I'm trying to decide whether the 011 is where Ryan goes to hide when the staff is having an extra needy day, or if it's where he sits in a guru's robe waiting to dispense wisdom to those willing to make the climb.
Before New Jersey was yet again withdrawn for service, I was stationed in the North East Air Defense Sector and was assigned as a member of the Battle Staff. One night when we were chasing Soviet Bear Bombers across the North Atlantic we linked to the New Jersey's air picture on her air search radar through that very antennae and tracked the Soviet bombers through their radar. I was able to direct our fighters to intercept and track the progress of that intercept with the help of New Jersey.
I really enjoy seeing the less restored areas of the ship. One day in future, how about a compare & contrast between 40's & 50's, 60's and 80's & 90's equipment. For example, show a 40's door, a 60's door & an 80's door.
Oooh! That’s an **excellent** idea! Me too, me too! I would love to see such a video too, in addition to my other video request (see my previous comments I this channel regarding a video comparing and contrasting serious WWII naval armor a la what the BBs we’re using with the modern (and- from what I can tell- vastly inferior) HY-80 stuff that the Navy has been using for a few decades now. It’s actually conceptually similar, now that I’m thinking about it: comparing and contrasting bits of the ship from different eras, albeit in the case of my request we’re talking about the same part of 2 different ships, as opposed to different parts on the same vessel. But anyway, I like Jim’s idea too so I’ll throw in my
The smoke watch was assigned to this level to watch for "black smoke". He would then notify which fireroom had "black smoke" so the boilers can be adjusted. This was manned 24/7 when underway and steaming inport. That's when I was onboard from 88 to decommissioning.
What would the "black smoke" indicate needed to be adjusted on that particular fire room & boiler? Thanks for sharing, I'm super curious about all this!
@@revenevan11 "black smoke" is an indication of too much fuel and you would also look for "white smoke" which is a severely more dangerous condition created by too much air in the mixture inside the boilers fuel box
I was in San Diego in the mid 80s and heard stories of people that kept a constant watch over the ships, just so they could report them to the EPA. Black smoke is bad in many ways!
I wanted to add that in wartime they desired no smoke from the funnels and strived for that. However, the best efficiency came with a grey haze. You might hear an old salt chief yelling at some poor seaman, "Get a haze on that pipe!" and the scrambling that would come after. My dad the Chief told me a few stories. lol
If you are 52 and somewhat above your optimum weight - that scuttle isn't the easiest thing to get thru (posting for a friend *wink wink*), the climb to that point is a haul too. Climbing that ladder gap into the director was too daunting but the view from the 011 deck is fantastic! The ship below, the city - its the best view around. So cool to look down onto the top of the stack too!! Thanks again for taking us up last year - a huge highlight for me!
Told my wife to make plans for a long weekend to Philadelphia this summer. Been following yall on UA-cam since close to the start. Finally making it a point to come visit.
I’ve been on a boat that’s been hit by lightning. Fried every piece of electrical equipment on board that was hard wired. Granted it was all modern stuff with microprocessors and not hardened 1940s military electronics. Had to get towed 200 miles back to shore.
@@stephendevries7637 As the Iowas are such tall ships, they will have been designed with proper lightning protection. I'd expect an Iowa out to sea in the tropics to be hit by lightning multiple times per year.
I wouldn’t bet that it would dump the lighting to earth smoothly and without damage, unless it had lighting protection (as discussed above). Despite sitting in water, loading and unloading flammable liquids from tankers still requires expressly bonding the ship to earth to prevent static discharge, presumably because of the paint, which of course being anti-corrosion and anti-fouling, should be continuous below the water line.
I've seen every ship I ever left the pier on struck by lightning. Once on the USS Saratoga I was blinded by the flash as it hit the railing on top of the boat crane which was actually below the level of the flight deck, much less the island and masts. I just happened to be looking that way and couldn't see for 5 minutes. No sparks or anything but the flash where it hit was white and bright. lol
Hello again, I believe that the unidentified four bolt foundation was a gyro repeater (aka peloris ) if there is evidence of a cable penetration in the center of the bolt pattern, you can bst on it. Iowa has these. Great videos fron you on the New Jersey !
additionally . Ladders are grounded in the superstructure because Electro Magnetic radiation will act on the ladder just like antenna. Radiation from the SLQ 32 and the rotating radars not to mention the HF radio sets. The satcom stuff not so much/ It can deliver a shock to a body (not that anybody would normally be topside while underway due to loose EM radiation from many high powered sources ) But mostly to eliminate the snap crackle and pop line noise from delicate tuned radio sets
Thanks for posting, Ryan and Libby. Only way I’ll ever see those areas because heights are not for me. BZ for going up there so we don’t have to. Can’t imagine what it would have been like to be stationed that high while underway, pitching and rolling.
There are so many gizmos and gadgets, lights and bells, boggles my mind! I suppose most of the 1" or so diameter lights were notifying something? I'd be like a two year old kid asking "What's this?" and "What's that?" over and over... Thanks for these types of videos. I'm an Air Force guy so Navy stuff is intriguing. Yes, even videos about Air Force stuff intrigues me too. After all. I was admin and didn't get to see much technical stuff. Have a great day!
Once again another great video and I love seeing parts of the ship that would not be on the normal tour So much forgotten technology and you explained it in a way that talks across to everybody
My high school math teacher, Poorman, was a plank owner -- and that was his duty station -- usually. The first transit across the Pacific went through a storm so nasty that he was looking straight down at the Big Blue from on high. No food was held in the stomach after such a bobbing. It's a good thing that the roll of the New Jersey was actually pretty slow. In normal seas, being at the top is a dream posting. We all figured he had the safest role in WWII. His duty station was primarily tasked with spotting enemy submarines. Battleships were not designed to chase and sink subs. That duty was for the tin cans. During the first Pacific transit, for quite a distance, the New Jersey sailed alone. ( This was so late in the war that the IJN was in tough shape. )
I’m a current SLQ32(V)4 tech and seeing the antennas was awesome! I wonder if anything is still in them. I wish they’d do a tour of the ECM room as well.
@@derekseibert4116 They did a video that showed ECM on the O10, just below the antennas. Forget which one. But the spaces are gutted. And there is a recent video showing CEC with the SLQ-32 DCC. I was a (V)3 Tech 20 years ago.
Ok ya EWs, old FC here, I always wondered what all was in that contraption (SLQ-32). I know it mostly receives but it could transmit too, right? What frecs (or is that classified?) doesn't cover, HF to X band?
I live just a few miles away. Can't wait to come visit. Your videos are awesome. I like seeing things that regular tourists can't. It makes for good videos.
For anyone wondering why the air radar could pick up the round is simply because it's moving so fast. The round covers well over 50ft in just one scan of the radar so it sees it (in layman's terms) as like a long streak through the air.
that would be a great spot to put a live earthcam so people can get the sense of the view with out actually going up there ( even though you arent allowed ) be a great view over the forward guns and around the surrounding areas
I'm a tower climber. The grounding is also to ground RF (Radio Frequency) Radiation created by any sort of transmitter (Radio, Radar, Satcom, TV, etc...) The Radio transmitters don't have to on this ship they can also be coming from other ships, radios towers, etc... The ladder could be at a different electrical charge than the structure it's near, causing a safety hazard for climbers and reflected or creating RF noise for any type of receiver.
As usual another awesome video. I can’t wait to visit my family in South Jersey soon so I can come see the ship and the great crew that keep her looking so awesome! You do an incredible job narrating the videos Ryan. Hopefully one day you will start doing visiting lectures on ships like the Lexington or the Texas. My family and I would love to see your take on all of of the museum ships, while being on them. Thanks again, and keep the great videos coming.
Funny story a long time ago my grandpa took me to the USS Alabama and we went up into the superstructure and he found a door that was shut and he had the idea to try to pry it open so after about 5 minutes he finally got it open so we roamed around the unreasoned part of the superstructure it was really creepy to ten year old me since everything was run down and rusty and the lights were off and he had to use a flashlight and we ended up getting lost and for about 45 minutes we just roamed around in the dark until we finally found our way out
Ryan, Your videos offer extraordinary content to those of us who really appreciate what WWII meant to the United States. If I could offer one suggestion, it would be to equip yourself and the camera with a wireless microphone system, and add a high-quality wind baffle to the mic. The poor audio quality in parts of this and some other videos is distracting, and in my opinion detracts from the otherwise-excellent content you are producing. Thank you so much for preserving this amazing part of American naval technology! I will certainly visit the museum next time we travel east.
As I was watching this one thing I kept wondering was, what was the plan for the crew all the way up there if the ship was sinking? Considering the amount of ladders and stuff you have to go through to get back down, would they just wait until the ship was far lower in the water and then jump? It almost seems preferable to wait instead of potentially risking getting stuck halfway down or something if the ship suddenly rolled over. Would love to hear a bit more about the plans for abandoning ship for men in less easily accessible areas of the ship such as the 011. Great video btw, found this channel a few weeks ago and have been enjoying working my way through all the videos.
Hi. X navy. Saw jersey in drydock longbeach. Huge wow. Destroyers here. Instructor sitcom systems. ET1 who's Heart has in equipment and not paper work.
Really lo be these behind the scenes videos of where most people won't ever get to go. I'm definitely interested in doing the curator tour, I love these battleships
17:10 Regarding lightning rods, their purpose is not strictly to afford a point or points for lightning to conveniently strike. A part of their purpose is to try to allow the voltage potential between charged clouds and (in this case the ship) to be bled off, hopefully preventing a strike. Due to the extreme electrical potentials present in a thunderstorm, the employment of this preventative scheme is not always a success. Then, a lightning bolt would hopefully hit the rod (and not other points up high) and channel the strike current safely away from occupied areas and equipment. lightning.org/lightning-protection-overview/
Ryan, are the 4 bolts on the deck where the signal lamps used to be mounted. I've noticed in pictures there were I think 4 up there, then in later pictures they are removed.
It was actually very stable. Yes yould be over water, but not an uncomfortable roll. During a typhoon, three of us decided to go to the 011 and watch the storm. Roll still not bad, the worst was dodging the green water coming over the coaming. Vietnam Vet
Great videos, thanks for keeping them coming! One suggestion for a future one if possible, how about the goat locker? Normally inaccessible to all but the CPO's, I was curious to see what it was like now, and the difference between commissioning and the following era's... Thanks in advance!
I have a hypothetical question alternative history, what if while Halsey was of chasing empty carriers the Japanese concentrated their forces including the two Yamato class battleships and ran the gauntlet at surigao strait where 7th fleet set their trap Would the old battleships that were sunk at pearl harbor be able to stop them ?
Yes, Of Oldendorf’s six old battleships , three had Mark 8 radar gire control same as Iowa’s, but he other three still had Mark 3 radar, the same as South Dakota used to maul Kirishima at Guadalcanal. In my view, the Americans’ ability to bring accurate radar-directed firepower from twice as many guns would outweigh Yamato’s heavier guns and armor. In fact, I believe Oldendorf could have split his force in two and adequately handled the Japanese Southern and Center forces. The aircraft from the Taffy’s would still be a force.
at 4:31- scuttle and deck look to me to be may 1.5 inch think - that would be heavy ! Does it have the counterweight to assist in opening it? (especially from below)
How stable was the ship in heavy weather? Wouldn't being that far above the waterline mean even a small roll would pose a difficulty in maintaining your footing?
The ship was known for being very stable. During typhoon cobra it was complained that it was the only time they had to hold their cup to pour coffee in it, so if that's the roughest night they had they're in good shape. But the top does sway more than the bottom.
Just curious, have you ever felt the battleship move/sway at all? Whether from passing ship wakes or storms or whatever? Or is it too massive for river waves to even be noticeable?
The Mark 38 Director that is Spot 1 has six occupants when fully manned: Left front: Leveler Center front: Cross-leveler Right front: Trainer Right rear: Asst Rangefinder operator/talker** Center rear: Rangefinder operator** Left rear: Spotter (Officer). **These two switch off every half hour or so because looking thru the rangefinder causes significant eye fatigue.
Moored on the Delaware and a heavy ship,,, that noted, from the top of the antenna tower there can you feel the ship sway? ...maybe a plumb bob attached, out of wind, to see what kind of minor motion takes place in a given day.
Ryan mentioned "following along on our plans" while he climbed around the other day. Are these plans available for download/purchase? i was not able to find anything on the museum website.
That door looks like a pain to close. I've worked on high rises before and on a windy day or if they got the fans ramped up, the roof doors are a total pain. Can only imagine how stubborn it must be to open or shut if shes underway.
Weirdly it opens easier than closes? I can open but can never get it closed, it locks up like 6 in from the opening and then won't budge. - Libby the editor
I wonder how the Museum staff is sure it's safe for the Curator and Cameraperson to go into these spaces that have maybe been sealed off for many years?
How many people would be stationed on each deck? I wish your camera person would have climbed that ladder and given us a slow 360 degree pan from the highest point on the ship. Or if you need a volunteer for that, just ask.
Big heavy duty 8 dog clip water tight door 14 storey above the normal water line, did rough sea conditions and spray get that high ? or was it a case of just fitting a standard rain and spray proof door no matter where on any exterior opening ?
I would love to know how accurate the guns actually were. I assume the accuracy increased over the years with the additions of different radars and better more uniform propellant, but in calm winds how accurate were they?` Cheers!
@@BattleshipNewJersey Wow... that is some serious accuracy for such big guns. Cool! Thank you for your reply! Keep up the great work, its an amazing channel and Ryan is doing an excellent job disseminating all this super fascinating information to us! Cheers!
North Carolina and Washington have one less level (deleted and reposted because I mistakenly typed Wisconsin). I've been in the director on the NC, and it's cramped.
doesn't look like an easy task to spot the fall of shell with those vision slits, I wonder how the spotting positions in the British Queens Anne mansion style superstructures compared.
I would not want to try to close that door while the ship is rolling from side to side. If that door was on the down side of the roll, you'd never close it. Barry
@@BattleshipNewJersey Awesome. I want to see the whole ship when I'm up there this summer visiting a friend. His late father served on the ship in '67-69 down in the catacombs as an electrician.
I'm trying to decide whether the 011 is where Ryan goes to hide when the staff is having an extra needy day, or if it's where he sits in a guru's robe waiting to dispense wisdom to those willing to make the climb.
probably both.
Such a great comment 😂😂😂😂
Guess we'll have to make the climb to find out.
@@lightningwingdragon973Let's all STORM THE O11 LEVEL!!😎
Before New Jersey was yet again withdrawn for service, I was stationed in the North East Air Defense Sector and was assigned as a member of the Battle Staff. One night when we were chasing Soviet Bear Bombers across the North Atlantic we linked to the New Jersey's air picture on her air search radar through that very antennae and tracked the Soviet bombers through their radar. I was able to direct our fighters to intercept and track the progress of that intercept with the help of New Jersey.
I really enjoy seeing the less restored areas of the ship. One day in future, how about a compare & contrast between 40's & 50's, 60's and 80's & 90's equipment. For example, show a 40's door, a 60's door & an 80's door.
Oooh! That’s an **excellent** idea! Me too, me too! I would love to see such a video too, in addition to my other video request (see my previous comments I this channel regarding a video comparing and contrasting serious WWII naval armor a la what the BBs we’re using with the modern (and- from what I can tell- vastly inferior) HY-80 stuff that the Navy has been using for a few decades now.
It’s actually conceptually similar, now that I’m thinking about it: comparing and contrasting bits of the ship from different eras, albeit in the case of my request we’re talking about the same part of 2 different ships, as opposed to different parts on the same vessel. But anyway, I like Jim’s idea too so I’ll throw in my
Great idea!!!
The smoke watch was assigned to this level to watch for "black smoke". He would then notify which fireroom had "black smoke" so the boilers can be adjusted. This was manned 24/7 when underway and steaming inport. That's when I was onboard from 88 to decommissioning.
What would the "black smoke" indicate needed to be adjusted on that particular fire room & boiler?
Thanks for sharing, I'm super curious about all this!
@@revenevan11 "black smoke" is an indication of too much fuel and you would also look for "white smoke" which is a severely more dangerous condition created by too much air in the mixture inside the boilers fuel box
I was in San Diego in the mid 80s and heard stories of people that kept a constant watch over the ships, just so they could report them to the EPA. Black smoke is bad in many ways!
I wanted to add that in wartime they desired no smoke from the funnels and strived for that. However, the best efficiency came with a grey haze. You might hear an old salt chief yelling at some poor seaman, "Get a haze on that pipe!" and the scrambling that would come after.
My dad the Chief told me a few stories. lol
If you are 52 and somewhat above your optimum weight - that scuttle isn't the easiest thing to get thru (posting for a friend *wink wink*), the climb to that point is a haul too. Climbing that ladder gap into the director was too daunting but the view from the 011 deck is fantastic! The ship below, the city - its the best view around. So cool to look down onto the top of the stack too!! Thanks again for taking us up last year - a huge highlight for me!
Told my wife to make plans for a long weekend to Philadelphia this summer. Been following yall on UA-cam since close to the start. Finally making it a point to come visit.
Make sure to say hi when you come on board!
I suspect that with the Battleship acting as a giant Faraday cage, I'm not surprise Ryan has never noticed any lightning problems.
I’ve been on a boat that’s been hit by lightning. Fried every piece of electrical equipment on board that was hard wired. Granted it was all modern stuff with microprocessors and not hardened 1940s military electronics. Had to get towed 200 miles back to shore.
@@stephendevries7637 As the Iowas are such tall ships, they will have been designed with proper lightning protection. I'd expect an Iowa out to sea in the tropics to be hit by lightning multiple times per year.
I wouldn’t bet that it would dump the lighting to earth smoothly and without damage, unless it had lighting protection (as discussed above). Despite sitting in water, loading and unloading flammable liquids from tankers still requires expressly bonding the ship to earth to prevent static discharge, presumably because of the paint, which of course being anti-corrosion and anti-fouling, should be continuous below the water line.
I've seen every ship I ever left the pier on struck by lightning. Once on the USS Saratoga I was blinded by the flash as it hit the railing on top of the boat crane which was actually below the level of the flight deck, much less the island and masts. I just happened to be looking that way and couldn't see for 5 minutes. No sparks or anything but the flash where it hit was white and bright. lol
Ships are metal, grounded, and the mast has a lightning rod at the top. They get hit by lightning occasionally but it's rarely any problem at all.
Hello again, I believe that the unidentified four bolt foundation was a gyro repeater (aka peloris ) if there is evidence of a cable penetration in the center of the bolt pattern, you can bst on it. Iowa has these. Great videos fron you on the New Jersey !
I think you can tell Ryan loves this part of the tour more than answering youtube questions!
additionally . Ladders are grounded in the superstructure because Electro Magnetic radiation will act on the ladder just like antenna. Radiation from the SLQ 32 and the rotating radars not to mention the HF radio sets. The satcom stuff not so much/ It can deliver a shock to a body (not that anybody would normally be topside while underway due to loose EM radiation from many high powered sources ) But mostly to eliminate the snap crackle and pop line noise from delicate tuned radio sets
Thanks for posting, Ryan and Libby. Only way I’ll ever see those areas because heights are not for me. BZ for going up there so we don’t have to. Can’t imagine what it would have been like to be stationed that high while underway, pitching and rolling.
There are so many gizmos and gadgets, lights and bells, boggles my mind! I suppose most of the 1" or so diameter lights were notifying something? I'd be like a two year old kid asking "What's this?" and "What's that?" over and over... Thanks for these types of videos. I'm an Air Force guy so Navy stuff is intriguing. Yes, even videos about Air Force stuff intrigues me too. After all. I was admin and didn't get to see much technical stuff. Have a great day!
Once again another great video and I love seeing parts of the ship that would not be on the normal tour
So much forgotten technology and you explained it in a way that talks across to everybody
My high school math teacher, Poorman, was a plank owner -- and that was his duty station -- usually. The first transit across the Pacific went through a storm so nasty that he was looking straight down at the Big Blue from on high. No food was held in the stomach after such a bobbing. It's a good thing that the roll of the New Jersey was actually pretty slow. In normal seas, being at the top is a dream posting. We all figured he had the safest role in WWII. His duty station was primarily tasked with spotting enemy submarines. Battleships were not designed to chase and sink subs. That duty was for the tin cans. During the first Pacific transit, for quite a distance, the New Jersey sailed alone. ( This was so late in the war that the IJN was in tough shape. )
Call me weird, Extremely Weird, I like seeing the SLQ-32 Antenna Enclosures. As an EW tech, they were my babies.
I’m a current SLQ32(V)4 tech and seeing the antennas was awesome! I wonder if anything is still in them. I wish they’d do a tour of the ECM room as well.
@@derekseibert4116 They did a video that showed ECM on the O10, just below the antennas. Forget which one. But the spaces are gutted. And there is a recent video showing CEC with the SLQ-32 DCC.
I was a (V)3 Tech 20 years ago.
Another one. Ret. Ewc 1734!!!
@@harrylumsdon6773 Always good to see another 1734! EW1 here.
Ok ya EWs, old FC here, I always wondered what all was in that contraption (SLQ-32). I know it mostly receives but it could transmit too, right? What frecs (or is that classified?) doesn't cover, HF to X band?
After watching dozens of these videos, I'm thinking that Ryan has the absolute best job in the world. This SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Super cool.
I live just a few miles away. Can't wait to come visit. Your videos are awesome. I like seeing things that regular tourists can't. It makes for good videos.
For anyone wondering why the air radar could pick up the round is simply because it's moving so fast. The round covers well over 50ft in just one scan of the radar so it sees it (in layman's terms) as like a long streak through the air.
The whipping effect of height angular speed in rough seas must have been harrowing.
Ryan, I love your videos. Texas is my favorite ship but New Jersey, thanks to you, has fast become my second favorite.
that would be a great spot to put a live earthcam so people can get the sense of the view with out actually going up there ( even though you arent allowed ) be a great view over the forward guns and around the surrounding areas
Check this out: battleshipcams.com/
Love these videos. The comments from ex-crew etc. really add a lot to it.
I'm a tower climber. The grounding is also to ground RF (Radio Frequency) Radiation created by any sort of transmitter (Radio, Radar, Satcom, TV, etc...) The Radio transmitters don't have to on this ship they can also be coming from other ships, radios towers, etc... The ladder could be at a different electrical charge than the structure it's near, causing a safety hazard for climbers and reflected or creating RF noise for any type of receiver.
As usual another awesome video. I can’t wait to visit my family in South Jersey soon so I can come see the ship and the great crew that keep her looking so awesome! You do an incredible job narrating the videos Ryan. Hopefully one day you will start doing visiting lectures on ships like the Lexington or the Texas. My family and I would love to see your take on all of of the museum ships, while being on them. Thanks again, and keep the great videos coming.
Thank you for doing these videos. My stepdad was a MS aboard the USS Iowa back in the day. So I have a connection to the Iowa class battleships.
2:14 Boy, that would wreck your pool party, wouldn't it?
Funny story a long time ago my grandpa took me to the USS Alabama and we went up into the superstructure and he found a door that was shut and he had the idea to try to pry it open so after about 5 minutes he finally got it open so we roamed around the unreasoned part of the superstructure it was really creepy to ten year old me since everything was run down and rusty and the lights were off and he had to use a flashlight and we ended up getting lost and for about 45 minutes we just roamed around in the dark until we finally found our way out
If you go back, you can explore up through the O-10 level now- officially!
@@PhantomP63 neat I’ll have to visit her again someday
Ryan,
Your videos offer extraordinary content to those of us who really appreciate what WWII meant to the United States. If I could offer one suggestion, it would be to equip yourself and the camera with a wireless microphone system, and add a high-quality wind baffle to the mic. The poor audio quality in parts of this and some other videos is distracting, and in my opinion detracts from the otherwise-excellent content you are producing. Thank you so much for preserving this amazing part of American naval technology! I will certainly visit the museum next time we travel east.
Ryan has a mic on in this video, but when the wind blows 30 knots there's not much you can do to fight it.
At 15:45 my heart just about stops and takes in the view in amazement! oh Wow I wish I could see that for myself just once.
17:31
Dammit Ryan, you're breaking your own ship.
As I was watching this one thing I kept wondering was, what was the plan for the crew all the way up there if the ship was sinking?
Considering the amount of ladders and stuff you have to go through to get back down, would they just wait until the ship was far lower in the water and then jump? It almost seems preferable to wait instead of potentially risking getting stuck halfway down or something if the ship suddenly rolled over. Would love to hear a bit more about the plans for abandoning ship for men in less easily accessible areas of the ship such as the 011.
Great video btw, found this channel a few weeks ago and have been enjoying working my way through all the videos.
Hi. X navy. Saw jersey in drydock longbeach. Huge wow. Destroyers here. Instructor sitcom systems. ET1 who's Heart has in equipment and not paper work.
Sky watch must have been a pretty sweet job.
I am loving these vids lately so much info
Really lo be these behind the scenes videos of where most people won't ever get to go. I'm definitely interested in doing the curator tour, I love these battleships
Thank you for making these videos. They are very interesting.
It was also the best place to watch the big guns when they were shot
Those battle port where there and open during Viet Nam. I went up there at night to watch the flares over land at night
Gonna be a silly question, but has any of the cell phone providers approached you about putting antennas up there?
It would be interesting if Ryan gave us a tour of a mothballed ship at the Navy yard.
If only the navy yard gave us that ability.
The view at 15:30 is spectacular.
17:10 Regarding lightning rods, their purpose is not strictly to afford a point or points for lightning to conveniently strike. A part of their purpose is to try to allow the voltage potential between charged clouds and (in this case the ship) to be bled off, hopefully preventing a strike.
Due to the extreme electrical potentials present in a thunderstorm, the employment of this preventative scheme is not always a success.
Then, a lightning bolt would hopefully hit the rod (and not other points up high) and channel the strike current safely away from occupied areas and equipment.
lightning.org/lightning-protection-overview/
8:48 is this the access to the battleship heaven?
Personally that would be a hell of a place to be sitting when all hell breaks out 😆
Now we just need an insane tower climber to go up on the roof of the O11.
Ryan, are the 4 bolts on the deck where the signal lamps used to be mounted. I've noticed in pictures there were I think 4 up there, then in later pictures they are removed.
Air search binoculars a *lot* smaller than I'd have expected. Is that a replacement, perhaps, for what was originally there?
I can't imagine what is was like up there in rough seas. Have any of the interviewed veterans talked about that?
Yeah I can imagine someone up there vomiting.
Still probably nowhere near as bad as being in a destroyer or something
Pretty stable.
There mass to size is heavy, and designed to be stable gunnery platforms
It was actually very stable. Yes yould be over water, but not an uncomfortable roll. During a typhoon, three of us decided to go to the 011 and watch the storm. Roll still not bad, the worst was dodging the green water coming over the coaming.
Vietnam Vet
Now for a real treat, the bosuns locker in the bow was an E ticket ride in any weather!
Need to open the tour up to that level
Great videos, thanks for keeping them coming! One suggestion for a future one if possible, how about the goat locker? Normally inaccessible to all but the CPO's, I was curious to see what it was like now, and the difference between commissioning and the following era's... Thanks in advance!
Check this out ua-cam.com/video/3cE3p3rMPr4/v-deo.html
@@BattleshipNewJersey Nice!! Also, fantastic job on paying tribute to the Beirut Barracks victims, and telling that Chief's story.
I have a hypothetical question alternative history, what if while Halsey was of chasing empty carriers the Japanese concentrated their forces including the two Yamato class battleships and ran the gauntlet at surigao strait where 7th fleet set their trap
Would the old battleships that were sunk at pearl harbor be able to stop them ?
Yes, Of Oldendorf’s six old battleships , three had Mark 8 radar gire control same as Iowa’s, but he other three still had Mark 3 radar, the same as South Dakota used to maul Kirishima at Guadalcanal. In my view, the Americans’ ability to bring accurate radar-directed firepower from twice as many guns would outweigh Yamato’s heavier guns and armor. In fact, I believe Oldendorf could have split his force in two and adequately handled the Japanese Southern and Center forces. The aircraft from the Taffy’s would still be a force.
No Crow's Nest, no visit. That's the deal.
Imaging the amount of swaying that sailors endured while keeping their chow down.
Oh the whistle would neat!
Check this out ua-cam.com/video/DSRnvwiWrZY/v-deo.html
It amazes me how complicated the ship is.
at 4:31- scuttle and deck look to me to be may 1.5 inch think - that would be heavy ! Does it have the counterweight to assist in opening it? (especially from below)
How stable was the ship in heavy weather? Wouldn't being that far above the waterline mean even a small roll would pose a difficulty in maintaining your footing?
The ship was known for being very stable. During typhoon cobra it was complained that it was the only time they had to hold their cup to pour coffee in it, so if that's the roughest night they had they're in good shape. But the top does sway more than the bottom.
Just curious, have you ever felt the battleship move/sway at all? Whether from passing ship wakes or storms or whatever? Or is it too massive for river waves to even be noticeable?
Nope. Ive been on board in a hurricane and I get seasick very easily, and I've never felt a thing. - Libby the editor
@@BattleshipNewJersey that’s crazy
@@BattleshipNewJersey Safe place though. especially if below the armour decks. WW2 arrmour steel beats plywood.
Good job.
Do you happen to have any footage of the CIWS systems originally installed in the 80s, in use (i.e. target practice, etc etc)?
Hello Ryan -
You know so much about the ship you would easily qualify as a Surface Warfare sailor.
They don’t give those quals away…
I feel like he’s probably got some weaknesses in the “when the ship is moving” parts.
@@DanielsPolitics1 fair enough.
The Rangefinder room seems very small. Would there be just 2 people and one being an officer stationed for the operation of a critical area.?
Yes. See the film ‘Battle of the River Plate’ for battle scenes inside a rangefinder.
The Mark 38 Director that is Spot 1 has six occupants when fully manned:
Left front: Leveler Center front: Cross-leveler Right front: Trainer
Right rear: Asst Rangefinder operator/talker** Center rear: Rangefinder operator** Left rear: Spotter (Officer).
**These two switch off every half hour or so because looking thru the rangefinder causes significant eye fatigue.
Unanswered: can you still look through the optical rangefinder, and get a range to anything it happens to be pointed at?
Moored on the Delaware and a heavy ship,,, that noted, from the top of the antenna tower there can you feel the ship sway? ...maybe a plumb bob attached, out of wind, to see what kind of minor motion takes place in a given day.
Ryan mentioned "following along on our plans" while he climbed around the other day. Are these plans available for download/purchase? i was not able to find anything on the museum website.
We have them on the community page of our channel. Or you can find them here maritime.org/doc/plans/index.htm
@@BattleshipNewJersey Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you
That door looks like a pain to close. I've worked on high rises before and on a windy day or if they got the fans ramped up, the roof doors are a total pain. Can only imagine how stubborn it must be to open or shut if shes underway.
Weirdly it opens easier than closes? I can open but can never get it closed, it locks up like 6 in from the opening and then won't budge. - Libby the editor
Why isn't the whole ship available to see in person? My thought is for saftey?
Would the range finder still rotate even if the main batteries were under local control?
I wonder how the Museum staff is sure it's safe for the Curator and Cameraperson to go into these spaces that have maybe been sealed off for many years?
I would love to see the inside of the O-10 Level. I wonder if there is any Vietnam Era ECM equipment left
How many people would be stationed on each deck? I wish your camera person would have climbed that ladder and given us a slow 360 degree pan from the highest point on the ship. Or if you need a volunteer for that, just ask.
@10:30 When I heard that whistle, I thought someone was tryin to get my attention which was creepy as I am home alone.
Wait, you didn't want to play with the ship's whistle?
I would imagine that you could've really felt the pitch and roll of the ship up there on O-11
Amazing !
Thank U !!
Libby is still the best ever.
Looks like she hit the side of the ship at one point but just kept filming.
Not included in this video is me screaming several four letter words when I hit my head on that latter while shooting b roll. - Libby
That she is!
@@BattleshipNewJersey Libby, we are going to have to have all of the embarrassing bloopers and out takes at the end of the videos now!!
Were thinking of an April fools special of them
sick jacket bro!
Big heavy duty 8 dog clip water tight door 14 storey above the normal water line, did rough sea conditions and spray get that high ? or was it a case of just fitting a standard rain and spray proof door no matter where on any exterior opening ?
Its lightly armored up there which is why the big hatch.
@@BattleshipNewJersey thank you for your prompt reply
I for one think it would be cool to see one of the iowas restored to its WW2 configuration as puch as is practical.... It would be interesting!
Heres a video that explains why we won't do that ua-cam.com/video/138rRKzeniA/v-deo.html
Now we have to have a comparison on superstructures 🙂 and various devices for spotting etc.
I would love to know how accurate the guns actually were. I assume the accuracy increased over the years with the additions of different radars and better more uniform propellant, but in calm winds how accurate were they?` Cheers!
Within about a baseball diamond
@@BattleshipNewJersey Wow... that is some serious accuracy for such big guns. Cool!
Thank you for your reply! Keep up the great work, its an amazing channel and Ryan is doing an excellent job disseminating all this super fascinating information to us!
Cheers!
Thank God I was a medic. I have no idea what he's talking about.
Does the main battery director move, what powers it to move, Rollers?
North Carolina and Washington have one less level (deleted and reposted because I mistakenly typed Wisconsin). I've been in the director on the NC, and it's cramped.
We're the two aircraft on the fantail for spotting??
Yes, they were.
Another cool video...😊
If the ship is in big waves and rocking side to side 3 feet at the main deck would it feel like you were moving 12 feet 14 stories up?
You'd have to be in a typhoon for our ship to move that much. But yes, it is more extreme up top.
doesn't look like an easy task to spot the fall of shell with those vision slits, I wonder how the spotting positions in the British Queens Anne mansion style superstructures compared.
Just think of what it was like for the men stationed up there as the ship pitched and rolled while firing.
Oh man I wanna climb up there lol
I would not want to try to close that door while the ship is rolling from side to side. If that door was on the down side of the roll, you'd never close it. Barry
Would you do a special tour to someone who is related to a former Fire control technician on a another ship?
We do private tours for $500 and specialty themed tours usually twice a month, fire control is a frequent topic
@@BattleshipNewJersey cool thanks for the info
Marshall! I know him. Ask him about the Beltway Blues
Your accent slips when you say fiahr
What kind of General Quarters stations would have been been on the 011 level in Vietnam and in the 80's?
They were still using the fire control station up there through the ship's entire career
I'm surprised you didn't climb up that ladder to get to the very, very top.
We did that in this video: ua-cam.com/video/OBSET2mkOIU/v-deo.html
Do you take people to the 011 deck on the curator tour?
We make no promises because of the vertical ladder to get there but sometimes.
@@BattleshipNewJersey Awesome. I want to see the whole ship when I'm up there this summer visiting a friend. His late father served on the ship in '67-69 down in the catacombs as an electrician.
Would love to see a video from the pier to see the actual size of the ship from ground level
Check this out ua-cam.com/video/eYFd8Gx5g4c/v-deo.html
alternatively check out google street view, there’s plenty of spherical photos of USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor.
What was that other platform even higher up...???
What is the absolute highest point of the ship. That a person can be???