Japanese Aircraft carriers: Odd facts

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@thomasbeach905 5 ай бұрын

And to remember, until post war, when hiragana was written horizontally, it was read right to left rather than the current left to right (it was usually written vertically, but that would not work on a ship side). Destroyers had their names in bold katakana on their sides, again right to left. Katakana is easier to read from a distance.

@Aelxi 5 ай бұрын

Oh I see that's why another commenter wrote "ぎかあ"　for Akagi in his post I was confused at first

@Quasarnova1 5 ай бұрын

Yep, it was also spelled slightly differently in some cases, like Asashio being written as "ホシサア" (Asashiho). There also a photo of Hamakaze with the name "ゼカヤハ" (Hayakaze) written on the side, as that was the name of a fictional destroyer in a movie that she was filmed in.

@Quasarnova1 5 ай бұрын

Anyone who has dug into IJN carriers probably knows this, but I think it's still worth mentioning here. All of Japan's original fleet carriers (the ones that participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor) had the first character of their name in katakana painted on their flight deck, along with their full name written (in much smaller font) in hiragana near the stern. "ア" and "ぎかあ" for Akagi, "カ" and "がが" for Kaga, "サ" and "うゅりうそ" for Souryuu, "ヒ" and "うゅりひ" for Hiryuu, "シ" and "くかょし" for Shoukaku, and "ス" and "くかいず" for Zuikaku. Though I'm not sure why Souryuu had "サ" (sa) instead of "ソ" (so), maybe the latter looked too similar to Shoukaku's "シ". Another fun fact the experimental jet fighter Kikka also used RATO for takeoff, and the aviation battleships Ise and Hyuuga planned to use RATO to launch Suisei dive bombers.

@gratefulguy4130 5 ай бұрын

Shoukaku looking really friendly

@ricecooker3000 Ай бұрын

From two flight decks a carrier to RATO. It shows how fast the aircraft development war at that time. Great video

@AGallion 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info! For years I couldn't tell Shokaku and Zuikaku apart, besides the camo on Zuikaku for her configuration during the Battle of Cape Engano, and now I do! Thanks Crosser!

@manilajohn0182 5 ай бұрын

Great video, sir. You get the 'Navy award', with "E" for excellence. WELL DONE...

@brucermarino Ай бұрын

Very informative. I was especially impressed with the data about rocket assisted takeoff. Thanks!

@tomlindsay4629 5 ай бұрын

Super fascinating, thanks for posting!

@jefferydavis4090 5 ай бұрын

She does a great commentary on all her subjects, seems very knowledgeable, I will not question her knowledge nor the research she does. Very well done 👍👍👍👍👍

@Backwardlooking 5 ай бұрын

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@aslamnurfikri7640 5 ай бұрын

Shokaku and Zuikaku almost had split island design like Soryu and Hiryu, but the design was scrapped in favor of starboard only island. However this decision came too late for Shokaku as her port island support structure had been built, necessitating additional ballast and some design alterations to balance it

@benrig89 5 ай бұрын

The lighting system factoid is fascinating. I wonder how that stacked up against the American system of using an LSO with large paddles?

@scotfield3950 5 ай бұрын

Very well done thank you!

@christophersnyder1532 5 ай бұрын

I haven't seen some of those images before, which is great, one thing I was wondering, was did the Japanese employ tractors to bring the aircraft to, and from the flight deck, and hangar deck like the United States, I have watched movies where the don't use tractors, but that is just the movies. Great as usual, keep it up. Take care, and all the best.

@centralcrossing4732 5 ай бұрын

@@christophersnyder1532 I've not seen any tractors in photos or read any references to them being used. I don't want to give a solid no, but I don't think they did. Thanks, take care as well.

@shawnc1016 5 ай бұрын

Likely not. I've read accounts of island based squadrons that had little ground mobility or repair abilities. Captured mechanics were reportedly shocked when they saw U.S. airfield operations.

@pauld6967 Ай бұрын

I wouldn't categorize the aircraft arrangement as odd. It is logical to have your biggest/heaviest aircraft at the rear to give them the maximum amount of length for takeoff.

@davidangelo8902 5 ай бұрын

Very Nice video! Thanks for putting it together.

@marcusarilus 5 ай бұрын

Great Video , wonderful job🌸🌸

@McRocket 5 ай бұрын

Very interesting. Thank you for creating this. ☮

@JGCR59 5 ай бұрын

I suppose the Japanese had a Heinkel style catapult (given Heinkel worked in Japan in the 20s) similar to what the Kriegsmarine installed on Graf Zeppelin. This system also was overly heavy and complicated with 109s being set on launch carts with gear retracted and launch carts being caught and recovered after launch with a conveyor belt system

@kennethwilson8633 Ай бұрын

Nice video

@FireDragon16180 5 ай бұрын

Very good, thank you

@markworden9169 5 ай бұрын

I noticed an auxiliary rudder in a diagram shown, did all Japanese fleet carriers have these I wonder?

@centralcrossing4732 5 ай бұрын

@@markworden9169 Only the two Shokakus and Taiho did. The others either had 2 spade rudders or one semi-balanced rudder.

@fooman2108 5 ай бұрын

How fast was Shinano? Where she was a converted/redesigned Yamato,....

@gregorywright4918 5 ай бұрын

28 kts max, but that burns a LOT of fuel.

@fooman2108 5 ай бұрын

@gregorywright4918 I know the difference between 28-32 knots ('please lord, let the engines stay together') 5% LESS fuel mileage, 20% MORE horsepower to achieve EACH KNOTS speed). My dad, 47 years USN, commanded two USN ships, used to say you want the engineers to 'discover' five 'EXTRA' knots...JUST THEM SOMEONE'S SHOOTING AT US! (Don't matter if they are raising sails, or manning canoe paddles, THEY WILL FIND IT!) A motivated engineer can MAKE horse power from THIN AIR!

@gregorywright4918 5 ай бұрын

@@fooman2108 Sounds like red-lining, which might get you out of it but probably will require a major overhaul.

@EMM7291 5 ай бұрын

Could you talk more on Shinano? Especially their design and why they switch to replenishment carrier instead of a fleet carrier

@gregorywright4918 5 ай бұрын

Well, for one thing she could not do more than 28 kts.

@shawnc1016 5 ай бұрын

She was a fleet carrier, in essence. The support carrier thing is often misunderstood. Instead of being stationed behind the fleet, as you would expect with "support" in its description, it was actually to be sent ahead of the main force where it would quickly refuel and rearm returning aircraft.

@BHuang92 5 ай бұрын

Ive heard of this never built Design G-5 light carrier (9.800tons) of 1932. There is no further information about it and that is all i could find on the Internet. What do you think of it?

@centralcrossing4732 5 ай бұрын

@@BHuang92 I have no additional information on it. It's one of the designs that are lost to history unfortunately. I do have a theory behind it though. Based on the project Ryujo spearheaded, I suspect it's an improved variation of Ryujo. Remember that Ryujo was supposed to be one out of a long list of 10,000 ton loophole carriers, a fleet of light carriers that was never to be. I think G-5 was a continuation of that based on the year proposed and its estimated tonnage. Unfortunately, we will probably never know what it was.

@Joe-u9l 5 ай бұрын

They used lights for landing assistance very early on. Did the IJN come up with the idea?

@gregorywright4918 5 ай бұрын

@@Joe-u9l The IJN got a lot of starter ideas from the British, then improved them on their own.

@marvinwoods4556 5 ай бұрын

So the IJN invented JATO before Jet Assisted Take-Off was a thing.

@trooperdgb9722 5 ай бұрын

Never understood why it was called JATO instead of RATO.

@podmonkey2501 Ай бұрын

I learned some new things therfore I must award a like and a comment.

@WildBillCox13 5 ай бұрын

(Harder's skipper to his XO) "The first torpedo lets all the avgas out. The second one hits the magazines and that should break her in half." (Harder's XO, counting the tubes just discharged) "That's one and two. What are numbers three and four for?" (Harder's skipper) "left for love. Right for spite."

@garyhooper1820 Ай бұрын

One can now understand why , once ablaze it would be nearly impossible to extinguish , not laid out at all like American carriers.

@greycatturtle7132 5 ай бұрын

Maybe taihos plastic flight deck

@kidmohair8151 5 ай бұрын

I did learn something new, so here is the comment as requested. (I also learned not to accidentally hit the capslock, or google/alphabet will try to take over all your devices)