Naval Legends: History of the US Carrier-borne Aviation. Part 1 | World of Warships

CV rework arrives in Update 0.8.0. For that occasion we've prepared a special two-part episode about the history of U.S. Naval Aviation.
The first part will tell you about the birth of Naval Aviation and its development up to WWII.

Naval Legends is a series about the construction, service, and daring deeds of legendary 20th-century ships.

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[Feyridz]

When a Gaming channel bring you better historical information than cable tv.

[muwatallis]

"- Just another exercise..." -Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto

[irfanefatenight]

'Admirals believe that aircrafts cannot become a fully pledged strike force for the fleet'

Japan : 'hold my beer'

[ChristiansEdits]

I've been waiting years for a new episode of my favorite hystorical show ^^

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in part I buy premium stuff with a good heart as I know some of the funds go towards these awesome documentaries!

[wramsey]

My dad (Commander John W Ramsey USN 1941-63) flew the F4 Wildcat at Guadalcanal Henderson Field in 1943 with VF-11 Sundowners. This was his first tour, he shot down 2 -Zeros attacking the base, his engine was shot up and he made a successful dead stick landing on the field. Great video thank you!

[ncktbs]

hope they mention this The F6F accounted for 75 percent of all aerial victories recorded by the U.S. Navy in the Pacific
U.S. Navy and Marine F6F pilots flew 66, 530 combat sorties and claimed 5, 163 kills (56% of all U.S. Navy/Marine air victories of the war) at a recorded cost of 270 Hellcats in aerial combat (an overall kill-to-loss ratio of 19:1 based on claimed but not confirmed kills).[43] Claimed victories were often highly exaggerated during the war. Even so, the aircraft performed well against the best Japanese opponents with a claimed 13:1 kill ratio against the A6M Zero, 9.5:1 against the Nakajima Ki-84, and 3.7:1 against the Mitsubishi J2M during the last year of the war

[mattsiede]

These vids are AWESOME I learned more about war ships in these vids than I have learned in watching YEARS of historical documentaries on History, Learning, and Military channels!!! Thanks much to ALL involved in making these GREAT Vids

[donniemontoya]

When I was at Navy "A" school in Pensacola, I volunteered at the museum every weekend for 10 hours at a time. I found something new everytime. An amazing place with some stunning aircraft.

[kagakai]

the difference here is that AA can actually shoot the plane down BEFORE he torpedoes your ship

[Whitpusmc]

We stand on the shoulders of giants. The bravery of those early pioneers and those of today’s carrier pilots is impressive.

[reeddragon]

My favorite USS aircraft is Vought F4U Corsair

[randywarren]

I know most of the world uses the metric system, but can you include the U. S. conversion for dimensions and speed?

[Muncible]

Oh god, oh god, the plane is on fire?

[donniemontoya]

What an excellent museum. I spent many weekends volunteering there when stationed in NAS Pensacola with the Navy

[fachrezaekakurnia]

Next : japanese carrier borne aviation? Or british carrier borne aviation?

[AkosJaccik]

5:35 - "The landing was the issue." Why, what's the problem with that landing? Seems pretty decent to me. :)
Anyway, as usual, quality historical content. Kudos for including the very early steps, for some reason I love those frightening, fragile-looking pre-proto-barelyinvented contraptions.

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This is what iam talking about and love about Wows. The love of history. Keep the great video's comming.

[JohnCBobcat]

Wish they'd gone into more detail about the Fleet Problems, which were only mentioned at the very end and almost in-passing, and how there were not only mock attacks on Pearl, but also a successful simulated strike on the Panama Canal.
The results of the Fleet Problems caused the USN to begin shifting its doctrine to be more carrier-centric in the runup to WW2, and that's a big part of the reason the Essex class of fleet carriers were already beginning construction before the IJN attacked Pearl Harbor at the end of 1941. If the USN had waited until after Pearl to start laying down a new class of CV, it would have been quite a few more months before they started putting hulls to sea.