Jingles: The first 5 or 6 minutes of this game is going to be slow (oh, um ok I guess ...) Also Jingles: So let me tell you about this ship (Yay, story time !)
Nice rampage! Also, as I see it, there is no "kill stealing;' there is only securing kills. You can never count on a teammate to seal the deal, and I've seen *WAY* too many enemy ships limp away to heal after being thrashed to within an inch of their lives. Of course, "Kill_Securin," doesn't sound as good. =^[.]^=
@@Raycheetah yep, Kill isn't owned until the target is actually dead and someone is credited with the kill, before then it doesn't matter if you were shooting the guy first or not
Paid for more attention to that than the battle. And my dinner. (BTW I have always trouble remembering what dinner, lunch and supper are for. Breakfast is easy. Why couldn't it be as easy as German (Fruehstueck, Mittagessen, Abendbrot) or esp. Japanese (asagohan = morning meal, hirugahan = noon meal, bangohan = evening meal) although there are other words that muddy things but those are most common AFAIK.
The North Carolina is my home ship, and it's great to see her featured again. I actually volunteer on the ship and it's scary how close we were to losing her. She's in much much better shape these days.
@@waverleyjournalise5757 Repairs are still ongoing. There was a lot to do. Her 12" belt was down to .75-1.5" in some spots. It was awful. She's headed in the right direction though. Fresh steel, fresh paint and some other reno going on.
@@getrocked-onair well, with a hull that old she'll almost always be under repair but they're hoping to have most of the big metal work done by the end of summer was the last I heard. I'm just a volunteer to help paint and do small odds and ends here and there, I don't tend to get the most updated information very quickly. Although Covid halted a lot of visitor traffic and thus income, it provided unparalleled access to the ship at almost all hours of the day, so they got a TON done in a relatively short timeframe.
Would be helpful to catalogize the videos he has done something like that first and there's a lot of those already so maybe better to point out ships you are interested in and ask for a video featuring them in WoWs and talking about their history?
in case you didnt already, go watch "the fallen of WWII" and you might realize Teachers are kinda biased. Cause what you see there might not be what youve been told. Atleast if you take a look from that angle :)
Same here... We in USA who actually know a bit of History have/know TWO start dates for both WW1 and WW2... so... 1914/1917, and 1939/1941. When it/they started for MOST of the world... and more specifically when it/they started for *us*. Of course, a pretty good argument could be made that WWII started a bit earlier... when Japan invaded China... so 1937... and then an even better argument could be made that it began during the "appeasement phase" in Europe, when Germany invaded the Sudetenland in '38 or their occupation of Czechoslovakia in MARCH of '39.
Damn it Jingles! I just purchased a property at the baltic coast. The reason forthis is: I wanted to built my own homemade battleship. And NOW you're telling me it is hard to do. I could have used that information a couple of months earlier.
@@arctxbushman Can't you make them yourself? The base ingredients might be easier to get than the finished product. Could involve a bit of experimentation though. For Science!?
If only the Des Moines followed that rule as well which it doesn’t so we can safely say that 27mm of bow armor is enough to bounce 16in shells. It is not enough to bounce 18in shells though.
@@theenhancer Sometimes they also adjust the paper ships for being to ambitious or unrealistic. Not if they're Russian of course. Stalinium and vodka solve all problems.
Came here to mention this. Anything about about 25 knots started getting iffy. Took a LOT of tweaking and swapping out screws to get anywhere close to the design speed with vibrations at an acceptable level.
I mean, seems like EVERY nation is gonna get aircraft carriers at this rate, we have HYBRIDS which launch planes, we got the dutch cruiers line with its airstrikes......for god sake i may as well play WoWP.
Yeah I didn't realize how scary they are till I started again on ps4. They pump out torp bombers so fast.. it'd be fine if the torps were weaker or just less often.
@@jonhart4563 The torpedoes technically are weaker, but it's just the mass of them. It's not quite Kitakami, "Skillikaze", Fletcher, or Gearing levels of total saturation, but they can drop more in a single go. The bombers are fast, but they're technically the slowest planes in the game, I don't know if the console versions have the updated carrier play or if you're running the old RTS Carriers. But it typically goes rocket fighters are fastest, torpedo bombers in the middle, and then dive bombers are slowest as far as max speed goes. But that doesn't mean squat when it comes to how fast they can cycle out squads.
@@jaywerner8415 The IJN Ise kinda makes sense because the Ise and Hyuga were Aviation Battleships, and the way they've done that, in my opinion, is decent. They do need to let up on the # of torpedoes it drops though. But Japan went hybrid crazy. If the trend continues then we might get the I-400 series that were Submarine Carriers (they had a small hangar with a bomber/scout in it that they'd launch from the surface) and possibly even submarine tenders (basically like supply ships for submarines but think like what would be a "heavy destroyer" in size but the same armament as a typical destroyer that can help allied subs). If there weren't subs I'm sure they'll allow the submarine tender to control one temporarily as a consumable. So I think WG needs to draw a very fine line before we start using SBLM's against each other.
@@steeljawX Carriers can't drop more torps than DDs, (the only one maybe can is FDR but that ship is stupidly op.) but carriers can aim their torps far more accurate, so the chance to hit by an aircraft dropped torp is much more bigger than hit by a Shimakaze wall of skill.
Jingles I'm pretty sure most of the us teaches the start of WW2 is the invasion of Poland but WW2 "starts" for America in full gear after pearl harbor as in we go to war and not limited to sending gear to the friendly nations. So I would say it's probably the wording throwing people off
I agree. the world war in effect started with the invasion of Poland, but for different specific countries, they joined (or were dragged in) at a later date. And the Japanese occupation of Korea, Burma and Chinese territories would be factors in the world war, not the war itself, because otherwise by that definition British occupation of India was also a part of the world war (a rebel section did take Japanese assistance and fight against the British) and we can go on and on, wayyy back in history connecting every event as a cause and effect.
Russia has big trouble with the date, pretending it was not de facto Axis ally during invasion of Poland, and that her war started ib1941 with Barbarossa...
@@taskforcenine6559 So it's all Gilgamesh's fault? Can we go further back than that? Although the continents were not really linked at the time so you couldn't really call it a world war. First one to deserve that "honour" AFAIK is the Seven Years War.
Just visited the "Showboat" (NC's nickname) a few weeks ago. She's a beauty. You just don't understand how huge these ships were until you're standing on the deck of one. Just breathtaking.
Hey old man, I want to thank you. My wife of 19+ years had brain surgery today. It went well nigh perfect. I came home, and you are the first voice I heard. Your (usual) calm, soothing voice and narration are balm to a troubled soul. 🙏
Living in the USA, it’s quite nice having the most preserved warships in the world. And some of our ships from WW2 are still serving! gearing class destroyers in Taiwan and turkey I think are still in active service. So if they are bought they might even be saved!
my history teacher always said WW2 began when the treaty of versailles was signed . maybe a bit "poetic" but its definitely another example of another "start date" lol .
It's a poetic way of connecting WW1 and WW2 but they were different in many aspects (like the whole race and lebensraum concepts) and were also fought very differently (static meat grinder vs. fast manouevers and air battles). It's also possible to argue that the Treaty of Versailles being a propaganda tool for the extremists is true but it could have been possible to avert it becoming a pillar stone in the rise of the Nazis. Can't fault your teacher though and there's also that famous quote from Bismarck.
@@kaltaron1284 Bismarck predicted that the German Empire would fall 20 years after he was gone. He died in 1898. He also said that if there is ever a Great War, it would start with some foolish thing in the Balkans.
Jingles just pointed out possible starting points depending on where you're from. I had a pretty big discussion in my thesis-class (bachelor History) on when WW2 would have started. The earliest probable time one could point out is, as Jingles mentioned, 1931. 1935 too with the Ethiopian conquest (second Italo-Ethiopian war). A great book on this - so I have heard from my professor (never bought it because of how limited availability was at the time), is ''World War II in Global Perspective, 1931-1953'' by Andrew Buchanan (2019) ISBN 9781119366096
@@San4311 Yes, I am aware of this and what Jingles said. But if you were to take a standard History test in High School on the mater the answer most likely be September 1st 1939, the invasion of Poland. That is why I said most Americans recognize the invasion of Poland as the beginning. I myself think it was more the Invasion of China by Japan, or the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Germany. it's coin toss.
Just wanted to say thanks for all your content your videos got me into loving this game more and I just had the opportunity to explore the USS Alabama talk about an eye opening and inspiring day so thank you again for everything you do and keep it up
For the record Jingles, nobody who knows history well in the United States would say WWII started in 1941. The reason the average person might say that is because the most detailed coverage of WWII we get in high school is during US history, and as a result they tend to remember the day the US entered the war and not the day it began. Anyone who paid attention knows that it was 1939, and some like myself argue it *really* began with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1936. All that to say don’t worry, we aren’t *all* complete idiots. Anyways, I’ve been watching your content for ages and i still keep coming back. You’re a gem and always bring a lot of fun knowledge and commentary. I appreciate all your hard work and dedication to your fans, it’s incredibly refreshing to see someone who’s so consistent. Cheers from Texas!
Hey Jingles. I live in NC and have been to the ship several times. The new pier system is fantastic for viewing almost the entire hull from outside. We just got a restored plane for the museum too.
I recall learning the same. Its been a minute, but as I recall from high school history we were taught WWII began with the invasion of Poland and Pearl Harbor was the event that got the US involved. My grandfather enlisted the next day.
@@heathbarnhart1092 same. I keep hearing from European friends and acquaintances (and occasionally TH-camrs) about how all Americans think that we won WWII singlehandedly and that we think it didn’t begin until Pearl Harbor. Some kins of weird urban legend about Americans maybe. Even my grandfather didn’t think anything like that.
@@backroadblast6603 Sadly, it's not an urban legend. Either due to schooling, ignorance, Hollywoods insistence on featuring only American forces (to the point of changing history to involve or replace the actual forces with Americans), or the blind belief that if the USA wasn't involved, it didn't happen/not worth knowing, the idea that WWII didn't start until 7th Dec 1941 and there were no other participants apart from the USA in the defeats of the Axis nations, is all too common and frequent and becoming more so as the generation of those who actually took part, become fewer and fewer.
@@jcorbett9620 as others have stated, Americans know that WW2 didn't start in December 1941. Anything different is NOT a common belief. What is common is the belief that the US entering the war turned the tide, which is accurate. The one thing that Americans may be guilty of is believing that other Allied countries didn't carry their weight, which isn't overly fair to British Commonwealth but is pretty fair when it comes to France.
The gentleman that owned the hunting cabin I belong to was a veteran of the USS South Dakota and he would always fill our downtime there with stories of his service in the Pacific. I consider myself very honored to have been someone he called a friend, he passed in 2019 and we miss him greatly.
Speaking of U.S. Battleships turned museums, could we get a USS Texas video soon in honor of her being taken to dry dock and closed for repair for an unknown time? The last time she'll be open is July 3rd and 4th and too few people even know it's happening!
Why is the time frame unknown? Don't they know what needs fixing yet? Or don't they know how long it will take? I remember when our navy trted to repair the Gorch Fock. Seems like finally finished last March and it will resume service this October. Look it up, it's a funny story and cemented our Minister of Defense's nickname as "Flintenuschi" ("Musket Uschi" a colloguial and sometimes negatively connotated form of Ursula, her first name. Flinte is also a bit negative in this context because it sounds old and inferiour.)
@@evanulven8249 Got that one the first time. Hope they do her well and she'll be back to the public soon. The German example I mentioned didn't go that well.
Jingles, this past January, on a really nice Saturday I visited the North Carolina which is museum berthed on the Cape Fear River close to Wilmington. I really enjoyed the visit, my first to a Battleship (I have visited (and stayed over night on) the aircraft carrier Yorktown, destroyer Laffey, and submarine Clamagore in Charlestown South Carolina). Enjoyed the video, Thanks Paul!
Another way to tell an NC from an SD is how long the bow is, if you are looking at a side by side comparison. The South Dakotas had shortened bows and weirdly set up machinery( I think they flipped the turbines on to their sides) to try to pack more armor on them while keeping to the 35k tonnage
"The *beautiful* USS North Carolina" i see Elder Jingles truly has great taste in warships, the NC being in the game was honestly a HUGE part of the reason i started playing as she's my home state ship
Great video! Jingles, in regards to seeing our collection of preserved ships, my Boy Scout troop had an overnight stay on the U.S.S. Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. We had free run of the place for 2 days. Being all of like 16 at the time, that place was a massive maze. Every wall had pictures and preserved artifacts from the wars and active duties. I think the best part was the fact you can't carry any weapons aboard. This included knives. Have you ever seen a guy with an OKAYish sized bag ask an entire scout troop for their knives? Think of the best pikachu face you can. That bag weighed like 20 pounds (That's just over 9 kilograms for you non-imperial imperialistic English :D). And once we got on board I checked my bag, and went over to the guy going "Sorry, I forgot I had this", and gave him my wood hatchet. He couldn't believe it, and neither could the scout leaders.
I live in NJ in the U.S. Big J is docked in Camden Still in her late 80s fit. What I like about the North Carolina is when she was made a museum they reverted her back to her WW2 fit complete with decommissioned bofers and oerlikon guns on the deck, accessible for taking pictures in.
Since the 35,000-ton ships were decommissioned within a couple of years after the war, they wouldn't have needed as much "reverting" compared to what the Iowas looked like after repeated recommissionings.
@@bfrobin446 really its because the NC was never recommissioned. She sat in mothball till being stricken. While ships like the NJ and even the US Destroyer Kidd were recommissioned and thus refit to bring them up to date.
Recently visited the Showboat myself, still a beautiful ship to this day and they are currently getting ready to redo her camo scheme soon. An absolute must see for anyone that values their history.
As a boy in North Carolina, I participated in the funds drive to purchase the USS North Carolina. She is berthed about two miles from where my uncle lived so we had to visit Wilmington to see her arrive. Years later, I was able to take my own children on a tour of the ship where I almost supplanted the tour guide. When he learned I was a retired Surface Warfare Officer he let me go to add to his excellent narrative.
I live in NC and she is totally worth visiting, I've been aboard her several times. Such a beautiful ship and I'm glad she was preserved. I plan to go visit her again soon.
My wife and I visited the U.S.S. Alabama in Mobile bay Alabama, and being a U.S. Navy veteran I saluted the colors and the quarter deck when boarding her, there was a 50's man in a wheel chair next to the side of the superstructure who said in the 2 1/2 hours he had sat there I was the only one to render honors as is customary, I wish that there were more retired vets that could serve as a 'skeleton' crew to add the extra flavor needed so those that have seen the old movies get the fuller touch.
If I remember correctly, the USS Washington obliterated the rampaging Kirishima, that was harassing cruisers and destroyers at point-blank range in night-action at the Battle of Guadalcanal.
"Obliterated" is a little bit of a stretch. _Kirishima_ was wrecked by gunfire from _Washington_ and eventually sank a few hours later, but there wasn't a magazine detonation or such-like instantaneous deletion. (Also, _Washington_ was helped extremely by the fact that most of the Japanese ships were busy shooting the absolute crap out of _South Dakota_ at the time and more or less ignored her.)
I used to live in Wilmington, North Carolina where the USS North Carolina is berthed now. It was fun to explore. And I have some fun memories on first seeing it back in 1967.
The most surprising thing about the match is how friendly and polite the chat is, even the enemies. It's been a while since a played the game but I don't remember it being like this.
Washington only ever actually reached 28 knots on sea trials the rest of her career her top speed was 27.5 knots which I assume was the same for North Carolina.
The vibrations were worse when she was fulfilling her adopted role of carrier escort. When all those guns were firing they had to ask her over radio, “Are you aflame?”
I have visited the NC in Wilmington and I agree 100% that it is well worth planning an entire day to visit. One of the things I remember was that the fire control system was used in the Iowa class BBs. When they were recommissioned in the 80s tests were done to see if modern computers and technology would be enough of an improvement to upgrade the systems, it was not. The 50 year old analog fire control for the main batteries outperformed the modern 80s digital systems.
America: we're gonna make some ship rules around here! Japan: Ship rules what's that? We totally aren't ignoring those! And then Japan proceeded to flip off America to which America flipped Japan off twice with the USS Johnson
Nobody actually followed the treaty to the letter. The US loved to make new designs as experimental craft, Japan had multiple different 18-inch guns on standby officially as spare parts for their 16 inches, but the most outrageous was Italy. They would launch the hulls of ships that were within the weight limits of the treaty but just barely seaworthy and then go back and all the important stuff they didn't put when they first launched that put it well over the treaty displacement.
Actually Jangles, people in the USA do not say the war started in 1941. We all know it started in 1939. It started for us officially in 41, but it actually started much sooner. I know you know who the American volunteer group was, and there are other such so-called volunteers. Not to mention that we were shipping supplies long before that.
Damnit Jingles. I lived in Wilmington for the last 3 years and the NC was my favorite place to go. Just had to move away from there due to some rather unfortunate incidents happening with family, I left about a week ago. That ending hit me right in the feels damn you.
If you knew anything about the NC class you know they had major vibration issues and it took years to get them safely to 26knots and they never made the 28 Knots without destroying the engine
It's always incredible to see her when we go over to Wilmington, it would be incredible if they could let her take to the sea! Definitely a ride I'd pay for!
I live in NC and have visited the North Carolina twice and want to go back bad. It’s not easy to understand the scale of the ships until you’re stood underneath the guns. Such and impressive ship.
I live in NC about an hour from the coast and took a tour of the ship once. Quite a thing to see, from below decks in the crew quarters to the radio room and up to the turrets. Although I haven't done it yet, they have (not sure if they still do) after hours tours where they take you to parts of the ship not open to normal viewing. I was really interested in the engine room and the like- my FIL was a BT in destroyers during the Korean conflict and I think it helped to give me an idea of the environment he served in during that time.
Couple of years ago I was in Hawaii and went to see the USS Missouri that they have anchored in Pearl Harbour. That thing is absolutely massive. Room after room after room. Spent hours working my way through the thing and I still felt like I had only seen a small part of it.
One of the main reasons I would plan a holiday to the US is to visit their impressive collection of museum ships, there truly is no equal on this globe.
Wait a second, they what now? I don't play the game anymore (But am considering coming back from time to time.) but that would be a good reason to quit. How did they justify that?
@@kaltaron1284 They started giving out multiple free flag crates a day on top of your already 3 xp based crates(At least on NA they do), so you don't actually see much of a loss in flags. I've actually seen an increase in flags, because no longer can you only get 1-4 flags of a type per day, you can potentially get upwards of 15 of a flag each day, including the ones that there wasn't an achievement for. Honestly the current system feels more generous to me.
I live in NC and have been to the Uss North Carolina several times my coworker just went this weekend and seen it if only those walls could talk I bet we would hear some stories anyway love the content brother keep up the awesome work
We took a vacation to NC when i was young, camping. drove for an hour to see this ship. Mom bought a BB 55 front plate (WV doesn't require a front license plate) and we saw an alligator swimming past the ship. Completely unrelated to the ship, there are some massive pine cones in NC.
Speaking of museum battleships, have been fortunate enough to visit the rather old USS Texas and the mighty Missouri. Its amazing how different those two ships are
Jingles, the US doesn’t think WW2 started in 1940. We entered the war in 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor, but we are under no illusions that that was the start of the war as a whole.
But hollywood taught me that WWII started in 1941 and that only gruff blue-eyed soldiers with thousand yard stares were present in Normandy, with the occasional Canadian milling about.
As a native of North Carolina, I grew up walking that ship every summer. She has new coffer dams around her, a new deck, and a nice new paint job. There are many areas open to the public, and it's a nice ship to tour. I would however suggest that you come in the fall, winter, or spring. The summers can be a bit hot for folks not used to it. Much of the ship is equipped with air conditioning, but the heat just getting up the gangplank can be a bit oppressive for a someone not used to 35C plus with high humidity. Drop me a line, and you can bunk at my house. We can do the NC, the Wisconsin, and/or the Yorktown (CV-10), as all are driving distance by Yank standards. And less than hour drive from my house, a tank museum with 172 armored and artillery pieces,,, and yes,,, you can ride VIP. And I'm sure I can arrange some tour spots on the NC not generally open to the public as well, as long as you post content and give them a plug. Bring the Portuguese taste tester as well.
If there's one thing that WG did that made me happy, it's how well they treated the NC! Easily one of the best T8 tech tree ships in game! I've also visited her at least three times, and she always took my breath away!
Would be cool, but was never going to happen in 1945. If Yamato had ended the war afloat she most likely would have been moored near to Nagato when the Bomb went off.
Visited her several times. She's a beautiful old girl and I'm hoping to go again around July 4th. Always a great day spent in a museum ship. I live about the same amount of time from the North Carolina as I do Patriots Point, where Yorktown and Laffey are on display. It's been a couple years, but last I heard Clamagore was going to be sunk as a reef sometime this year.
Jingles you forgot to mention, that USS North Carolina was hit by torpedo fired by Takakazu Kinashi´s I-19. This torpedo salvo is considered one of the luckiest in history. It not just hit North Carolina, but sank carrier USS Wasp and destroyer USS O´Brien
My wife's grandmother lives just down the road from Wilmington, NC. The ship is on my list of places to visit, along with the Intrepid in New York, but alas, Covid happened. The USS New Jersey was fun, though! That's local to me and was a huge shock compared to the HMS Belfast, back in good old London.
Jingles: The first 5 or 6 minutes of this game is going to be slow (oh, um ok I guess ...)
Also Jingles: So let me tell you about this ship (Yay, story time !)
Story time is one of my favorite part of Jingle's videoes.
I would say that story time with Uncle jingles should be its own series, but I guess he does already have mingles with jingles
MY CAMO DIDN'T CARRY OVER!!! oh well. Thanks for the showcase Jingles.
Nice rampage! Also, as I see it, there is no "kill stealing;' there is only securing kills. You can never count on a teammate to seal the deal, and I've seen *WAY* too many enemy ships limp away to heal after being thrashed to within an inch of their lives. Of course, "Kill_Securin," doesn't sound as good. =^[.]^=
GG - good timing on your push.
Well played on your part. Always nice to see someone put the old girl to work.
@@Raycheetah yep, Kill isn't owned until the target is actually dead and someone is credited with the kill, before then it doesn't matter if you were shooting the guy first or not
Im still sorry for ramming you Stealin lol
As always I love the history and stories of the ships that Jingles adds on during these gameplays
Definitely a huge reason why I always get excited for his WoWs videos, Jingles does it like no other!
Paid for more attention to that than the battle. And my dinner. (BTW I have always trouble remembering what dinner, lunch and supper are for. Breakfast is easy. Why couldn't it be as easy as German (Fruehstueck, Mittagessen, Abendbrot) or esp. Japanese (asagohan = morning meal, hirugahan = noon meal, bangohan = evening meal) although there are other words that muddy things but those are most common AFAIK.
It's one of the best things with his vids. It makes it doubly frustrating when WG goes full paper on lines.
@@kaltaron1284 one word. Brunch
@@maciek19882 Or listen to the Hobbits. Not sure if this makes things easier or more complicated.
The North Carolina is my home ship, and it's great to see her featured again. I actually volunteer on the ship and it's scary how close we were to losing her. She's in much much better shape these days.
Are they still repairing the hull below the waterline?
@@waverleyjournalise5757 Repairs are still ongoing. There was a lot to do. Her 12" belt was down to .75-1.5" in some spots. It was awful. She's headed in the right direction though. Fresh steel, fresh paint and some other reno going on.
@@blakebaker830 how long are repairs supposed to take?
@@blakebaker830 eeek, was that erosion?
@@getrocked-onair well, with a hull that old she'll almost always be under repair but they're hoping to have most of the big metal work done by the end of summer was the last I heard. I'm just a volunteer to help paint and do small odds and ends here and there, I don't tend to get the most updated information very quickly. Although Covid halted a lot of visitor traffic and thus income, it provided unparalleled access to the ship at almost all hours of the day, so they got a TON done in a relatively short timeframe.
i petition for a series where overlord Jingles talks history on every ship in world of warships and their history, if applicable
Would be helpful to catalogize the videos he has done something like that first and there's a lot of those already so maybe better to point out ships you are interested in and ask for a video featuring them in WoWs and talking about their history?
I agree. I think it's important to throw the history and part the vessels had in the 1st and 2nd world wars
Where do i sign
Be awesome if he did this with Drachinifel
Russian ship episode. 3 minutes long
"Didn't exist, Didn't exist, Didn't exist, Didn't exist, Didn't exist, Didn't exist, Didn't exist"
lol
American classroom teach the start of WW2 as the Poland invasion. I've lived in multiple states and multiple schools all taught that as the start
That was how I learned it as well, back in the Age of Dinosaurs when I was in elementary school.
@@Fitzwalrus06 At least there was life with more than one cell around at your time.
in case you didnt already, go watch "the fallen of WWII" and you might realize Teachers are kinda biased. Cause what you see there might not be what youve been told. Atleast if you take a look from that angle :)
My school barely got into the World Wars.
Same here...
We in USA who actually know a bit of History have/know TWO start dates for both WW1 and WW2... so... 1914/1917, and 1939/1941.
When it/they started for MOST of the world... and more specifically when it/they started for *us*.
Of course, a pretty good argument could be made that WWII started a bit earlier... when Japan invaded China... so 1937... and then an even better argument could be made that it began during the "appeasement phase" in Europe, when Germany invaded the Sudetenland in '38 or their occupation of Czechoslovakia in MARCH of '39.
Damn it Jingles! I just purchased a property at the baltic coast. The reason forthis is: I wanted to built my own homemade battleship. And NOW you're telling me it is hard to do. I could have used that information a couple of months earlier.
6:40 Did not mention the Netherlands, no more stroopwafels for Jingles from this point on
Or hagelslag....😝🤣
But he did mention South Africa. We should send him a pack of biltong for that.
oh, thats just cruel. They are so hard to find in the US, and I love them from my time spent in Europe.
I was gonna say the exact same thing. XD
@@arctxbushman Can't you make them yourself? The base ingredients might be easier to get than the finished product. Could involve a bit of experimentation though.
For Science!?
I love that you go so deep into the history of these ships, learning always gives deeper appreciation of the ships and of the game youre playing
Jingles, even if Kutuzov did have a 27mm bow (which she doesn’t), 16in guns still overmatch it. It’s 30mm plating they don’t overmatch.
To add to this, 27mm will bounce 15 inch guns. I forget the thickness to bounce 14 inch AP, I think it's 24?
Nevermind it's 25mm
Shotgun reload sounds...
If only the Des Moines followed that rule as well which it doesn’t so we can safely say that 27mm of bow armor is enough to bounce 16in shells. It is not enough to bounce 18in shells though.
@@rblinson8136 yes
@@rblinson8136 use the caliber/14.3 and then you get the maximum bow overmatch in mm.
North Carolina had a lot of vibration problems that meant she could never reach her intended design speed
Another example of WG penalizing real ships for having had sea trials whereas paper ships get to have their proposed designs taken at face value.
@@theenhancer yeah look at the russian paper cruisers and bbs which could never survive an atlantic wave which their ultra low deck.
So ridiculous
@@theenhancer Sometimes they also adjust the paper ships for being to ambitious or unrealistic. Not if they're Russian of course. Stalinium and vodka solve all problems.
@@onepunchbud1472 Also the turret rotation on the BBs.
Came here to mention this. Anything about about 25 knots started getting iffy. Took a LOT of tweaking and swapping out screws to get anywhere close to the design speed with vibrations at an acceptable level.
"That smoke-screen is hiding a Cookies-off.."
What? Oh... Kutuzov...
"Because this is World of Aircraft Carriers"
WG: Write that down!
I mean, seems like EVERY nation is gonna get aircraft carriers at this rate, we have HYBRIDS which launch planes, we got the dutch cruiers line with its airstrikes......for god sake i may as well play WoWP.
Yeah I didn't realize how scary they are till I started again on ps4. They pump out torp bombers so fast.. it'd be fine if the torps were weaker or just less often.
@@jonhart4563 The torpedoes technically are weaker, but it's just the mass of them. It's not quite Kitakami, "Skillikaze", Fletcher, or Gearing levels of total saturation, but they can drop more in a single go. The bombers are fast, but they're technically the slowest planes in the game, I don't know if the console versions have the updated carrier play or if you're running the old RTS Carriers. But it typically goes rocket fighters are fastest, torpedo bombers in the middle, and then dive bombers are slowest as far as max speed goes. But that doesn't mean squat when it comes to how fast they can cycle out squads.
@@jaywerner8415 The IJN Ise kinda makes sense because the Ise and Hyuga were Aviation Battleships, and the way they've done that, in my opinion, is decent. They do need to let up on the # of torpedoes it drops though. But Japan went hybrid crazy. If the trend continues then we might get the I-400 series that were Submarine Carriers (they had a small hangar with a bomber/scout in it that they'd launch from the surface) and possibly even submarine tenders (basically like supply ships for submarines but think like what would be a "heavy destroyer" in size but the same armament as a typical destroyer that can help allied subs). If there weren't subs I'm sure they'll allow the submarine tender to control one temporarily as a consumable. So I think WG needs to draw a very fine line before we start using SBLM's against each other.
@@steeljawX Carriers can't drop more torps than DDs, (the only one maybe can is FDR but that ship is stupidly op.) but carriers can aim their torps far more accurate, so the chance to hit by an aircraft dropped torp is much more bigger than hit by a Shimakaze wall of skill.
Jingles I'm pretty sure most of the us teaches the start of WW2 is the invasion of Poland but WW2 "starts" for America in full gear after pearl harbor as in we go to war and not limited to sending gear to the friendly nations. So I would say it's probably the wording throwing people off
I agree. the world war in effect started with the invasion of Poland, but for different specific countries, they joined (or were dragged in) at a later date. And the Japanese occupation of Korea, Burma and Chinese territories would be factors in the world war, not the war itself, because otherwise by that definition British occupation of India was also a part of the world war (a rebel section did take Japanese assistance and fight against the British) and we can go on and on, wayyy back in history connecting every event as a cause and effect.
Well the US already sent a lot of material to england / russia before that.
They were not neutral and waited for a reason lets call it that way.
Russia has big trouble with the date, pretending it was not de facto Axis ally during invasion of Poland, and that her war started ib1941 with Barbarossa...
@@ewok40k Sounds better than the date when you invaded a foreign country i guess
@@taskforcenine6559 So it's all Gilgamesh's fault? Can we go further back than that? Although the continents were not really linked at the time so you couldn't really call it a world war.
First one to deserve that "honour" AFAIK is the Seven Years War.
Just visited the "Showboat" (NC's nickname) a few weeks ago. She's a beauty. You just don't understand how huge these ships were until you're standing on the deck of one. Just breathtaking.
Hey old man, I want to thank you. My wife of 19+ years had brain surgery today. It went well nigh perfect. I came home, and you are the first voice I heard. Your (usual) calm, soothing voice and narration are balm to a troubled soul. 🙏
Living in the USA, it’s quite nice having the most preserved warships in the world. And some of our ships from WW2 are still serving! gearing class destroyers in Taiwan and turkey I think are still in active service. So if they are bought they might even be saved!
my history teacher always said WW2 began when the treaty of versailles was signed . maybe a bit "poetic" but its definitely another example of another "start date" lol .
It's a poetic way of connecting WW1 and WW2 but they were different in many aspects (like the whole race and lebensraum concepts) and were also fought very differently (static meat grinder vs. fast manouevers and air battles). It's also possible to argue that the Treaty of Versailles being a propaganda tool for the extremists is true but it could have been possible to avert it becoming a pillar stone in the rise of the Nazis.
Can't fault your teacher though and there's also that famous quote from Bismarck.
@@kaltaron1284 Ferdinand Foch, french general; "This is not peace. It is an armistice for twenty years." He was right nearly to the exact month.
@@kurgisempyrion6125 Huh, I somehow thought that Bismarck said that. But I guess Foch makes more sense.
@@kaltaron1284 Bismarck predicted that the German Empire would fall 20 years after he was gone. He died in 1898. He also said that if there is ever a Great War, it would start with some foolish thing in the Balkans.
@@Schlachti10 Ah thnak you. I remembered the second one but not the first. Guess I tent to attribute to him a bit too much.
Oh boy, it’s my home state’s ship again!
Edit: I’ve been aboard it by the way, several times. It is an absolutely beautiful ship!
My great-grandfather, whom I never met, has his name inscribed on the ship. My mother cries every time she visits.
Mine too! I've visited a few times, but Wilmington is a haul from Nags Head. The Wisconsin is only an hour and a bit north.
@@ethanmcdowell9677
Cool! I’ve never seen the Wisconsin. Is it similar to the NC?
I wish there were more replays with home city-ship the Atlanta.
No most Americans recognize the invasion of Poland as the start.
Jingles just pointed out possible starting points depending on where you're from. I had a pretty big discussion in my thesis-class (bachelor History) on when WW2 would have started. The earliest probable time one could point out is, as Jingles mentioned, 1931. 1935 too with the Ethiopian conquest (second Italo-Ethiopian war).
A great book on this - so I have heard from my professor (never bought it because of how limited availability was at the time), is ''World War II in Global Perspective, 1931-1953'' by Andrew Buchanan (2019) ISBN 9781119366096
@@San4311 Yes, I am aware of this and what Jingles said. But if you were to take a standard History test in High School on the mater the answer most likely be September 1st 1939, the invasion of Poland. That is why I said most Americans recognize the invasion of Poland as the beginning. I myself think it was more the Invasion of China by Japan, or the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Germany. it's coin toss.
@@tett4483 Most Muricans finished HIgh School? Rofl :)
Just wanted to say thanks for all your content your videos got me into loving this game more and I just had the opportunity to explore the USS Alabama talk about an eye opening and inspiring day so thank you again for everything you do and keep it up
Insert Jeremy Clarkson narrative voice: “The biggest, and best preserved collection of Battleships… In the World.”
For the record Jingles, nobody who knows history well in the United States would say WWII started in 1941. The reason the average person might say that is because the most detailed coverage of WWII we get in high school is during US history, and as a result they tend to remember the day the US entered the war and not the day it began. Anyone who paid attention knows that it was 1939, and some like myself argue it *really* began with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1936. All that to say don’t worry, we aren’t *all* complete idiots.
Anyways, I’ve been watching your content for ages and i still keep coming back. You’re a gem and always bring a lot of fun knowledge and commentary. I appreciate all your hard work and dedication to your fans, it’s incredibly refreshing to see someone who’s so consistent. Cheers from Texas!
Hey Jingles. I live in NC and have been to the ship several times. The new pier system is fantastic for viewing almost the entire hull from outside. We just got a restored plane for the museum too.
Jingles, we Americans do actually acknowledge that WWII started before we got involved. We don’t think the conflict started with Pearl Harbor.
I recall learning the same. Its been a minute, but as I recall from high school history we were taught WWII began with the invasion of Poland and Pearl Harbor was the event that got the US involved. My grandfather enlisted the next day.
@@heathbarnhart1092 same. I keep hearing from European friends and acquaintances (and occasionally TH-camrs) about how all Americans think that we won WWII singlehandedly and that we think it didn’t begin until Pearl Harbor. Some kins of weird urban legend about Americans maybe. Even my grandfather didn’t think anything like that.
@@backroadblast6603 Sadly, it's not an urban legend. Either due to schooling, ignorance, Hollywoods insistence on featuring only American forces (to the point of changing history to involve or replace the actual forces with Americans), or the blind belief that if the USA wasn't involved, it didn't happen/not worth knowing, the idea that WWII didn't start until 7th Dec 1941 and there were no other participants apart from the USA in the defeats of the Axis nations, is all too common and frequent and becoming more so as the generation of those who actually took part, become fewer and fewer.
@@jcorbett9620 as others have stated, Americans know that WW2 didn't start in December 1941. Anything different is NOT a common belief. What is common is the belief that the US entering the war turned the tide, which is accurate. The one thing that Americans may be guilty of is believing that other Allied countries didn't carry their weight, which isn't overly fair to British Commonwealth but is pretty fair when it comes to France.
@@dcpetemoss that about sums it up
As a resident of North Carolina, I am very happy that you did our ship well here Jingles. Thank you very much.
Another good performance from the Showboat herself. And a lovely history lesson from Jingles.
What an awesome channel. Not just for gameplay but actual knowledge and history. KUDOS!!!
I love Jingles's videos. The storytelling about historical background of the main topic and this heart-warming laughter make my days all the times :)
Thanks Jingles
The gentleman that owned the hunting cabin I belong to was a veteran of the USS South Dakota and he would always fill our downtime there with stories of his service in the Pacific. I consider myself very honored to have been someone he called a friend, he passed in 2019 and we miss him greatly.
Excellent history lesson, and also battle. Cheers
I just so coincidentally got the north carolina yesterday, god is it nice to be able to actually move
Speaking of U.S. Battleships turned museums, could we get a USS Texas video soon in honor of her being taken to dry dock and closed for repair for an unknown time? The last time she'll be open is July 3rd and 4th and too few people even know it's happening!
Why is the time frame unknown? Don't they know what needs fixing yet? Or don't they know how long it will take?
I remember when our navy trted to repair the Gorch Fock. Seems like finally finished last March and it will resume service this October. Look it up, it's a funny story and cemented our Minister of Defense's nickname as "Flintenuschi" ("Musket Uschi" a colloguial and sometimes negatively connotated form of Ursula, her first name. Flinte is also a bit negative in this context because it sounds old and inferiour.)
@@kaltaron1284 to the best of my knowledge, it's mostly because it's being done though the Battleship Texas Foundation, a non-profit organization
@@dobelozero Ah, so they probably don't know yet what needs to be done and how fast it can be done.
Let's hope for the best then.
@@kaltaron1284 It's being handled by a nonprofit, and the poor girl is in extremely bad shape.
@@evanulven8249 Got that one the first time. Hope they do her well and she'll be back to the public soon.
The German example I mentioned didn't go that well.
Jingles, this past January, on a really nice Saturday I visited the North Carolina which is museum berthed on the Cape Fear River close to Wilmington. I really enjoyed the visit, my first to a Battleship (I have visited (and stayed over night on) the aircraft carrier Yorktown, destroyer Laffey, and submarine Clamagore in Charlestown South Carolina). Enjoyed the video, Thanks Paul!
Another way to tell an NC from an SD is how long the bow is, if you are looking at a side by side comparison. The South Dakotas had shortened bows and weirdly set up machinery( I think they flipped the turbines on to their sides) to try to pack more armor on them while keeping to the 35k tonnage
"The *beautiful* USS North Carolina" i see Elder Jingles truly has great taste in warships, the NC being in the game was honestly a HUGE part of the reason i started playing as she's my home state ship
Great video!
Jingles, in regards to seeing our collection of preserved ships, my Boy Scout troop had an overnight stay on the U.S.S. Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. We had free run of the place for 2 days.
Being all of like 16 at the time, that place was a massive maze. Every wall had pictures and preserved artifacts from the wars and active duties.
I think the best part was the fact you can't carry any weapons aboard. This included knives. Have you ever seen a guy with an OKAYish sized bag ask an entire scout troop for their knives?
Think of the best pikachu face you can. That bag weighed like 20 pounds (That's just over 9 kilograms for you non-imperial imperialistic English :D).
And once we got on board I checked my bag, and went over to the guy going "Sorry, I forgot I had this", and gave him my wood hatchet. He couldn't believe it, and neither could the scout leaders.
I live in NJ in the U.S.
Big J is docked in Camden
Still in her late 80s fit.
What I like about the North Carolina is when she was made a museum they reverted her back to her WW2 fit complete with decommissioned bofers and oerlikon guns on the deck, accessible for taking pictures in.
Since the 35,000-ton ships were decommissioned within a couple of years after the war, they wouldn't have needed as much "reverting" compared to what the Iowas looked like after repeated recommissionings.
@@bfrobin446 really its because the NC was never recommissioned. She sat in mothball till being stricken. While ships like the NJ and even the US Destroyer Kidd were recommissioned and thus refit to bring them up to date.
Recently visited the Showboat myself, still a beautiful ship to this day and they are currently getting ready to redo her camo scheme soon. An absolute must see for anyone that values their history.
As a boy in North Carolina, I participated in the funds drive to purchase the USS North Carolina. She is berthed about two miles from where my uncle lived so we had to visit Wilmington to see her arrive. Years later, I was able to take my own children on a tour of the ship where I almost supplanted the tour guide. When he learned I was a retired Surface Warfare Officer he let me go to add to his excellent narrative.
I live in NC and she is totally worth visiting, I've been aboard her several times. Such a beautiful ship and I'm glad she was preserved. I plan to go visit her again soon.
I have always loved the beauty of the USS North Carolina! Battleship perfection, and great video!
My wife and I visited the U.S.S. Alabama in Mobile bay Alabama, and being a U.S. Navy veteran I saluted the colors and the quarter deck when boarding her, there was a 50's man in a wheel chair next to the side of the superstructure who said in the 2 1/2 hours he had sat there I was the only one to render honors as is customary, I wish that there were more retired vets that could serve as a 'skeleton' crew to add the extra flavor needed so those that have seen the old movies get the fuller touch.
If I remember correctly, the USS Washington obliterated the rampaging Kirishima, that was harassing cruisers and destroyers at point-blank range in night-action at the Battle of Guadalcanal.
"Obliterated" is a little bit of a stretch. _Kirishima_ was wrecked by gunfire from _Washington_ and eventually sank a few hours later, but there wasn't a magazine detonation or such-like instantaneous deletion.
(Also, _Washington_ was helped extremely by the fact that most of the Japanese ships were busy shooting the absolute crap out of _South Dakota_ at the time and more or less ignored her.)
I've been on the North Carolina and it's really a visit every battleship fan should do!
I really love it when Jingles casually talks about the history of the ship in the video
Great historical narration, Jingles. Really enjoyed this video. I've been on the North Carolina and she's one hell of an old girl. Really cool vessel!
Welcome to history with Jingles
Not only Jingles is a content creator but a damn good history teacher.
North Carolina native here, who used to live in Wilmington. The NC is a beautiful ship and every naval history nerd should try and see her.
I used to live in Wilmington, North Carolina where the USS North Carolina is berthed now. It was fun to explore. And I have some fun memories on first seeing it back in 1967.
It's been a year since this video was posted and i still smile when jingles talks about my hone town of Wilmington:)
Jingles, thank you for the interesting historical background on the North Carolina!
The most surprising thing about the match is how friendly and polite the chat is, even the enemies. It's been a while since a played the game but I don't remember it being like this.
Washington only ever actually reached 28 knots on sea trials the rest of her career her top speed was 27.5 knots which I assume was the same for North Carolina.
NC was even worse due to vibration issues
The vibrations were worse when she was fulfilling her adopted role of carrier escort. When all those guns were firing they had to ask her over radio, “Are you aflame?”
All the weight added during the war reduced her speed by a full knot.
Yay new episode just as I was looking for something to waste my time on!
I went to North Carolina and met a gamer buddy of mine and we went to see the North Carolina, spent about 4 hours on her. Fantastic day.
I have visited the NC in Wilmington and I agree 100% that it is well worth planning an entire day to visit. One of the things I remember was that the fire control system was used in the Iowa class BBs. When they were recommissioned in the 80s tests were done to see if modern computers and technology would be enough of an improvement to upgrade the systems, it was not. The 50 year old analog fire control for the main batteries outperformed the modern 80s digital systems.
Jingles is a national treasure trove of naval history.
America: we're gonna make some ship rules around here!
Japan: Ship rules what's that? We totally aren't ignoring those!
And then Japan proceeded to flip off America to which America flipped Japan off twice with the USS Johnson
Nobody actually followed the treaty to the letter. The US loved to make new designs as experimental craft, Japan had multiple different 18-inch guns on standby officially as spare parts for their 16 inches, but the most outrageous was Italy. They would launch the hulls of ships that were within the weight limits of the treaty but just barely seaworthy and then go back and all the important stuff they didn't put when they first launched that put it well over the treaty displacement.
I heard they sent a little boy and a fat man to flip them off.
Actually Jangles, people in the USA do not say the war started in 1941. We all know it started in 1939. It started for us officially in 41, but it actually started much sooner. I know you know who the American volunteer group was, and there are other such so-called volunteers. Not to mention that we were shipping supplies long before that.
Damnit Jingles. I lived in Wilmington for the last 3 years and the NC was my favorite place to go. Just had to move away from there due to some rather unfortunate incidents happening with family, I left about a week ago. That ending hit me right in the feels damn you.
If you knew anything about the NC class you know they had major vibration issues and it took years to get them safely to 26knots and they never made the 28 Knots without destroying the engine
Been aboard the Showboat many times since I was a kid. Love this ship. Took my son to her several times, now looking forward to taking my grandson.
I've been on the USS North Carolina a few times while I was stationed at Camp Lejuene NC as a young Marine. She is a magnificent ship
It's always incredible to see her when we go over to Wilmington, it would be incredible if they could let her take to the sea! Definitely a ride I'd pay for!
I live in NC and have visited the North Carolina twice and want to go back bad. It’s not easy to understand the scale of the ships until you’re stood underneath the guns. Such and impressive ship.
great content jingles - thankyou
I live in NC about an hour from the coast and took a tour of the ship once. Quite a thing to see, from below decks in the crew quarters to the radio room and up to the turrets. Although I haven't done it yet, they have (not sure if they still do) after hours tours where they take you to parts of the ship not open to normal viewing. I was really interested in the engine room and the like- my FIL was a BT in destroyers during the Korean conflict and I think it helped to give me an idea of the environment he served in during that time.
I went to visit the North Carolina in October '19, can confirm it was a great experience. I highly recommend it.
As an American, I view the war starting in 1931 with the aggression against the Chinese
I had the honor of visiting this ship back whenever I was a kid and remembering how beautiful she was.
Couple of years ago I was in Hawaii and went to see the USS Missouri that they have anchored in Pearl Harbour. That thing is absolutely massive. Room after room after room. Spent hours working my way through the thing and I still felt like I had only seen a small part of it.
The history lessons are appreciated! The NC is a fantastic ship to visit! Wilmington is a nice little town... but the coffee is expensive! :-)
Well done sir
One of the main reasons I would plan a holiday to the US is to visit their impressive collection of museum ships, there truly is no equal on this globe.
Medal of no use anymore, since WG toke away rewards(flags) for first achievement & heroic medal of the day, at last patch!! keep it up Jingles!!
Wait a second, they what now? I don't play the game anymore (But am considering coming back from time to time.) but that would be a good reason to quit.
How did they justify that?
@@kaltaron1284 They did not, it just went away, or the longest bug i have seen
@@tland4912 Holy fuck then. I don't have much love or respect left for WG but that's a new low.
@@kaltaron1284 They started giving out multiple free flag crates a day on top of your already 3 xp based crates(At least on NA they do), so you don't actually see much of a loss in flags. I've actually seen an increase in flags, because no longer can you only get 1-4 flags of a type per day, you can potentially get upwards of 15 of a flag each day, including the ones that there wasn't an achievement for. Honestly the current system feels more generous to me.
Damn, who already made everything in here sticky already?
Sick bastages!
Actually jingles. 16in guns can overmatch 27mm of armor.... Pls never change.
OK im going back to the salt mines mighty gnome overlord
At times, I swear he throws a couple in just to keep morale up!
@@SappeREffecT In the previous video he got so much wrong about Daring and Vampire II that I started to think this as well :D
@@wombat4191 yeah V2 has Cruiser Hydro, not short ranged Hydro... lol
Would he be Jingles otherwise though?
@@SappeREffecT he also stated that V2 is a Daring with HE, implying that Daring doesn't have HE :D
@@wombat4191 yeah I remember that, but also in one of them (there were two from memory) he said V2 had short range hydro... ah well
The North Carolina is very well preserved, I have got to visit it a few times seeing as I am a NC native. Definitely worth a visit
I live in NC and have been to the Uss North Carolina several times my coworker just went this weekend and seen it if only those walls could talk I bet we would hear some stories anyway love the content brother keep up the awesome work
always a very fine gameplay, respect; greetings from the old men from HollstoneTV
We took a vacation to NC when i was young, camping. drove for an hour to see this ship. Mom bought a BB 55 front plate (WV doesn't require a front license plate) and we saw an alligator swimming past the ship. Completely unrelated to the ship, there are some massive pine cones in NC.
Speaking of museum battleships, have been fortunate enough to visit the rather old USS Texas and the mighty Missouri. Its amazing how different those two ships are
Jingles you forgot about Greece, let me please remind you that Sir Winston Churchill said "heroes fight like the Greeks"!
You're in good company, I forgot about the Dutch, too.
@@The_MightyJingles Now you're just trying to get Strubwaffles again.
Jingles, the US doesn’t think WW2 started in 1940. We entered the war in 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor, but we are under no illusions that that was the start of the war as a whole.
You entered the war in December 1941 bro ur only a year too early.
But hollywood taught me that WWII started in 1941 and that only gruff blue-eyed soldiers with thousand yard stares were present in Normandy, with the occasional Canadian milling about.
ah he speaks on behalf of them he was alive then remember that 😂
WOOKY CLANS!!!!! LETS GO!!!!! Wooky12 here but still in the family.
I was actually able to visit this ship when I was in North Carolina. They even had open mounts for 40mm Bofors you could rotate and elevate.
As a native of North Carolina, I grew up walking that ship every summer. She has new coffer dams around her, a new deck, and a nice new paint job. There are many areas open to the public, and it's a nice ship to tour. I would however suggest that you come in the fall, winter, or spring. The summers can be a bit hot for folks not used to it. Much of the ship is equipped with air conditioning, but the heat just getting up the gangplank can be a bit oppressive for a someone not used to 35C plus with high humidity. Drop me a line, and you can bunk at my house. We can do the NC, the Wisconsin, and/or the Yorktown (CV-10), as all are driving distance by Yank standards. And less than hour drive from my house, a tank museum with 172 armored and artillery pieces,,, and yes,,, you can ride VIP. And I'm sure I can arrange some tour spots on the NC not generally open to the public as well, as long as you post content and give them a plug. Bring the Portuguese taste tester as well.
If there's one thing that WG did that made me happy, it's how well they treated the NC! Easily one of the best T8 tech tree ships in game!
I've also visited her at least three times, and she always took my breath away!
Ngl I wish that Yamato was preserved in a museum
Would be cool, but was never going to happen in 1945. If Yamato had ended the war afloat she most likely would have been moored near to Nagato when the Bomb went off.
As a north carolinian i beam with pride whenever jingles see this ship and calls her beautiful, she aint called showboat for nothing
Visited her several times. She's a beautiful old girl and I'm hoping to go again around July 4th. Always a great day spent in a museum ship. I live about the same amount of time from the North Carolina as I do Patriots Point, where Yorktown and Laffey are on display. It's been a couple years, but last I heard Clamagore was going to be sunk as a reef sometime this year.
Jingles you forgot to mention, that USS North Carolina was hit by torpedo fired by Takakazu Kinashi´s I-19. This torpedo salvo is considered one of the luckiest in history. It not just hit North Carolina, but sank carrier USS Wasp and destroyer USS O´Brien
I remember a certain Jingles quote: "Maths is hard."
At 15:11, that launch was in response to seeing Stealin's muzzle flashes. Better to launch a hail Mary than to just die.
ayyyy thats my mans
i saw the torpedo bommer pilot in parachute that whas funny
stealin did a nice peddling
My wife's grandmother lives just down the road from Wilmington, NC. The ship is on my list of places to visit, along with the Intrepid in New York, but alas, Covid happened. The USS New Jersey was fun, though! That's local to me and was a huge shock compared to the HMS Belfast, back in good old London.