World of Warships - Know Your Ship #9 - Fletcher Class Destroyers

Episode 9 of Know Your Ship! In this educational video I cover the Fletcher class destroyers commissioned by the United States Navy during World War 2. The Fletcher class destroyers served with distinction in the Pacific Campaign of World War 2. One of the most famous ships of this class was the USS Johnston, part of Taffy 3, captained by Commander Ernest E. Evans during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Admirals, get to know these versatile destroyers of the United States Navy before taking command of them in World of Warships! Enjoy and see you all in battle!
Footage from this video from:
"The Great Ships - Broadside Collection - Destroyers" - History Channel Classics - purchase here: www.amazon.co.u...
"Modern Marvels - The Destroyer" - History Channel - 2007
"Dogfights - Death of the Japanese Navy" - History Channel
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[@krazykaiser6896]

The story of the USA Johnson gives me goosebumps every time. Such bravery

[@mplewp]

+Chris D They can make an amazing movie :P

[@spookyshadowhawk6776]

Kamikaze? Both sides did it, for Different reasons, maybe, but if you're going to die anyway, you might as well take as many of them with you as you can. They would die for their Emperor, we would die for those we fought beside. The same thing, just a reflection of Different cultures. War brings out both the Worst and Best of people, Strange isn't it?

[@packingten]

Brave brave AMERICAN MEN in a Fletcher class Destroyer...Yesss

[@peridoodle2644]

Special Fletcher exclusive item "Potato Decoy"

[@ZanOGAL]

Peridoodle should add that in WoW

[@michaelmitchell6476]

the best class of destroyer ever constructed

[@rembrant34]

LMAO! I've been a naval historian buff for most of my 50 years…but I never knew about the great potato war of 1943! Though war is not pretty, sometimes it sprouts some pretty cool stories.

[@451dskots88]

So glad that one of the 4 remaining Fletchers (USS The Sullivans) is preserved and is a museum piece in Buffalo NY.

[@stammu21]

plus one called Velos at greece :)

[@JKSSubstandard]

Ive visited it before. Its still impressive today. Im hoping WoWs implements the custom emblem system people have been asking for so we can use the Johnston and Sullivans in game

[@jaddy540]

This ship is an exact copy of the USS Twining DD540, on which I served for the last two years of the war, I have visited here twice. Well worth a visit.

[@donniemontoya9300]

Grandfather served on Fletcher class USS Melvin DD-680. May I add the destroyer that sunk IJN Fuso at the Battle of Serigao Strait.

[@Spinosaurus1212]

You sir have a badass grandfather.

[@williamfankboner4206]

That destroyer squadron did so much damage to the Japanese fleet there wasn't much left for Oldenburg's battleships and cruisers to do.

[@Ereshkigal616]

Spent several overnight trips on the USS Kidd (DD-661) in Baton Rouge as a Boy Scout..... fine vessel. My grandpa served on the USS Halsey Powell (DD-686). We used to play hide and seek on it....or spin the AAA guns at planes flying nearby. Fun times.

[@ichasegaming]

Ereshkigal616 That's fantastic :) I hope in the future I'll get a chance to visit museum ships all over the world

[@Ereshkigal616]

iChaseGaming it's definitely something amazing to actually do..seeing this in video or picture is not the same as being on a warship. The USS Alabama is a prime example www.ussalabama.com/photos/ some nice inside shots of her.... you can't know how large battleships are until you're right next to it or on/in it. They are massive. So cool....

[@roberth.goddardthefatherof6376]

we struck absolute gold with these warhorses the M4 sherman of the Seas.

[@bigsky3655]

gives new meaning to 'potato aim'

[@rustybaylor997]

A legendary ship...one of the best ever!

[@moose2577]

Badass little ships!

[@josephjoestar3275]

Probably my favorite "Tin Can" from that time period

[@ichasegaming]

Alex Moon They were indeed very nice ships :) I've even put in a suggestion (at the recommendation of a subscriber) that perhaps Ice Cream or Potatoes will become a world of warships consumable :)

[@LarryGarcia-p3j]

I served on the USS Radford DD-446, Sister Ship of the USS Fletcher DD-445. In 1961...

[@winstonli1460]

I still want potato ammo.

[@jaddy540]

The Captain of Johnson deserves the Congressional Medal of Honor, post humously.

[@Wolfeson28]

It would have been fun to see something included in here about the William D. Porter. The most hilariously incompetent ship you will ever see.

[@ianbeaty3823]

YES!

[@JKSSubstandard]

Ive read about them before. Isnt that the one that nearly assassinated Roosevelt by mistaking a practice torpedo for a real one and then firing at the presidents ship while escorting him across the atlantic?

[@ianbeaty3823]

Yep.

[@ianbeaty3823]

DOnt forget the depth charges, the anchor incident, and all the other crap. OH! AND them blowing up the commander house.

[@JoeInCT418]

38 knots equals 40 mph on land. Admiral Arleigh Burke "wrote the book" on how to use the Destroyer starting with the Battle for Guadalcanal. Ultimately, the 275 Fletcher-class Destroyers would have a monumental effect on the battle in the Pacific during WW2. Admiral "Bull" Halsey would have 3 Fletcher Class Destroyers escort the USS Missouri to Tokyo Bay for the surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945. Arleigh Burke continued as a high-ranking officer of the US Navy, and the new, turbine-engined missile destroyers of today are named, "Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers". The smaller frigates of today are known as "Perry Class Frigates", after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry; they are the equivalent of the Destroyer Escort ships of WW2.

[@flahgecorotru1792]

haha I didn't now fukubi killed by a potato. this scene must include on kancolle. must watch!! :)

[@sosailor2001]

served on 2 fletcher class destroyers. Crazy skipper on one, wanted me to take the ship in..I was an electrician (scpo)

[@kc_fan_maannn4817]

I'm excited for this video just paused it to do this comment I first learned of the Fletcher class with a Barren video, wasn't a fan of torpedo ships in World of Warships at first until I learned you could fire 15-30 torpedoes in under 2 minutes. 😁😁😁

[@jaddy540]

The Fletchers had only 10 torpedoes each, five on each mount. No spares.

[@kc_fan_maannn4817]

Yes I thought it shot from both sides. Ya know, fire 10 off Traverse to the other side and shoot another 10 I was still very new to the game still am. I play Blitz on Android maps are extremely small compared to PC

[@kc_fan_maannn4817]

@@jaddy540 👆

[@shingshongshamalama]

Instructions unclear. Destroyer refuses to put on pants and keeps threatening to take back Belfast. Please advise.

[@thedoc2102]

I remember in reading about the British Battlecruisers that they could out run destroyers in heavy weather. When the wind was strong and the waves were high the smaller ships couldn't go as fast, but the larger ships could push through. The same should apply to any large ship.

[@paulwilson7793]

It makes sense but that'd have to be a very rough sea

[@thedoc2102]

PAUL WILSON this was the North Atlantic and it is my understanding that the seas could be pretty rough there.

[@Patrick-cc3ub]

I agree with maddog.They should make a movie.Am I right lads or am I right lads?(Get a piece of candy if you understand reference)

[@joaquinvieyra3540]

It’s funny the these destoryers and the destoryer escorts did more than most people would think. A great example would be the Samual B Roberts nicknamed “the destroyer escort that fought like a battleship” It shows you that these ships can do more than you think. P.S Wargaming please add destoryer escorts to the game

[@Metal_Auditor]

What good would it do to add them to the game? They're just destroyers but with about half the size, speed, and armament. Roberts' crew had to disable some boiler safety mechanisms just to get her up to a reasonable speed for this battle.

[@iskoconquers]

I bet the Fletcher class had to practice good tempo. Sorry, Fletcher reminded me of Whiplash.

[@YesNo-qr4id]

NOT MY TEMPO

[@iskoconquers]

iama attacker where you rushing or dragging

[@iskoconquers]

i don't know If kancolle where to have USS Fletcher, she would be good at drumming. Stories about her would involve an american admiral code name "Whiplash"

[@TheAngelobarker]

llllleeeeerrrroyyyy jaaannnkkkins -fletcher class captain colorized

[@wntu4]

I don't grasp why the story of Taffy 3 has never been made into a movie but the next best thing is to read Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors. Hands down this is one of the, if not THE, most remarkable naval action by any navy in history. 24:20 is an insultingly short reference to a number of cans lost to a typhoon because Halsey was a dumbass. See book Halsey's Typhoon by Mark Bowden (Black Hawk Down).

[@mattfaulk8724]

USS Kidd! spent the night on her when i was a kid talk about cold at night

[@johnhirt7195]

watch ' when the war got personal ' about U.S.S. HOEL DD533 also a book called THE LAST OF THE TINCAN SAILORS

[@d.owczarzak6888]

Forgot to mention the 2 Fletchers at Omaha Beach.

[@einarmar7445]

44 mph? americans are best i want to own a fletcher moder, RC, with operational toy cannons and smoke sim

[@FanofCalvinCoolidge]

Fletcher are awesome they can do some do big damage this proves it so please don't say you should only use battleships and cruisers

[@MonsterKing-ux4mp]

Johnston!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

+1 for the Flecher destroyers:-)

[@ichasegaming]

Dragan Savić :D Fletchers were awesome ships, still the story about throwing potatoes at a Japanese submarine was hilarious to me :P

iChaseGaming we need potatoe amo in World of Warships ASAP !!!!Call the develepers now!!!:-DDDD

[@ichasegaming]

Dragan Savić :O Maybe not ammo, but maybe a unique consumable for the Fletcher class! :P +10% to crew skills!

iChaseGaming It would be awesome to see potatose flying from you Flecher.After that the enemy ship cant its guns for 30 s!!!:-DDDDDTROLOL Aslo did you inform the develepers set????;-)

[@ichasegaming]

Dragan Savić I don't have a direct line to the developers but I asked one of the alpha testers to get in touch with a dev :) and they are going to suggest it ^_^

[@packingten]

Dad was on 691 USS MERTZ...He didnt do a lot of talking about the war but he did tell a little and how a typhoon nearly sank the ship..he said the mertz was within 1 degree of taking water in her stacks and that would have been it...Dad's future bro in law (my uncle) was in that typhoon too....he said. He walked on the wall....another uncle got sick with appendix transfered to med ship the one he was on sank no survivor's...war kills...

[@gailshaw5192]

In this battle where 🤔 was the Paul Hamilton at.

[@onyxdragon1179]

5:50 the Battle of the Raw Potatoes

[@LuckySailor_Z5]

I look for pictures or movies from USS Dyson (DD 572).

[@24YOA]

The Fletcher is a tier 8 right? It's 9 in the CBT but I've heard it's going to be moved down to 8.

[@ichasegaming]

Discords_Demize It's at 9 right now, should stay there I think. But who knows

[@einarmar7445]

iChaseGaming if it gets lower tear i will geuess that the higher tier is a imaginated cause fletcher should be tier 10

[@TheAviationEnthusiast]

Was'nt the Fletcher class named after Admiral Fletcher from the Battle of Midway who won the battle and had Japanese Admiral Nagumo humiliated and defeated

[@dubsy1026]

No, the USS Fletcher was commissioned before the battle ended. It was named after another bloke called Fletcher who died in 1928

[@CaptainSnackbar]

i would like to confirm this story with the Japanese side, every single american story sounds like a triumph. and the victor always spices up his history.

[@CleveAneki]

Then ask Kurita, who when informed that what he thought were cruisers were destroyers, his response was long the lines of "then they were in spirit."

[@robertjethrogallano1053]

can you do Fubuki class destroyers?..or any other japan destroyer pls

[@ichasegaming]

Robert Jethro Gallano I don't have a IJN DD yet in CBT, but when I get one I'll do it

[@robertjethrogallano1053]

yay!...thanks....oh and....uh the games still in development right?....so...still have to wait for game release?...

[@oceanicbloom1407]

PoTAtO bAtTLe!!!

[@duanesarjec6887]

the Fletcher is a little Fantasque class the terrible is the king of the DD the US navy reclassed her in lignh cruiser with 9 totpédos 5 guns ( 12 shots per Mn about 20 km ) 5.5 inchs 45 knots and 50 mines for to troll WoW

[@Teajam]

USS KIDD FTW

[@paulwilson7793]

I still like the Johnston bro but opinions are what they are

[@einarmar7445]

and so smoke is endless use whe does wargaming make them limited then ?

[@einarmar7445]

3/5 for 0 good deal xD

[@diamonddog257]

eeek!...save us from sushi and Sony stereos .........

[@toxicbearx7793]

l

[@einarmar7445]

lol yamato can't hit anything xD eccept when close

[@JoesGLI]

einar rám Only thing she hit was the ocean floor!

[@billadmond9450]

Dude you're spamming youtube with your movies, I'm looking for World of Warships pc game battles but I get stuck in your useless documentaries. Put in the title DOCUMENTARY!!!

[@ichasegaming]

Bill Admond Sorry, but there aren't many actual game battles videos due to the presence of an NDA. Maybe search up world of warships gameplay to be more specific...? Also, these videos are clearly explained in the description that they are educational videos.

[@billadmond9450]

Unfortunately the search engine isn't that smart because "World of Warship game play" shows all your documentaries that are NOT what I'm looking for. It's my opinion that you had to choose a different title for your stuff so to avoid making a clone of something already existing. Your stuff is interesting but the title is misleading because it doesn't say "documentary" and people understand it only after opening the link. Think about people with slow internet connection.

[@purplexenno]

Bill Admond or you know you could just ignore it for now and be a big boy and enjoy the show! In other words be nice or i will throw a potato at your sub ;)

[@billadmond9450]

purplexenno Wait me on the battlefield then I teach you how to deal with subs LOL.

[@purplexenno]

Bill Admond just look for "potato salad" it's my new nick ;)

[@178thbattlegroup]

the hell with the Fletcher. lets hear about the Allen M Sumner. video "finest destoryer of ww2" LOL the Fletcher?? bull shit X D.. Sumner shit on em.

[@ichasegaming]

***** Allen M Sumner video up :)

[@178thbattlegroup]

iChaseGaming Fucking SWEEET!!! im off to watch it now.

[@paulwilson7793]

I wouldn't necessarily say that they are even to me

[@178thbattlegroup]

Bnadit Fleet i was not a DE, its a full blown DD, a hell of a DD too. takes craps all over the Fletcher in every aspect. firepower, armor, electronic equipment, anti sub, AA, only one it doest best the Fletcher in is speed. even then its only 2 mph slower.

[@bnadit1949]

Oh my bad I was thinking of the Sammy b 86 what I said earlier