USS Wichita CA 45 - "One of a Kind"

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@normanautrey9274 25 күн бұрын

Had the honor of serving on USS Newport News CA-148, the last of the heavy cruisers in the US Navy. Had basically the same 8" main guns, and secondary 5" mounts, but with 3" open mounts. Was a beautiful ship. Flag ship of the 2nd Fleet.

@atlantianson515 28 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. It was especially interesting for me as my maternal grandfather was a Marine Gunner on the Wichita until he suffered a severe foot injury and was sent to Newport Naval Hospital. He saw action from Iceland to Denmark. He always said, despite the injury, being a US Marine was the best thing that ever happened to him, until, he had a family. RIP Grandpa!

@robertguttman1487 25 күн бұрын

"Admiral Wilcox was swept overboard..." The fate of Admiral Wilcox has still never been satisfactorily explained. However, I was a ship's officer for 30 years, much of it in the North Atlantic where I was in many bad storms, and I don't know how anybody simply can get "swept overboard" from a 35,000-ton battleship, especially an Admiral.

@petestorz172 Ай бұрын

The armor thicknesses for a New Orleans class heavy cruiser and a Brooklyn class light cruiser were very similar, and Wichita was more heavily armored than BOTH. "Heavy" and "Light" referred to the caliber of the cruisers' guns. WRT secondary guns, both the New Orleans and Brooklyn classes had 5"/25 anti-aircraft guns, whose low muzzle velocity limited their usefulness in surface battle. The Wichita had, as noted in the video, 5"/38 dual-purpose secondary guns, much better for use against ships.

@julieputney4317 Ай бұрын

A salute to Wichita and her crew 🇺🇲

@robinblankenship9234 19 күн бұрын

Our WW II cruisers could lay down a truly frightening weight of fire from their combined primary and secondary guns. Truly frightening.

@foivosapostolos1211 19 күн бұрын

Exceptional battle service.

@BrockRuby Ай бұрын

GREAT VIDEO on USS Wichita!! Keep it up!!

@TheValorVault Ай бұрын

Thank you

@clmk28 Ай бұрын

Beautiful ship and strong design

@flkoolguy Ай бұрын

Beautifully done, as always.

@paulsmith460 Ай бұрын

Great video, very nicely done as always.

@TheValorVault Ай бұрын

@@paulsmith460 thank you

@KarlKaufman-w7v Ай бұрын

My dad served on Wichita right after graduating from the Academy class of 1940. He left her to go to submarine school and served in the Pacific for the rest of the war.

@johnskerry420 17 күн бұрын

USNA class of 1940 was one of the great ones! I believe they had the highest number of causalities/losses at Pearl Harbor. Both my dad and godfather were class of 1940 - one surface/pilot and the other subs. J. Skerry USNA 80.

@ictpilot 16 күн бұрын

I'm from Wichita and drilled at the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center. There is a model of the USS Wichita on the quarterdeck. I think the Bureau of Ships makes these models. they are several hundred thousand dollars and this is about 12 ft long.

@DaveSCameron 14 күн бұрын

This craft certainly had a full and varied #WW2 and respects from a grateful Great Britain.🇬🇧🙏🇺🇸

@scotfield3950 Ай бұрын

Well done thank you!

@nevillemignot1681 Ай бұрын

The USN owed a huge debt to USS Wichita in all that was learned in her design and building that was to play a huge part in the building of the future WW2's 'Cleveland' and 'Baltimore' class of cruisers. And the fact that none of 'em were lost in the entire war, speaks volumes for the designers of the ships for following the instructions of the USN in 'Make then able to take a hit, this will be a shooting war'.

@TigerDominic-uh1dv 14 күн бұрын

Thanks Everyone 😊

@joegrossinger3381 18 күн бұрын

Good program. Thank you.

@emileraikin9442 Ай бұрын

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. served as an officer at this ship.

@KungFuFighter-h3k Ай бұрын

Always enjoy the videos , thanks.

@Kyfordman1989 Ай бұрын

I know it’s not as glorious or as famous as some of the ships built in World War II but I would love to see you do a piece on the Garcia class destroyer escorts from the 60s

@scottterry1659 Ай бұрын

Wonderful info thanks

@christianlomakin6070 Ай бұрын

Impressive war service of USS Wichita

@briangibbs3774 Ай бұрын

Thank-you, Vslor Vault. I stand corrected on the USS Canberra. That was a great honour to the RAN by naming her after HMAS Canberra.

@TheValorVault Ай бұрын

@briangibbs3774 it was. Those men on HMAS Canberra stood shoulder to shoulder with the men of the USN that night in Savo Sound and suffered just as much.

@philipchandler330 25 күн бұрын

Thanks so much!

@Sunnywolf2001 7 күн бұрын

I think it’s cool that they named a heavy cruiser after a town in Kansas. My home state.

@edkrach8891 Ай бұрын

Those interwar treaties did us no favors.

@TPaine1776 9 күн бұрын

That boat should have been preserved as she was one of a kind.

@paulkronenberg-me7sl 23 күн бұрын

Very educational!

@gandydancer9710 19 күн бұрын

15:10 I was wondering if the caption was in error when it referred to the USS Canberra since it was such an obviously Australian name and I knew there had been an Australian cruiser by that name. But, no, the US renamed a Baltimore-class cruiser from Pittsburg to Canberra in honor of the Australian ship, sunk at Savo Island..

@scotfield3950 Ай бұрын

Please give the years also

@briangibbs3774 Ай бұрын

The ship was HMAS Canberra, not USS Canberra.

@TheValorVault Ай бұрын

@briangibbs3774 not in October of 1944...HMAS Canberra was sunk at the battle of Savo Island in August 1942. This was a Baltimore class heavy cruiser (CA-70) that was named in honor of that ship.

@jimdunigan7029 Ай бұрын

Oh dear Lord... and I guess the St. Louis and Cleveland-Classes are sliced fish?🤔🤨 Because while U.S.S. Wichita, CA-45 may've been the last of the "heavy" cruisers designed and built during the "treaty" period, U.S.S. Wichita, CA-45 was by NO means the last of the treaty cruisers. The two ship St. Louis-Class was designed in 1935 and the Cleveland-Class followed shortly thereafter both VERY much still products of the "treaty" period. The first four of the Cleveland-Class(U.S.S. Cleveland, CL-55, U.S.S. Columbia, CL-56, U.S.S. Montpelier, CL-57, and U.S.S. Denver, CL-58)as designed and built, still conformed to the requirements of the Second London Naval Treaty of 1935. The latter being retro-fitted over time with upgrades the post-treaty Clevelands would receive. So, in truth, U.S.S. Denver, CL-58 IS the last of the treaty cruisers.

@TheValorVault Ай бұрын

not at all, you know I respect the accomplishments of those warships. Look, I'll admit my title is somewhat misleading which is why I just changed it, but I obviously meant she was the last heavy cruiser built (even say it in the 1st sentence of the video) under the 2nd London Treaty.

@Glenn-em3hv 18 күн бұрын

Hell they don't build them that good today!!!!

@timf2279 16 күн бұрын

Great ship served with Valor.

@philgilson260 27 күн бұрын

Battle of Cowpens - Wikipedia The Battle of Cowpens (one word) was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War fought on January 17, 1781, near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina.

@thomaslinton5765 Ай бұрын

So much for the Neutrality Act.

@joeminella5315 9 күн бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍

@Glenn-em3hv 18 күн бұрын

She's beautiful and id love to sail on her!!!

@truthboomertruthbomber5125 28 күн бұрын

30,000 yards = 17 miles if I did my math correctly.

@ictpilot 16 күн бұрын

15. 2000 yards = 1 nautical mile.

@thomaslinton5765 Ай бұрын

No sale, Harris.

@BruceBailey-b7x 17 күн бұрын

You give month and day, you forget to occasionally mention the years. I know what year, but most won't. That's my only criticism.

@thomaslinton5765 Ай бұрын

"Jon bart" A French name, you know.

@Vtarngpb 27 күн бұрын

AI audio voiceovers get a thumbs down

@robertttttt716 17 күн бұрын

I'm sorry 55 caliber 38 caliber what the hell they talking about.

@TheValorVault 17 күн бұрын

@robertttttt716 what are you talking about? I discuss Wichita's 8 inch 55 caliber main battery and her 5 inch 38 cal secondary battery. Do you not understand common weapon terminology?