On the quiet morning of December 7, 1941, light cruiser USS St. Louis lay anchored at Pearl Harbor, her crew preparing for a weekend leave. Maintenance had left her boilers cold, her guns silent, and her antennas inactive. It seemed like just another day.
Bill Canavan, ready to go ashore, heard the unmistakable rattle of gunfire from above. Initially, he thought it was another drill—a routine exercise among many. As he rushed to the deck, he saw the olive-drab aircraft marked with the rising sun emblem of Japan. This was no drill.
Hell broke loose over Pearl Harbor a second later. With most of the crew ready to leave, Canavan and many of the crew took their battle stations as the captain ordered the ship to prepare to move despite being underpowered and undermanned.
The harbor was a scene of devastation, filled with the wreckage of American ships and a swarm of Japanese fighters attacking from above. Anti-aircraft guns blazed as the boat maneuvered through the inferno. Enemy aircraft targeted St. Louis, but her gunners struck back, downing two fighters as they raced through the channel.
Just as the ship seemed to break free and the crew began cheering, spotters sighted a Japanese submarine waiting outside the harbor. Abruptly, she launched two torpedoes and then began streaking toward St. Louis.
Only a reef stood as the ship’s defense, and there was little room to maneuver. Was Lucky Lou’s luck running out?
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It's a shame that all she went through, that the US did not try to buy her back to turn her into a museum ship. So many of these highly decorated warships have been lost..
Good bless the United States of America 🇺🇸
The Japanese sub outside Pearl Harbor has been long dismissed as false.
Too bad to see that such a historical ship ended up in the scrap yard?
your plan, planned with japanese, was not to let it sink in pearl harbour
My Uncles Mitch and Harry would have been those 2nd Marines on Saipan.
Why is Pennsylvania in drydock circled?
Very cool!
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I find your videos constructive and exciting, but as an old sailor please , please , Don't CALL A SHIP A BOAT !
The video is prone to exaggeration. Just like the title.
I’m very grateful for those ships that fought for us. Lucky Lou sounded like a bruiser.
The US Govt can care less about the tax payers property. It's not the Govt property they give away or scrap for a buck. It's OURS.
I'm truly impressed and thankful for these ships, but even more so, those that fought on them. The ships, great, but the sailors are the history. I had an uncle who received the Medal of Honor in WWII. There were buildings, a street, and much more dedicated in his honor….all are gone through time, downsizing, consolidation and more. Time, it's what it is, constant…..democracy isn't, vote. An old veteran in TX…save this country, BLUE, now
U.S.S. Phoenix was there to.
C'est bien comme ça son fils sait a qui il à a faire.
the text at your thumbnails is getting sillier and sillier each time.. like real history isn't interesting enough.
Someone got their thumbnails wrong. That is the wreck of the SMS Emden.
15 6 inch guns and triple turrets. That’s a lot of led.
St. Louis was not scrapped. She was being towed back to the US when she sunk in a storm!
Why is there a picture of the sms embden ahore after being smashed by the hmas sydney in 1914?
Thank You.
Do you have German "Stukas" mixed in with footage of Japanese "Zeroes"? I thought the Zero had retractable landing gear. Hmm…..
The St. Louis was tied on the dock at Pearl with the Honolulu tied to her outboard. Honolulu was on fire. A Bomb pierced the dock alongside the St Louis and the blown out water helped put Honolulu’s fire out. The trapped St Louis and Honolulu were then able to get out. Bombers were flying over the two ships to get at the battleships.
They saved our Pacific🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🇺🇸🇳🇿
So what was the "impossible move"? Nothing addressed this in the video. Lots of inaccuracies, some misleading info, but nothing about any "impossible move"… This channel has gotten so clickbait…
So where's the "impossible move"?
So it was Japan that was outsmarted? Right!👍
My dad's ship! (He didn't go in until '44 though.)
I'm confused. What was the impossibile move?
A reef outside the entrance to Pearl Harbor?!? First I've heard of that! Moreover, a Japanese submarine hiding behind said reef waiting to ambush any ship that may escape the harbor?!? First I've heard of that, too!