Battleship USS IOWA Museum Hull Preservation 2021: At The Waterline
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- We showed you a chunk of rust from the wind and water line earlier in this campaign. Now COO/Chief Engineer Mike Getscher gets up extremely close with the hull to show you exactly what needs attention.
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You mean the, “Ryan’s biased opinion on US warships UA-cam?” Yeah no.
Competition on what
If I was an American I would be trying to volunteer and support the ship as much as possible I love the Iowas they're beautiful ships. They definitely have class!
Great shots!!! A water-line perspective is not often seen. It's an amazing view. I loved the "Oh Wow!!" I think I said the same thing.
Even though I was an FTM, we were part of the Deck Division so we had our assigned exterior deck areas to maintain. I spent many a day chipping, steel brushing, and painting them.
Wow! What an amazing view!
have made an online donation towards of the hull preservation.
THANK YOU so much! Greatly appreciated.
Great views of the ship on this video. Most of us never get to see these ships from down in the water.
Thanks! No exaggeration to say we really enjoyed making this one... as evidenced by the unabashed gushing at around the four minute mark. ;-)
1:18 My man just put a hole in the hull of the USS Iowa!
I had the opportunity to cruise alongside the port side of Iowa when she was berthed alongside Forrestal in 1999 at Middletown, Rhode Island. I and friends were on my 18'-0" Starcraft at the time. We then cruised up Mount Hope Bay to Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts to see BB - 59. We anchored in the cove behind the Battleship and had lunch. The Battleship makes a great windbreak and provides a calm " cove " behind it . To this day I refer to this day as my " Battleship Cruise " . '
0:05 look at that beautiful shape!
Also, could you do a dive underneath the hull? I'd love to see how it looks underneath with the Cathodic protection working!
We'll see what we can do!
try to make an online donation towards the hull preservation
@@BattleshipUSSIowaLosAngeles Also, way off topic question. I was doing dishes, and had a UA-cam playlist going of various Iowa restoration vids. I'm curious, after the Turret 2 accident, were either Turret 1 or 3 fired at any point before her decommissioning?
@@bf9142ftw Yes. Last round was fired in November 1989, about seven months after the Turret 2 explosion.
@@BattleshipUSSIowaLosAngeles Ah. Thanks for the reply!
I spent WAYYYYY too much time hanging over the side/floating alongside beasts like that. One trick we learned on tin cans, is when the 1MC bull-horns die (which is constantly,) salvage the magnet, which gives you a tie-off to go to. HT's do REPAIRS on the hull....you need to find a Boatswain't Mate (or a gang of them) to do painting and preservation. P.S. you pay for the plane ticket and provide berthing I am available! (BMSN/BM3) 6 years tin can sailors (both coasts)!
Wonderful video. Love seein from the waterline. Looks so much bigger from that perspective.
Have you seen this excellent interview of Capt Seaquist dealing with his career including his command of USS Iowa?
ua-cam.com/video/DEGrj1Vg19U/v-deo.html
The shot from under bow brings to mind the front of the SR71 blackbird.
YES! Something felt familiar about it. You nailed it!
I learn something new everytime I watch these videos. Well done 👍🇺🇸
Thanks, Mac!
The only US Navy ship with a Bath Tub!
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They need to put divers in the water and clean up the hull
my gosh thats a big ship
How about all the Iowa class ships should sail together like escorting the the lex
Definitely a beautiful ship. One question about the welded part where the dingy tied up. Are they original or put on when she transitioned to a museum ship? Did they exist when the ship was in US Naval service?
Not original. We welded them on to facilitate use of our cofferdam to keep the wind and waterline in shape.
@@BattleshipUSSIowaLosAngeles Thank you
Did you guys end up diving under the ship
We haven't yet. We've had divers down there doing hull inspections (and everything looks good), but we haven't gone down to grab any video yet.
@@BattleshipUSSIowaLosAngeles ah ok. How do the propellers look. Are they in good condition?
@@S_C_C_R So far so good!
For your Iowa Class Battleship trivia cache: the #1 is actually an aircraft carrier screw.
@@BattleshipUSSIowaLosAngeles wait so USS Iowa has an aircraft carrier propeller?
@@S_C_C_R Yup! Outboard on starboard.
Time for a dry dock re skin ?
From what I understand the closest _operational_ drydock that can fit the Iowa is in Seattle and the next closest is in Hawaii.
There used to be one just a few miles away from where Iowa is now at the former Long Beach Naval Shipyard but after the shipyard was closed the drydock was filled in with dredging and paved over and the whole area is now a container ship terminal.
@@raitchison there's also drydocks in San Diego, BAE Systems has theirs.
Answer to the dry docking question: ua-cam.com/video/K_TYRjtEjFc/v-deo.html
Is that the Evergreen ship “Ever Given” in the background?
The same one that was stuck near the Suez Canal?
No. Lately Port of LA is getting the E, F, L, and sometimes S class Evergreen vessels.
In the distant future, would it be necessary to landlock the ship like the Japanese did with the Battleship Mikasa?
Landlocking a ship has its own challenges and certainly the IOWA's size would present an even larger one. MIKASA is less than half the length of IOWA and less than 1/3 of our displacement. There are no plans, nor a location available, to "landlock" the IOWA.
Do you trade preservation thoughts with Midway?
We do, and with the other battleships as well. ua-cam.com/video/K_TYRjtEjFc/v-deo.html
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How bad does it have to get before drydock is needed?
We're doing what we can to keep her out of drydock as long as possible. The cathodic protection gives us a big advantage. Doing the work at the waterline helps, too.
The whole outer hull was designed to be removed and replaced after gun fights. If you were to blow a 80ft hole in the side of the hull, it would still float.
A more detailed answer to the dry docking question: ua-cam.com/video/K_TYRjtEjFc/v-deo.html