Thanks for sharing your thoughts and story about the Musashi. According to author Frank O. Braynard in his book The Story of Ships, Japan began the war with nine battleships and lost eleven during the conflict. An excellent book on Musashi is called Battleship Musashi by Akira Yoshimura. In that book the author describes the fate of the more than a thousand surviving crew members. Many were isolated, because the Imperial Navy Command didn’t want to acknowledge the loss of this important vessel, and they did not have any contact with their relatives. Many were sent to fight as infantry on islands, and lost their lives defending against US invasion forces. Even though over a thousand men survived the sinking of their ship, few survived the war. Another Japanese battleship that sank with a huge magazine explosion was IJN Mutsu, another very powerful vessel. Her powder magazine exploded while she was moored at the Hashirajima fleet station. The investigation into her loss was focused primarily on sabotage by one of her crewmen, but as powder propellants for naval guns are quite unstable, the loss may have been due to improper storage of the powder. A number of battleships have been destroyed by accidental internal explosions, including the Italian Leonardo da Vinci and the Japanese pre-dreadnought Mikasa. The Italian ship was a total loss, but Mikasa was restored and is on display as a memorial for the 1904 Japanese victory over the Russian fleet at the Battle of Tsushima. Another battleship that was lost was the dreadnought France, which sank in the early 1920s after hitting an uncharted rock in Quiberon Bay. Thankfully, most of her crew were rescued. Thanks again for this fine presentation. I really enjoy your channel, having a lifelong passion for ships and the sea. I remember seeing somewhere that during the history of sailing more than a million ships have been lost. So I don’t think you should have to worry about running out of material!
Thanks so much for adding to the conversation, I LOVE when we can all share information together! I'm going to pin your comment so future viewers can see this information, as well! Cheers!
@@shipwrecksunday Thank you for your kindness. I showed your response to my wife and she is very proud of me. Love your channel and your style. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for your honesty and effort. I enjoyed you video. My mother was a Hiroshima survivor who met my father in Yokosuka Japan in 1955 and they married. My dad was on the USS St. Paul as an engineman on the then flag ship of the 7th fleet. He also served a very short stint on the Iowa Class Battle Ship when she went to Vietnam. I was born at the Yokosuka naval hospital in 1960 and grew up around navy talk. Musashi and Yamato we amazing vessels for their time… but it would be safe to say the day of the “battleship” was obsolete by the time the Pacific Theater started. Keep up your good work.
@@shipwrecksunday my mothers story started 8 years before Hiroshima and a story to long and personal to place in TH-cam comments. But she lived 83 long years, never complained, always had a smile on her face and I told her life story at her funeral… her friends of 40 years never knew. She was that way. I never saw my parents argue and they gave me the best life possible. It is my honor to share her story. I thank you so much for your reply. Good journey.
Hi Ms. Elinor, your presentation is excellent - Please, put aside the so-called "experts" and "arm-chair admirals/sailors/linguists/..." who just love to make comment(s), critique(s), etc... Your video is well done, respectful of this tragedy (war is a tragedy) and does provide for respect of the combatants/victims of this horrible confrontation. Let us not forget that the leaders/heads-of-state that declare and/or start wars are not the soldiers/sailors/airmen-women that will have to fight them or the civilians that will suffer/endure them. Your description is clear and articulate; you have researched your subject thoroughly. Thank you for sharing your studies with the YT community and hopefully, a younger generation can learn from the mistakes of our past. Peace be with you, Ciao, L (Veteran Naval Officer).
I agree 100% with @ lancelot1953. I also served as a USN officer. I am guessing we served at about the same time as I was born in 1954, and in a Naval Hospital ! Your presentation was worthy of a 4,0, Bravo Zulu.
Part of that was due to the U.S. kept hitting it with torpedoes from all sides. Effectively counter flooding it with each hit. It was still built tough, but we also did a bad job sinking it
@ yes, right, and interestingly U.S. Navy pilots learned their lesson and applied it to Yamato (attack one side to maximize the chances of capsizing). Interestingly, I read in some military manual somewhere that Musashi and Yamato, while being the heaviest battleships ever, had a semi-defective armor joint that greatly limited the armor’s effectiveness. I’m wondering if that problem had been solved, what could they have absorbed? 40 torpedo hits instead of 20? 80 dive bomber hits instead of 40? Guess we’ll never know
@@erikrichardgregory yep, I forget the specifics but they did have a design flaw in the armor, somewhere around the torpedo blisters I think. I highly recommend watching the creator Drachnifel's video on Operation ten-go he explains how they applied those lessons learned to sink Yamato. He also has videos going into exact detail on the history and architecture of the ships. His content is top tier
@@mywakingmind Thanks, I’ll go check out Drachnifel’s video. Yeah, WWII used to be “mother’s milk” to me as a kid. I had volumes upon volumes of books on the subject, fascinated by the battles, the technology, the weaponry. That sort of carried on into my adult life and I was around 30 years old and was reading another book, practically salivating over the battle of Kiev (more than 500K Russians encircled/destroyed) and then I kind of stopped myself and asked, “What the hell are you so high about? These are people dying, dying horribly.” Things just haven’t been the same since that moment :(
Very good job. Some notes: "forecastle" is pronounced roughly "foc'sal." The submerged explosion may have been due to over-worked surviving engines as the ship was purportedly trying to reach land in order to beach itself. U.S. Navy planners learned to subsequently attack IJN Yamato on one side with torpedoes while other planes also concentrated on bombing and strafing AA guns and crews on that same side. I believe Yamato went down more quickly as a result. Again, good job!
You are doing a great job Eleanor, considering your lack of experience. You have a nice clear voice and you have researched into more detail than the majority of ''experts''. Well done dear. 🙂 (subbed)
I enjoyed your video over a coffee this Sunday morning 26 Nov 2023, they were magnificent ships and a credit to their builders. Thanks again and now off to Chester UK
Your final comments about the respect due the sailors on Musashi are in my opinion correct. My father served in the Seabees during WWll (76th CB) in Hawaii, Guam, and later with the USA occupation forces in Sasebo (98th CB). My father lost an older brother KIA in Weilerswist, Germany on March 3, 1945 (78th Infantry Division-US Army… RIP Uncle Jack). Years ago I asked my father if he harbored any resentment towards the people of Germany and what he said is pretty much a reflection of what you said in this video. My father said that the common soldier was following orders and he did not fault them, in his opinion wars are created and started by politicians. He thought that if 2 countries got into a serious disagreement then the politicians should stay out of it and let some of the regular folks sit down together around a kitchen table over coffee and work out a solution. Even today this appears to be true, it is the politicians and leaders that have blood on their hands.
Yep. And if the politicians have made such a hash of things war is now inevitable the the positions should be the first go in, you know, to fix their mess
Your disclaimers at the beginning give me great confidence that you researched this well. And, you seem to have done a fine job. Also, a wonderful choice in music. Thank you!
About Yamato battleship to much videos are available but about her sister's Musashi no. This is i one of want. Excellent, complete and helpful. 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍❤❤❤ from Iran
Thanks so much! I didn't read anything in my research stating anything special with the bow, so to think it was down 13 feet and going so quickly is crazy to think about! Cheers!
is not amazing that WW2 still grips the masses..cannot get enough of the iconic battles..warriors..my claim to my interest is my Dad served during this war..and thx Eleanor..great job
Nicely presented presentation I enjoyed it. The Intrepid you use in your picture at 22:03 is the right ship but the wrong year. She did not have an angled flight deck until her refit in 1957. This was something I had to look up since I was not sure when they started using angled flight decks. The first angled flight deck was also an Essex class carrier the USS Antietam (cv36) which was modified in 1952. Parroting what others have said thank you for not having background music and delivering your information in a very clear voice. There was some great information here thank you.
So Yamamoto Isoriku was actually a fan of America. He got his Master's Degree at Harvard. He lost two fingers during the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. But he went to Harvard in the 1920s and actually LOVED America.
I’d say he respected America. He did carry out his duties and went to war for his home nation. Even though he knew from the beginning that Japan would lose if the war dragged on.
He loved America so much that he devised the sneak attack on Peal Harbor. My grandfather use to say he hated that Yamamoto didnt get to see how the war ended.
Actually her AAA armament wasn’t nearly overkill because, although numerous and providing voluminous fire…. the guns themselves (along with their respective rounds) left much to be desired. That said, this was a pretty comprehensive look at this ship and no easy feat I am sure. Thanks!
Slight correction at 3:33. That distance converted to 15 meters is the distance between the range finder lenses. Each lens centers the image and the resulting angle between the two trigs the distance to target.
Great illustrations … commentary was accurate too! Would like to see content on French Battleship Richelieu or Jean Bart. And Battleship Missouri…. Liked the homage paid to the crew at the end and should be considered. A war grave
This is my favourite class of battleship, and with her sister, Musashi being discovered in 2015 by the research team funded by Microsoft co-founder, Paul G. Allen, and hope their half sister ship, Shinano will be discovered soon. There are a few interesting things about Yamato, such as the German naval attaché Paul Wenneker visited her, and Japanese Admiral Naoki Nomura visited Tirpitz, and of course, Yamato was named Hotel Yamato by her crew, and Musashi, known as The Palace amoung her officers. Some of Musashi's blueprints went missing, and the Japanese went to the extreme by hiring a clairvoyant to help find the missing documents. Their where two aditional ships built specifically for the Yamato class, Kashino helped ferry her main guns. Musashi took longer to build since she was specifically built as a flagship. I own the 2005 film about Yamato, Otoko Tachi No Yamato, as well as the more recent The Great War Of Archimedes, however, there is a film made about Yamato made as early as 1953. Great video, take care, and all the best.
Very good history and explanation of Musashi's end. Your pronunciations did leave something to be desired. Grumman is pronounced with a short u. Forecastle is pronounced fo'c'sle with a long o. This goes back about as far as when ships actually had a castle on the bow. I know 2 pronunciations for Yokosuka, neither the same as yours. Yuh-koos-ka is the one that most people I know use. What I remember from when I was there is Yuh-kos-ka (long o). Sasebo is Sa-suh-bow (short a). Been there twice. As I remember, Japanese words are generally pronounced without emphasis. Please take all of this tongue-in-cheek. You did a great job. 🙂
Mishasi was one tough lady! Lots of details not given by other vloggers or event documentaries on TV. As well as a nice touch of the human side of these two warriors. Loving the episodes!
I find it interesting how both Yamato and Musashi sank in very similar ways, both detonating below the surface, both being split in two, and both having the stern upside down and bow upright.
Magnificently done. You just gained another subscriber. As a historian that specializes in East Asian History and an avid enthusiast of the Imperial Japanese Navy it warms my heart to see History channels arising on TH-cam. (One note: Leyte is pronounced Lay Tay)
@@shipwrecksunday You are most welcome. I will be watching your Yamato video this evening. I am looking forward to going through your shipwreck playlist.
If you could cover the ill-fated, courageous, and resourceful way the crew and officers of the USS CANOPUS ( AS-9 ), as they tried to hold out & service our maligned and badly equipped submarine fleet. From Pearl Harbor until their capture in early 1942, through the Bataan Death March, to the “Hell Ships”, where many lost their lives, until their rescue in Dec. 1944. Sailors on the CANOPUS fought as infantry, only to resupply subs at night until their capture in April, 1942. A thorough research of that ship and its brave crew would be, IMHO, a great idea!
So DP guns are meant to shot both surface an air targets. The USN's famous 5-in/38-cal guns did exactly that. With various kinds of fuses timed by radar, electronic, or contact fuses.
The guns were very accurate for the time, the dispersion varies over range though, especially at 26 miles. The fire control systems are more important. Drach did a very educational video on gun range and accuracy, well worth watching. Probably my first post which didn't mention booze!:-)....DOH!
An excellent video, well presented. Fantastic production from a history and naval novice. There are numerous minor discrepancies but it is reasonably educational if not absolutely authoritative. The image presented in the opening minutes of the narrative is NOT Musashi - Musashi had three guns per turret. The Yamato class were originally planned as a class of four, Shinano was converted mid-construction to an aircraft carrier which was sunk by an American submarine. The fourth was never named, it was known only by it's hull number which I have forgotten (my research into this was a long time ago) and was cancelled very early in it's construction.
The IJN knew how to build them. Both Musashi and Yamato absorbed a tremendous amount of punishment. There aren't many ships that could withstand that type of assault.
@@rusticbox9908 Her main battery range when firing high explosive or AP shells was said to be 42km (about 25 miles). Each shell weighed around 3k pounds. She employed a 15 meter stereoscopic rangefinder for main battery targeting, essentially a large set of binoculars.
I thought you did a great job of presenting the videos of the 2 sister ships, in spite of your warning that you did not do this kind of sinking. You also did a commendable job getting through the Japanese names and other Japanese words. This made it funny to hear some other words like Leyte (it is 2 syllables) and Grumman a little bit off. You brought out details not commonly mentioned which shows you did some great research before recording the video.
I am so bad at pronouncing some things and I try my best but sometimes I just can't figure it out 😂 thank you so much for your feedback! I'm so glad you enjoyed the videos on these two sister ships! They had fascinating stories. Cheers!!
Musashi and Yamato were never utilized in their intended roles. Both of them just ended up being massive drains to Japanese resources. If they were used at the battle of Guadalcanal they would have been able to inflict heavy casualties. Instead the Japanese rushed in Kongo and Kirishima. Losing the Kirishima. It’s interesting to think about how the naval battle might have gone if it was Musashi versus the USS South Dakota and USS Washington. In similar circumstances it’s possible that the US navy would still win.
Discouraging. For years i have been looking for a ship i could restore and use to shell a few coastal cities. And, now here is another one that will need tons of repair. Be cheaper to build a replica. I’ve got to remember to order the steel.
Thank you for the video-refreshing narrative manner, and wish to discuss some opinions in the comments. Think the situation with Axis post WW1 was that the military-industrial complex displaced democratic politicians, most notably in Japan, and for the Allies that the democratic politicians were asleep and supine during any periods of wakefulness against that until Churchill took the helm. I think a 'kitchen table discussion' was never an option as it would have been too one sided. Recent post Cold-War events of inappropriately assuming a peace dividend have again shied away from addressing a similar asymmetry until Euro-maidan and Zelensky were forced into action. That is more a 'police action' war, albeit for survival, against a criminal kleptocracy, but sooner or later it will become necessary to address nationalist-religiosity issues which are shaping into conflicts in several areas. The price of peace is eternal vigilance I once read. Some people call that war-mongering or pacifism but they are being less than honest depending on their side of the asymmetry.
All possible cudos has been mentioned in the comments already so I would like to suggest you add another channel to your library outlining the various historical misadventures and trials of convict ships and convicts shipped all over the world from the UK. Walking through graveyards of western Sydney Australia reveals some fascinating info of the first transport ships to Australia. Taiwan has incredible history involving different invaders over the centuries. Some became prominent figures over time. You're obviously more than talented at research and delivering these stories and I'm craving daily, weekly or even monthly offerings from you and would happily contribute what my pension allows to help. I can see volumes of hard bound publications from your company in the future in libraries.
Regarding _Musashi's_ launch, when the US battleship _New Jersey_ was launched from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, the didn't stop until she crashed into her namesake state on the opposite shore of the Delaware River.
Musashi sounds like it sank mote ships (all Japanese) on launch than in active service. "Failed to make contact..." about sums up Musashi's career. When contact was made at Layte, Musashi was overwhelmed by air attacks. The 78,000 tons of material used on Musashi would've been spent on 2 to 3 fleet aircraft carriers.
@@shipwrecksunday judging from this video, both Musashi and Yamato's fates were sealed by US Navy carrier-launched planes. However, Shinano was sunk by a US submarine, still holding the record for being the largest warship ever sunk by a sub.
Wow. No longer have I only Drach"s tooth-achingly plodding analysis and pointless tangents. It would have taken him five episodes to deliver half as much. Just kidding, I like Drach. But if he's not watching, he should. Trigger wzrnings I do not think are necessary or do any good, but that's what the red line and dot at the bottom are for. Excellent vid, thanks.😊
This is a Great Story about the sinking of that mighty Battleship Musashi. Actually, Battleships became obsolete after World War I as Aircraft Carriers took their place as the most important Capital ships. They were ver costly to build, and despite their armament could be sunk by submarines or airplanes. As Churchill said,Battleship navies could be defeated in a single day It would have been better to invest in Aircraft Carriers, instead of them.
Without a hull number or name she is very identifiable. There's only two ships that thick or armed. It's Yamato that blew into a million bits. INJ Musashi did not detonate.
As far as I know, Yamato class consisted of 3 ship. They are Battle ship of 64,000 tonnes with 9x16” gun. They are Yamato, Musashi dan Shinano. Shinano sunk after torpedo attack by US submarine.
I was always under the impression that the Yamato class battleships main guns were 18", not 16". We used 9 of the 16" main guns on our Iowa class battleships.
Shinano was an Aircraft carrier. She was the Hull of the third unfinished Yamato class Battleship. Shinano was sunk during Sea trials in the Inland Sea by the American Submarine Archerfish.
Shinano was converted to an aircraft carrier at the early hull stage of construction. She was sunk while being relocated from Tokyo Bay to the inland sea. Sank in deep water off Honshu. Yamamoto was ambushed as a result of interception of Japanese army messages used in the Solomons setting up his visit schedule. Decryption came from documents recovered from a large Japanese submarine which was sunk by new Zealand minesweepers off Guadalcanal.
Forecastle = ‘Focsle’ P.S. It would NOT be damn near impossible to identify Musashi (one of two YAMATO CLASS SUPER BATTLESHIPS OF 70,000 ton displacement) even if her name wasn’t on the damn hull. There were only 2 of them built and we know that Yamato didn’t sink here so…. yeah…. pretty easy call.
i like the video well done...but i have to say..as a danish guy..i do understand english pretty good..but its hard to keep up with the speed of this...but still well done
Could the mighty behemoths have been put to more effective use? Almost certainly. Either of the monsters could have wiped out Henderson Field, which Hiei and Kirishima failed to do (both were first "mission killed" by naval shellfire and later sunk by air attacks). Yamato and/or Musashi could absorb tremendous punishment and still fight. Hiei and Kirishima, elderly sisters dating to WWI, could not, despite recent modernization. Losing Guadalcanal meant effectively losing the war, though the Japanese military refused to face that fact. At Guadalcanal, the IJA and IJN, overly optimistic while underestimating the Marines and the USN, appear not to have grasped the seriousness of their situation until too late. Their soldiers were fed in piecemeal, including some whom the Aussies had already thrown back from the Kokoda Track in New Guinea. Meanwhile, the derisively nicknamed Hotel Yamato and Musashi Palace performed mostly 'ceremonial' duties, swanning around with the Combined Fleet in search of the elusive Decisive Battle that would end the war. Musashi, I believe, never fired her 18" main battery in anger until facing the Avengers and Helldivers that put her down in the Sibuyan Sea. The next day, Yamato managed to sink an escort carrier off Samar, and those were her last licks until her suicide mission to Okinawa. Death in battle supposedly vindicated their honor, but I imagine that any number of Japanese combatants might well ask "Where the hekll were you during the rest of the war?"
They weren't sent to Guadalcanal for a very good reason. Narrow waters and distance. The waters around there were known as, "Iron Bottom" sound for a reason. It became a shooting gallery. Very hard for a large ship to maneuver. You also wanted to do these runs under cover of Darkness. As soon as it turns daylight, you would be subject to American Air Attack.
I disagree with the hard to identify because the name wasnt on the hull. If you found a shipwreck bigger than ANY other shipwreck you've ever seen in that general area it would be Musashi. Yamato was sank in different waters, so it wouldn't be Yamato.
A long ton is an Imperial (American) measurement and is equivalent to 2,240lbs (1,106.05 kilograms). A "short ton" is equivalent to 2,000lbs (907.17 kilograms). A metric tonne is equivalent to 2,204lbs (1,000 kilograms). It's used to measure weight and displacement.
The type 96 triple triple 25 mm cannons where not effective slow rate of fire , they shoot and vibrate too much when firing not good for accuracy the magazines too small
Horrifying fact about Musashi's survivors: Those men that were sent to the Philippines were incorporated into the Naval Infantry unit under the command of Rear Admiral Iwabuchi Sanji. With General MacArthur's army advancing on Manila, the Japanese theater commander, General Yamashita ordered the city abandoned. Iwabuchi, refused to retreat. He ordered his men to fight to the death and to slaughter any Filipino civilians in their hands. About 200,000 people died in an orgy of arson, rape and murder, some ,no doubt, killed by the men of the Musashi. The butchery only ended when Iwabuchi committed suicide and the Americans exterminated the last of his troops.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and story about the Musashi. According to author Frank O. Braynard in his book The Story of Ships, Japan began the war with nine battleships and lost eleven during the conflict. An excellent book on Musashi is called Battleship Musashi by Akira Yoshimura. In that book the author describes the fate of the more than a thousand surviving crew members. Many were isolated, because the Imperial Navy Command didn’t want to acknowledge the loss of this important vessel, and they did not have any contact with their relatives. Many were sent to fight as infantry on islands, and lost their lives defending against US invasion forces. Even though over a thousand men survived the sinking of their ship, few survived the war.
Another Japanese battleship that sank with a huge magazine explosion was IJN Mutsu, another very powerful vessel. Her powder magazine exploded while she was moored at the Hashirajima fleet station. The investigation into her loss was focused primarily on sabotage by one of her crewmen, but as powder propellants for naval guns are quite unstable, the loss may have been due to improper storage of the powder. A number of battleships have been destroyed by accidental internal explosions, including the Italian Leonardo da Vinci and the Japanese pre-dreadnought Mikasa. The Italian ship was a total loss, but Mikasa was restored and is on display as a memorial for the 1904 Japanese victory over the Russian fleet at the Battle of Tsushima.
Another battleship that was lost was the dreadnought France, which sank in the early 1920s after hitting an uncharted rock in Quiberon Bay. Thankfully, most of her crew were rescued. Thanks again for this fine presentation. I really enjoy your channel, having a lifelong passion for ships and the sea. I remember seeing somewhere that during the history of sailing more than a million ships have been lost. So I don’t think you should have to worry about running out of material!
Thanks so much for adding to the conversation, I LOVE when we can all share information together! I'm going to pin your comment so future viewers can see this information, as well! Cheers!
@@shipwrecksunday Thank you for your kindness. I showed your response to my wife and she is very proud of me. Love your channel and your style. Keep up the great work!
@@lumberlikwidator8863 Thank you so much! Cheers to you and your wife! 😁
They began the war with 10 and built 2 more, losing 11 of the 12. Only Nagato remained afloat at war's end.
@@lumberlikwidator8863 Shame on treatment like that to survivors. Same for survivors of the Kido Butai after Midway.
Thanks for not playing goofy music while telling us the story. Your voice is clear to understand. Thanks TD Atlanta
Thank you for your support!! Cheers!
Agree. Background music is distracting
Thank you for your honesty and effort. I enjoyed you video. My mother was a Hiroshima survivor who met my father in Yokosuka Japan in 1955 and they married. My dad was on the USS St. Paul as an engineman on the then flag ship of the 7th fleet. He also served a very short stint on the Iowa Class Battle Ship when she went to Vietnam. I was born at the Yokosuka naval hospital in 1960 and grew up around navy talk. Musashi and Yamato we amazing vessels for their time… but it would be safe to say the day of the “battleship” was obsolete by the time the Pacific Theater started. Keep up your good work.
Thank you so much! I'm so sorry your mother had to go through that. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were horrific!
@@shipwrecksunday my mothers story started 8 years before Hiroshima and a story to long and personal to place in TH-cam comments. But she lived 83 long years, never complained, always had a smile on her face and I told her life story at her funeral… her friends of 40 years never knew. She was that way. I never saw my parents argue and they gave me the best life possible. It is my honor to share her story. I thank you so much for your reply. Good journey.
You do a great job with these videos. I bet I’m not the first to say it is “folks-el”.
Hi Ms. Elinor, your presentation is excellent - Please, put aside the so-called "experts" and "arm-chair admirals/sailors/linguists/..." who just love to make comment(s), critique(s), etc... Your video is well done, respectful of this tragedy (war is a tragedy) and does provide for respect of the combatants/victims of this horrible confrontation. Let us not forget that the leaders/heads-of-state that declare and/or start wars are not the soldiers/sailors/airmen-women that will have to fight them or the civilians that will suffer/endure them.
Your description is clear and articulate; you have researched your subject thoroughly. Thank you for sharing your studies with the YT community and hopefully, a younger generation can learn from the mistakes of our past. Peace be with you, Ciao, L (Veteran Naval Officer).
Thank you very much! I really appreciate that ❤️❤️
@@shipwrecksunday , Hi Elinor, you are welcome - keep your good work, "wise" people and Veterans do appreciate it. Ciao, L
I agree 100% with @ lancelot1953. I also served as a USN officer. I am guessing we served at about the same time as I was born in 1954, and in a Naval Hospital ! Your presentation was worthy of a 4,0, Bravo Zulu.
Musashi holds the "record" for having absorbed more punishment than any battleship in history. She didn't go gently
She was a bad ass ship!
Part of that was due to the U.S. kept hitting it with torpedoes from all sides. Effectively counter flooding it with each hit. It was still built tough, but we also did a bad job sinking it
@ yes, right, and interestingly U.S. Navy pilots learned their lesson and applied it to Yamato (attack one side to maximize the chances of capsizing). Interestingly, I read in some military manual somewhere that Musashi and Yamato, while being the heaviest battleships ever, had a semi-defective armor joint that greatly limited the armor’s effectiveness. I’m wondering if that problem had been solved, what could they have absorbed? 40 torpedo hits instead of 20? 80 dive bomber hits instead of 40? Guess we’ll never know
@@erikrichardgregory yep, I forget the specifics but they did have a design flaw in the armor, somewhere around the torpedo blisters I think. I highly recommend watching the creator Drachnifel's video on Operation ten-go he explains how they applied those lessons learned to sink Yamato. He also has videos going into exact detail on the history and architecture of the ships. His content is top tier
@@mywakingmind Thanks, I’ll go check out Drachnifel’s video. Yeah, WWII used to be “mother’s milk” to me as a kid. I had volumes upon volumes of books on the subject, fascinated by the battles, the technology, the weaponry. That sort of carried on into my adult life and I was around 30 years old and was reading another book, practically salivating over the battle of Kiev (more than 500K Russians encircled/destroyed) and then I kind of stopped myself and asked, “What the hell are you so high about? These are people dying, dying horribly.” Things just haven’t been the same since that moment :(
Very good job. Some notes: "forecastle" is pronounced roughly "foc'sal." The submerged explosion may have been due to over-worked surviving engines as the ship was purportedly trying to reach land in order to beach itself. U.S. Navy planners learned to subsequently attack IJN Yamato on one side with torpedoes while other planes also concentrated on bombing and strafing AA guns and crews on that same side. I believe Yamato went down more quickly as a result. Again, good job!
Thank you so much! Cheers, friend!!
You are doing a great job Eleanor, considering your lack of experience. You have a nice clear voice and you have researched into more detail than the majority of ''experts''. Well done dear. 🙂 (subbed)
@@Slaktrax thank you so much! ❤️
I enjoyed your video over a coffee this Sunday morning 26 Nov 2023, they were magnificent ships and a credit to their builders. Thanks again and now off to Chester UK
Thanks so much! Cheers!
Nicely done, I really love the Fletchers. Magnificent little war boats, and very, very trim.
Thank you so much!
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Your final comments about the respect due the sailors on Musashi are in my opinion correct. My father served in the Seabees during WWll (76th CB) in Hawaii, Guam, and later with the USA occupation forces in Sasebo (98th CB). My father lost an older brother KIA in Weilerswist, Germany on March 3, 1945 (78th Infantry Division-US Army… RIP Uncle Jack). Years ago I asked my father if he harbored any resentment towards the people of Germany and what he said is pretty much a reflection of what you said in this video. My father said that the common soldier was following orders and he did not fault them, in his opinion wars are created and started by politicians. He thought that if 2 countries got into a serious disagreement then the politicians should stay out of it and let some of the regular folks sit down together around a kitchen table over coffee and work out a solution. Even today this appears to be true, it is the politicians and leaders that have blood on their hands.
Yep. And if the politicians have made such a hash of things war is now inevitable the the positions should be the first go in, you know, to fix their mess
That was absolutely riveting . Loved every second.
Thanks so much!! Cheers!
I'm not sure, but I think _Musashi_ was welded, not riveted.
Thanks for the info. I hope your channel prospers. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much! ❤️
I took your advice. I sat back and enjoyed.
Thanks so much! ❤️
Your disclaimers at the beginning give me great confidence that you researched this well. And, you seem to have done a fine job. Also, a wonderful choice in music. Thank you!
@@brucermarino thank you so much! You have no idea how much I appreciate that!
This video is very informative though and I appreciate you making it. I hope you make more.
@@AustinSimco-pc1qh thank you so much! I've kept going!
Excellent video. You squeezed a lot of important info into that 28 minutes!
Thanks so much!!
Very nicely done! Great information and great narration.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that.
About Yamato battleship to much videos are available but about her sister's Musashi no. This is i one of want. Excellent, complete and helpful. 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍❤❤❤ from Iran
Thanks so much!! ❤️❤️
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Excellent presentation. Your hard work in research and collaboration of putting together this video is impressive, thank you
Love this video! And thank you for not having loud background music!
Thanks so much for your feedback! Cheers, friend!
Imagine a ship down 13 feet by the bow and still making 20 knots. Unreal... Great video E... Very interesting...
Maybe the New Jerseys (cause they had such a high bow) and nothing else can think of.
Thanks so much! I didn't read anything in my research stating anything special with the bow, so to think it was down 13 feet and going so quickly is crazy to think about! Cheers!
Appreciate the doco and the lack of loud music. Subscribed. Thank you.
Thank you so much!!
is not amazing that WW2 still grips the masses..cannot get enough of the iconic battles..warriors..my claim to my interest is my Dad served during this war..and thx Eleanor..great job
@@iamrichrocker I thank your father for his service! This war was so brutal and deserves the recognition is received! Thank you so much!
Just found you great job. You say set back and relax, your voice makes that easy. Great job
Thanks so much!!
Nicely presented presentation I enjoyed it.
The Intrepid you use in your picture at 22:03 is the right ship but the wrong year. She did not have an angled flight deck until her refit in 1957. This was something I had to look up since I was not sure when they started using angled flight decks. The first angled flight deck was also an Essex class carrier the USS Antietam (cv36) which was modified in 1952.
Parroting what others have said thank you for not having background music and delivering your information in a very clear voice. There was some great information here thank you.
Thank you so much for your corrections! ❤️
I have a model of the musashi when I was small.very accurate.thanks.
There was a third Yamato class hull which was finished as an aircraft carrier and also sunk during the Pacific war.
Yeah, Shinano! IIRC she was the largest ship sunk by submarine to date.
A lovely voice as well as accent to top this story. :)
@@janrobertsson8691 thank you so much!!
@@shipwrecksunday YW
The pic of the Lexington is of CV2, sunk at Coral Sea in May 1942. The Lexington at Leyte Gulf was the Essex class CV16.
We named new carriers after old one to confuse the Japanese. That still causes confusion to his day.
So Yamamoto Isoriku was actually a fan of America. He got his Master's Degree at Harvard. He lost two fingers during the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. But he went to Harvard in the 1920s and actually LOVED America.
I’d say he respected America. He did carry out his duties and went to war for his home nation. Even though he knew from the beginning that Japan would lose if the war dragged on.
He loved America so much that he devised the sneak attack on Peal Harbor. My grandfather use to say he hated that Yamamoto didnt get to see how the war ended.
And we shot him down in flames. Si Yo Nara, Admiral Yamamoto.
Actually her AAA armament wasn’t nearly overkill because, although numerous and providing voluminous fire…. the guns themselves (along with their respective rounds) left much to be desired. That said, this was a pretty comprehensive look at this ship and no easy feat I am sure. Thanks!
Thanks so much for your correction! It is so important to me that information gets double checked like this and I really appreciate you! Cheers!
Good stuff shipwreck Sunday,thank you.
@@edbrown6985 thanks so much!
Slight correction at 3:33. That distance converted to 15 meters is the distance between the range finder lenses. Each lens centers the image and the resulting angle between the two trigs the distance to target.
@@brianw612 thank you for this!!
@shipwrecksunday Your welcome. It's similar to how our two eyes give us depth perception.
Well done! Your speech is a little fast for me but I was able to capture everything. Thank you
Thanks so much! I naturally talk very fast and I'm working on that, so I really appreciate your support and feedback ❤
Great illustrations … commentary was accurate too! Would like to see content on French Battleship Richelieu or Jean Bart. And Battleship Missouri…. Liked the homage paid to the crew at the end and should be considered. A war grave
@@renesagahon4477 thanks so much!!
Your warning just trippled your ausance. nice going. Leona
@@leonasmith6180 thanks so much!
This is my favourite class of battleship, and with her sister, Musashi being discovered in 2015 by the research team funded by Microsoft co-founder, Paul G. Allen, and hope their half sister ship, Shinano will be discovered soon.
There are a few interesting things about Yamato, such as the German naval attaché Paul Wenneker visited her, and Japanese Admiral Naoki Nomura visited Tirpitz, and of course, Yamato was named Hotel Yamato by her crew, and Musashi, known as The Palace amoung her officers.
Some of Musashi's blueprints went missing, and the Japanese went to the extreme by hiring a clairvoyant to help find the missing documents.
Their where two aditional ships built specifically for the Yamato class, Kashino helped ferry her main guns.
Musashi took longer to build since she was specifically built as a flagship.
I own the 2005 film about Yamato, Otoko Tachi No Yamato, as well as the more recent The Great War Of Archimedes, however, there is a film made about Yamato made as early as 1953.
Great video, take care, and all the best.
Thank you so much for all of this extra information, I really appreciate it!
Great research! Thanks for posting.
@@robertmray thank you so much! I appreciate you!
Very good history and explanation of Musashi's end.
Your pronunciations did leave something to be desired. Grumman is pronounced with a short u. Forecastle is pronounced fo'c'sle with a long o. This goes back about as far as when ships actually had a castle on the bow. I know 2 pronunciations for Yokosuka, neither the same as yours. Yuh-koos-ka is the one that most people I know use. What I remember from when I was there is Yuh-kos-ka (long o). Sasebo is Sa-suh-bow (short a). Been there twice. As I remember, Japanese words are generally pronounced without emphasis. Please take all of this tongue-in-cheek. You did a great job. 🙂
@@johnslaughter5475 thank you for your honesty and criticism! It only helps me get better! ❤️
Thank you very much for using the Imperial system of measurement.
@@REDHOUSETRAINS no problem!!
Your voice and speech cadence are perfect….some may find it fast, but they can slow the speech in settings. Subscribed!
Thanks so much!!
Thanks for not playing music. The story is all that is needed.
@@sober041978 thanks so much for watching!
Great narrative!
Thank you!
You're quite welcome! @@shipwrecksunday
Fascinating episode!!!
@@richardchiriboga4424 thanks so much!!
Mishasi was one tough lady!
Lots of details not given by other vloggers or event documentaries on TV. As well as a nice touch of the human side of these two warriors. Loving the episodes!
I find it interesting how both Yamato and Musashi sank in very similar ways, both detonating below the surface, both being split in two, and both having the stern upside down and bow upright.
Right? It's tragic but also fascinating!
the Yamato detonated just before she sank
Magnificently done. You just gained another subscriber. As a historian that specializes in East Asian History and an avid enthusiast of the Imperial Japanese Navy it warms my heart to see History channels arising on TH-cam.
(One note: Leyte is pronounced Lay Tay)
Thanks so much!! Cheers! Thank you for your corrections and support! ❤️
@@shipwrecksunday You are most welcome. I will be watching your Yamato video this evening. I am looking forward to going through your shipwreck playlist.
Now go for IJN Shinano. The 3rd of the class but converted to an aircraft carrier. Pretty interesting too...
I'll have to look into that one! Cheers!
Very informative and interesting. The absence of annoying background music is a bonus. Thanks.
Thanks so much!!
If you could cover the ill-fated, courageous, and resourceful way the crew and officers of the USS CANOPUS ( AS-9 ), as they tried to hold out & service our maligned and badly equipped submarine fleet. From Pearl Harbor until their capture in early 1942, through the Bataan Death March, to the “Hell Ships”, where many lost their lives, until their rescue in Dec. 1944. Sailors on the CANOPUS fought as infantry, only to resupply subs at night until their capture in April, 1942. A thorough research of that ship and its brave crew would be, IMHO, a great idea!
@@Dave_Mayberry I can definitely look into her!
Excellent episode Elinor !!
Thanks so much! Good to see ya again!
Good Episode! now I have to listen to Musashi!
Thank you very much! Good to see you back!
Thank you for honoring the dead sailors
@@gojoe47 thank you so much for watching!
Good job. Maybe do one on the mystery of why Fuso didn't roll over until she was alone and nobody saw it.
So DP guns are meant to shot both surface an air targets. The USN's famous 5-in/38-cal guns did exactly that. With various kinds of fuses timed by radar, electronic, or contact fuses.
Great video
@@tylermcneill thank you so much!!
YOU DID A VERY, VERY GOOD JOB !!-I FOUND OUT THINGS, I NEVER KNEW BEFORE !--PLEASE KEEP IT UP !!--LEARN AS YOU GO !
Thank you so much! Cheers, friend!
Nice presentation very informative and well produced. Keep up the good work it’s always good to see quality Content👍
Thank you for not using those robot voices
I read somewhere that the 18in guns on musashi and yamato were not very accurate? Anyone know of information on that?
I do not! But I wouldn't be surprised - not all guns on ships were super accurate back then.
The guns were very accurate for the time, the dispersion varies over range though, especially at 26 miles. The fire control systems are more important. Drach did a very educational video on gun range and accuracy, well worth watching.
Probably my first post which didn't mention booze!:-)....DOH!
@@GordonHouston-Smith love Drach! He's so knowledgeable and a gift to our community.
Your photo of the Intrepid showed F-4 Phantoms on the deck.
An excellent video, well presented. Fantastic production from a history and naval novice. There are numerous minor discrepancies but it is reasonably educational if not absolutely authoritative.
The image presented in the opening minutes of the narrative is NOT Musashi - Musashi had three guns per turret. The Yamato class were originally planned as a class of four, Shinano was converted mid-construction to an aircraft carrier which was sunk by an American submarine. The fourth was never named, it was known only by it's hull number which I have forgotten (my research into this was a long time ago) and was cancelled very early in it's construction.
The IJN knew how to build them. Both Musashi and Yamato absorbed a tremendous amount of punishment. There aren't many ships that could withstand that type of assault.
So true!!
Great work.
@@christophe5756 thanks so much!!
3:30 those huge antennas could only see 49ft ahead? Did you mean 49km? 😅
That's the distance (15 meters) between the two lenses of the range finder.
@@brianw612 lt clearly says it can only see 49ft ahead.
@rusticbox9908 I assume it was simply a misstatement. I believe she had both 10 and 15 meter (49 feet, 2 inch) range finders.
@@brianw612 Given the height, I think 49km is my reasonable assumption.
@@rusticbox9908 Her main battery range when firing high explosive or AP shells was said to be 42km (about 25 miles). Each shell weighed around 3k pounds. She employed a 15 meter stereoscopic rangefinder for main battery targeting, essentially a large set of binoculars.
Very fine job, young lady.
Thank you very much! Cheers!
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You done good.
Dumb question I wonder if the Musashi had enough time or she was close enough that she could beached herself prior to sinking
She might've had enough time, but I don't think she was close enough to shore. It's a great question though and honestly, who knows!
Oh no such a warning. What if we see someone smoking a cigarette?😆
@@richardwarner3705 hi! It's for the several children I have that watch. 😁
I thought you did a great job of presenting the videos of the 2 sister ships, in spite of your warning that you did not do this kind of sinking. You also did a commendable job getting through the Japanese names and other Japanese words. This made it funny to hear some other words like Leyte (it is 2 syllables) and Grumman a little bit off. You brought out details not commonly mentioned which shows you did some great research before recording the video.
I am so bad at pronouncing some things and I try my best but sometimes I just can't figure it out 😂 thank you so much for your feedback! I'm so glad you enjoyed the videos on these two sister ships! They had fascinating stories. Cheers!!
Lay-Tee
Great video. Leyte Gulf is pronounced "Lay-tee Gulf". Thank you for an informative video!
Thanks so much for your corrections! ❤️
@@ericdudley4169 And Grumman is not grew-man, but grum like crumb - man.
Is Therese any chansen to get a copy of the painting .
Musashi and Yamato were never utilized in their intended roles. Both of them just ended up being massive drains to Japanese resources. If they were used at the battle of Guadalcanal they would have been able to inflict heavy casualties. Instead the Japanese rushed in Kongo and Kirishima. Losing the Kirishima. It’s interesting to think about how the naval battle might have gone if it was Musashi versus the USS South Dakota and USS Washington. In similar circumstances it’s possible that the US navy would still win.
Thank God for the trigger warnings. I may have been exposed to adulthood otherwise
20:58 wrong lexington. That's the original one that sank at coral sea. The lexington at leyte was an essex-class
Thank you for your correction!! Cheers!
Discouraging. For years i have been looking for a ship i could restore and use to shell a few coastal cities. And, now here is another one that will need tons of repair. Be cheaper to build a replica. I’ve got to remember to order the steel.
Thank you for the video-refreshing narrative manner, and wish to discuss some opinions in the comments.
Think the situation with Axis post WW1 was that the military-industrial complex displaced democratic politicians, most notably in Japan, and for the Allies that the democratic politicians were asleep and supine during any periods of wakefulness against that until Churchill took the helm. I think a 'kitchen table discussion' was never an option as it would have been too one sided. Recent post Cold-War events of inappropriately assuming a peace dividend have again shied away from addressing a similar asymmetry until Euro-maidan and Zelensky were forced into action. That is more a 'police action' war, albeit for survival, against a criminal kleptocracy, but sooner or later it will become necessary to address nationalist-religiosity issues which are shaping into conflicts in several areas.
The price of peace is eternal vigilance I once read. Some people call that war-mongering or pacifism but they are being less than honest depending on their side of the asymmetry.
Thank you for bringing such interesting points to the table! Cheers!
All possible cudos has been mentioned in the comments already so I would like to suggest you add another channel to your library outlining the various historical misadventures and trials of convict ships and convicts shipped all over the world from the UK. Walking through graveyards of western Sydney Australia reveals some fascinating info of the first transport ships to Australia. Taiwan has incredible history involving different invaders over the centuries. Some became prominent figures over time. You're obviously more than talented at research and delivering these stories and I'm craving daily, weekly or even monthly offerings from you and would happily contribute what my pension allows to help.
I can see volumes of hard bound publications from your company in the future in libraries.
@@timcent7199 that is an interesting concept! Thank you so much!
Regarding _Musashi's_ launch, when the US battleship _New Jersey_ was launched from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, the didn't stop until she crashed into her namesake state on the opposite shore of the Delaware River.
Musashi sounds like it sank mote ships (all Japanese) on launch than in active service.
"Failed to make contact..." about sums up Musashi's career. When contact was made at Layte, Musashi was overwhelmed by air attacks. The 78,000 tons of material used on Musashi would've been spent on 2 to 3 fleet aircraft carriers.
@@christophercripps7639 it's true!
@@christophercripps7639 Not really. Building aircraft carriers without fuel for them or Pilots; is not particularly useful.
The Sinking of Shinano, the largest aircraft carrier of her time
Thank you for your recommendation!! We will look into her.
@@shipwrecksunday judging from this video, both Musashi and Yamato's fates were sealed by US Navy carrier-launched planes.
However, Shinano was sunk by a US submarine, still holding the record for being the largest warship ever sunk by a sub.
@@champagnegascogne9755 man I missed out not covering her! I'll have to take a look. Thank you so much.
Good show.
@@andrewpalmer1630 thank you so much!!
Who was Yamato's "brother" ship?
sister the Musashi
Same class ships of war are called sister ships
Wow. No longer have I only Drach"s tooth-achingly plodding analysis and pointless tangents. It would have taken him five episodes to deliver half as much.
Just kidding, I like Drach. But if he's not watching, he should.
Trigger wzrnings I do not think are necessary or do any good, but that's what the red line and dot at the bottom are for.
Excellent vid, thanks.😊
@@walterholmes4609 thanks so much for watching!
well done guys as you did your homework well
Thanks so much!
This is a Great Story about the sinking of that mighty Battleship Musashi. Actually, Battleships became obsolete after World War I as Aircraft Carriers took their place as the most important Capital ships. They were ver costly to build, and despite their armament could be sunk by submarines or airplanes. As Churchill said,Battleship navies could be defeated in a single day It would have been better to invest in Aircraft Carriers, instead of them.
@@jmrodas9 very true!!
As a mariner, hats off to the crew. Thats a day l hope nobody ever has to be a part of agsin.
@@graham2631 absolutely.
Without a hull number or name she is very identifiable. There's only two ships that thick or armed. It's Yamato that blew into a million bits. INJ Musashi did not detonate.
@@guywhoisaguy67676Musashi is in even worse condition than Yamato.
As far as I know, Yamato class consisted of 3 ship. They are Battle ship of 64,000 tonnes with 9x16” gun. They are Yamato, Musashi dan Shinano. Shinano sunk after torpedo attack by US submarine.
I believe you are correct! I did not know about the third one when I made these episodes, but I'll have to cover her as well!
I was always under the impression that the Yamato class battleships main guns were 18", not 16". We used 9 of the 16" main guns on our Iowa class battleships.
Shinano was an Aircraft carrier. She was the Hull of the third unfinished Yamato class Battleship. Shinano was sunk during Sea trials in the Inland Sea by the American Submarine Archerfish.
Shinano was converted to an aircraft carrier at the early hull stage of construction. She was sunk while being relocated from Tokyo Bay to the inland sea. Sank in deep water off Honshu.
Yamamoto was ambushed as a result of interception of Japanese army messages used in the Solomons setting up his visit schedule. Decryption came from documents recovered from a large Japanese submarine which was sunk by new Zealand minesweepers off Guadalcanal.
@@kellymeggison9418 18.1"
Forecastle = ‘Focsle’
P.S. It would NOT be damn near impossible to identify Musashi (one of two YAMATO CLASS SUPER BATTLESHIPS OF 70,000 ton displacement) even if her name wasn’t on the damn hull. There were only 2 of them built and we know that Yamato didn’t sink here so…. yeah…. pretty easy call.
Don't forget her converted sister, Shinano.
@@panzerdeal8727 I'll have to look into her! Thank you!
The first syllable of 'Grumman' rhymes with 'crumb'.
i like the video well done...but i have to say..as a danish guy..i do understand english pretty good..but its hard to keep up with the speed of this...but still well done
@@Jaybuilderjay thank you for your constructive criticism! I appreciate it!! ❤️
Drop the disclaimer
Hi! We did in later videos.
Guess mushashi and Nagasaki both went out with a BOOM
@@USSHistory10 they absolutely did.
Could the mighty behemoths have been put to more effective use? Almost certainly. Either of the monsters could have wiped out Henderson Field, which Hiei and Kirishima failed to do (both were first "mission killed" by naval shellfire and later sunk by air attacks). Yamato and/or Musashi could absorb tremendous punishment and still fight. Hiei and Kirishima, elderly sisters dating to WWI, could not, despite recent modernization. Losing Guadalcanal meant effectively losing the war, though the Japanese military refused to face that fact.
At Guadalcanal, the IJA and IJN, overly optimistic while underestimating the Marines and the USN, appear not to have grasped the seriousness of their situation until too late. Their soldiers were fed in piecemeal, including some whom the Aussies had already thrown back from the Kokoda Track in New Guinea. Meanwhile, the derisively nicknamed Hotel Yamato and Musashi Palace performed mostly 'ceremonial' duties, swanning around with the Combined Fleet in search of the elusive Decisive Battle that would end the war.
Musashi, I believe, never fired her 18" main battery in anger until facing the Avengers and Helldivers that put her down in the Sibuyan Sea. The next day, Yamato managed to sink an escort carrier off Samar, and those were her last licks until her suicide mission to Okinawa. Death in battle supposedly vindicated their honor, but I imagine that any number of Japanese combatants might well ask "Where the hekll were you during the rest of the war?"
@@billmarsano3404 I think you have interesting points here! Thanks so much!
They weren't sent to Guadalcanal for a very good reason. Narrow waters and distance. The waters around there were known as, "Iron Bottom" sound for a reason. It became a shooting gallery. Very hard for a large ship to maneuver. You also wanted to do these runs under cover of Darkness. As soon as it turns daylight, you would be subject to American Air Attack.
I disagree with the hard to identify because the name wasnt on the hull. If you found a shipwreck bigger than ANY other shipwreck you've ever seen in that general area it would be Musashi. Yamato was sank in different waters, so it wouldn't be Yamato.
What is a long ton?
A long ton is an Imperial (American) measurement and is equivalent to 2,240lbs (1,106.05 kilograms). A "short ton" is equivalent to 2,000lbs (907.17 kilograms). A metric tonne is equivalent to 2,204lbs (1,000 kilograms). It's used to measure weight and displacement.
As for Musashi, she displaced 64,000 metric tonnes!
it would really suck to have to abandon ship twice in one day
@@volvo1354 yes it would!!
The type 96 triple triple 25 mm cannons where not effective slow rate of fire , they shoot and vibrate too much when firing not good for accuracy the magazines too small
Thank you for that! I am not super knowledgeable in military equipment so I appreciate that!
I apologize about my spelling and darn auto correct
@@jasonarment836 Don't worry about it! Auto-correct gets me all the time, too! 😂
Horrifying fact about Musashi's survivors: Those men that were sent to the Philippines were incorporated into the Naval Infantry unit under the command of Rear Admiral Iwabuchi Sanji. With General MacArthur's army advancing on Manila, the Japanese theater commander, General Yamashita ordered the city abandoned. Iwabuchi, refused to retreat. He ordered his men to fight to the death and to slaughter any Filipino civilians in their hands. About 200,000 people died in an orgy of arson, rape and murder, some ,no doubt, killed by the men of the Musashi. The butchery only ended when Iwabuchi committed suicide and the Americans exterminated the last of his troops.
@@Bufoferrata that is horrifying, but reality! Thank you for adding this - it does provide much different context to this story!