Brit Reacts to US Navy's Unluckiest Ship With An Untouchable Crew - USS William D. Porter

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[@sandpiperr]

Also, the "water polo" injury was kind of a joke. FDR couldn't shower because he couldn't stand after being paralyzed by polio. However, amazingly, most people actually had no idea that the President was in a wheelchair because back then they'd just ask the press not to take pictures of his wheelchar and they'd agree not to!

[@Thaddeus49]

Nowadays people wouldn't care about taking pictures even if to not to they still would for more views.

[@TanyaQueen182]

Your reactions to the Fat Electrician videos have become my absolute FAVORITE! He's freaking hilarious I didn't know who he was before you reacted.

[@TanyaQueen182]

FDR WAS a legend for real.

[@lostsoul029]

I watched fat electrician for a while, but re-watch with your reactions. Thank you for this!

[@Raven_Enforcer]

He just has a Veteran mentality. Great dude.

[@jacquelinejohnson9447]

I agree. I love both L3WG and the Fat Electrician.

[@johnorganis7339]

I totally agree

[@Raven_Enforcer]

FDR is a legend. He cared about the soldiers.

[@llamaandyea7965]

14 years of hard labor man is literally turning big rocks into little ones with a sledgehammer it was a prison sentence

[@darrinlindsey]

When he said that FDR had a water polo injury, he was making fun of our president, who actually had Polio and was permanently bound to a wheel chair.

[@JustinBurrichter]

That is is just one of those stories that if it was a movie no one would believe it

[@widowmaker7831]

@L3WG Reacts The Yamato was one of the largest battleships ever produced by the Japanese it was quite impressive you really should watch a special on that ship and the battle that sank her. It's a David vs Goliath type story.

[@Thaddeus49]

The Fat Electrician hates this ship with a passion and I love his rants on it.

[@reesesist]

Definitely should react to his Yamato video

[@feralon9570]

This one had me laughing so hard.. lol

[@tammyleatherman1897]

When you're in the Navy and assigned to a ship you can live on it even while in port in US. Some tight quarters for the average enlisted person.

[@gokuismymom8553]

Funny thing is we built all these small ships and then after that we built not 1 , not 2 but 4 big and powerful ships like Yamato and Bismarck.

[@timfeeley714-25]

They were not as big as the Bismarck and Yamato, their size had to be restricted to what would fit through the Panama canal.

[@glencalhoun9544]

14 yrs Hard Labor Absolutely 100% DOES MEAN PRISON!!! LMMFAO 🤣🤣🤣

[@davidbryan4732]

Nothing compares to the fat electricians podcast videos ---- thanks for your reactions to them also numero uno

[@Greg_Andrews]

"got sunk by an underwater airplane that we already shot down" IMO, you can't make this shtuff up!

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

Well, the USS Iowa didn’t put the hot tub Jacuzzi on the ship just for the president but because the president had once had polio and he couldn’t stand up but it was really hard and painful so he sat in a wheelchair most of the time which is something most people didn’t know about Franklin Roosevelt. Pretty amazing., huh?? my dad had polio and thank God he made a full recovery, and he had to learn how to use his muscles and build them up all over again, including his arms, because he was totally paralyzed!! He was six years old and I came home with a really bad headache and then after that he got polio, but he lived and he couldn’t even hardly move his arms, but grandma and put him in a baby bed, and he started using the sides to work up his upper arm strength, and his chest, and it took several months. Once his arms were stronger, he was able to pull himself up in this baby bed to stand because his legs still didn’t have any strength. I think it took him a total of five or six months to recover, but it didn’t stop him from running 5 miles a day until he was almost 62

[@ItsaJday]

Oh man, are these stories the best! I'm having the same reactions you are! LMAO!

[@yuanxinwang8219]

Petition for the world war tree video

[@StuartistStudio1964]

This makes the movie Operation Petticoat seem plausible.

[@Ironshultz]

It’s weird because I love watching the fat electrician, but I think I’d rather watch your reactions to his videos.😂

[@ajbrown6951]

14:40 that is prison bro 😂😂

[@brucekey1983]

The yomato is the largest battle ship ever built ever both by Japan or the world ever

[@samanthakincaid9087]

Why is this story not a movie!!! 😂

[@jacenjustice]

"Willie D. Porter?" One Piece fans know.

[@garrettd.6215]

Hard labor is prison

[@brettmuir5679]

Hard labor is hard labor...does it need to be spelled out?

[@rebeccachurchbodell9004]

Some how I keep getting un subscribed from your channel. I have to keep subscribing again and again. You might need to ask people to keep checking and re subscribing

[@sandpiperr]

I feel like Sam O'Nella did this better. Sorry, not sorry.

[@trollingpcgames]

You are basically stealing the guys content, you could at least take the extra 10 seconds to watch him promote his clothing line. Every time i see you skip advertising in videos i lose more respect for you, and i become less inclined to watch your content in the future.

[@darrinlindsey]

There's a reason that KZbin offers a "share" button.

[@RinnzuRosendale]

2 things. 1, FDR was bound to a wheel chair. 2. Hard labor means prison.

[@gk5891]

3rd thing. He pardoned the Chief Torpedo Officer because he said, "They shouldn't be punished because we failed to train them".

[@brettmuir5679]

Hard labor means hard labor ( as in move this pile of boulders over there and when you are done, bring them back...repeat)

[@amirferdhany3177]

@@brettmuir5679 that just sounds like prison but exercise edition.

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

4. Nava Fleet: "Stay away from us Willy-D, you effin' maritime Schleprocks."

[@IncomitatusExcelsior]

​@amirferdhany3177 That's exactly what it is. It is prison, where you are required to do hard manual labor instead of sitting around in a cell all day.

[@herrzimm]

The Yamato was Japan's BIGGEST, MOST ARMORED AND ARMED, battleship ever produced. Often considered the "flagship" of the ENTIRE Japanese Navy, despite having very little actual combat activity, simply due to the size and "projection" of naval threat. It became a national symbol of Japanese domination and was considered to be "unsinkable" by any Navy in the world. THEN it ran across the US Navy, and they sunk it within a matter of MINUTES, sending it to the bottom of the sea where it is now a "coral reef". And now the "legacy" of the Yamato is of 2 variations. 1) For the Japanese, it is still a considerable "symbol" of Japanese pride, seen in various forms of entertainment and numerous memorials or references in historical records. 2) For the Americans, it is just considered another number on the scoreboard for the US Navy.

[@oldeskul]

Germany said the same thing about the Bismark.

[@akarbit3r111]

Tbf, feel like that lack of combat activity actually came back to bite them. If they used on the US early on when the US was still on its back foot, would of actually gotten the crew some experience, and it would of been a bit trickier to take down. But, instead, they had it hiding through most of the war, then try to use it to basically solo a whole task force like idiots and it backfired spectacularly. Basically proof that while you can have the biggest stick, doesn't really matter if you don't have the experience to effectively use it.

[@77marioland]

A few cool points on that, they made two of them, the Yamato and the Musashi (hull of the third was made into an aircraft carrier). The other is it had 18" main guns; the Iowa class had 15" guns.

[@hazardousroo]

@@77marioland Sorry to nitpick here, but those are 16" on the Iowa, not 15". With longer range, more accuracy, more velocity, and able to reload faster, they were actually more powerful than those monster 18". Just wanted to point that out. TFE mentioned this in an earlier video on the Iowa class.

[@Cody38Super]

This is one of the greatest fuck-ups in history.....a boat after my own heart.

[@IrishSetter01]

You should watch BlueJays- Russian voyage nobody talks about. The whole fleet was like this.....

[@Cody38Super]

@@IrishSetter01 yeeesssss! They fired on every one except the Japanese. I love Irish Setters, by the way.

[@portialancaster3442]

Our President at the time, FDR, had polio and used a wheelchair. The jacuzzi was part of his therapy.

[@anlydaly5726]

Should have called the ship the USS BRUH 😂 Also HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE 🎉

[@Itsjustgaming859]

lol 😂 definitely a missed opportunity there.

[@Shakeysmoker1]

Fuckin F.D.R sitting in his wheelchair looking at everyone while pardoning the crew saying " But did I die" while laughing 😆

[@revgurley]

A Kamikaze was a Japanese suicide aircraft. Their weapon was the plane. They didn't "land" anywhere since their mission was to die for the country. Just crash the plane into...whatever. Sick as a dog and you still made me laugh. Love these reactions and love Fat Electrician. Needed a giggle right now. Hope you and yours have a wonderful New Years!

[@evelynbare1975]

Yep. Kamikaze means Suicide.

[@michaelparham1328]

Just going by what The Fat Electrician described, the chief torpedo guy only removed two on purpose, because he was as surprised as anyone else when the commander called for a 3rd torpedo. I don't know the procedure for torpedo drills. Maybe he was supposed to take every primer out of every torpedo, but they only ever do two drills, so he only bothered to take out two. Or maybe he was only instructed to do two, and the commander fucked up by doing three.

[@ouachitawoman]

"America in a nut shell" Yes, Yes that's our mindset.

[@FourFish47]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 That story would make a great comedy movie 😅

[@peacemaker1317]

the polio jokes are HILARIOUS. longest sitting president both literally and figuratively hahaha

[@Kim-J312]

FDR was a great president, my favorite and Teddy was great too 👍.

[@Ecosse57]

two power hungry progressives. their hearts were mostly in the right place but didn't give a shit about constitutional limits on government.

[@chrismaverick9828]

To be fair to FDR's pardon of the Chief Torpedoman, it's not like a single torpedo would have sunk an Iowa. Damage, yes. Inconvenience, sure. Embarrass, probably. But not sink. Although had it hit those nine 16's would certainly have made scrap metal out of the destroyer with one salvo.

[@joycenorthwind6874]

Also if the president was crazy enough to go up on deck to watch it hit there could of been a good chance he was killed. Ooops! No Pardon. lol

[@thomasohanlon1060]

FDR had contracted polio in 1921 at the age of 39. !4 years of hard labor is prison and being this was the military he most likely would have ended up in Leavenworth Prison, if you want to keep it out of the public have a military trial. Te Yamato was the IJN Super Battle Ship, you know the Germans had the Bismarck and Japan had the Yamato, yep both went to the bottom.

[@Rainy1dae]

Oh my GOD, I laughed my butt off!! I actually SAVED this in my favorites. Thank you, Lewis!😅😂😂

[@mariecox4186]

Love it, if they made this story into a movie. It has alot of potential of being a big hit......no pun intended,😅😂🐟🐬

[@mattiemathis9549]

To give you an example of “military cover ups”: The official report the night the Commander of the entire European United States Army went down in a helicopter the official report read: “The Staff Duty NCO ( the guy in charge of being at the radio in case of an emergency. The guy who the whole group (a bunch of military personnel) counted on to be alert and available to sound the alarm) was indisposed in the toilet due to food poisoning.” When in reality he had been absent from the entire military base for 3 hours before the incident and didn’t return for another 3 hours. Fortunately, I didn’t receive any reputations and was actually commended by my 1st Sgt for keeping the situation in house.

[@chrismaverick9828]

WWII US Mk-15 Torpedoes had two speed settings, 45knots for short range (6000 yards) and 25 knots for long range (15,000 yards), and at these speeds it could take several minutes to cover the shorter range and many minutes to cover the longer one, hence the 3-5+ minutes.

[@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly]

Sooo...are knots like golf points, the lower the faster?

[@dwaynedittoe2248]

@@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly knots are nautical miles per hour and yes that is different from land or air mph but the higher the better...i would believe the slower speed for the longer range is because of fuel

[@chrismaverick9828]

@@dwaynedittoe2248 exactly. The fuel/air supplies are limited and the consumption rate determines speed and longevity. THe reason why the Japanese Long Lances were so much faster and longer range than any of the other torpedoes is because they used pure oxygen rather than air, making them more efficient and powerful per volume of fuel.

[@PriscillaV1964]

The Kamikaze planes that had a 0% chance of landing had a 100% Kamikaze score. A Kamikaze does not return. Theirs is a one way mission.

[@marciahuehn2365]

Hilarious story...even funnier reaction...laughed so hard...thank you! 😂😉👍💜

[@RO_The_Hated]

Yes, L3wg this is what I would expect if you joined the Navy. You are an unparalleled Muppet in most scenarios. Love your work champion!

[@catlady443]

Why do you think they voted him in 3 times and only reason not 4, he said no

[@darrinlindsey]

He was elected 4 times. He died during his 4th term.

[@brettmuir5679]

He died during his 4th term. When you see him sitting for photos with Churchill & Stalin he looks like he is nearly dead

[@chriseccles1628]

HcHales Navy was inspired by this!

[@alanpeterson4939]

Watch the Fat Electrician’s story about Sgt Reckless, the Marine Corps horse.

[@wikdsweet]

That's one of my favorites

[@armandomunoz276]

That was too funny. Merica!!! 🇺🇸

[@navagate1900]

"Hard Labor" is prison, making little rocks out of big rocks instead of just sitting in a cell.

[@TheGelatinousSnake]

Hehe… back when we needed any random sailor willing to go on a boat. Best to concentrate all the weirdos on one boat. Either they realize they are all in the same boat and shape up…

[@derrickduncanson9253]

Still no reaction to, Marine war horse, sergeant reckless. From, the fat electrician!?!?? WOW

[@m2hmghb]

I hate Roosevelt's politics - but there is no way in hell I will ever disrespect the man or his memory.

[@timfeeley714-25]

New Deal, Raw Deal!

[@m2hmghb]

His ban on private ownership of gold........@@timfeeley714-25

[@christopherhanton6611]

wow what Unluckiest Ship INDEED

[@charlesmaurer6214]

I also read FDR commented he was upset they missed and asked. How did you miss your target was a fickin battleship.

[@Aokreaper]

Ohhh god there is one person in every family in american families that describes this ship lol

[@karladoesstuff]

"Water polo" was a joke. FDR was a polio victim.

[@1wildhorsefeather]

You should watch the movie Hacksaw Ridge. It's a true story of a World War 2 Medic that didn't carry a weapon and was a hero.

[@davegray3049]

A British guy wouldn't know this naturaly but the president had polio so he Couldn't stand in a shower because he could barely stand that why the bath

[@darrenshoults4620]

Basically you get through Boot Camp, go to your A-School and maybe C-School you finish that and you pick East Coast or west. Then there's a list of ships for that Coast and you pick one that needs your rating. Your assigned to it for 2 yrs after which you can stay aboard or opt to transfer out somewhere else to finish your tour. But if you stay in you can change stations every 2 years if you want.

[@richardhillestad2945]

This was awesome. The Willy D sounds like a bunch of Operations Specialist. Something straight out of McHale's Navy.

[@zoeferbrache]

This is a great story, loved it!❤😊

[@brandonbanks4394]

The funny thing about this is it's all true

[@JamesBarber-lu6vf]

Lewis, FDR had polio and required daily water therapy to suppress the pain.

[@Reshtarc]

Respect it but they did fire live weapons 2 times in proximity. One at them.

[@AriiAniaismyname]

"Fire the f*ing what now?!"

[@llamaandyea7965]

They are that kid that just keeps trying and just keeps falling short. I know the feeling they got heart.

[@suzannerobinson6575]

Hard labor is prison plus breaking rocks with sledgehammers every day.

[@davideasiebert1941]

And I always thought that the submarine movie with Kelly Grammar called DOWN PERISCOPE was the funniest story about the US NAVY. This is hysterical. My son served 11 years as a nuke on submarines and he never tells funny stories this good. By the way, DOWN PERISCOPE is Anthony's favorite movie. He does talk about how the new recruits screw up . I have to send this to him, he won't believe it.

[@garrettviewegh9028]

L3WG needs to check out the feats/story of USS Laffey. She literally could not be sunk. She's the exact opposite of USS Willam D. Porter. In that she is incredibly lucky. She took about 12 kamikazes in WW2, and still wouldn't die, and attacked a Japanese battleship in the war, at point blank range, which was a huge risk. Despite all that, she survived many more battles to become a museum ship years later. Toughest ship no doubt.

[@claudiaclark6162]

The U S Honors our bans of misfits and inexperience in the Movies and in TV Shows like Wackiest Ship in the Army, Down Periscope, MASH, McHale's Navy, Gomer Pyle USMC and so on. We even share them with the rest of the world. No one is perfect and shit happens. Just do your best, shake it off step back take a breath and hopefully no one got hurt and move on.

[@Firemedic3017]

19:11 The Yamato is the largest Japanese Warship in WWII. Earlier in the video you paused on it and read about it being sank by American fighter planes.

[@timesthree5757]

Por'er? Did I just hear an Englishman absolutely butcher an English name? LOL!

[@rob_over_9000]

The military wanted to sentence him to 14 years, but FDR simply wouldn’t stand for it.

[@jokeith1722]

President Roosevelt was crippled from Polio and was in a wheelchair, that's why he needed a Jacuzzi for bathing. Lol, love your reactions!!

[@robinporter8481]

yah. My great great great great... uncle. The Officer who the ship was named after.

[@Jawmax]

FDR had Polio which kept him from standing on his own.

[@gmac9987]

I've never heard this story.... holy crap. I grew up in the military then served myself in combat. All i can say is WTF!!!!!!!!!! But good for the president for recognizing the kids just made a mistake. I've been on the ground in iraq and afghanistan and shit happens. Anyone who tells you they weren't scared is a liar or they had some kind of death wish. It's not normal for any human to walk into the jaws of death and think it's okay.

[@SwimCoach8]

Hard labor is prison with ass kicking work piled on top...every day of your sentence. The Yamato and the reference to coral reef....Ships are decommissioned and sunk to become coral reefs...Yamato was sunk aka became a coral reef. PS The 16 inch guns on the Iowa shoot a little pellet weighing a little more than a VW Beetle. You don't want the Iowa's guns pointing at you.

[@revjohnlee]

The Yamato was a Japanese battleship. It had 18 inch guns. The biggest guns the US ever mounted on a ship were 16 inch. Because of its size and the size of the guns, many still consider the Yamato to be the most powerful battleship ever commissioned. The Fat Electrician maintains, and I agree, that it may have been big but it was not the best. The US sunk the Yamato. It is now, therefor, serving as a coral reef under water. That's why he said he was going to point that out as often as he could for the rest of his life.

[@Eastenddeadend]

Uncool move skipping the self-promotion of a guy you're 'reacting' to

[@Randall82760]

Only us Americans can pull off such a story. And to answer your not knowing, the Yamato was the largest Battleship on the planet.

[@abp2005]

I first heard this story from a channel called Sam O'Nella. If you want to really laugh, you should watch his video on this story.

[@kirbygulbrandsen4507]

F.D.R.- Franklin Delano Roosevelt saved England’s ass.

[@Todd-z8d]

You perform hard labor IN PRISON!!??

[@dragongod1652]

Before you could stay on a ship for your whole career. Nowadays you rotate from ship to short. Longest icwas on a single ship was 5yrs.

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

This doesn’t make sense because the captains would’ve been steering and operating this ship & not the enlisted new sailors, so I don’t know how in the world they managed to bump into so much stuff just trying to get out of the harbor but perhaps the captains of the ship were just having a bad day

[@scottbivins4758]

FDR was in a wheelchair he had polio an it just fucked him up so he couldn't shower. He was even in a wheelchair he had people kind of holding him up and he had leg braces but he would swim to help his core strength an stood so he can some what have strength in his legs but it really didnt do much for him but hell at least it wasn't completely paralyzed he could stand up for short periods of time but still he would mostly always be seen seating down. America's first president in a wheel chair an the only one too.

[@paulduplessis9104]

Saying the Yamato is a coral reef means it was sunk

[@Britcarjunkie]

How about that: the Navy's own "F-Troop"!

[@Bizz4r2m0ke]

Im really hoping one day TFE reacts to a video of you reacting to him.

[@richardploss4494]

Not gonna this had me cracking up laughing 😂😂😂

[@ravinhud4979]

They prolly did some proptional things to who strap their bombs down.

[@catlady443]

You always ask what do they feed the American military. Well most of the time you get great results. Sometimes you get this.

[@plotholedetective4166]

I was named after this boat and im 100% sure the name Willie D is cursed to have the worst and most hilarious luck

[@ravinhud4979]

I was eating a drumstick and i damn near chocked when I heard a president was escorted by rookies.

[@Robstercraw]

you have spammers intimidating you now.

[@paulsid15]

1000 feet when live ordinance is being shot at you is close.