My good neighbour "Derby" Ray Munroe was a gunners mate on HMAS Shropshire, actually loading the battery during this battle.
He said that the radar on the Shropshire was the best there was at the time, it gave them an edge and kept them safe.
HMAS Shropshire was a replacement for the Canberra, which was badly damaged by the Japanese attack, at Savo Island  but actually sunk by U.S. torpedoes.
"Derby" sailed on HMAS Shropshire from its refit at Chatham docks through the Solomons , Leyte,  all the way to Tokyo Bay.
Thank you for giving the Shropshire a mention, I know Ray was proud to serve on her.

I just finished watching The Bloody Hundredth. About 12 minutes in I heard a familiar voice--and then he appeared--Seth Paridon!

I was beginning to think that Tony was a figment of Jon's imagination.  Really looking forward to this episode.

Bill, Seth, Jon, AND Tony? Let’s gooooo

I know you have limited time to make these episodes but the byplay and interjections of "minor" details that lengthen them bring the battle alive. Thanks to all of the participants for their willingness to share their knowledge.

Seth, Bill, Jon, Tony and other assorted guest lecturers: thank you for giving us the modern day version of Victory at Sea (Pacific War), with all the nerd details collected since the war!
This will be a treasure for future generations of when the United States was at its peak in cohesion, manufacturing and education.
I’m always amazed at how the US Navy was able to teach millions of American men mathematics to do their jobs in aviation, navigation, radar and gunfire, but today believe two plus two doesn’t always equal four.
Thanks again!

Happy to see Jon Parshall and Tony Tully.  Tony Tully is Coauthor with Jon Parshall of Shattered Sword and partner of the web site "combined fleet" which I have spent many hours viewing.

I swear the boys here could yap for the next few days straight and I would still be glued to their presentation.  Nice touch withTony, outstanding effort as usual Seth. From Australia

My dad was a seaman first class on the WeeVee and was there.  Really enjoyed this podcast.

Last time I was this early Nishimura still had all his ships.

Wonderful.  As Regent of the Woodburn Chapter WVDAR in Morgantown, WV, it was my/our honor to nominate Forest Jackson (Jack) Bowman for the NSDAR's Historic Preservation Medal a year ago.  As WVU Student Body President in 1959, Jack learned of the soon scrapping of the USS West Virginia (Mountaineer Battlewagon, WeeVee).  He contacted the Navy to get "something significant" for the WVU campus.  They offered the mast, but stipulated that we were responsible to get it from Washington state to Morgantown, WV.  After a lot of phone calls and the help of US Senator Randolph and Congressman Staggers, the B&O RR agreed to ship it for free.  It arrived in Morgantown on March 17, 1961, but was not erected until May, 1963 (the end of my freshman year).  Not only did Jack receive the award, but the NSDAR President General asked that she present it to him on the opening night of the DAR's 132nd Continental Congress on the stage on Constitution Hall in Washington, DC.  It happened.  The mast stands sentinel over the downtown campus.  Every Pearl Harbor Day, a ceremony is held at the mast .  That mast has served to keep the story of the USS West Virginia alive in the State.  The bell near the mast is from the first USS West Virginia, renamed the Huntington, to free up the name.  This ship's bell is in Charleston, WV.

Yet another classic for the ages. Kudos, gentlemen.
Lest We Forget.
     🦀 🇦🇺 ✌️

Jesse Coward was skipper of USS Sterrett during the Barroom Brawl off Guadalcanal. He learned that lesson firsthand in the world’s toughest classroom.

It's so great to see Tony as well as Jon.  I'm still speechless after reading "Shattered Sword".

You know, this is one of the only battles I can think of where a destroyer does what destroyers were built to do: protect a force of battleships operating in coastal waters from enemy torpedo boats. Even 50 years later Shigure charging around pinning PT boats with searchlights and driving them off with gunfire worked exactly as Admiral Fisher envisioned it would.

My uncle, a chief radar technician, was aboard USS Phoenix at this battle. Unfortunetely, I didn't learn this until after his passing.

Tony is my son’s godfather.  What a special talent he and Jon possess and share.

I have to say that Admiral W. Lee's message of "Stand aside,  I'm 8:43 coming through" sent from USS Washington before delivering the righteous, mighty Panche of the US Navy. Ranks up with that of John Paul Jones and  Admiral Farragut in annals of our Navy

This is the definition of naval nerding out. I want more.
This is up there with Episode 123, So glad that Tony joined ya'll.
Open Fire!!!

Casually adding the world's leading expert on the subject at hand is quite the flex for this podcast/channel.