USS Langley, 1942: Tragic Fate of the United States Navy's First Aircraft Carrier

The USS Langley, commissioned in 1922, was the US Navy's first aircraft carrier, pioneering a new era in naval warfare. Its conversion from a collier symbolized a shift towards carrier-based aviation, crucial for projecting power at sea. In 1942, as the Japanese advanced against the Dutch East Indies, USS Langley met its fate south of Java...
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[@HoH]

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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thanks For this! You're amazing 😊😊😊

[@robertbunch7829]

She was no longer a aircraft carrier but had been modified into a seaplane carrier and had lost half of her flight deck !!!

[@robertbunch7829]

@@danielsantiagourtado3430 thanks but she was a tender not a carrier and you have a nice day !!!

[@hodaka1000]

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[@Croatoan140]

Why is it in carrier configuration? The whole reason I watched this was to see it in seaplane tender conversion

[@Peorhum]

It should be noted she had half her flight deck removed in 1937 and could only operate seaplanes, using cranes. She was not much more then a transport ship by this point of her career.

[@paulsteaven]

It's interesting that the US Navy converted their first aircraft carrier into a seaplane tender while IJN is in the process of converting their seaplane tenders into light/escort carriers.

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

@@paulsteaven Too old and too small. That's why she was referred to as 'the Ol' Langley'.

[@josephdans7120]

Yes, USS Langley was converted back to a seaplane carrier/tender because the US wanted to free up treaty tonnage to build better, bigger and faster carriers than the slow Langley…which we did. We had “Jeep” carriers during WW 2 I believe which functioned similarly. We even had effectively the first “drone carrier” (an escort carrier) which transported our version of the first radio controlled “Attack Drones” packed with explosives which could be flown into Japanese ships. They used TV cameras to broadcast their progress and help line up their attacks. Amazing stuff…not to digress. Langley was sent on a suicide mission effectively to please the Dutch with its P-41s. The P-41’s packed in boxes that did arrive miraculously in boxes in another US ship were just destroyed when they got there. It was all a gesture that the men of the Langley paid for. They pretty much knew it was a one way trip which they almost made. 😔 god bless them all.

[@nogoodnameleft]

She was not some "trainer" or "reserve ship" post-1937 and she was still serving as a combat-worthy seaplane tender, meaning she was operating Catalinas just like she served old carrier planes prior to 1937, of which 41 of 44 of her Catalinas serving in the Philippines/Dutch East Indies in 1941-42 were destroyed. She couldn't have handled modern carrier planes by WWII anyway if she wasn't converted to a seaplane tender. They picked her to transport those 32 P-40s to Java because she was very well qualified to do so. She also had a suite of AA guns. She was lost because the Asiatic Fleet and Nimitz were foolish and treated their ships and sailors like cannon fodder in the Dutch East Indies just so they could impress the British and Dutch for political reasons.

[@amandastevenson4948]

Speed was the main issue

[@davejohnson273]

That was a great account of the loss of the Langley and Pecos! My Uncle, Lt Bennett Johnson, was one of the P40 pilots who survived the attack on the Langley but was lost with the Pecos. Thank you!

[@johnstreet797]

my father served in Pecos as his first ship out of basic training at age 17

[@billotto602]

What were P-40's doing on a carrier ? I didn't think they had tailhooks to land on a carrier !

[@BlueFox284]

​@@billotto602 The P-40's were more cargo than a fighter plane. They were packed in like sardines onboard the ship. They would have been offloaded with a crane.

[@booniebuster4193]

My father was a P-40 Crew chief in the convoy with the Langley en route to Karachi. He said in his diary that the Langley dropped out of the convoy about 2 a.m. in the morning for unknown reasons. After they arrived in Karachi he heard that the Langley had been sunk. He said that most of the 25 Fighter Squadron's brand-new P-40s went down with the ship. Some were still in their packing crates. He also said that some of the men from his Squadron who were on the Langley to assist with the P-40s also went down with the ship. Much later he heard that the Langley dropped out of the convoy because it had sprung an oil leak which could have led the Japanese aircraft right to the carrier. Since my father was on a troop-carrying ship in the convoy they thought it was best to have the Langley take a different course to get away from the troop ships.

[@wirelessone2986]

Smart move and sad

[@dvog]

This is the first detailed description of the Langley sinking, that I have watched/heard. Thank you for this presentation with maps, dates, and animation.

[@Anthus.]

I have not heard about the fate of the U.S.S. Langley before now. This story, while quite sad, is an important piece of American history that is rarely talked about.

[@nogoodnameleft]

It's because all of the Nimitz/USMC sycophants/fanboys don't want us to learn about his numerous disasters that happened under Nimitz' watch/command during WWII while focusing only on the victories later in WWII. Imagine if MacArthur was responsible for the doomed USS Langley. We would never hear the end of that story, wouldn't we?

[@NicholasLauritsen]

Why weren't those brand new p'40s piloted and used by their fliers to fight off the Jap bombers and zeros..? The early defensive efforts by the Allies were pitifully inept against the well organized Japanese. 40 years ago my family knew a British area commander who surrendered his whole island garrison to a numerically inferior Japanese force with scarcely a shot being fired that astonished the enemy. Churchill after the war wanted this incompetent British Commander court martialed, so the officer was so shamed in the UK he elected to repatriate to Canada to avoid his disgrace and wartime dishonor..!!!

[@ScoutSniper3124]

Langley was converted to a Seaplane Tender by 1937 and only had roughly half the flight deck from her days as a fleet carrier.

[@rayvaul3539]

This is something I never learned about, and it’s pretty sad that the oldest carrier we had met a such a fate, but it was bound to happen as it was obsolete. But they fought valiantly and it’s interesting just how long the Langley survived, it was riveted and not welded like many of our ships in the Second World War. It wouldn’t have lasted longer than it did concerning how it was made and how armed it is. God bless the men who died that day! And well done as always, HOH! 😀👏🏼🤙🏼

[@SXMaxwell]

History is always taught by a certain narrative in school. It’s limited so there are a lot of key events and moments left out in all history classes. I could name several things I have learned outside of school. For example June 20th 1965 first air to air gun kill of Vietnam made by two A1 sky raiders against a mig jet fighter.

[@rayvaul3539]

@@SXMaxwell Oh true for sure, it’s a real shame, but there’s multiple reasons. There’s too much to cover, means I no there is an “ocean” of historical information and there’s just not enough school year to cover them all, and there’s also certain parts of history that the establishment does not want you to know for corrupt reasons. I remember that there was a Tennessee, Kentucky, or North Carolina town where that elections got seized after WW2 and multiple veterans armed themselves and stopped the corrupt politicians and I don’t exactly remember but I think the police were involved. The corrupt were trying to secure an election through constitutional violation and that moment in history was an important moment in telling how important our Second Amendment rights really are important.

[@curtiskretzer8898]

​@@rayvaul3539it was Tennessee(Shelbyville). Think History Guy Lance did a piece on YT about it

[@nogoodnameleft]

@@rayvaul3539 It is because the USN and USMC have a well-oiled propaganda machine ever since the end of WWII designed to claim stolen valor for all the Pacific Theater victories when far more Army soldiers fought in the Pacific (under General MacArthur in from December 1941 to August 1945) in the SW Pacific at New Guinea and the Philippines than combined Navy/USMC in the Central Pacific (Nimitz and his sailors and Marines took a nice little peaceful vacation/break from February 1943 to November 1943 while MacArthur and his men were fighting nonstop for almost 4 years including all of 1943). Zero USMC ground infantry forces fought in New Guinea and Philippines, for example, so that is why there are no Hollywood movies or documentaries ever made about New Guinea and the Philippines. The U.S. Army fought in the Philippines and New Guinea and the Solomons west of Guadalcanal and Borneo from December 1941 to August 1945 yet the USN/USMC propagandists do such a good job downplaying the Army's bravery and sacrifice while acting like only Nimitz and his cronies did anything in the Pacific.

[@gotanon9659]

​@@rayvaul3539No that part of american history just shows how inept and incapable of understanding there own constitution

[@geschirr9190]

Nice video. At 6:49 you state "dozens of Mitsubishi Betty bombers approached..." You only show A6M Zero's, Bettys being twin engined bombers. Some of the markings are off, like when you showed the PBYs. You state that the Langley is transporting P-40Es when you show at 5:38 P-40B/Cs.

[@kennethhamby9811]

My father served on the newly commissioned US Langley (2nd) built in 1943. He served on board till the end of the war. The ship was leased to the French navy soon after the war. Then eventually she was scrapped.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Great work as always! You're amazing 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love these marine battle videos! Thanks For this 😊😊😊❤❤

[@peerelshoff]

Great documentary. Thank You!!! Big like!!!

[@vojtechslezak4553]

4:40 umm no. Yorktown and Enterprice were sister ships build at the same time. The upgraded/half sister ship was the Hornet. She was build few years after Yorktown and Enterprice to have a new carrier as fast as posible before the Essex swarm came.

[@LancasterResponding]

Despite being of the same class Yorktown and Enterprise weren’t exactly twins. I couldn’t find a reason why there were differences between them at launch. Obviously during the war Enterprise was modified tremendously which could also explain why the numbers don’t match up.

[@vojtechslezak4553]

@@LancasterResponding I see you are new to Naval history my friend so let me tell you a secret. No ships of the same class are 100% copies. Even in say Fletcher class you wont find ships that are 100% same. Ships are build, not printed.

[@LancasterResponding]

@@vojtechslezak4553No need to be a prick kid

[@ussenterprisecv6805]

the big difference is refits, Enterprise was clearly the 43 version and was a major player in American innovations in carrier operations and engineering. Wasp was basically a smaller Yorktown class due to treaty limits and Hornet wasn't much different compared to her older sisters. She had a 35 metre total beam and weighed 20,000 long tons at standard and up to 25,500 at full load where as Enterprise and Yorktown were at around 19,800 long tons standard and 25,500 full making them around 200 tons lighter on average but they were also around 5 metres shorter at 246 and 2 metres narrower at 33 at launch however by 43 Enterprise ended up at 21,000 tons standard and up to 32,060 at full load with a length of around 252 metres getting her 1 metre over Hornet in length though she remained barely narrower at about 34.8 metres wide. Hornet was produced much earlier than the Essex class was even readied as she was ordered in 39 and launched in 40 where as the Essex line only began in 41 which is why Yorktown, Hornet and Lexington all had their names carried on by new Essex class carriers who served in the same war.

[@vojtechslezak4553]

@@ussenterprisecv6805 damm son, how the hell did you get all the differences into that?! Still USN knew it wanted the Essex (Unlimited tonage) carriers in 1939 when they started building Hornet. They simply knew they needed a carrier now with how fast UK was loosing carriers.

[@Rickinsf]

USS Jupiter was originally a "fleet collier," chosen for conversion into a carrier because it was fast enough to keep up with the fleet and coal storage bunkers provided space below decks for hangars and shops.

[@MrChickennugget360]

its worth noting that her sister ship was USS Cyclops which is famous for disappearing off the East Coast. It's often cited in Bermuda triangle circles. OF course, All the Jupiter Class Fleet Colliers had issues with metal fatigue and all four sank, with Langly the only one sunk due to enemy action. Her sisters USS Nereus, USS Proteus, and USS Cyclops were all lost in storms off the East coast in the area sometimes called the "Bermuda triangle."

[@guru47pi]

I had no idea the US lost a carrier before the Coral Sea

[@zraxe1]

A little misinformation in this. She was a seaplane tender by that point. The conversion cut off half her flight deck and had cranes installed to recover PBYs.

[@spudgamer6049]

Yeah. She no longer carried the CV- designation either.

[@jameshall1300]

She was still the US's first carrier, no matter what use she had at the time of her sinking.

[@TallDude73]

Great production values

[@Dave-jd9qn]

Among those rescued by the DDs were Army pilots of the 1st Pursuit Squadron. Some of them aboard Whipple were transferred to the oiler Pecos, but Pecos was sunk and some were lost.

[@pizzafrenzyman]

A failure of command. The Pecos should not have been diverted for a few dozen men. Getting the fuel to Ceylon was of much greater importance.

[@s25268847]

I think it can be easily seen that for the first year after pearl harbor, the Allied forces was in deeply disorganized situation: lack of knowledge of IJN tactics, mismanagement of the remaining resources (like how do you expect an old carrier carrying land-based fighter without any capability to launch any aircraft to get into an IJN-controlled ocean without any losses). It is really lucky that Japan at that time did not directly go to Hawaii or Australia after their success in December 7, otherwise the pacific ocean will a lake in their yard in 1942 already.

[@pizzafrenzyman]

Excellent comment, except the Hawaii/Australia part. Japan lacked the sealift capacity to maintain the massive amount of men and materials that would have been needed to support such a largescale invasion at such great distances from the home islands. Witness the difficulty Japan had in feeding and supplying 10k men on Guadalcanal, now multiply that by 100 to adequately invade Hawaii/Australia.

[@curtiskretzer8898]

Guadalcanal needed supplied. The Land of Plenty and the Home of the Brave would've had real problems,if the Risung Sun landed in either🇦🇺or🇺🇲,and 1 of those problems would've been making it to where the I🇯🇵A had nothing to forage.

[@Whitpusmc]

@@curtiskretzer8898Had the Japanese made it to Australia their logistics problems would have been significant. I severely doubt they could have held any territory in Australia. As for them landing in even Hawaii that was beyond their logistics capabilities. They would never had had a prayer of landing on the US West Coast and holding it for any period of time. They simply would not have had enough ammunition for a prolonged conflict. It’s notable that while we were worried about attacks on the West Coast we were not concerned about actual landings.

[@curtiskretzer8898]

@@Whitpusmc Hawaii would not have worked,but🇦🇺&🇺🇲had resources that could have been foraged, unless a "scorched earth" retreat was implemented. 🇯🇵was on a roll and, thankfully,was ignorant of how woefully unprepared the allies were (especially🇺🇲)!

[@Whitpusmc]

@@curtiskretzer8898 Maybe Australia but the Continental US was waay too far and while food and clothing etc could be foraged they would have run out of ammunition and nothing the US used was compatible. Only if they captured and used US supplies and they would have had extreme difficulty getting replacements and we had huge population of available recruits and partly trained soldiers available. I’m unaware of any war games where Japan was able to create and sustain a foothold on the WC for any period of time. Plus talk about stirring up the hornets nest. We were pissed off about a hit and run on Hawaii and we pushed them out of the Aleutians (which they failed to hold, greatly due to logistics issues.)

[@tincanboat]

very interesting. my grandfather was a sailor on the Langley when it was being converted to an aircraft carrier.

[@shanekilpatrick3378]

Went down swinging 👍🏻

[@oneshotme]

Just subscribed to your channel I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@HoH]

Thanks for the sub!

[@curtislowe4577]

Allied Naval Senior Command's myopia concerning air power early in the war was as unforgivable as the constant frontal attacks of WW1. So many lives and ships were literally thrown away by 'we gotta do something' thinking when running away until we were actually ready to fight would have been the better strategy. The Japanese on the other hand fully understood the superiority of air power in naval engagements. But the Allied Naval Command structure was stuck in the last war. The French and Belgians were no better putting their resources toward huge fortifications. The Allies were fortunate that the Axis powers didn't have sufficient natural resources and thus had two vulnerable lines of supply: getting the raw materials in and getting manufactured materíal out. I had never heard of CV-4 the USS Ranger.

[@RRaquello]

Just recently watched an old MGM film called "The Flying Fleet" from 1928. Of course a silent film. Much of it was filmed on the Langley, so you get to see the ship and get to see planes being launched from the deck. Of course it had to have its silly love story, with two of the hot shot pilots after the same gal, but you get to see some cool old planes and also a little bit of old carrier operations.

[@briananderson8733]

Problem is that, as others have pointed out the Langley was no longer an aircraft carrier (CV) as of her return to service in February 1937 when she was relabeled from CV-1 to AV-3.

[@Oddhistoryboi]

USS Laffey (DD-459) or Surgao straight those would be woderful things either that or USS Barb train kill.

[@lilboy3102]

Make a video on the sinking of Ashigara by HMS Trenchant

[@joeshmoe8345]

Wonderful

[@notthefbi7932]

Huh had no idea about this 🤔

[@tomw377]

This video is mostly accurate. However, it overlooks a key fact that Langley was no longer use as an aircraft carrier. Roughly half her flight deck had been removed she was no longer capable of performing flight operations. By the time of her loss, Langley had long since been converted into a seaplane tender. Nor does it mention two Dutch PBY-5 Catalina flying boats providing anti-submarine escort. Y-65 and Y-71 were overhead throughout the entire attack and were attacked by Japanese fighters. Y-71 managed to evade the fighters but Y-65 was badly mauled and barely made it back to Tjilatjap were the PBY was written off. The statement about all the newly arrived fighters aboard Sea Witch being destroyed by the US Army is incorrect. There are reports of the crated P-40s being dumped in the harbor but they are incorrect. In fact, the fighters were received by the Dutch air force and shipped to air fields by train where they were destroyed or burned by Dutch personnel. The aircraft dumped in the harbor were a small number of crated and partially assembled DB-7 Boston light bombers which had been delivered separately.

[@nogoodnameleft]

Langley's Patrol Wing 10 had 44 PBYs. 41 of them were shot down or destroyed on the ground in the Philippines and Dutch East Indies, which was why she no longer had any seaplanes to service and launch and she was ordered to do emergency transport duty with the 32 P-40s to Java. Those PBYs were a helluva lot better combat planes than most carrier planes in the early 1940s. She was not able to launch modern carrier planes from her flight deck which was why she was converted to a seaplane tender, which she excelled at. But, you seem to want to treat her like she was some "non-combatant" or "reserve" ship, which she definitely was not. She was the biggest and best seaplane tender in the USN in 1941-42.

[@richardstone5552]

Very cool

[@vassilizaitzev1]

Good job. The USS Edsall will have her own final stand on March 1, 1942.

[@velesquad4253]

Beautiful Content and its follow the toppics that i searching for, But better put The USS Langley Seaplane Tender not the Aircraft Carrier because its just little bit different and its refrenced and based on Real life pictures. Anyways Its A Beautiful and Lovely content Thanks for making it

[@isaacsilvas2285]

Langley was my favorite carrier

[@elijahdupaulmusic8017]

Great video, You should consider the Battle of Leyte Gulf. That’s another great WWII naval battle.

[@HoH]

Great suggestion, thanks!

[@sailordude2094]

Thanks for the history not talked about much (first I learned). @6:30, a translation could be, "No aircraft can be spared old man. Chip chip". I wonder if it was a coordinated mission? Doesn't sound like all the Allied assets were on the same page, war teaches us these things though, its early.

[@edwinklemm3960]

Yes, there is a person that I would like to know as much as I can about. A Dietitian in the 264th Field Hospitial named Robert E. Klemm who served, for a while, 30 miles from the Battle of the Bulge. He's my father.

[@leroycharles9751]

That would be a great ship to find and photograph, since they know about where she is.

[@batboylives]

Subbed, liked because I did indeed liked the video. 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, well since I was 14. I joined the Canadian Rangers as a Junior Ranger and remained a Ranger since. I am 37 and love to do my duty. We will find a way we always say. Our role: Domestic operations; surveillance and sovereignty patrols, first response, search and rescue. We were issued Lee-Enfield No 4 rifle in .303 British calibre (still have mine) , but have issued more up to date rifles. Now we use the C19 Finnish designed Tikka T3 CTR bolt-action rifle modified for the Canadian Rangers. We call it the C19 APB, lol Anti Polar bear lol. 10 shot clip, shoots .308 calibre.7.62×51mm NATO. It even gots NATO accessory rail for mounting accessories like aiming elements or optics (incase of predators, like polar bears). Where Im from Moose Factory, ON Canada we have tranq gun and cage to chopper the bear far away. But while on S&R mission, we have a rifle in case one tries to attacks us. (God forbid I would hate to kill a bear)

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage episode about Langley first US aircraft's carriers sank in 1942, far from the Eastern Shor of Australian 🇦🇺 content .. Japanese aircraft's launched multiple assault for sinking semi - defenseless aircraft carriers .. Japanese bombarding was not accurate. Thank you 🙏 ( house of history) channel.

[@waynehanley72]

She was a seaplane tender then, not a CV!

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

Suggestion; Dutch defense of Nijmegen bridge from German paratroopers, 1940. Also, dispersed Dutch air force ops at the same time. Thanks! As far as moral goes, the loss of Langley was nothing compared to Pearl Harbor and Singapore, and the impending loss of the Philippines. At least from the American POV.

[@HoH]

Good suggestion! Any (Dutch) sources on it? I'll start having a look soon as well.

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

@@HoHTY! I was hoping you would know. There is a Dutch history teacher who has his own channel on YT, but the name escapes me (I'll look him up and edit this). I'm just an amateur historian, w/ specialties on Russian front and learning as much as I can on pre-war Italy before I die. ;-)

[@HoH]

@@mikhailiagacesa3406 I am Dutch as well so I'm alright reading Dutch sources. 😉Just wondering if there was something specific you had in mind.

[@FurryCruz]

It's interesting how many CVs that was lost early in the war as cargo ships. The English lost one close to Norway as well. Feels like they should have been used for their proper purpose.

[@jameshall1300]

Langley was too small to operate then-modern carrier fighters, which is why she was converted to a seaplane tender. The British carrier that was lost early on had the same issue iirc.

[@Escorter]

Can you do the Japanese submarine that attack USS Saratoga CV3

[@dejecegamer2923]

Spanish civil war navy battles.

[@thinaphonpetsiri9907]

Has her wreck been found yet? Or how deep she is? I couldn’t find a source of her wreck being found anywhere. My concern is that if she sunk in shallow water then she might got ransacked by grave robbers like Java wrecks.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

The _Sea Witch_ had it's P-40's in crates. They were unloaded but then destroyed before the Japanese could capture them. The pilots for these aircraft were on ships that sunk with the survivors on ships that also sank. Most of these men were lost. Basically - the Japanese were moving faster than the Allies could respond. The Allies would try and respond but would be to late to do so properly and be defeated. The fighter groups being transported had originally been headed to the Philippines but were to late and diverted. They tried to get them into Indonesia but they were then lost before they could be deployed. The Colonial Fleets in Asia were in Japan's back yard and doomed. Their contribution was to slow the Japanese down but they were largely destroyed in doing so. .

[@brokenbridge6316]

Yeah I can see the loss pf the Langley hitting US morale pretty hard. Nice video.

[@andikaahong4269]

I'm Indonesian and I can say that this history is entirely accurate....my grandpa who employ by DEI army also told this story.... meanwhile his brother (younger brother of my grandpa) who got school in Netherland and back just in time, also told a story about how japanese can blitzkerig all Duth East Indies possession with such alarming speed (so much faster than the Western power prediction), is that because all the young intellectual party in Indonesia raise the nationalism and spread this propaganda in all area.. Coincidentally, the japanese also spread their own propaganda that said "Japanese is our long lost brother who want to help all asian country liberate from their western yoke"... That said, even before Japanese army landing in Indonesian (such as sumatera, Bali, Java, etc), The japanese Spy working together with Intellectual party in Indonesia (also with the help of the Indonesian local in all area) and with Indonesian Army who defect to liberal party....they all sabotage almost all DEI military base, stole their weapon, and prepare to defend the area while our long lost brother landing and rendevouz with them....

[@OhioDan]

Interesting. It makes sense that they had support for advancing so quickly.

[@andikaahong4269]

@@OhioDan that's right!!! I think Netherland don't predict the impact of letting Indonesian local to study in european school, got nationalism influence there, and spread it back in their home country LOL...In that time, Japanese coming was like the coming of SAVIOR for Indonesian local....that's why help japanese so much

[@whereman1199]

Great video. This story feels kind of silent to history. As much as I love WWII, this was new to me. Being a servicemember of the armed services for 22 years. Seems like very poor leadership leading men to die with no cap and p40 junk planes. An outdated carrier that was sent out to sea without armed task force. It's like the USS Indianapolis. Sickening. 😔

[@pizzafrenzyman]

Mistakes were made. Mostly by inexperienced leaders putting the vessel within range of enemy aircraft without CAP protection.

[@traviscaudle3205]

If you guys want to see more related to this tragedy, look into the fate of the USS Edsall. It was a mystery for a very long time and has implications for war crimes committed very early into the war

[@VA_SCIENCESL]

indian ocea raid or ww2 Christmas island revolt please

[@seankasion4648]

Have they bothered trying to find her wreck? Or did she possibly suffer the same fateas the Exeter.

[@S0RGEx]

It hasn't been found, and I believe she was sunk in deep enough waters that there's no risk of scavengers destroying her like they did with some of the other Java Sea wrecks like Exeter and Houston.

[@seankasion4648]

​@@S0RGEx good to know 👍

[@josephpercente8377]

Was being used as transport. Probably weren't gassed or ammod.

[@kiankier7330]

Suggestion: Operation safari, the sinking of the Danish navy, and disarmed of the Danish military by the Germans

[@blrenx]

A bit of a stretch to call it a aircraft carrier .. More of a test platform

[@user-rb2zf7sp3e]

meanwhile with Hosho ima training ship japanese we still hve our first carrier

[@paulfri1569]

Japan were clever to take Bali.. Probably had a good time at all the bars 🤔

[@chadrowe8452]

He mentioned dormund. Dormund died fighting while a division of American destroyers fled the field because his attack was near suicide. Keelhaul the commander of those destroyers

[@ALIKN1-1]

It wasn’t necessarily suicide but those Americans didn’t trust other allies officers because US strategy is to be the command at all costs even if it meant the allies destruction

[@heelsidetantrum08]

Great video. Ever done one on Texas Independence? Famous battles including the Alamo, massacre of goliad and the battle of San Jacinto?

[@raymondyee2008]

They better have this on the “War On The Sea” pc game.

[@3ftsteamrwy12]

*sigh* the Allies were SO sure the IJN had "inferior" tech and personnell, so anything long-term assigned to the theater was old, obsolete or surplus to the "important" European Theater. Add to that the idiotic way General MacArthur mishandled the opening in the time right after Dec 7th...and almost NOTHING could have saved the Allies overall.

[@el1tefire252]

The Langley at this time was no longer considered a carrier, it had half of its flight deck removed as well

[@titanicgaming1148]

Thats not true… the us 3 newest carriers were assigned to the pacific, Yorktown, Enterprise and Hornet. The issue was the us and the allies generally did not HAVE their best equipment in the pacific at the start of the pacific campaign at the end of 1941 and start of 1942 not due to the “inferiority of japan” or “importance of europe” you just dont keep your fucking main fleet in a fucking colony. America was different as its main fleet was in hawaii, the issue was at the start of the war we really had few new bbs or carriers, the british had the same issue, while japan got to enjoy all the benefits of leaving the london naval treaty to build up older carriers like Kaga and Akagi, and build new ones, shokaku, zuikaku, soryu, and hiryu. It was not seeing them as inferior, it was a lack of preporation… (Also europe was quite important in 1942, the germans were still pushing in the soviet union and italy’s navy was still a threat in the mediterranean…)

[@charlessaint7926]

The Edsall would meet a horrible end. Damaged and alone, she was intercepted by a large Japanese surface force. Despite suffering engine damage, Edsall put up a fight, evading enemy shells, closed range and fired her torpedoes and her guns at the Japanese, who had to summon carrier aircraft. These aircraft succeeded in crippling Edsall and she was finished off with gun fire. There's even Japanese footage of her sinking. An unknown number of survivors were taken by the Japanese. After the war, in the East Indies, a mass grave was uncovered. Some of the decapitated bodies were identified, using dog tags, as Edsall crewmembers. Most of the others couldn't be identified.

[@estebancastellino3284]

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[@Boatswain_Tam]

Should do the demise of Repulse and Prince of Wales next. And no, those planes modeld in the vid arent twin engine Bettys. But other than that, an excellent vid!

[@beigethursday1352]

Bit misleading, should explain she was re fitted as a seaplane tender and couldn't launch aircraft.

[@nogoodnameleft]

She serviced and launced PBY Catalinas. If she were not converted to a seaplane tender she would not have been able to serve in WWII because newer carrier planes wouldn't have been able to take off from her flight deck. Her 44 PBYs served bravely in the Philippines and Dutch East Indies. She lost 41 of her 44 PBYs before she was sunk.

[@carlgreisheimer8701]

1942 Indian Ocean Raid

[@its_jjk]

Well if you're gonna lose a carrier, your worst carrier is the best choice

[@PaulinAsia_]

Curious why none of the p-40's on the Langley took off and engaged the bombers

[@zurgesmiecal]

well, cowards

[@realSarge]

because they couldnt. you can ferry any plane on a carrier, but you cant just take off with any plane

[@-VOR]

The Langley had been an aircraft carrier, America’s first carrier, but that was in the 20s and early 30s. At that time it was equipped to launch antique planes of World War I vintage, and it could recover them as well, if precariously and often with significant damage. But in 1942, the Langley no longer had its carrier designation. It was a seaplane tender with no ability to launch or retrieve the fighters of the day. Edit: plus, look at the flight deck, it's full. Lol THINK.

[@mbryson2899]

​@@zurgesmiecalNot even _close!_ The P-40s aboard were being ferried, there was no flight deck available for them to take because they were parked far too tightly. Do a tiny bit of research next time lest you embarrass yourself again.

[@markfutchll8141]

Y'all don't have to be rude

[@MrDavePed]

Yeah the first seven months of the war were bad. Japan lost the day they decided to attack Pearl Harbor but they sure caused a lot of needless death. ..

[@ISAF_Ace]

I'm not so sure, while a total victory (man in the high castle style) was absolutely impossible along with any invasion of the continental Americas, Japan could probably have forced a strategic victory and had a negotiated peace with the allies. My judgement is that Japan had exactly 1 year to win the war by forcing a negotiated peace, after that Japan had lost.

[@BoxStudioExecutive]

@@ISAF_Ace how is Japan going to force a negotiated peace? by power of their delusions?

[@betsm5842]

The many mistakes made by Helfich cost thousands of allied lives

[@dyong888]

i noticed u haven't got anything on the Korean War. Do something about it!

[@justinclark3332]

Uss whitcha in ww2

[@pierrenavaille4748]

Sloppy research. Yorktown and Enterprise were sister ships with the same length and beam. The following class was Essex, which was longer, but about the same beam.

[@scottperry7311]

While the Langley was the first Aircraft Carrier in the US navy, she was converted to a sea plane tender. Get your research right before you animate a video, its really easy to do.

[@dizzyseibert]

5:10

[@AdityoWN]

He supposed to be reinforcement, but ask for one 😂

[@sethdekooters7567]

American naval incompetence.

[@paulfri1569]

Do Indonesians appreciate the sacrifice of the Allie's at all?

[@crimist6873]

Some of these historical channels including this one is a disappointment. Tiny details are misleading which shows that they done less research and doesn't care at all, just here to throw videos for content. EAT THAT!

[@HoH]

Do you have an example?

[@supernautacus]

How very amusing ^_^ and why does anyone care you are disappointed?

[@tonyromano6220]

Get a life please.

[@zurgesmiecal]

carrier of fish food

[@ald1144]

Look everybody. It's a troll and his keyboard in his natural habitat.

[@jameshall1300]

​@@ald1144 Yeah, dude acts like he's the greatest ever. I'm sure he would've earned a Medal of Honor himself if he was there 🙄

[@ISAF_Ace]

@@jameshall1300 Dude would have used the X-Wing he'd built in preparation for this and used the force to destroy all of Asia in this battle obviously.

[@curtiskretzer8898]

Mismanagement wasting human assets, while acting as though they never met a Japanese( that they felt compelled to hold in contempt). Pearl Harbor happened because🇺🇲 weren't ready,🇺🇲was weekend impaired and the vehicles weren't fueled w/the ammo in armoury instead of loaded in the weapons