USS Atlanta CL 51 - A Savo Sound Tragedy

[@ThePrader]

For those that might not know, the Navy Cross is the 2nd highest award the nation can award a sailor or marine, the highest being the Congressional Medal of Honor. Bravo Zulu Captain.

[@franksposato6072]

Fantastic video! Thank you for using the new information from Robert Lundgren's article!

[@69Applekrate]

well done doc! good narraton and images. thank you and recommended

[@jeremycox571]

Awesome and informative video, really like the focus on 1 ship and it’s history, I’m a BIG fan of WW2

[@Slaktrax]

Good video presentation. A brave ship, shameful about the friendly fire.

[@Rob.DB.]

Overall idea of a heavy AA escort / destroyer flotilla leader was sound for the time. Her weakness to surface vessel combat was known well enough but it was either bad luck or a series of unfortunate events, mixed with incompetence that did her in.

[@ELCADAROSA]

Two destroyers have been named for Rear Admiral Norman Scott: - DD-690, a Fletcher-class destroyer - DDG-995, a Kidd-class destroyer It is not known if an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer will be named for him.

[@briancooper2112]

R.I.P.🇺🇲🫡

[@josephgrillo9717]

Read Neptune's Inferno by James D. Hornfischer to get an accurate history of Atlanta's demise.

[@13Bravo77]

Read it twice great book

[@TheValorVault]

@@josephgrillo9717 I have several times. My account is based on recent work by Robert Lundgren of NavWeaps as well as Hornfischer's.

[@briankorbelik2873]

Yes, a very good book.

[@williampaz2092]

As Anti-Aircraft Cruisers the Atlanta Class was superb. As Destroyer Leaders they were flawed and under-armed.

[@nevillemignot1681]

They would have been suburb as Destroyer Flotilla leaders if they were ever used in the role by the USN, and 'Uner-armed', they had 10*5 inch guns, how many Destroyers have more?

[@CaptainKirk1963]

Great show gets right to the facts.

[@robertsolomielke5134]

I always thought the design to be great, as a flak ship in the future kamikaze years. On surface war , good against destroyers , but not on larger classes of warship. Salute to the fallen of Atlanta.

[@flkoolguy]

A hero that was lost before her time.

[@josephgrillo9717]

I forget which book tells of Atlanta in the Brooklyn Navy Yard using fire control radar to track the subway trains as they traveled across the Williamsburg Bridge.

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Direct Application to Night Combat in Vicious Combat with IJN?

[@scottl9660]

Neptunes inferno

[@TigerDominic-uh1dv]

Great Seines 👍 and Video 😊

[@nevillemignot1681]

The miss-use of the class was almost criminal, designed as both destroyer flotilla leaders and Anti-Aircraft cruisers in battle groups, they had no amour to speak of and to ask them to battle it out with better protected ships was just insane.

[@matismf]

Atlanta was unfortunate to be assigned to the Callahan force. Fortunately, after that battle, Callahan was never able to get any more US sailors murdered through his incompetence!

[@69Applekrate]

here are a few related videos on USS Atlanta. this one is a wreck dive- kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqvdeZR-gdJ3gbM

[@CaptainKirk1963]

In addition they saw green paint splatter from Portland's shells.

[@julieputney4317]

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[@69Applekrate]

another related doc that includes interviews with an officer who was serving on Atlanta including her sinking. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4aWoKaEaLp9l9k

[@orjeetghrajshingbade-d3d]

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[@gunsaway1]

And the crewmembers get nothing.