USS No-Go - America's Invincible Concrete "Battleship" - Fort Drum

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[@the_fat_electrician]

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Private John "Barney" Hines.

[@yodaman8015]

imagine being drafted to fight for the japanese navy and then just one day you stroll past a island and someone shoots a fucking car at you

[@StudleyDuderight]

Not just a car, but the whole damn dealership and manufacturing plant as well. It's like the cars are being fed straight into the guns from the assembly line.

[@getthecow1]

Now we're alies and you like that?

[@kalman0966]

@@getthecow1 history exist don’t get butt hurt!

[@getthecow1]

@@kalman0966 wow I was drunk and don't remember what I meant by this comment. But don't misunderstand, we're on the same team, America (f yeah)

[@mouser4290]

Fore or Ford!!!

[@imchasemartin]

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[@the_fat_electrician]

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@@the_fat_electrician Keep up the fantastic video and unhinged rants! You never fail to keep me enthralled and my wife dies laughing at some of your jokes.

[@Science_Fiction13]

A good topic to discuss is Adrian Carton de Wiart, aka "The Unkillable Soldier". He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; was blinded in his left eye; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a prisoner-of-war camp; and tore off his own fingers when a doctor declined to amputate them. Describing his experiences in the First World War, he wrote, "Frankly, I had enjoyed the war." That is just the tip of the iceberg. The more you learn about this guy, the more insane it gets.

[@nobodyimportant9127]

Sabaton music intensifies

[@libertybell8852]

Damn

[@Questknight12]

A man touched by the Morrigan herself.

[@mljrotag6343]

Yes, that would be an epic read by the FE.

[@blakesexton2060]

never heard of him but I'll tell you what. that is not a man to mess with. he fears nothing

[@Sta_cotto]

There is nothing more inspiring to me than grunts deciding "well we have to surrender anyway, let's make sure to give them a farewell to remember"

[@joshuacheung6518]

"Look, if we don't use all this ammo we're gonna see it the whole way home"

[@AlechiaTheWitch]

Gonna make tchaikovsky proud

[@tyrant1384]

I'm thinking Bob from Bob's burgers "fine !! But I'm going to complain the whole time"

[@Paladin327]

“We’ll surrender our ammo, first, 1 shell at a time”

[@epic_strategist8575]

"If this is to be our end, then I would have them make such and end as to be worthy of remembrance!" -King Theoden

[@pbsgrafix]

The photo at 6:06 was taken by me on July 3, 1983 while I was serving as a Navy photojournalist for Commander Seventh Fleet. From foreground to background are Fort Drum/Fraile Island, USS New Jersey (BB-62), Corregidor Island, and the Bataan Peninsula. My wife and I really enjoy your channel and merch.

[@zacharymeinholz7817]

Awesome picture!

[@kevinpritchard3592]

That's pretty cool.

[@single_dad]

You're not bs-ing? That is really your work!?

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

Daaamn

[@panther-nk2hn]

The absolute range of influence of chubby electron guy ranting about America doing stupid shit that works is astounding to me.

[@djzl05l]

Born Filipino but now a proud American here. Grew up with stories from elders that lives thru WW2 in the Philippines. I can’t say how thankful I am of how America came back to help us with Imperial Japan. With how the world ended up in the future (friendly relations with the USA, Philippines and Japan) I pray those events never have to happen again.

[@paulprovenzano3755]

My father was part of the landing-force that liberated the Philippines.

[@matchesburn]

"You can't turn an island into a battleship, America." "Shut up and watch me."

[@ScottBunzick-ck6iz]

No more like here hold my beer!

[@JohnDoe-wt9ek]

Observe...

[@pxevo2418]

"I don't need it to sail, I need it to shoot shit." America, probably

[@jaffarebellion292]

"America, no!" "America YES!"

[@brigidtheirish]

Objective: Turn an island into a battleship.

[@JunkyardDigs]

This is like the opposite of the story of the USS New Jersey 😂 Boat sinks Island Island becomes boat

[@the_fat_electrician]

Digs over here asking if he can rehab fort drum lol

[@karal_the_crazy]

@@the_fat_electrician it would be cool if it where refurbished

[@tianrongchen6916]

@@the_fat_electrician you missed a small fact that the Japanese soldiers that were on the drum are survivors from the IJN Musashi, you know the sister ship to the wannabe submarine that is the Yamato

[@Ron-d2s]

@@tianrongchen6916 The Japanese know about island battleships, there is one in a northern Chinese harbor too, big guns and all.

[@Ron-d2s]

@@the_fat_electrician Have you ever heard of the SAC Bandit? or SAC Prowler? Strategic Air Command had a graffiti problem in the 1960's, wondered what ever happened with it.

[@ffmedic87]

My Uncle 1st. Lt Tommie G Martin was KIA over Luzon May 22nd 1945 in a B25. They had bombed alcohol plants in Formosa the day before. He started off with the RCAF in 1941 then in 1942 transferred back to the USAAF into the 8th AF flying B-17's. My dad was with the 13th Airborne Division told me my uncle hated flying the heavies so he took a transfer in to pursuit aircraft flying P-38's doing photo recon. He then got transferred back to the states and was sent to the Pacific where flew A-20's and B-25's with the 3rd and 5th AF's until he was KIA. I talked to his former XO a number of years ago and he told me my uncle was the high point man in his unit when he transferred in. He had 3 times the amount of points needed to come home and not go back. Love the stuff you do..

[@chrisofthehoovers4055]

I love the idea of some army engineers sitting around a table just smoking a cig and one of them goes "Hey wouldn't it funny if" and a couple weeks later here's this new dumb as hell thing they made that somehow works way better than anyone anticipated and helped win one the world wars.

[@richardpierce7819]

Fun Fact Guam was taken during the spanish / american war , when Admiral Glass sailed into Apra Harbor without a shot being fired. 2 reasons for this 1) the spanish on the island had no idea spain was at war with America. 2 ) the spanish had no gun powder or ammo. Island taken

[@jazzlover10000]

I have pictures of filipinos who had resettled to Guam... one pic has a filipina wearing a Guamanian style "Maria Clara" outfit. Pretty cool. #TheyWereThere

[@tbubs2186]

Everytime I hear another story about American boats being attacked all I can picture is that one scene of finding Nemo where they’re talking about touching the boat abruptly interrupted by a giant nuclear explosion

[@thesilentprotagonist2734]

Would popping an inflatable american boat boat count as “Fucking with American boats” if so I’m fucked

[@golvic1436]

As long as you don’t tell the marines you are probably fine.

[@joshuacheung6518]

Depends. Does America own it, or does an American own it? First one, you done fucked up. Second one... ehhh.... might be able to smooth it over with some alcohol

[@ruger8412]

Look up the USS Liberty.

[@timesthree5757]

Sorry yer mistake.

[@sntrashestrong2970]

Is it your first time doing it because it is never a war crime the first time

[@gunnargundersen3787]

I love military architecture. Never get bored crawling through old forts. My favourite place is Jersey in the Channel Islands but I also got to go through the old war tunnels in Gibraltar when I was in the British Army. Definitely plan on seeing these forts in the Philippines at some point. They look fantastic.

[@karal_the_crazy]

There is a lot of cool world war 2 forts up and down the west coast if you know where to look

[@gunnargundersen3787]

Some really interesting ones in Canada.

[@gunnargundersen3787]

​@@karal_the_crazyHave to admit that when I visit the States (I have a house in Nebraska) I just love Wyoming, Montana, Utah and Idaho. Probably not going to hit the West coast due to the 💩 issue.

[@richrichy7558]

Look in to the old Spanish fort in Cebu

[@karal_the_crazy]

@@gunnargundersen3787 the 💩is why you Carry a gun

[@jasondubois3399]

I used to be a wildland firefighter and here’s a fun fact for you. A 2/1 gasoline and diesel mis is the same recipe that’s used in drip torches for setting backfires and prescribed burns( AKA fancy arson). Reason why, because that mixture is very difficult to extinguish, and the diesel helps the gas get going in cold temperatures (like inside a concrete box in the middle of the ocean for example). Those combat engineers REALLY did not want the Japanese to spoil their fireworks 🤣

[@adamdice231]

Mixing diesel with the gas makes it less volatile and more controllable. Learned that as a kid on the ranch starting brush pile fires and tank heaters. However, I still prefer pure gasoline for the theatrics it provides. And it is opposite. The gas helps light the diesel. You can put a match out in diesel in cold temps.

[@markgavino7769]

Yes! El Fraile Island (Fort Drum) is gonna be discussed here! As a Filipino, I always see a blocky imposing island on the map or trying to find it with my binocs during vacay and knowing this concrete battleship with similar USS Texas turrets is silently guarding the bay opening.

[@R3TR0J4N]

Yea bad ass presence

[@William_Bryant]

Fort Drum’s motto should’ve been either “Turn around and go back the way you came.” Or just “F*ck Off.”

[@raylf3141]

Something like that's gonna be on a plaque someday on Snake Island in the Black Sea

[@Volvith]

There's something deeply American about turning an island into a battleship, and having its motto be 'F*ck off'. _BDE right there._ EDIT: I suggest a better motto. "Don't."

[@butcherpete2286]

"Wrong way"

[@kyotra]

And its mascot the Sand Guardian.

[@Questknight12]

Or, "GET OF M DAMN LAWN!"

[@crisr.8280]

I have 2 great grand uncle's that collaborated with the USAFE, survived the Bataan Death March and a grand father that learned english by working in an American base mess hall from ages 13-15 and never knew about this story. Thanks so much for this interesting tale from history.

[@norahc.]

Got some great pics when I did the Corrigdor Island tour during a port call back in the 90s. It's one of those places you can feel the history as you walk around there.

[@SpcPoole]

Went there last year. The mamoral and museum on the island are in ruff shape. The shut downs really hurt the funding for maintenance.

[@neom472]

“A camera guys coz your gonna want to get thi shit on camera” dying hahahaha

[@kalrandom7387]

DUDE, I just looked up your stats, 875k subs since 2021. I really like your presentation of the information, but that is just unreal numbers. Congratulations, you are one of the Winning KZbinr creators. You do and did a crazy cool thing.

[@the_fat_electrician]

I appreciate that! Thank you

[@shavedneon]

@@the_fat_electricianthe sailer that took the photo at 6:06 commented here in your comments, so cool. Props to you both, and thanks shipmate. His user name is PbsGrafix, hopefully you see his comment.

[@CHRISGr33r]

As a combat engineer I can indeed confirm, this plan was definitely "drummed" up over the course of a cigarette, and probably with a dip in at the same time.

[@reelnmanglergilly4856]

Damn trying to party huh

[@josephwilliams1915]

Do you think engineers are generally minorly autistic? Haha, i'm asking because when i used to work security i did cigarettes with dip quite often to stay awake. I've had a few ex military guys make jokes and say i should have been a combat engineer

[@Zach-j8c]

My great uncle was an American Defender of Bataan and Corregidor, because a POW to the Japanese and lived to be 94. You have taught me so much about what he has done. Thank you…

[@recity79]

May I suggest you cover Major Robert Cain VC in a future video. As a quick intro as to why, this man survived the jump into Arnhem and was known for hip firing mortars as the SS after destroying six tanks, four of which were Tigers.

[@cliffhooper3558]

What he said

[@md_vandenberg]

Wait, hip firing mortars? Bob knows how to party.

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This

[@russbennett5470]

We need to up vote the shit out of this, I gotta here FE talk about a guy that hip fired freakin mortars at tanks!

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Bump

[@EliteDiesel]

I've learned more about US History through you than all my schooling combined! Keep it up, cause we all enjoy this content!!!!

[@shano6613]

I love stories about boats!!! Make sure to do one on the USS LIberty! Lest we forget the treachery.

[@isaackilbourne8905]

based

[@BayouBoy2443]

Chief that’s never gonna happen

[@stealthSGMB]

I can tell this guy would never cover something like that

[@nathancoomber7359]

My favorite part is the defeated "they're gonna touch the boats again" (paraphrased) at the end. That needs to be on a t-shirt

[@fritz1990]

Yep, concrete boats. Had an old yacht in the boat yard up here in Alaska. It was made from concrete and everyone laughed at it and called it " the recycled sidewalk" . It was sold at auction for a couple hundred bucks. New owner found, solid teak decks, fully outfitted, ferrous concrete hull fully intact. Launched it a month later and was laughing at everyone. Oops forgot to say the name. Hull name was " mish mish."

[@theprojectproject01]

Ferroconcrete can make an incredibly good hull. The problem is that there's a lot of badly made ferroconcrete boats out there.

[@eleventhknight9744]

I only gotta add one thing, regarding MacArthur himself: he didn't want to leave. And only did it after being badgered by basically every colleague and superior above him since he didn't really like taking direct orders from people above him either. Probably his colleagues had more to do with that. But he also only left on the condition that it would be discreet and not endanger the men under his command. Closing that out with his "I will return" and making good on that promise two years after he left. Also: U.S. Navy: "oopsie woopsie, you made a serious fucky wucky. now you have to get in the forever box."

[@evoverride]

Yeah, to be fair, Roosevelt himself ordered McArthur to evacuate.

[@robbyfergusontv]

A great story idea is about the Navy's trained dolphins...when I worked in Norfolk, I did a story with them and the best quote I heard was "they are the fur-missile of the sea"...trained to rip the breathing device out of an enemy divers mouth and drag their body to the sea floor until they stop moving...they also do mine detection and guard ships in port.

[@KITDFOHS]

they're also prone to struggle cuddle....

[@Baby_Clix69]

Mammal missile???????? maybe??????. Just spit balling here😂

[@robbyfergusontv]

@@Baby_Clix69 LOL...solid suggestion.

[@RAWDEAL064]

The dolphins and sealions in washington do that as well as they have a trap they strap to a swimmer they can use to bring a swimmer to the surface...or to the bottom

[@WingMaster562]

Red Alert 2

[@wire_chaser1694]

Definitely have to do The Hans Stigler, Ye Olde Pub “A Higher Call” story as a more serious one. Book was amazing.

[@cynthiawofford-wc1mf]

My uncle, Navy Vet, Vietnam. Though he hasn't seen your videos, fully agrees with Do NOT Touch America's Ships! I did send him a link. I will probably nag until he watches at least one, in fact may sit with him to insure this happens. Army vet here.

[@CatWithAOpinion]

I wonder if the crew manning Fort Drum would have fought until reinforcements arrived if their distillery was still fully operational. That thing sounded like a beast.

[@Wwillswords]

Probably it sounds like they just wanted to drink beer and shoot boats

[@javabean215]

@@Wwillswords Well, if you're Army assigned to a duty station that requires you to pretend to be Navy, what else ya gonna do? Drink, and blow stuff up. And tell Marine jokes....

[@mcarrowtime7095]

More likely until their food ran out

[@Sorain1]

@@javabean215 Well, it's something they share with the Navy. Just like every other branch makes jokes about every other branch, so no matter which branch your in and which the others are in, there's plenty to joke about. (Space Force just made that work better.)

[@jazzlover10000]

Giving up was a last resort coz the Americans knew they would be tortured and mistreated to death. Japanese saw this as their duty at the time so there was just no way around it.

[@ZigandZam]

I must say….. this video was the 1st time I’ve laughed in a week as I lost my father 6 days ago. Thank you 🙏🏻 for doing what you do and bringing amazing content to Vets out there like myself.

[@universityoftruth2]

Lost my Dad June 2021 he would of loved this channel 🙏💔 I understand your loss!

[@EiferBrennan]

Honestly I wish my grandfather were still with us. He would absolutely love your channel.

[@NtheK365]

"about the time it takes to smoke a cigarette, I'm sure that's not a coincidence" lolololololol!!

[@nicozac]

As a Filipino we call fort drum "the unsinkable battleship" or "Philippines unsinkable battleship" and you can visit the place as well

[@edp4585]

When I was stationed in the Philippines in the 90s my helicopter crew landed on it. It was pretty cool but the water level was up to the second floor down. We had plans to come back with SCUBA gear and do more exploring, but unfortunately we ran out of time due to shutting down the bases after Mt Pinatubo went off.

[@MrSchism]

"why would America turn an island into a gun?" Because America.

[@snakeboy256]

This is one of my favorite WW2 in the Pacific theater Stories. I am very familiar with Fort Drum. You knocked it out of the park! As always!

[@adriansantiagojr.8378]

" Sir, the naval fire isn't working." " Darn it, you're right, we built the place to be nigh impenetrable."

[@stephenbritton9297]

To Marvin the Martian, here is your earth shattering kaboom.... And as for touching the boats, I think the Houthi's are trying real hard to win the coin toss and elect to receive...

[@irishrover4658]

We were friends with a Philippine navy Admiral when we were assigned to our embassy in Manila. One weekend he made a PT type boat we could use available to my small group of friends. We visited various WWII around Manila Bay. We didn't get on Ft Drum but we circled it from a few yards away. It was fascinating.

[@matthewryan3583]

I haven't even finished the video and I've spit my drink out laughing on "pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers"

[@EZLogikal]

We need a deep dive on the insane logistics that must have gone into this construction project. This fortification is something special, accomplished on an island in a foreign land. There's a hero somewhere in the background making this fort possible, and I'd love to hear you tell that story someday.

[@danieltaylor5231]

Someone touches Americas boat. "Insane in the brain" starts playing in the background.

[@kasper_429]

Please do a video about Billy Waugh! Army Green Beret SGM (that served in Korea and Vietnam) turned CIA legend. He was doing SAD stuff before SAD existed, and was still running reconnaissance missions during GWOT at 70-something years old. He died last April at 93 years old. There is a book that tells his story, "Surprise, Kill, Vanish" by Annie Jacobsen. She talks about other people as well, but the main focus is Billy's life story.

[@vancegatlin9977]

This

[@kevz1363]

I just want to say thank you and I really appreciate/enjoy your videos. Just found you last week, never really been interested in historical/military stuff but you make it really enjoyable to listen to. Just got PRK (eye surgery, what predates Lasik) yesterday and can't look at a screen for very long, so being able to just put down my phone and listen to your vidoes is quite a lot of fun

[@Jakezillagfw]

12:32 Yeah about that. Iran didn't learn the first time.

[@andrew-qs6qw]

The best way to say "If I can't have it. Nobody can."

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In class as an 01 electrical apprentice last week, I realized that half my class knows about you. Big shout out fellow sparky! 🫡

[@TheBulletTrain]

I absolutely love your videos. After 20 years of being out of shape once I was out of the US Army, this year I finally started hitting the gym and got a trainer. He has me doing 30 minutes of cardio after our workouts and I HATE it, but I just put your videos on and power thru. Keep up the amazing work. Also, when we gonna get a video on Simo Häyhä. You did one awesome Finnish story, hit us with the other :)

[@Flame-Phoenix]

Congrats on starting to work out again! That’s an amazing achievement and I hope you keep up with it

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@@Flame-Phoenix Thanks :) Been at it a month now and finally my back doesn't hurt just doing jumping jacks and lifting small weights. Now just gotta drop this gut and will be off to the races :)

[@huddie10]

As a guy who grew up in the village of Menands hearing the arsenal make look at the place differently it was just the place with the tanks to me lol

[@Wellspring213]

This is non-ironically the best new comedy podcast that I have found lol and gotta love some history to go with it

[@sigmar2331]

Fun fact: Most of the Japanese crew inside Fort Drum are the surviving crew of the battleship Musashi (Yamato's sister ship).

[@debralecuivre3366]

Love your storytelling. There's a lot of military in my family. Currently my 27 year old nephew is in the Air Force. Keep up the great work.

[@martinwalker9386]

12/19/1972 North Vietnamese gunners in Haiphong Harbor managed to hit USS Goldsborough. 12/27/1972 three ships were sent to remove those guns. Two of those ships had been with the Goldsborough when she was hit. The two ships revisiting were Floyd B. Parks and Lawrence. The Lawrence was too late to the party and didn’t get to play music, as the guns were gone. I was in USS Floyd B. Parks DD-884’s mount 51 both nights.

[@danielmcdonnell2930]

The siege of Jadotville 1961 would be great.

[@edwardloomis887]

My dad was 17 in 1945 and didn't get overseas until the Japanese surrendered. He served on Luzon and Fort Drum was one of the landmarks that stuck with him and he described to his kids including ichmo

[@Norbrookc]

Back in WW II, what is now Fort Drum was known as Pine Camp. It was a training base and a POW facility in WW II. My grandfather was one of the construction engineers for it.

[@Teddy-tv7rq]

I love the "don't mess with the boats" phrase... Like i tell all my buddys, " you can sneak around behind my back and even f$#@ my old lady, but DONT mess with my boat!

[@mamastoltz1]

Don't touch our boats & Don't shoot at Doc. IF YOU DO, no one will be left to tell Geneva the intresting story

[@jballard3943]

Heaven forbid they try and eat your horse. Lol

[@M0vingSaturn523]

@@jballard3943 Or put it in the wrong stable. Lol

[@MIKE_F44]

I got to meet TFE in Vegas last week! Super down to earth nice guy, he was with the guys from “unsubscribe “ podcast, Also super nice guys.

[@Sabamonster]

I laughed my ass off at the title of this video, having been familiar with it. "The USS-No Go." Then I was hit with the "Statistically, it's probably because they messed with our boats though." and fuckin died. You're a rockstar man. Gonna be binging your videos for a while.

[@DragonSlayer37]

I grew up in Santa Cruz County Commiefornia (not my choice), and we had the USS Palo Alto. It was a cement ship that people use to go out on for parties before it started falling apart. Can you do a video on that?

[@dingodestroys5185]

In WWII the US tried to make another ship out of concrete. Only this one was an actual ship. It did as well as you’d expect a concrete ship would work. You can see it’s remains 100 yards of the shore of Cape May NJ.

[@widgren87]

I actually knew about the "firebombing" of Fort Drum from a book my father had but it was lost and I forgot the name of it. Thanks for reminding me of it, now to see if I can figure the name of the book... Anyway, nest of Luck to you and yours. Oh, and it might be worth it to look up Brigadier Dudley Wrangel Clarke of the British Army in WW2.

[@PapaFunDip]

The whole "do not mess with America's boats" is still a lesson people have not learnt apparently, looking at recent events

[@Oi1Suzy]

Sorry, who hasn't learned their lessons from history? *cough* Afghanistan *cough*

[@AdamantLightLP]

@@Oi1Suzy Can't bring civilization to people who don't want it.

[@thomascampbell6316]

Suggestion: building of the USS monitor in response to the Confederates first ironclad, the CSS Virginia (Merrimac). And it involves boats…

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

Early years of murrica was like that skit about the guy slapping everyone that comes onto him. Everybody thought they would go slap murrica, but instead got slapped down. Half of the "old powers" from Europe either got bonked directly or indirectly by getting their proxys bonked.

[@jonpaulmcpeake277]

Please do a video about Master Sargent Roy Benevidez who was the real life Rambo in Vietnam and was awarded the MoH. I want nothing more than to hear you tell his story!

[@romanblackburn3299]

It would be cool to hear about Simo Häyhä “White Death” if there’s enough information about him to make a video

[@richardmardis2492]

I was just a kid when I visited Corregidor back in 1969. Went over in an old outboard canoe- wish I could remember seeing that fort. I do remember Corregidor bombed out, jungle reclaiming buildings.

[@swiftycortex]

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart. I heard about him in a video that covered 5 insane stories of human survival. It sounds like he was a certified badass. The video was brief on each of the 5 subjects, but when I heard about this guy from the British military surviving do many situations, I thought I want to hear a deep dive on him from The Fat Electrician. Love your work.

[@harbl99]

Anyone who has a Sabaton song written about him is good Chubby Sparks fodder. "I had rather enjoyed the war." -- Lt Col Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart

[@geomod6850]

Please produce a video on The Rhodesian Army and the Bush War. Maybe a multi-part series on MACV-SOG? I'm an American and a huge history fan and I appreciate your take on topics and your style of storytelling. It's a nice break from typical documentaries.

[@timyoder5178]

Love your content…adding you to my “I’m having a shitty day and need to be cheered up list”

[@mikequinn2000]

"Don't touch the butt" would be a dope shirt design too. A beach full of dead Nemo's, smoking canons from Fort Drum in the background. I'd buy it 10/10 😅

[@Sketchingoblin]

lmfao the sound design for when it transitions to the specs about the guns was beautiful!

[@sasha1mama]

Brotherhood of Steel would *love* this place. Ad victoriam!

[@Questknight12]

AD VICTORIAM!

[@tristenmcgillem4834]

You should do a story about the West Virginia Coal Wars

[@nakoda1610]

just found the channel this week. absolutely love military history

[@seanrizzle]

There's a concrete chip sunk like 200 yards off the beach in my hometown (in the Delware Bay, but I dont live in Delaware...) ... it makes for a great sunset and a pretty good fishing spot...

[@jazzlover10000]

There were a fair number of them here and there. We figured out what the chinese refuse to learn- building islands into standing defense batteries is the stupidest military idea ever.

[@Princess_Celestia_]

​@@jazzlover10000 Huh? What does that have to do with seanrizzle's comment? He ain't talking about batteries on islands, mate, he's talking about ferrocement ships, ships literally made out of concrete.

[@seanrizzle]

@Princess_Celestia_ Yeah, it's kind of hilarious when compared to the ship that the video is about... the concrete ship at sunset Beach was basically useless hahaha

[@dylanblack3267]

Do a video on that unit of 30 somethings you talked about on the podcast!

[@the_fat_electrician]

I will

[@exracer327]

The guns from Ft. Drum were mounted only one other place; near shandy hook, nj, where they were tested before being dismantled and shipped to Ft. Drum. The mounts are still there with a small plaque saying as much. The fact that the gun mounts were fully assembled, tested, and then shipped is just another amazing factoid about this story.

[@jacobdill4499]

It makes sense. Would you want to have to deliver the news that you ships guns that large all the way across the world just to find out it doesn't work

[@TJ-DPT]

USS No-go really be out there says I’m still here and you still can’t kill me 😂😂😂😂

[@TYLERNAVYGUY]

Soo much prouder of my 20 years of naval service. Thank You.

[@dragonzgaming5056]

Still think you should do a video on the Battleship North Carolina just a true bada$$ ship in the navy.

[@the_fat_electrician]

I will

[@dragonzgaming5056]

OMG YOU REPLIED YES THANK YOU FINALLY me and my father grew up going to visit that beautiful ship all the time and you'll laugh and the stories she tells. Been to all the major battles in the pacific to beside the USS Enterprise she is just beautiful

[@unseenadventures8130]

As a concrete contractor who was born outside Albany NY worked in waterville NY when I was in my early 20's I love this❤

[@robertbutton9142]

I’m originally from New York and lived a hour and a half from Fort Drum I thought that’s what you were referring to but this story was amazing

[@steel8231]

Have you ever considered an "Unconventional Victories" video? Times when a military force lost in terms in terms of damage but won in terms of objective, like when that US Admiral in WW2 had the objective to deflect a Japanese convoy from Alaska. He had maybe 1/3 of his command's combat ability by the time the shooting stopped but almost all of his ships survived and the Japanese had to abort their re-supply of the Alaska invasion.

[@mrfabulous137]

My Pop was in the 27th infantry in the Philippines, ,,, survived it and went on to occupy japan, at the imperial palace,, , he always said that every thing back here at home was so easy, because no body was shooting at you...,,, lesson, be greatful

[@krullachief669]

If you ever want to cover a really good example of a hero ship, you have to talk about my lady the USS Vestal. In the immortal words of her commanding officer, after he swam through the burning Pearl Harbor when he was blown overboard and belaying the order to abandon ship: "Lads, we're getting this ship underway." She proceeded to serve through all of WW2 with distinction as a repair ship, at times feeling like Big E's own personal repair ship. She needs to be talked about more.

[@ryno4388]

There’s no way I would’ve surrendered. When I was in Afghanistan, potentially becoming a prisoner of war was the most terrifying thing I could imagine.

[@LessPvtParts]

I grew up just outside of Watervliet arsenal. We use to have our little league games on the fields there. The arsenal is still in service, I believe it is the oldest that is still manufacturing. I heard a story about my grandfather, not sure its true. But I guess one day he got drunk and stole a tank from the arsenal and drove it around Watervliet causing a lot of damage to property. He only got a demotion to E-1.

[@davidg7477]

I’m a huge military history guy and know most of these stories but love your take on them…cheers!!

[@marcocalcagno7910]

Love your channel. Have learned more history rom you in a few weeks than all my history classes throughout life. You make learning these historical events fun.

[@ryankoch3958]

I just realized that one of the pics the New Jerseys is behind fort drum. What a pair. 6:08

[@lynnroyce3559]

I love learning from you. I wish that my grandchildren had just one teacher like you. Your content is always amazing! Thanks

[@ArsonalTech]

Nic’s videos give me joy and a good education, something the public school system is simply incapable of.