The Submarine that Carried Japan’s Atomic Bomb?

[@DarkDocsSeas]

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[@beetlebeeltehocoupleoftimeAH]

I never knew Colonel Klink was a sub commander before running Stalag 13! ;p

[@Kirovets7011]

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[@jessestout8646]

​@@Kirovets7011 Amen, brother, excellent comment!! 👍🏻

[@juanitovonbumblepantz7252]

@DarkDocsSeas do you use this service in your videos for any of your footage? I've wondered how you get your hands on so much historical footage, or if you use stock footage related to your content. Or maybe it IS AI?

[@RyuTakeru]

Fuck AI, ur better than that Dark Production's

[@MrCateagle]

According to some sources, U-234 carried more than uranium oxide; it supposedly carried some processed U235 nuclear material.

[@mikep490]

Somehow, I think if/when an expedition is allowed, they'll find someone has already salvaged that gold. There are individuals and nations who don't care about historical sites when tons of gold are just "lying around".

[@MrWombatty]

Agree! Won't be long before the Chinese will try to salvage its cargo, as they don't respect naval shipwrecks & their status as war-graves, ......plus they love gold!

[@kotnapromke]

Поздно. Я уже все себе забрал!

[@longtallzach9]

I don’t know about this wreck specifically but North Korea, china and I think Indonesia have been caught salvaging war graves multiple times… if they’re willing to do it just for the steel you know they’ve been doing it for the gold

[@benmiland5245]

​@MrWombatty The Chinese won't salvage something in the Atlantic. It's too far away. Not only that, the depth is too extreme for all except the most advanced equipment which the vast majority of Chinese scrap merchants don't have.

[@Joshuabryabt-gf6sc]

Exactly my thought! I'm like "like gold was gone bye 2005" almost assuredly

[@Ma_Deuce_338]

AI… not needed. Do not compromise your productions.

[@rogerbredemeier2220]

Ban all ai

[@Ma_Deuce_338]

@@rogerbredemeier2220 I just did. As much as I enjoy this channel… I unsubscribed.

[@tc556guy]

​@@Ma_Deuce_338Same

[@jessestout8646]

We hate A.I.! 😐

[@chrissnape9537]

I would never have believed a sub could carry so much cargo. Amazing. I couldn't be a sub mariner

[@stevenward4162]

I read the book "Battleground Atlantic" twice with fascination - which pertains to your video here! Can't really understand why not much was ever said in WWII history about such an important historical event as this! I also still hold on to hope that someone will make a movie of this WWII event too!

[@patricia1333]

I think the most logical explanation as to why these submarines were never covered is propaganda. Directly post-war (well until 1949), the US was the one and only atomic power. To admit the Germans and Japan came “close” would be to admit that their weapon would not remain unique among warmongers. Now, I put “close” because of this: the Germans tried creating a reactor to test if uranium could achieve criticality, and all they managed to accomplish was to set fire to the reactor. The brass was not remotely impressed by the laboratory “campfire” and cut almost all their funding. The fact that they made heavy water was accidental, and was never applied in the correct way. The Japanese sadly never even made it to criticality attempts - they were hobbled by a military industrial complex that believed it needed no super weapons and could simply overwhelm the world with their sheer manpower and brutality. So the Japanese literally starved their nuclear program to death (for some reason the Japanese were using sugar in their process, I believe as a substitute for graphite, but it kept getting stolen by employees until almost none was left). So American leadership (even before they found out the poor extent to which their enemies had reached) decided it was best to not mention their (lack of) progress at all. And they also thought the Russians would need decades to replicate what took only 4 years (thanks to Klaus Fuchs).

[@marvinellis1517]

Please no AI as I prefer human narration...❤

[@jessestout8646]

We hate A.I.! 😐

[@TheBigSki]

@@jessestout8646we all hate ai videos they are straight garbage

[@julieputney4317]

I had never heard of this before, this is fascinating

[@stevenward4162]

There is a book "Battleground Atlantic" about this event, which you might be interested in!

[@julieputney4317]

@stevenward4162 Thank you for the recommendation!

[@Joshuabryabt-gf6sc]

That's a lot of gold just sitting there, especially at its current calue

[@matta5498]

194 million in Gold. 3.8 million in Tin 2 million in Opium 600K in Molybdenum 71K in Tungsten 302 dollars in Caffeine

[@williamchessher5938]

This was before Klink was transferred to Stallog 13

[@jasonnaimie5465]

I will never use AI. AI is not needed or wanted. great video

[@vanroeling2930]

Colonel Klink was promoted to a Uboat Commander!

[@deenasmusicbox]

I used to love Colonial Klink 😂!

[@douglasbillington8521]

​@@deenasmusicboxI see Nutzing!

[@davidrhp847]

Shultz couldn’t go. He didn’t fit through the sub hatch.

[@jamesbarnard9710]

In point of fact, Japan had a program to build a nuclear bomb. The program had been transferred to the Chosin reservoir in what is now North Korea, to make use of its hydroelectric capabilities as well as to escape U.S. bombing of Japan. When Little Boy exploded over Hiroshima, the head of the Japanese nuclear program knew exactly what it was! Whether Japan could have produced an actual bomb or a "dirty bomb" given another six months is uncertain. Fortunately, Japan surrendered before such a program could come to fruition.

[@Jimvanhise]

So your stock footage of Germans shows Werner Klemperer, one of the most famous actors to ever play a German?

[@christopherbodnar9934]

He actually has the real footage of the entire event in entirety but just chooses random videos that just look like what he's talking about.

[@DrSweat]

@@christopherbodnar9934 That's how AI works. Yes, it's artificial, intelligence, not in the least!

[@joeshaboo9112]

Looks like the AI picked photos of the rare single seat version of the Avenger.......AKA the F6F Hellcat.

[@thomasriggle6371]

This channel is crap.

[@johnmcneece4321]

That's colonel Klink isn't it

[@9014jayvictor]

Col Klink at 10:27

[@christopherhill4438]

I thought it was his twin brother!

[@NicolaHerty]

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

[@Isueng]

good olde Alan Turing for breaking the enigma code ❤️

[@moodogco]

35-40 tons of secret paperwork, drawings & designs!!! That's a lot in weight for just paperwork

[@palindrome1959]

They're paperweights ...

[@gregsmith6756]

Dang! How much tonnage could one submarine hold back then?

[@distKbord86]

She carried things weighing lots of tons despite the capacity and size of a sub

[@Engine33Truck]

Probably had most/all of her torpedos and deck gun ammo offloaded to save weight. Might’ve left without her torpedo room crews too

[@yoshisan262]

2:20 - Yeah “broadcast ready” because the vestigial forearm thumbs is so human. 🤮😂

[@dearthditch]

😱

[@WIED66]

That's just under 200 million in today's prices.

[@wdwerker]

That’s just the gold price.

[@vonclod123]

I would be shocked if someone hasn't attempted a salvage

[@MrWombatty]

Wouldn't be surprised if the Chinese try to salvage its cargo, as they don't respect naval shipwrecks & their status as war-graves, ......plus they love gold!

[@robames1293]

The I-52 also is a memorial to the plundered gold of Pacific nations.

[@billpetersen298]

Good point.

[@Engine33Truck]

Right. If salvaged by a government other than the Japanese, or some honorable salvager (if those exist), the gold probably needs split among nations conquered by Japan.

[@billpetersen298]

@@Engine33Truck Or the allied nations, that freed them.

[@larryl43]

THANK YOU

[@johnbay1234]

Honestly what is haunting about this particular sub The sonar buoy was recorded. You can actually hear the sub break up. look up sinking of sub i52 sonar

[@gordon54321]

My Grandfather William Gordon is the pilot on those tapes, it’s crazy to hear him when he was in his twenties yelling, “we got those sons of b!tches!”

[@stevec3526]

Gold miners in Japan were Korean prisoners.

[@BP-1988]

The plane in the beginning video is not of a TBF Avenger. It's an F6F Hellcat. At the 1:28 time mark, it is an TBF Avenger.

[@mikep490]

Yes many of these (and other) videos simply show stock footage. The snippets are not there to show the story.

[@raymondclark1785]

The Pilot returned to the Jeep carrier for a pee break

[@williamsmith7340]

A really good historical novel featuring the successful Yanagi mission referred to in this video is “Shokuzai” (Atonement) by William Myers.

[@sjb3460]

What is the unit of measurement for the 2.2 tons of gold bars? Was it METRIC TONS, long tons, short tons, avp tons, troy ounces? It does make a difference in calculating the value of the gold bar cargo. 1 troy ounce weighs 31.1034 grams, 1 metric ton weighs 1000 kilograms, 1 long ton weighs 1016.05 kilo, 1 short ton weighs 907.185 kg,

[@benjaminlynch9958]

Probably 2,000 pounds per ton. 2.2 tons = 2,000 Kg which seems like the nice round metric units that Japan and Germany would be using at that time.

[@DavidJones-me7yr]

If you're able to go down and get it,, I can rent a truck and haul it for you?!😂😂😂😊

[@Dave5843-d9m]

Gold is measured in imperial tons 2240 pounds. USA likes the short ton (2000 pounds) as it sounds better and any dope can add it up.

[@bobbysenterprises3220]

In any of these measurements it's still $h1t tons of money to me.

[@Nym146]

...and an enigma machine. Both crucial for evading the..." Yeeeah, good luck with that. 😂

[@jamesknight3070]

MI8 and Bletchley Park. 😃 It's funny to think neither the Germans nor the Yanks knew how or where the UK was getting it's intelligence from, but it was spot on everytime! 🤣

[@Nym146]

@jamesknight3070 right? 😂

[@edbrown6985]

And I didn't think you needed ai.

[@Tachikawa5]

Would the AI program be to blame for the odd selection of videos and pictures shown ?? They don’t match the narration very well.

[@jessestout8646]

@@Tachikawa5 The fake looking parts of the video and pictures!

[@pcmacd]

1:01 - that ain't no Avenger???

[@annehersey9895]

I’m surprised that the US intercepting forces didn’t plan to attack when the subs were side by side so they could have gotten 2 subs at once! When they were at the rendezvous, they were sitting ducks while doing the transfers.

[@billpetersen298]

Maybe they couldn’t be too obvious. Wanting the axis powers to continue, using the same encryption.

[@annehersey9895]

@@billpetersen298 Good point. Thanks for replying!

[@daguard411]

Thank you.

[@seanvahsholtz]

I think I just saw Clink from hogan's heroes....

[@davidbarnsley8486]

It certainly was 😂😂 Werner kempler

[@williamchessher5938]

😂

[@fnusecurity5112]

I think you would have to Savage the whole sub to get to the gold. Since it won't be a easy to reach cargo.

[@joshm3342]

SKIP to 3:31 where the ACTUAL STORY BEGINS.

[@rwarren58]

I understand that the gold was never found. I don't blame Paul for not going back. 😎

[@skwerilleee]

You're telling me if i build some sort of deep sea grabbing drone, theres literal tons of gold bars just laying there for me 😳

[@craigjones1428]

lol - jumping the shark a bit arent you on the the dirty bomb...

[@GladysLincoln-o9k]

Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.

[@auro1986]

you wanted to save that 2.2 tons of gold from radiation

[@CynthiaBurne]

It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.

[@leeharrison2722]

This video shows a Wildcat and calls it a TB-1 Avenger. Come on guys... you gotta be better than that/

[@Engine33Truck]

Probably just misspoke by confusing the designation of the FM-1 Wildcat and TBF Avenger, and didn’t catch it in editing. Later in the video, he properly calls it a TBF-1C Avenger

[@beerandrockets7526]

AI sponsor doesnt help your argument that you aren't yourself an AI... 🤔

[@rossdawgsbrokenspirit9038]

damn that commercial was long as hell

[@Cig808]

The voice in this video is a text to speech program and the footage is all stock. This guy has like 100 channels, and you all really think he writes and narriates all of them?

[@Nym146]

You think AI capable of sounding human has been around for 7 years?

[@Cig808]

@@Nym146 You mean like Siri?

[@Digital_Apparition]

You sold yourself to ai huh

[@massformationpsychosis7681]

I’m guessing he just couldn’t afford to pay people to make the videos, and/or he didn’t have enough time.

[@annehersey9895]

This isn’t an AI narrator. It’s the same narrator. He did embrace advertising for an AI company though but he wasn’t the first and certainly won’t be the last!

[@SSkev2019]

You know I’ve noticed that a lot lately on this channel . Sadly, I just unsubscribed.

[@yoshisan262]

That explains some of the 🤮images in some of the Dark Channels latest videos

[@annehersey9895]

@@yoshisan262 Dark Skies and Dark Seas seem to be the regular real person that’s narrated forever. Some of the others are AI generated and when they pop up under the Dark tab, the word Dark is missing and that’s usually AI. It’s very odd!

[@BaldwinPatrick-j6c]

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

[@petepete-1779]

If I could ask for metric measurements as well would be great :)

[@caverstacy]

AI is one more step toward the demise of humans.

[@LambertTitus-r4t]

It was her first experience training a rainbow unicorn.

[@gwenwheeler1248]

Bad news for america ,WE JUST LOST A TON OF LAND! I asked A I what was located 2,000 miles west of nys? A I said there is no land 2,000 miles west of nys

[@mikepolen5903]

Why can't you use more accurate images? A Hellcat is not an Avenger.

[@michaelwicks7680]

There has been a recovery effort on this sub.. A large container was brought up.. It contained the opium.. Which was immediately dumped back into the sea 😭

[@nofeerz]

i read that japan was using korea to develop its own atomic weapon and didn't need a long range plane place in a fishing point park off the coast of san francisco or long beach and cause massive casualties

[@terrencemolinari]

Perhaps you could retain an editor who can tell the difference between a Hellcat and an Avenger.

[@BP-1988]

That's what I was thinking too. I've noticed they don't properly identify aircraft in other Dark Sea's videos as well.

[@Terry-ov6wd]

NO AI!

[@MichaelCampin]

Oh dear, what a shame, never mind.

[@9014jayvictor]

14:59 more Klink

[@tonyb33168]

I love the channel but I am not liking the music when it becomes too loud.

[@jimbowling8528]

As always, great work! And yes - - - please, no AI (Asinine Intelligence) a contradiction in intelligence.

[@joe533]

At 16:40 he says that "to datye no salvage operation has been approved" Who "approves" such things?

[@thesurp72520]

They need funding and resources to do such a thing, and no one has given any of those things yet.

[@gordon54321]

There have been proposals but Japan protested as they consider it a sacred tomb of the deceased.

[@MrWombatty]

Wouldn't be surprised if the Chinese try to salvage its cargo, as they don't respect naval shipwrecks & their status as war-graves, ......plus they love gold!

[@pieterveenders9793]

Japan, as it's their boat.

[@2217Video]

Your AI can't tell the difference between a Hellcat and an Avenger. You just make yourself look incompetent when you include the wrong footage.

[@DerekDickinson-jd3gv]

Comment as you like. You still watched this. Hope you learned something and perhaps enjoyed the video.❤

[@michael210477]

The background musik is to high

[@454545george]

Any WWII buff knows the difference between a Hell cat and a TBF/M Avenger. The first video 2as the Hell cat.

[@langanm62]

Get rid 9f the horrible music. Narrative only.

[@MrWombatty]

Plus, the music is often too loud to hear narrative!

[@seti48]

Didn't Tidwell get cargo off a Japanese sub? Turns out, all he got was some bars of tin. He got mad at his submersible guy for wasting a dive to plant a Japanese flag on the wreck. They got no gold.

[@johnhaffenden9576]

The German Atomic bomb was based on Heavy Water, not Uranium.

[@sandville2396]

Blah blah blah negative comments. What a great video as usual, thanks a ton! Incredible how many videos you're able to put out with such a quality.

[@palindrome1959]

Yeah, they're great videos but it's still fun to point out Colonel Klink!!!

[@gordon54321]

Agreed, I like the channel but as others have pointed out and now kind of nodded to with the AI sponsorship, these videos are cranked out across multiple channels and usually lacking in accuracy and quality.

[@douglasbuckland8280]

Another AI warrior...

[@rjc115]

No AI.

[@robertfarrow4256]

He was flying an avenger, and you show a hellcat! That does NOT impress anyone!

[@joseph-sj7do]

Yeah, you would think they could ask someone with knowledge of weapons of time etc to 'Review' the video to spot this stuff as with this at very beginning it makes you doubt everything

[@jamesbackman172]

​I'm surprised that they didn't use a picture of a Fariy Swordfish Bi plane 😂

[@ayardguide9402]

This stupid to put ads in the middle of narrative

[@Thekowaikaiju]

Extra click baity today, are we?

[@richardsuggs8108]

So the gold is not on the Japanese sub as the exchange of cargo occurred before the sinking.

[@chrisreidland]

Gold and nuke material and instructions?

[@matthewheaton3425]

There is nothing said of the uranium either. Its raw form would be environmentally damaging. I'd say the material hasn't leaked. Yet.

[@deenasmusicbox]

I’m obsessed with all of your channels!

[@ToddEugene]

He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.

[@johncook3817]

It's interesting how a war grave isn't safe if there if gold involved!! The dead should be left in peace!!

[@joseph-sj7do]

Did same with HMS Edinburgh Royal Navy Cruiser sunk in Artic Waters escorting Murmansk Convoy despite being allowed to salvage the gold with condition they treat any human remains with dignity the salvagers could not resist disrespecting them

[@joseph-sj7do]

Mk 24 Mine / FIDO Torpedo, invented by use of Patent of Hedy Lamarr the Hillywood Actress (described as most beautiful woman in Hollywood, used as Model for Snow White by Walt Disney, she was Austrian) she invented 'Frequency Hopping' used by the Mk 10 'Mine' referred to that to ensure Nazis never got to know of it and they never did as no U Boat survived being attacked by it, it is now used in Mobile Phones as when moving callers are passed from Phone Mast to Mast, truly she was beauty and brains together . She was very litigous and sued Mel Brooks for naming a character 'Hedley Lamarr' in BLAZING SADDLES , in film Mel Brookes cracks to the actor "dont worry you can sue her as this in 1876!! I saw Mel on Johnny Carson one night and he said the Film Studio wanted him to change name of character cos she was so litigous but he said "no, let her sue us we will get publicity give her a bit of money to settle" and that is what happened , she sued got paid $50,000 the Film got many times that worth of publicity .

[@NIGBEATS]

Bro, if you're using ai to make your videos you can count me out. I don't watch ai made bullshit.

[@otpyrcralphpierre1742]

I wonder how much that gold is worth now?

[@PatrickKQ4HBD]

$88M, as of October 2024.

[@ianjohnston2361]

Screw Ai

[@blackhawkorg]

Lose the horrible, too loud background music. Not putting up with that, out at the 10 minute mark. No reason for that distraction.

[@MrDopestDope1]

where is the gold though

[@davidmarks6042]

General Motors Wildcats? Um... Grumman Wildcats.

[@palindrome1959]

Isn't that a Hellcat?

[@stevoplex]

Totally obnoxious music. Horrific.

[@iammaximus614]

… Signs of the times 🤖

[@Jedi382]

Operation Yanagi

[@jakelandry5645]

Sounds like U864

[@MrWombatty]

Won't be long before the Chinese will try to salvage its cargo, as they don't respect naval shipwrecks & their status as war-graves, ......plus they love gold!

[@LandyVlad_Rides]

PLEASE no AI, no ads, and no music! Your channel used to be good but seems to be getting lazier/lower quality lately.

[@PatrickKQ4HBD]

Nice AI production.

[@9014jayvictor]

yes but I am against it