Could an US supercarrier defeat the whole Japanese WWII navy?

This video talks about a fantastical what if premise. Say a modern day US supercarrier battle group gets taken in time to spring of 1942, before the Battle of Midway. Could it protect Hawaii? Or various other Pacific islands? Could it take the battle back to the Japanese? And wreak havoc with their navy? Learn about the limits of the modern day technology, taken out of its usual context, and just how much does technology trump numbers.

Music by Matija Malatestinic

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[Macto]

Up next: Emperor Palpatine's imperial strike force vs Harvard's rowing crew...

[tommyhallum]

Imagine being a Japanese engineer trying to reverse engineer a F18 just to find the words made in Japan on the electronics.🤯

[KinshinReaper]

Also an important part is, the Sailors and Marines in this strike group would probably have tons of knowledge of WW2 which alone would be incredibly devastating even without the actual ships

[roberteltze]

You overlooked an important factor: nuclear carriers carry nuclear engineers. They would have accelerated the Manhattan Project. The war ending nukes would be available years earlier.

[topphatt]

Imagine being a Japanese sailor in this scenario and being on a carrier when suddenly the ship next to you explodes out of nowhere.

[thefunnyguyfromtheburgerki]

Imagine being a japanese bomber pilot fighting through the CIWS of the fleet and then you get strafed by a seemingly engine-less aircraft at quintuple your speed

[jimreynolds]

I think Japan seeing a 60ft fighter jet going Mach 1.8 loaded missiles and blowing shit out of the sky would be enough for a surrender long before fuel and ammo became an issue.

[stephenboshears]

“Can one carrier group hold on against Japan” Well the Enterprise sure did.

[dhnsou]

"Captain there are flying things that fly without propellers that shoot invisible bombs"
"That's not possible"
*Akagi sinks*

[foof]

The japanese lack of radar is what seals the deal. They'd have no idea where the carrier is because it would always know where they are and be able to keep a far enough distance where its strike groups could take them out while being out of the Japanese carrier's ranges.

[Dumb-Comment]

"How many ships the IJN has"
"around 600 sir"
"damn we need to order a few resupply of missiles"

[tangoreal]

As a former Carrier crew USS Nimitz I would say yes for sure. The primary issue would be jet fuel exhaustion. It would need to be an all out fast attack.

[playtime.]

This would be a great idea for a movie we will call it The Final Countdown.

[youboob]

who would win?

the entire WW2 Japanese Navy or one Somali pirate with an AK-47?

[Michael-cfcj]

The modern US carrier is unbeatable by 1942 standards, and that's even without its escorts. Early warning aircraft would detect any Japanese aircraft long before they could see the carrier and they'd be shot down if there was any threat of detect. The same early warning aircraft would detect the Japanese fleet as well. Super Hornets could attack the fleet with near impunity with laser-guided weapons that wouldn't miss and would likely destroy a ship with every hit. Maybe the battleships would take a beating, but they're not the threat. The carriers are targeted first and sunk with ease. The only real threat to the US carrier is a chance encounter with a Japanese submarine. Then again, submarines in that era sail on the surface most of the time, so the early warning aircraft would detect them at great distance and then a guided missile, say a Harpoon, could sink it with ease.

[DirectorDelta]

Kamikaze pilot: *exists*
Phalanx: and i took that personally

[xxfrostxx]

Something to consider: The Imperial Japanese Navy had one extremely flawed practice: Damage control. Whereas the US and Royal navies trained every sailor in flood control and firefighting, the IJN had a dedicated damage control team that would have to be called in from their stations to make their way to the damage and fight or contain the fire and/or flood. The rest of the crew had no idea how to effectively perform these duties. Because of this, if a Japanese ship was set on fire, it tended to stay on fire.

[theloniousMac]

Decrypting Japanese and German coded messages would be child’s play for the average iPad on the American ships.

[bigwinona]

Can you imagine a kamikaze coming in hot with the seaRAM system in operation?

[luminescentlion]

This video severely underestimates modern sonar and submarine detection technology.