Could A Single Modern US Cruiser Have Won The 1942 Battle Of Midway? (Naval Battle 91) |DCS

We simulate a naval confrontation between the Imperial Japanese Naval Fleets from the 1942 Battle of Midway against one single modernized US Ticonderoga CMP cruiser. How far has naval technology progress in 80 years?

0:00 Intro
0:35 History
3:53 Scenario Details
8:59 Predictions
9:53 Battle

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[Jo_draga]

Please do more videos like this, it was actually really cool to see something like this.

[CanisMythson]

One thing that can't really be modeled is that the Japanese wouldn't know how dangerous that ship is, so they wouldn't treat it as if it were an entire fleet and throw their whole airpower at it. They'd think it was a heavy cruiser, or perhaps a small battleship, and try to deal with it with a small raid; and only after the missiles start coming in do they realize the actual danger.

[kevinford]

The largest problem I see with the setup on these scenarios is that the two fleets always blindly closed with each other. In a "real" situation the Ticonderoga is going to keep range between itself and the Japanese fleet.

[michaelw]

Interesting fact a single Yamato turret weighs more than a US fletcher class destroyer

[CrazyPalidin]

Keep in mind, the Ticonderoga never took evasive maneuvers to avoid the bomb hits.

[LiterallyOverTheHillAdventures]

Ticondaroga class cruisers carry two helicopters that have surface search radars that could used instead of AWACS to find the Japanese surface force.

[jeffrywilson]

Could you imagine fighting this battle and surviving. Imagine going back to Japanese Fleet command and trying to explain to them that one ship did this much damage to your fleet. They wouldn't believe it.

[mandoreforger]

I would like to see a part 2 where you focus on keeping the cruiser hidden until it can identify which ships are the carriers, as the SM-6 can be tasked to hit specific ships. If you can disable the carriers before they can spam aircraft, the battle is won.

[gary]

i think if there is only one ship versus the whole fleet, it probably will try to stay as far as possible instead of trying to get closer

[tyruskelebon]

The biggest issue when you try to compare a small modern force (whatever the actual force is, a ship, an Army battalion, a tank platoon) is we would need A LOT more ammo than we are used to equipping.

[fin-edoj]

While the battle may not have been 'won', I think it's pretty safe to say you've completely devastated the Japanese fleet and turned the tide of the war

[danielhawkins]

I can't help but think taking control of the ship earlier and doing a little basic zig-zagging would have prolonged the ship's life significantly.

[anthonyguida]

As someone from the Navy, the Ticonderoga cruiser would NEVER get that close to the Japanese fleet like this. It would use its 5in gun and VLS to decimate the fleet since they lacked any type of CIWS/AEGIS system. Plus, they'd have taken evasive maneuvers to avoid the bombs/torpedoes. Still very cool to see this! I'd say the whole tide of the war was changed.

[The_Viscount]

Okay, Here's something I don't get: Why wasn't the Ticonderoga firing her deck guns at the aircraft? The US 127mm guns are auto-loading and compatible with proxy fuses and use radar fire control. With the range they have, I'd be expecting rapid fire, pinpoint flak to be all over those planes.

[RCAvhstape]

From a distance the Ticonderoga cruiser is the Grim Reaper, felling enemy ships like corn stalks, but getting into gun range of enemy battleships seems to be a pretty bad move for any lone cruiser, vintage or modern.

[txlyons]

19:16 This is an amazing shot. Loved seeing the cruiser unleashing its ordnance. This vid was wildly entertaining.

[drewfierman]

Cap, ship based helicopters can be used to guide missiles over the horizon. also the tomahawk block 5 anti-ship variant is in service so the tico would use that instead of SM-6

[xetsw]

Interesting video, but I noticed that the 5 inch guns were not used in air defense. I am going to assume it is a problem with game dynamics since the use of 5 inch naval guns in AA dates back to before WWII. Modern 5 inch guns would be even more effective as they can use both proximity and variable time fuses. In addition to be radar/computer guided and controlled, much more accurate than WWII fire directors. The GR gang deserves serious congratulations for having to work around game problems (and not Cap problems) to bring us such entertaining content

[nhguged]

Modern ship would definitely smoke them. Instead of one incompetent player cosplaying the captain, it would have 100 highly trained experts. Their tactics would be vastly superior than yours, they'd attack at night, they'd have more range (and wouldn't get in range, either), and there's no chance the old machine guns are hitting those missiles. They'd be sitting ducks. Just a question of munitions. And if the modern ship ran out, ok, go reload then come back and sink the rest. No competition, you're just bad at it. But good video, fun.

[timtimtimmay]

With over the horizon capabilities and the advanced radar and IR systems on the Tico class, a night ambush would have made a huge difference. Also, with the Mk 86 not being utilized nor the general speed of the vessel to flank while firing it, the lack of utilizing the Mk 32 torpedos if you could get in range, and unused deck guns for close and slow AA, there was a lot left on the table. -sincerely, a former Tico FC. If it flies, it dies.