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Ships, submarines & maritime: videos Hacker News recommends
Maritime topics: ships, shipping and container logistics, submarines, ocean engineering, sailing, naval architecture, deep sea exploration, ports. Below: every video in this topic that at least three HN users linked with real commentary, in at least three different months (7 explainers, 6 documentarys, 2 videos), best-scored first, with the comments on each video page.
- Aviation & aerospace engineering 124
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- Cooking & food 41
- Engineering & making (other) 27
- 5 HN recommenders 5 months 2021–2026Go-to link when oxygen candles, CO2 capture or submarine air quality come up.
- 2 HN recommenders 3 months 2021–2025N NathanielsCAD · tutorialHN points to it as an unusually clear teaching film on how celestial navigation works, and as an example of how good old military training material is.
- SHIPBREAKERS | Would you risk your life dismantling the world’s largest ships just to survive? | NFB3 HN recommenders 3 months 2022–2024N NFB · documentaryHN recommends it for an up-close look at the shipbreaking industry.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2022–2023S Sam Holmes Sailing · interviewHN recommends it as an accessible introduction to Yrvind and his minimalist boat ideas.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2022–2025Recommended as a clear overview of military logistics, often as a contrast with civilian infrastructure efforts.
- 3 HN recommenders 2 months 2020–2023M Military History Visualized · explainerCited as one of the best visualizations of how overwhelmingly dominant US industrial output was in the Pacific war.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2020–2022Recommended in submarine threads as the start of an access-rich series on life aboard a US fast attack sub.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2021–2023I icannotgetafreename · videoOffered as a calming, dry, familiar broadcast, fitting for a crowd that enjoys ambient and lofi radio.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2023–2024Linked in Panama Canal threads as a clear diagrammatic explanation of how locks save water.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2021–2022HN commenters point to it as a better explanation of just-in-time versus the Toyota Way and of container and chip shortages.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2024–2026W What's Going on With Shipping? · commentaryHN recommends the channel for clear coverage of the history, cabotage rules and debate around the Jones Act.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2020–2021D DW Documentary · documentaryRecommended as a fascinating watch in threads on leaking wrecks and oil spills.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2020–2024T The New Yorker · documentaryHN mostly cites it as an example of institutional failure and deference to hierarchy during a disaster.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2022–2026L Laura Try · documentaryCited as an example of ocean rowing crossings and recommended by one commenter as really good.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2021–2023HN points to it as the best accessible explanation of submarine ice breaking and sub controls.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2024–2026Linked as the accessible explanation of how moire navigation lights work.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2014–2016L Liberalism4Australia · news clipCited in discussions of how quiet diesel-electric submarines can evade detection by large navies.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2016–2022S Speakers Spotlight · talkRecommended as a short, illustrated take on empowering teams instead of giving orders.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2019–2024HN commenters cite it as a concrete, working example of large-battery electric shipping with fast automated charging.
- cited 3× 0 months 2024–2026A aro004 · news clipCited in threads about earthquakes and tsunami warnings as a visceral view of what a tsunami wave looks like at sea.
- cited 4× 0 months 2016–2024S Sean Roos · videoShared as nightmare fuel in threads on diving and underwater work to show how deadly pressure differentials are.
- cited 3× 0 months 2021–2023A AiirSource Military · demoLinked as a vivid illustration of automated close-in defense when threads discuss drones and autonomous defense.
Questions
What is the most recommended ships, submarines & maritime video on Hacker News?
How Do Nuclear Submarines Make Oxygen?- Smarter Every Day 251 by SmarterEveryDay: Go-to link when oxygen candles, CO2 capture or submarine air quality come up.
How is this ships, submarines & maritime list ranked?
By HackerTube's score: the number of distinct months in which an HN comment recommended the video, plus half a point for every month with a strong recommendation. One viral thread counts less than steady recommendations over years.
Where do the videos come from?
From every Hacker News comment between 2007 and 2026 that linked a YouTube video, labeled by an AI model as a recommendation, a citation, a joke or a criticism. The list is published by HackerTube under ODC-By 1.0; this edition adds indexable pages and the comment context.
Video list and Hacker News comment labels from HackerTube (prompted by @karpathy), released under ODC-By 1.0, built on the open-index/hacker-news archive. Hacker News data is provided by Y Combinator; comments remain the work of their authors. Video titles, channel names and thumbnails belong to their creators and are shown via YouTube. HackerTube Watch is an unofficial edition. Data export of 2026-10-31.