Naval Legends: USS Essex | World of Warships

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📝What do you think about today's episode? Leave us a comment right after subscribing to the channel 🔔 wo.ws/KZbin-subscription The Essex class aircraft carriers are the victorious ships of the US Navy. They were nicknamed the Masters of the Pacific: not a single ship of this class was lost in battle, despite several of them sustaining heavy damage. With the introduction of aircraft carriers, naval warfare underwent a dynamic shift. Though navies may have been launching manned aerial vehicles from ships long before the appearance of what might considered a modern aircraft carrier, it wasn't until WWII that warplanes became synonymous with naval combat. Naval Legends is a series about the construction, service, and daring deeds of legendary 20th-century ships. Recommended playlists: 👁‍🗨 Dry Dock - wo.ws/34bpBh1 World of Warships is the largest virtual shipyard in the world. The quality of the work performed by our artists improves each year, and the requirements for the accuracy of the models they create intensify respectively. 👁‍🗨 Naval Legends - wo.ws/2Kharxt Naval Legends is a series about the construction, service, and daring deeds of legendary 20th-century ships. Very few vessels survived World War I and II -- most were decommissioned and scrapped. The Naval Legends production crew travels all across the globe to visit almost every active museum ship and chronicle her story. 👁‍🗨 Naval Fortress - wo.ws/3wbRm8u Naval Fortress is a video series dedicated to the famous strategic forts and coastal defence fortresses. 👁‍🗨 In The Ports of World of Warships - wo.ws/3q8uy5w In this series, we'll be talking about the intricate details and exclusive features of our in-game Ports. 👁‍🗨 Armada - wo.ws/3vjlf3b Deep guides for in-game Warships: history, gameplay tips, unique features, advantages and disadvantages and many-many more! 👁‍🗨 Head Over Keels Is Back - wo.ws/3Jlgk92 👁‍🗨 Warships Size Comparison - wo.ws/35Wrsef This is a playlist where we compare ships by class, nation, tier, firepower, etc. 👁‍🗨 Armchair Admirals - wo.ws/3i9sgPp 👁‍🗨 Naval Traditions - wo.ws/36Cllbz 👁‍🗨 1:42 Scale Ships - wo.ws/3teWqqx 1:42 Scale is a video series about the history of ship building in the Russian Empire, which is based on the masterpieces of the ship scale modeling. 👁‍🗨 World of Warships Movies and Trailers - wo.ws/3ewuN4y ⚓⚓⚓ Keep an eye out on the official World of Warships website: wo.ws/website Quick start in WoWs for our subscribers: wo.ws/yt-gift If you're a console player, check out WoWs: Legends wo.ws/WoWSLegends Twitter: wo.ws/twitter Facebook: wo.ws/fb Instagram: wo.ws/inst #worldofwarships #warships #wows

[@faintend1995]

Confirmed that war gaming is better than History Channel in terms of documentary.

[@ikesteroma]

That's not really all that hard to do.

[@ナフィズロイ]

@Bryant Pace Ok

[@abstract0014]

@Bryant Pace 1. Your assuming that he or she is an idiot. 2. Don't you think that is a bit rough?

[@du_nut_tuch_me4230]

is it just me or they just deleted their own reply...

[@Captain_Dough]

@@du_nut_tuch_me4230 ye I can’t even see his own reply

[@ahblyat4296]

"Enterprise senpai, do you see my fate now" Essex, every time she get MVP Edit: Congarts to our new memelord: InTrEpId

[@teitokueugeo1352]

Es-sex!!!!

[@teitokueugeo1352]

Hahaha!!! I love Essex

[@theglarvskinator4744]

Azur lane weebs are surprisingly into actual hostory

[@Magnus_Caramelo_55]

Lemon

[@dumbassdiana9367]

bitch got turned into a starship it don’t need the Essex

[@jameseliseoroble7386]

US wrecking the whole Japanese Navy by spamming more Aircraft Carriers US : *THAT'S A LOT OF DAMAGE! , HOW ABOUT A LITTLE MORE*

[@italiancountryball865]

Japan:attacks Pearl Harbor U.S.A:I am going to destroy this mans whole carrier

[@space__idklmao]

Mighty Pickle Replace Japan with Emperor Hirohito and it’s historically accurate

[@_spooT]

American officers: So, how'd you guys retake stalingrad? Russian Officers: Easy, we spam troops, comrade American officers: Spam, you say?

[@_spooT]

Jokes aside tho, they didn't wreck the japanese fleet because of carrier spam. 60% of the entire Japanese fighting force in the pacific got their asses whooped by literally 3 aircraft carriers and their battlegroup, and that was the enterprise, yorktown, and the hornet. These 3 gave the americans the bang for their buck. The Essex class came in late. sadly tho, 2 of the yorktown-classes were sunk, leaving only the Enterprise, the most decorated ship of WW2.. It's a shame some retarded businessman sold her for scrap. If i can go back in time, i'd beat the living crap out of that idiot

[@SVSky]

@@_spooT Actually the submarine fleet did all the damage. Choked the Japanese off of everything they needed to fight.

[@ColorfulSyke]

These vids are better than the CG stuff the Documentary channel does

[@Wolvenworks]

+Fate/Dynasty never heard of a "Documentary Channel"

[@GhostHostMemories]

+Fate/Dynasty true. but remember, this is all these guys do. render video. History, MIlitary, Discovery channels may have some CG designers and such, but running a TV station is more than just rendering some video. Ever see any of the videos that Blizzard Entertainment does?

[@ColorfulSyke]

shades921 Indeed I've seen Blizzard cinematics and always see the same "blizzard need to make a movie" comments

[@Berelore]

+Fate/Dynasty But Blizzard is making a movie... and it looks pretty good.

[@ColorfulSyke]

+Berelore oh I know, I was just making an observation. I'm stoked for the Blizzard movie

[@skyhawkpilot172]

Years ago, I think it was History Channel that ran a show called Battle 360 about the USS Enterprise. These little minidocs are shorter, but they offer more information, and more action than that show I was glued to many years ago. These are well done, Wargaming.

[@timber_wulf5775]

except wargaming makes up stuff and it is true

[@douglascarlson128]

Yes you are correct.

[@tylerjerabek5204]

Battle Wagon Battle 360; Patton 360 and The Lost Evidence were all well made for the time (80s and 90s)! Also the Battlefield series

[@skyhawkpilot172]

It would be great if Battle 360 could be updated with more modern CG and more attention to detail (instead of cookie cutter ships and planes). They could also add more information to each episode. Watching them again, it's as though 50% of each episode was review on what you've seen so far before this last commercial break. LOL

[@aslamnurfikri7640]

@@skyhawkpilot172 they also used footage from Dogfights

[@baconpwn]

"Right. We lost the Kido Butai but Taihou is nearly done and Zuikaku and Shoukaku are the best carriers in the world. How many carriers could they be making?" - IJN after Guadalcanal. "THE CARRIER HAS ARRIVED. THE CARRIER HAS ARRIVED. THE CARRIER HAS ARRIVED. THE CARRIER HAS ARRIVED. THE CARRIER HAS ARRIVED. THE CARRIER HAS ARRIVED. THE CARRIER HAS ARRIVED. THE CARRIER HAS ARRIVED. THE CARRIER HAS ARRIVED. THE CARRIER HAS ARRIVED. THE CARRIER HAS ARRIVED." - USN

[@esaualfaro3447]

"Japan made 18 CVs" wow thats a lot... "and the americans made 150 CVs" WTF?!

[@8vantor8]

IM NOT PLAYING THESE GAMES -USA

[@dubspool]

The Essex are the most numerous capital ships on record with 20+ built

[@markanthonydecastro8191]

Not being a killjoy but im just saying that the usa didnt manufacture 150, its just saying that with americas's resources, they can make 150. Sorry! Pls forgive me ._.

[@markanthony0405]

the us made 36 carriers of various types during the war, but with their economic capacity they could produce 150. but holy shit 36 against 18 is still a lot

[@foivosapostolos1211]

both squadron and lesser escort carriers. The US Pacific fleet ended ww2 with 200 cruisers for example. What Yamamoto was afraid of: mass industrial output

[@kurfrst]

Essex in real life: terror of the pacific ocean Essex in Azur lane: meme material

[@ridzwanok4356]

Lemon

[@k-874]

Lemon Queen

[@Chibi_Nagisa]

Lemon

[@nursejoshua9081]

lemon

[@aymslt8743]

Lemon

[@HurricaneStudios]

Essex: * Hold my lemons. *

[@Chibi_Nagisa]

I didn't know you're also here

[@nursejoshua9081]

our lemon girl

[@GhostTrueCapitalist]

America: "How many Essex-Class carriers should we make?" Also America: "Yes."

[@kyleabrezzi]

IJN: hey can we get more carriers? Emperor struggles for years. US: time to destroy everything afloat

[@sonicexe2163]

in this universe Essex:Being one of the most advanced cv and broken Meanwhile on the alternate universe Essex:Notice me Senpai,stop yus yus with Belfast already

[@ahblyat4296]

That Essex cost me a ton of cube and then 2 Taihou

[@SkySovereignn]

seeing Essex in confused screaming lmao

[@ventus3610]

Well she is still better than Enterprise XD its just that Enterprise has better reputation

[@F-4E-58-MC]

Essex is a good shipfu

[@MarkJacksonGaming]

-- This is how a documentary should be done. My only problem with it, is that it ended. Big thumbs up.

[@nanahirafanboy]

where are the lemons

[@uzairsiddiqui7317]

On route to enty

[@idkwhattosayrlly2158]

Fellow commander.

[@cipher0328]

Not shown. We can’t reveal how they are so fresh.

[@kyleabrezzi]

Shangri la wants to know your location

[@senormichalecenera4654]

Hahaha i knew an azur lane player would comment here, hello fellow commander 😂😂

[@aymslt8743]

You forgot the most effective weapon of the USS Essex, Lemons

[@nursestoyland]

@AymsLT wait, what do you mean “Lemons”

[@nathanaeltiempo2615]

Azur lane reference, Essex uses lemons to troll Enterprise in the memes

[@ninetailedfox-11]

*USS Enterprise dislike this comment*

[@nursestoyland]

Oh

[@davidpotvin8441]

uss enterprise(big E) should be next

[@Destroyer12445]

+David Potvin im with you on that

[@berserk-in9cl]

+David Potvin It'd be hard as she was unfortunately scrapped so they'd have to do something similar to the Yamato video and even then there's no museum dedicated to her unlike the Yamato, although I'm totally agreeing with a video on the Enterprise, it'd be a bit of a stretch for them to make

[@Nikkk6969]

It’s on the game

[@stridentiv924]

And the Grey Ghost

[@elsamatamoros9820]

Also uss intrepid(the fighting I) :>

[@Soldan2905]

The mix of ingame cinematics, museum footage, and old footage is absolutely brilliant. Naval Legends documentaries are simply epic.

[@huebeyduebey3493]

please do the USS Johnston next! the DD that almost single handed fought off the Yamato's task force

[@huebeyduebey3493]

better yet do a whole episode on the Battle off Samar!

[@TheGrateWall]

YES!

[@_spooT]

she didn't almost "singlehandedly" She only led the charge. She was with other destroyers as well performing smoke screens while advancing to protect the light carriers that were defending the troops in the Philippines

[@kakao2273]

They only do ships that are museums either of the real ship or a model of it

[@crazydiamondrequiem4236]

@@kakao2273 Remember *Sovetsky Soyuz*

[@GhostTrueCapitalist]

Japanese Navy: "The Americans are out of carriers and we finally sank that pesky Enterprise! They have no functioning carriers now!" Enterprise: "I'm 'bout to end the IJN's career." Essex-Class Carriers: "We want to end their careers too."

[@jeraldconstantineojeda6916]

Enterprise was enough. Together with her crew she was beast.

[@cipher0324]

Literally had a sign "Enterprise VS Japan" onboard, now that's badass.

[@ahblyat4296]

Enty: *you cant kill GOD*

[@miguelprima5937]

big e: i lived b*tch

[@wramsey2656]

My father was on the USS Hornet CV-12 in 1944-45 with VF-11 Sundowners as a fighter pilot (Commander John W Ramsey US Navy 1941-1964). I have toured the ship at Alameda she and her volunteers/staff are A-1! Great video WOWs!

[@Beowulf_DW]

"Big Tailed Beast" is partially right, but it was more often call "Son of a Bitch, 2nd class" for the SB2C designation. Also, the pilots learned to like it; it was the maintenance crew that continued to hate it.

[@noneofyourbusiness9489]

Though it still says a lot about he opinion of flight crews that the SBD was slow but deadly, a complimentary name, while the SB2C had an insult.

[@Beowulf_DW]

One of the Corsair's names was "Bent-wing Bastard." The Marines still loved it, though. American pilots appear to have a long tradition of giving insulting names to planes that they eventually come to like.

[@noneofyourbusiness9489]

Beowulf DW True, but the SBD was loved from the start.

[@MrChickennugget360]

B-52 is known as the BUFF big ugly fat fuck, and the A-7 was known as the SLUF or short little ugly fuck

[@FawfulDied]

SLUF is a hilarious nickname.

[@karlleego2513]

18 year old Americans back in the day: Launching and recovering aircraft on the sea for 12 hours straight 18 year olds now: I feel oppressed and offended...

[@Slavic_Goblin]

You're forgetting that most of those 18 year old Americans back in the day didn't get to choose.

[@karlleego2513]

@@Slavic_Goblin yes but also they didn't complain that much and I'm sure there were many volunteers

[@Slavic_Goblin]

@@karlleego2513 I'm sure there were, national pride and propaganda will produce plenty of volunteers. Then again, you still had draft... That the snowflakes are whining so much in present day is the fault, primarily, of the education/parenting. They were taught that they'll get results if they whine and complain. So in that respect, society failed them first.

[@karlleego2513]

@@Slavic_Goblin it would have been weird if there wasn't conscription during the largest conflict in human history in one of the major countries. But the saying that hard times create strong man, strong man create easy times and easy time create weak man who create hard times is true. Definitely the society in general is to blame for the fact that people expect others to do stuff for them and bitch about everything. Just the downside of good and easy times

[@felixgutierrez993]

@@karlleego2513 Haven't heard truer words then that in a long time!

[@larrywiggin3489]

I served with VAH-4, we deployed on Essex class carriers in the early 60’s, USS Oriskany CVA-34, 2 westpac deployments, USS Bon Home Richard CVA-31, 1 Westpac deployment, 1 Carrier qual on the USS Hancock, 2 quals on the Oriskany, she was the best of the 3, clean as could be, well managed ship with great food, hated to see her sunk for a reef, she deserved better!

[@timber_wulf5775]

Wargaming add the Enterprise with hellcats

[@trevorpollo]

Wait, this is a warship game that uses historical ships, but doesn't have the most decorated U.S. ship of WWII in it?! WTF, WG?

[@808PhoneReview]

+Cyberphobe most decorated = special ship $$$

[@trevorpollo]

Razgriz Ohh, now it all makes sense.

[@808PhoneReview]

+Cyberphobe I don't blame them. I would buy even if they released in an overpriced bundle. ALTHOUGH, WOULD BE NICE IF THEY JUST SOLD THE SHIP AS AN OPTION! *Hint Hint* Im half joking but bundles with flags are kind of gimmicky considering there are now ample opportunities in game to earn flags. Hellcat has been modeled though. There's a mod that switches the files so your planes look like hellcats. Aesthetic change to client side only.

[@shaving_device]

It's sad they scraped Enterprise :(

[@delay2045]

There are 3 types of player here People that play WoW People that play Azur Lane People that play both

[@gilbertzimmerman2173]

Dad went to North Africa and became a Tank Commander. His youngest brother went into Sicily. His uncle was in the Pacific. Everyone came home. 🇺🇸

[@minddude1673]

the reason i love WOWS is that its not only just a game, it teaches you history and its an amazing community of gamers teaching and learning from each other and also an amazing platform to learn about the past and re create events that lead to us today.

[@shinjipascal862]

Azur lane Shikikunnts: well thats a lot of Damage

[@kyleabrezzi]

I need to collect bunker hill

[@aidenO904]

The Essex class carriers are my favorite,out of all U.S carriers

[@ThePokemonrocks5]

"Imagine: a small island country controls a territory 17 times bigger than its own," Uh.. Great Britain anyone?

[@ussdesmoines1920]

They said that to reference the UK. But unlike the UK, Japan failed to hold ob their holdings.

[@momonanasaki1494]

Bring back Essex and Taiho pls....

[@classified9798]

Notice me Enterprise senpai~

[@Julian-qc9wj]

Wargaming: *makes documentary about the Essex class* Also Wargaming: hEy GuYs WeRe ReMoViNg ThE eSsEx Cv FrOm WoW

[@cardiv5zuikaku944]

Saad, i want to get her alongside Taihou

[@Vanq17]

I like how this video is less about the Essex and more about the planes.

[@yasintasurya4525]

"The Champion Of The Pacific Ocean" Do You Remember USS Enterprise???Its The Lucky Carrier That Escaped The War,The Glorious Enterprise

[@michaelcuff5780]

Yea! She only had 20 battle stars! Lol!

[@CerealScientist]

'Murica, back to back World War Champs.

[@noodle6786]

The arsenal of democracy

[@jasondietrich833]

Really we showed up when WWI was almost over. Without our manpower it would have ended by December 1918 or January 1919

[@CerealScientist]

@@jasondietrich833 oh I know, it was pretty much finished when the US showed up. Of course, 4 years ago I just started my history degree so I've learned a lot about different historical topics, including more in-depth on WWI

[@tryomama]

IJN: Ha! One carrier down and a hundred more to go. . . .

[@t-90ms]

This episodes are better than the documentary shows on history channels

[@lucasthehonkaimanectric1690]

Essex: *give lemon to japanese ship lemons*

[@davidb3155]

I miss my Essex carrier in game

[@Doncroft1]

Why can't you play it anymore?

[@davidb3155]

@@Doncroft1 they removed tier 9 carriers from the game very early on.

[@killer19183]

When are we getting one about the goddess of the pacific. ENTERPRISE

[@d.olivergutierrez8690]

Buff my girl back you Russian cheerleaders 😑

[@Bald_Cat2007]

My great-grandfather served on board the USS Shangri-la CV-38 (one of the Essex Class Aircraft Carriers) in ww2 as the radio operator.

[@nursejoshua9081]

She is now a bloody beautiful Character in Azur lane

[@Bald_Cat2007]

My great-grandfather served on an Essex Class carrier Shangri-la CV-38 during the Second World War as a radio operator. He passed away when i was a little kid so i didn't get to ask him about his service.

[@stanfordcoffee]

Japan was able to produce 18 aircraft carriers during the war, America - 150. That in a nutshell, is why Japan never stood a chance in WWII. Once America had changed his industry from a civilian footing to a military one, it was all over.

[@glyytch_]

Funnily enough, I heard that the company/team developing WoWs for Wargaming were previously a film company. Probably why these videos are so good.

[@metal660]

I've been on the aircraft carrier in the video it's a beautiful ship

[@MC-rx7ox]

I really love this series made by a game and it's better than most history documentary

[@johnbennett1922]

I served aboard the uss shangri-la CVA 38

[@nursejoshua9081]

She is now a bloody beautiful Character in Azur lane

[@jadeorbigoso5212]

Fun Fact in Cebu, Philippines there's a hotel called ShangriLa hotel

[@hopeyouaredoingwell4705]

Thank you for your service sir

[@hopeyouaredoingwell4705]

Thank you for your service sir

[@williamkoppos7039]

This is hilarious. Love the descriptions of the Helldiver. The landing gear would always collapse. Clear the decks! (Then they show a Hellcat crashing). They would often lose their ammunition. Where did it go? Did they ever find it? Unbelievable.

[@efraim3364]

The trouble with the F4U Corsair is that pilots had trouble seeing past the engine when landing on a ship so it was relegated to mostly the Marines. Colonel "Pappy" Boyington of the Black Sheep Squadron flew one of these

[@HaloFTW55]

the Royal Navy took some and it worked pretty well for them.

[@nightlightabcd]

The \British soon learned to deal with the landing and the bouncing upon landing on aircraft carriers. Soon afterwords, the US began using them again to!!

[@rickvelocity5578]

@Lalo Lalo That's right, in fact the F4U didn't go on a carrier because it was to diff to land it. I'm not British, but give credit where its due, the Brits took the Corsair & like you said approached the carrier from a right angle then turned into it at the landing.

[@calvinbroughton3874]

@Lalo Lalo the merlin and griffin engines were. Built and designed by Packard our crooked politicians would not let them patent it gave the patent rights to R R read Packard history that engine pre dates ww 2

[@watchthe1369]

the Corsair was a fighter/bomber. It became more of a close support bomber during Korean war. The TBM/ avengers were used in forest fire fighting into the 70's

[@delay2045]

Japan: Noooo u cant just make 150CVs while we can only make 18 America: Haha 150CVs goes brrrr

[@GachaLord]

0:30-0:34 *The aviation of the Essex aircraft carrier, the terror of the ocean* Sabaton: *Observes*

[@StevenWalker]

loving this series.

[@R0ofvalk]

Bring us back odd tier CVs pls

[@wilsthelimit]

I can’t tell you how much I love the Corsair, just the look of the beast and all that fire power, I’d hate to be a Japanese pilot going up against one of these!

[@rickvelocity5578]

Yes the F4U was a bad ass plane. Towards the end of WWII the American fighters were all fantastic aircraft, the P-51, P-47 Thunderbolt, Hellcat, you name it, it was the best, & American built & flown!

[@leozemke9445]

These ships need to be reintroduced into the game. Without them, US Navy would not have won the War in the Pacific.

[@Kagayaki74]

These short documentaries are so great! Keep 'em comin'!

[@HeadsUp02]

My favorite Naval Legends episode.

[@dylantwyman7100]

My great grandfather was on the uss essex cv9 in world war 2

[@_spooT]

Still, to this day, i think the Enterprise was, and still would be the champion of the pacific. Everyone who knew her entire story knows not even if the Essex class combine, none of them would be able to match the reputation of that legendary warship and her sister ships. She was respected and feared both ally and enemy alike and was literally called "The Grey Ghost" due to the fact that no matter how much she was badly damaged, for some reason she came back to action and delivered heavy blows to the enemy and the fact that the japanese saw her as unsinkable. THAT for me, is a true champion of the seas.

[@rodritchison1995]

USS Wolverine and USS Sable. Side wheel, coal fired paddle ships. Former Great Lakes cruise liners. Training ships out of Chicago, from 1942-45. Trained 17,000 naval pilots in carrier landings and takeoffs. That's enough pilots to man 190 Essex class air wings. The ships were sold to scrappers in 1947, to be made into Gillette razor blades and Maytag washers.

[@ipuntmidgetsforlife]

The quality of these Naval Legends episodes is absolutely fantastic!! Keep it up Wargaming!

[@SobaBTW]

Enterprise senpai

[@thegunman2841]

I love how every single one of them just needs the capacity to have HVARs.

[@diegoviniciomejiaquesada4754]

"The Big tail beast"? I though he was know as: "Son-of-a-Bitch 2nd Class"

[@dingers_blingers5601]

Diego Vinicio Majia Quesada I heard that too... it was nicknamed that cos of SB2C

[@michaelt.5672]

Well it's not like nicknames are mutually exclusive.

[@Hunt3rK3nw4y]

It had a lot of nicknames. "Son-of-a-Bitch 2nd Class" and "Big Tailed Beast" and some others. Son-of-a-Bitch 2nd Class and Big Tailed Beast are the most common nicknames for it.

[@EnderSaga]

They probably chose The big tail beast because they can’t say bitch on their video

[@zoltankatona6828]

America OP nerf plz!

[@zoltankatona6828]

Chow Tom It was just a joke, and I am not Japanese.

[@익명-p2n]

+Zoltan Katona Well US kind of used "Show me the money" cheat during 1942-43 xD

[@zoltankatona6828]

익명 Pay to win noobs!

[@koc988]

what would be funny is if they added an amrican teir 15 class of aircraft carriers the nimitz class with f18s and and all i would be premuim and it would cost real money of about 20 dollars it would be against all teir ten ships now that would be a rage quit deal

[@caboosehelpsu2840]

Against the nation with over 400+ divebombers to bear against those 18" guns LOL

[@viewfromtheroad2656]

My pop served aboard the USS PRINCETON CV37 during the Korean war

[@chunkyboi7364]

My grandpa served on the USS Essex

[@Juliet1106Tango]

The USS Hornet (CV-12) is a museum ship in Alameda Naval Base, only a hour away from me

[@awesomeaiden5218]

Noice! I’m near an aircraft carrier museum too!

[@geoffgeon]

The SBD is Slow, But Deadly. That plane was the real IJN's back breaker. If an 'obsolete' plane could take out 30% of your ships in just one year, it's your problem. Forget the Helldiver, the Dauntless is the real deadliest dive bomber in the pacific(And would be more awesome if Yorktown-class aircraft carrier could have the Dauntless with 1000lb bomb in your game)

[@caboosehelpsu2840]

I disagree. the SBD simply had more chances to fight. by the time the helldiver came to play, the ijn air power was waning. And how did it take out 30%? through killing CVs? Again, there were more CVs available to fight, like during midway.

[@geoffgeon]

Fix that electrical problem first would be great, not everyone was OK with landing gear down when you open the bomb bay. And lots of pilot prefer the Dauntless over the Helldiver.

[@MrChickennugget360]

its because the SBD is slower and less survivable. it was certainly not "obsolete" since obsolete means no longer effective/competitive in combat. SB2D however is faster which is important in survivblity. SBDs were liked because they were stable in dive bombing, they were gradually transferred to secondary roles including anti-shipping which makes sense for high level of tonnage sunk. as an aside the Japanese D3A "Vale" sank the largest number of allied ships, so it must be a dive bomber thing.

[@FawfulDied]

SBDs were surprisingly effective in shooting down planes, as well. They served as screens against torpedo bombers until the carriers received enough fighters to take over the job.

[@rickvelocity5578]

That's true, but unfortunately at the sea/air battle at Midway all the SBD's were shot down!

[@Qutut]

I'm so sad that all those great Warships like the Yamato and Musashi have been sunk. I would have loved to see the Yamato as a Museum Ship. Same with all the ships that fell victim to Operation Crossroads.

[@sirbader1]

6:15 is footage of a V-1 being downed by a Spitfire or Typhoon/Tempest.

[@jhulvincentcalabia4784]

The Essex are the real unsinkable ships I think.

[@Blaster1O]

Ahhh CV-10, the USS Yorktown, such a familiar sight. Living in SC, I always enjoy it when I go to Charleston, crossing the bridge, and seeing the Yorktown in her permanent place on the Cooper River at Patriots Point. Always such a lovely sight to see

[@MammothPaige]

Great Video's, Keep them coming.

[@Treetop64]

09:16 - That gull-wing that everyone is so familiar with was a practical design feature that enabled the landing gear legs to be as short as possible while allowing ground clearance for it's huge propeller. Just stick to marketing, dude...

[@MrDgwphotos]

+Treetop64 Not to mention that they were obsolete in the air to air role in Korea, so they were primarily used for Close Air Support.

[@JohnCBobcat]

+MrDgwphotos In fairness, they did quite well in the CAS/Interdiction role.

[@MrDgwphotos]

+Andrew E. That they did. However, he was saying that they served well in the air to air role during both WW2 and Korea, when they were not employed in that role in Korea, with the exception of night fighters, but they were going up against biplanes, rather than MiGs.

[@JohnCBobcat]

+MrDgwphotos Also a fair point. Though I thought there were one or two notable aerial victories against North Korean or Chinese fighters in daytime, but since I can't remember properly, I tend to doubt it. On the other hand, the vast majority of the information given is still miles ahead of the so-called "History Channel" these days.

[@Battleship009]

+MrDgwphotos Actually the times they DID go against MiGs it often ended badly for the MiG (never get in a turn fight with a piston aircraft in a early jet you'll lose).

[@akaino3176]

"You don't stand a chance of winning in front of Essex class!"

[@CounterfeitDuck]

This is why the were removed

[@ankundamwebembezi6358]

What about USS Midway

[@nursestoyland]

It’s a midway class, not an Essex class

[@JasontheFolf]

"Endured trageties" Uss Massachusetts: *Press X to doubt*

[@Destroyer12445]

make a Naval Legends Video about the USS Enterprise(CV-6) plz i need this in my life!!!

[@hupreix2553]

It had the most battle stars of any ship even now

[@stangace20]

interesting how a lot of the hanger footage is from the USS Midway in San Diego....which is not an Essex class carrier. lol I sort of expected them to focus on the USS Yorktown (#2) in Charleston and the USS hornet (#2) in San Francisco

[@baronofrhodes1185]

Or Lady Lex in Texas... They also barely discussed the ships, and focused on the aircraft...

[@Billy-I-Am-Not]

The coursair actually had an inverse gull wing instead of a gull wing

[@Sub-km4nk]

This puts the History Channel to absolute shame

[@ABLM95]

Can someone tell the list of musics that they have in this video? I'm so addicted to it....

[@budgetlist6906]

Can we please get the Essex back 😭

[@tjiaandre]

just why i love WG because their channel teach us a lot of stuff than History Channel

[@Dra741]

One thing about the propeller is that it doesn't look big enough. To fly something that size, and that always amaze me so I really want to feel what the propellers can do

[@blackwaterunsc]

WHAT IS THE SONG AT 16:18 plsss

[@Major_Duck]

Its funny how they fail to mention that the Corsair first was scrapped by the US for use on carriers and it was the British that figured out how to use it on carriers first

[@Handlesarestoopid]

Some of these museum planes are on the USS MIDWAY, which was built to replace the Essex class carriers

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

I disagree with describing the Dauntless as obsolete. It was a better aircraft with better range the SB2C. The SB2C weren't trusted by the pilots and crew.

[@nursestoyland]

@John Rodrigues I agree, the SB2C had a lot of design problems, and the pilots wanting a newer plane but were displeased by the performance of the SB2C, such as electrical problems and the wheels collapsing

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

@@nursestoyland the captain of one carrier refused to take them onboard. Early builds would loose their tails in a dive

[@nursestoyland]

@John Rodrigues dang, that captain was smart on not letting them on. The landing gear was like the F4U Corsair but weaker

[@reg1mbald294]

Kamikaze was hell, I saw a war veteran describing it as unfair, I can't even imagine being a pilot in a wildcat slowly climbing up the latter of my plane seat, knowing that my enemies are ready to take me down with them, to that point I think I would've already threw up and pissed in my pants, probably shaking as well too with a really sad face and my eyes quietly crying, knowing that I probably won't come back, btw I'm 20, and these guys were about my age, it really made me think..

[@Dave5843-d9m]

The US Navy refused to accept the F4U Corsair because pilots could not see over the long nose for deck landing. It was handed to the Marines for land based operations only. The UK bought the F4U for use on its carriers. Royal Navy pilots developed the curved landing approach so they could keep the deck in view right to the last moment. Only then did the USN put Corsairs on the carriers.

[@kyrudo]

Now we need a video like this on the UK and IJN Carriers!

[@ChristianRG2000]

Feels like watching a History Channel program.

[@oxymornicalt]

ChristianRG2000 that was the battleground because of the location of the islands between Japan and Indonesia

[@ValkyrieMagnus]

Except history channel now has shows like American Pickers, Counting Cars, Ice Truckers, Axe Men, and Pawn Stars. I can't wait until they start showing real history again.

[@Ronniejamesleo]

My dad was on the kersarge cv33 back in the 50's

[@xavierbatista6201]

So can someone help me i am about to build a 1:350 scale u.s.s essex and i need the right type of gray that would fit on a carrier

[@yoseipilot]

NEXT Unryū-class vs Essex-class, these carrier was built after the reaction, from attacking Pearl Harbor. -How quickly are they built -Which damage did they get and still floating -How many death from Torpedo, Bombs and near-misses Bombs -How strong are their armor -How fast they are and how far they can go -How many planes can they carry in operation Btw. Essex can carry 100 planes and Unryū 65 planes, but Ikoma can carry 75 planes. (don't forget what if Japanese send the last version of their aircraft?)

[@rsookchand919]

when I get a better PC, I'm getting this game back.

[@theauralucario60]

Cool! You filmed on the Midway!