FLETCHER CLASS DESTROYER BRIEF - NO. 66
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ม.ค. 2025
- The Fletchers. A mass class of 2 funnel, Flush deck, 5 gunned destroyers that can scare even the biggest of battleships away from Islands.
Sources:
Janes fighting ships of World War II - ISBN 1-85170-194-X
United states navy destroyers of World War II - IBSN 0-7137-1026-8
Anatomy of the ship - USS The Sullivan's - IBSN 0-85177-476-8
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Q&A Thread for Clear Lower Deck
Served aboard the Gregory DD802 and the Mullany DD528 in the early 60's as a Sonarman. Eventually SOG2. Gregory (eventually scrapped as a result) was in a collision with McDermut DD677 during ASW ops off of San Diego in 1963 when I transferred to Mullany to finish out my 4 years during the '63- '64 WESPAC cruise. Fond memories. Those were real hard core fighting ships. They would really take a pounding in heavy seas. Lots of Plane Guard duty chasing carriers. There were still WWII sailors aboard then to show us youngsters the Navy way. Liberty was a blast overseas.
Thanks for the update my father was on the uss cotton dd669 has radar technician from1943 to 1946
My father was on USS Hall fire control w/ Seven battle stars This was a great video.
Sou do Brasil e servi no depto de máquinas do CT Paraná, D29, ex- USS Cushing. Um abraço a todos.
We served in nam USS Taylor DD 468 67-68,decommision 1969 Adelson RM
Uss Taylor DD 468 two tours Viet Nam 1967-1968- Decommisiond 1969 ,Adelson RMSN
Rip USS Johnston. The destroyer who fought like a battleship.
I read recently “The tin can sailers” primarily about the Samuel B Roberts but a lot of Johnston action 👍. Awesome book.
Yeah she did!
The fletchers my favourite class destroyer of ww2
My father was a signalman on the USS Howorth DD594.
The 5 inch mounts we're labeled 51, 52, 53, 54, 55. My father was a plank owner on the USS kidd, DD 661. My father was a Fire Control man, in the director above the bridge, he sat in the center position, with the Gunnery officer to his left.
Thank you James for this fantastic video ! keep up the amazing work we love what you are doing !
My pleasure! Thank you
That was very entertaining. Of course, I do realize that the Fletchers hold the record of being the most mass-produced vessels in USN history at 175. It's a case of a design rising to a unique challenge in history plus the ability of our country to produce them. When you think of them, you always need to think of the men who crewed them too. Time itself can never forget them and what they did for our nation. They were our countries greatest generation!
My 1st Ship was USS Radford DD-446, Homeport Pearl Harbor. Signalman SM2 L. Garcia USN.
Informative video. Thanks for the details.
Served on USS Marshall DD676 1954 to 1957. Great duty! Ron W.
No doubt the best destroyer until the 1950's. Certainly the best DD of WWII.
I was on the uss shields dd 596 for about 6 to 8 months because it was going to become a training ship so I transferred to the uss Samuel n Moore dd 747 in 64
Great information......it was my dads ship in ww2
DD590 uss Paul Hamilton and dd591uss twigs can you please 🙏 tell and show me pictures 📷 of these 2 ships 🚢 and their crew?
At minute 11:15 my Dad's ship is mentioned, the DD-665. I sounded like "from the Tulsa Naval Yard". I know my Dad set out of Charleston, so quite the surprise to hear this word that sounds like "Tulsa"? Anyone know where this is?
if you turn on CC it shows he actually meant to say "Charleston navy yard". witch is where USS Bryant was build.
My father served on the USS Irwin DD794 during the Korean war
That was a lot of ships names being read out.
Thanks for the Video. I noticed that the spoken part of the outro is a littlebit louder than the rest which is good. Maybe you can use it as a guidence for recording.
that's a large piece of history
I went to the "Briefing LIst" link above and notice some of your output which I had missed in the past and wondered if you could make these enties links to the relevent article in the future? Just idleness on my part, sorry.
how do you mean mate?
@@TheShipYard2 In the same way which you have highlighted the link to the "Briefing List" where you put the Episode in that sort of Calendar make it a link to that episode. I have no idea if it is possible to do that so also no idea how to do it. That's all, not important, just saves needing to go to the TH-cam site and search for the episode. It would have been useful to me for instance if that had been the case with some of your past output.
Like I said not important.
ill have a look and see what i can do, might be able to do it.
The USS Hoel was also lost in the Battle of Samar.
Some of my favorite content creators weigh in on Fletcher class claiming it was the best of the wartime DD classes. I disagree. Sumners were a quantum leap in DD design, being better at nearly every role, mounting a sixth gun at close to the same weight and an AA armament which on some ships totaled 16x 40mm M1/M2 autocannon. The Sumner class introduced the "692 Class Steam Plant", which raised pressure and, thus, power density, per unit of weight.
Further, the 692 "high pressure" system was only 600psi-half of the pressure on the Knox class frigate I served on. The later high pressure plants used in the USN were spinoff of the German wartime experiments with Hipper class cruisers. German systems were innovative, but buggy as hell. The Knox class plants were trouble free, though the obligatory broomstick became an absolute must for investigating possible leaks. 1200lb, 950 degree, steam is all but invisible as it leaves a pipe through a leak.
My personal opinion is that the fletcher was yes very good because of the mass of hull numbers, but i feel like defiantly in the weapons department and the "Longevity" of the hull in terms of refits is better then the Fletcher.
Well excuse the Narrator all to Hell. You must be a geek trying for perfection. It's the MEN who manned these Ships that made them great. I was a "Tin Can Sailor"..
Chicago Typewriter.
They could throw 100 RPM.
Jeez, you were doing so well until you started reading out the names of all the ships. Why? I'm going to bail cos I have no idea when it is going to stop.
A bit confusing in places due to using metric measurements for US ships, shortening ships names to only the last name of the person they honored and most of all, using the British designations for positions of turrets. When doing episodes on US ships, it would be helpful if you used US terminology and US measurements. On an aside, these videos seem to be recorded at a very low volume. Typically, I can hear just fine at 20% to 25% volume on my settings for most TH-cam presenters, but I have to crank up to 40% and, at times, 50% for your videos. When I watched the joint video you did with Drach..., I could hear him just fine, but couldn't hear you at all. When I corrected to hear you, Drach's parts could be heard by the neighbors.
I would like to address some aspects of your comments. I use Meters for dimensions due to it being an easier way to understand for people, not just from the UK or USA and as all the rest of the videos are set to M, thats what i tend to do. If you check the source for the list of vessels, i used that and cross referenced it with the book - Janes fighting ships of WWII, which to be fair, the book did miss a couple of ships like Johnston. The turret arrangement was the "anatomy of the ship - USS The Sullivan's" and another source I cant remember i believe, due to the the three ships with a catapult, it mentioned the removal of Q turret, so i took it as A,B,Q,X,Y, however for future, what are the American terms for "gun placement"
Audio is always a problem i find. When i record a video, when i listen back to it i am always self conscious that you can hear me breathing and the movement of my mouth in the Mic. I use a BLUE YETI mic and it states that the gain needs to be as low as possible do remove as much back ground clutter but idk why but i thought that maybe if you can not hear it due to the slightly low audio quality, it would be fine, but let me know, i can turn it up more then i do or try something else.
But thanks for your comment. I hope this helps
@@TheShipYard2 The US system, if I remember what Drach has said, is simple numbering from prow to stern. A ship with four turrets, 2 forward and 2 aft, would have turrets 1 and 2 forward and turrets 3 and 4 aft. I think port and starboard secondary armament uses 2 digit numbers with odd numbers on one side and even on the other.
Thanx for video. I think that naming of all produced ships was unnecessary... 🙂
You forgot one.
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