The Sinking of Ōnami: The Victim of the "Perfect" Naval Battle

Описание: #NavalHistory #WWII #MilitaryHistory #Documentary
In the pitch-black waters off Cape St. George on November 25th, 1943, the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Onami ceased to exist. She wasn't sunk in a heroic battle; she was deleted from the ocean before her crew even knew they were under attack. This is the story of the Battle of Cape St. George, an engagement so flawlessly executed that the US Naval War College still studies it as "the perfect battle."
Join us as we dissect the anatomy of this legendary ambush, where Captain Arleigh Burke's Destroyer Squadron 23, the "Little Beavers," used a revolutionary technology to turn the tide of naval warfare. We explore the critical technological gap between the Imperial Japanese Navy's reliance on elite training and superior optics, and the US Navy's game-changing SG surface-search radar.
This documentary delves into:
The tactical genius of Arleigh "31-Knot" Burke and the innovative doctrine he created.
The immense power and fatal flaw of the Japanese Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedo.
The strategic situation in the Solomon Islands that led to the high-stakes "Tokyo Express" mission.
A moment-by-moment breakdown of how American radar created an information dominance that made the battle a one-sided execution.
The physics behind the catastrophic explosion that vaporized the Onami, a stark lesson in technological obsolescence.
This wasn't just another naval battle in the Pacific War; it was the moment the age of visual-range combat ended, and the era of electronic warfare was born.