@@BeyondtheRailz it's nice even though Texas gets all the love, and she should because she's still with us. That "The old lady was once the pride of the fleet.
Well done. Important to learn about this heavy duty and effective major weapon in both WW I and WW II. A very long list of innovations installed on BB=34 over many decades.
Just a note: Vice Admiral Syms U S Navy would go on to be The Father of U S Naval Aviation advocating for the the United States to build and deploy the first Aircraft Carrier in U S naval history, The U S S Langley, which would be sunk in WWII by the Japanese. Former U S Army Colonel William(Billy) Mitchell U S Army Retired, a former U S Army Air Service Deputy Chief, worked with Syms to encourage President Roosevelt to build an aircraft carrier force for the U S Navy so as to have a military sea-based air arm to compliment the U S Army's land-based air arm which was then known as the U S Army Air Corps and later the U S Army Air Force. Syms and Mitchell told the president that in the event of war the two air arms could work effectively together to strike the potential enemy on land, sea and in the air thereby shortening the war and attaining victory. When the United State's role in the Second World War began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and across the Pacific, most of the United State's land-based air arm located outside of the continental United States was destroyed at Pearl Harbor, in the Philippines, and to a lesser extent in the Netherlands East Indies(now Indonesia) with the Japanese also sinking the carrier U S S Langley in the Java Sea battle. In June 1942, the U S Navy carrier strike force under Vice Admiral Spruance destroyed the Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier force comprised of four carriers also sinking a heavy cruiser while losing one carrier and a destroyer thus winning the Battle of Midway and beginning the march to victory which ended on August 1945 with the Japanese surrender which was formalized on September 2, 1945 in Tokyo Bay.
Langley was no longer a carrier when she was sunk in the Java Sea. She was an aircraft transport without an operable flight deck. Also, the Admiral's name is spelled Sims.
What a terrible end for a Great Gal!!! More of a reason to keep her SISTER, TEXAS alive. THESE VESSEL'S The Last of the WWI Dreadlnoghts... Were AWESOME enough to go through 2 WW's
Texas deserved her slot, she was in the 6th Battle squadron that arrived in Scapa Flow that day, the author didn't mention her for some reason(dunno why) Texas was present but not involved in Jutland, but was also involved in WW2 including D day where she supplied fire support (famously flooding her seaward compartments to create a list to tilt her guns higher, allowing her to fire deeper into occupied France. USS New York was a Historic ship and well deserved to have been preserved but Texas had a much more historically significant service life. (wish both had been kept)
@@mikeholton3914New York was radioactive and could not be preserved even if the state of New York wanted her. Texas was preserved by the state of Texas. No museum ship is supported by federal funds.
@ im aware of and grateful to the people of the great state of Texas for saving her for us, i recall reading about schoolkids donating pennies to help save her.
One of the few things my home state actually got right. Hey bad guys, don't touch our boats.
@@BeyondtheRailz it's nice even though Texas gets all the love, and she should because she's still with us. That "The old lady was once the pride of the fleet.
@dommy1971ify I agree. And New York was no slouch either. Those twins were perfect together.
#18 Thank You for a fine History Lesson of a Great Battleship.
Well done. Important to learn about this heavy duty and effective major weapon in both WW I and WW II. A very long list of innovations installed on BB=34 over many decades.
Great job! Wonderful story, incredible ship. Nicely done.
Thank you
SAD ending to a fine Ship the USS New York BB-34.........Thank you for this fine video.......
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I very much enjoyed this video. Thanks!
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Loved this video. Thanks!
Thanks for the video
Great 👍 That The Radar Was A Success. 😊
Also, the last to use recipicating tripple expansion engines.
Well done 🔥
Thank you
Updated Alot And A Busy Ship 🚢 😊
It really breaks my heart when great US Navy vessels are used for target practice. It’s just very sad.
Sad though better than a breakers yard.
It is a radioactif hulk after Bikini test
A grand old battlewagon
The U.S.S
NEW YORK was a tough ship surviving both nuclear tests.
While it's sad to see hero ships go, I think hearing that that they were broken up is worse than being sank.
Just a note: Vice Admiral Syms U S Navy would go on to be The Father of U S Naval Aviation advocating for the the United States to build and deploy the first Aircraft Carrier in U S naval history, The U S S Langley, which would be sunk in WWII by the Japanese. Former U S Army Colonel William(Billy) Mitchell U S Army Retired, a former U S Army Air Service Deputy Chief, worked with Syms to encourage President Roosevelt to build an aircraft carrier force for the U S Navy so as to have a military sea-based air arm to compliment the U S Army's land-based air arm which was then known as the U S Army Air Corps and later the U S Army Air Force. Syms and Mitchell told the president that in the event of war the two air arms could work effectively together to strike the potential enemy on land, sea and in the air thereby shortening the war and attaining victory. When the United State's role in the Second World War began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and across the Pacific, most of the United State's land-based air arm located outside of the continental United States was destroyed at Pearl Harbor, in the Philippines, and to a lesser extent in the Netherlands East Indies(now Indonesia) with the Japanese also sinking the carrier U S S Langley in the Java Sea battle. In June 1942, the U S Navy carrier strike force under Vice Admiral Spruance destroyed the Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier force comprised of four carriers also sinking a heavy cruiser while losing one carrier and a destroyer thus winning the Battle of Midway and beginning the march to victory which ended on August 1945 with the Japanese surrender which was formalized on September 2, 1945 in Tokyo Bay.
You present a lot of good information. Just remember - Paragraph breaks are your friend.
Langley was no longer a carrier when she was sunk in the Java Sea. She was an aircraft transport without an operable flight deck. Also, the Admiral's name is spelled Sims.
What a terrible end for a Great Gal!!! More of a reason to keep her SISTER, TEXAS alive.
THESE VESSEL'S The Last of the WWI Dreadlnoghts... Were AWESOME enough to go through 2 WW's
Texas bb35 had almost the same
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Too bad we didn’t keep New York and kept Texas, instead.
Texas deserved her slot, she was in the 6th Battle squadron that arrived in Scapa Flow that day, the author didn't mention her for some reason(dunno why) Texas was present but not involved in Jutland, but was also involved in WW2 including D day where she supplied fire support (famously flooding her seaward compartments to create a list to tilt her guns higher, allowing her to fire deeper into occupied France. USS New York was a Historic ship and well deserved to have been preserved but Texas had a much more historically significant service life. (wish both had been kept)
@@mikeholton3914Texas was slighted to go to the breakers. The reason we have the Texas is because the people of Texas raised the money to save her.
@@mikeholton3914New York was radioactive and could not be preserved even if the state of New York wanted her. Texas was preserved by the state of Texas. No museum ship is supported by federal funds.
@ im aware of and grateful to the people of the great state of Texas for saving her for us, i recall reading about schoolkids donating pennies to help save her.
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