USS Silversides WW2 Submarine Engine Start-up
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- Main Diesel Engine Start-Up aboard the USS Silversides U.S. Navy World War 2 Gato Class Submarine in Muskegon Michigan during - A Day with the Crew (July 2018). Witness History come to Life on this Historic Submarine filled with World War 2 Living Historians.
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Video By Heinz Thiel
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It's great that they are able to run these engines. Most museum submarines are not kept in working order.
It's an amazing design and build when all they had was paper and pencils to design and craftsmen to put them together. The men who willingly put up with the 24 hour noise and the discomfort of living in that environment are real heroes...
I can only imagine the thrill. My Grandfather was at Normandy and the fact that this magnificent ship still has a beating heart makes me think of him. Great job guys.
for 4 years when my boys were in Scouts, we spent a night on this sub as a scout activity. It was cool. The adults brought all of the appropriate movies, Enemy Below, U501, Run Silent, Run Deep, etc.
I can't even imagine what it was like serving on one of these vessels in a war time situation. Thank you guys for what you do.
having been through this sub I think it is amazing that this boat still has running engines. its a national treasure
We may need it to defend home.
"Rig for silent running!" "What?" "RIG FOR SILENT RUNNING!" "WHAT????" "RIG!!! FOR!!! SILENT!!! RUNNING!!!" "OH! I ALREADY DID!"
Both my Dad and his Dad serve on Gato class Subs. My grandpa in the Pacific in WW2 and my Dad in Vietnam. My Dad was an engine room mechanic.
Very nice to here the engines run, I was a torpedo man on the SS 396
My father served aboard diesel subs from 1946-1949. Some of those subs were the Blenny, Boarfish, and Sea Owl. He hated being coated in a film of sweat, salt, and diesel oil.
and drinking jacket cooling water... blech
Springbok295..... I'm glad that your dad was in the subs AFTER WW2 was over..., my dad was in from 1942 to 1946 and was on the DE 388 (Destroyer Escort) over in N. Africa, the back to the US and transferred on to a Destroyer in Sept.1944 and headed to the Pacific.... he passed away in 2015 at 93+ yrs old.
Yeah, my father is 92. He joined July 44 - Spring '53. He went to Great Lakes for his basic training. He never forgot the smell of diesel oil, the sting of battery acid or the stickiness from the salt water. By '53 he had had enough. He could've stayed in and gone to Annapolis as he was offered a slot to go there but he declined. He didn't want to go the Navy route, rather he went into academia instead. But he had quite an adventure. After all the years of what he and his fellow sailors were exposed to like asbestos, chemicals, radiation etc, it's amazing he made it this far. I have no doubt though in my mind that had there been an invasion of Japan he would most likely not be here. He was slated for Operation Olympic. @@Romans--bo7br
@@Springbok295.... Thanks for your reply. Glad to hear that you still have your dad with you... is his health still pretty good? Sounds like we're probably fairly close in age, considering the closeness of our dad's ages. I think your dad made a wise choice in getting out when he did.... and as you said, he may not be here now had he stayed in the Navy, and of course, neither would you.... so I'm sure you're most thankful for that, and I... wouldn't be "conversing" with you here on YT, either..... so, I'm thankful for that as well. ; )
He's ticking along thanks for asking. Our father's generation was the greatest this country ever had. Doubt we'll ever see one like theirs ever again. I remind him everytime we go out(he lives with me) to wear his Navy baseball cap to show off that he's a vet. It was hard to convince him to do that as he's not one to show off but I wanted folks to know he served and deserves respect from the public. Thankfully our society has given this current generation of vets the respect they deserve so I thought it important he advertise so to speak with his service nearly 70 years ago.@@Romans--bo7br
Listen to that Fairbanks and Morse purr! 70+ years old and still runs like a top. DBF!
Kristopher Vires...... You're right, but they Never "purrred" quite as sweet as their GM/Cleveland/EMC/EMD counterparts did and still do. ; )
So cool this boat can still run under her own power!
It can not dive.
Brought back great feelings
My rack was in the after battery next to the hatch to ER1.
It is great to see Silverside's engine still work. I recalled asking that same question when Silverside was docked at Navy Pier for so many years, if the engine still run, and coordinator told it did not at that time. Nice that it found a new home. At least Chicago still have a German U505.
I too remember when it was docked at Navy Pier.
I.worked on those Fairbanks engines. We use them a lot in the Coast Guard. They're a good engine but very involved to work on. Just changing out a cracked liner can take 2 full days of hard work. On an EMD you can do it in a couple of hours.
Those old rock crushers had their downside, but they COULD put out some serious power. But you can't beat a screamin' Jimmy for simplicity. Seee TheBus Grease Monkey's UA-cams
Yep been there done that on both engine types ... In the Coast Guard and oil field ...
@@MrAmartin8 I figure you haven't lived until you have had a lower bearing cap fall into the sump then have to fish it out again
I remember when the Silversides was in Chicago in 74-75 and I was a volunteer helping to restore her. It was a labor of joy one can call leisure as it was pleasureful work. I have always enjoyed the underwater realm since living in Puerto Rico from 1958-65 and scuba diving the reefs was exciting then. I believe that the Cavalla in Galveston at Seawolf Park still has a training torpedo from the Silversides. I met the final Captain and executive officer who passed away after we met.
Thank you so very much for working on the silver sides, I know a lot of people young and old who really enjoy the tours. My father served in the submarine service during World War II and was able to take a couple trips down 2 show us what he used to do. So thanks again
Think back to all those submarine movies you've seen. Remember all the scenes where the boat was under way on Diesel power and the crew was sitting around the engineering spaces having calm discussions about the girl back home? Only in Hollywood. I have a couple of friends that served on Diesel Electric boats and they're all partially deaf.
While Down Periscope is close to being a documentary, that is one thing I let go of; the crew talking in the engine room 😂
My oldest brother was an Engineman and served aboard the USS Rock SSR 274.
What I love about you Americans is that you keep so much of your wartime heritage active when us boring Brits just have to deactivate EVERYTHING go USA
Sad to hear that HMS Plymouth was not kept as museum ship, she served in the Falkland's War. Got to spend time aboard her shortly after the war.
Antonio. Thanks for the kind words with our efforts at keeping a piece of history alive. I’d also like to remind you that there’s a great piece of history sitting in Portsmouth harbor, HMS Victory. Now there’s a truly grand ship.
For all guests of the silversides during and engine start, earplugs are offered. The reason earplugs are not worn by myself of the other engine room crew is because we need to be able to listen to the workings of the engine room. Yes, I know this seems counter intuative, but let me explain. The engines and equipment in the silversides are nearly 80 years old. They are not run day in and day out and require a ton of maintenance to get to what you see in the video. Therefore, when we run the engines we need to be able to catch an issue as quickly as possible before something is ruined. Examples of this are air leaks, engine misfires, or any other out of the ordinary mechanical noises. Gauges do not tell all! Although it may sound like quite a raquet in the video, after you spend time around the engines you can quickly pick up on any noises that are out of the ordinary. Earplugs and earmuffs muffle these noises and make them harder to catch. Now, does this make not wearing hearing protection a good thing? Of course not! But also keep in mind that we spend very little time running the engines, maybe 15 minutes at a time 6 or 7 times a year.
I would love to hear one of these FM opposed piston engines running from the engine bay and top side by the exhaust. How similar to the EMD 2 strokes is it? It already seems louder at idle (thought I saw a gauge at 250 RPM...)
You are one of the guys that keeps that beast alive?
Well I say anybody that questions your skill or thinking when it comes to that submarine is a dumbass.
1 What if engine broke a crank shaft and put a hole in block on this sub, can engine be removed without cutting a hole in sub!?
2 can engine be rebuild in place!? Seams really impossible!
@@hisexcellencytrump855 No. you need to cut the hull. After you remove everything. Although 2 stroke diesels have modernized in many ways. A two stroke is still a two stroke diesel. By the way the U boats ran 4 stroke engines. Do you know why?
@@michaeldobson8859 my only guess would be think its a sub application, a 4 cycle fires every other stroke , so it may save on air usage in some kinda emergency??
USS Threadfin SS410...60's and 70's. Absolutely loved the drone of those Fairbanks Morse engines underway...sigh:) Thanks!
Now you know why your grandpa, who was a diesel mechanic on a WWII era sub could not hear worth a crap. Also....a Gato class is basically a long narrow metallic tube- and with all the flood doors open while the sub runs at night to charge the batteries, trying to get your time in a hot rack?? Dad was in the Navy during WWII(43-45), served on an attack transport in the Pacific- and while on shore leave was able to check out- if I remember correctly- him saying it was a British sub. I do remember his saying that he was all dressed out in his white Crackerjacks and when he went aboard and close to an access hatch....the smell was almost unbearable. He told me "Son...I knew then, why they called them Pig Boats". I asked him if he went inside and his reply...."hell no!" "Ain't no gal gonna get close to ya smelling like that". I miss him...and his stories. He also loved Navy SOS. You either hated it, or loved it. Mom tried to make it and it was NOT up to par, from what he remembered. He also, never got a tattoo and I asked why as I was around 12-13 at the time. I thought all sailors got tattoos. His reply: "Son, I never got drunk enough to get a tattoo. I hate needles and I got plenty of jabs via Uncle Sam. First night of shore leave, me and my buds would stay on the ship and play cards. When Sailors and Marines from our ship, hit the same port of call, and the drinking starts...the knuckleheads end up in the brig shortly via the SP. Then, you can actually go out and enjoy yourself on liberty"
My Dad was a WWII Navy Veteran too. I remember when he'd make us SoS and the two of us liked it in particular. He called it a "delicacy". Later, when I was in, the smarter guys would trade duty days to stay onboard that first day in port for Liberty and let others scramble out to find whatever trouble there may be- like a filter.
It wasn't so much about the fights and the brig in my case, but guys would go out and then report on areas you'd want to steer clear of, and most importantly, report on the best places to get the least expensive beers. That was like a measure of the local economy.
I recalled the story from one old salt where he was in a conversation with other Sailors and that as they regaled everyone on tales of sights they had seen and things that they had done in their Navy travels, he realized that he had no tales to tell.
His story was like so many others: it entails hitting the first suitable bar and there the story ends. He'd never went out and saw any sights, went exploring or even opting for a tour. He was in his twilight of his career and did what he could in the time remaining, but there was no way to catch up from such a deficit, and you could see the regret in his face..
So I'd be the kind to switch duty days, which many are eager to just hit that Liberty Port. But they never thought that once we moored and everything was set, then Liberty would be called and often the day was half over by then anyway.
The next day, anyone not on duty was dismissed right after morning muster, call it 7:30AM. I'd go with a buddy down to the mess deck, stuff water bottles full of ice, snag some fruit (technically, we were not supposed to do this, but nobody cared), stuff that, a windbreaker and a pen and paper and would take off and explore the area.
Again, unlike so many, we'd avoid any American chain restaurants and stop to eat at local, mom & pop restaurants and their shops to find those things worth bringing home to family.
We'd make it back to the ship about dinner time, which usually only duty personnel were eating, which was great because there were short lines, if any, eat, shower and change to head out, already knowing where all of the best and least expensive establishments were for the evenings entertainment.
There'd already be safety in numbers in that area, and good times to be had in that venue as well, after the daytime was as well spent as could be. I never got a tattoo either, but my Dad, did and regretted it for decades after.
It was the classic tale of some Navy buddies deciding to all go out and do it together, and it seemed a great idea at the time and it's easy to see why: my Dad was still in his teens at the time, in a group of his peers during war time and thought it would be a great commemorative thing to do.
@@matthewronson5218 Thanks for your reply...seems my Dad wasn't the only smart one to stay on board the first night. He was a real country boy...and joining the Navy was a real eye-opener for him. While on the farm, he often would get in trouble for not taking care of chores, but would be down by the creek reading movie star mags...he wanted off the farm. He told me back then, you could get regular GI issue uniforms, or they would give you an allowance to get a tailor made set of dress uniforms, which he opted to do...and he was always proud of the way they fit. He always wanted a nice watch and when he arrived in Hawaii after training, he bought one. While heading to be part of the Kwajalein campaign,(I believe) the skipper stopped the ship for a short swim call as it was so hot aboard. Being off duty, he want to see what was going on. He noticed Marines stationed all along the sides, armed. He asked one of them if they were being punished, or on watch for Japs and the reply was yes, and no. The Marine told my Dad that they were also on "shark watch". My Dad stated to the Marine that he must be a great shot, to be able to hit a moving shark. The Marine replied...Sailor, we don't shoot at the shark. These are whitetips that follow the ship as it dumps its trash/mess garbage...they run in packs and when they hit a man, he is done for. We shoot the swimmer to give the other to get out of the water. About that time, he got pushed off the ship into the water. He stated he never remembered climbing up the rope ladder, standing there soaking wet, new watch ruined.
He also had to scramble for an important, high ranking officer to be piped aboard unexpected-I forget who. He ran down, got his dress whites on and stood in formation. While this high ranking officer was reviewing, he stopped in front of my Dad and said: "Son...do you think you are in the fucking Chinese Navy-remove your cover!" To my Dad's horror...he was standing in formation with "Doris Day" scribbled on the front of his Dixie Cup. When the USO would show up, he often would, or try to get the movie/radio stars to autograph a extra cover and he grabbed the wrong one. The officer waited till he went back down inside the ship and back in formation with the proper cover. Peeled potatoes for a week. Man...I miss him and I miss his stories.
@@daltondickens1848 He should have been commended for getting Doris Day's autograph!
@@daltondickens1848 What a cool story thanks for sharing !~ I have a soft spot for all those guys back then
Took my son and his cub scout troop on a tour and spent the night on the Silversides 20 years ago. My sleeping bag still smells like diesel. Great that they're putting the girl back into working order.
I work on tug boats. Last time I saw a running Fairbanks engine was in the late 80’s. Pretty cool guys !!!
We run ours on a regular basis on my tug. (Cheyenne)
I was stationed at Subase Pearl Harbor back in 81, worked in the Periscope shop 35A, We still had one diesel boat still there back then, The USS Barbel built in the 50's there was diesel fuel in everything, the fresh water, the food the bug juice, spend a few days working on the barbel and then spend a few more days living in the head!
One of her sisters is a museum in Portland Or. I remember seeing one of the three on maneuvers with the Canadians off the coast of Wa. in the early '80's
Absolutely fantastic! Always love hearing a Fairbanks Morse running!
Gimme a Blackstone every time.......or Merlees.....Napier Deltic if you can find one!
Great tutorial video. Had issues starting mine, this helped a lot.
dude same.
Fairbanks Morse opposed piston two cycle engines. Tough, reliable and very powerful. Still using this same design today to power ships around the world.
I served aboard Carbonero SS 337 in 64 / 65 . It was Noisy and hot as hell with all four running!
was it a horrible life that you just tuned out just to get through, or was it something that became an enjoyable experience once you become accustom to it
My God, can you imagine what it was like in real war situations? FFS they who serve deserve ALL respect! Damn you who think otherwise.
I was a fireman on my first boat that had fairbanks OP engines. I was on the CGC Acushnet which used to be the USS Shackle
Beautiful sound. I had Fairbanks & Morse engines on the USS Bainbridge CGN-25. A problem we ran into from running them with no load was a buildup of carbon in the exhaust. Led to a backfire on number two. Thought we had been attacked.
Hello i spent the night on this sub about 12 years ago and i must say it was one of the pleasures of my life to be able to sleep on board a ww2 ship. for me tops it so awsome to hear it run when i was there they had freshly painted the gray 12 years ago it was wet so we had to be carefual than you for showing this and i hope to see more
Cool video. Nice to see these old things being kept alive. A few pairs of Peltors wouldn't go astray though.
What I love is the old boson’s mate who served on these boats almost 70 years ago instructing the next crew the proper start up process and the right way to do it.
After watching how the Germany navy did a start up video, the USA. Actually was rather simple and uncomplicated.
That said, what’s up with all the guys running around in German navel uniforms on a US vessel?
I am from Muskegon, I have toured through the USS Silversides many times. Very cool video!
Daniel Cebulla used to live there went there once amazing
Last time I was inside USS Silversides was when it was berthed at Navy Pier, Chicago...
Very Awesome. Thanks for sharing...630G and 620B, 1970--1987
Old timers teaching the kids of today. The machinist skills.
guarantee you theres someone on board wondering " hey where do i put the quarter for this game" ive heard this many times and even asked it. it gets a chuckle every time
Beautiful sub, miss the old diesels.
Awesome to see the diesels in action. I toured the boat last summer and it was a definite highlight of the trip!
A young person being taught the hard way by professionals, very unusual to see anymore.
Hahaha, yeah, I heard that guy say “Today while I’m still in my 50’s!” 🤣
I love that the engines still run, or at least one. Great work, guys!
Can you send the camera guy outside to capture some of that beautiful exhaust sound?
What an experience this must have been to be a young man in the time of war and working on one of these vessels.
I can only imagine being in the middle of the Pacific and these engines running for days loud like that.
Looks like she's in good hands with guys like Frank and Scott taking care of the maintenance of this beauty.
Originally Fremantle was onced a second world war submarine base here in Australia and the Australian maritime museum has the hmas ovens submarine
The French had to turn the old German submarine pens into a museum, because of the massive expense it would be to dismantle them. They were used by Nato for several decades after the war.
Hooven Owen Renschler, I believe, or HOVs. Damn fine engines.
I went to Fairbanks Morse school in Beloit back in the 70s. We had two 12 cylinder 38TD81/8 engines on our boat, and two Pratt & Whitney Jets. They are still running, powering that same boat, which is still in service as a Coast Guard Cutter. Due to de commission this year or 2020. Surprised the old man can still hear. Why aren’t you guys using ear muffs? We were doing that in the 70’s
That cutter with those engines, was that on a 210’ ? Which one?
As my name indicates, I served on boats, and this video brings back memories, and makes me glad we had GMC 278A's.
garybridgham WHEC 726 378’ USCGC Midgett. Was in Alameda CA then, now in Seattle. I did 6 Bearing Sea patrols on her and had to put out two engine fires on the Fairbanks Morse engines. One for a fuel pump coming loose and breaking a fuel line, which sprayed fuel on the exhaust manifold and one for a leaking oil line spraying on a hot turbocharger.
I'm giving her all she's got, Captain!
Some faces of sublime satisfaction there 😎
Those Fairbanks Morse engines are still talkin'
If you're a fan of the Silversides, check out the book ( and audiobook ) 'The War Below' by James Scott. Includes inside accounts of the boat's actions in the Pacific Theater.
14 Combat Tours, 3rd most successful boat in the Theater.
Still ready for action. Made in the USA.
Holy cow!! What’s sun with an incredible history!! Thank you!!
silversides sat for years at the "naval armory" ,,Randolph st Chicago,,snow and junk on the deck etc ,,nice to see it saved
And not one pair of ear plugs in sight, in the entire run sequence. Having served aboard the USS Blue Ridge, I can tell you, her Fairbanks Morris EDG's WILL make you deaf in no time. Enjoy your tinnitus gentlemen.
Totally worth it.
What? Can't hear you
Totally preventable hearing damage.
I love that sound, the submarine have life back, i can see on their faces, now it´s ride time!!!!
They didn't show the sheer joy of hand cranking the oil pump to pre-lube the engines.
Was this a reenactment day?? Just wondering seeing everyone in period uniform's.... On a plus..I think it's so awesome you guys started that old bastard up!! Hats off to the 2 guys that weren't dressed up and actually got her running!!
Yea it's in the description
Awesome vid. Thanks for sharing. Lot's of excited crew members!
I didnt think that sound would still make me sleep good but it still does
I can smell the diesel fumes through my tablet screen
I sailed with an engineer that did every mission on the Silvversides but two. I was on the James A. Hannah. we had the same engines on the tug.
Two 2,000hp Fairbanks Morris and were the first on the great lakes with a bubbler system before the coast guard. WE actually broke the Old Mackinaw (coat guard icebreaker), out of the ice when she got stuck up by the straits. Quite an unusual engine. It had two crankshafts, upper and lower and was an opposed piston engine. you never had the power in reverse as forward because you had to stop the engine and start it in reverse, and caused the timing to be off. Went to school on these engines in Beloit Wisconsin at Colt industries. But the old chief taught me more
I worked boats, tugs etc for years a lot of the older tugs had the F&M diesels in them.
Your next video would be my all time favorite if you took the boat out and exercised the dive planes and while you're doing that you exercised the TDC with a couple Mark 14's ⚓
So that's why they are called Silent Hunters! ... WHAT? ... I said SILENT HUNTERS ... WHAT? ... Ah nevermind
you can either go loud and fast above water, or slow and quite below water on battery power back then
when submerged on the battery they are very quiet.
Got to love the old engineering Bucks checking the young buck out this is their world special guy’s!!!
I’m assuming the fresh water cools the engines, then goes via a saltwater-cooled heat exchanger, back to the tanks?
He says they switch tanks, so that suggests to me that they just run water in then out, no heat exchanging going on. These things take a while to heat up so it’s sufficient for these demo runs.
Proceeded on surface toward assigned position. On the 28th a frigate bird made a high level bombing attack, scoring a direct hit on the bare head and beard of the OOD, Lt. Bienia. No indication by radar prior to attack.[12]
served on Blenny-Halfbeak-and Hardhead all gm engines!!
Thank you for this ! It was an incredible video !
I hope there's a very detailed procedure book for operating those things - original WWII engineers are getting really scarce.
Watch start up of WW2 U-BOAT ENGINE
This is a truly wonderful video. Thank you Sir!
I was a U/W on P & O Class RN diesel electrics. Doing my Part 3 and a watch in engine room. First sat on fuel separator until told 2 guys were killed by one exploding then stood under Induction Hull Valve while 'snorting'. The boat went a bit deep and heard "stop snorting(x3) and the valve shut and parted my hair🤣☠
For us non Navy persons, please explain what you are saying.
Fair winds and following seas to you!
Absolutely AWESOME!.
to any and all honorab;e vets, thank you. to the people keeping this ol girl alive and going, many MANY thanks. . speaking of nazi ww2 subs theres one in Chicago at a museum that i toured as a child. in the early 80s
yamahonkawazuki It’s the U-505. They restored her and moved her inside to a nice area all her own. The Museum Of Science and Industry. Great place to visit when you’re in the Windy City.
@@fw1421 thats the one. Life of a submariner no matter what side was hazardous. Subs need to be larger. Submariners have balls that would make chuck norris jealous
That would be the Kreigsmarine U-505!!
@@Mosin-lf7wl yes indeed
Hey,did anyone do an gig line inspection on those squids in the uniform of the day gear.
Chambray shirts, patch pocket bell bottom jeans and brass buckle web belts just like I wore as a Coast Guard Aviation Machinist Mate 3d class.
Nothin' will pass off your Chief Petty Officer that when the Commanding Officer comes aboard and see you with an unalined gig line and one speck of dirt on your shoes if you're a in port watch stander or tour guide for high mucky mucks.
Seriously, really neat vid of a WW II Boat.
Her old COB would be proud of the job you guys are doing.
Not an earplug to be seen! This is very cool to watch those engines fire up
I knew an ex submariner, he had hearing problems AND vision problems from those times. If the engine ran 24/7, you'd wear ear protection. It was very hard to live in those situations back in that time always worrying about an enemy that could sink you, although you tried not to think of it, the idea still lurked in your mind, my pleasure to interview an older Navy man...
Why doesn't anyone in this video have their hearing protection on?
They're keeping it historically accurate I guess.
Love it! Hats off!
No ear protection?
Not very noisy?
I went on a old WW2 sub when I was young I forget it's name now it was back in the 80's
Looks like we have some Kreigsmarine re-enactors on board.
militaries doin it hybrid style since subs first began. ( mostly)
Not really the silent service lol
It's a great place.
Did 4 years on a boomer, and ran aft everytime they fired the diesel. Loved the sound.
When did submarine designs change that placed the emergency diesel from forward to aft?
Never thought boomers actually had a diesel auxiliary...
At about 9:00, I realized I could just turn down the volume.
LOL! I scrolled down @ 7:34. Thank you so much.
My God the engine room on those diesel electric boats was noisy. You could loose you hearing there in a very short time.
My father worked on diesel subs while in Perth Australia in the navy and he did loose his hearing. My parents tried for years to get him full disability and final did in his later years. I now understand why. Would give anything if he could see this video.
I wonder if that thing could be put into service if it came down to it .
No.
its most likely been demilitarized with any sort of weaponry removed and replaced with replica's or permanently disabled to the point it could never be used again.
No propellers, there are holes cut in for tours so it can't go back up if it submerges, and I sincerely doubt it would be able to do much against modern warships
Great video! Love those FB
these diesel main engines,,, did they drive propeller shafts directly through a gear box
or were these boats diesel/electric? meaning the diesel engine drove generator which
powered electric drive motors which turned the screws, in a way similar to the way a diesel locomotive engine drives an alternator to power electric motors which turn the wheels?
Thanks for your textbook definition of diesel-electric...
@@operatorjeffdeathstar7759that's not what i was asking no reason to be
insulting i asked if that was the way these engines propelled these boats on the surface. so forgive me for asking
@@williammoses6232 too fucking funny...diesel-electric is your answer, took less time to look up vessel on wiki for a full rundown than you spent...try sarcasm in your diet, you will live longer, bruh, peace...
What a clown you are! Obviously, you don't know the answer to this perfectly legitimate question.@@operatorjeffdeathstar7759
Why are those POW's on the boat roaming around?
They've defected to our side.
I'm curious about what restrictions you guys have from the Navy. The guys over at USS New Jersey cannot run her boilers or engines. Though if there is a catastrophic failure, a boiler explosion is an order of magnitude over a diesel engine blowing up🤔. Just wondering.
Actually now that I think of it they run original diesel generators on the ship....
The complexity and attention to detail, inspections and manpower needed to fire up those old boilers and sub systems is wayyy beyond the capability of a museum ship. These beautiful old Rock Crushers are pretty simple in comparison. Many many Diesel engines and Diesel gensets from he war era are still capable of functioning, even if only minimally maintained. One of our sandby generators at a radio station where I worked in the 60s was a 1930s era unit. Still ready to go today, is tested monthly and can handle the entire load of the two transmitters, the HVAC, lights and even the electric range! Of course, the transmitters use wayyyy less power nowadays.
The current Chief Engineer charges his Tesla there as well.
New Jersey dont use any of its equipment like that shore power only they aren't allowed to use the engines and if they did it would take a big crew
How long would it take to get the diesels going when a submarine surfaced during was conditions? This seems a painfully long process.
I think it was slow because they just filled water, air and oil supply, this is a museum. When the boat was on war patrol, I think all 5 diesels were running in like 10 seconds after surfacing since the crew constantly maintained liquid levels, air was always ready in the bottles for start and they got the order for preparing to surface in time so even if they needed to do something, they had the time. These engines were designed in a clever way to be as easy to operate (and ofc. as reliable) as possible.
They would start charging the compressed air bottles that turned the big Fairbanks and Morse engines over as soon as they heard 3 blasts on the klaxon that signaled a return to the surface. As soon as they hit the surface, the main induction valve would open letting fresh air into the boat and the final valves opened before hitting the starters. Once one engine was running on propulsion one-two engines would be immediately set to charge batteries depending on how long the dive was and how depleted the batteries were according to the gravity meters. Keep in mind these rock crushers were run and maintained by an entire dedicated team of men, not a few old men and some hobbyists.
This is the boat they filmed "Below" in/on
My father toured this boat during the Korean war when he was station in Japan. Then in 1980 I believe it was at Navy Pier in Chicago and he took me on the tour of it. Then after being at the Museum of Science and Industry for years it went to Michigan in the 1990's and my son was in grade school and his class took a field trip to it where they spent the night on it. Three of my generations have been on that boat. That's pretty cool.
Thundering diesels and whining turbines is why my 64 year old ears have dropped 50% since I first stepped foot in an engine room at age 18. No health and safety then. If you wore earplugs, you were at best a wimp and at worst "ignoring the engines". 8:53 - Shouting in the ear is useless - you lip read and use sign language. Our watches were 4 on 8 off with 4 hours of maintenance overtime (unpaid in British Merchant Navy). I miss the drama of a S80MC 28,000 SHP air start main engine diesel and the accelaration of a 30,000 SHP steam turbine set. Hot? Noisy? Dirty? Hard work? - you bet!!
Hey, at least it's better than getting cut to ribbons in the marines...
Old guys with no ear drums chilling in the loud engine room.
What?
Speak up sonny, I can't hear ya.
WHAT
@@user-jt5vm3mi1w I SAID, START THE ELECTRICS!!!
@@GameMaker3_5 WHAT
My father served on this sub. I was on a carrier.
Thank you both for your service and sacrifices
The sound of those Fairbanks/Morse diesels...brings back memories....USS GUDGEON SS567
Are those opposed piston 2-stroke engines?
These are 9-cylinder Fairbanks-Morse 38D 8-1/8 opposed piston diesel engines. The name comes from its bore- 8-1/8 inches. These engines have been in continuous production since 1938 and are still used in modern US submarines as auxiliary power plants. A smaller variety was also produced, with a 5-1/4 inch bore.
Mostly, the Virginia class is the first US submarine to not use them. So they are finally being replaced in newer boats.
@@tekcomputers Only because the engines won't fit the small mechanical room in the Virginia class.