Guadalcanal's Friday 13th

It’s just past midnight on Friday November 13th, 1942. The opening of the battle of Guadalcanal. On board the USS San Francisco is Rear Admiral Daniel Judson Callaghan. The fleet of 13 ships was all that stand between the strategically vital Henderson Field on Guadalcanal and an incoming Japanese fleet. The fleet of 13 ships were all that were left battle ready after engagements with the Japanese, and now the Japanese are coming for Guadalcanal. On board the IJN Hiei is Admiral Hiroaki Abe. The event is marked by a series of mistakes in command on both sides leading to confusion and friendly fire. The men fought with bravery and commitment but at a terrible price.

00:00 Guadalcanal ships sail through the dark
01:49 Enemy up ahead!
03:45 USS Atlanta opens fire
05:17 IJN Akatsuki detonates
06:30 The American ships fight for their lives
08:08 USS San Francisco attacks IJN Hiei
09:25 The End of the USS San Francisco
11:02 The battle is over

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[e_da_g]

My English teacher's relative was on board the Laffey, and got an award for helping save other sailors, and had a destroyer escort named for him, USS Knudson.

[ValentineHolbert]

Friday the 13th may be unlucky for anyone in this battle, but for USS Fletcher it may be her luckiest day of her life. 13 American ships engaged in the fight. Fletcher was the 13th or last ship in line. Fletcher had a brush of death when 3 Japanese torpedoes ran deep only inches under her keel. Becoming the 3 destroyers to enter the meele, she was the only one still capable of combat by the end. Her hull numbers 445 add up to 13, the task force number 67 also add up to 13. She was named after Admiral Frank FRIDAY Fletcher. By the end of the war she earned 13 battle stars. No wonder Fletcher earned the nickname Lucky 13.

[RookVR_]

Thank you for keeping history entertaining and alive, and sharing almost forgotten stories of heroism. You guys need 1 million subs now!

[mightymachine]

One thing not mentioned is that the San Francisco was captained by a Medal of Honor holder, Captain Cassian Young, who earned his Medal during Peral Harbor while commanding USS Vestal, the repair ship next to Arizona. McCandless earned the Medal of Honor for his actions on Friday the 13, and would retire as a Rear Admiral in 1952. Not only that, but McCandless son would be the first American to execute an untethered spacewalk.

[usmc]

They successfully defended the airfield at the cost of thousands of American lives. Salute to those brave sailors. gone but never forgotten. Thanks yarnhub for sharing their tale!

[grandadmiralzaarin]

Gentlemen, your videos are masterful. It is truly wonderful to see these battles come to life like this in such a magnificent animation with your narration. Well done.

[dave_mc]

My late grandfather served on the San Francisco later in the war after the ship was repaired and retrofitted. Nice to see a video about that ship.

[harrisonhargrove]

My great great uncle Boyd was on the uss Atlanta. He was wounded in the head and right thigh to shrapnel and was blown over the side of the ship he was picked up the next morning. He was patched up and put on uss San Diego 2 months later. His ship was the first to enter Tokyo Bay since before the war, and was there for the surrender of the Japanese. He later married my aunt genie who was a Japanese war bride.

[HyperK]

Fun fact: Admiral Callaghan was actually from San Francisco! That made his death aboard SF a death at home. Also, San Francisco survived and made it back to port. Her bridge was initially seen as junk but someone found it after the war and one of the wings present at Guadalcanal is now the monument to the Cruiser and her sailors.

[marcoaustintumalad]

I love the animation man! I love how you make history so good to the point I always see your videos as soon as it posts. The world needs more people like you who make boring things so entertaining. Keep the good work lad!👍👍👍

[CMDRFandragon]

This definitely needs part 2, where Washington comes back for the Kirishima.

[Balkan_Thunder]

This is one of the most bloodiest battle story i ever heard, i salute the man from the both sides who died trying to accomplish there mission, this story, music and animations just gived me gusebumps as always an amazing job yarnhub gj.

[carsonm]

Great for the folks at World of Warships to provide these gorgeous-looking models to portray this enormous and complex scene with. The human models and animations are also looking better than ever. I thought the scene about McCandless at the bridge of the San Francisco was particularly well-done, and the floating nametags by each ship is a great touch. Great work.

[Nakajima_YT]

Thanks to your videos I've been able to heal from depression and feel proud of what our nation has done😊

[LostShipMate]

The IJN Amatsukaze mentioned near the begging of this video was Captained by Tameichi Hara. He has a memoir titled 'Japanese Destroyer Captain', in which he goes into great detail about this battle and the Amatsukaze's fight for survival to return to base. He would later be put in charge of the IJN Shigure, which is often considered one of the luckiest ships of the war(the only survivor of The Battle of Surigao Straight for example); he would also captain the light cruiser IJN Yahagi, witnessing the end of the IJN Yamato(his ship would sink soon after).

Its a great book if you focus only on his actual battle experiences, not his foreshadowing of defeat and excuses that every other Japanese memoir seems to fall back on(similar to most German Memoirs as well).

[TA-dgtf]

I have read about this battle several times and your illustration really brings the battle much needed clarity! Awesome work, thank you

[marcussamborski]

The IJN Hiei was the first Japanese battleship to be sunk during World War Two. Her sister Kirishima actually died even more heroically in my opinion because she dueled with another battleship (USS Washington).

Great stuff Yarnhub! Keep it up 👍🏻

[misfit]

New to this channel I got recommended on YouTube .
production value is off the hook!! and really pays homage to the men that were on those ships

[Masonthebaconhair]

Damn, you guys really outdid yourselves with this outstanding animation on this deadly mission for both sides.

[stevemc]

Naval battles are some of the coolest engagements you can ever see.

...of course, more terrifically devastating.