The Wolfpack that Obliterated a Japanese Fleet in Less than 30 Minutes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2022
- The lookouts saw nothing. The radar spotted nothing. And the skipper aboard the USS Parche submarine was desperate and restless to find the elusive Japanese convoy in the South China Sea.
The commanding officer hopped back and forth between the radar screen in the conning and plot tables in the control room until they finally found it.
Commander Lawson "Red" Ramage then cleared the bridge and steamed directly into the enemy formation up on the surface while maneuvering between the ships. In the words of author Clay Drewry Blair Jr.: (QUOTE) "With consummate seamanship and coolness under fire, Ramage dodged and twisted."
The commander then opened fire, and the enemy answered with deck guns and even tried to ram the sneaky submarine. But Ramage was determined to cause as much damage as possible, and the torpedo shooting that night was unlike anything the Japanese had experienced before…
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I got to meet ADM Ramage in 1999, what a hero. Those skippers had complete knowledge of their boats and how to employ them. I read his Medal of Honor citation to my crew many times at dolphin pinning ceremonies on the boat. RIP Admiral Ramage.
You must mean 1989 or early 1990. The Vice Admiral died in 1990.
@@eddiehaskell1957 Things that make you go...ummm...
@@eddiehaskell1957 Maybe used a ouija board ?
There is no such thing as a hero. Stop idolizing men
@@deusvult6920 Loser
The captain of the Parche should be a case study for all naval officers to emulate in his unselfish actions and embodiment of what a role model officer looks like imo.
Whoah whoah whoah..
You lost me at, "study."
He means his actions
Making us gingers look good.
I couldn’t say it better myself
It is
Source: I'm a naval officer
What a Commander, cool under fire, with an extraordinary crew. His award, well received, shared with his crew, shows his respect for his crew.
Not a glory hog. Not a selfish careerist. A leader and a warrior who gave his crew all the credit. Where are leaders like this now?
If referring to the military, those stories may never be told unless done in open combat. Keep in mind, many of these stories were not known until at least 50 yrs later when declassified.
They've been purged by the admistration because they don't agree with CRT and other beliefs of the liberal adminstration.
VERY FEW NOW
Nearly extinct saddly
Well since there is no war time for the U.S. and the military wants to recruit people with 2 moms there is no reason for real men and women to join.
The Greatest Generation. Hands down. My grandfather served in WWI(France), my father in WWII(South Pacific), my oldest brother in Vietnam & Desert Storm, my oldest stepson served 5 tours in Middle East. ALL AMERICAN HEROES.
Nothing on the level as the brave submariners described here but damn, these crews had great leaders that took the battle to their enemies. Profiles in courage.
Again, the Greatest Generation.
Great story... it is rewarding when an officer realizes "his " success is often a group effort.
it should be common, but alas it is not.
Unlike Patton and Montgomery ...
Most MoH recipients tend to regard the award as one earned by others, but carried by them in their name. In the case of a boat's crew, IMO, even more so. Still, kudos to Ramsge for the gesture of the certificates.
Different time. We had an identifiable enemy. Now? not so much.
Well done Commander Ramage. Too many officers as well as civilian managers seem to forget that without the crews they lead, they wouldn't accomplish anything.
Especially corporate America
Wow! Thanks for this. My father was a torpedo man during this battle. I have the news article, but this gives much more detail.
I'm a submariner and Ramage's Rampage is a deep part of our culture and mythos
"Myths," or "Mythos?"
How do you know ?
Worth noting that Parche's (SS-384) named lived on as the USS Parche (SSN-683), that boat had one of the most interesting careers of any ship to ever sail in the USN.
Including USS Enterprise CV-6
@@nursestoyland had an uncle who served on Big E. He was something else.
We don't talk about the Parche....
@@revejmal Especially how weird it looked...
@@Uncle_Neil Which one? CV-6 or the nuclear powered Enterprise post WW2?
My grandfather was aboard the USS Parche when all that happened and that was his first war patrol after getting out of training. He was on the deck of the submarine when Ramage ordered everyone below deck. My grandfather said that they came so close to the Japanese ships that they could see the colors of their eyes. Just an incredible battle. There was also a book written about the USS Parche.
I heard that the Japanese were cursing the sailors on the submarine.
@@picklerix6162 I heard that too!!! While my grandfather was on deck before the order to go below, he could hear rounds of ammo whizzing by him as he took cover by the periscope.
What a Captain who recognized that it was team work that got the results .
The submariners of WWII had nerves of steel.
all submariners do
In WWII, if you made a torpedo attack, you knew that you were likely to get the *bleep* depth-charged out of you. The subs could only make about 8 nots underwater. The destroyers 25+.
Many MOH recipients (that lived to tell about it) have said, "they wear it for the men who cannot." Hershel "Woody" Williams whose riflemen were killed protecting him is one of them.
That's beautiful! Literally hundreds of thousands unsung heroes in that war! I worked nightclubs and strip clubs doing security most of my adult life. Some of the worst battles I've ever been in are people bashing the military. I bet you I have thrown thousands of people out and got them arrested because they were messing with our military boys and girls for no reason! Most of the military I ran into were very polite respectful and made me proud to be an American! There are always exceptions but that wasn't because they were military! I truly don't understand how people can bash the people that risk their lives so we can be free and enjoy life the way we do. It makes me so angry that I can't handle it sometimes. Because of health reasons I could never go into the military but I would support them in any way I can and I have bought a lot of drinks to guys just because they were military and it's never done anything but turn out to be a smart and cool thing to do. They had my back to say the least when I was kicking people out especially when those people were bashing them!! Downtown Honolulu is the worst I ever saw about 60 people after 20 military boys and the 60 people lost and got arrested I made sure of it as best I could LOL!! God bless all of them cuz I know there's a lot more of them that need medals of Honor they don't have them!! I can't imagine being those guys in Vietnam and then coming back and having people spit at them! I honestly probably would have beat the hell out of people or shock them if I was there. I don't know how those people took that and didn't just lose their minds!! God bless the military that gives us the ability to say what we want and take a breath every morning of free air. I for one am grateful to all of them!!! Especially those known as the greatest generation because in my mind they truly were!
Desmond Doss, the heroic medic who would not carry a gun, readily admitted his own life was often saved by those who did.
@@patrickmiano7901 Indeed.
This channel is so well researched and presented, always gripping - compulsive viewing.
Commander Ramage had a classical surname... his namesake was an equally engaging and derring-do type officer, albeit fictional, in the British Royal Navy in circa 1800 or thereabouts. Thanks for sharing - really interesting story... 👍🙂
Gotten addicted to your videos. I am history buff, I'd spend hours when I was young in the library scouring every book, news article, magazine and old vids just enjoying my time reading history. Your videos are so well done. Accurate, narrative is great and I can only say thank you for bringing back a piece of my youth. Brilliant as tge Brits would say!🤗
Well researched and a pleasure to watch. Thanks so much!
I love that Ramage did that for his crew. He knew that he needed everyone and everything to work.
See Lucky Flucky of the USS Barb
Always a pleasure watching these mini- documentaries man!
The tragedy of the USN sub service in WW II is that the MK 14 torpedo did not function as designed and the Admiral who oversaw the design of the MK 14 relieved subordinates who complained about the MK 14. The failures of the MK 14 torpedo caused deaths of many sailors.
Absolutely. I think the MK-14, like the Battle of Kasserine Pass, served as excellent examples of hos NOT to do things. The MK-14 deficiencies took way too long to fix, but I think they did get that straightened out by 1944, didn't they?
Yep. The British had a good torpedo we could have copied. But the situation went on way too long. Meanwhile, the Japanese had the excellent Long Lance torpedo.
Loved the video @Dark Seas! Can't wait for the next video man! I've been Looking to do some Custom Stat Cards for various Submarines in "Axis & Allies: War at Sea" especially for the U.S. Navy Gato-class Submarines and I think USS Parche, along with USS Darter, USS Dace and the German Type IX C U-Boats U-96 and Maybe U-81 might have to make their way into the community. As for Ramage acknowledging that His Crew also Deserved the Credit, This is what a True and Proper Commander looks like.
soon as I heard the name I knew this was a video of the rampage, had heard the story before, was amazed by it then just as I am now, cool vid as usual and looking forward to the next
Thank you for making this video.
Dark Seas has quickly become one of my favorite YT channels.
Thank you very much for the content you and your team produces. We'll done.
This captian is a gr8 leader of men, and this is a lesson we can all learn from. I often get accommodations from my work and insist my men get it also. This is how to lead !!! Unfortunately some generations don't understand what it is to hold up the people who got you there. Thank you, and God Bless 🙏.
Every generation creates it's own leaders. This has been the way since time immemorial. No generation is greater than the one before or afterwards.
@@louisavondart9178 Sorry, I have to disagree. Some generations are quite above others. That's why we call the WWII folks "The Greatest Generation".
Parche’s surface actions are possibly even more thrilling as they used deck guns to sink trawlers and luggers too small for torpedoes. See the recent book by Stephen Moore.
J.M. ...............giving every thing they had .........Skipper and Crew ........Salute !!!!!!!!
Legit question how do you actually do this much amazing content so quickly?
Google, military action reports, and memoirs of the soldiers that took part in the action. This is a convoy of merchant ships with military escorts. It’s not a fleet. Fleets are warships. Like an aircraft carrier, battleships, cruisers, and destroys. In a battle group. Fleet units are completely different from merchant ships. The title should be Wolfpack destroys a CONVOY, not a FLEET. Most of the time his information isn’t always accurate. He states only 2 submariners were given the Medal of Honor. That’s not true. SEVEN received the Medal of Honor, and not all of them were issued posthumously.
Recent book by Stephen Moore now in library
The next USS Parche (SSN 683) deserves an episode. As the most decorated ship since WW2
But they cant tell most of those stories. "On Parche was sailing near . Its mission was simple, to . Captain brought his boat to and processed to . When they got back to port the whole crew were awarded the presidential unit citation... again.
Cool story. I had not heard it. Thank you!
ADM Ramage and Crew were true fearless American Patriots, The writing, narration and file footage research on this site is top notch.
Thank you for pronouncing the name properly.
STS2 (SS) USS Parche - 1980s vintage
I read about this battle before. Still, a nice narration well worth hearing
Wow! Great video about an amazing crew!
Such fun!! I have never heard of a sub commander behaving in such a manner! What a guy.
Bob
England
Excellent, especially the unofficial sharing of the medal of honor award.
good stuff as always
Thank you ❤
Great video!
Not only do I enjoy your videos. Personally, I think the narrator has the perfect voice for these videos. IMO
Absolutely amazing.
Medal of Honor, two Navy Crosses, Silver Star and Bronze Star. Quite a rack.
That was an amazing example of leadership, Semper Fortis shipmates 😊
I am living in the Philippines and always enjoy the tales of battles in the seas near here.
Leyte gulf ?
Awesome 👌
Class act sharing the credit with his crew. The kind of officer men will go the "extra mile" for.
Ramage did not attack a fleet, he attacked a convoy, which he did beautifully.
Good stuff
I was enthralled w “run silent, run, deep” as a teen
Fascinating
Now that's a Pirate Captain
That sonar system is the BQR-2 passive and BQS-4. Same system we had in 77-78.
you know I'm going to LOVE any submarine content, and so will my husband! I said "You must have a few stories of your own!" and he started laughing. One story I can share, my neighbor's husband served on a boat that went to South America area, and something went wrong....so they had to come home with the hatches open as much as possible. When he arrived home with his sea bag, I saw him take it in the house, and she then a minute later put it out the front door! Navy housing was kind of interesting.
Are you saying they all shit in their clothes?
@@bloodybones63 haha, no but their clothing was NOT WASHED, and the temperature was so high on the sub running on the surface (which newer ones are not made to do) that the inside was super hot. They could only have people in the engine room for 15 minutes at a time. SWEAT and not cleaned clothing....
Thanks for saying Parche's name right, so many pronounce it parch. Trust me the boat is not dehydrated.
Here's a title for a possible USS Barb story: Never lost a Single Man
None was even injured. No Purple Heart for the crew of the Barb.
Thunder Below is an excellent read. Incomplete audio version available on youtube.
@@frankandree62 I second that, a very good book.
Imperial Japanese navy: *gets decimated all over the pacific* also Japan: “we still won’t surrender the war is going fine”
someone else who doesn't understand the meaning of the word " decimated ".
@@louisavondart9178 I think when your navy doesn’t exist anymore it was decimated… some one else who thought he was smart until he found out the meaning of the word. Is as simple as a Google search
@@louisavondart9178 yes
@@louisavondart9178 historically decimated meant something different but the modern definition is
kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of:
"the project would decimate the fragile wetland wilderness" · [more]
synonyms:
get rid of · eliminate · [more]
drastically reduce the strength or effectiveness of (something):
"plant viruses that can decimate yields"
Good man
At least in the Pacific sub war, the only reason we caught hell in the beginning is the Mark 14 was a piece of crap and BuOrd and the Navy didn't want to admit "they done f-ed up". Once we finally solved our torp problem we kicked arse and took names.
A true Commander. Always Mission, Men.
All they had to do was get a Mark14 torpedo that actually worked! Imagine how many more MoH nominations there would have been earlier in the war.
Please do a video about Laffy( Benson class destroyer)
How he accepted the award proves he was a true submairaner.
Cool story I had not heard before.
Wow, LIKED, SUBSCRIBED, & DING!!! My dad would have followed your every move.
Ah, the famous Ramage Rampage! That guy was something else.
"...I got mad."
- RADM Lawson Ramage.
Nice gesture by the cap
Skipper was, quote, "in his element, just calmly picking targets."
I like the idea of having scaring the award with a certificate to each sailor.
Awesome
My Favorite WWII Sub Movie is "Run Silent, Run Deep" Got the DVD.
wow loading tubes on the surface
Admiral O'Kane, of USS Tang, had two attacks in his 5th patrol in which he sank 5 ships.
Yes, but he was an independent loner whom other submariner commanders hated, so you won't find many clips about his exploits.
Unforturnately the USS Tang was sunk by her own torpedo, a Mark 18, which a major design flaw with the detenator caused the deaths of many US Submariners.
@@crankychris2 i think the mk 14s had the detonator problems
@@crankychris2...the mark 18 shared the proclivity of circular runs with the mark 14. And, yes, the dentonators were flawed, but that wasn't their Only issue
I have Clay Blair, Jr's book, "Silent Victory." I've even read it. I need to go back and see if there is anything there on Fred Tausche.
I want to hear an axis version if they ever had any.
Is that clip of the sub in shallow water from a film? You use it often in sub episodes (which is fine by me - repeating clips works great if they're not repeated too often) and it looks like the sub is navigating over beach sand, e.g.
9:58...
I'm not sure, I just know its definitely footage taken from a motion picture.
I'm crying right now
Absolute heroes 👏
"...and himself, a redhead" LOL that´s some A grade humor there.
Nice to hear Captains have that, most of the time they are so concerned with discipline they are hard to approach.
Redheaded sub skippers seemed to be the best of the best. Fluckey in his company.
The US submarine force traces its roots to WWII, and Red Ramage is one of the ones we reference the most!!!
Parche- the definition of good leadership.
No "I" in team but a couple in "WINNING."
With a name like Ramage, need to go on a Rampage at least once
Never been in the military but I have a soft spot and admiration for the Gato class submarines.The US Navy didn't build that many but in the right hands were deadly. Imagine if they had hundreds of them at the start of the war they wouldn't need anything else.
Maybe decent torpedoes might help. US submariners were attacking and hitting ships early after the start of hostilities, but dud torpedoes were a major impediment for far too long.
Eugene Fluckey, Commander of the USS Barb sub, WW2, won the medal of honor also.
And would reward the crew with a cold beer after every successful attack run.
Was this attack after they had modified the torpedoes to work correctly?
They sure like footage loops
Great telling. We need to admire and study real men.
I knew an Electricans Mate First Class on this Boat. EM 1 Joe Ray Howell. Of Siver City N.M. He never talked about the war except for being at Pearl Harbor on Dec 7 1941.
Is Adm. Ramish the Aviator related to the Submarinar Ramish?
Wasn’t this action known as “Ramage’s Rampage “ .
Correct sir
Did you not watch the video? He says those very words.
Why not a single sub or PT boat was watching the San Bernardino Strait while the Leyte landings were in progress? Still puzzles me to this day.
Tracking their targets on surface was unique and risky their biggest threats were from aircraft, they retained all lookouts but what they also did was to extend their periscopes all the way up much much higher than the highest lookout to observe the ships they were paralleling. These periscope heads presented an almost invisible target to the Japanese look outs as the rest of the sub was below the curvature of the earth essentially they could see without being seen . Using their surface speed they were often able to sneak ahead of them then dive and wait for them to sail in front of their torpedos
Don't tell flat earthers that lol 😆 😂
End around is the term used
Dang 'at was good!
Why do you alternate calling torpedoes "charges" and "mines"?
Sorry for the dumb question but the term Wolfpack for submarine groups is universally applied? I had always associated it with the German subs.
Yes the term Wolfpack was coined for the U-Boats in the Atlantic , but the americans also used it in their battles in the Pacific.
Ironic that the US Navy adopted German Admiral Doernitzs' U-boat wolfpack tactics (that proved successful) in the Pacific.
Replace Ironic with Intelligent.
Damn that redhead
Target rich environment
You ready had to be brave to go to sea in a sub.