@@adriaanboogaard8571 Nope. Every boat I served on, including SeaDevil (SSN664) has long since been scrapped, (sadly). I think the reactor compartment(s) from all those boats are safely stored out in the desert somewhere.
I spent my adult life fighting wars. and truly loved my service. But there arent enough men on this planet to get me in a submarine. Those men had balls of steel
for some strange reason, maybe your dappelganger? I HATE inside MINES, and Basement hirise floors, but I would Gladly serve in a bubble Or as a posible generational Seabee? and journeyman of 5 to 7 trades, four unioned.
"Interesting Information Available How At First They Were Called Boats Then The More Technological The Became They Were Also Referred To As Ships . . . . . . . Both Terms Are Not Inaccurate . . . . . Their Names ( US A Submarines ) Start With USS - ( Then Name [ United States Ship ])." "I like referring to them as boats even these days because of it's innovative rich history of being launched from ships in their infancy❣️" """❣️""" """👍😎👌"""
It breaks my heart hearing about a warship being used for target practice. My ship didn't get that dignity, It was sunk in some silly anti terrorism exercise.
Great Video and historic research! Cat and mouse on the seas, one day the cat, next minute the mouse. No wonder submariners where excepted as volunteers only. Hats off to all young men in the past and the young men today who serve in the Silent Service. Hard to stand being shut in a steel tube for me! A commercial plane enough lol
A couple of major fubars on this one. First, Commodore is NOT an official U.S. Navy rank! A Commodore is a non-flag ranked officer (usually a Commander or Captain, but could be lower ranked) in command of a group of other ships. While they are nominally in command of several ships, their ranking only applies while they are operating as a group. As soon as they return to port, he is again just a Commander or Captain, or whatever. So, unless he was commanding a group of submarines in his operations off of Japan, he would have been titled as whatever rank he was and NOT Commodore! Second, with some looking at the commissioning information of the particular vessel, it would not b e too difficult to find out which diesel engines (EMD or F.M) where installed in this particular submarine.
@@josephpadula2283 : I was pretty sure that they were F.M. opposed piston engines, but was not ready to state that as fact. I know that earlier in the war, many fleet boats also had engines from EMD and some had engines manufactured by another company (I don't have my reference books right at hand) that was directly attached to either the U.S. Navy or one of their shipbuilders -- which had a pretty bad reputation -- while the preferred engines were from the two manufacturers mentioned earlier.
@@patlatorres7000 H.O.R. diesels Wiki n the 1930s H.O.R. developed a double-acting two-stroke diesel engine, initially based on the German cruiser Leipzig's MAN engines but with eight cylinders instead of seven, expanded to nine cylinders in the final submarine version.[9] The double-acting design produced more power from a physically smaller engine than conventional designs. However, H.O.R.'s double-acting engines, particularly those of USS Pompano,[10] gained notoriety for their unreliability in the submarine force, where they were nicknamed "whores".[11] Owing to the limited space available within the submarines, either opposed-piston or, in this case, double-acting engines were favored for being more compact. An inherent problem with double-acting cylinders, owing to the piston rod reducing the piston area on one side, is an imbalance in the force on each side of the piston. The H.O.R. engines were plagued by vibration and other problems as a result. This in turn overstressed the drive train and caused the gears (which themselves had been incorrectly manufactured) to shed teeth, create torsional vibration, and frequently rendered the engine and gear train inoperable.[12] As an example of the problems caused by the unreliability of the H.O.R. engines, Captain Charles Herbert Andrews of USS Gurnard recalled concerning a war patrol in support of Operation Torch, "I only used three, saving the fourth for a spare. When two of them broke down in the Bay of Biscay, I cut the patrol short and limped back to Scotland."[13] During World War II, all submarine H.O.R. engines were replaced by early 1943, usually with General Motors Cleveland Diesel Engine Division 16-278A, or 16-248 V16 engines or Fairbanks-Morse Model 38 engines. The wartime performance of the H.O.R. engines was so poor that Captain Tommy Dykers of USS Jack said, "The H.O.R. engines saved the Japanese thirty or forty ships."[14]
Do your homework. The USS Sea Devil (SS-400) was powared by Faifbanks & Morris Diesels (not General Motots or Fairbanks). The first commanding officer was LtCDR Ralph E Styles (not commidore).
"The WW2 Submarine America Didn't Dare to Retire" so they sunk it for target practice? That does not seem intellectually honest. I would have thought it had become a museum boat or something. Really liked the video as most of your content is really good. I just hate the misleading titles.
Kind of sucks that the final reward for such a decorated boat was to become target practice, as opposed to having a well-deserved spot in a naval history museum.
I don't say thank you near enough when history is preserved and presented, and please find a bridge to the new youth. I'm a Marine, my dad was army Air corps in New Guinea, my uncle was on an Atlantic sub hunter and within this era so much happened across most of the navigable planet that history can't die or chubby Democrats and Republicans will fiddle while it all burns..Thank you for reminding us history matters greatly.
50k tons of enemy shipping sunk? What they sink? A couple of crabbing boats or 1/3 of a bulk carrier? Your typical bulk and container ships can carry 200 to 400k tons. Lol seems a bit small of an amount for a prestigious subby
The cargo ships of the Japanese were much smaller in ww2. As an example the larger us liberty ships only displaced approx 14k Ave displacement of Japanese cargo ships was 850 .
Served on her namesake USS Sea Devil SSN-664. We had the battle flag from SS-400 (Sea Devil) in the crews mess.
That's really cool getting to have it along. Is your sub still around?
That’s bitchen. 👍👍👍
@@adriaanboogaard8571SSN 664 was scrapped in 1998
Thank You for service.
@@adriaanboogaard8571 Nope. Every boat I served on, including SeaDevil (SSN664) has long since been scrapped, (sadly). I think the reactor compartment(s) from all those boats are safely stored out in the desert somewhere.
I spent my adult life fighting wars. and truly loved my service. But there arent enough men on this planet to get me in a submarine. Those men had balls of steel
for some strange reason, maybe your dappelganger? I HATE inside MINES, and Basement hirise floors, but I would Gladly serve in a bubble Or as a posible generational Seabee? and journeyman of 5 to 7 trades, four unioned.
This channel deserves 1M subscribers bcoz of this every great content
You should do Silversides, she is a great boat and had an amazing career. It is now a museum in Muskegon MI and is very well preserved.
BARB! first missle attacks, sank a trail.
R.I.P! GREATEST! Generation! Thank you. I miss you, y'all, YA'LL.
Another great video, as always
Our greatest generation.
Amen to that
Great video but how about a piece on the ships of the invasion assaults in the Pacific? Ships like the AP USS President Adams and AK USS Fomahault?
@4:38 a submarine is NOT a ship, it is a boat!!
"Interesting Information Available How At First They Were Called Boats Then The More Technological The Became They Were Also Referred To As Ships . . . . . . . Both Terms Are Not Inaccurate . . . . . Their Names ( US A Submarines ) Start With USS - ( Then Name [ United States Ship ])."
"I like referring to them as boats even these days because of it's innovative rich history of being launched from ships in their infancy❣️"
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or a bubble? "SHIPS" are targets.
Untersee Boat hence U Boats. Us submariners always call them "Boats".
"GAY - TOE" Class not Ga To Class.
I am a submariner retired and I know. Jim
It breaks my heart hearing about a warship being used for target practice.
My ship didn't get that dignity, It was sunk in some silly anti terrorism exercise.
Great Video and historic research! Cat and mouse on the seas, one day the cat, next minute the mouse. No wonder submariners where excepted as volunteers only. Hats off to all young men in the past and the young men today who serve in the Silent Service. Hard to stand being shut in a steel tube for me! A commercial plane enough lol
A great submarine and crew 💪💪👍👍
A couple of major fubars on this one. First, Commodore is NOT an official U.S. Navy rank! A Commodore is a non-flag ranked officer (usually a Commander or Captain, but could be lower ranked) in command of a group of other ships. While they are nominally in command of several ships, their ranking only applies while they are operating as a group. As soon as they return to port, he is again just a Commander or Captain, or whatever. So, unless he was commanding a group of submarines in his operations off of Japan, he would have been titled as whatever rank he was and NOT Commodore! Second, with some looking at the commissioning information of the particular vessel, it would not b e too difficult to find out which diesel engines (EMD or F.M) where installed in this particular submarine.
4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators[4][5]
2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries[6]
4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears[4]
two propellers [4]
5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced[4]
2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged[4]
@@josephpadula2283 : I was pretty sure that they were F.M. opposed piston engines, but was not ready to state that as fact. I know that earlier in the war, many fleet boats also had engines from EMD and some had engines manufactured by another company (I don't have my reference books right at hand) that was directly attached to either the U.S. Navy or one of their shipbuilders -- which had a pretty bad reputation -- while the preferred engines were from the two manufacturers mentioned earlier.
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H.O.R. diesels
Wiki
n the 1930s H.O.R. developed a double-acting two-stroke diesel engine, initially based on the German cruiser Leipzig's MAN engines but with eight cylinders instead of seven, expanded to nine cylinders in the final submarine version.[9] The double-acting design produced more power from a physically smaller engine than conventional designs. However, H.O.R.'s double-acting engines, particularly those of USS Pompano,[10] gained notoriety for their unreliability in the submarine force, where they were nicknamed "whores".[11] Owing to the limited space available within the submarines, either opposed-piston or, in this case, double-acting engines were favored for being more compact. An inherent problem with double-acting cylinders, owing to the piston rod reducing the piston area on one side, is an imbalance in the force on each side of the piston. The H.O.R. engines were plagued by vibration and other problems as a result. This in turn overstressed the drive train and caused the gears (which themselves had been incorrectly manufactured) to shed teeth, create torsional vibration, and frequently rendered the engine and gear train inoperable.[12] As an example of the problems caused by the unreliability of the H.O.R. engines, Captain Charles Herbert Andrews of USS Gurnard recalled concerning a war patrol in support of Operation Torch, "I only used three, saving the fourth for a spare. When two of them broke down in the Bay of Biscay, I cut the patrol short and limped back to Scotland."[13]
During World War II, all submarine H.O.R. engines were replaced by early 1943, usually with General Motors Cleveland Diesel Engine Division 16-278A, or 16-248 V16 engines or Fairbanks-Morse Model 38 engines. The wartime performance of the H.O.R. engines was so poor that Captain Tommy Dykers of USS Jack said, "The H.O.R. engines saved the Japanese thirty or forty ships."[14]
Styles was a Lt. Commander, not a Commodore. Commodore is usually an honorary term for a Rear Admiral.
Do your homework. The USS Sea Devil (SS-400) was powared by Faifbanks & Morris Diesels (not General Motots or Fairbanks). The first commanding officer was LtCDR Ralph E Styles (not commidore).
What a career 👏
"The WW2 Submarine America Didn't Dare to Retire" so they sunk it for target practice? That does not seem intellectually honest. I would have thought it had become a museum boat or something. Really liked the video as most of your content is really good. I just hate the misleading titles.
My grandfather served on the USS Rock🎉😊
Kind of sucks that the final reward for such a decorated boat was to become target practice, as opposed to having a well-deserved spot in a naval history museum.
She and her crew served well sometimes beyond the normal call of duty at least she met her fate a warships fate
Why does the thumbnail have a big red arrow?
I don’t believe Styles rank was Commodore but Commander (CDR)
😂 this is what happens when you let AI write your script
I don't say thank you near enough when history is preserved and presented, and please find a bridge to the new youth.
I'm a Marine, my dad was army Air corps in New Guinea, my uncle was on an Atlantic sub hunter and within this era so much happened across most of the navigable planet that history can't die or chubby Democrats and Republicans will fiddle while it all burns..Thank you for reminding us history matters greatly.
Commodore in the day was lower class admiral, so I don’t know where you got your info 🦑
eric topp also a sea devil
Wasn’t this the name of the submarine in the movie Down Periscope?
USS Pampanito, a Balao-class submarine from World War II, now a museum ship and memorial in San Francisco, played the part of USS Stingray.
The "USS Rustoleum"!!!
@@thomaswellington7860 O.K. Thanks. 🙂
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50k tons of enemy shipping sunk? What they sink? A couple of crabbing boats or 1/3 of a bulk carrier? Your typical bulk and container ships can carry 200 to 400k tons. Lol seems a bit small of an amount for a prestigious subby
The cargo ships of the Japanese were much smaller in ww2. As an example the larger us liberty ships only displaced approx 14k Ave displacement of Japanese cargo ships was 850 .
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I wish you wouldnt use A.I. thumbnails! 😐
Using her for target practice was not a very fitting end for that Boat, And not a fitting tribute to the men who served aboard her
where other countries continue with ancient fifty anc forty year old weapons, you think not retiring one submarine is a great achievement?
Weird flex but ok
First!!! 😂
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