American Navy Had Unparalleled Mastery Of Carrier Warfare (Ep.3)

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[@WW2Tales]

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Part 3 of Battle off Samar from American Perspective Link of the playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLGjbe3ikd0XE215eQZApEAWhSZmCoHJLM Link of part 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4OsqJ17p8qogK8 Link of part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWrQZIZnftKafZI

[@LordBuckhouse]

We didn’t have unparalleled mastery of carrier warfare at the start of WW2. We were at least two years behind the Japanese. They were better at it than we were. Of course, they spent much of the 1930’s at war and working on and perfecting their carrier operations and doctrine. IMO, we didn’t catch up to the Japanese until the 2nd half of 1943. We were fortunate at Midway. And the Japanese shot themselves in the foot there with a bad plan and horrible intelligence/air reconnaissance on the morning of June 4th. In second half of 1943 we caught up with them and then blew right past the Japanese in terms of the quality of our carriers, planes, deck crews and pilot replacement and training. And in sheer numbers.

[@Bob.W.]

It seems like all of these war memoirs channels use titles designed to appeal to US viewers, even if inaccurate.

[@davidermer1217]

Parity at the beginning. Neither side was significantly better is my suspicion. USA made better use of what it had and improved.

[@LordBuckhouse]

@@davidermer1217 I disagree. Our air attacks from our 3 carriers on the morning of June 4th were initially a 5 star cluster f___. The attacks were piecemeal, strung out and very poorly coordinated. And the planes from Hornet were totally infective with their so called flight to nowhere and the ensuing mutiny. But we were fortunate in that two of the Dive Bomber squadrons arrived over the target at just the right moment. And they pressed home the attack and did a lot of damage. But the air strikes themselves were just poorly coordinated. It was a mess but good fortune and pure courage was on our side that day. The air attacks from Midway Island ended in disaster but it kept the Japanese busy which played a role.

[@joechang8696]

@@davidermer1217the US had the massive two ocean navy acts of 1940 authorizing many carriers. I suppose some trained crew were sent as cadre for newly commissioned Hornet. But a great many were sent as cadre for the massive class of pilots in training, not just the 200 hours? getting their wings , but also the additional 300+ hrs before a pilot is ready for combat. This meant the operational carriers on front line should ideally have been held back. But being forced into action at Midway, the cluster f getting strikes launched, the torpedo planes arrived without escort and were wiped out. Japan had marvelously train crew for their carriers, both pilots and supporting crew. Able to quickly get off a full strike package quickly, just a handful of planes able to disable Yorktown. Saburo Sakai said in pre-war pilot training, they washed out a large percentage of each class, many for silly reasons. Many were really good men, who were then sent back to the fleet as non-aviators. By mid war, when many good pilots were lost, they had to water down training. He thought many candidates being passed were not as good as the prewar candidates who were washed out and no longer recallable, possibly because they were already dead. Note: Japan did not have anything close to the massive naval expansion as the US planned . And it may have been possible to train crews for the new ships they had in construction, but this was not enough to also compensate for wartime losses

[@znk0r]

Well this chapter is in late 1944 and the snippet reflects on the situation at this time.

[@jrranch9712]

I enjoy these 'audio tales' very much. Thank you.

[@WW2Tales]

Very kind of you sir 🙏

[@martineastburn3679]

So many Sailors I knew, related to or heard stories were mentioned here and ring in my brain. I944 was along the war, and we were catching up fast. These small flat tops were to supply planes and supplies to larger ones but were pressed into front lines (to speak of Army talk.)

[@JoeyHunt-cv2qt]

AWESOME SERIES

[@WW2Tales]

@JoeyHunt-cv2qt thank you sir

[@richardthornhill4630]

Interesting narrative.

[@Titus-as-the-Roman]

With Those 50 ships comes out 1 (one) Casablanca Carrier every 7 to 8 Days, America has been said by many to have done as many different things & Ways as a Country, but there is one truth you can't deny, Upon entering the War, America, in very short order, buried the Planet in Industrial Goods.

[@JohnDiGiovanni-yh6ys]

Thanks, 👍 .

[@WW2Tales]

Thank you too

[@davidsmith7372]

As always doing my part for the algorithm. Was a jeep carrier and escort carrier the same thing?

[@WW2Tales]

@davidsmith7372 Sir David thank you so much ,Yes, the terms jeep carrier and escort carrier generally refer to the same type of ship, though they emphasize different aspects of its utility and design.

[@arniewilliamson1767]

So did the Brits. In fact the multi ocean logistics system the US was using was developed by the UK over a period of the last 400 or so years. The US definitely had superior logistics to the Japanese. Wars are won by logistics not tactics.

[@albertreeves6633]

Panshore Bay

[@josephhudson9589]

What does any of this have to do with Clinton Sprague?

[@brucehunter9128]

Ping woo woo woo?

[@steveschainost7590]

Really annoying to me. The AI narration keeps pronouncing Lieutenant as "Leff-tenant" in the British manner.

[@mikemulligan5731]

Haich, zed, bits and bobs, the Spitfire is the greatest thing that ever existed, Muzzies give me the fuzzies..

[@watkinsrory]

Nothing wrong with it.

[@williambauer4826]

It’s using a British accent so it’s forgivable. It does mess up numbers pretty frequently, though. If you aren’t paying attention or are unfamiliar with the terminology, it can get annoying.

[@mikep9256]

I thought that too. But it is correct for a british accent.

[@cogitoergospud1]

Some might suggest that you are easily annoyed over trivial things …