World of Warships - Know Your Ship #1 - North Carolina Class Battleship

The very first episode of Know Your Ship. An educational video about the North Carolina class battleships that will be a battleship class in World of Warships. Admirals get to know the history of your ship before taking command in game. If you have suggestions to cover a certain ship or ship class don't hesitate to post your suggestions in the comments section below. Enjoy and see you all on the high seas.
Footage from this video from:
Wargaming - 2013 World of Warships Trailer
Music from: Royalty Free Stuff
Battle of Kings: • Video
Black Box Crew Productions - DJI - USS North Carolina Battleship @ Sunset - www.youtube.co...
Visit North Carolina - USS North Carolina
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Discovery Channel - Battleship on VHS - Narrated by Hal Holbrook
Top 10 Fighting Ships - North Carolina Class - Military Channel/American Heroes Channel
Battle 360 - Episode 5 - Enterprise vs. Japan - DVD
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[@johngumm6620]

My father was aboard for ALL of her battles-a plank owner. He passed in 2008. I took him to his last reunion in 1996. So proud of him and all her crew.

[@ichasegaming]

John Gumm My condolences. but many thanks for your father's service. Glad the ship he served on is still here :) Would love to visit her one day.

[@99palidan]

John Gumm The last road trip my father and I went on was to see the North Carolina. As soon as we saw it we both said the same thing, HOLY SHIT!!! A few months after my father passed away. Of all the trips we took that was truly the best!!

[@c0ldyloxproductions324]

John Gumm its kinda disappointing that the iowa class battleships never took part in an all out battlewagon brawl like the washington and south dakota did. we will never get to see the iowas in their true element IRL

[@johngumm6620]

"The North Carolina Class" included the Washington and South Dakota. Iowa class was independent class wer,nt they. Believe N.C was last to be built under treaty with Japan and other county,s after WW1. However N.C. was modified to 16 inch turrets prior to shake downs cruse.

[@c0ldyloxproductions324]

yes i knw all that i was just saying i would have liked to see the iowan in an all out brawl with others her size IRL, but it never happened

[@Manbeast222]

Being in the Navy I couldn't be more proud to have served on a DDG and now an Amphib, but what I wouldn't do to serve on one of these BB's. Much respect to the men who did and those who died on these beloved floating fortresses that we may never see sail again.

[@randyjohnson805]

If I was alive in ww2 I would have enlisted in the Navy and volunteered on any BB.but would have preferred the Alabama.for obvious reasons

[@neohiomale1947]

my Dad served on the USS Washington for a long time, both in the Atlantic and Pacific, chef machinist mate 1st class, thanks for this video, miss you Dad!!

[@ichasegaming]

Mel Allcorn Thank you and R.I.P

[@margretfortune1524]

I toured this beautiful vessel, in the 2004 with my boyfriend who was a US Navy Lieutenant. The dozens gaver us a wonderful tour. If anyone gets the chance, see this ship well worth the time.

[@TheMechanicalTroll]

Saw this baby today. She is beautiful. I live in NC and had the time to go look and read and all the history. Ty for your service those who were aboard.

[@Yanyeidi]

At 1:45 is the USS Alaska (CB-1) screening the USS Intrepid (CV-11).

[@moose8128]

I love visiting this ship from my home state!

[@stevenking2980]

ME TOO! My home town and state! Everybody wants to be in Carolina now!

[@beanbagpilot922]

Was the highlight of my childhood beach trips. BB55 !

[@brianwoodworth6531]

I try to go every time I go to Wilmington. Love this old ship

[@massimomera3053]

I had the occasion to be on this battleship this year in Wilmington, great experience and it is unbelievable how the gun turrets' interior are so cramped, I can only imagine how it could have been during real battle...

[@dereksuddreth8672]

Great video! I toured the North Carolina as a child. She inspired me to join the Navy a few years later. In the height of the Cold War, the US Navy needed an Anti-Submarine Warfare platform to track Soviet submarines. The Knox Class Frigates were designed for this purpose. I served as a Sonar Technician from 1977-1981 on two Knox Class Frigates, the USS John C. Brewton FF-1086 (the Bubba Bee) homeported at Pearl Harbor, and the USS Joseph Hewes FF 1078 (the Joey Boat) out of Charleston. Both of these ships were sent to Taiwan after decom. Knox Class Frigates served in other navies as well. I would love to see a history of the Knox Class in the US Navy on this site.

[@tanman330]

I've been to the North Carolina a couple times and I was able to buy a piece of the original teak deck. It makes the piece so much cooler to actually know the story behind ship!

[@SuperCratoss]

+tanman330 i would buy a main gun turret , would keep thiefs at bay XD

[@Kriegermeister1]

Just use the quad 40mm's and the 20mm oerlikon guns, that'll show'em. Overwhelming fire power. lol XD

[@ebsnodgrass]

ProjectBrony Yeah, those 40mm quads will show those scum theives who is boss!

[@vettedwarrior7054]

3 Uncles served on the Oklahoma, North Carolina and New Jersey My Grandfather served as a cook for Pattons Third army My Grandmother was a WAC. So Proud of my ancestors and everyone else from that era in the USA for coming together for victory.

[@S110SUBMAN]

I just begin to watch the series and i must say:i really enjoy them! Really good job and keep doing these!

[@Gary.Morton.]

your father is a hero then john salute. from kanemummy a wow player.god bless his soul.even thow im british he still helped us allies win the war. ps good luck and fair seas

[@johngumm6620]

Over the years i had the honor of meeting many of the crew during there annual reunions, Leo Bostwick was one a lot of the visiters to the ship may know as he gave tours and told her stories as one of her crew. The last i heard from the manager of the memorial is that only 5 of the original crew were alive (this was in 05 or 06) each year in the 60,s there would be regional reunions (we were near Chicago) and all the members in the midwest would attend,even at there age they could throw a pretty good party

[@ichasegaming]

John Gumm I hope I manage to visit while there's still a chance to hear first hand accounts from the sailors on this ship, the North Carolina is definitely on my list of ships that I must visit

[@JoeInCT418]

How interesting that there were several classes of the "fast battleships" during WW2. We all grew up hearing about the last class built by the USA, the Iowa Class, including the Iowa, lead ship of the class, the New Jersey, the Wisconsin, and the Missouri. The Missouri was the ship on which the Japanese signed the surrender documents of WW2, and they would be taken out of mothballs to engage in subsequent conflicts, including Korea, Viet Nam, Gulf One, the liberation of Kuwait, and Gulf Two, the liberation of Iraq from the tyrant rule of Sadaam Hussein.

[@Boredout454]

IF we ever have to make a major beach landing again we will probably have to take some of these battleships out of mothball. Even with all of our technology they just cant provide the constant fire power needed for beach bombardment. The fact that a couple of years ago the Pentagon started production of 16" shells for the first time since Vietnam proves this even tho we have no active battleships.

[@ichasegaming]

Boredout454 That's actually very interesting, would you have a source for me so I can check it out? :)

[@bnadit1949]

i would like source to

[@fadadioX]

Boredout454 Source me too please

[@fadadioX]

iChaseGaming did he ever give one?

[@bnadit1949]

dunno

[@RC84Films]

Great video bro I live in Wilmington, NC where the us 55 NC Battleship is at its a beautiful ship and im so lucky to her here

[@thedoc2102]

I remember an account of the British Battle Cruisers Furious, Courageous, and Glorious, that stated that they were faster at full load that when more lightly loaded. From what I could learn the propellers were more effective when deeper in the water, and possibly suffered from less cavitation than when deeper in the water. This could also be the case for the Iowa's and the Saratoga class that the Iowa's propellers were deeper in the water and thus could transmit the power more effectively

[@ichasegaming]

Fascinating, seems totally counter intuitive

[@michaelbuckler]

I found something relevant in Friedman."US Battleships" Talking about the Iowas."Deeper draft made the hull easier to drive, the beam to draft ratio being second only to the length of the hull in determining wave-making resistance. In general though a heavier ship is always slower.The Iowas never ran a measured mile at full power. Friedman reckons that a light-loaded Iowa ( 51,0000) tons ought to have been capable of 35.4 knots at full power.A staggering figure.I have not yet checked the point about the Glorious etc. A deeper ship ought to be faster but a heavier ship should be slower.

[@topthrilldragster20]

Wife's great uncle was on the North Carolina in world war 2. He was aboard when the ship docked in Pearl.

[@thedoc2102]

In case you haven't gotten it yet, many years ago I was an avid collector of the plastic models of the WWII warships. I had mentioned the Aurora model of the Bismark as a very accurate representation of the illustration of that ship in the Jane's books of the period. The 2 models of the Iowa class were the Revell and the Aurora models and both of these had an underwater shape of the hull that was nothing like the real ships but very similar to each other. It seems that the exact shape of the hulls of these ships was classified secret military information and the model makers might have been directed by the US Navy to represent the hulls as they did.

[@persilbran]

What makes these ships particularly important is that they were the first modern battleships available to the US Navy at a time when they were so sorely needed.

[@ichasegaming]

persilbran And they did a fantastic job :)

[@persilbran]

Indeed they did.

[@ColonelMarcellus]

After service, they parked that vessel in North Carolina. My family and I went aboard for a tour once in about 1965 (?) when I was a boy, unaware at that time of her great history.

[@elinquisidorandaluz4463]

Estuve en ese legendario barco en año 2012, espectacular y lleno de historia, Carolina del Norte es bellísima, ni que decir de las playas de Wiñmington,

[@praoscrihdoe5463]

I love your vids... would you do a specal episode highlighting ALL/ANY of the ships in WOWS that we are still able to go see to this day here in the U.S. and where they are located today. like museum ships including DD's, CA's, BB's, CV's

[@Hoshimaru57]

Ah, a ship I know. God she's so beautiful. When I went I remember misjudging her size. I went up through this field of reeds, and I see the sign "Welcome to the Battleship North Carolina" and I'm like; "Where? Wait, is that a radar mast? Wow, she's gorgeous, but she's smaller then I thought." There she was, spread out on a sea of flowers, with her blue dazzle camo. I should not that the only other battleship I'd visited prior to her was the Massachusetts up in Fall River (which is about an hour away from where I spend the summer.), and a few weeks prior I'd visited the Yorktown, down in Charleston. I didn't realize that NC was that big as a result, cause I was comparing her to an Essex class aircraft carrier, but she's 50ft longer, and I think about 12,000tons heavier than the MA, a South Dakota class. Great trip, worth the 6 hour driver up from GA to go see her. I want to go back and visit them again. I even got the ghost book from the nightwatchman who wrote it.

[@Hoshimaru57]

Man so cool. Yeah that was awesome to hear. I visited the most decorated battleship in WWII, and one of the most decorated carriers. I have to say, playing the other side has given me some great perspective on ours. I myself am quite fond of the Kongo class battlecruisers, so it's cool to visit the ones who took them on.

[@axef2946]

I live in NC, and I have to say, that ship should be our state symbol. I'm proud to live in the namesake for a battleship so decorated.

[@Kriegermeister1]

Long story short the USS North Carolina/Washington, were total badasses!!! lol. (i'm from NC btw) XD lol. I can't wait to get my hands on the USS North Carolina in World of Warships!!!

[@stevenking2980]

I live in Wilmington! Us NCer's are badass!

[@Kriegermeister1]

Steven King ye ye

[@axef2946]

ProjectBrony Me neither!

[@SirDenzington89]

I really gotta get back down to Wilmington to see this sexy beast again. I haven't been in probably 10 years. I'll have to do it this summer since it's only 2 hrs away

[@beanbagpilot922]

She never disappoints.

[@wholland3003]

Having a home there, have had many tours of the USS NORTH CAROLINA ,as for it bein' "haunted", I have my own opinion on that but it wouldn't surprise if it wasn't.

[@pirate1able]

The USS North Carolina is the most decorated battleship in WWII. She should have been the ship where the treaty was signed with the Japanese instead of the Missouri. However, Harry Truman the current president at the time was from Missouri and he insisted on have the Missouri do the honors, even though the Missouri had only seen maybe two battles.

[@ichasegaming]

pirate1able I've definitely read about this before, should have been the North Carolina but was changed at pretty much the last minute

[@awkwarddoggo05]

They were also considering doing it on the USS Iowa

[@beanbagpilot922]

Political dumbfuckery....

[@antonyd6649]

This magnificent battleship is my favourite battleship

[@ichasegaming]

Antony Dyson She's beautiful and she's coming in World of Warships I think :D

[@lancer7441]

yea im a HUGE ww2 buff so this really excites me especially the pacific campaign with the nc class and the good ol north Carolina being in Wilmington which me being very close to is awesome so its cool and a fact the north Carolina was actually the first OPERATIONAL battleship in the pacific for the us was right along side the enterprise :D

[@ichasegaming]

Zach Obrochta She'll be rendered beautifully in WoWs :)

[@lancer7441]

She better be it'll be amazing :D

[@lonnielingerfelt1493]

I visited the Battleship North Carolina on the 75th anniversary of the first combat she saw. On 24 Aug 1942, she saved the USS Enterprise from dozens of attacking Japanese aircraft. She is the MOST DECORATED battleship of the war. But I was shocked and saddened by the complete lack of knowledge from both the ship's staff and the City of Wilmington about the significance of Thursday, August 24th, 2017. She is our state's most precious man-made possession, but she sits lonely and ignored. Of those out there with any love of American Naval history, you need to crawl Wilmington NC's asses about this. Sure, they are spending money on keeping her fit for future generations, but what good is it if nobody knows what happened?

[@AGENT47ist]

Truth is, Battleships are high cost and hungry for maintenance, but in today's combat, they can take punishment all day long. Their armor is so strong, that it survived AP shells, designed to tear through 400+mm armor. Even a frigate or ddg would be scared shitless if a battleship popped up out of nowhere and aimed her big guns at her.

[@Aaaaaron320]

just bought the Ship in Wows.. love it.. a fresh breeze after the crap Colorado..

[@Aaaaaron320]

like the Missouri from what i know about the ships.. and as the game i want the Uss Iowa.. seems a little bit better than the NC..

[@Aaaaaron320]

***** u on the NA or EU server?

[@Aaaaaron320]

im on the EU dude..

[@SuperCratoss]

+GreatEasternBrunel Missouri is Iowa Class

[@Reaping_Matster]

+GreatEasternBrunel get the Iowa she is gonna be beast, if u haven't already since I'm like 7 months late :l but I'm on the NC now and I love it, I'm 90k xo away from Iowa, I want it since I live in Wisconsin

[@jeannieheberlie-whistler3025]

Hello. Do you have any documentation about these ? USS Pan Virginia, or Margaret Seitz?

[@Alaskan_Firefox]

Can we see a USS Iowa video? That would be awesome!

[@dowww21]

I live in wilmington, would you like more pics of the ship? or videos? im serious too!

[@ebsnodgrass]

@Chase: Might you consider an episode on the USS Indianapolis? Huge tragedy.

[@alexius23]

Took the tour...I was impressed....

[@ichasegaming]

Alexius Nemo Awesome, I need to visit this ship in the future, she looks absolutely gorgeous

[@alexius23]

It is. Also very nearby is the remain of the Civil War Fort Fisher

[@blooiefps9304]

Same

[@danzervos7606]

Latest information is that the Kirishima was not scuttled but sank as a result of the damage it sustained from approximately twenty 16", super heavy shells from the Washington - causing uncontrollable flooding. The Washington and Kirishima were about 5 miles apart - close but I wouldn't call that point blank range. Also the South Dakota did not suffer damage to its vitals, damage was mainly to its superstructure. It took about seven 14" shell hits and twenty odd 6" and 8" shell hits. Once its electrical problem was corrected the South Dakota was capable of continued battle, demonstrating the soundness of its armor protection.

[@HaqqAttak]

+Dan Zervos The history channel is always talking out of its ass.

[@Edi_J]

+Dan Zervos South Dakota was defenseless. "Electrical problems" were persisting design flaw, and actually caused by shocks from her own salvos. "Soundness of the armor" couldn't be demonstrated, because she was shelled only by 8 356mm old WWI guns and the rest was 203mm and smaller. The damage report mentions only single 14-inch hit. We can certainly say, that if she was the only US BB there, she would be easily sunk (most probably torped). There was battle 2 contemporary battleships vs a ship which was >30 years old - 2xT8 vs 1xT5 ;)

[@danzervos7606]

From the Damage Report: 4. In spite of numerous hits, SOUTH DAKOTA received only superficial damage. Neither the strength, buoyancy nor stability were measurably impaired. Type of shells that hit (most all were AP) It is estimated that one hit was 5-inch, six were 6-inch, eighteen were 8-inch and one was 14-inch. So yes only one 14" shell hit (my previous source was in error). The South Dakota did inflict damage on other ships and was successful in knocking out search lights of the attackers. (The South Dakota managed to dodge several torpedoes fired at her.)

[@Edi_J]

Dan Zervos Well. Admiral Lee summarized that quite simply: "[enemy] rendered one of our new battleships deaf, dumb, blind, and impotent". :) One also has to consider that significant part of ammunition used by "Kirishima" was "AA shells" (prepared for shore bombardment), also fired with reduced powder charge (smaller projectile initial velocity) - useless against battleship armored areas (especially considering that fight was at close range

[@lovellhawes2175]

I have seen her. I wish her hull was actually floating. What I really would like to see is that she gets to where she can go out to sea once a year for a few days. Such a ship could pay for this time at sea by basically making her a cruise ship for historical purposes. Civvies at that point would be able to get a much better idea of what life at sea was like.

[@ichasegaming]

Lovell Hawes Would be incredibly hard for 2 reasons, 1) these ships can no longer access any repair parts since they are no longer being made, 2) the ships had a lot of their part taken out to refit the Iowa class BBs. Love the idea, but I don't think it'll ever happen :(

[@lovellhawes2175]

iChaseGaming I agree it is a long shot, but the attempt needs to be made. She does not need to be fully operational. Just enough that she can go out to sea, support the people aboard, and come back safely. This is a lot easier to do than getting her back to where she was in 1945. However, the Iowa class are still in inactive reserve. This means much of the parts that are common to both ships are still capable of being mass produced.

[@bnadit1949]

Lovell Hawes nope there are no parts being made (they are built when needed) they have to be either made (BY EXTREMELY GOOD MACHINISTS NOT COMPUTERS!), or taken from the Alabama, Massachusetts, or North Carolina. That would be a good idea though i would have my wedding there if I could A) had a GF or Fiance B) Could convince said person

[@coachcrossover521]

I was on the one in Wilmington yesterday bc we were coming from beach

[@DrRoxburgh3]

Can you make an updated version? Or does it still apply?

[@mjlindero9065]

She's so beautiful in the screenshots

[@caseymiller5885]

I volunteer at the ship, would love to give you a tour sometime

[@axef2946]

Casey Miller Honestly, I think I've seen you. I've been there 2 times, once for a birthday. ( Mine ) I would go this year, but it's winter. I'll visit in 2018, see you! ( Hopefully )

[@jkdm7653]

The Kirishima was a "battlecruiser", not a "battleship". Good speed and big guns, but much less armor protection than a battleship. This takes nothing away from the Washington and her great accomplishments. She was a winner in all ways.

[@appalachianwolf1187]

My great grandfather served on the North Carolina

[@solaramur2676]

dude, good job, keep on it! subbed ps: last commentator was too much warhammer :D

[@ichasegaming]

Solar Amur :) I agree lol

[@ivanlima5015]

Damn she is rocking those flags

[@progx8679]

Maybe the French "Dunkerque" class BC, would be nice to see what they really could do against German & Italian ships if given the chance !!!

[@Terranuvium]

Nicely done!

[@ichasegaming]

Terranuvium Thank you again :)

[@theuniquekoala5579]

USS Nevada class battleship plz

[@jackknight6306]

can you do a series about what ships you think will be in each line and nation I'm the future?

[@RG-fc7ht]

welp I'm playing Hoi4 and I'm planning on building upwards of 6 to 8 North Carolina class BB's

[@michaelbuckler]

The Max. armour figure of 16 inches is too high. It probably refers to the main armament turret faces. The belt as I recall is twelve and one half inches, probably over plating.

[@ichasegaming]

michaelbuckler Usually the thickest armour is the turret faces. Belt armour does fall somewhere in the range if I remember correctly

[@michaelbuckler]

iChaseGaming Norman Friedman. "US Battleships" lists the North Carolina belt as 12.2 inches.

[@johneasler9967]

An excellent read is "Battleship at war" by Ivan Musicant, about the Washington, BB-56. The Washington, in my opinion, should have been the ship that the Japanese surrendered on. The Missouri did nothing to have garnered that honor, other than being the ship named for the state Truman was from. It's a shame that the BB-56 wasn't preserved as a museum.

[@Drummer1570]

Well we wanted to show Japan the true might of the U.S Navy. No better ship to do that on then the Missouri.. Or any Iowa Class for that matter....

[@jamiwade2784]

Agreed RFD1217 any Iowa class battleship, I mean it's been rumored that if Roosevelt lived the signing would have been on the Iowa, because he had been on the ship, and the Iowa class battleships played a big role with escorting carrier task forces near the end of the war, the carriers of the Essex class are a prime example

[@Coop-sg6qc]

John Easler the Missouri is Iowa class and also it’s a super B.B. other than Montana

[@dragonzgaming5056]

John Easler I think North Carolina should have been the ship the first battleship in the fleet most highly decorated aswell as being just strong and taking hits aswell as punching.

[@Thishandleisunavailable493]

Jami Wade I know this is an old comment but I heard it was supposed to be on USS New Jersey but it was changed to the Missouri because of Truman

[@KristianOye]

I am a little bummed that WA didn't pony up to save the only ship to carry its namesake

[@pascalinebellaciao8058]

Very good work done so far ! Having viewed almost all your videos, I'm just wondering if the USS Indianapolis (and its CA class if not looked at yet?) would not worth some episode? Tx !

[@omarlazo0619]

My town

[@carlpeters1278]

Would you do one on the USS Nevada? Please.

[@Revkor]

if only Wg noticed how this ivsual was showing. BROADSISES IS HOW THEY FOUGHT!

[@animeboy-qy5sq]

Now North Carolina is the best tier 8 battleship in the game Take that Bismarck.

[@sociaty4863]

Back in 5th grade I went on a field trip and went on this ship

[@walterrider1612]

very interesting thank you

[@ichasegaming]

Walter Rider Anytime :)

[@awkwarddoggo05]

The North Carolina class battleships look very similar to the Iowa class battleships.

[@warningpage8032]

NC represent!!

[@naardri]

Great book: Battleship at War: The Epic Story of the USS Washington by Ivan Musicant (Author) ISBN-10: 015110400X; ISBN-13: 978-0151104000 Wiki: She has the distinction of being the only American battleship to sink an enemy battleship during World War II in a "one on one" surface engagement

[@lisamoose3016]

Every summer my family goes to Kure near fort fisher and Wilmington nc and we se the show boat

[@brianperry150]

Hey IChase Have you done the Malaya Class yet. Could do a Med show

[@itzkingsamplayzph6146]

Malaya is a Queen Elizabeth Class battleship though

[@madmanthan21]

Good stuff!

[@ichasegaming]

manthanboeing Thank you :D Another video is up - WoWS - Know Your Ship! - New York Class Battleship

[@GG-ir1hw]

I would I be incorrect to say american BB's built in the 1930s- 40s all have the same or very similar design? I know they have different main gun models and slight difference in hull design but other than that every thing else seems the same. And maybe differences in the superstructure.

[@ichasegaming]

Calemb Jackman Most US BBs built in that era were called Standard Type battleships :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard-type_battleship

[@GG-ir1hw]

Oh yeah chears for the link :)

[@michaelbuckler]

iChaseGaming The 'Standard Type' battleships were designed and conceived in the 1910s, Nevada, to Colorado. In fact this is what the link says.

[@justanerdiguess4910]

I have a question: Is world of warships out yet? I can't find a download on it's site

[@ichasegaming]

Alex Burg The game is not out yet, it is still in the closed alpha stages. From everything we know so far, closed beta should be sometime late this year/early next year. Register on the forums to keep track :)

[@diegoviniciomejiaquesada4754]

North Carolina... Wasn't she USS Enterprise's best friend? (Edited) R/ 4:20 Hell yeah XD Big E's best friend.

[@stevebarcak370]

excellent!

[@ichasegaming]

Steve Barcak thank you :)

[@The_Honcho]

People say in 1941 the Bismarck was the most powerful ship on the water, but the North Carolina was the real king!

[@dubsy1026]

right...

[@Reaping_Matster]

And people say the Yamato is, well if it is and so the Bismark then why are they sleeping with the fishes? The true king in my opinion is the Iowa

[@dubsy1026]

+creepycreeper099 you need to consider the fact that the Iowa was never subjected to the conditions that the Yamato and Bismarck were sunk in, so the Iowa is completely untested in these conditions and you cannot say it is better as a result

[@timandellenmoran1213]

Kirishima was not scuttled, she was sunk outright!

[@TheDustysix]

This would be an outstanding video were it not for the loud music making the dialogue impossible to hear. I have been on the North Carolina twice. Anyone traveling through the Tidewater should stop for several days and avail themselves to tour the ship and visit first class beaches (sharks!) and outstanding seafood restaurants.

[@ichasegaming]

TheDustysix Thanks for the tips :) I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the North Carolina :D

[@TheDustysix]

The Outer Banks are MAGNIFICENT! The entire Atlantic Coast was the scene of the longest uninterrupted Battle/Campaign of WW2. The Battle for the Atlantic. I have many Military and Places and Travel PT2 that have many videos you would like. My FJ Cruiser playlist has Outer Banks Four Wheeling/Camping videos. One might plan around a future Blue Angels event at Cherry Point. One could start the tour N to S or the other way. N Carolina Tidewater BBQ is vinegar based. W N Carolina Ketchup. S Carolina Mustard. Fun.

[@stevenking2980]

Yeah. Is there any other BBQ? No. Outer banks? Hundreds of miles from here. I am a Wilmingtonian. The North Carolina is incredible to see. Everyone should. But we aren't anywhere near the outer banks. And the outer banks, like near ocrokoke and hatteras? They don't serve vinegar based BBQ. This fool was obviously a confused yet pleasant tourist. Want the facts check out my YT channel.

[@TheDustysix]

Tidewater North Carolina is Vinegar based. The recipe I use is from a friend from Morehead City. I was stationed at Cherry Point on and off for 3 years. They use white vinegar and crushed red pepper in the Croatan National Forest.

[@TheDustysix]

Amen to that! I served during the Iran Crisis 79-81. My uncle was stationed at New River when I was a young lad. We visited them. I remember having a blast fishing in the pouring rain on the Wilmington fishing pier. Good practise for subsequent duty at CPNC. I loved hunting in the Croatan and fishing on the jetty at Ft, Macon st park.

[@duggi4]

any idea what tier this would be?..i so want to play the South Dakota ...i just think it looks the best of all

[@ichasegaming]

andrew douglass I think the South Dakotas/North Carolinas will be tier 8

[@bnadit1949]

iChaseGaming 7 i believe chase

[@peterson7082]

Bnadit Fleet nope, VIII

[@bnadit1949]

I was talking about the NKs

[@peterson7082]

Bnadit Fleet oh, well their still VIII according to WG

[@fheld23]

IJN kongo class was not battleship but battle cruiser like HMS Repulse.

[@mwtrolle]

If you had given some bonus info between the difrent clips if would have med it alot better. But still a nice video.

[@ichasegaming]

mwtrolle It gets better in the later episodes :)

[@niko5015]

Awsome .. i sub.

[@ichasegaming]

Niko Karau Thank you for subbing ^_^

[@jadewest2531]

You should put south carolina in it i know she is diffrent then north but its the same country but there in north and south

[@MickR0sco]

Plus North Carolina only ship to sink another battleship? What about Bismark? If you class Kirishima as a battleship then that makes Hood a battleship.

[@MrDgwphotos]

+michael ross Their statement about Washington isn't exactly true, the West Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, California, and Pennsylvania engaged the Fuso and Yamashiro at the Battle of Surigao Strait, however, they had much more support, as the Japanese were subjected to PT boat and destroyer attacks as the Japanese force advanced up the strait before meeting the US battle line, which was also supported by a significant cruiser force, as well. Fuso likely was sunk by the destroyers before coming into range of the US battle line.

[@MickR0sco]

+MrDgwphotos Well informed. Thanks

[@Zephyrmec]

It was not the North Carolina who sunk another battleship, it was the Washington, her sister ship.

[@thedoc2102]

I will assume that the USS Iowa class is on your to-do list even though I don't see it on the play list yet. I was comparing the Iowa class to one other USS class the Saratoga because of the obvious similarity in O.A. length and developed HP. Both classes were almost the same length and the same HP at 212,000 developed on trials. In other areas the Iowa's were much heavier (57,000T to 36,000T) and had a less advantageous length to beam ratio (7.9-1 to 8.8-1) an yet they were about the same speed. In a direct comparison the Iowa's should have been slower. There are at least 2 factors that may help to account for the high speed of the Iowa's. The high length to beam ratio results in a longer entry of the hull into the water and exit from the water. With the Iowa's there was a long gentle entry but the stern was more blunt till you looked at the profile from the side and then you could see that the bottom sloped up very gently to the stern. I believe this gave the same effect as a more gentle exit of a conventional hull. The other factor is that the Iowa's were equipped with "Vortex Generators" at the stern, the reason given that the extra turbulence would improve the steering, making these ships as maneuverable as smaller ships. I believe that in addition there was an effect on the water that improved the exit of the ship at the stern and gave the results as if the ship had been much longer.

[@ichasegaming]

thedoc2102 It's on my to-do list :) And that part is super interesting, I never knew that. Thanks for sharing :D

[@michaelbuckler]

The Lexington class had a designed HP of 180,000. They could probably develop 212,000 on trials. The Iowa design figure is 212,000. I think I read on "World of Warships"that they could develop 250,000 HP at full stretch. Extra horsepower, however buys fewer and fewer extra knots.

[@ericintohistory]

Can we say bloody back alley brawl?

[@Fofiifii]

I go to the USS NorthCarolina all the time

[@ichasegaming]

Joshua Stewart Awesome :D wish I can visit her someday

[@Fofiifii]

i think they had one of these video's on repeat in one of the gun turrets :P

[@cebzcity]

I live in Washington North carolina... Coincidence...

[@axef2946]

Cebzcity ROBLOX Wilmington*

[@Spaceship11CP]

ive been on this ship

[@BugattiONE666]

erm, isnt it South Dakota class?

[@axef2946]

Stewart Maclean No. That was the original plan, but the South Dakota class was scrapped.

[@epicstuff3274]

Do a Fuso class battleship

[@ichasegaming]

Epic Stuff The Fuso class is definitely a ship class I will get to :)

[@epicstuff3274]

Thanks for replying if you need any other class videos ask me cause a know almost all the ship classes

[@SuperCratoss]

+Epic Stuff you need a submarine to go visit it tho lol

[@Dysphoricsmile]

18:00 Umm, sure the Kongou class Kirishima WAS a very strong battleship - WHEN she was built, but in the age of the North Carolina Class? I thought they at least had the Fuso and Nagato class - dunno how many or the names of other potential classes between the Kongou and Yamato that actually were in service at the time, but ANY of those ships would have been at least CLOSER to a fair fight! North Carolina vs Kongou Class = Kongou DEAD! Especially in a 1v1 engagement like that!

[@Reaping_Matster]

You mean Kongo?

[@itzkingsamplayzph6146]

Unfortunately Kirishima is sunk by the Washington with its 15" guns and Kongo is sunk by a sub.

[@itzkingsamplayzph6146]

I mean 16" guns Sorry for that

[@Dysphoricsmile]

Wow and the Japanese did not land ONE torpedo strike the entire time? Why? Why didn't they retreat and then flood the channel out of Iron Bottom Sound with those DEADLY Type 93's when the US Battleships were about to pass through??? I really cannot understand how they DIDN'T manage to make much use of torpedoes for anything that wasn't some weakly armed merchant vessel or just a lucky few night time strikes... I have to wonder if they see how things play out in WOWS and begin kicking themselves for not thinking to launch torpedoes in prediction - rather wide spread if needed, BEFORE any guns started firing. I mean I KNOW many mechanics in WOWS are "Arcade like" but vision and HP systems aside, the way MOST players, especially in Japanese cruisers use torpedoes is as a preemptive or as a defensive strike when sailing away. I mean you HAVE to think big Battleships like the North Carolina would be FORCED to turn hard and change speed quickly if they want to avoid taking rather MASSIVE damage from just 1 to 3 torpedoes!

[@francisilarde123]

Uss north carolina bb 55 codename: Americans flying Dutchman cause it's haunted today by heroes

[@karenc2770]

The USS North Carolina was tough because she was built in Brooklyn, NY.

[@funnyparots]

Do the new mexico

[@michaelpage4199]

wow

[@MickR0sco]

Everyone just ignored the naval treaty apart from UK. Typical lol. US just say well Japan ignored it so we will as well and Germany just didn't give a shit.

[@MrDgwphotos]

+michael ross No, the US did comply, the escalation clause that was invoked to upgrade the guns specified that if any party withdrew from the treaty system, then the remaining parties were permitted to use 16in guns. Normally, the USN designed their battleships to be armored against the caliber of the guns carried by the ship. However, it was too late in the design to change the armor arrangement of the North Carolina class, so they were built with the armor to protect against the 14in guns that they were originally designed to carry. The South Dakota class was designed to armor against the 16in gun, while still complying with the treaty restrictions on Tonnage. The subsequent Iowa class was unrestricted, because by the time the Iowas were designed, the war ended the treaties. Thus, they were armed with the longer guns, and were capable of faster speeds. Had the USN known about the Yamato's 18in guns, the Iowas might have been armed with 18in 47 caliber guns instead of the 16in 50 guns. The Japanese disguised the use of 18in guns by referring to them as 16in guns, so the USN did not realize the Japanese were using 18in guns.

[@sander6438]

THE KIRISHIMA IS A BATTLESHIP

[@jadewest2531]

Thank god the didnt sell her for scrapped especially china

[@16denier]

My uncle was killed on December 7, 1941 when the USS Arizona blew up as a result of a bomb strike to her forward magazines. This video shows battleships as heroic. My family, and the families of thousands -- yes thousands -- of other sailors know them as bloody mass-murderers of their own crews. The same armor that bounced away enemy shells also made sure that any internal explosions would first blow through the ship. In it's path it would destroy the compartments and cut down men like ants. It would be thus that many crewmen would discover the terrifying obsolescence of their giant steel turtles. Before Pearl Harbor in the gun duel between Bismark and HMS Hood, all but three of the latter's crew would be killed in a magazine explosion. Had the USS Arizona blown up at sea, her fate would have matched HMS Hood's. It didn't stop happening. Bismark succumbed a few days later, and took with her more people than were killed on the Titanic. The families of the two battleship crews now remember the ships together. The worst disasters were the sinking of the Japanese "super battleships," Musashi killed 1,023 and Yamato killed 3,055; . It is thought that the magazine explosions of the latter were the biggest man made explosions at sea. And naturally they killed most of her crew. Mind you, Yamato was considered a more advanced ship design than the USS North Carolina. How nice it is now to play with these heavily armored floating knights of death. Not a word is there for all those poor sailors left dismembered, burned, boiled and fried by an expensive and useless weapon. When the Yamato was launched, Admiral Yamamoto -- who ordered the Pearl Harbor attack -- said, "She will be as useful in modern combat as a samurai sword."

[@gilbertodiazcastro8871]

16denier sad that so many people are so sour over the sailors that died that they can't see the hundreds of thousands that were from slavery by the Japanese. Those of us who have been to combat as members of the USA's fighting forces are proud to have had the chance to serve this great nation. All this complaining not only dishonors those of us who survived but more so those who died with honor manning this great tool of war. If you have nothing positive to say about being proud of these men dying while in service to their country, please say nothing to offend them.

[@16denier]

Please read my post again. I'm not saying anything insulting at all about the sailors whom the battleships took down with them - including my uncle, whose last duty station was in the bent and burnt-out forecastle of the Arizona that got photographed so much. His remains were never found. If the blame lies anywhere, it's with civilian navy departments and hidebound senior military brass that were too stupid to see that their floating steel castles were obsolete. I look at them as fatal proof that military command structures have built-in stupidity. For all of their armor, the first battleship lost in World War I -- HMS Valiant -- was the victim of a stupid mine. In World War II, they were expensive and superfluous. Their shore bombardment and anti-aircraft duties could be entirely handled by smaller, cheaper and more expendable ships. There were only a few sea battles. In the Pacific part of the war, things got started with the loss of five American and two British battleships to air attacks -- and towards the end the loss all but one of the surviving Japanese battleships to air attack. I'm worried that we could be going down this same path with aircraft carriers. They haven't been tested in ship-to-ship or air-to-ship combat in 72 years. If anything, they are an order of magnitude more expensive than battleships. But worse, in military exercises with our allies, they have repeatedly been found vulnerable to submarine attack. The new torpedoes don't leave a hole in the side. Instead they explode beneath the ship, where there is no armor, and where the force of the explosion could break the ship in two. I'm particularly worried about the American carrier task force now maneuvering off the coast of North Korea. To frighteningly embarrass the USA, all the North Koreans have to is torpedo a US flattop. We don't know if they're crazy enough to stop themselves. Neither the Japanese militaristsa nor the muslim militants were.

[@JoeInCT418]

16denier While I thank you for your uncle's service and join you in mourning his loss at Pearl harbor, you if anyone know that the military of every nation at that time was always ready to fight the last war. That was a given because military people are conservative by nature, unwilling to bet men's lives on an untried and untested weapon. The aircraft carrier was just such a weapon between the World Wars; only Taranto in November 1940 and Pearl Harbor in December 1941 changed that way of thinking for World War 2. Even with those two battles, the aircraft carrier was still a weapon in early development during WW2; the debate between armored flight decks and a reduced number of aircraft, as opposed to an unarmored flight deck and a much greater number of aircraft, was only an academic exercise until the advent of the kamikaze, and even then, the fact was that although the Essex Class carriers had several take massive damage and great loss of life, for the time they were in service, they were able to put almost 100 aircraft in the air as opposed to the 60 aircraft from the armored British carriers. All weapons are a compromise of all the factors which come into play during armed conflict; battleships are only a different class of compromises from those involved in designing aircraft carriers. Whether or not the US carriers have taken your concerns into play in their design is something the US Navy is not likely to reveal anyway; however, all weapons have an Achilles Heel. We just need to hope that our adversaries are not aware of the most destructive of the ones in the Nimitz Class carriers. Neither you nor I are aware of those factors, if any. Reality says our Navy is not about to let the world know where those might be. Lastly, one of the evident tactics learned in WW2 was to always force the enemy to fight against your strengths and for you to fight against his weaknesses. I would think that lesson is taught at our military academies today. There are no guarantees in this world; the same factors which give you an edge in battle can also be used by the enemy against you. That is what makes those who serve the heroes that they are, since they assess the risks and decide that in spite of those dangers, they go about accomplishing their mission anyway. We cannot hide at home until we design the perfect weapons; for every offense, there is a defense, and vice versa.

[@16denier]

I am quite familiar with the main argument of your post, which is that there is no perfect weapon. Each has weaknesses and the longer that weapon is in combat, the more apparent those weaknesses will be. But ultimately, the argument is not just for or against battleships or aircraft carriers. It is a very strong argument against war. It points to the necessity of avoiding it. And when others bring it to you to prosecute it vigorously and quickly, as a long drawn-out conflict increases the casualties, expense and chance that the other side will "win" simply by surviving. We have NOT heeded that lesson repeatedly since the end of World War II. Korea ended in stalemate. Vietnam ended in defeat -- not because of the failure of our arms but because we believed too much in them and failed in the psychological game. Our operations in Iraq and now Afghanistan are now imperiled for the same reason. One more lesson remains. Unless we are prepared for the shock of losing a major combat unit like a carrier, are we really prepared to fight a war?

[@JoeInCT418]

16denier Then, sir, what you are saying without saying it, is that you are a pacifist. I have no great desire to go out and conquer; however, if my family and heirs are threatened by an aggressor, then there are only two choices: defend yourself, or subjugate yourself to the aggressor. I would think the 1993 and 2001 attacks on the WTC count as aggression, even though no combatants were killed. That, in fact, makes the aggression even worse. I have taken up too much time arguing this with you. You know my position on the matter, and I know yours. Good day to you sir.

[@raymoshav-bloodbought]

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