Great video. We started the war with three aircraft carriers in the Pacific. We we ended the war with 67 aircraft carriers in the Pacific. Japan never knew what hit them.
Most of those were escort or light carriers, with demands on industry comparable to a large destroyer and medium-sized cruiser, respectively. Still quite impressive, but orders of magnitude less than what 67 fleet carriers would be.
Very well done. Of course the irony is that one of the most important battles of 1944 was fought with some of the 50 escort carriers built in just 2 years in the Kaiser yard in Vancouver, Washington.
I was going to mention the music as well. I was wondering if we were going to Morocco to charm snakes or go over to her pad and f each others brains out. I'm sorry, the background scenery, well, I can't tell what the picture is. My best guess is a sunken tank because it looks like it's covered tank tracks. And Bo Derek in the movie 10.
@@edwardhoppe4294 can you imagine the machine gun rate of production when it came to DD and DD-escorts? Even CA and CL would be remarkable. The US really did do its part to win win the war with steel.
@@Klemeqat one point we were pumping out 100 liberty transport ship per month, and speaking of machine guns/aa guns... yeah we got so much we were craming those on every ships that was being fitted or back to be refitted
In World War 2: The Soviet Union made 32 ships, Italy made 300 ships, Germany made 600 ships, Japan made 900 ships, Britain made 1,100 ships, and America made 87,500 ships.
In the USN during 1960s and Essex class carriers were common. Several were CVS - anti submarine carriers, a few were still attack carriers. I was a passenger on CVS-33 for 3 days. After riding destroyers, I never felt the ship move. I watched destroyers getting refueled. They were bouncing around, but never felt the Kearsarge move. I was also lost for 3 days. And now carriers are 3 times bigger by tonnage. Destroyers, too. The only nuclear carrier was the Big E CVA-65.
As impossible of a task as it is, seeing all of warships the us built at once, in this style of documentation, would be a sight to behold. Great video on its own though.
This is an absolutely spectacular, well-made video! I’m a Marine Corps veteran from decades ago, and have always been highly interested in U.S. naval history, particularly during the 20th century, and especially during World War II (I’ve visited a number of WW2 battlefields/areas over the years). This big-picture presentation of one small piece (hard to imagine it as “small”, but it was) of the colossal might of U.S. industrial power (which was mind-boggling) really illustrated the drive of the country as a whole. Thank you for putting this together. I imagine it was quite an effort to pull off. If you find the wherewithal to produce another one like this, perhaps something similar for U.S. submarines (though, that might be quite a lengthy video). Alternatively, a timeline of the island-hopping campaign overlaid on a map of the Indo/Sino/Pacific theater would be quite epic. Great music backdrop, by the way. I love Boléro, and that was superbly fitting. Subscribed.
Thank you! This project quickly became a monster with hundreds of animation sequences to order and rearrange. I don't think I will attempt the same format again but I am about to release the full timeline for the Essex class.
I've read so much about the Essex Class carriers but this was the first time I got to see the big picture. Very educational. Thank you. I have to admit that I was glad when it was over. The music loop was getting to me.
Well made documentation to see how these beauties came on line and how long they took to enter service. I would have liked to have seen Enterprise stay in the mix after her repairs in 1943 and to see the completion of the other Essex class carriers still under construction eventually come on line in the months following the end of WWII. There were going to be 36 Essex class carriers but only 26 were laid down and 24 completed and of course the 3 Midway class Carriers but then it might get too cluttered graphics. Also the name changes to some of the carriers as they were under construction. Good job.
Just found this video, I have liked and subcribed sir this is fantastic. I have long thought i would love to see a time line like video of production like this. All though you went above and beyond. As a 52 yr old american this made goose bumps stand up all over me and my heart filled with pride as I witnessed through your eyes and story telling the industrial and production engine of the United States ignite and reach a massive pace. TY so much great work
What a great presentation on US shipbuilding capacity in ww2, and this is just the Essex class carrier. A little error at the end USS Iwo Jima is CV-46. Great:)
Just think, we had two carriers in a fresh water lake dedicated to training pilots, and on top of that we had a freaking ship dedicated to making ice cream.
Wow this is great work, thank you so much for making it. This is very close to something I've been looking for for a long time but couldn't find properly-presented anywhere. If you added CVs 2-8 (if not going back to their construction, at least keep tracking them in the fleet panels) and the Japanese fleet carriers (similarly), it would be *exactly* what I've been looking for, and I'd imagine others too. That would really tell the story in a way even less-initiated watchers could appreciate. Also I bet if you added any narration to this at all, it might help this get closer to the views it deserves (I know that kept me from from hitting play for so long, though I kept bumping it up my Watch Later list). Have you tried reaching out to adjacent creators (eg Drach, Historigraph) for advice?
Thanks for your feedback. I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was labor-intensive as you can see but I'm glad I did it. It took many hours to get the info right and animate it and is one of those things that can mushroom very quickly. I want to do the same for post-war Essex class, hopefully at some point in the future. Regarding the voice-over, I considered it but there would have been a lot of "laid down, launched, commissioned, etc..." for such a numerous class.
@@TheWarshipologist I think even "laid down, launched, etc" would be worth it just for the youtube meta, but you could also talk about those name changes, mention contemporaneous war events, etc. I know, this essentially comes down to "bro just make a completely different video at 10x the effort" lol. Nevermind, just keep doing what you're doing. I'm glad I found your channel, and thank you again.
13:42 The ship along side the USS Princeton is the USS Birmingham, which was along side the Princeton when the Princeton exploded. My sainted father served on board the USS Birmingham during World War II and served on board the USS Valley Forge during the Korean War.
This is an amazing animation. I never quite realized how concentrated the first units ordered were. Subbed. Though I do have some ideas how to expand this format of video even further. Like making one about all the carriers of the us/japanese navy, battleships , the baltimore and cleveland class cruisers and more. Also, how is this type of animation made? I saw Histograph use similar animation style and I am wondering what program/technique is used here. I want to say Powerpoint animation, but I don't think so.
I used Keynote on the Mac. It took many hours to input each animation and in the correct order. Many more than I had anticipated and not something I would try again. Thanks for watching and subscribing.
Excellent video. I think it's important to note how many carriers (and other ship types) had already been authorized, ordered, and began construction before Pearl Harbor.
Now I need a video about the rest of the carriers in the US Fleet... All those name changes and CV numbers... Some names got reused... And a video on Navy Aviators with squadron numbers, planes used and combat losses... Only got Midway losses...
Reasonable person in January 1945: Hey, uhh, America. Don't you think you've got enough carriers now? US Navy and Congress: We. Need. MOAR. or US Navy: You kidding me? I haven't seen this much money...well...ever. It would be a terrible thing to NOT use it.
@@snake57This. These shipyards are on the East Coast, so naturally they do their sea trials and enter service in the Atlantic Fleet before moving on down to the Panama Canal and making their way to the Pacific.
If you go over to navsource you’ll see that the USS Valley Forge CV-45 was constructed in a dry dock at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, not a slipway. From what I can deduce from the pictures it looks like Dry Dock #5.
Thanks. Quite a few of them were built in dry docks. I haven't made a distinction. There's literally unlimited detail you can add to a video like this.
Lexington and Saratoga only counted as 33,000 tons each to WNT even though they were 36,000 ton standard. Not sure what trickery. Assignment to Atlantic Fleet was mostly post-commissioning shakedown and repairs Even after assignment to Pacific Fleet, another 2-3 months of training operations were conducted before going into battle. Japan was desperate and threw inadequately trained forces into battle. Of the 8 Essex's with Pacific Fleet during Philippine Sea, only 6 were with Task Force 58. I believe there were 6 in TF38 during Leyte Gulf, though 2 were off refueling even though 10 were in the Pacific.
Even if you could have built them faster, think of all the special skills the sailors had to learn to man the ships. And also the support ships that had to be built, airplanes, pilots and mechanics.
Hence why every commissioned carrier began their service in the Atlantic fleet. They train the crews in the Caribbean and off the coast while the pilots worked up while the hunt the inevitable gremlins. when they were ready, then they were transferred.
My Father was stationed on the USS Battan and as I understand it was unique in some way can any one fill me in on the details please, What Class of carrier
If only we could have shown this video to the Japanese High Command, I would have directed them to skip to Dec '43 to see what was coming. The war would have been over a lot sooner...
wehraboos always say "well if hitler did this", or: "Well if they just attacked here", not knowing that at most they'd delay the end by a few months at most. USSR had ridiculous amounts of manpower to throw at the problem, and the US + Allies had a ridiculous amount of production to throw at the problem. Germany couldn't outcompete either of these things, especially when the allied strategic bombing campaigns really picked up the pace and we saw the likes of Dresden get folded like a lawnchair. It was always a gonna end like this.
@@patrickradcliffe3837 yes and was transferred back to the Atlantic Fleet in May 1941 to conduct Neutrality Patrols. It was at Norfolk, VA on Dec 7 1941 and transited the Panama Canal on Dec 21, 1941.
Great video. We started the war with three aircraft carriers in the Pacific. We we ended the war with 67 aircraft carriers in the Pacific. Japan never knew what hit them.
And that was with most of the war making economy going to Germany. That in itself is incredible.
Literally churning out carriers and ships like a bakery making loaves of bread, absolutely mind breaking.
Most of those were escort or light carriers, with demands on industry comparable to a large destroyer and medium-sized cruiser, respectively. Still quite impressive, but orders of magnitude less than what 67 fleet carriers would be.
Cv-16, the Lexington was launched in 1942. She was finally decommissioned in 1991. It was one of the carriers I
I landed on.
Just....totally brilliant. Deserves thousands of view. The Essex class -- still the all-time king of fleet carriers.
Great animation of an extraordinary period of time. Unbelievable what they accomplished. Thank you!
Very well done. Of course the irony is that one of the most important battles of 1944 was fought with some of the 50 escort carriers built in just 2 years in the Kaiser yard in Vancouver, Washington.
The music made me dim the lights, put on my smoking jacket, chill the bubbly, and wait for Bo Derek to come over. 🤣
I was going to mention the music as well. I was wondering if we were going to Morocco to charm snakes or go over to her pad and f each others brains out. I'm sorry, the background scenery, well, I can't tell what the picture is. My best guess is a sunken tank because it looks like it's covered tank tracks. And Bo Derek in the movie 10.
Man, I had the same image in my head! I just wonder how many TH-camrs will actually get the reference 🤔
She's staying with me
Made me think of Thulsa Doom
@@coyotehater Only those who were young men when 10 came out.
Man, we were making carriers like other countries made cars. And not only in numbers, but also in both quality and quantity.
Plus the Iowa and s dakota class battleships, and Alaska class heavy cruisers.
@@edwardhoppe4294 can you imagine the machine gun rate of production when it came to DD and DD-escorts? Even CA and CL would be remarkable.
The US really did do its part to win win the war with steel.
We had one ship builder turning out one DD a week. America's industrial might was second to none.
@@Klemeqat one point we were pumping out 100 liberty transport ship per month, and speaking of machine guns/aa guns... yeah we got so much we were craming those on every ships that was being fitted or back to be refitted
In World War 2: The Soviet Union made 32 ships, Italy made 300 ships, Germany made 600 ships, Japan made 900 ships, Britain made 1,100 ships, and America made 87,500 ships.
Very clever. Nicely organized, esp. by shipyard and the renaming that occurred.
CV-16, Lexington, finally decommissioned in 1991 !! Launched in 1942. She was one of the carriers I landed on.
Well researched and well put together. Thank you for doing this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
In the USN during 1960s and Essex class carriers were common. Several were CVS - anti submarine carriers, a few were still attack carriers. I was a passenger on CVS-33 for 3 days. After riding destroyers, I never felt the ship move. I watched destroyers getting refueled. They were bouncing around, but never felt the Kearsarge move. I was also lost for 3 days. And now carriers are 3 times bigger by tonnage. Destroyers, too. The only nuclear carrier was the Big E CVA-65.
This really gave me new insights on how important aircraft carriers were in WW2.
As impossible of a task as it is, seeing all of warships the us built at once, in this style of documentation, would be a sight to behold.
Great video on its own though.
This is an absolutely spectacular, well-made video! I’m a Marine Corps veteran from decades ago, and have always been highly interested in U.S. naval history, particularly during the 20th century, and especially during World War II (I’ve visited a number of WW2 battlefields/areas over the years). This big-picture presentation of one small piece (hard to imagine it as “small”, but it was) of the colossal might of U.S. industrial power (which was mind-boggling) really illustrated the drive of the country as a whole.
Thank you for putting this together. I imagine it was quite an effort to pull off. If you find the wherewithal to produce another one like this, perhaps something similar for U.S. submarines (though, that might be quite a lengthy video). Alternatively, a timeline of the island-hopping campaign overlaid on a map of the Indo/Sino/Pacific theater would be quite epic.
Great music backdrop, by the way. I love Boléro, and that was superbly fitting. Subscribed.
Thank you! This project quickly became a monster with hundreds of animation sequences to order and rearrange. I don't think I will attempt the same format again but I am about to release the full timeline for the Essex class.
@@TheWarshipologist Looking forward to it!
you should do this with the liberty ship and casablanca class escort carrier also. love this.
I had to keep in mind that there were two other fleet carriers in the Pacific as well, Enterprise and Saratoga.
A top 5 video of mine. I reference it all the time
Great vid. Can you continue through the end of life for all Essex carriers?
I've read so much about the Essex Class carriers but this was the first time I got to see the big picture. Very educational. Thank you. I have to admit that I was glad when it was over. The music loop was getting to me.
Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V...........
Kido Butai cries as it sinks
That loop is not a loop. Obviously, the Ravel Bolero. Kinda famous...
Well made documentation to see how these beauties came on line and how long they took to enter service. I would have liked to have seen Enterprise stay in the mix after her repairs in 1943 and to see the completion of the other Essex class carriers still under construction eventually come on line in the months following the end of WWII. There were going to be 36 Essex class carriers but only 26 were laid down and 24 completed and of course the 3 Midway class Carriers but then it might get too cluttered graphics. Also the name changes to some of the carriers as they were under construction. Good job.
Great tineline showing some of the design plans, number of dockyards, laying down to commissioning
Incredible time line for each Essex each step of the way.
Just found this video, I have liked and subcribed sir this is fantastic. I have long thought i would love to see a time line like video of production like this. All though you went above and beyond. As a 52 yr old american this made goose bumps stand up all over me and my heart filled with pride as I witnessed through your eyes and story telling the industrial and production engine of the United States ignite and reach a massive pace. TY so much great work
Thanks for your comment. I'd glad you enjoyed it.
Great video, but this only shows the new Essex class Carriers, not the ones like Enterprise which were repaired and return to the fight.
The clue is in the title of the video.
You damaged two? Ok, there's 9 more being built, 1 more in the Atlantic, and 14 more already in the Pacific
An excellent presentation, thanks
This was an amazing way to show the ww2 history of the Essexs. Well done!
Thank you.
What a great presentation on US shipbuilding capacity in ww2, and this is just the Essex class carrier.
A little error at the end USS Iwo Jima is CV-46.
Great:)
Thank you. There are a few annoying errors in there. The project itself became a monster by the end and very complicated to make alterations.
EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT.....Great sequence: Dockyards, Fittings and Atlantic / Pacific deployment. Thanks. Greetings from Mexico City.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Concise. Well done.
Thank you!
You know you're. ****ed when your enemy starts spam building aircraft carriers.
Just think, we had two carriers in a fresh water lake dedicated to training pilots, and on top of that we had a freaking ship dedicated to making ice cream.
Two carriers *with fucking paddle wheels*
Terrific video!
Amazing video. Channel subscribed in an heartbeat!!!!
Thanks a lot.
Wow this is great work, thank you so much for making it.
This is very close to something I've been looking for for a long time but couldn't find properly-presented anywhere. If you added CVs 2-8 (if not going back to their construction, at least keep tracking them in the fleet panels) and the Japanese fleet carriers (similarly), it would be *exactly* what I've been looking for, and I'd imagine others too. That would really tell the story in a way even less-initiated watchers could appreciate.
Also I bet if you added any narration to this at all, it might help this get closer to the views it deserves (I know that kept me from from hitting play for so long, though I kept bumping it up my Watch Later list).
Have you tried reaching out to adjacent creators (eg Drach, Historigraph) for advice?
Thanks for your feedback. I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was labor-intensive as you can see but I'm glad I did it. It took many hours to get the info right and animate it and is one of those things that can mushroom very quickly. I want to do the same for post-war Essex class, hopefully at some point in the future. Regarding the voice-over, I considered it but there would have been a lot of "laid down, launched, commissioned, etc..." for such a numerous class.
@@TheWarshipologist I think even "laid down, launched, etc" would be worth it just for the youtube meta, but you could also talk about those name changes, mention contemporaneous war events, etc.
I know, this essentially comes down to "bro just make a completely different video at 10x the effort" lol. Nevermind, just keep doing what you're doing. I'm glad I found your channel, and thank you again.
Excellent presentation!
13:42 The ship along side the USS Princeton is the USS Birmingham, which was along side the Princeton when the Princeton exploded. My sainted father served on board the USS Birmingham during World War II and served on board the USS Valley Forge during the Korean War.
Well Done!
Great video. Well presented.
Glad you liked it!
This is an amazing animation. I never quite realized how concentrated the first units ordered were. Subbed.
Though I do have some ideas how to expand this format of video even further. Like making one about all the carriers of the us/japanese navy, battleships , the baltimore and cleveland class cruisers and more.
Also, how is this type of animation made? I saw Histograph use similar animation style and I am wondering what program/technique is used here. I want to say Powerpoint animation, but I don't think so.
I used Keynote on the Mac. It took many hours to input each animation and in the correct order. Many more than I had anticipated and not something I would try again. Thanks for watching and subscribing.
Excellent video. I think it's important to note how many carriers (and other ship types) had already been authorized, ordered, and began construction before Pearl Harbor.
We Had More Essex Class Carriers Than Any Other In US Navy History! ⚓
What a great video
Septempber - it was extra hot September of 1941!
Excellent.
Many thanks!
Great work on researching and producing this... thank you! How did the Japanese think they ever stood a chance?
Thank you.
Now I need a video about the rest of the carriers in the US Fleet... All those name changes and CV numbers... Some names got reused...
And a video on Navy Aviators with squadron numbers, planes used and combat losses... Only got Midway losses...
What do you do for an encore? Replay this video many times!
My father served on the U.S S Kersarge cv 33 back before the korean war. He got out right before the war started.
Reasonable person in January 1945: Hey, uhh, America. Don't you think you've got enough carriers now?
US Navy and Congress: We. Need. MOAR.
or
US Navy: You kidding me? I haven't seen this much money...well...ever. It would be a terrible thing to NOT use it.
If I was in the Navy I would be furious to have an Essex class carrier in the Atlantic in June 1943
Probably sea trials
@@snake57This. These shipyards are on the East Coast, so naturally they do their sea trials and enter service in the Atlantic Fleet before moving on down to the Panama Canal and making their way to the Pacific.
The routine back then was shakedown in Trinidad, then transfer to the Pacific to join the Fleet.
If you go over to navsource you’ll see that the USS Valley Forge CV-45 was constructed in a dry dock at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, not a slipway. From what I can deduce from the pictures it looks like Dry Dock #5.
Thanks. Quite a few of them were built in dry docks. I haven't made a distinction. There's literally unlimited detail you can add to a video like this.
CVL과 CVE의 영상도 있으면 좋겠네요...
Lexington and Saratoga only counted as 33,000 tons each to WNT even though they were 36,000 ton standard. Not sure what trickery.
Assignment to Atlantic Fleet was mostly post-commissioning shakedown and repairs
Even after assignment to Pacific Fleet, another 2-3 months of training operations were conducted before going into battle. Japan was desperate and threw inadequately trained forces into battle.
Of the 8 Essex's with Pacific Fleet during Philippine Sea, only 6 were with Task Force 58.
I believe there were 6 in TF38 during Leyte Gulf, though 2 were off refueling even though 10 were in the Pacific.
Even if you could have built them faster, think of all the special skills the sailors had to learn to man the ships. And also the support ships that had to be built, airplanes, pilots and mechanics.
Hence why every commissioned carrier began their service in the Atlantic fleet. They train the crews in the Caribbean and off the coast while the pilots worked up while the hunt the inevitable gremlins. when they were ready, then they were transferred.
Now, let's see what CHY-nuh is doing.
Iwo Jima and Valley Forge both CV 45?
That's a whole lotta "fuck you" in that Ulithi pic...
Iwo Jima has a wrong Number
My Father was stationed on the USS Battan and as I understand it was unique in some way can any one fill me in on the details please, What Class of carrier
If only we could have shown this video to the Japanese High Command, I would have directed them to skip to Dec '43 to see what was coming. The war would have been over a lot sooner...
You have 2 CV-45's in the buildout. USS IWO JIMA is CV-46.
Holy smokes. Well spotted! Did you spot the error with Indiana?
@@TheWarshipologist no, missed that.
What is the name of the music playing in this video?
Bolero by Ravel
@@TheWarshipologist
Thanks!
Appropriate selection of music.
Just like the Germans the Japanese never had a chance.
wehraboos always say "well if hitler did this", or: "Well if they just attacked here", not knowing that at most they'd delay the end by a few months at most.
USSR had ridiculous amounts of manpower to throw at the problem, and the US + Allies had a ridiculous amount of production to throw at the problem.
Germany couldn't outcompete either of these things, especially when the allied strategic bombing campaigns really picked up the pace and we saw the likes of Dresden get folded like a lawnchair.
It was always a gonna end like this.
3:20 missing Yorktown
Yorktown (CV-6) was based in the Atlantic at the time of the Pearl Harbor air raid.
@TheWarshipologist no it wasn't it had shifted to the Pacific on 20 April 1939
@@patrickradcliffe3837 yes and was transferred back to the Atlantic Fleet in May 1941 to conduct Neutrality Patrols. It was at Norfolk, VA on Dec 7 1941 and transited the Panama Canal on Dec 21, 1941.
Balero?