The US Submarine That Sank an Island of Ships

[@Watson1]

Turn the bloody music down. You can just make out what is being said.

[@kencarp57]

I have no problem hearing the narration, and the music didn’t bother me at all. I didn’t even think about it until I read this comment.

[@Watson1]

@ WHAT?

[@jbrobertson6052]

That is disgusting because the Flasher should not have been scrapped it should have been put on display somewhere

[@chezsnailez]

Considering the 'fleet' of US museum ships rivals most of the worlds navies it's a surprise when ships don't get saved. Sadly, no more carriers will be preserved. No-one was able save the Forrestal-class ships and nuclear one can't be saved on account of the way they have to pull the reactors. They were able to preserve the Nautilus.

[@LonnieVScott]

Many cities would like to have historic ships and boats, but they lack the capacity to sponsor them. It’s an expensive endeavor.

[@wilsonpickett3881]

Pay for it

[@renardfranse]

@@LonnieVScott YES look at the SAD fate of the USS LING> Google that one friends

[@johnglave7958]

We can't keep the ones on display, look at what happened to the Clamagore and the Ling

[@johnforsyth7987]

Like your videos. But please turn the background music down. It is too loud.

[@waldopepper1]

Great video! Many of the cut scenes are from the 1950’s tv series called The Silent Service. The show is surprisingly well done given its time in television history.

[@dougwalker4944]

a lot of familiar faces early in their careers.. you must a toys r us kid! 😸

[@rwarren58]

It IS a bit louder than normal. I’m used to the soundtracks and like them okay but this time, yeah. It’s a bit too loud. Keep up the good work!

[@clark7042]

The soundtrack shouldn't drown out the voice.

[@markiangooley]

The fish that the Flasher is named for is also called the tripletail and in recent years has become seasonally available in Florida. Very good eating. One consequence of naming subs for fish…

[@skipperclinton1087]

Mark, thanks for the biology lesson on marine life. Could you give the audience somemore lessons?

[@SuperFrank6666]

Music is to loud.

[@jbrobertson6052]

Alrighty my morning coffee and a Dark Seas video

[@affabletrader6610]

For me I enjoyed the video but the music in the background was not a plus

[@davefellhoelter1343]

It's great to have working torpedos! She did! Day One! and used them well. Pay backs an itch, nice scratching. RIP Greatest! Thanks.

[@davelester5839]

The Siversides, another Gato class, is perserved at the dock of the Navy Submarine Museum in Muskegon, MI. It sank 23 ships.

[@propman3523]

This post, especially, has brought home to me the bravery and skill that WWII warriors had in combating AXIS forces. They truly deserve the monicur "The Greatest Generation".

[@deborahrauth7629]

Happy 150.birhday United States nay ..1775to 2025 fair winds and seas to fallow

[@josephpacchetti5997]

Great Video. 👍🇮🇹 🇺🇸

[@skipgumphrey9579]

To all of my Shipmates who didn’t come home, I give thanks to you for having stood the watch. Your sacrifice to America can not be understated or forgotten ! BM1(SW) USN

[@Sp33gan]

Sorry, but that background music is seriously repetitive and irritating.

[@rwarren58]

I agree.

[@johnmorgan4313]

Sorry, have to check out the music is so anniying.

[@jackrowe9807]

Yes turn down the music or maybe off?

[@kennethhigdon1159]

In the vernacular of the New England area it’s pronounced Grahtun

[@renardfranse]

yes i was going to mention that LOL

[@gregmead2967]

As a Connecticutter, I was thinking the same.

[@geeeeeee3]

EBoat still building the best boats in the world.

[@davelester5839]

You can go through the Silversides as it sits in the water.

[@philsteele7151]

Big shoes, well filled by Grider.

[@mandi8345]

2:55 Wholy shit!!! That thing breached at like 50 degrees to the horizon!!!

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

That was very big. Thinking the same thing.

[@scene2much]

Flasher's torpedoes were VERY EFFECTIVE? Did they use any MK14s or all MK18s ?

[@panam747]

So sad that many were lost..

[@sslaytor]

At 2:56 you have an image of a submarine rising out of the water like a breaching whale. Is this even possible or some Hollywood fantasy?

[@MrSpeed-yu4cf]

Yes, the WWII fleet boats were designed to. The footage used are from sea trial tests. During WWII, it was called combat or crash surfacing if used during fighting or emergency serfacing if the boat had to get to the serface right damn quick and in a hurry. Ever since the 594 class boats, only the term emergency service has been used.

[@johnduchesneau8685]

Good presentation but its GAY-to not gah-to and its Grah-tun not grow-ton.

[@davidgiffordsr.930]

I thought the sub that sunk the largest Japanese Carrier sunk more tonnage than any other sub??? What's true?

[@texaswrath1490]

Yes Tang is first with a 116,000 and Flasher is second with 100,000

[@loyaltarbet3379]

Reckon that'd be the WAHU? That's also what I thought....

[@loyaltarbet3379]

Or the TANG? Or possibly the HARDER?

[@davidgiffordsr.930]

@ Thanks a lot!

[@davidgiffordsr.930]

@ Thanks

[@larryjohnson7591]

Sorry, but for a boat that sank that many vessels, she should have had more than just her conning tower saved. She should have been a museum boat somewhere.

[@guyfreeman656]

Working torpedoes go along way. As opposed to the mark 13/14.

[@stuartlynn-q8q]

Proud boat

[@eagleeye761]

wow... didn't realize we lost 50+ subs in WW2

[@tylernathan7985]

We also lost over 80,000 aircrew in the big war

[@joellamoureux7914]

Maru must mean sunk in English

[@kimnewling5728]

Cool

[@supergeek1418]

*PLEASE* --- it's GAY- toe class submarines and GRAW ton Connecticut. Ex submariner here.

[@oldguy7530]

Thanks!

[@blipco5]

I’ve been on her conning tower in Groton but at the time I had no idea about her terrific history.

[@earlworley-bd6zy]

Nothing new the only wooden sailing war ship that rammed a steel ship CSS-Tenn. into submission the flagship USS-Hartford from the civil war stayed around until 1956 it was so rotted that the navy could no longer save it.

[@captaintomst]

I don't know whether it was human narration or AI but it would be nice either way if they could learn how to pronounce the name Groton correctly.

[@wilsonpickett3881]

There is no Tortue Island

[@NoOne-zo6gj]

How to Pronounce GATO Correctly, GAY-TOE.

[@ivormectin3816]

Speak up ! Someones playing music!

[@flightshock8812]

🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[@michaelawford7325]

Sorry just can’t take the finger up the backside stress tone of voice, turns me right off.

[@thelawman1056]

First! :)

[@Golden-dog88]

NO NEED FOR THE BS MUSIC