Life Inside US $4 Billion Most Advanced Amphibious Assault Ships Carrier

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[@mattorama]

Whenever the military says "It can do 80 mph" what they really mean is "If you really push it, it'll do over 100."

[@ConReese]

There's usually a 30% margin from posted maximums from classified maximums so if they say itl do 80 then it probably actually does 105 for short periods

[@Bublito]

''If you really push it'' Also known as: WHY TF DID YOU PUSH MY VEHICLE SO HARD SOLDIER?! And also known as: THIS AIN'T YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S CART, HIT THE GAS SOLDIER. (Usually followed by first example if something goes wrong)

[@damsarebiotic6263]

Then theres the russian military, if they say "We have 10k tanks" they really mean they have 2.5k tanks as all the other tanks were lost to corruption, scavenged for parts, a rust bucket or something that has been sitting in the rain for the past two decades.

[@MWBlowEMup]

THIS IS VERY TRUE BEEN IN A CHINOOK HELICOPTER AND THE THINGS THEY DID WAS MIND BLOWING FOR A HELI THAT BIG

[@LINOSOLANA-un2pt]

p​@@Bublito

[@EricUnderwood-v2x]

Dad was an Island Hopper US Army 2nd Engineers Special Bridgade Amphibious 14 Amphibious Landings...hand to hand combat and Banzai charges Straffings.... lived 55 years 10 days with shrapnel still in him from New Guinea... Miss you Pop!♥️🇺🇲🪖

[@axilleas]

I don't know why but I really like these ships, much more than actual aircraft carriers.

[@noah766]

These are literally aircraft carrier there jus my not super carriers. Compare it to the French aircraft carrier they are nearly the same size and tonnage. They can carry close to the same amount.

[@hokaloah100]

When I was awaiting orders, I really wanted to serve on a carrier. I had never heard of amphibious assault ships before. While part of me still wishes I could’ve seen the inside of a modern day carrier, I will never regret my time spent on USS Tarawa LHA 1.

[@isaacmitchell5031]

They should make 100 of these

[@colwilliamnoydb4134]

I commanded a MEU at one time. These amphibious ships, at over 800 ft are the size of a WW2 carrier. With helicopters, V/STOL aircraft like Harriers or F-35's, she is a all in one package. With 2k Marines, light armor, light artillery, air support both rotary and fixed wing, can provide Direct Action at a moments notice. Besides being an Escort carrier, they are backed up with at least 2-3 destroyers and frigates. Plus you never know where that sub is.

[@twright3802]

Which MEU and when, Sir?

[@fluffylittlebear]

The US can project more force with one carrier than the entire military of a lot of small countries.

[@ky1ebetts]

I was on the Bonnhomme Richard in 2007 as a Marine. Coolest 3 months of my life. Wasp Class are amazing ships. Cities at sea.

[@factbasedcomrade]

Wow, the US military is truly awe inspiring, technically advanced and scary at the same time. USA #1

[@webdev217]

and run by a bunch of tools...

[@Wow_wow1]

@@webdev217 tools, maybe, but smarter than you.

[@mvanluven78]

​@@webdev217 you are welcome to enlist

[@webdev217]

@@mvanluven78 Already served pal. Anything else to say?

[@Domobury]

@@webdev217 compliment citizens

[@politicfrog]

The beauty of USS Bataan is they can carry alot of tanks, missiles, and ammunitions. The inside is hugeee.

[@simonrussell6196]

I remember my deployments as part of the attached crew operating the landing craft on USS Peleliu (LHA-5). Loved and hated being out to sea for several months at a time.

[@pulsatingsausageboy2076]

That’s why it was best to be assigned to a ship in Japan. Deployments were shorter due to not having to transit across the Pacific coming and going. They seemed to fly by.

[@briancrawford69]

Thanks for your service. I've had several family members serve although I never did. By far most of my family has been in the Navy. From helicopter pilots to intelligence. Go Navy!

[@jakes5530]

These things are mind bogglingly cool. So versatile

[@johncarlson9921]

Amazing Tiger Cruise on the Iwo Jima with my Son. Great time, food, sights but sleeping not so much. The crew was so polite and willing to discuss their job.

[@tenforward7485]

My grandfather who served in the Royal Navy pulled many American sailors out of the sea after they were sunk or shot down, he complained about how heavy they were. Things have moved on a notch since then.

[@Baldwin-iv445]

What do you mean? We're heavier than whales now?

[@TheJordanK]

Man the military are insane with their cleaning and maintenance. That equipment is better taken care of than I am.

[@patrickingalls5954]

Oh man, the memories! VMA-542 ,Cherry Pointe, N.Carolina. Deployed on the Nassau, late 70s and early 80s. Best food was on board ship, kudos to those Navy cooks! 👍✌️

[@kimberlainodriscoll4781]

I was on Peleliu in mid 80s. Oh yes, the food was really good.

[@howardkingston7794]

My best friend was a cook on the Nassau during that time

[@CK21932]

I like how you focused on the Bataan but a lot of internal footage was from Boxer seeing as how I served with those guys in the video lol

[@RPRIMICI]

Americans did amphibious landings on the shores of Lingayen Gulf, Pangasinan Province, Philippines. From there they headed south to Manila as part of MacArthur's push to liberate the country from Japanese forces. I can imagine that the landings would seem like aliens arriving since the technology used at the time was so advanced in comparison to anything seen by the locals in the area of the beach landings.

[@PP-qw3yr]

"advanced"🤣

[@richbob9155]

@@PP-qw3yr Go on then, explain how amphibious assault ships are not advanced compared to the locals of a small area of the Philippines during WW2? I think you misunderstood the OP here.

[@asmkalrizion7078]

1:10 I love how it looks like the helicopter rotor is just spinning very slowly XD

[@Brian-ig2nb]

In all these ship documentaries they never show the showers

[@Domobury]

Gotta have a clearance 😂

[@LouieFagan]

Why do you want to know about showers 😂

[@zshadows]

They don't shower, obviously. They just strip down and are hosed off on-deck before cleaning duty.

[@davidhernandez9985]

USN Chow has countless military culinary food contests!

[@Heretowatchstuff]

I’ve been in the Tarawa. But I’ve done two med deployments. One in ‘98 one in ‘00. Both on the Tortuga. With the Austin and Saipan. Crazy times.

[@WickyGames]

I'm in the Air Force so I can say without a shred of doubt... That I have no idea what any of this is and I am happy about it.

[@bruce9080]

man the memories! I served on the USS Kearsarge (LHD3) 2007-2011

[@JosephAntoniusMarioWijaya]

shortly a marine's floating battle station

[@ryanjamesr_]

I was stationed on LHD-3 the USS Kearsarge! Oh the memories

[@uchungnguyen7686]

Tuyệt Đỉnh Lắm Nghe

[@cyclonepsycho330]

Did a med float on the Wasp in 98 while in the Corps. I did actually like being on the ship but was damn sure ready to be back at Lejeune after 6 months. The LCAC's are cool. Since I had a hardback humvee I was able to stay inside of it while on the lcac which was way better than being inside the normal troop area, could actually see everything that way.

[@badlt5897]

"ready to be back at Lejeune..." You don't hear Marines say that too often. I was 6th Marine TOWs during that time. Floated on the USS Gunston Hall when it was sort of new.

[@Уругвай_Куба_недвига_инязы_фри]

Muchas gracias! Спасибо!

[@joeyindahl2593]

Lhd 6 from 2000-2004. Too bad they had to scrap her after the fire they had in port. Ship was only 20 years old :(

[@jimwjohnq.public]

Just think. In the navy you can sail the 7 seas on top of the gut wrenching fun.

[@RetiredSailor60]

Was stationed on USS Whidbey Island LSD 41 1993-96 and USS Wasp LHD 1 2000-03. Had the opportunity to ride on an LCAC in 2002 while returning from deployment...

[@WhammoFTW]

My dad was on the Whidbey Island around then!

[@RetiredSailor60]

@@WhammoFTW What rate was your dad? Wish I had a cruise book from the Unitas deployment.

[@chrisk1383]

was on Wasp, Guam and Tortuga early/mid 90's Haiti, Adriatic, Liberia 22MEUSOC 2/2 wpns Co

[@RetiredSailor60]

@@chrisk1383 Then we were on the same deployment in 1995. I was Whidbey Island for Adriatic and Haiti in 1994...

[@chrisk1383]

@@RetiredSailor60 small world 🤙

[@Clonefiles]

very nice us navy

[@MilitaryInsights2023]

These warships are amazing

[@American-News22]

Now, I am not gonna attack this big ship with my life boat

[@KrishnaThapa-id7st]

WOW 🙏🇺🇸👍💥💥💪Army 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 bipana pokhara raly

[@Dredugz]

I enjoyed my two MEU Deployments, but glad I will never have to do another one!

[@AgueroNain]

Love seeing this ship! We brought back the F15 why not the Harriers?

[@hydrodrift]

They looks like Essex class air craft carriers.

[@kimberlainodriscoll4781]

The (now retired) Tarawa class, Wasp class and America Class amphibious carriers are all about the same size as the old Essex carriers. I served on a Tarawa class ship, USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in the mid 80s.

[@razablanco3766]

As a infantry man seeing that dude only fire 2-3 rounds at a time is infuriating. 50 cal is meant to go bro, let it loose or you will get jammed up

[@poorfordtransitowner1627]

Every ship video guaranteed theres a lenghty ships galley part

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

Very intresting ships! Would love to serve on one 👍

[@kevinbrown3075]

MARG 1-86 Med deployment. November ‘85 - June ‘86. My company was aboard the LST USS Manitowoc (LST-1180). Other ships within the group was the USS Guadal Canal (LPH-7), the USS Ponce (LPD-13), the USS El Paso (LKA-117), and the USS Hermitage (LSD-34). I believe the Manitowoc was decommissioned in ‘89 and would later be sold to the Chinese Navy and became the Chung Ho. No idea where she is today. A few of these ships are coral reefs now- I think the Ponce may have been one of the last to be decommissioned in 2017.

[@AndrewFleming-zd1go]

I love ur videos so. Informational

[@Walgriff]

Not calling this an aircraft carrier feels a bit like semantics. Anyway. Nice ship!

[@charlesshelton7989]

Hell yeah brothers

[@RGRIII]

Crazy that these ships are bigger than WW2 carriers..

[@desertduck10]

You skipped the FIRST generation of Amphibious Assault Ships. Namely the ESSEX Class LPH U.S S. VALLEY FORGE LPH 8 for example and the Tarawa class LPH/ LHA

[@richbob9155]

These things are better equipped and larger than most countries 'aircraft carriers'. The US military is so insanely overpowered.

[@sevroaubarca5209]

This thing has a crew larger than my home town.

[@akowboyshippielife7405]

🙏🙏💪🤠

[@hanonomiri]

Fishs 🐠 can not wait for for this meat 🥩

[@jimmichael6202]

What they don’t say, it’s a floating shoebox. Designed to pretend to be a carrier, it just a target

[@Domobury]

U.S NAVY has it all

[@Firehashtag15]

Sup hey firest

[@James-fg8rf]

Wow

[@davidstrickler6570]

Its not a gym. Its a acclamation room. USS Belleau wood (LHA-3). Golden shell back out.

[@flexman70]

I was on the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD6). 2001-2004. CS2. So heartbreaking to watch her burn smh.

[@Jake-jd7bd]

All that money and technology and they still couldn't prevent one sailor from destroying an entire ship with a single lighter.

[@Itsmattz]

That’s the Russian navy. American ships don’t have smoking related submarine conversions.

[@yki5368]

✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@johnkrusewicz6279]

I love being an American! 😂❤🇺🇸

[@ROTHSTEIN01]

I too

[@luigidallagnese2056]

Versatile Masterpiece

[@Imissthe90sletsgoback]

Dude I would be pissed to join navy then get the laundry duty… but I guess someone has to do it, hats off to them

[@wendellbabin6457]

16:01 Make sure you have someone with who served in whichever Branch you are interested in BEFORE you ever step foot in the Recruiters office. They have a quota to fill, and give not one flying $hit if you get Laundry, in USN back in the Stone Age were SH Designator. SK run supply so a LOT of lifting, AT SEA, of heavy breakable things. NUMBER ONE, never SIGN anything without whomever former service member going over it with you AT LEAST twice. And make sure it makes it all the way to YOUR COPY. Also DO NOT FORGET TO ASK about bonuses and advancement opportunities if you plan to do a career or at least 20yrs. Make sure to ask about on board college too. Bigger boats will actually have professors and sug that live aboard. Correspondence courses for BASIC Junior Division requirements like English and such that EVERYONE takes can often be finished before you even get out. Foreign languages too and on a carrier or the ship in video there may even be Native Speakers on board teaching the class I exchange for English lessons to get their US Citizenship without doing so ILLEGALLY. NEVER HEAR THAT ON TV THOUGH.

[@shannonpace9433]

I helped build 5 LHD'S, LHD 2,3,4,5 and 6

[@Theboxingobserver]

$4 billion? We got x2 Super Aircraft carriers for just over that😅

[@tombaker8481]

4:35 ........................that is a LOT of pudding.

[@samuelwong4152]

those F22 are beautiful !

[@Itsmattz]

F35s, Harriers, and choppers. The Air Force are the only operators of the F22

[@shunhuaxie904]

Wait, these can be all shown in a video? These should be some high level state secrets

[@albanianantivirus6849]

What exactly should be a secret

[@shunhuaxie904]

@@albanianantivirus6849 so in my country recently there was a citizen using drones to film our assault ship carrier and got caught lol

[@albanianantivirus6849]

@@shunhuaxie904 The USN allows this kind of stuff all the time, theres been youtubers on nuclear subs a few times

[@kimbertumen4382]

Is it named after the place here in the philippines? Bataan

[@888ssss]

something about nice food and cannon fodder ?

[@criostoirashtin11]

Are all the air wing Marines or Navy?

[@flexman70]

all the airdet are Marines.

[@MorrisonBing-b6z]

Edmond Crescent

[@yewang7787]

a kind of smaller, cheaper carrier, yet it can do most jobs that used to be done by a carrier, am i right?

[@andrewyork3869]

I don't think supper carriers perform sealift of heavy vehicles.

[@flexman70]

totally different missions and objectives. "Amphibs" like these are for amphibious assaults with troops and heavy equipment. Super carriers are for sorties, air to air combat, air to surface, anti-submarine warfare.

[@usnret1959]

Just to let you know that you are wrong the USA had LPH back in the 60s they carried Marine get your facts straight served on 2 of them

[@briancrawford69]

These are the ships I'd be scared of if I had a coast line and was trying to fight America. We can fly F35s at you just like a carrier but also send in a couple thousand marines with vehicles.

[@musthakahamad]

If u show this to everyone wont the enemy get alerted and understand the tactics ? According to military information Is they key i guess

[@siddhantsharma01]

Gold - Buy

[@Sostenuto336]

Uçak gemisi bu aslında, uydurmayın. 😂

[@hichammouaddib7762]

😊🥰🥰😊🥰😁✌️

[@PollyIvy]

5035 Wolf Passage

[@shawnwenzel6074]

People have yachts worth more then this. Put that in perspective

[@hiddeduits225]

That is a hydra 😂😂😂

[@TheOREGON1859]

Beep boop beep

[@ishcomer157]

12,000 meals per day?

[@joegonzalez6241]

my mini space ship can hold 3 and has a 8x8x11 foot hold for troops and equipment. cost 100 to 200 million dollars. for 4 billion i sell my cruiser type 62x62x250 . 6 foot crawle space. 5 floors. up to 5ish' diameter engine size . 4 if you count 1' movement instead of 6"

[@valerianpereira1259]

INDIA; must start production of Amphbious Attack vessels; Skimmers; on large scale with Integrated AI ; technology; the best of most advanced design on BOARD now. surrounded with 3 oceans , we are all exposed 7,600 kms is huge stretch.

[@allans7281]

My goodness how can a 30 ton “tank” even come close to floating

[@zshadows]

How do you think the 40,000 ton ship comes close to floating? It's all about displacement, and water seals on the APC/AAV.

[@머시다냐]

미국형 최고 ~~~~

[@CammieLaisure-s3d]

Schulist Square

[@brianwilliams8798]

"these massive and awe inspiring vessels can quickly and efficiently remove cash from a taxpayers wallet."

[@jameshayward8533]

And they are useless in 2023 in the DEFENSE of the USA!!!

[@Ben942K]

"Resulting in few accomplishments of others in successfully attacking the U.S without reprieve."

[@JohnRyan-gr8bs]

My friend ess a fireman on one he hated it

[@ron-mk2sv]

I read the new Marine Core Commander wants to get rid of all these systems, not a good thought process in my mind.

[@jameshayward8533]

He realizes how useless they are in 2023 other than to continue to feed the military industrial complex.

[@michaelpowell5844]

i’m on a deployment on LHD 8 rn

[@flexman70]

You on the Makin Island I see. I had a lot of CSs (the Mafia) on that ship as plankowners.

[@myusername111]

why though? most of these ships arent in battle so its just driving around consuming massive resources and requiring thousands of people to keep driving but whats the purpose?

[@jdanon203]

so if something happens somewhere there's always a ship nearby to respond

[@myusername111]

@Jason Rosman by starting them?

[@magnusmagnusson1426]

🇺🇸🙏✌️👍

[@nlp6689]

Holland ere.. W Love the US!

[@nlp6689]

Amsterdam/Mokúm

[@devsir2745]

these things haul ass and one time my dad didnt see the wake (ship in the way) and our wide ass gradywhite got airtime.. solid 6-8ft waves

[@احفادبنيهلال-ث9غ]

اللهم عليك بأمريكا واجعل كيدهم في نحورهم وتدبيرها في تدميرها واجعل دائرة السوء عليها

[@nasigorengpecelesteh1506]

4million dollar?

[@QuillerJane-y4m]

Reba Union

[@jacobsmith239]

Wouldn't it be easier to put a ramp on them to have a better weapons and fuel load out. Like HMS Queen Elizabeth

[@patrickingalls5954]

My squadron practiced ramp take offs. The ramp was set up at one of our auxiliary landing fields. The pilots had a blast practicing, but we never used one on board ship.

[@rogerwilco5918]

Wtf are you babbling about???

[@rogerb3654]

Having a ramp/ski-jump would limit the usable flight deck space for rotary wing and tilt rotor aircraft, The Navy & Marines did not want to give up a couple of rotary landing spots. Doctrinally....the goal is to GET MARINES ASHORE. The fighters are there to support that doctrine. In addition, the F-35Bs are STOVL (Short Take Off & Vertical Landing) capable and do fine without it.

[@Bingpot_Cowabunga]

Why compare an aircraft carrier to an amphibious landing ship? Why doesn’t a spoon have prongs like a fork….

[@nlp6689]

Bring in more...

[@myplane150]

Can anyone answer why the US does not use take-off ramps on their Assault ships and have flat decks only? It seems that this would limit the max take-off weight of the Harriers and F-35Bs considerably.

[@rogerb3654]

Having a ramp/ski-jump would limit the usable flight deck space for rotary wing and tilt rotor aircraft, The Navy & Marines did not want to give up a couple of rotary landing spots. Doctrinally....the goal is to GET MARINES ASHORE. The fighters are there to support that doctrine. In addition, the F-35Bs are STOVL (Short Take Off & Vertical Landing) capable and do fine without it.

[@multidoor6928]

They have catapults

[@jdanon203]

@@multidoor6928 Not on the amphibs. Only the supercarriers have the catobar system.

[@andrewyork3869]

​@rogerb3654 aren't they more meant for close air support?

[@qwilder9680]

Spend the same cost, Chinese can sell you 3 same ships or better!