Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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WWII saw the reformation of the naval task force, transforming from battleship centric- to carrier centric thinking. Our ship models at the USS KIDD Veterans Museum are arranged to replicate the fast carrier task force configuration. Curator Elijah Otto tells that story.

Video about floating drydocks:
youtu.be/5s8uEr8FWj4?si=cnRLDmYXi-twumfl

00:00 Intro
00:23 What is a Task Force?
01:17 Fleet Problem
02:42 Carrier Centric vs. Battleship Centric Debate
03:51 Project B
04:55 British Carrier Raid at Taranto
05:23 Sinking of the Bismarck
06:08 The Japanese Demonstrate Naval Air Power
06:45 Reformation of Task Force
08:01 "Fast"
08:52 Center of the Task Force
10:26 Battleships Ring
11:30 Cruisers Ring
12:13 Destroyers - Outermost Ring
16:08 Moving the Task Force
18:01 Floating Drydocks

The USS KIDD Veterans Museum is a non-funded state agency that receives no regular state or federal funding.

Donate to support our drydocking effort:
usskidd.com/support-our-mission

Music from Uppbeat
uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/badass-blues
License code: I7LXBAUGLJXFBNHQ

Filmed with @DJI cameras, edited with @AdobeCreativeCloud

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