Titanic Explorers Reveal Secrets of USS Johnston Wreckage

[@kisselectronics8360]

Commander Evans and the Johnston were both warriors in the truest sense of the word. May they rest in eternal peace.

[@HistoryX]

Well said!

[@taras3702]

Johnston was one example of how the Japanese grossly underestimated us before and during WW-2.

[@hourlardnsaver362]

I’m happy that Jim got to see the photos of Johnston before he passed. It’s still a tragedy that he’s gone.

[@About46Ewoks]

Wow that's awesome he got to see his ship before he passed away. That man went up against battleship yamato and got 18 inch shells launched at him and lived to tell about it. Absolutely insane.

[@brionmurdock966]

Amazing to see and an honor. One of the greatest naval legends of all times. She even looked honorable standing upright in her resting place. o7 to all those who lost their lives they were true heros.

[@HistoryX]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@neverendingmods]

Thank you everyone who participated in this. We are grateful to have these images and stories. My grandfather was in the US Navy during WWII and went from operation Torch in Africa, to Italy, to France, To Germany, and finally the Pacific. He was a radio man on many a Destroyer and carriers. I have all his paperwork describing what operations he participated in and the ships he was on. Including photos of USS LAFFEY with the kamikaze stuck in it's fantail. It went on a war bonds mission to show the American people what exactly the Navy was facing. The photo is of it still in the Pacific with 3\4 of a zero fighter up it's butt.

[@HistoryX]

Wow. He went from Africa to Europe to the Pacific. He saw it all!

[@whitneylake2107]

Extraordinary history ! These lessons should be shown in every school classroom so we pass on the facts, the names, the places where events transpired. My ancestor, Simon Lake, was a submarine designer and builder before WW1 until his death at the end of WWII. Thanks to all who have served or are still serving !

[@roymeadows1708]

As an Englishman I am in awe of our American brothers that faced such impossible odds which ultimately bought time for the rest of the fleet. Respect.

[@adamwhite3584]

Can't help but notice the big difference between these guys and Stockton Rush.

[@juicewrld5884]

Yea, their actual professionals not a cocky ego driven POS. Just my opinion

[@randystambaugh6733]

This simply a fascinating documentary of this exploration! Phenomenal!!

[@douglasernst9477]

I have seen quite a number of videos about Taffy Three and this is the first time I have heard anyone talk about the logistical handicap the Japanese had in this battle, other than lack of planes and pilots, as to why they turned around and left the battle. It has always been presented as they were afraid of losing and fled. That always bothered me as the Japanese were no cowards and they definitely were not stupid. Thank you for your insight.

[@reneeparker7475]

Excellent presentation, gentlemen. I love to learn the history of WWII, especially the naval battles.

[@Softail77us]

Very interesting video. Makes me think how important the preservation of history is. Thank you.

[@jvleasure]

Last Stand is simply put the best book i ever read.

[@markwheeler202]

I'd like to see an episode on USS Joseph P. Kennedy and her Gearing classmates, including the USS Benner DD-807, the ship my dad served on from commissioning through April1946.

[@HistoryX]

We haven’t posted anything on the Gearing-class. Great suggestion!

[@markwheeler202]

@@HistoryX You could start with the Sumner class and (along with battle history), explain why the Gearing class came to be.

[@getoffenit7827]

I wish i had an endless supply of cash...i would spend it shamelessly on searching and identifying war wrecks

[@HistoryX]

Me too. These guys have adventure in their lives exploring these wrecks.

[@charlesmullenax4448]

Brother, to have the money to find them all.

[@HistoryX]

Yep. It costs millions

[@getoffenit7827]

@@HistoryX i would be selfish and search first for the uss edsall and pecos and Langley. What an adventure those guys get to embark on!

[@frankbodenschatz173]

Wow to also find out about the reason a French Submarine went to it grave as well. Missed this episode live as we were bringing two of our grandsons home to St. Louis. Commander Evans mantra is what our WW2 crews are all about according to my late grandfather.

[@HistoryX]

Glad to were able to watch, Frank :)

[@frankbodenschatz173]

​@@HistoryXThanks Ken! Just awsome! Parks and Victors audio, but must have been something being down there!

[@frankbodenschatz173]

@@HistoryX you pot it Ken, and positively I'm watching it! You've never let me down yet!

[@genebohannon8820]

God blessed the World when Iron men crewed steel ships of the Fletcher class. Also the Sammy B!

[@KtsaaTablet]

Bob DesPaine signed my copy of "last stand of the tin can sailor" Good book and Bob was a great guy. His pic is in it... He was on the Hoel. Can't blame him but he was mildly bitter about the Johnston and the Sammy B getting so much more attention. Yes... Yes Bob and his crewmates gave the same. I get it.

[@KtsaaTablet]

Sorry Bob DeSpain. RIP Bob

[@HistoryX]

Thank you for the comment. I’m going to look him up.

[@Beginnerreadsthebible]

RIP Grandpa ❤

[@johnheisler9782]

Let us not forget the Roberts

[@xxxfinitydreams2287]

Victor is a fucking rockstar

[@BarrySmoother]

Wish dive footage was kept uncut. Bugs me dive footage regardless of wreck is always cut into seconds or minutes. It bugs me so much especially with Titanic as uncut footage never goes public :(

[@BarrySmoother]

Wow, USS Johnston's uncut footage was uploaded just yesterday. Cool timing.

[@michaels.5878]

She was built in Seattle.

[@almirria6753]

Someone should go back down to the Thresher & the Scorpion to get better images of those wreck sites, so we can have a better idea what happened to them

[@HistoryX]

Great comment. Those images of those subs always left me wanting to see more clarity.

[@taras3702]

Much information has been released after the U.S. Navy declassified documents from the inquiries and investigations of both submarines' loss. Scorpion's in particular was conclusively determined to be the result of hydrogen exploding in the forward battery well, which did not sink the boat but did kill or incapacitate everyone in the forward compartments, leaving the boat to wander uncontrollably until it descended below collapse depth. It was not sunk by a hot running torpedo or a Soviet torpedo fired from a Soviet submarine. The reason for Thresher's loss was never in doubt.

[@paytondh99]

They are nuclear subs so not possible to view by the public. The govt keeps a check on them.

[@garyallsebrook3493]

Wow great background on Fletchers! My uncle was a US Navy inspector at Bethlehem shipyards in San Francisco, and I served on DD-540 (USS Twinning), which was commissioned in 1942 from Bethlehem Steel. From ‘68 to ‘70, I served on the destroyer tender, USS Dixie AD-14

[@HistoryX]

So glad you enjoyed the video!

[@veganconservative1109]

Thanks for this additional video on the Johnston. Victor was fascinating. Toughness of builds back then: I think I mentioned before Jack's (Johnston Mount 52) dad built a rocking horse for his grandkids from scrap pieces of lumber and logs. Dad and brother had a heck of a time pulling it apart after the wood started splitting decades afterward. Nails were like SPIKES. Grandpa made things to LAST. 😅

[@cristianserban4632]

Omg guys look a submarine not controlled with a fucking game controller

[@jvleasure]

I hope these guys go aftet the Hoel and Gambier Bay. I've got 5 uniforms from survivors of the battle (Johnston, Sammy B, Gambier Bay and two from the Famny B) and always have a soft spot in my heart for anything related to these guys.

[@douglasernst9477]

Comment number two. The Johnston story, and that of the rest of Taffy Three, is incredible. It came to my attention thanks to a televised account of James D. Hornfischer’s book. A story that filled me with awe and pride of the incredible bravery those young men had. To perform such an act in the face of certain death and doom. I have such deep respect for them and the leadership of Captain Evans to face such odds and being able to function through what must have been extreme fear. Just inconceivable what they were feeling and thinking during the entire ordeal.

[@briantaylor6562]

May they crew rest in peace!!!!!!

[@Biblioot]

Fascinating history. Just wondering: when a wreck this deep is preserved well because of lack of oxygen and marine life, is it then not possible that way older shipwrecks survived also? For example 16th century ships?

[@trevorjlewis]

what an incredible podcast, such amazing information and history. One factoid I take away from this. The Fletcher class destroyers gross weight was less than one of the 18 inch turrets from the Yamato .

[@griffhenshaw5631]

Good stuff. I met many of the vets from these ships while i was doing the taffy3 monument in San Diego. Great guys loyal to shipm ates. Hearing those stories firsthand amazing what they went through. I was lucky and honored to have met them and worked with them.

[@sapumalmaduhara]

Nothing went down fighting 😢

[@paytondh99]

As a woman who wants to become an underwater archeologist it kinda bothers me that I never see any women on these expeditions doing the actual diving

[@charlesmullenax4448]

Have the families of the Minerve crew been told?