“A Johnston- free firing position…”

Read, “Any point on the map marked as ‘reserved for those too cowardly or too smart to fight the Johnston’.”

31:48 To be fair, the Japanese attacking the Johnston with four cruisers and several destroyers and using armor piercing shells makes sense when you consider the amount of damage the Johnston has caused.  Even if they figured out it was small, they had to assume it was some new kind of invincible ship at that point.

"This is to be a fighting ship and I intend to take her into harms way." He didn't fucking lie.  He stood against capital ships for 3 fucking hours.  What a true American hero.

American carriers were servicing planes from squadrons that came from who knows where, without question.  Anything to get planes rearmed and back up.  Meanwhile, in Imperial Japan, the Army can’t even be bothered to tell the Navy that they spotted the enemy.

28:37 "Seeing the ship under attack by a heavy cruiser, she promptly shoots up this ship as well, because of course it does." Never change.

Lt Frank Lupo departed one of the light carriers with no ordnance but constantly buzzed the enemy ships, rolling on it's side as he passed and shooting at the bridge with his .45 sidearm. That's either incredibly heroic or he was really pissed

“The Japanese Imperial Navy's Center Force fleet is bearing down on a handful of American escort carriers....but wait!  Here comes the USS Johnston with a steel chair!!!”

I’m not entirely convinced that the Johnston isn’t to this day sitting on the ocean floor planning its single handed amphibious assault on the Japanese mainland

Japanese Battleship: “Oh, you’re actually approaching me??”

USS Johnston: “I can’t beat the shit out of you without getting closer.”

"Shipmaster, they outnumber us three to one!"
"Then it is an even fight."

"We're sucking them into 40mm range," is one of my favorite quotes of the war.

The Battle off Samar is, IMO, the finest moment of the US Navy.

after the 6th AP shell passes through your ship without detonating just making very large holes.
"STOP PUTTING HOLES INTO ME BLOODY SHIP!!"

This needs to be a movie.
"You say we're massively outnumbered. I prefer the term "target-rich environment""

"I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's way"
J.P. Jones
November 16th 1778

IJN Officer: "Sir, we've got the enemy on the run!"
IJN Captain: [Calmly points toward the rapidly approaching USN Johnston]

My grandad was lucky that day. He was on the only remaining gun turret aboard the USS Samuel b Roberts. I got to talk to him about it before he passed about 15 years ago. Well until he broke out in tears then I stopped. Said he couldn’t swim because his arms were like spaghetti after the action and almost drowned. I’m here because he kept fighting.

The skipper of the Johnson, Lieutenant Commander Evans, proved the old adage,
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog"

This was the only time the worlds largest battleship Yamato fired at enemy ships, and a destroyer chased her away.

Interesting to note USS Samuel B. Roberts also pulled a Carpathia and managed to exceed its design top speed by five knots during the battle by diverting all steam to her boilers.