Comments by "Patrick Donnolley" (@ph89787) on "Drachinifel" channel.

  1. Considering Mogami had hit Imperial Japanese ARMY transports. Does it really count as friendly fire?
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  2. And through all this, Yukikaze survives.
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  3. So this is what happens when the Americans put someone who knows what the hell they’re doing in command.
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  4. Given their numbers. Where does the Essex Class fall? Is it a spam? A horde? A mini-boss squad? A lot of lemons?
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  5. Say what you will about Admiral Halsey. But I believe recommending Spruance to Nimitz as Task Force 16's CO for Midway was his best one in the war.
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  6. IJN: I will find a level beyond a Super Battleship. USN: So what. Like a Mega Battleship, Ultra Battleship? IJN: You're mocking me. USN: Maximum Over Battleship.
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  7. Admiral Kondo: This is so much easier when they’re barely shooting back. Admiral Lee: I completely agree.
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  8. November 1942 Saratoga: Hey what did I miss? Enterprise: Not much.
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  9. Fun fact. When Enterprise was deployed to the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Some of Vestal’s crew along with Seabees from Company B of the 3rd construction Battalion were dragged along for the ride. As a result Vestal was also included in the Presidential Unit Citation awarded to Enterprise.
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  10. One thing both Yorktown's and Hornet's sinkings have in common. Is that damage control almost salvaged the ship but the IJN shows up at the last minute and everything becomes irrecoverable.
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  11.  @Drachinifel  Someone was using the line between madness and genius as a jump rope again?
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  12. If you really think about it. They are the IJN equivalents of Yorktown and Enterprise. Both are the respective 5th and 6th carriers of their navies. Both were 2nd generation purpose-built fleet carriers. Both were lightly designed due to the treaty limits. Both were built in the mid-late 1930s. Both were part of their navies Carrier Division 2 and led by aggressive Admirals. Tamon Yamaguchi and William F Halsey. Both had their main strike strength in the form of dive bombers, both for carrying well-trained pilots and effective aircraft like the Val and Dauntless. And in the case of Soryu, Hiryu and Yorktown, they were lost at Midway. The only thing missing is Hiryu surviving the battle and going on to be as big a menace for the US Navy (along with Shokaku and Zuikaku) as Enterprise was for the IJN
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  13. Also does Admiral Lee being a five time Olympic gold medal champion counts as overkill?
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  14. This destroyer is in the words of Jeremy Clarkson. "Speed and power."
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  15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Subs.
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  16. 32:14. Mogami was doing her duty to the IJN. Because those were IJA transports, therefore not friendly fire.
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  17. Johnston: We’re just Destroyers sir. We’re meant to be expendable. Captain Evans: Not to me.
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  18. One advantage Wasp had over her Yorktown half-sisters (or cousins). She had an alternating boiler and engine room set up compared to the combined arrangement used on the larger carriers. I think I bought this up in a drydock before. But Wasp was laid down a week after the 2nd London Treaty was signed which for carriers got rid of the combined tonnage limits in favour of a 23,000 tonne individual ship limit. When the ink hit the paper, someone should have called Fore River and told them to stop construction temporarily. Bring up a copy of Yorktown's blueprints from Newport news and with adjustments to the slipways and possible modifications. She could be ready to be laid down in 1937 as Yorktown-Class (plus or minus modifications to keep the deck edge elevator). Without anyone complaining as she would fit within the treaty.
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  19. Elias B Mott. High priest of the cult of Oerlikon.
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  20. I have to ask. At what point did the Bureau of Ordinance’s behaviour crossed the line between incompetence and treason.
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  21. 28:12. That particular Dauntless was flown by VS-6 pilot Lt Clarence Dickinson. Who had been shot down during the attack on Pearl Harbor and would later bomb Kaga at Midway.
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  22. In addition to the late and great Butch O'Hare. Another Night Ops pioneer was William "Bill" I Martin. He was deployed with VS-10 at Guadalcanal, first as XO and later as CO of the squadron. Then he transferred to VT-10 as CO while Air Group 10 was requalifying back in the States. Where he began making the squadron night qualified. In fact, he was the mastermind for the night portion of Operation Hailstone. But could not lead it due to breaking his shoulder before the start of Operation Hailstone. He was also supposed to have led a dozen Avengers on a night attack against Ozawa's carriers at the Philippine Sea. But the mess from having to recover the afternoon strike had ended that plan. After returning to the States, Martin was assigned to Night Group 90 and brought many of VT-10's pilots with him. They would lead the Air Group on their 24 December 1944-14 May 1945 deployment on Enterprise. A big highlight was being able to maintain nonstop air ops over Iwo Jima for 174 Hours
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  23. Franklin: How does one defend against such power? Enterprise: A wise master does not reveal all his secrets at once. In due time, my apprentice. (For context. Enterprise and Franklin were both assigned to TG 38.4 in late 1944 and TG 58.2 during March 1945. Both times Franklin was damage Enterprise had to fill in as TG flagship.)
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  24. Oh thank goodness i don't have to wait a week.
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  25. Hmm. Audacious-Class last Saturday and the Malta-Class today. Is there something you’re planning Drach?
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  26. IJN: Interesting. USN: Were you taking notes? IJN:.........No.
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  27. IJN: Behold our ultimate carrier! USN: That's cute. Not only will we match it in size, but we'll spam more Essexes as well.
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  28. In before the Azur Lane fans.
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  29. It was the greatest raid……………. In the World.
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  30. Once again, I am so sorry for crashing yours, Dr Clarke’s and Dan’s lunch.
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  31. IJN: We will make our counterattack at night. Enterprise: Neat! Who are we attacking? IJN: The US Navy carriers......Oh no. Enterprise: Hiiiii. (Enterprise launches avengers)
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  32. Ah yes, the USN's favourite duck-hunting weapon. Especially Japanese ducks.
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  33. So ends “Everybody loves Raymond.”
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  34. Fun Fact: Saratoga's last captain was one Stanhope Ring. Yes, the same idiot who derped off with Hornet's Air Group at Midway. Also, Halsey had mentioned in his memoirs that "someone had the good sense not to anchor Enterprise at Bikini." Implying that he wasn't happy with Saratoga being used in the tests.
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  35. Doesn’t this tale also apply to Lexington, Yorktown, Wasp and Princeton
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  36. 1:10. I visited Vampire with my aunts when i was kid. I ended up giving myself a concussion on one of her 40mm mounts.
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  37. 6:56 The bomb hits to Hiyo were from Enterprise’s VB-10 and the torpedo was from Belleau Wood’s VT-24. Jun’yo’s hits were a bit more complicated as Enterprise’s VB-10 and Lexington’s VB-16 claimed the credit.
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  38.  @Drachinifel  Yes. Let the hate flow through you.
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  39. I should point out Drach that by the time of Pearl Harbour. That both Nakajima and Douglas ( the manufacturers of the Kate and Devastator, respectively) had stopped production of them.
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  40. 33:55. Most impressive kill with a 1.1 inch, in my opinion, was when the bow-mounted one on USS Enterprise blew off the wing of a Kate coming out from a torpedo drop at the Battle of Santa Cruz.
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  41. Rodney: Hey guys want to see a magic trick. (Obliterates tanks). Texas: That’s cool. But how about this. (Lists and continues firing).
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  42. If you really want to nitpick. You can argue that Wade McClusky, Earl Gallagher, Dick Best and Max Leslie won the Battle of Midway. As it was their Dauntlesses that planted the bombs that blew up Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and later Hiryu and Mikuma.
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  43.  @ryanward10  lots of tea and cocaine was taken in this conversation?
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  44. Battle of Tassafaronga Sailor: We lost something. Captain Rosendahl: Not to worry. We’re still floating half a ship.
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  45. Fluckey: Let's blow this popsicle stand Barb: Kaboom? Fluckey: Yes barb, kaboom. (train blows up)
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  46. The Death Star?
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  47.  @Big_E_Soul_Fragment  Henry Kaiser: I’m just a simple man making my way in the universe.
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  48.  @luisnunes2010  define firing squad? Do you mean the traditional sense. Or having him fired out of a Battleship’s main guns?
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  49. One of the principle officers in the Revolt of the Admirals was Captain John G “Uncle John” Crommelin. Who was Enterprise’s XO during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
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  50. Fun fact: 9 August 1945 (so same day as the Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki). A couple of Seafires of 880 Squadron from Implacable while operating off of Japan. Had ran low on fuel and made an emergency landing on Essex. Both planes were wrecked on landing due to the tighter arresting gear on the American Carrier.
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