USS Johnston's Last Stand

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On board the Destroyer USS Johnston Commander Ernest Edwin Evans is proceeding with his usual routine when a radio transmission from a patrolling plane warns of an incoming enemy fleet. The Japanese Center Force has slipped through undetected and is barreling down upon them.

The pilot reports โ€œI can see pagoda masts. I see the biggest meatball flag on the biggest battleship I ever saw!โ€

The American fleet is completely outclassed. With their 7 destroyers and 6 carriers the Yamato alone weighs more than the entirety of Taffy 3 combined.
Itโ€™s an incredible story of bravery against overwhelming odds where the Evans and the crew of the USS Johnston take the battle to the vastly superior Japanese force.

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  5. Don't really care for all the 'Guesses and Opinions' as 'Facts' here
    *Evans did what he felt was necessary to do to 'fight the ship' which was it's entire purpose and calculated
    the odds of engaging a much larger warship where he was 'out-gunned' yet his own ship was far more maneuverable and a harder target to hit, especially at a 'point-blank' range where large guns cannot adjust quickly enough to the 'angle-of-trajectory''*
    ( By the time it took to 'adjust fire' the 'Johnston' is no longer 'where it was' and to 'adjust' again takes time and the closer Evan's ship is, the faster those calculations need to be made and Evans knew it )
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    What seems 'foolhardy and reckless' is actually an example of understanding how the enemy guns work and what they not very capable of against a small, fast target
    Of course the enemy ship's smaller cannons represent more of a danger, being able to fire rapidly…yet 'smoke & course-changes' help to avoid fire to some extent
    Evans knew all those factors, just as he knew a 'Battleship' could easily destroy an aircraft-carrier from a distance if the carrier's aircraft were either in the air or unable to take-off for whatever reason
    Evans did what he felt was necessary to protect an extremely valuable asset…a 'Carrier'

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  14. When I was a teenager I first read EXTENSIVELY about Taffy 3 & the USS JOHNSTON […wreck was recently found]; THE JAPANESE CRUISER SAILING CLOSE TO THE SINKING JOHNSTON AND SALUTE BY THE JAPANESE COMMANDER WAS TRUE!!! I knew this story by heart, and was one of the reasons I joined the U.S. Navy

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  17. Another Yarnhub video about a Seattle built ship. Thank you! USS Johnston was built on Duwamish Island where the Duwamish river empties into Puget Sound.

    Less than 5 miles upriver and 2 months before Johnston's keel was laid down, Boeing B-17 E, tail number 41-2666, left the Boeing plant. Affectionately known as "Old 666" this was the flying recon/gunship that flew into a swarm of J fighters in order to help get detailed photos for mapping and the invasion of Bougainville Island.

    In fairness, all recognition to Johnston and Old 666 crews, with 3 MoH awarded collectively.

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  18. I've always loved the history of the USS Johnston due to its crews bravery and it's durable pride and also it's captains power. And that's why I've already watched this 50 times this year๐Ÿ˜…

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