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@blackoutlol28573 жыл бұрын
Hello :)
@stevechance1503 жыл бұрын
Mobile rhymes with moseal. (Yes I know moseal is not a word).
@reader37693 жыл бұрын
R Lee Spence had nothing to do with finding the Huntley
@chrigdichein3 жыл бұрын
so dsmn annouying
@ianstradian3 жыл бұрын
Being from the Mobile Alabama area I would like to offer a bit of advice for this channel. Mobile Alabama although spelled like the word for the ability to move is pronounced differently. Instead of Mo-bile Try Mo-beal
@Jacob-fv6co3 жыл бұрын
A hand-cranked submarine that sneaks up on ships to deliver a bomb detonated by a pull string is the most Wile E Coyote thing I've ever seen.
@daviddavidson23573 жыл бұрын
Even more Wile E Coyote when you get the wrong torpedo and end up exploding yourself in the process.
@terrydouglas50083 жыл бұрын
@@daviddavidson2357 the Hunley delivered the "torpedo" but the shock wave probably sank the Hunley.
@redram51503 жыл бұрын
Desperate times call for desperate measures
@itorca3 жыл бұрын
To bad they couldn't stuff a few more Democrats in the hunley
@JohnDoe-pv2iu3 жыл бұрын
Actually the thing was very ingenious. Ballast tanks, emergency surfacing provisions, dive planes... this thing developed what makes submarines work today. They just didn't have the technology to put it all together well. It's really no different than the super rushed development of the B 29 or other things developed during time of war. More B 29s crashed than were ever shot down. Yall Take Care and be safe, John
@ralikdiver3 жыл бұрын
As a Submarine Veteran, I'm humbled and amazed at what these early pioneers attempted with the technology at hand. It's dangerous enough today but nothing like what they faced.
@RillianGrant3 жыл бұрын
Start of the video: 1:43
@fckwatuthot3 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@timekeeper27383 жыл бұрын
Life saver
@jimd3853 жыл бұрын
Cheers
@ThatHoserCanadian3 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@stein18853 жыл бұрын
Fart and Pee!
@Brainscrawler3 жыл бұрын
16:37 "But when he suddenly took ill-" Uh huh. I would also "suddenly take ill" if I had to pilot that thing.
@twistedyogert3 жыл бұрын
*"Who wants to use this machine that has already killed a bunch of people?"*
@gargwinvinesnake69613 жыл бұрын
Yup, pretty sure it's crazy contagious too. *cough cough* Making me have traitorous thoughts *cough cough*. Better keep me away from any sea weapons *cough cough*
@larryrussell54403 жыл бұрын
The tidal currents in NY Harbor are horrendous. Amazing he did as well as he did.
@twistedyogert3 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised he didn't kill himself.
@rogerphillips42117 ай бұрын
They were in South Carolina, DUMMY.
@txtifosi3 жыл бұрын
I visited the conservancy (in December) where the Hunley is being cleaned and prepped for eventual display out of water. It’s an amazing bit of tech. The archaeology shows that the crew fell asleep and expired, marooning her at the bottom of the sea. No punctures have been found - just dents. It’s amazing to see... and there was an effort way back then to fit a battery and electric motor. If ever in Charleston, definitely go see her.
@LeeRuss-ti8fd9 ай бұрын
The Hunley museum is high on my bucket list! I've seen a video of some of the conservation done there and it's so impressive
@kevinsuggs13 жыл бұрын
I was on the boat that pulled the Hunley our the water. I was a boy and my dad was a Tug boat captain. I enjoy studying the civil war(it started in Charleston SC my home) and this was really cool.
@captainbeastazoid70843 ай бұрын
That's awesome. Must have been amazing to see in full when you first took it out.
@kevinsuggs13 ай бұрын
@@captainbeastazoid7084 Back then the Confederacy was celebrated and it was a major event. It's something I'll never forget.
@jonathanvanderpol14353 жыл бұрын
As a US Navy Submarine veteran, thank you for bringing the history of submarines to the masses! I remember learning about the Turtle and the Hunley in Boot Camp in 1994. EM2(SS) Vander Pol
@Cooliofamily3 жыл бұрын
Living in Charleston, I vividly remember when they raised the HL Hunley from the murky waters of the harbor. I was only an elementary school kid, but I still remember thinking just how profound the whole ordeal was. Being able to go to the funeral where they were able to finally bury those men, who's remains still were left inside the preserved cabin of this craft, was a life changing experience. The HL Hunley was so far ahead of its time. It was brutally hot, deadly, and grueling; a marvel of modern engineering that would help propel subsurface warfare forward into what we see today.
@ownage11445 Жыл бұрын
I’m from Charleston and I was six years old when they brought her home. I even remember the ceremony when the crew was finally laid to rest.
@Cooliofamily Жыл бұрын
@@ownage11445 believe we’re the same age!
@johnthemachine3 жыл бұрын
Grew up in Charleston, i remember when they raised the Hunley. Ive seen it in person at the museum there. Unbelievably small.
@trevorcorey79103 жыл бұрын
Lit ass birthday parties
@istandout3213 жыл бұрын
Me too. Georgetown South Carolina. Went on a field trip to see the hunley in elementary school.
@Tsumami__3 жыл бұрын
The use of foxfire as lighting was a pretty nifty idea
@TeamLegacyFTW3 жыл бұрын
Indefinitely.
@infoscholar52213 жыл бұрын
At the Mobile Museum, there is a replica of the Hunley. a plaque there mentions the fact that Hunley and his partner initially envisioned electrical propulsion. If they had perfected that, just imagine, they might have developed electrically propelled torpedoes, as well...there might have been Confederate U-Boats. We're lucky technology was still a few decades too crude to let that happen.
@williamschwan2073 жыл бұрын
No doubt that real life stories like this influenced jules verne
@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz Жыл бұрын
Speak for yourself, the South’ll Rise Agin
@UFOtter Жыл бұрын
Yeppers@@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz
@captainbeastazoid70843 ай бұрын
Yeah, that would have been awesome.
@JSCRocketScientist3 жыл бұрын
I’m so happy to see you cover this amazing craft!
@randallfabian66403 жыл бұрын
Incedibly brave men that deserve to be honored and remembered regardless of which side they fought for.
@tylerroe51753 жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite audio books in my late teens. Absolutely crazy tech for the time
@Phil-D833 жыл бұрын
Underwater explosions near air pockets (submarine) = you don't want to be there
@michaelkensbock6613 жыл бұрын
The air pocket inside the submarine wasn't the problem. The Hunley didn't cave in, which is the usual mode of failure that results in fatalities (by springing a big leak). From what we know, the crew died directly from the shockwave, they didn't have time to drown. Air is way worse at transmitting shockwaves than water is, so in this case, the air would have actually helped. Obviously not enough, but it would have been even worse if the crew had been directly in water.
@Mybored0013 жыл бұрын
Lt Dixon was an ancestor of mine. I also served on submarines (688 boats) during my time in the Navy.
@TheStrykerProject3 жыл бұрын
Are you kidding? The bonus fact alone is worth a thumbs up! Man...a submarine in the U.S. Revolutionary War.
@legomego33333 жыл бұрын
The Hunley is so tiny. Middle school me was awestruck that many people got in there, multiple times, after many deaths. That’s some interesting logic those people employed...
@thegamingzilla62693 жыл бұрын
It was war, and many technolgical advancea were met with alot of death, especially when you were trying to find any advantage you could and took it even if it killed you
@taproom1133 жыл бұрын
@@thegamingzilla6269 Exactly.
@bigtony49302 жыл бұрын
When you've trained your whole career to be a sailor, just to get poke-bombed by the Dixiemobile
@Tsumami__3 жыл бұрын
Simon is getting roasted in the comments for the mispronunciation of Mobile 😂
@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick96473 жыл бұрын
Actually, other narrators get slammed when they mispronounce Mobile I actually am quite nice after all we're suppose to be nice here uh um :)
@RCAvhstape3 жыл бұрын
Which is dumb. Considering he's not from there his pronunciation is reasonable.
@epauletshark37933 жыл бұрын
What about his pronunciation of porpise?
@campflyingdragon28633 жыл бұрын
With the pronunciation of many English towns being wildly different from their spellings, he should have looked it up.
@JessiekaIsANerd3 жыл бұрын
As a Mobilian... I winced a bit, I can't lie.
@dairyqueue3 жыл бұрын
The ever growing empire of simon whistler channels on youtube is phenominal with all kinds of educational videos every week
@Yezpahr3 жыл бұрын
It is a goddamn miracle he even has time to take a shit. All the channels are all the personalities he has in him I bet :P
@barrydysert29743 жыл бұрын
The Simon Whistler Experience!:-) 🖖
@mitchellpatterson18293 жыл бұрын
@@Yezpahr I'm starting to suspect cloning. Each Simon has a slightly different personality, and gets a matching channel.
@Yezpahr3 жыл бұрын
@@mitchellpatterson1829 I think we're on to something here...
@RCAvhstape3 жыл бұрын
@@mitchellpatterson1829 It's the only logical explanation. Like in the movie Moon.
@kkcliffy29523 жыл бұрын
I remember watching them raise the Hunley on TV when I was in 8th grade. 8th grade social studies here is SC history, so we spent a ton of time talking about the Hunley since it's part of our state and local history and the raising was a big deal.
@jaybabe77673 жыл бұрын
Fun fact I don't know if he mentioned but its at the Columbia sc Museum and its so tiny and claustrophobic its insane.
@garlandblanchard80163 жыл бұрын
The real one is in North Charleston. The one in columbia is probably a replica like the one at the Charleston Museum
@s.lamplady8953 жыл бұрын
@@garlandblanchard8016 Right, it’s a replica. Truly conveys the claustrophobic nature of the original, though!
@akumaking13 жыл бұрын
The American Civil War also introduced the war balloon, war trains, and rifled cannons. Edit: thank you for clarifying about rifled guns
@RandomAmerican30003 жыл бұрын
Riffled barrels were around before that.
@wpjohn913 жыл бұрын
Sharp would disgaree with that statment. He had a whole regiment of rifles in the late 18th century
@kevinhammond94453 жыл бұрын
The story of the SS Hunnly is at the same time one of the most insane and inspiring wartime stories of alltime.
@davidlogansr80073 жыл бұрын
CSS H.L Hunley
@taproom1133 жыл бұрын
@@davidlogansr8007 Just H. L. HUNLEY ... historical documentation shows it was never "CSS" (though it looks good for merchandising).
@connormcnulty63773 жыл бұрын
I've squeezed myself into a replica of the Hunley. It's not comfortable. The crank turns easily, but you work up a sweat in minutes. Amazing piece of work.
@terminator30002 жыл бұрын
I guess comfort was not considered a necessity when designing this boat.
@Jack-hg1hq3 жыл бұрын
Having read about this in the Cussler book this was very cool
@leroy420b3 жыл бұрын
The way he said Mobile Alabama.... Hahaha
@TheKencoffee3 жыл бұрын
Because it's port-able.
@matthewnewman54773 жыл бұрын
I remember watching the live broadcast of when it was recovered back in 2000.
@TheQuickSilver1013 жыл бұрын
I wasn't aware that they had finally determined the cause of the Hunley's sinking. Thank you.
@dschlie66693 жыл бұрын
Fascinating as always, Mr. Whistler. Cheers!
@molybdaen113 жыл бұрын
It is like the spirit of the ship refuses to be piloted by any other then her creator. But they should have really kept the creator around since it was an unfinished prototype.
@mack13053 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Charleston and was fascinated with the mystery of the HL Hunley for as long as I can remember. I still hope to one day see the sub in real life. All I have ever seen was a mock up on display.
@JamesSims3 жыл бұрын
Mobile, as it relates to the city in Alabama, is pronounced “Mo-BEEL”
@emmettturner94523 жыл бұрын
Knew what this was about before I even clicked it. :) The Hunley is well-known around these parts.
@blackoutlol28573 жыл бұрын
Around where? if you don’t mind that is.
@codymills23933 жыл бұрын
@@blackoutlol2857 not sure where he is talking about but I live in the South and it’s fairly well known here
@emmettturner94523 жыл бұрын
@@codymills2393 Yep. Georgia here. :) I remember first hearing about it in the newspaper when I was a teenager and it blew my mind that there was a semi-functional submarine in the Civil War. Amazing, though tragic.
@runespaze3 жыл бұрын
@@blackoutlol2857 around the parts where they actively celebrate that treasonous flag.
@buba42673 жыл бұрын
Y’all still lost though
@scooby452473 жыл бұрын
You know its a bad design when it holds 8 crew but killed 21 of em..
@TheKencoffee3 жыл бұрын
Just on a purely tactical economy note, I wonder how many enemy it killed for every loss in building, testing, training, and deployment.
@miskatonic62103 жыл бұрын
Nobody gave a shit about some dead soldiers. They were replaceable. They sank a ship that couldn't be replaced that easily.
@w00tb0ss3 жыл бұрын
@@gomahklawm4446 it is like little trolls just found internet and youtube or are scared to troll with their main account. It is sad and pathetic but we got to have little trolls i guess. Where is the big trolls? I am a lvl 99 troll slayer.
@scooby452473 жыл бұрын
@@miskatonic6210 im pretty sure the union was fine.. in fact im pretty sure their blockade was still intact after that.. you know, modernized industrialization and such makes ship building very affordable so I dont know where you're getting this information.. the monitor class was mass produced in river cities plus the north had the largest ship yards.. oh, and confederate soldiers were not easily replaced as they were having major desertion issues because they were starving and losing the war.. learn history before you try to speak history..
@RCAvhstape3 жыл бұрын
@@w00tb0ss His ilk own youtube so they're not going away.
@toddfrench46923 жыл бұрын
I love submarines. More of these type of videos would be great. Maybe the events that took out the kursk or the uss scorpion... just a thought.
@RCAvhstape3 жыл бұрын
The Kursk is really sad. The US Navy offered to send their rescue crew but the Russians turned them down.
@johnstevenson99563 жыл бұрын
As much as I've read and seen about the Hunley, that's still more information than I ever come across before.
@UtahCCWTraining3 жыл бұрын
I've been to the Magnolia Cemetery where the crew's are buried. It really a humbling location and think about what the last crew must have though about getting into the sub. The Hunley was still closed to the public for restoration when I was there last. It is on the list to go back and see!
@jeocalaghan10313 жыл бұрын
I love curiosity stream,honestly it’s amazing
@ShadowOfCicero3 жыл бұрын
There was one finer point to the torpedo: doctrine said that the lower the angle of the spar, the more likely to sink the target. If the spar had been straight horizontal, they would have taken the blast wave at a more favorable angle and would have survived. (Indebted to Lance's book In The Waves)
@41hijinx223 жыл бұрын
Its pronounced "Mobeel" Bay.
@cleverusername93693 жыл бұрын
Can't expect a Brit to know that
@johnparish65663 жыл бұрын
@@cleverusername9369 This site is about researched information.
@wewowe953 жыл бұрын
AYEEE THATS WHAT I BEEN SAYING. IM FROM THAT SHIT HOLE 🕳️.
@WarblesOnALot3 жыл бұрын
G'day, Maybe so, maybe so..., ye could be right, it might be true ; and it's f'r certain that the term is, "SPAR-Torpedo...", rather than the "Spear-Torpedo" which was mentioned... So called because the Explosive was rigged on the end of a wooden Spar (generally a spare Yard-Arm from a Square-Rigged Sailing Ship), lashed onto a Vessel's Bowsprit. Used above the Water, it could be thought of as an explosive version of the Ramming Keel as used in Mediteranian Galleys thousands of years ago. Underwater, it's suicidal to be so close to a Bursting-Charge... But, the Hunley's 3rd Crew of Rebel Kamikazes pioneered that field of knowledge - apparently...(!). Such is life, Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !
@JosephNalbone3 жыл бұрын
@@cleverusername9369 true, but it is pronounced Mo Beel not Mo Bile nor Moble. Now Simon knows.
@jacobhuff37483 жыл бұрын
To those in the comment section, Simon's mispronounciation "Mobile" is intentional. He's trolling everyone tryimg to correct him and former/current residents of Alabama.
@bamacopeland43723 жыл бұрын
I find it funny that he mispronounces it. And I am from Alabama. Hell every now and again I'll say like him just to irritate people.
@twentypdrparrott6943 жыл бұрын
Take atour of the Hunley in Charleston and Patriots Point is of great interest also.
@JohnDoe-tt6bh3 жыл бұрын
Yes dag nabbit
@lingthegreat3 жыл бұрын
Hunley!
@Simonsvids3 жыл бұрын
As the Turtle was first conceived in 1771 it is actually a British invention as the USA did not exist at the time and all involved considered themselves British, albeit born in America.
@primitivestudio13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. Having been part of the Silent Service, such history is always of interest.
@khabaaustralia3 жыл бұрын
If anyone is looking for a great read, Clive Cussler is a brilliant maritime adventure author having plenty of great novels
@CarolinaAutos3 жыл бұрын
I remember watching a movie about this when I was a kid thinking, who on earth would have ever volunteered for this thing!?
@gwentchamp87203 жыл бұрын
I'm sure sailors were delighted when they were given the prestigious honor of being the new crew for the CSS Hunley.
@earlyriser89983 жыл бұрын
nice summary of a revolutionary craft
@baseballfan16823 жыл бұрын
A video about Weather Station Kurt (Nazi weather station in North America) would be pretty unique, it’s a cool story no one has ever talked about.
@Evolucion73 жыл бұрын
Hi Simon. Great video. Love learning more about the early attempts at submarine warfare. For the record, the residents of the state of Alabama pronounce Mobile as (mo-BEEL). It's a lovely city. If you ever find yourself in the Southern US, it's worth a visit. There's a model of the Hunley built from the original plans at Battleship Memorial Park (home of WWII battleship USS Alabama and submarine USS Drum).
@jamesbiering2589 Жыл бұрын
I remember goin to the event when they raised with my grandparents. It is truly terrifying thinking of being underwater in that tiny death trap
@AveryTalksAboutStuff3 жыл бұрын
As if submarines didn't terrify me enough....
@billd.iniowa22633 жыл бұрын
"Hoist on one's own petard." Hey, somebody had to say it. ;-)
@mgcnashville66153 жыл бұрын
The way you pronounced mobile, Alabama, would be like me pronouncing the Thames like it was spelled.. the "thay mmm's river"
@wewowe953 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Yes. This.
@nacoran3 жыл бұрын
He did that on poor poise? (porpoise was the one that got me).
@mgcnashville66153 жыл бұрын
@@shaundoyle8791 it’s called a joke. Strange they don’t have humor where you’re from
@mgcnashville66153 жыл бұрын
@@shaundoyle8791 lol. We like to have fun around here. Poor poise.
@pegleg29593 жыл бұрын
@@mgcnashville6615 funny, you don't sound very fun.
@M-20-100 Жыл бұрын
An over-heated, over-cramped submarine; a hand-cranked propulsion system; an extremely limited air-supply; a bomb at the end of a stick, operated by a pull-string device … *What could possibly go wrong with that?!?*
@krisfrederick50013 жыл бұрын
Great Great Grandpa's "Das Boot"
@twentypdrparrott6943 жыл бұрын
During the Battle of Savo Island a US Navy cruise had its bow blown off by Japanese shell fire. The bow was blown off directly in front of "A" turret. Communication with "A" turret was lost with no reply investigation revealed the entire gun crew from magazine to guns were found at their posts dead.
@StuckOnAFireHydrant3 жыл бұрын
Man I was hoping you would mention the turtle! And my hopes were answered at the end!!! Had no idea about the second attempt of attack though. I only knew about the first one. I believe there is a replica at a military museum in connecticut. I was young when my uncle took me there but the one thing that stuck with me was the turtle
@DangerousKittenFangs3 жыл бұрын
There is also a replica in Monaco, in the Musée océanographique de Monaco. I got to sit inside it. It's so weird!
@northcoaster3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting - Insanely courageous
@travisleemoser63 жыл бұрын
I’ve been to the Hunley and it is eerie. My family took part in the funeral service for the final crew, most likely the very last real Confederate funeral ever. I think it was 2005 when the scientists were completed their forensics.
@Niko-bz3df3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your interesting videos every few days
@bigcheese10612 жыл бұрын
“While she had claimed five of the Lusitonic’s crew, the Hunley had claimed the lives of 21 sailors of her own crew.” That sums up the confederate war effort in a nutshell
@TheKencoffee3 жыл бұрын
Though spelled Mobile, in the States it is pronounced [MOE-beel]. And yes we even have to comment on your pronunciation when speaking American. It's a compulsion.
@matthewmaceda50423 жыл бұрын
You all heard the man, we have to get curiosity stream onto a 1993 casio watch screen.
@dylanstein22453 жыл бұрын
I did a research project on this it is so interesting!
@jacksonmcginnis18543 жыл бұрын
I just learned about a failed novelty restaurant by McDonald's called the McBarge. It was apparently supposed to float around the world but everyone forgot about it and stopped caring. Would be cool to see a video on that
@Hyde_Hill3 жыл бұрын
I think I remember seeing an actually half decent movie about this.
@nicholascrowder7403 жыл бұрын
Hyde Hill You are right. The name of the movie is The Hunley. It was made in 1999. I have a copy of it.
@arlisbartlett4033 жыл бұрын
Wow awesome. I'm gonna have to get a Copy
@taproom1133 жыл бұрын
@@nicholascrowder740 It's mostly just for entertainment and loaded with historical inaccuracies. Hunley wasn't incompetent, as implied, and Dixon didn't have a death wish due to his 'wife' dying earlier. Dixon's fiancée, Queenie Bennet survived the war in good health. Ted Turner took a little too much 'literary license' and was blasted by the historians.
@ethanstine4263 жыл бұрын
This puts me in mind of those early attempts at airplanes that fell apart before launch. Still you gotta start somewhere.
@fathersoftorque733 жыл бұрын
A beard was the smartest thing Simon ever did, I clicked on a vid from 5 years ago and he looks so much better with some facial hair
@mgcnashville66153 жыл бұрын
"Moe bye L"? It's pronounced "Moe beel"
@cleverusername93693 жыл бұрын
Can't expect a Brit to know that
@mgcnashville66153 жыл бұрын
@@cleverusername9369 well, by that logic I shouldn't know how the Thames is pronounced, either. But, I do. Nevertheless... Just joking.
@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick96473 жыл бұрын
raised in the south and thank you
@tyhensley70763 жыл бұрын
"Haha you don't know how the homograpghs of a niche culture you dont belong to!" You sound like an dick.
@frankdesbaux3 жыл бұрын
The Americans speak a simplified and much bastardised version of the Queen's English...But it suits them. It's lazy and coarse. He pronounced it correctly as an Englishman should.
@deanneuburger38692 ай бұрын
Super documentary! Thank you! Discovering the sub crew seated was remarkably revealing for history, including the crew likely did not suffer during their demise. Were the Housatonic remains found next to the Hunley?
@sdusb12433 жыл бұрын
Can confirm, currently watching on a Casio watch from 1994. Way better than the '93 models.
@Siiello3 жыл бұрын
would have been nice if you included a bit about the USS holland
@Terpy_Tea3 жыл бұрын
Horace Lawson Hunley was my idek how many greats grandfather. Awesome vid
@bfnfedboy23 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video about naval terms, rankings and how they came up with them?
@twocvbloke3 жыл бұрын
Bit of a cursed vessel then, considering it kept killing its' occupants... :P
@daniel.c90653 жыл бұрын
@@gomahklawm4446 why would you want anyone to die?
@taproom1133 жыл бұрын
Quantum leaps in cutting-edge technology often have this problem. Check out how many test pilots died trying to get aircraft to go faster and higher. Kinda comes with the territory ... ^v^
@LukesYuGiOhChannel3 жыл бұрын
A watched a couple of documentary's about it recently including the finding and raising to salvage it.
@rybread973 жыл бұрын
Do one on how soap/cleaning products work, or their evolution over time!! Not sure if that’s too vague, just thought of it while washing my hands lol
@MsHarpsychord3 жыл бұрын
Me *Captain of the SS New York Circa. 1863*: T'is a fine day to be a Northy. *Submarine Steam Engine begins whistling* Crew Mate: Cap'n, i think a train is coming!! Me: A Train? Lad we're 50 miles from land. Crew mate: Aye sir, but the lads hear a steam engine *Terrorists have planted the bomb* AT Teammate: Cyka Blyat!!!
@marksletters3 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video !!!!
@peterjansen48263 жыл бұрын
Look up the story of the Dutch Walrus sinking the USA aircraft carrier Theodore Roosenvelt. "During this exercise the Walrus penetrates the U.S. screen and sinks many ships, including the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71. The submarine launches two attacks and manages to sneak away. To celebrate the sinking the crew designed a special T- shirt. Fittingly, the T-shirt depicted the USS Theodore Roosevelt impaled on the tusks of a walrus. It was also reported that the Walrus also sank many of the Roosevelt's escorts, including the nuclear submarine USS Boise, a cruiser, several destroyers and frigates, plus the command ship USS Mount Whitney. The Walrus herself survived the exercise with no damage." Guerilla warfare, no matter how big the army is, it is vulnerable.
@nikolasmoralez69113 жыл бұрын
I learned about this while I was in basic training.
@jeffreybernard7677 Жыл бұрын
The metal was not boiler steel. It was special in it's ability to survive Sea water for 140 Year's!
@christopherdurham19993 жыл бұрын
Takes quite a design for a single ship to kill her own crew 3 times over.
@CYCLONE44993 жыл бұрын
During the Revolutionary War the Americans developed a small submersible called the Turtle that nearly blew up a British ship but could not attach the mine to the underside of the ship. Later it was sunk by the British near Fort Lee NJ USA
@morelanmn3 жыл бұрын
You should see this machine in person. It is stunning what men will do to kill other men. But The courage and bravery that these men showed is what GIANTS men are made of. Look at the artifacts. Their you will see a coin that was shot by a rifle.. Captain George Dixon was given a $20 gold coin by his sweetheart. .. Real Men in a real war.
@bucket1305 Жыл бұрын
THanks for this.
@LarryTheTubaBoy3 жыл бұрын
3:53 I know it's a weird pronunciation, but Mobile, Alabama is pronounced with the same short "i" found in "automobile".
@QB1080 Жыл бұрын
The way Simon says porpoise made me rewind a million times
@timan20393 жыл бұрын
So the Hunley was the first human guided suicide torpedo?
@taproom1133 жыл бұрын
It was Never intended to be a suicide mission. Dixon and the crew made plans with the shore lookouts to arrange to give them a light signal that indicated the attack was successful and the HUNLEY was returning to port. The shore lookouts would then light a bonfire that the HUNLEY could use to navigate back since the entire Charleston coast was under blackout orders. Kamikaze's don't make plans to return ...
@xinixini18263 жыл бұрын
What is it with submarines? DarkDocs also posted one on the same day about the only time a submarine destroyed another submarine underwater.
@coleparker Жыл бұрын
Two things in my Comment. First, the bravery of the men to volunteer and encase themselves into the Hunley has to be admired. Second, when I read about the Hunley and watch a video on it, I am taken back to my younger days when I watch a historic movie in a You Are There vein about the development and the action of the Submarine. I don't if there are any other old timers out there that would remember those types of mini movies.
@threeballwilly3 жыл бұрын
Man, Idgaf about Submarines, Humanity's history of Warfare, none of that, but I'm about to watch it anyway because holy fk do you make these videos fun!
@Brittbrothers23 жыл бұрын
I live on the Alabama Gulf Coast! This is cool.
@TheEvilCommenter3 жыл бұрын
Good video 👍
@nohomoedgelordallenioso50053 жыл бұрын
I was like people didn't learn about this in school? Then i remembered I'm from South Carolina.