USS Massachusetts - Guide 095
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- Опубліковано 9 лис 2018
- The USS Massachusetts, a South Dakota class battleship of the United States Navy, is today's subject.
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It’s always nice to have a video end with the battleship being saved instead of “she was later broken up in 1948”
*She was burned to keep her out of Confederate hands*
*She was scrapped as a cost cutting measure on the part of the Exchequer*
SHE WAS NUKED IN OPERATION CROSSROADS
she is fall river as museum, battle ship cove
She was scuttled in Scapa Flow
The Massachusetts' sister USS Alabama is known as the "Lucky A" for having none of her crew killed in action.
Alabama lost five crew members during World War Two. One of her 5 inch gun turrets (number 9 if I remember correctly) accidently fired into the number 5 five inch gum turret.
Massachusetts never lost a man though she had been hit off north Africa.
It was actually the Massachusetts that was given the name, “the lucky ship” because she was the ship who never lost a man in combat.
been there mm2 3 ships but none as cool as these
My father served on the Massachusetts when she was in the Pacific. I heard many stories of his days on the Big Mamie! He is now 95 years of age.
I slept inside Big Mammy when I was 12 years old. That experience is probably what started my love for naval history.
I did this too when I was in boy scouts, it was fantastic!
Same here. 1983 in the Boy Scouts!!
Same
Sometime in the early 2000s
I got drunk on the deck of this ship for my 21st birthday. Looking out into the harbor leaning on the 16in guns drinking one of my first legal drinks ever was a pretty amazing experience. I've also done some restoration work for the ship. I've actually made parts in the ships machine shop on the original lathes. Slept there overnight as a boy scout when I was a kid.
Sounds like a great 21st birthday 😃👍.
The South Dakota is my favorite battleship class. Absolutely beautiful in their no-nonsense simplicity giving them a sort of raw elegance.
I agree about the simplistic down to business beauty.
I always thought of this class as a Iowa class with the middle cut out..
@@johnbockelie3899 more like a North Carolina class, really. More similar hull shapes, without an Iowa's long, skinny forecastle.
People like to drool all over the Iowa class, but in my opinion, Massachusetts is the coolest American battleship ever built, closely followed by the USS Washington
@@metaknight115
I know what you mean. I feel the same way except the USS North Carolina is my all-time favorite US navy ship.
My father serviced on the USS Massachusetts from it's shake down cruise until the end of the war. He served on three different ships during his time in the Navy, the other two the USS Colorado and the USS Walton, but the Massachusetts was his favorite, and one he spoke about most. I did have the fortune of visiting the USS Massachusetts there at Battleship Cove.
As a Boy Scout in the 1980's we actually spent a weekend on the Massachusetts, sleeping on the canvas racks. They were stacked 4 high, if I remember rightly, leaving no room to actually sit up on the bunk.
I live not far from fall river. I see the ship all the time. your father must have been a great man.
May God Bless your father and all those brave men that served on the mighty Battleship Massachusetts!
@@brianbrady4496 Amen! He and his fellow sailors were brave Americans. I must say the USS Massachusetts is a beautiful ship. She defended our country valiantly along with her many brave crew members.
Notes on the US Navy AP fuze problem: The Mark 21 Base Detonating Fuze (note spelling) was designed to be highly resistant to the extremely high forces involved with penetrating thick face-hardened armor at angle up to 40 degrees (which acceptance tests showed the projectile could do) -- this was the most extreme testing regime of any AP rounds ever made. To achieve this, the Mark 19 base fuze design used in the new High Capacity rounds (without or, later with the largest HC shells, with a short 0.01-second delay) was heavily modified to cause the firing-pin-initiated primer explosion in the fuze, in addition to setting off the total 0.033-second delay, to physically jam the black powder delay element and post-delay detonator and its TNT-filled connecting tubes to the two tetryl boosters -- one on each side of the end of the fuze body -- into a "am firing" locked position that could not be reversed by impact forces from any direction. The jamming locked the elements into one compact, solid, damage-resistant mass that would require the total crushing of the fuze to inactivate during the delay interval. However, this new locking system had tight tolerances inside the the fuze, much higher than any previous US or foreign base fuze. Explosive "D" (ammonium picrate) is chemically reactive with several metals including steel, requiring that the cavity surface, the inner face of the base plug, and the outside of the base fuze be thickly coated in lacquer. Unfortunately, this did not make the fuze air-tight and over time fumes from the Explosive :D: could leak into the fuze and put a very thin layer of corrosion on the internal parts. After 6 months or so, this corrosion got thick enough to mess up the motion of the locking system's moving parts of many of the fuzes and this resulted in duds or reduced-power booster action that resulted in the extremely insensitive Explosive "D" being merely set on fire (deflagrating) or exploding in a "low explosive" (black powder, for example) manner. The various duds and other not-acceptable results of this MASSACHSETTS/JEAN BART engagement episode were documented and fuzes dismantled and studied and the corrosion problem was found a few months later. Note that this fuze was used in ALL US Navy AP shells 6" and up during WWII, so finding a solution was critical.. To fix it, the fuze had to be made airtight and, by early 1943 it was found that the new Bakelite plastic could be coated over the surface of the fuze projecting inside the cavity and this sealed the fuze from the fumes, ending the problem. This is how US Navy bureaus are supposed to operate...
Are supposed to operate….get that memo to the assholes responsible for the Mk 14 torpedo and their junk magnetic exploder.
@@joachimguderian4048 dive bombers were the mvp of the early war, and torpedo bombers sadly became sacrificial assets to the zeros thanks to that
Always good to see Nathan coming through with the incredibly detailed (and technically complex) information like this.
I made it a point to visit this ship when I lived in Boston. Coming over the hill and seeing the superstructure above the surrounding town was impressive. She's one of the best museum ships I've ever seen; my tour was self guided, and my only regret was that I only had about 5 hours to explore. I could easily spend a week in that ship.
My dad would have liked your summary, I think. He served on Big Mamie during Operation Torch.
The North Carolinas, South Dakotas and Iowas are so beautiful and fit well together like if they are just half sisters instead of full on different classes! I love modern US battleships
Love all ships in her class. But mostly love the USA attitude to as guns, "how many aa guns you want on her?"
"All of them:
A few years ago I made the 1:400 Heller model of the Battleship Richelieu. The real ship had been finished off in the States after changing sides. One day I was bored so I counted the AA barrels. I gave up at 80! There was another model occluding the after part of the ship and I couldn't be bothered to shift it to finish the count!
Well, how many have you got? Lol 🤣🇺🇸👍
"Is there any deck planking visible from the air? Yes? You haven't mounted enough AA guns."
And to think Yamato still had more in her prime. She had 190 guns. Twenty-four dual purposed 5 inch guns, one hundred sixty two 25 mm machine guns, and four 13 mm "pea shooter" machine guns.
I've been in that ship as a kid. Running around through it seemed to take forever. It was huge.
I have the pleasure of living just outside of Fall River, Massachusetts which is the home of battleship cove.
And have had The joy of not only being able to tour this beautiful ship, but I also get to see her just about everyday heading to and from work.
3:55 holy shit you can actually see the giant 16” shells.... imagine... this photo was taken far behind the actual ship, yet the shells are still huge at that distance
Nice catch! Thx, that *is* an amazing pic.
The imperial war museum in London displays 15" shells. I have but one comment: "[…] if you're brave enough." ;-)
@Russ GallagherThe length of the projectile or shell is about 4 x its diameter. Behind the shell when its in the breech and ready to fire there are up to six 18" long bags of propellant, the number depending on the range you're firing at. So at max range, the breech of the gun is full of a "shot" nearly 12 feet long. That's gonna leave a mark on yer shoulder for sure, and you'd wanna wrap yer arms round a gatepost before pulling the trigger.
@Russ Gallagher Exactly. For greatest effect, heavy naval artillery of that period sought to hit the target with fire that's following a high arc and thus falling as steeply as possible; giving best armour piercing effect at sea. For shore targets, heavy rounds will ricochet if fired at too flat a trajectory, and so do much less damage.
Battleship Cove...been there, done that...lots...wicked awesome place, check it out!!
@@psikogeek Nothing like playing around with a Really Big Gun! Especially the 16" one's, if the Navy ran out of Shell's, the secondary plan was to fire Engine Crew at the Japanese, as they came already lubricated.
Me too :)
psikogeek: You can get inside Her. I know because I do every other year or so. :)
My school went there every year when i was a kid
Visited her in 1983 or so, ñavy friend and I heard something coming from a closed area and met a Massachusetts plank owner doing some repair work, fascinating stories from a proud old man.
Talk about laying waste and spreading freedom in operation torch.
Spreading 24,300 lbs. of freedom at a time.
I've been to Battleship Cove countless dozens of times and was there twice last year.
The time travel joke was hilarious. Keep up the great work Drach
The SoDaks have always been my favourite battleship class. Perhaps because I built several models of both the Alabama and Massachusetts when I was a kid, but probably more because of something about their particular lines that appeals to me. I've had a chance to visit the Alabama in Mobile Bay and it was quite an experience touring that grand lady of war.
My uncle remembers saving penny's along with the school children to ppay for her wardroom silver service.
Self-toured when only a handful of other visitors were onboard. Explored all the way from gun turret to the bottom of ship in the magazine. Didn't see another person for several hours.
I cannot imagine being on the receiving end of an angry battleship's 16 inch guns during a shore bombardment. Must be literal hell and death raining from the skies! Massachusetts and her three sisters, plus two other battleships makes six battleships. Being on the receiving end of six battleships' 16 inch guns... I don't even have the words to describe what that must be like.
The picture of the three battleships shows Indiana (BB-58), Massachusetts (BB-59), and Alabama (BB-60) tied up at the Embarcadero in San Francisco on March 17, 1946. I believe this is the first and last time all three battleships of the class were together for a port visit. The Massachusetts was decommissioned less than a year later so the occurrence was unlikely to have ever happened again.
Sorry, but you forgot USS Indiana, so it wasn't 'all three battleships" of the class; there were four.
Sorry, I meant to say you forgot South Dakota herself; in any case there were four of the class but perhaps you were trying to say "all three ships that followed the lead ship of the class" or something to that effect.
@@russg1801 No,, I was trying to say it was the first and only time that all three battleships of the class had been in port together. I wasn't implying that the entire class was there or I would have said so.
@Russ Gallagher This thread is over a year old. I explained why I posted what I did. It's really not worth going into again.
That’s my state’s boat! I’ve visited her twice. Beautiful vessel.
she kicked some vichy french ships asses. u.s battleships were the ballsiest in wwII . no one screwed with us back then
I see big Mammy at least twice a week when I travel over the new bridge n Somerset.
Her colors blends her into her environment sometimes making her somewhat invisible.
Her South Dakota class was smaller than the others to follow. Her 16” guns have smaller
length as well. Up close in my boat one day showed me how huge she is. I am still amazed
that these heavy steel ships can float. I am very happy she was not scraped as that as the plans in the 70s. Also to see near her are one Destroyer JFK, One sub & two pristine torpedo
boats PTOs. If you travel to Fall River, MA, take a look, very impressive! All of these vessels
were engineered with no CAD design. Just powerful brains!
@@marioncobaretti2280 I wish that was the case now. We have become the laughing stock of the international community.
My father worked on building this ship at Fore River. He finished law school in 1940 but went to work at Fore River because it paid better than being a law clerk. We visited the ship in 1974 and he was able to lead me on quite a tour of the engineering spaces, etc. pointing out details of installations, both precision and routine. I visited the ship again in 1992 when a student at NWC and found that more areas had been opened. Battleship Cove is a great place to visit.
The Battleship Massachusetts is a beautiful and majestic ship. She and her crew served our great country with bravery! God Bless all of her crew.
These damn mini history’s are addictive. Hooked ..
Thank you for providing these great videos. While Battleships may be obsolete, there is, in my opinion, nothing like a battleship in it's beauty, grace, and power
Oh cool. At 5:52, the ship moored along side the Massachusetts is the USS Uvalde, an Andromeda-class attack transport. She’s named after my hometown, Uvalde, Texas. Her anchor and bell are on display in the town. Thought that was interesting when I saw them image.
Thank You! Great video! I’ve worked for the last 24 yrs at the Fore River shipyard in Quincy Ma. That picture of the Massachusetts, with the old Edison plant across the river (you can see the old coal conveyor) is like looking out my Plants cafeteria window 80 years ago. When we were adding an addition to my house 20 yrs ago, after stripping off the siding, some of the sheathing had Bethlehem Steel stamped into the wood. Clearly old crating from the same yard. The USS Salem is bearthed right next to where I work now. Can hear her gangway creaking and popping every night.
When I was a kid I was a junior marine cadet. I got to stay over on that battleship to watch / herd the boy scouts. Its one of my best memories. 3am in the crows nest under a full moon with some of my best friends. Running and jumping down from deck to deck and through endless hatchways and corridors. That Warship is something important. Like a giant badass Grandfather.
I went aboard this ship when it was docked in Fall River Mass. It looked huge, but I was just a kid then.
Still there, and it always will be damn huge, no matter how big you get.
I've been on the Massachusetts many times, I remember when they recommisioned the Iowas, and saw alot of work being done on the Massachusetts, at the time I thought they were refitting her to be recommissioned, I didn't realize they were just removing parts needed for the Iowas.
My dad, Leo Costello, was a plank holder of. The photos are from the ship's log
They nicknamed here "Big Mamie" but she wasn't actually as "big" as the preceding North Carolina class. They cut hull length to stay within the treaty tonnage limits. A shorter hull meant they had to install more powerful engines and boilers - collectively termed "machinery" to maintain the same speed capability. The Iowa class managed about six knots more speed with about the same shaft HP due to their much longer hulls which required ten thousand more tons. On the plus side, crew accomodations wouldn't have been as cramped as they were on the SD's.
The SD class is rated at 130000 hp, the Iowa class 212000 !
Norman Friedman said Iowa’s 10,000 tons and almost double the SHP was a poor price to pay for 6 knots with no increase in fighting power as compared to the South Dakota class.
@@tonymanero5544 Better than Vanguard
@@issacfoster1113 Vanguard had a good chance at beating Iowa
I wish we had at least one British WW1 and WW2 battle ships in a museum.
also a battlecruiser to sit side by side to the battleship to compare and contrast the types!
The Mikasa is the closest thing we have, a British-built Pre-Dreadnought preserved in Japan.
I've been to Battleship Cove a number of times and it's amazing. There is more than you can see in a single day, plan on two at least. IMAO the best single collection of museum warships in the world. Got an impromptu guided tour in the early 80's by a by a friend of my step-dad's who served on her in WW2. They were both veterans of Leyte Gulf. Supposedly the engagement with the Jean Bart was the last time in history that 2 battleships faced off . The Massachusetts was hit by one main gun round which penetrated the deck armor and exploded in a store room. There is a concrete patch on the deck and the bulkheads in the cabin have a bunch of steel plates welded to them. Really worth the plane ticket. You can fly into TF Greene (Providence) instead of Logan and save a bunch of money.
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Q&A...How about a 5 minute guide of the ship's, on display, at battleship cove??
Can do :)
@@Drachinifel Sweet!!! Thank you!!!
brilliant episode as always
I remember visiting her with dad and brother when I was about 8, awesome. Ever since, iv'e had an interest in US naval vessels.
I appreciate the time travel advice, Drach!
Please do the Neverbuilt USS Montana
Shoulda coulda woulda been the last Iowa...
Shouldn’t that wait until he covers Wisconsin?
@@donpacificbobcat9er615 - Kentucky?
Scooter George He’s already covered that ua-cam.com/video/S1I1hgW3phg/v-deo.html
Gorgeous ship
I spent a night on the Massachusetts with a boy scout group at its mooring in Battleship Cove in Fall River, MA. We used the crew bunking area. It was a memorable experience.
Thanks for another interesting video!
I like the info on propellers and blades.
More like this and on power plants would be great.
The mixing of props to reduce vibration was also practised on some of the great 4-screw ocean liners of the 1900-1940 era.
Such a cool ship and battleship cove is awesome...got to spend the night on the ship back in the Boy Scouts. We were put up in the original bunks that hung from the ceiling on chains, I think they were about 4 high. Also got a really cool poster made by Narragansett Beer with the ship, apparently they played a role in helping get the money together to have it anchored as a museum ship.
I stood on the deck of that ship just two weeks ago. Love it!
Visited numerous times. Need to go back soon.
Growing up I spent about a dozen nights on the Massachusetts as a Boy Scout, sleeping on the marine hammocks. Pretty neat experience.
I am glad I found your channel. I enjoy it very much. I was happy to see you did a video on the USS Massachusetts. I grew up in the Boston area and have visited the ship a few times. I have three uncles, a cousin and one brother who were in the Navy. I came home one day and said I joined the Air Force, “you did what?” I did 29 years, but I still love reading and talking about Navy ships. Keep up the good work.
There are two of this class preserved. The former USS Alabama is a great museum in Mobile, Alabama. She underwent a massive refit after being damaged during Hurricane Katrina and is in mint condition now. The Alabama also served as a shelter during and after Katrina and probably saved many lives. That battleship is truly a grand and noble old girl that I am very glad to have visited several times.
A very minor point about fuzes found by the US Navy during its Pacific Ocean activities in WWII: The primers/detonators that explode when hit by the firing pins or burning through of delay elements were (and many still are) made of tiny pellets of the extremely sensitive and powerful explosives fulminate of mercury or lead azide. They either set off the delay element, if used, or set off the booster at the end of the fuze that causes the main filler to detonate properly. During WWII in the long times near the Equator it was found the fulminate of mercury did not like being heated to over 90 degrees or so for long periods and would chemically degrade into a useless material, duding the shells. By the end of WWII that explosive was banned in all US Navy ammunition fuzing and lead azide used exclusively. This was obviously found later in WWII during the march to Japan across the Pacific. Making ammunition is a very complicated business with lots of loose ends to keep typing up and, it seems, retying when they unravel.
such a beautiful ship
Compact superstructure, lovely lines, great ship.
I just got back from touring her, she is a very impressive ship. I couldn’t imagine going into battle against a ship so heavily armed.
I love this ship. I had the pleasure of spending the night on her with my scout troop back in 1989. I still visit her to this day. She’s a wonderful piece of history.
Hope the visit goes well today.
Many years ago, I spent a night on the USS Massachusetts as a parent with the Boy Scouts. We had the honor of listening to a WW2 Veteran who spent the war onboard the ship. He described her as a "lucky ship" that saved the lives of all who served aboard. It was a heartfelt and moving speech.
Nicely done. Thank you for this video.
ATTENTION: No person was killed in the making and service of this ship other than the sailor who got wounded but still survived.
Not a good sign for a fighting ship; she never got into a real scrap.
@@CorePathway She did get into real scrap. She sank she Jean Bart, three destroyers, three abandoned passenger liners, a cargo ship, and a floating dry dock. She was hit by a 6-inch, 8-inch, and possibly a 15-inch projectile. That sounds like some good stuff to me.
I have always said, Keep those old Battleships handy, we may need them again.
A few years ago I got to tour the USS Massachusetts. Impressive.
Once they exchanged those fugly, spiral masts, I would say every US battleship from New Mexico forward was a great looking ship.
This being no exception.
Good job. I have been on this ship and the Salem many times. I spent a fourth of July in Boston Harbor on the Salem. I grew up down the street from where the ships were built, at one time it had the largest crane in the world.
Quincy or Weymouth?
@@Rexery66 Braintree
Slept on this ship back in boy scouts. Home state
I have walked her decks many times. Made a beautiful model of her too. She is berthed 1/2 he away. New Bedford Massachusetts.
Great job.
Another great video
now i know where to take my camera when i get a time machine lol gud vid. love these, thanks for taking the time to make them
Oh yeah! Can you imagine being on Truk when your visited by all those Battleships?
I have been on that ship many times with my family when i was a teen ager it impressed me to were i joined the Navy battle ship cove I think the best naval museum around great place for family we recently went there with my 2 grandsons they had a fun time take your family for a fun day out or take yourself for the experience
One of my better days of tourism- Constitution in Charlestown in the morning, lunch in the North End, Massachusetts in battleship cove in the afternoon, and dinner at a fine Portuguese restaurant in Fall River.
This is my favorite US battleship. I love her a lot more than the entire Iowa class
She's a great ship to visit. They also used to let groups such as the Boy scouts to overnight stays aboard ship. Which used to be loads of fun.
Andrew Taylor yup i slept on it back in boy scouts. Amazing ship
They were able to get the "US navy to donate the ship", yet with outer decommissioned ships, the navy offered a ship at such a high price that no one group could afford it, but offered to buy a ship for greater than scrap prices, yet the navy sold such ships for scrap anyway!
At any rate, it's good that some of the ships of the past were saved.
There are quite a few. All the Iowas are saved. I have been on about 10 museum ships over the years and there are many more. Unfortunately they are planning on sinking the Clamagore off the coast of Florida as an artificial reef. There are also a number of commercial vessels that have been saved as museum ships.
An attractive ship design.
Whenever I take my boat fishing i pass by this beautiful lady and say thank you for making your country and namesake state proud...Big Mammy rules....
My father was on the Nightingale on the way to Casablanca when they encountered a rather severe storm. He said he could look out a port hole and see waves breaking over the guns of the Massachusetts. Sea sickness among the infantrymen aboard the Nightingale was rampant.
Glad they made a memorial out of her. Shame to see these ships scrapped. I got to go on board the North Carolina July 1, 1963.
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Seven of the ten US battleships built for WWII have been preserved, only one from WWI ("Texas"). Sad that no British battleships survived, only the fairly large, handsome and deserving cruiser "Belfast". Canada has kept a destroyer ("Haida").
@@awuma Yeah. South Dakota, Indiana and Washington were scrapped. For the states of South Dakota and Indiana it might have been difficult to get the ship there to be a memorial - but the State of Washington has no excuse.
Fortunately by the time the Iowa's reached then end of their careers - people wanted them. The Missouri - another ships whose state would have been hard to reach by a Battleship - went to Pearl Harbor where she is moored near the Arizona. With the Arizona sunk during that attack that started the war and the Japanese Surrender signed on board the Missouri - it makes a fitting tribute to the beginning and end of WWII for the US.
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@@awuma The British-built Pre-Dreadnought Mikasa has survived, that's as close as you'll get.
One of the few ships on this channel, I have actually been onboard (at Battleship Cove).
Martin Horowitz >> Color me envious; I have only been aboard USS Missouri...although my Dad was still alive then. I asked him to show me his battle station from 1945 but he said it was way down deep inside the vessel.
I've been aboard the Iowa and Midway
@@metaknight115 I have been on the Iowa (I have a Pic with Drach) and the Midway.
@@MartinCHorowitz That's really cool
6:50 the USS Alabama holds that distinction
It seems to me, the Massachusetts and other museam ships might be better off in the long run if they were placed in a permanent drydocks like the IJN Mikasa in Japan. The initial expense might be considerable, but things like leaks would no longer be a concern.
I've seen a fairly large ship; an old (launched in 1921) Canadian passenger liner / restaurant; the SS Princess Louise, capsize at it's dock because of poor or nonexistent maintenence, back in 1989. It wasn't a pretty sight.
Kwolfx The Mikasa is encased in concrete if I remember correctly. Of course that requires time and money but you are probably correct that it would save tons more on regular maintenance
They can just about get the us Texas to do that, never happen to these others.
the Foundation, sadly, is barely able to keep the ships afloat. the organization that runs the museum and takes care of the ships is a small one, and most of the members are middle-aged at least. Fall River isn't exactly the thriving city it was back when the museum opened, either.
Last time I was there, i off-handedly joked about taking the Hiddensee as a pleasure yacht to one of the museum members. Straight-faced, they said they'd be happy to unload her: it would alleviate a huge strain on their finances.
Kwolfx: I thought that sabotage had been suspected? It was later re-floated but sank while under tow, which could have been the result of poor maintenance as the company that owned her had gone bankrupt and nothing was done to her for several years.
My grandfather served on this wonderful ship, and I've had the pleasure to board her myself, and hope to again. He apparently went on there when he was just underage (17, not 18) and he actually apparently got knocked out when a gun misfired, causing his friend to perish and his teeth to get all knocked out. He was then sent below deck as the baker. The stories those halls must have.
BB-69 is great at Battleship cove, I've been there you can actually use 40mm Bofors and can go inside the 16in and the 5in guns, also the bridge and some lower bits in the tower.
That’s a nice BB number
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nice video btw :)
How can you talk about Battleship Cove and not at least give a nod to the HIDDENSEE, The only exhibited example of a Soviet-built missile corvette in the U.S. You truly appreciate a STYX launcher when standing beside one. Also, everything is in Cyrillic, which I find interesting for a ship that East German!
Also, the strange story of how Providence, RI came into possession of the Soviet Juliet Class K-77 submarine is worth a look into (Wikipedia does not do it justice). Here is a hint... Billionaire Fins. Seriously. Alas, she was lost in a bad Nor'easter in 2007, raised and sold for scrap.
Keep up the good work. Love nerding out to these videos!
Fascinating!
I did not know that the Mass had hits on the French battleship and the destroyers as opposed to just shore bombardment. That’s awesome!
In the late 1980’s I was on the ship for an overnight scout trip and we had presentation by three sailors who served on the battleship during the north Africa campaign. They spoke about the Jean Bart and such, then whispered to each other and told us they also sunk a floating dry dock that the allies were to capture. Oh well, fog of war I guess. The visit was the first of many over the years.
My father , Kennedy Albert Wright, was a gunners mate on the USS Massachesetts. He would have found this very interesting.
You may want to do a bit of research into the proximity fuse for WWII and why it was important with providing AA fire. From my recollection, the reason why the 5" batteries became so effective in taking down incoming fighter air craft was the proximity fuse would cause the shell to explode near an enemy target. Hence the more 5" guns firing those shells, the more hits.
Yes. It turned the 5" into true plane killers, rather than 'just keeping them up there'. They were so effective that for most of the war they were only allowed to be fired over water to prevent a dud being captured and studied.
Every year i visit the ship we "are Amateur radio club" holds a special event there making contacts with other Museum ships and other Amateur radio operators around the Globe.jim
Thanks for the time travel tip. What about a quick one-way trip on the Titanic?
How many typhoons you want to run into?
Admiral Halsey: Yes
You should do HMCS Sackville (Flower class corvette) or the HMCS Boneventure (one of the Canadian Aircraft carriers from back in the day)
Holy Molly!!look at all those guns on its deck!!
A true pure "ARM TO THE TEETH AND GUM" battleship!!i would definitely dnt want to face this juggernaut head on or broadside!! Either way it can still pulverized me out off the ocean or sky!!lol...
That first battle she was involved in , operation " Torch " was an Important battle ,we had to fire on former ally France , Vici France , they say either side didn't want to fire on each other , and the US Begged the French , many times, to give up without a fight , but they would not , the USS Massachusetts Kicked Ass in that Battle and Proved her Worth , a Few Times Over , Great Vedio , the Time of the Battleships was Awesome ! ! !
The Massachusetts flew a large US flag during the approach toward Jean Bart hoping that she would not fire on her former ally. Unfortunately that was not the case and Big Mamie had to slam several tons of steel into her as punishment for starting the fight. 😸 There is a flag with bullet holes on display within the Massachusetts in a lower deck that I believe I remember being the one flown during that battle at Casablanca. Quite an unfortunate turn if events, but I'm very glad the Massachusetts did what she had to do and I'm glad the barracks were empty when the shore battery hit punched through the deck armor and exploded inside the barracks compartment. The section of deck armor with the hole in it was removed during the repair and it too is on display inside the ship on a lower deck. The area in the exact barracks that was holed is pointed out for visitors to see, although of course there's no sign of the damage post repair.
Wow you learn something new everyday.
I thought the us aka the USA didn’t have battleships until like 1943 - 1944 in the pacific
Battle Ship Cove is in the city of Fall River....in South East Massachusetts.....
My father worked on her at Fore River.