US Task Force Attacked off North Vietnam || SEA POWER - New Naval Simulation!

[@tobi5494]

They finally announced the release date via Steam! RELEASE DATE: 12 Nov, 2024

[@Buzzman2486]

Between this and MSFS I will be having a great November.

[@IvanMig2]

YAY THAT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!! buying it with my bd money

[@zongrenli3951]

Damn November looking like a great month, Sea Power and the Broken Arrow Beta? thats going to be so awesome!

[@ddaverr]

@@Buzzman2486 Stalker 2 also

[@dayzguy4204]

@@IvanMig2 nice happy early bday hope it a great one

[@sovieticodiabetico6874]

Life now only makes sense when i see new Wolpack videos of Sea Power

[@TobiasL1000]

He really needs to play more….

[@schiefer1103]

This may be a joke, but on the off-chance it isn’t, call a helpline; they (should) listen.

[@sovieticodiabetico6874]

@@schiefer1103 it's a joke

[@jamesturner9651]

I really wish he played more. Of all the ones playing it he’s by far and away the best one at it.

[@ET_FAU]

Same for me brother!😂

[@RothankX4RE]

You know what would be an amazing addition to the game? A toggleable PiP (Picture in Picture) window that you can "pin" something to so you can keep an eye on its visuals at all times, even when you have the map in fullscreen - an example is that MiG at 3:00 - having it in that PiP Window would let you see what nailed it. Old X3 games or Earth 2160 had something like that and it was extremely useful.

[@blaisepascal3804]

omg yes

[@SadenIsWatchin]

Dangerous waters did this as well, it's a handy feature for sure.

[@CherryNightshadeLips]

@@SadenIsWatchin Is Dangerous Water still playable?

[@SadenIsWatchin]

@@CherryNightshadeLips I was just playing it earlier today, it sure is.

[@foxhound5699]

'Only fire if fired upon' *laughs in gulf of Tonkin*

[@vaughn1804]

🤣

[@xyzero1682]

Was gonna say, the AI opened fire as soon as he unpaused.

[@LOLHAMMER45678]

Those waves were firing torpedoes at US

[@forgotultag1543]

​@@LOLHAMMER45678 the radar contacts are just bleeping there... MENACINGLY!

[@Vasily_Alekseyevich]

My God, even wargames are now mostly played by little communists? Uncle Ho is smiling in the afterlife.

[@joaopedrobatistadesouza4428]

The dev´s should really add a command to "Keep missile arms loaded" it would really cut down in engagement time in situations like this and could´ve saved that DD

[@Wolfpack345]

This would be nice I agree

[@MandolinMagi]

Yeah, I've noticed that as well.

[@scorpioni6024]

The reason you can't is because IRL they didn't. Missiles really don't like to be exposed to the elements (especially salt water splashing) and were prone to misfiring and/or outright not doing anything when they were. Furthermore, especially in older missiles, the on-board electronics literally needed to warm up and start on the rail, so having it sitting there on a rail for eternity wouldn't necessarily reduce this 'boot' time. Having these 'limited' arm launchers makes you appreciate VLS cells that much more!

[@MandolinMagi]

@@scorpioni6024 I'm not asking to start the situation with missiles on the rail, but when combat starts it would be nice to keep the thing loaded

[@JJJJJJJJJAAAAAA]

Are vls cells within the scope of this game or are with stuck with mk13/26s?

[@crazywarriorscatfan9061]

I know a man who was on the USS Higbee when her aft 5" turret was hit by a 250kg bomb dropped by a mig during this battle. He was a sonar technician and luckily the crew of the hit turret actually weren't in it due to a malfunction, so no one was killed. Pictures of the destroyed turret are quite interesting!

[@thornefroemming7796]

I served on Sterett 1977 to 1980 as a GMM. She is the only ship to have downed enemy aircraft with the Terrier missile.

[@FoxxofNod]

@@thornefroemming7796 Such an underappreciated missile.

[@kaboomvn201]

The pilot, Nguyễn Văn Bảy (B, to differentiate with another Nguyễn Văn Bảy who was an Ace with 7 kills) used a technique called 'skip bombing' to achieve the hits. He went on to score a single kill against an A-6 Intruder before the plane he piloted was hit by a missile over the sky of Thanh Hóa province. His jet crashed into a mountain in Tân Thành commune, Thường Xuân district. He was buried in the city of Thanh Hóa before being reburied at his hometown in Bạc Liêu province.

[@ddaverr]

When mission is complete I hope they add the option to continue the mission until I decide to leave. In the words of Randy Marsh, "I didnt hear no bell"

[@daviniusb6798]

I second this!

[@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi]

yeah itd be cool if you could stay in the area and provide coverage or sail to another area etc. Also itd be nice to be able to call in reinforcments ie air support, ground artillery etc etc

[@Zetler]

This qualifies as a disaster. Thank you for your service Commander Wolfpack. You’ve been relieved.

[@Wolfpack345]

:(

[@kpcaptrauma]

@@Wolfpack345 If anything, you will be given a new command elsewhere to help you hone your skills more effectively.

[@sirboomsalot4902]

Seeing Oklahoma City in action is really cool. Her sister Little Rock is a really cool museum. I also hope this game expands on the ships that are playable from the 1960s and 1970s

[@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi]

or allows customisable builds, thatd be awesome. Make a super battleship guided missle destoryer hahaa

[@akd8525]

The smaller hangars / pads on the destroyers were intended for the QH-50 DASH drone helicopter. By this time, the program had been cancelled and most were withdrawn from service. Some saw use in the Vietnam War as reconnaissance / artillery spotting platforms rather than their intended ASW role to deliver torpedoes to distant contacts (which was supplanted by ASROC on these ships).

[@artemisfowl7191]

ASROC and DASH are complimentary systems, ASROC did not replace DASH. To use a Soviet metaphor, SS-N-14 is sort of like the DASH drone of the Soviet navy in terms of role while the ASROC is sort of the RBU-6000 of the USN

[@earllamerica9348]

The DASH drone is tethered to a control wire like those old rc cars

[@LOLHAMMER45678]

​@@artemisfowl7191 yeah, DASH was just replaced (on ships that could carry them) by regular helos

[@EricDKaufman]

Coastal batteries are engaging Oklahoma City. Remember these wise words..... "Temper, Temper."

[@xyz6106]

Oh man imagine if we got to command Wisconsin. It would be amazing.

[@tukohamma3166]

Dude you are CRUSHING the content right now. I love having a new video everyday to unwind to when I get home from work. Content is awesome as always. keep it up Wolfpack!

[@aceca5147]

Gotta say they've improved the smoke and fire effects massively, they look so much better now

[@MrFrdmftr]

Always enjoy your videos. Looks like someone was having a little fun with the nautical flags...at the 1:01 mark. They spell out F**K YEAH

[@Phordless_Cone]

All the American boat's flags spell out 'fuck yeah'

[@btyrreddagger2065]

I thought you already did this scenario. I think my memory is overlapping with some of the other content creators covering this game. Anyway happy to see more content.

[@spartanalex9006]

Honestly 1960s surface warfare campaign could be really cool to see you do. We’ve seen that 80s plenty.

[@jollyjohnzz]

Thanks

[@Wolfpack345]

Thank you!

[@wally4395]

Thanks this was a fun episode. Really enjoyed

[@Wolfpack345]

Thank you!

[@The-Caged-King]

Just finished my first dotmod South China Sea campaign and then Wolfpack uploads. What a treat

[@valaran3968]

That destroyer does have a helicopter hangar, of sorts. A lot of Gearings were fitted to carry the QH-50 DASH anti-sub drone during one of their FRAM upgrades. It was a tiny little gyrodyne helicopter that could carry a pair of lightweight torpedoes.

[@Omailawnmower]

@wolfpack345, the way you make these videos is EXTREMELY good. Please make more of these with the roleplaying and your personality :D

[@owenkidd1247]

Wolfpack I subbed around 40k and man your absolutely killing it I’ve constantly been entertained for almost five years! Keep up the good work especially the sea power content!

[@M551_Sheridan]

0:19 vietmanese 😂 ( I’m joking I understand it’s stressful to have to constantly make videos and I don’t wanna ridicule you over a small grammar error, keep up the great work, I absolutely love your videos!

[@cn.st.182]

That isn't grammar.

[@_Mav]

I thought I was hearing things and re-listened 4-5 times before I realised he had got the M and the N around the wrong way 😄

[@scottunzicker]

Yeah... it immediately grabbed my ear, too and made my eyeballs twitch. *lol*

[@dylandarnell3657]

Spelling, not grammar.

[@donniemontoya9300]

I thought I was hearing things for sure. Had to play it back 3 times to see if I was crazy or not. Wolfpack, we love you, lol.

[@Middcore]

I want the Albany--class CG in this game. I just love the look of ridiculously tall superstructure.

[@timmy3822]

I hope there will be British fleet units added in the future. It would be beyond epic to try and replicate the Falklands war in this game.

[@zanaduz2018]

Realistically, I expect they would add RAN ships over RN ones first, since the Aussies helped the US during Vietnam.

[@timmy3822]

@@zanaduz2018 Depends how you see the focus of the game. For much of the Cold War the Royal Navy was a key force in securing the North Sea and GIUK gap. Both are valid additions for different reasons. It solely depends on what scenarios the devs wish to prioritise for initial EA stages.

[@zanaduz2018]

@@timmy3822 inb4 the devs surprise us with the French Marine Nationale.

[@JS-rh8qj]

My father served on the USS Oklahoma City in the early 70's. I have been been aboard that ship. It was pretty cool for a 10 yo boy. Today, she is an artificial reef. :o) This is the first time I have seen her featured in a game. I am looking forward to playing Sea Power someday.

[@drexia8973]

Man... You are so damn good at these intros and the storytelling. Nothing quite like it.

[@disillusionedidealist3446]

Funny , I didn't read the small print and thought I was clicking a Doco on Vietnam, because it looked so real...love it.

[@haouribi]

YES thank you for doing this mission, even though maybe it wasn’t because I asked, I am still overjoyed to see even more content of this game played by you, a professional!

[@meatsakiiakeno]

'vietmanese' very real lol im so glad this game has a publisher etc it might be updated more often so yeah BUT YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA and nice video (i love the vietnam war because im a history nerd- weird for my age but) ooooooo stable 60

[@rickendfed7472]

Half the world population is in range of a 5 inch 54 onboard a destroyer

[@FoxxofNod]

Great stuff! I love seeing the early 70's era missions.

[@Nocturnal_Sleeper]

Talk about straight into the action, jeez lol. Love these Sea Power videos!

[@BubbleBelly]

It's so fun to see these videos with these ships that I personally know nothing about, but you can see the history. Like the second you showed Oklahoma City I immediately clocked she was a former Cleveland class cruiser from WWII.

[@MrDerekpryor2]

I want to give a shoutout to the production team as well they are top notch..!!!

[@johnwanderin3872]

Ever since the videos started being made and seeing all the units they have, I’ve just been constantly thinking up Vietnam scenarios

[@FoxtrotYouniform]

"due to high friendly activity we have strict orders not to fire unless fired upon" _every ship immediately opens fire at the first blip on the radar_

[@techstepman]

i find myself waiting for your sea power vids every week. I really enjoy them!

[@Arks1103]

Mission orders: "Not to fire until fired upon." Wolfpack: "Yeah, about that....." Nice content though, love it.

[@danuke1489]

I"m so excited for this new series :D

[@TheRealAfroRick]

Man just ship the game. It's more ready than most things that have been out for months. Would be AWESOME if they had you do intros to missions. You do a great job of it.

[@wolfhunter98]

13:23 "Temper, temper." ;)

[@galatians-2.20]

My favorite sea power episode so far!!

[@jeffhess4650]

No Sea Sparrows. Missiles in the scenario are Talos (Okie Boat) and Terrier (Sterrett). The guns on the Sterrett are 5"/54 (stern) and 3"/50 (port and starboard dual mounts amidships).

[@Commandergree143]

Love your sea power videos

[@stevewhan7308]

Looks awesome! I appreciate its pre-release only, but it would be good if you could pre-load missile rails and assets for planned most likely use. It would minimise load/activation times as realistic, but also make the waiting rounds more vulnerable too. I’ve also seen other vids where aircraft are launched, but from hangers below decks, it would make more sense if they were able to be positioned on the cats or heli deck, too. Looks a top game!

[@bonnerapplegate4824]

My Grandfather served as a 5inch gunner on US Destroyers in Korea and Vietnam, Love seeing something so similar to the stories he told

[@mustang7272]

I am so stoked when my feed notifies me of a new Wolfpack video.

[@ChrisAnilao]

Your sea power vids are cool as hell

[@genuinsanity]

Wow! these games are so detailed , you got to know what you are doing . Wolfpack345 , the Michael Jordan of combat simulation !

[@WWXspartan058]

Man, the water splashes look fantastic. Another great video

[@Gentleman...Driver]

From Wikipedia on this event: The Gulf of Tonkin DLG AAW pickets normally operate with a DD escort but, during April 1970, Sterett operated at a modified PIRAZ station 20NM from the North Vietnamese coast with the cruiser USS Oklahoma City, COMSEVENTHFLT embarked, as her escort. This was a plot to lure out a MiG from the airbase at the Bai Thuong Air Base, which at that time was the base for three MiG-21 and three MiG-19 fighters. Oklahoma City had EMCON (EMission CONdition) set to simulate the normal DD escort and Sterett passed track information on hostile aircraft over North Vietnam to the Talos ship via the Navy RED secure voice (KY-8) net and the NTDS Link 14 teletype. Although this missile trap was well-conceived, there was no MiG activity over Bai Thuong during this period. [...] On 7 January 1972, Sterett traveled on her second tour of duty off the Vietnamese coast. She departed for the Gulf of Tonkin and remained on PIRAZ station when on 21 February 1972 became the first United States Navy ship to direct the downing of a MiG-21 by Air Force Combat Air Patrol. During her second line period of the deployment, Sterett participated in the downing of two more MiGs (30 March) and brought down another with a salvo of Terrier missiles during the Dong Hoi engagement on 19 April. Later on that day, she launched a second salvo of Terriers at an unidentified target, probably a Styx surface-to-surface missile, destroying it in midair. After adding two more successful pilot rescues to her tally, she returned to Subic Bay on 22 May.[1]

[@rossnelson9576]

I do think that damage on ships is currently a little too high. It seems like any missile or bomb hit is gonna result in the entire ship bursting into flames and sinking unless it’s a larger vessel.

[@THX-1138.]

The ships and aircraft in this game are amazingly detailed

[@Dracomarine]

Loving your content. You make the game look awesome ^-^

[@Gocats1970]

Can't wait for this game....thanks for the vids...

[@Zadlo14]

These AA gun used as a coastal battery were 100mm KS-19 anti-aircraft guns. They use the same ammunition as T-54/55 tanks and as a field artillery they have a range up to 21 km.

[@danfroburg5170]

OKC taking some damage, but otherwise another great mission wolfpack!

[@51cmark]

USS Oklahoma City (CG5) was my first command in my Navy career.👍🇺🇸

[@dalenihiser7766]

Nice action and good story telling.

[@thexlonewolf671]

A quick explanation of the difference between weapons hold/tight/free in this game, as explained to me by other contributers on the discord: Weapons Hold: the unit will never use weapons, ever, not even in self-defense. Weapons Tight: the unit will only shoot in self-defense, for example, if a hostile ship fires a missile. Weapons Free: the unit will automatically engage hostile targets in range without being prompted. In none of these settings will your units ever engage unidentified units on their own. I do expect the devs to eventually change this, but for now, unless you don't want your ships/planes to engage on their own, there is no reason not to use weapons free.

[@nixravette]

Im so hyped to get my hands on this.

[@gsigs]

Wow, the OK City model is beautiful. They all should have had missiles on the rails, though. And Microprose, how can the ship models be so nice yet the maps look like my 8-bit Atari from 1980?

[@sirboomsalot4902]

I think the maps are actually supposed to look like they are from 1980 lol

[@MUJUNKY]

Looking forwards to getting my hands on the game. Looks great.

[@patrickfrazier9613]

YOOOOO I’m first. Sea Power is sick dude keep it up

[@AlexDiazGranados]

This is the first "Sea Power" scenario I completed without losing a single ship! USS Higbee was the first U.S. Navy warship named after a woman, by the way.

[@supermonkeywtf09]

Would be cool to see some air-land interractions with some interesting terrain e.g. mountains of iran or the south of argentina.

[@Sgt.Chuck.E.Cheese]

I’m a worshipper of the Church of new Wolfpack seapower vid

[@babouras123]

Great videos! Subbed!

[@jawajacobite7207]

I really want to see you do a Russian carrier scenario, not that it could be entirely historically accurate sadly, but still I want to compare with your American carrier video! P.s. keep these up, they’re great!

[@jollyjohnzz]

Loving this !

[@tobiasseybold4954]

Keep up, very nice Videos!!!!

[@zachboyd4749]

7:21 Okay, I kinda call bullcrap on a _Gearing_ getting sunk by a single bomb like that, especially since nearly identical _Allen M Sumner_ class USS _Laffey_ DD-724 took six direct kamikaze hits and four 550 pound bomb hits and lived to tell the tale…

[@joeancinec]

I love this new series you have going. But please keep the u boat videos too. They are my favorite.

[@chadgray5120]

This game I think is going to be a DCS lite. This is already on my wish list.

[@johannunnsteinsson188]

Your intro for your videos are in another league then most other youtubers are in 👌👌

[@jhunter9856]

really do enjoy this game and the combat videos and missions wayyy to short tho :( big love tho wolf

[@SCMDR]

Please do Oscar submarine vs US carrier battle group. Also love the episode

[@nicholaiowreyowrey6383]

I want this game so bad. I desperately wanna make a falklands scenario. I wanna see what this engine can do if you ended up putting all of the naval units in the war in the same scenario and basically ran a war for weeks to months on end seeing what would happen

[@MekStark1980]

ahh damn, forgot to add fishermen to those sampans, sorry!

[@sivalon1]

Hey, I was impressed they had lanterns and tire bumpers!

[@MekStark1980]

@@sivalon1 I like adding such small details that add to bigger picture

[@SanquineRite]

I love it. Mission orders: Do not fire unless fired on. Literally everyone who plays it. first contact: Open fire! Mission fail. you opened fire without being fired on first. lol Welcome to your court-martial Cpt.

[@johnmaurer9143]

Cool mission and gameplay.

[@kyousuketanuma638]

Fishing vessels...? Hell, Those are NVA spotter ships!

[@dylandettorre]

I’m so damn keen to play Sea Power when it’s released

[@idv1328]

Nice looking cruiser ❤

[@arthurcrego8297]

Very interesting to be sure.

[@catwithabat7163]

imagine shooting at a warship with field artillery and then you get deleted by 14 different shells

[@thelimatheou]

Wonder if you could recreate the incident when HMAS Hobart (Australian destroyer) that was attacked by mistake by the USAF in Vietnam in 1968?

[@SirLurkALot]

Easter Eggs: Don't want to get banned so I'll just say that those signal flag hoists on the U.S. warships in the game spell something "interesting." Anyone wanting a look at the Triassic devs having some fun with us can Google them.

[@DyingCr0w]

I wonder if the simulation goes as far as to simulate radar blind spots. That OK city is a blindspot nightmare. That navigation radar on the starboard platform, 🤣🤣🤣 but really, everything. Even the fire control radars astern, that boat was meant to run.

[@hiltibrant1976]

Not sure if that was scripted or intentional, but the historical USS Higbee did indeed suffer a bomb hit from a Mig-17 during the Vietnam war, but she made it irl.

[@N556ND]

Seems like this would be a good scenario for an Iowa class battleship

[@fubaralakbar6800]

What is that ramp-like structure on the Belknap's foredeck? Is it some kind of loading system for the missile launcher?

[@gsigs]

Yes, that is exactly what it is.

[@josephknaak9034]

Mk 10 launcher, and missile house. It has a large system.

[@jarek94cze]

Game looks awesome.

[@shtehfaw]

This game have the Long Beach? We need The Cube.

[@TheSDB13]

I think the dumb bombs are little too accurate in the scenario compared to irl

[@adamtruong1759]

I mean, these Migs were at low altitude and basically mast-bombing, and irl would score a hit. Also, the Argentinians were able to inflict a lot damage to the Royal Navy via dumb bombs in the Falklands War: "6 fuses better and we would have lost" -Lord Craig.

[@SimpleChimp-]

Hold up did you say the north vietmanese at the start. Btw love the vids keep them coming.

[@script_crafter]

This gives me an idea, could you do an aircraft carrier strike on a Russian port as a scenario? It would be extra dangerous to do it somewhere in the Black Sea >:) My idea is “NATO intelligence has gathered definitive information that the soviet ships they have been tracking are staging for a breakout from the Mediterranean within the port of Novorossiysk in the Black Sea; using your small detached carrier strike force you are to strike the enemy in port and defeat the enemy before they become a threat.” Maybe you showed up late with this ships already underway without your commander “knowing” about it :)

[@glennielsen7982]

Suh'weet! I had no idea the game could take place in the 70's. I thought it was all in the 80's, what years does it span?

[@witchywoman165]

Shame the game does not cover the brown water navy ops in the rivers around nam. Would be a great idea for DLC with PBRs and PCFs