48 thoughts on “U.S.S. Samuel B Roberts: The World's Incredible Deepest Shipwreck”
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Sucks they struck a whale. I wonder if there is any tech these days to signal am animal to move out of the way. Like an aqua sonic deer repellent but for ships??
The escort carrier pilots attacked the Japanese fleet, some with just guns. I read that one of them managed to get close enough to strafe the area of Yamato's bridge; up close and PERSONAL, to be sure. The USN should have been BLASTED TO PIECES in that battle but those guys had BALLS of STEEL.
I suspect that another reason for Kurita's withdrawal was that his force had expended so much ammunition they could no longer accomplish their mission even if they had reached the invasion beaches.
This is incredible, and amazing! I hope that these wrecks are deep enough that the remains of their crew will always be left to rest in peace. While this discovery is extremely important, it is MOST important to the families of those deceased. They now know where the remains of their loved ones are located.
I started work in a chandler's when I was 17. I remember seeing a dude come in wearing civilian nautical uniform with "coxswain" written on his epaulettes. After he left I asked the boss "what's a cocks wayne?" Without missing a beat he answered "the man on the ship with the biggest cock. If you're asking what the coxswain (pronounced cock-sin) does, he maintains and steers the launches and lifeboats"
The boss passed a few years later and I miss him dearly. He was a large, flamboyantly gay man with a huge moustache and I don't think I've ever met a nicer human being in my time on this planet. He died from a sudden stroke and I know his first words to St Peter would have been a smutty double entendre about normally enjoying a good stroke.
I’ll second the endorsement for war Thunder. Especially cause the low tiers are the most fun. You don’t have to grind to top tier before things get interesting.
That sounds intriguing. From a forensic point of view I would be very interested in the human remains. At that temperature and very low oxygen levels and not much wildlife, the bodies should be very well preserved. It's always a pleasure to recover victims of war and give the families a chance to lay them to a final rest. And it gives you a peek into biological processes and even helps the search for other missing persons in cold cases. Wonder if JPAC/DPAA are considering getting those sailors back…
Likely the Gambirr Bay when discovered might well be the deepest ship wreck ever found. The Johnston and the Robert's are pretty close to the edge of the Trench. Gambier Bay may be in it. Up to 10km down. And there are likely other wrecks of ships and planes at the bottom of various Trenches at the borders of subduction zones.
Unless we move it, that which we take from the earth will be returned to the earth. In about 160-200m years from now, Samar, the rest of the Philippines(and by extension the Filipino Plate), those wrecks, and the honorable dead, will have subducted beneath the Eurasian Plate. Hopefully by that time we'll have the technology to salvage the wrecks and do something useful with them.
The Battle off Samar is one of the craziest stories of naval warfare ever, I'd highly recommend to anyone who found this even a little bit interesting to look into it more, some of the acts of bravery and valor displayed in this fight against overwhelming odds are among the greatest of the war. A good place to start is a book called "Last stand of the tin can sailors" (there is also a graphic novel based on this book as well) it is one of the best books on any Battle I've ever read and I can't believe this hasn't gotten a movie or miniseries in the style of band of brothers or the recent Midway movie, its just such an amazing story. Some interesting facts to consider: just the Yamato alone weighed more than the entirety of Taffy 3, a single gun turret on the Yamato weighed as much as one of the Fletcher class destroyers in Taffy 3, and that's just the Yamato, there was 22 other ships in the surviving Japanese center force including 3 other entire Battleships. The Sammy B was smaller than everything the Japanese brought to the fight, yet they decided to Leroy Jenkins charge the most powerful surface fleet that Japan had. The American destroyers had no armor but because the Japanese didn't realize what they were (since they thought the escort carriers were big fleet carriers, they assumed the destroyers were the escorting battleships and cruisers) the Japanese fired armor piercing shells, which would go straight through the destroyers without exploding, a hole in a ship is bad, but fixable throw a plug in and pump like hell, an exploded ship though, not so much; so the ships like the Johnston survived hits that could have ended a more powerful ship. The enormity of what Taffy 3 did is amazing, the Japanese should have smashed through them and attacked the landing beaches for the invasion of the Philippines from the water, it would have been a disaster and every sailor in Taffy 3 knew it so they did their jobs to great effect, many at the cost of their life, but the landing beaches stayed safe and the Philippines were freed.
I never get tired of hearing about The Battle off Samar and Taffy-3. You have to be one helluva captain to not only decide to take your ship and crew into the lion's den to pry its mouth open and kick out its teeth, but to also have the crew largely rallying behind the effort while knowing they are most certainly going to die. "We will do what we can." Fight to the last breath. Hard to comprehend in this day that is so far removed from such awesomeness.
If you have an interest in deep remote dives that explore our oceans i can suggest "oceanexploregov" and "EVnautilus". Both transmit live dives and often discover never seen before wonders of life. Some amazing moments that shouldn't be missed.
The thumbnail has the wrong Samuel B. Roberts. And the one this is about was a destroyer escort, if I’m not mistaken, not a destroyer. Nor did the Japanese have any battlecruisers at Samar.
Can you make your content accessible by formatting the auto captioning into closed captioning? It is extremely hard to enjoy your content having to keep concentration on the auto captioning and not be able to see your content properly sadly, it’s also why most of us don’t subscribed.
Two facts about the uss Johnston the bridge was hit by a shell from Yamato and two of the captains fingers were blown off and the bridge controls deemed inoperable so the captain ran across the flaming deck to personally order 4 of the crew to maneuver the rudder by hand all the while shouting orders shirtless from the flaming deck also as the Johnston finally sank and layed over on its side a Japanese cruiser steamed just feet from the sinking Johnston the remaining crew expected to be mowed down by machine gun fire but what actually happened was the Japanese captain gave the crew of the sinking Johnston a salute
If I am remembering correctly, the combined tonnage of a ships in Taffy 3 was less then the tonnage of just the battleship Yamato. A single turret on Yamato weighed more then the Samuel B Roberts. And yet they gave them hell
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I feel like this dude has 20 channels or am I tripping
Sucks they struck a whale. I wonder if there is any tech these days to signal am animal to move out of the way. Like an aqua sonic deer repellent but for ships??
My grandfather was on a patrol craft in the Panama Canal during the war. I wonder if the Sammy B was one of the ships he escorted through.
Fun fact, a turret from the Yamato weighed more then the Sammy B.
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The escort carrier pilots attacked the Japanese fleet, some with just guns. I read that one of them managed to get close enough to strafe the area of Yamato's bridge; up close and PERSONAL, to be sure. The USN should have been BLASTED TO PIECES in that battle but those guys had BALLS of STEEL.
Had to downvote because of the misleading picture, dont give in to the internet hype machine, stay strong.
So pristine they could refit it for space travel and add a wave motion gun.
Certified hood garbage
The Yamato on her own outmassed the entire us force combined.
The wall is just on hold until 2024. Then construction will continue.
I suspect that another reason for Kurita's withdrawal was that his force had expended so much ammunition they could no longer accomplish their mission even if they had reached the invasion beaches.
This is incredible, and amazing! I hope that these wrecks are deep enough that the remains of their crew will always be left to rest in peace.
While this discovery is extremely important, it is MOST important to the families of those deceased. They now know where the remains of their loved ones are located.
Suggestion: an update on the Safer oil tanker rotting off Yemen. I can’t find any current info.
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"off" is spelled "of". Re-evaluate your proofreades plz.
Two of the most badass ships in history
"Hey look other people already did the work, so I'll whore myself and make yet another video."
Funny that the USS Roberts ended it's life in the same way that the man it got it's name from, by fooling the Japanese.
I started work in a chandler's when I was 17. I remember seeing a dude come in wearing civilian nautical uniform with "coxswain" written on his epaulettes. After he left I asked the boss "what's a cocks wayne?" Without missing a beat he answered "the man on the ship with the biggest cock. If you're asking what the coxswain (pronounced cock-sin) does, he maintains and steers the launches and lifeboats"
The boss passed a few years later and I miss him dearly. He was a large, flamboyantly gay man with a huge moustache and I don't think I've ever met a nicer human being in my time on this planet. He died from a sudden stroke and I know his first words to St Peter would have been a smutty double entendre about normally enjoying a good stroke.
The USS Samuel B. Roberts is a Destroyer Escort not a Destroyer, a smaller vessel than a destroyer.
What’s with the thumbnail?
Why did the video start in the middle? The very 1st time I clicked on the video, it stated in the middle of the video.
I’ll second the endorsement for war Thunder. Especially cause the low tiers are the most fun. You don’t have to grind to top tier before things get interesting.
Man his dialogue in this is as if it was lifted from wikipedia itself…
Nice to have a video without constant music. TY
That sounds intriguing. From a forensic point of view I would be very interested in the human remains. At that temperature and very low oxygen levels and not much wildlife, the bodies should be very well preserved. It's always a pleasure to recover victims of war and give the families a chance to lay them to a final rest. And it gives you a peek into biological processes and even helps the search for other missing persons in cold cases. Wonder if JPAC/DPAA are considering getting those sailors back…
Likely the Gambirr Bay when discovered might well be the deepest ship wreck ever found. The Johnston and the Robert's are pretty close to the edge of the Trench. Gambier Bay may be in it. Up to 10km down. And there are likely other wrecks of ships and planes at the bottom of various Trenches at the borders of subduction zones.
Unless we move it, that which we take from the earth will be returned to the earth. In about 160-200m years from now, Samar, the rest of the Philippines(and by extension the Filipino Plate), those wrecks, and the honorable dead, will have subducted beneath the Eurasian Plate. Hopefully by that time we'll have the technology to salvage the wrecks and do something useful with them.
Destroyer Escort**
War thunder the worst game ever. NOTHING about it is realistic!
The Battle off Samar is one of the craziest stories of naval warfare ever, I'd highly recommend to anyone who found this even a little bit interesting to look into it more, some of the acts of bravery and valor displayed in this fight against overwhelming odds are among the greatest of the war. A good place to start is a book called "Last stand of the tin can sailors" (there is also a graphic novel based on this book as well) it is one of the best books on any Battle I've ever read and I can't believe this hasn't gotten a movie or miniseries in the style of band of brothers or the recent Midway movie, its just such an amazing story. Some interesting facts to consider: just the Yamato alone weighed more than the entirety of Taffy 3, a single gun turret on the Yamato weighed as much as one of the Fletcher class destroyers in Taffy 3, and that's just the Yamato, there was 22 other ships in the surviving Japanese center force including 3 other entire Battleships. The Sammy B was smaller than everything the Japanese brought to the fight, yet they decided to Leroy Jenkins charge the most powerful surface fleet that Japan had. The American destroyers had no armor but because the Japanese didn't realize what they were (since they thought the escort carriers were big fleet carriers, they assumed the destroyers were the escorting battleships and cruisers) the Japanese fired armor piercing shells, which would go straight through the destroyers without exploding, a hole in a ship is bad, but fixable throw a plug in and pump like hell, an exploded ship though, not so much; so the ships like the Johnston survived hits that could have ended a more powerful ship. The enormity of what Taffy 3 did is amazing, the Japanese should have smashed through them and attacked the landing beaches for the invasion of the Philippines from the water, it would have been a disaster and every sailor in Taffy 3 knew it so they did their jobs to great effect, many at the cost of their life, but the landing beaches stayed safe and the Philippines were freed.
I never get tired of hearing about The Battle off Samar and Taffy-3. You have to be one helluva captain to not only decide to take your ship and crew into the lion's den to pry its mouth open and kick out its teeth, but to also have the crew largely rallying behind the effort while knowing they are most certainly going to die. "We will do what we can." Fight to the last breath. Hard to comprehend in this day that is so far removed from such awesomeness.
The skill, tactics, and balls required to fight naval battles are baffling to me.
If you have an interest in deep remote dives that explore our oceans i can suggest "oceanexploregov" and "EVnautilus".
Both transmit live dives and often discover never seen before wonders of life.
Some amazing moments that shouldn't be missed.
The thumbnail has the wrong Samuel B. Roberts. And the one this is about was a destroyer escort, if I’m not mistaken, not a destroyer. Nor did the Japanese have any battlecruisers at Samar.
I love that the ROV is named after one of Ian M Banks' Culture ships.
Captain Evans of the Johnston was last seen alive in one of the lifeboats but disappeared during the wait for rescue.
Thanks for freedom units and new money.
Wow i've seen two ads for Wart Hunter and I already hate it.
Who’s all aboard for Taffy 3 getting a movie?
Wow 557
That’s the hull ID # and build # on my sailboat.
Can you make your content accessible by formatting the auto captioning into closed captioning? It is extremely hard to enjoy your content having to keep concentration on the auto captioning and not be able to see your content properly sadly, it’s also why most of us don’t subscribed.
Two facts about the uss Johnston the bridge was hit by a shell from Yamato and two of the captains fingers were blown off and the bridge controls deemed inoperable so the captain ran across the flaming deck to personally order 4 of the crew to maneuver the rudder by hand all the while shouting orders shirtless from the flaming deck also as the Johnston finally sank and layed over on its side a Japanese cruiser steamed just feet from the sinking Johnston the remaining crew expected to be mowed down by machine gun fire but what actually happened was the Japanese captain gave the crew of the sinking Johnston a salute
If I am remembering correctly, the combined tonnage of a ships in Taffy 3 was less then the tonnage of just the battleship Yamato. A single turret on Yamato weighed more then the Samuel B Roberts. And yet they gave them hell
Cockswain is pronounced "Cocks-un." Source: am a US Navy veteran.
If anyone wants to learn more about the battle off Samar I would recommend Drachinifel he has the most accurate naval videos I can find on YouTube