuel B. Roberts.