World War II's Unluckiest Ship | Sam O'Nella | History Teacher Reacts

[@rickard7031]

"This is the worst crew I've ever heard of" "But you have heard of me"

[@CatmunistMeownifesto]

Russian 2nd Pacific Fleet be like

[@mbgaming1017]

Rickard but have you heard the legendary tale of the Kamchatka?

[@Isolder74]

@@mbgaming1017 It's not a tale you will hear from a Russian...

[@mbgaming1017]

Isolder74 incopotence grants many abilities... some considered... unnatural

[@AnakinSkywakka]

@@mbgaming1017 Is it possible to become this incompetent?

[@Are_you_eyeballing_me]

“Some of this was silly but that is dangerous” Unlike shooting a torpedo at a ship carrying the president. That’s was just a classic ol’ prank.

[@elliottlupin]

JuSt A PrAnK bRo

[@starramazing9646]

Boys will be boys

[@Brandon0406]

Well, it was the USS Iowa. It should survive a hit pretty easily.

[@LordBaldur]

@@Brandon0406 Depends on where it hit. If it knocked out a bulkhead, that's two compartments compromised.

[@hiley_saggyfatface_2052]

What in dear good God's name is your profile picture

[@potatogamer3830]

Imagine failing to crash your plane into something but the Target instead helps finish your job anyways

[@panzerschliffehohenzollern4863]

Much helpful to the Japanese war effort. Banzai!

[@Tuvok_Shakur]

@TyetheRebel imagine talking shit to someone for driving up engagement for a creator they like by referencing a part of the video they enjoyed

[@MajorMasonGaming]

@TyetheRebel who hurted you

[@ehlowgovna]

Task failed successfully

[@dwaterson21]

"They failed so hard, that they failed to fail." - Jon Bois

[@lmhmomma]

" This is the worst crew I've ever heard of" My Sea of Theives crew: Allow us to introduce ourselves

[@TrainMann]

This made me laugh way too hard.

[@connorlynn4182]

S(pain)

[@chiiip8864]

“But you have heard of us”

[@feynmanwasagenius3482]

Sounds to me like they were the luckiest ship in the war, they repeatedly f'ed up and their reward was to be kept out of the fighting until the very last min at which time they all survived their own incompetence in the battle.

[@lolanya00]

They're literally an unlucky lucky ship lol

[@henryfleischer404]

The SHIP was unlucky, the crew was lucky.

[@bkjeong4302]

Actually they didn’t repeatedly fuck up-most of these incidents never happened and were fabricated in 1994.

[@Raiju2]

@@bkjeong4302 When you have to choose between truth and legend, always write down the legend. -I dunno, somebody important

[@trent800]

not as unlucky as the german ship that disguised as a british ship then ran into that same british ship

[@LocalBaron]

Kamikaze means "Divine Winds" named after the Tornados that saved Japan during the Mongol invasion

[@DR_REDACTED]

Yep

[@ferky123]

Cyclones.

[@spacedead9965]

@@ferky123 Typhoon

[@ferky123]

@@spacedead9965 Hurricane

[@ravex24]

@@ferky123 Hard, spinny, winds that are wet.

[@RRW359]

"This is the worst crew I've ever heard of" Four words: Russian Second Pacific Squadron

[@GodzThirdLeg]

One Word: Kamchatka

[@davidfuller581]

Torpedo boats!

[@FrogmanAnime]

@@davidfuller581 there disguised as those fishing boats...fire

[@joshuahughes5647]

@@davidfuller581 do you see torpedo boats.

[@davidfuller581]

@@joshuahughes5647 no, but Kamchatka does.

[@XenoDragon52]

Mr.Terry: "This is the worst crew I ever heard of." The crew of the Kamchatka: "Hold my vodka."

[@prtfdc2]

what happened with the Kamchatka?

[@inzani0]

@@prtfdc2 too much to write in one comment

[@Wallyworld30]

Japanese torpedoes boats everywhere!

[@Wallyworld30]

@@prtfdc2 Incredible story. Go to Drachinifel channel and search Voyager of the damned. You won't be disappointed.

[@prtfdc2]

@@Wallyworld30 I want to Drachinifel's channel and searched of Voyager of the damned and I get "This channel has no content that matched "Voyager of the damned."

[@YukoValis]

ok a few things to clear up. "humid sacks of rice, hogs and bats sniffing each other, massive stereos" is a play on the old ghostbusters line. "human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria" The torpedo drills were not their own idea. All the other ships were told to fire blanks at the Iowa for testing. Roosevelt was a big fan of watching naval combat and drills, and wanted them to show off. You know... without the actual live fire. They did get the signaling wrong and just confused the Iowa even more. The whole crew was not arrested for this action, only the person who fired the live torpedo. But they were reassigned elsewhere right after.

[@aarronmorton1731]

Yeah I think the misunderstanding comes from the fact that the torpedo primers weren't for the torpedo but for the launcher itself to provide the initial launch out of the tube.

[@romulas-cushmanproject3273]

So what did they accidentally signal?

[@vibe8097]

@@romulas-cushmanproject3273 So whoever was doing the signaling was obviously braindead, because what they meant to signal was "Live torpedo in the water, evasive action" but what they actually signalled was "we are going to reverse at full speed" I would suggest watching potential historys video on this ship, because it actually gives quite a bit more info

[@bkjeong4302]

Also, the anchor incident, the depth charge misfire and shelling their own base never happened.

[@YukoValis]

@@bkjeong4302 wait what? those things did happen. The anchor tore off a side railing to a sister ship. They did lose a depth charge and caused a panic. The shelling though wasn't really documented.

[@amcuploads]

Fun fact: my great grandfather was on the USS Iowa. I was going to talk to him about it after this video, but he died 7 years ago. Loved him. I’m sad now.

[@luggilu7864]

So you just forgot that your grandfather died 7 years earlier? How did you plan on asking him after this video?

[@benjaminizquierdo4700]

@@luggilu7864 ass

[@kevp6488]

​@@luggilu7864 I'm a second generation professional baker. A couple months after my dad passed I made a Kings cake at work, took a picture and instinctively went through the motions of sending the pic to my dad. I realized the reality of what I was doing halfway through and immediately got sad. So yeah... you're an ass. My condolences to the OP, I feel that pain too.

[@RJIVHALO]

Just read the Wikipedia article about this ship. Turns out when Roosevelt was told that there was a torpedo headed towards the ship he was on he told his Secret Service guy to wheel him to the side of the ship so he could see. I’m surprised Sam didn’t put that in the video lol.

[@willjadams]

Mr. Terry at 9:25 "This is the worst crew I've ever heard of" Drachinifel's Kamchatka - Guide 151: hold my vodka

[@Nemesismaker]

Drachinifel's 2nd pacific squadron videos: "Amateurs!"

[@Isolder74]

The Second Pacific Squadron the fleet all Willies D's Willie D....and because it was Russian things got worse.

[@pixelwizard9652]

Costa Concordia is sitting in the corner.

[@oddiebacca]

In Defense of the Sailors, most of them, up to that point, had never seen, let alone navigate, a body of water bigger than their nearest pond. Ship production was off the chain and we HAD to crew these new ships with someone. The President knew this, that is why he insisted that no punishment be administered as most of the crew had not even gotten over the sea sickness problems yet.

[@dulguunmurunbarsbold210]

In America, production outpaces manpower. In Soviet Russia, manpower outpaces production

[@ATemplarIGuess]

@@dulguunmurunbarsbold210 maybe that's why they collapsed

[@andreww2098]

@@dulguunmurunbarsbold210 easy answer, use manpower until production catches up! which they did, which is why the Soviet Union has the worst casualty figures by far

[@ycwk2957]

i like how he actually reacts and adds to the video with his own knowledge rather than blankly staring at the screen

[@cpMetis]

9:27 "This is the worst crew I've ever heard of." Kamchatka (Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron, Russo-Japanese War): "IS THAT A CHALLENGE?"

[@alexisspicer3797]

What did they do?

[@turbowolf302]

....do YOU see torpedo boats?

[@davidfuller581]

@@alexisspicer3797 saw Japanese torpedo boats off the coast of Britain, for one... They were British fishing trawlers. Look up the Dogger Bank incident, if you're curious.

[@bkjeong4302]

@@alexisspicer3797 nearly get Germany, Sweden and France to side with Japan (and Britain, thanks to the Dogger Bank Incident) in the Russo-Japanese War, except they were so incompetent that they didn't actually do enough damage to escalate things that far. This isn't the worst mishap this ship (or others in this fleet) were involved in for that matter.....

[@pepsidoggo1598]

British Free Corps?

[@Klockorino]

Alternate title: “Navy: The Sitcom”

[@RyuichiNoGekido]

To be fair, it really was “WW2’s unluckiest Ship”. The ship had no control over the numerous misfortunes that befell it. Sounds like shit luck on the ship’s part to me. Poor boat. :(

[@jpumbaa1]

Mr. Terry: "This is the worst crew I've ever heard of." Drachinifel Fans: "But wait, there's more!"

[@HingerlAlois]

I would nominate the Brazilian cruiser Bahia (a scout cruiser built in the UK for Brazil), it managed to sink itself in 1945. During training with the 20mm anti-air guns they managed to hit the depth charges on the stern of their own ship, the resulting explosion sank the ship within minutes.

[@cookiemuffin3208]

8:24 the president actually ordered a torpedo drill because he was a huge fan of the navy, I watched simple historys vid on this

[@herbertvonbismarck8303]

Uhhhh where's the video btw

[@Halvos12]

6:13 You ever just sit there, listening someone talk on and on about something showing they know a lot about it, know in a few moments it's going to be proven irrelevant?

[@stevenyarnell]

7:44 A nod to Ghostbusters and the Venkman's line: ''Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together,...mass hysteria!"

[@CustodianShieldCaptain]

The Kamchatka called, wants it's worst crew designation back. Though, a lot of the William D Porter's hijinks fall under scrutiny of being unsubstantiated.

[@bkjeong4302]

Vulturpene Thank you.

[@prism8278]

This incompetent crew reminds me of a certain incompetent squad of Spartans...

[@trevorderringer269]

Indeed

[@BloodylocksBathory]

My favorite bit of trivia about FDR was his fear of fires and how it got worse over time to the point that he refused any locked doors.

[@tirasbell4740]

We need to protect Mr. Terry at all cost.

[@gilliam8897]

Indeed, he is too precious

[@joshuahughes5647]

@@gilliam8897 fire emblem scared stones for the win

[@daddistalin2051]

Kamikaze does mean divine wind, from what I can remember they called it that because during what would have been an invasion of Japan by sea, powerful winds etc hit the invading fleet protecting japan. The emperor named the pilots after the wind so they’d be viewed as the divine protectors of Japan

[@bastianhoffmann1223]

This is correct. They are named in honor of the hurricans that hit the mongolians during medieval japan.

[@AnimeOtaku2]

My understanding is Kamikaze is an Americanism, they were actually called something like “Special Attack”.

[@benn454]

@@bastianhoffmann1223 Twice.

[@scalarX]

Yes! Kami 神 translates into god or spirit, so its like a "wind of god " kinda thing. When the Mongol Empire tired to invade Japan, both large attempts were stopped by timely winds which sank their invasion fleets. Japanese has then see their islands as protected by god of wind. Their official name is 特別攻擊隊, which directly translate to "Special Attack Team/Squad"

[@EskChan19]

@@AnimeOtaku2 Not quite. It was an informal term japanese used. The formal term was Divine Wind Special Sttack Squad (though Divine Wind wasn't written Kamikaze), but the japanese press and people used the term Kamikaze as well. It's justr a nickname the squad got.

[@valkyriedown5465]

Also the Willy D's crew looks like the crew of the Enterprise compared to the crew of the Imperial Russian repair ship Kamchatka

[@ryanshaver2406]

Oh yes. " do you see torpedo boats? " , to going off on its own little 'missions ' the kamchatka was way worse

[@dubspool]

*chucks binoculars into the sea*

[@bkjeong4302]

That's an insult to Willie D. (Seriously, most of her mishaps never even happened and were fabricated postwar).

[@valkyriedown5465]

Bk Jeong interesting theory, but the only mishap you could account that too is the incident in Alaska, which some say wasn't a cop out by the landowner to cash in on his land insurance. But that's a conspiracy theory imo. The fact of the matter is is that most of these incidents (besides the Alaska one) are well documented, and anyone with access to Navy archives can trace them using dates, incident report numbers, and a lot of free time

[@valkyriedown5465]

Bk Jeong interesting theory, but the only mishap you could account that too is the incident in Alaska, which some say was a cop out by the landowner to cash in on his land insurance. But that's a conspiracy theory imo. The fact of the matter is is that most of these incidents (besides the Alaska one) are well documented, and anyone with access to Navy archives can trace them using dates, incident report numbers, and a lot of free time

[@shanewallace2564]

I think they were trying to tell the Iowa to go backwards full-speed and they thought they were saying they were going to do it.

[@randomuser5443]

The lights gave the message, “torpedo on the other side of you”

[@derpyderp1991]

The amount of incompetence is impressive

[@Rwscienceguy]

Do Sam'O'Nellas, "The Tale of Micheel Malloy" Its hilarious

[@MoGumbo_]

8:30 I think they were trying to tell the other ship to reverse at full speed

[@chrisdugas1226]

When the incorrect Morse code signal came from the William D. Porter, they were trying to judge how close the torpedo was to the Iowa. They misjudged the distance and speed of the torpedo and thought it would hit the Iowa on the front, when in reality it was closer to the rear. Luckily, the Iowa didn't follow through with the signal because if they had, they would have reversed into (or at least came a lot closer to) the torpedo explosion.

[@universefight2193]

6:35 he was on his third term, he was elected for the fourth term in 1944

[@andysatrioajie7886]

9:22 Kamchatka say hi

[@double-d5490]

"This is the worst crew I've ever heard of!" Four words: My Battlefield 4 Squad

[@erosyagoreifurbengtsson2481]

I actually destroyed all fire alarm in my school, and torched the boy's room as a sign of protest

[@Hoshimaru57]

Kamikaze is Divine Wind. It was coined after a series of fortuitous typhoons that prevented a Mongol invasion of Japan. It was also the name of at least 2 ships in the Japanese Navy, and the term Kamikaze is rarely used for the actual pilots or attacks, with there being a much more militaristic name for them. Kamikaze is just the layman’s term.

[@yep4925]

神風(Kamikaze) 神(Kami) - God 風(Kaze) - Wind When both Kanji are put together it means "Divine Wind" or "Spirit Wind." Officially "特別攻撃隊 (Tokubetsu Kōgeki-tai)" meaning "Special Attack Unit." The attacks themselves were known as "体当り(tai-atari)" meaning "body attack." Similar to the word "体あたり(karada atari)" meaning "ramming." Just a little bit of a Japanese lesson.

[@trentreffner5699]

Kami: God Kaze: Wind Kamikaze: God's Wind...

[@rekt_xington9027]

It's translated as Divine Wind but if you split the words then ig thats what it will translated to

[@jpumbaa1]

Nobody owns the water. God ow...its God's water.

[@1unawesome790]

kaze is better translated as like a monsoon or tropical storm is what I learned. “Divine Storm”

[@Bacony_Cakes]

god fart

[@rekt_xington9027]

@@Bacony_Cakes lmao

[@sheldorf1724]

2:03 I was definitely that kid in middle school

[@Groggle7141]

7:05 Back then, people didn’t view disabled people very highly

[@JustWatchingVideo56]

Definitely one of the unluckiest ship to have ever fielded a crew so incompetent.

[@misanthropichumanist4782]

The ship was unlucky: She drew the worst crew in the war!

[@FrogmanAnime]

Mr Terry REALLY should check out The 2 videos on the Russian 2nd Pacific Fleet in the Russo Japanese War by Drachinfel channel...its a hoot

[@ryanshaver2406]

In addition to his video on the battle of Samar , for a fletcher class. Being a total bad ass

[@Packless1]

@@ryanshaver2406 ...as an japanese officer later reported: "...a destroyer, fighting like a battleship...!"

[@Protoman85]

My favorite Sam O'Nella video is the one about the guy who succeeded in everything he did despite being stupid. And no, it wasn't Forrest Gump

[@oliviaverchota751]

That would be Timothy Dexter: The dumbest rags to riches story

[@Macias78ful]

Dead pilot gets a notification where ever he went, "Just a flesh wound!"

[@ivanwrsong4792]

Your missing an arm!

[@BritBattler]

Tis but a scratch!

[@mr.turtle3585]

9:10 I T I S N O W

[@couchpotato9355]

SHOOTING TORPEDOS AT THE PRESIDENTS SHIP PRANK (GONE WRONG)

[@DeathMetalFatCat]

In regards to the light signals: in naval communications typically you have radios to talk to people. In the event that you have complete radio silence or all radio comms are down you can use lights to send morse code. Its actually still used today and Quartermasters (a naval rate or job usually just called QM) are required to know how to use lights for morse code in those specific situations

[@anotherfriendlyshikikan6960]

There was a IJN destroyer named “Kamikaze” and she survived the war

[@ZeoViolet]

Oh no....I think he's passed away now, but I used to know an old fellow that was on the USS Iowa during WWII....no wonder he often grumbled about incompetent crew members on other ships....

[@buttboner]

He looks like the cool teacher half way to becoming the old teacher

[@jackthunderbolt4307]

5:05 the president (who was on the iowa) actually ordered the torpedo drill

[@yaktyafiyae]

I like how this guy actually talks about the video instead of other reaction youtubers that just watch it while eating or something

[@panzerwolf494]

Flashes date June 10, 1945 "This is towards the end of the Pacific campaign" Nooooooo, the hell you say. No one would figure that out

[@richardstarkey2247]

This crew makes Down Periscope look professional.

[@joshuahughes5647]

To be fair the William D. Porter's crew was not hand pick by someone who wanted to screw over her captain.

[@bkjeong4302]

@@joshuahughes5647 To be EVEN more fair, most of these mishaps were fabricated in 1994 and never happened (though the torpedo fuckup is one of the few real ones)

[@pederson2884]

Only one dude was arrested and not the whole crew

[@steffennilsen2132]

As incredibly stupid this ship and its antics were, it doesn't hold a candle to the Russian Baltic fleets trip to Japan during the Russo Japanese war

[@Banshee_Null]

Well to a history teacher I guess 3 months ago this is "new"

[@kiesarisunny13]

This crew sounds like if me and my friends found a ship

[@seankrkovich2869]

The ship was very unlucky to get such an overwhelming incompetent crew.

[@eternalmiasma5586]

The ship was definitely unlucky to be stuck with this crew

[@armagonarmagon3980]

I believe the signal sent from the William D. Porter to the Iowa could have been interpreted on the Iowa as “Going to All Back Emergency” or “Going to Emergency Astern.” Engine order telegraph names are quite fun to use, and I’m still getting the hang of their meanings.

[@Momo_Kawashima]

The more I look at mr. Terry the more I see him in a ww1 U.S. sargeant, doing something amazing in french trenches that will be remembered, like Fray Bentos' siege or Pegamagabow's sniping time, or even Alvin York's epicness

[@DevilDude912]

Note: MacArthur didn't actually have any say as to what was in 'the fleet' as he was an army general.

[@justnoob8141]

Who is in charge of the navy again? I kinda forget

[@benn454]

@@justnoob8141 Admiral Nimitz

[@oburci9596]

"Some of it was silly but its getting dangerous now!" Yes! Sending a torpedo at the president is very silly!

[@brandonobaza8610]

That ship sounds like it was Hell on wheels. Service must’ve been a blast 💥

[@emmettbattle5728]

been binge watching mr terry reactions, i love that he refers to sam o nella as sam and sometimes says hi back to him. its so cute! i hope they can collab one day

[@ebenholzttatze7672]

1:06 SIR YES SIR

[@karrier6646]

this guy is so wholesome both are but mostly mr Terry

[@kingofrivia1248]

One of the funniest videos ive watched in along time

[@odonnellcaleb]

I don't know who did it first...(Honestly probably the Dollop) but if you really want a laugh I would recommend listening to the Dollops podcast about this. It's my absolute favorite episode and it's hilarious. I think you can even check it out on youtube. But it's The Dollop: Episode 23.

[@natalienussbaum2773]

Mr. Terry: "This is the worst crew of a ship I've ever heard of." 2nd Pacific Squadron ship Kamchatka circa 1904: "Hold my vodka."

[@DigitalinDaniel]

No no the title makes sense, it was the most unlucky ship... because that poor ship got paired with that crew.

[@Karak971]

Correction: FDR didn't have Polio. He had a different disease that shared many of the same symptoms as Polio, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and was only retroactively diagnosed with the disorder as recently as 2003.

[@expressionamidstcacophony390]

Having now seen one of the videos on the 2nd Pacific Squadron... yeah, I'm joining the chorus. That's the kind of thing non-superstitious people refer to as "cursed."

[@FGS-yk3vc]

If you think this is bad, please take a look at the Russian 1905 war fleet video by potential history

[@TheLibermania]

10:40 The usual as Kamikaze (=devine wind) known suicide attacks were actually called Tokkoutai. Kamikaze describes the two storms that stopped the mongols to invade the japanese island in the 13th century. Those gave them the feeling that the japanese are invincible. Those were devine winds for them.

[@brotherknight9484]

Getting sunk by a downed plane is like getting hit by a parked car.

[@XxJay71xX]

Fun fact, during the war, when Willie D joined a fleet, it pretty much became a tradition for the radio operators of the other ships of the fleet to say : "Don't shoot ! We're Republicans !"

[@triumvir_hunt]

Thats not an unlucky ship thats one hell of an incompetent crew

[@TheCsel]

You should look up about the Russian ship Kamchatka. Naval Historian / youtuber Drachinifel has a video titled "The Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron - Voyage of the Damned" in the Russo Japanese war. The Russian fleet got into all kinds of shenanigans on their way to japan.

[@neophobicnyctophile8264]

The Dip Ship. lol I miss Sam, I hope he's ok...

[@snowyroo6907]

heres some good news: he tweeted something so maybe hes coming back

[@UV_Lightning]

He’s back

[@kayzeaza]

He was actually in his third term when he was going to Africa, his forth term started in 1944

[@lolrofl9920]

Normal people say „reaction often steal views from the original video“, but I’ve seen pretty much all of his vids

[@valkyriedown5465]

The Fletcher swarm was so numerous that one of them was bound to be the brunt of luck.

[@Isolder74]

Then there was the USS Johnston......Leroy Jenkins!!!!

[@valkyriedown5465]

Isolder74 "Sir, that's battleship is nearly 6 times our size!!" "did I say you could slow down? Full speed ahead!"

[@Daniel_1060]

Yeah as someone already said, Worst crew? Try nearly every other ship (especially the Kamchatka) in the Russian Second Pacific Sqrdrn.... *shudders*

[@feelthefish6003]

“Anyways he suffered from polio”

[@coenisgreat]

A lot of the stories involving the William D. Porter are unrecorded in official naval logs and as a result are of dubious legitimacy. The only incidents the ship endured that are absolutely confirmed are the entire torpedo incident involving the Iowa, and the Torpedoman in charge of the live torpedo being let off by the president himself. The depth charge, the firing of the gun into an officer's yard and the tearing a portion out of her sister in dock have no official source and cannot be verified. Also the way she sank and the fact that none of her crew died. But still.

[@bkjeong4302]

Coen van Haaster THANK YOU.

[@PuppetBoy.]

Mr. Terry: *pauses video to explain historical context to the ship being destroyed by the unintentionally live torpedo* Me: *_waiting in extreme anticipation for him to press play for the reveal of the President being on the ship_*

[@nachoman2713]

Lmao the roast roast on fletcher tho

[@thomdrolet2624]

They may have been running out of materials but they had plenty of meth.

[@ChatarraCrow]

As a submariner, I was told that the Scorpion was the most unlucky WW2 ship. Which one? Yes.

[@NoNeedForLungs]

That video game collection is INSANE

[@sr.royaldoge5275]

I believe Potential History makes a better job at detailing this ship's journey than Sam this time. He may be more technical, but sometimes it can be more useful listening to facts than just the comedic part. By the way, Potential History made a video on the Russian naval squadron during the Russo-Japanese war, real good stuff! Would recommend giving a look!

[@StealthFirePro]

@10:15 i honestly can't tell if he did it as a joke but the fact that he said they didn't hit because it wasn't American yet the plane he drew for the kamikaze is a silhouette of P-51 (an american fighter) and not an actual Japanese Zero.

[@chaosinsurgency6636]

He's evolving into a comedian

[@AgentPedestrian]

I'll be honest with you I'm watching this after having binged all of sam'o'Nellas videos just to get a second kick out of it and watching you pause right before the torpedo punchline is comedy gold

[@kurumachikuroe442]

You bring the Willy D. I raise the Kanchatka