The Best Ships & the Navy Documentaries

Oceans - 74 free documentaries about ships & the navy.

Start with Why This Zig-Zag Coast Guard Search Pattern is Actually Genius - Smarter Every Day 268 (27 min, Smarter Every Day), then How to Surface a Submarine in the Arctic Ocean - Smarter Every Day 260 (42 min, Smarter Every Day). All 74 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on ships & the navy is Neptune's Inferno by James D. Hornfischer.

• Why This Zig-Zag Coast Guard Search Pattern is Actually Genius - Smarter Every Day 268 (27 min, Smarter Every Day)
• How to Surface a Submarine in the Arctic Ocean - Smarter Every Day 260 (42 min, Smarter Every Day)
• Crawling Down A Torpedo Tube -US NAVY Nuclear Submarine - Smarter Every Day 241 (21 min, Smarter Every Day)
• How I Boarded a US NAVY NUCLEAR SUBMARINE in the Arctic (ICEX 2020) - Smarter Every Day 237 (35 min, Smarter Every Day)
• How to Poop on a Nuclear Submarine - Smarter Every Day 256 (23 min, Smarter Every Day)
• RIMPAC: The Supercarriers Of Modern Naval Warfare | Guardian Of The Seas (41 min, Spark)
• Why Jet Boats are AWESOME (U.S. Coast Guard's Workhorse) - Smarter Every Day 272 (30 min, Smarter Every Day)
• War Ship: Navy Vessel Heavy Maintenance | Mega Pit Stops | Episode 4 (49 min, Free Documentary)
• When you call the US Coast Guard - Smarter Every Day 265 (25 min, Smarter Every Day)
• How to Fight Fire or Flooding on a Nuclear Submarine - Smarter Every Day 244 (27 min, Smarter Every Day)
• USS Seawolf: The Legendary Nuclear Sub Of The US Navy | Super Structures Episode 4 (52 min, Spark)
• The Disastrous Attempt To Reach The North Pole In A WW1 Submarine | Frozen North (52 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Sinking of an Aircraft Carrier (50 min, Free Documentary)
• How an 18th Century Sailing Warship Works (HMS Victory) (25 min, Animagraffs)
• Navy Airships Were Insane (21 min, Mustard)
• Did The Navy Kill A Military Whistleblower? The Death Of Lt. Van Dorn (78 min, Real Stories)
• Boarding a US NAVY NUCLEAR SUBMARINE in the Arctic - Smarter Every Day 240 (29 min, Smarter Every Day)
• Why Were These Seafaring Jobs So Deadly? | Worst Jobs In History (49 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• USS Zumalt: The Most Powerful Stealth Destroyer That Slices Through Waves | Power (50 min, Spark)
• The Gigantic French Navy Ship Built For Warfare | Extreme Constructions (51 min, Spark)
• How Has The Warship Evolved Throughout Military History? | Warships (63 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• USS Kentucky: America's Ultimate Weapon Of Mass Destruction (46 min, Wonder)
• China’s Plan to Block All Submarines (21 min, Real Engineering)
• How to Make Pizza on a Submarine - Smarter Every Day 246 (16 min, Smarter Every Day)
• A Tour Of The World's Most Dangerous Destroyer Battleship | Life At Sea Season 1 Episode 1 (45 min, Spark)
• USS Yorktown: What Life Was Like Onboard An Aircraft Carrier During WW2? (61 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• How a World War Two Submarine Works (31 min, Animagraffs)
• Floating Super Clinic: Secrets of the Mega Hospital Ship (46 min, Free Documentary)
• Inside A Warship’s Top Secret Mission To The Arctic Circle | Life At Sea Season 3 Episode 1 (45 min, Spark)
• What Happened To Russia's Cold War Nuclear Submarines? | End Of Red October (44 min, Spark)
• HMS Duncan's High Stakes Mission Rescuing British Hostages | Life At Sea Season 2 Episode 4 (42 min, Spark)
• HMS Duncan: Life On Board A Billion-Pound Royal Navy Destroyer | Life At Sea Season 2 Episode 1 (44 min, Spark)
• The Bizarre History Of The Early Submarines | History Of The Submarine (55 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• How One WW2 Crewman Survived A Submarine Disaster | The Perseus Survivor (53 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Ark Royal: The Engineering Genius Behind WW2's Greatest Aircraft Carrier (43 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Inside The Navy's Indoor Ocean (20 min, Veritasium)
• Mission Critical: Inside the Coast Guard's Most Dangerous Operations (43 min, Wonder)
• What Is Life Like On A Naval Warship In Active Warfare? | Life At Sea Season 1 Episode 4 (45 min, Spark)
• Syrian Chemical Attacks Force British Destroyer To Prepare For War | Life At Sea Season 1 Episode 3 (45 min, Spark)
• Underwater Aircraft Carriers: Japan’s Secret Weapon (13 min, Mustard)
• Responding to a Capsized Boat with the U.S. Coast Guard - Smarter Every Day 277 (16 min, Smarter Every Day)
• HMS Duncan: Inside The $1bn Warship As It Fights Russia | Life At Sea Season 1 Episode 2 (45 min, Spark)
• USNS Robert E. Peary: Keeping The US Navy Fuelled And Fed (46 min, Spark)
• How Japan Took Down 36 Russian Warships In One Maneuver (50 min, Spark)
• The EA-18s and EA-6Bs Jets At Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (26 min, Spark)
• Aircraft Carriers - Rulers of the Oceans | Part 2 (55 min, Free Documentary - History)
• How the US Navy Built 100 Aircraft Carriers In Just 3 Years (51 min, Spark)
• The Weapon That Changed The Face Of War | Angle Of Attack (53 min, Spark)
• HMCS Iroquois Travels Into The Most Dangerous Waterways On The Planet | Warships (50 min, Spark)
• Hunt The Bismarck: The Royal Navy's Operation To Destroy Hitler's Battleship (50 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• What happened to the USS Arizona? (Pearl Harbor) (15 min, Jared Owen)
• Nazi U-Boat Peril: How Britain Countered German U-Boat Commanders (149 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Outdated Naval Tactics That Sealed The Yamato's Fate (51 min, Spark)
• HMCS Calgary Sets Sail For Persian Gulf | Warships (50 min, Spark)
• U-Boat Wargamers | Episode 4: The Game (50 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Navy Flying Ships Were Insane (12 min, Mustard)
• USS Gravely: A 2-Billion-Dollar Guided Missile Destroyer (46 min, Spark)
• The Engineering Perfection Of Nazi Germany's WW2 U-boats (51 min, Spark)
• A Look Into The Royal Navy's Impressive Aircraft Onboard RNAS Yeovilton (43 min, Spark)
• U-Boat Wargamers | Episode 1: The Mastermind (50 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Mega Shippers: Navy Boat Float, Channel Island, Steam Locomotive (48 min, Free Documentary)
• Why This Missile Destroyer Cost US Navy Billions | The Military Tech Show (43 min, Spark)
• The Marine Warships Fighting Against Terrorist Threats | Warships (51 min, Wonder)
• Elite Navy Officers Patrol Dangerous Pirate And Terrorist Waters | Warships (51 min, Wonder)
• Extreme Jobs: Adventure Photographer, Stunt Rider, Naval Commander | Retro Doc (25 min, Free Documentary)
• Innovative Maritime Engineering | Impossible Engineering (68 min, Science Channel)
• The Most Insane Warship Engineering Ever Put to Sea (102 min, Spark)
• A Brief Overview Of WW2 Naval Warfare (154 min, Spark)
• Gruelling Training Process For Elite British Royal Navy | Unbreakable (45 min, Wonder)
• USNS Grasp: The US Navy's Swiss Army Knife (46 min, Spark)
• Navy Warship Prepares To Board In Somalian Pirate Territory (51 min, Wonder)
• Fighter Jets: The Weapon That Changed The Face Of War (54 min, Spark)
• This Huge Warship Carries The Navy, Aircraft and a Hospital (51 min, Wonder)
• Thunder Boat: The Navy’s Swiss Knife | The Secret Weapon | Revolutionizing Naval Power (51 min, Moconomy)

Top-Rated Books About Ships & the Navy

1. Neptune's Inferno by James D. Hornfischer - View on Amazon
2. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer - View on Amazon
3. Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll - View on Amazon
4. Blind Man's Bluff by Sherry Sontag - View on Amazon
5. Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by L. David Marquet (4.3/5) - View on Amazon