In the dimly lit confines of the battleship USS New Mexico’s communications room, Radioman Petty Officer 1st Class Walter Rougeux hunched over his equipment, his ears tuned to the crackling radio frequencies.
As a member of the Fifth Fleet’s radio intelligence unit, Rougeux has been intercepting and decoding enemy transmissions since March, key to the Battle of Okinawa.
But it’s now May 1945, the enemy is getting desperate, and threats are more present than ever.
Just as the sun begins setting, an urgent message from a nearby ship shatters the feeling of tranquility. Enemy aircraft have been detected approaching the Task Force. With New Mexico as the flagship, they are likely the primary target.
The Captain’s order is immediate and urgent, pushing Rougeux into high gear. His skilled hands race across the dials, swiftly confirming their suspicion: enemy planes are only minutes away.
With this, the entire battleship springs into action. Alarms blaring, dozens of men run to man their battle stations and point their weapons, prepared to defend their vessel against the impending aerial assault.
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Indianapolis was a Portland Class Heavy Cruiser not a battleship. Get your information right
Excellent Video.🇺🇸
I thought the proximity fuse AA ammo was better than this?? No? I have seen vids on proximity fusing and touting it as one of the greatest inventions of the war. Descriptions made it sound like the AA with proximity fuses shot down planes easily…..
Okinawa is what convinced the US that an invasion of Home Islands would be too costly and so the atomic bombs were used.
I follow all of The Dark Offerings channels. Enjoy them all.
I Find it extremely sad that She was sold for scrap, and not turned into a dry dock museum someplace, Shameful treatment of such a Victorious Ship that suffered so much with all those who served on her and kept going to the end of the war, I believe that All our Battle ships need to be preserved for ever more, they are part of the History that helped the Nation win the war, they are not scrap !!
Since when did us ships have boffers quadruple mounts
I kinda know that feeling. Unfortunately, i won't bring any money in scrapping. While I've done alot, helped/cared for many, a vet…no metal in me, maybe an organ or two – which I'll share. Hopefully a few more years, maybe longer…but my hope is for democracy…don't let it end, removing all the reasons they/i fought for. Vote..
Its, not it's.
I'm really starting to get sick of this channel, you never show a map, 90% of the footage is random B-roll that has nothing to do with the subject specifically.
Why can't you even tell the story in chronological order, start with 1945 then backtrack through Alaska and Hawaii.
is it really that hard to put a map up, and follow a timeline?????????
She was a tough one….
Good One. Thanks.
A-DAK!
2:26 I have to take issue with the comment that occupation of the Aleutian Islands were the only occupation of US soil by the Japanese during WWII. Alaska was a territory and held the same status as the Philippines and Hawaii at that time. The Philippines were occupied by Japan for the majority of WWII. Looking at a map of the US today shows the Philippines as an independent country, with Alaska and Hawaii as US states but that was not the case during the war.
Better educate your writers. Both the Philippines and Guam were US territories occupied by the Japanese in World war two. So Alaska's Aleutian Islands were NOT the only US territories occupied. Your staff is often ignorant in similar ways. Shame.
Narrator’s voice is annoying.
It's unfortunate that so many of those great ships were sent to the scrap yard instead of being turned into museum ships.
Its a robot voice bow … weird
Admiral fighting fire is MOH shit
Oh and by the way for the hater that commented on the title, I could really care less what the title says or what little mistakes the author made in the video. I really enjoy watching these battles of World War II