I was stationed on BB62, Battleship New Jersey from 1985-1987. As a Fire Control Technician, I operated the Mark 1A analog computer for the 5 inch gunnery system. What a thrill to be apart of USN history.
In 1989 in a PTSD group at Miramar Cali! For the Iran Contra. I was with a New Jersey Fire Control Tech. He was there with my group, because of Lebanon in 83
As a veteran, this video has made my morning much better. Thank you. Keep up the good work on preserving the ship for future generations to see, enjoy and learn about the past.
I took my daughter out of grade school back when the USS Missouri (Iowa Class and sister ship to USS Iowa) was coming up the Columbia River for some freshwater exposure (hull cleaning) in May 1998 before she headed off to Pearl Harbor for her final resting place. It was a memory of a lifetime to board her and see those massive guns and the place on deck where the Japanese surrendered. My daughter is now married and has children, and I’m a Grandpa… but these battleships are timeless.
I worked on USS Massachusetts to get the mighty mo back in service before joining the navy, in 98 was on the USS CALIFORNIA escorting BB63 TO PEARL, AND PARTICIPATE IN RIMPAC
Such a routine movement decades ago today is a rarity. It warms me and some way saddens me. I’ve visited the North Carolina. Goosebumps every time. I was born 30 years late..I feel like I might’ve fit in nicely as a machinist mate being a Tool and Die maker/designer. I marvel at the level of sophistication we had way before CNC and CAD. Old School rules
I had the privilege to visit the Iowa in 2018. It was amazing and great to speak to the volunteers who explained how things were aboard this amazing ship. It's great to see a small part of this fine ship at work again. Good luck with the project to open one of the turrets for public display. I hope to visit again one day when I'm in LA.
A late night in October 1985 in Oslo, a young boy got his dream fulfilled. My father took to see this magnificent ship. I can still remember it, the oak deck and the HUGE guns. WOW!! I would love to get another visit onboard once, Still got the USS IOWA cap to this day! :)
@@SchafdoggGTO That's because they "didn't know what they were doing." Which is good for American lives saved, but makes for a boring read by any historian after the Guadalcanal Campaign, unfortunately. Tojo and Co. were a real bunch of dumb*sses. 🤣👍
That's menacing knowing how much destructive power is in those guns but exciting and nostalgic at the same time. I would love to experience those guns firing!
You would have loved it I think. If I had my way back in the day, we would have had a live fire at least once a week. GMG2 Battleship Missouri Turret 3, center gun.
The North Carolina used to have a “light show” where they would mock fire the guns. More like have op gas lit at the end of the guns. That was a while ago. The residents of wilmington nc didn’t appreciate the battleship firing its guns at it every other night
I was inside the battleship Alabama a couple of years ago and up inside the forward turret, yes, they are truly awe inspiring. The mechanical fire control computers were in use from WWII up to 1991.
What a beautiful sight to see. After being dormant for so long, to see her answer the call to rotate her majestic turrets brings tears to this former sailor's eyes.
Im living in the Netherlands so i have never seen these ships for real but i can say im amazed by the size of these guns and actually how fast the turret can rotate, craftmanship at its best!
A beautiful sight! The Iowa class battleships are the most beautiful and impressive ships ever built. And designed and built without computers. Amazing! Thank you to all those dedicated people who tirelessly are devoted to their upkeep. God bless you all. Smooth sailing!
Yamato-class battleships were better... US Navy was so terrified of them, so they used aircraft to sink them instead of classic artillery naval battle, because they had very little chance to win using guns.
@@Mr7700maydayyamato was outbdated by the time it reached combat, there is no such thing as the best ship different ships are made differently for their roles and doctrines yamato was built to engage multiple tragets Iowa is a fast battleship
Well, it’s safe to say the Iowa just one-upped the New Jersey. I’m sure Ryan saw this and is now feeling the pressure to get one of NJ’s turrets fired up.
God bless her, & those who served aboard,....in memory of those who gave their lives in the line of duty serving in her crew. The majestic history of her loyal service to our Nation will forever be held in her highest honor.
I just drove past New Jersey on Saturday and remain in awe every time I see her. Imagine being on the water in a passing 18’ Bayliner and suddenly USS Iowa moves her guns towards you!
I think it would be a good idea if all the Iowa's rotated there guns at least once a year just to keep them in good working order, even though there 80 years old there still like new to me cause I grew up seeing these ships sail
Power is the issue. The turret training motors need a lot of it, more than can be supplied by the shore power connection. You'd need to bring in a dedicated generator for this, since you can't fire up the ship's steam system to run its turbogenerators.
Incredible. It would be interesting to know how much maintenance and prep work was required before the turret could be rotated. I guess it’s quite a bit if it hadn’t been moved in 30 years?
Her spidey sense is tingling. She senses trouble. Given recent world events, I don't blame her. Also, it stands to be said that each of these turrets weighs 1,900 tons, or about 1,165.5 Honda Accords. I knew they'd need to rotate fast due to her speed of 30+ knots but I didn't realize it would look that fast. That's a lot of horses to turn that much weight that fast.
Depends if you have a fast moving missile or torpedo comming at you. Like anything nothing in isolation ...heavy Artillery from land or sea will keep your head down and generally ruin your day
@@joaoguilherme9034at point blank range maybe but think about at range...imagine how fast that aim can change ,it can probably switch targets literally miles apart in a few seconds at a miles range.
Ok, I’m sitting here thinking, ok Ryan when you gonna have BB-62 moving her turrets moving?!!! Big New Jersey fan here, and love Ryan’s videos. And I know he is scratching his head, ok, how we gonna do that!
I love in how good conditions the ship looks depite its age. and, looks super powerfull, almost waiting for a Kaiju to erase it with that powerfull cannons. greetings from Argentina!
I had the pleasure of being aboard this magnificent battleship twice, once when she was in mothballs at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard back in 1982 and spent two weeks aboard her as she and her sisters were scheduled for modernization and re-entry into service. Second I was scheduled to pay a visit to her while she was in Newport, Rhode Island where I had engineering documents to be given to an officer aboard her. This was the first time seeing her under her own power. I had to take a shuttlecraft out to her. I had chills up and down my back to see this massive ship. And those same feelings again happened to watch this video to see this turret moving. I have great memories of her, and thanks for bringing the content of her here.
This made me think about the Battle of Leyte Gulf in WW2 and the famous, or perhaps infamous message "Where is Task Force 34 the world wonders" as the Japanese navy came barreling into the allied landing forces. We survived this battle but TF34 could have stopped the Japanese force in it's tracks. USS Iowa was part of TF34, along with 5 other modern battleships, two heavy cruisers, eight light cruisers, and 26 destroyers loaded with torpedoes.
I cannot even begin to imagine the sensation and sense of awe one could get when these beasts roar in battle over water. Just seeing 'em turn thru a screen was enuf to give me chills.
Bloody awesome!! This shows the sheer size of the turret. Like moving an apartment block. The deck chairs are a nice touch though. Always knew those navy guys were sus. 🤣
Beautiful! The scientific and technical advances that are combined in these vessels as well as bucket wheel excavators or moon rockets, Crispr cas or poetry often make me forget all the negative aspects of humanity like toxicity, greed yes even war! There are incredibly bad human but there are also beautiful ones! Damn this video made me cry :'D
Rockets and such are always fun but having one of these bad boys roll up really will put the fear into you! I truly wish we still had a few sitting around, newer models with more current tech but still have the big old guns! Oh how I wish. This is amazing to watch! I wish I was there.
There are only two kinds of people The lucky ones who get to see the turning of this turret and the unlucky ones who will get the receiving end of this turret
The guns can be elevated manually. It takes a while but it's doable. New Jersey recently finished raising her guns to the 20 degree "salute" position. Turret rotation absolutely requires the motor, so it's much harder to get working again.
Boy, …and I just get excited pulling out my WW2 M1903 Springfield .30-06 rifle once in a blue moon just to look at it and return it back into the safe after a few minutes. But Iowa’s main guns are something I could look at all day!
I was going to GM "A" School at Great Lakes in 1984. Entire graduating classes was getting orders to the Iowa. I missed it by 2 weeks. Went to "C" School and then a tin can. Smh
Wow so 1 has never been open to the public? The USS Alabama has at least 2 of there’s open for the public to explore. I haven’t toured the Iowa yet but it’s in the list.
As a Navy veteran I watched as a ship slowly open her sleepy eyes if just for a minute. That really touched my heart.
She woke up, saw the state of the world and decided she needed '5 more minutes'
@@renedereus1877 LMFAO
I was stationed on BB62, Battleship New Jersey from 1985-1987. As a Fire Control Technician, I operated the Mark 1A analog computer for the 5 inch gunnery system. What a thrill to be apart of USN history.
you been back to see the ship as a museum?
I operated the MK1A and Mk56 GFCS on the USS Voge (FF-1047). Amazingly complex, but accurate machine.
@@quickbadger were you by chance on board when K22 collided with the Voge?
In 1989 in a PTSD group at Miramar Cali! For the Iran Contra. I was with a New Jersey Fire Control Tech. He was there with my group, because of Lebanon in 83
you were soooo lucky & dont even know it
As a veteran, this video has made my morning much better. Thank you.
Keep up the good work on preserving the ship for future generations to see, enjoy and learn about the past.
I took my daughter out of grade school back when the USS Missouri (Iowa Class and sister ship to USS Iowa) was coming up the Columbia River for some freshwater exposure (hull cleaning) in May 1998 before she headed off to Pearl Harbor for her final resting place. It was a memory of a lifetime to board her and see those massive guns and the place on deck where the Japanese surrendered. My daughter is now married and has children, and I’m a Grandpa… but these battleships are timeless.
I was there too. The line to get on the ship nearly stretched all the way into the city of Astoria.
I worked on USS Massachusetts to get the mighty mo back in service before joining the navy, in 98 was on the USS CALIFORNIA escorting BB63 TO PEARL, AND PARTICIPATE IN RIMPAC
Such a routine movement decades ago today is a rarity. It warms me and some way saddens me. I’ve visited the North Carolina. Goosebumps every time. I was born 30 years late..I feel like I might’ve fit in nicely as a machinist mate being a Tool and Die maker/designer. I marvel at the level of sophistication we had way before CNC and CAD. Old School rules
I had the privilege to visit the Iowa in 2018. It was amazing and great to speak to the volunteers who explained how things were aboard this amazing ship. It's great to see a small part of this fine ship at work again. Good luck with the project to open one of the turrets for public display. I hope to visit again one day when I'm in LA.
A late night in October 1985 in Oslo, a young boy got his dream fulfilled. My father took to see this magnificent ship. I can still remember it, the oak deck and the HUGE guns. WOW!! I would love to get another visit onboard once, Still got the USS IOWA cap to this day! :)
Really impressed how fast it rotates. What a scene!
Given that it weighs like 2 ww2 u-boats
@@Madmiata79Yamato's turrets weighed an entire destroyer. Tell them to turn them faster!
🤣👍
@@tyree9055 didn't help them any.
@@SchafdoggGTO That's because they "didn't know what they were doing." Which is good for American lives saved, but makes for a boring read by any historian after the Guadalcanal Campaign, unfortunately. Tojo and Co. were a real bunch of dumb*sses.
🤣👍
That's menacing knowing how much destructive power is in those guns but exciting and nostalgic at the same time. I would love to experience those guns firing!
You would have loved it I think. If I had my way back in the day, we would have had a live fire at least once a week.
GMG2
Battleship Missouri
Turret 3, center gun.
i don't think AP rounds would be good... i suggest blank shots.
The North Carolina used to have a “light show” where they would mock fire the guns. More like have op gas lit at the end of the guns. That was a while ago. The residents of wilmington nc didn’t appreciate the battleship firing its guns at it every other night
I mean I get if it was very frequent but at least a few times a year load a 1/6th blank charge and let it roar!
This is emotional, I’m not even a vet. To see such legend stretch her legs knowing she saved the world from pure evil.
Too bad that evil has returned in the form of globalists.
I was inside the battleship Alabama a couple of years ago and up inside the forward turret, yes, they are truly awe inspiring. The mechanical fire control computers were in use from WWII up to 1991.
Crew on USS Iowa watching the turrets rotate:🥲
Crew on nearby cargo transport ship: 😨
😮 “WHAT DID YOU SAY TO THEM???”
“nothing sir”
USS Iowa:I will delete everything in that direction. Just give the command.
It's like watching the old girl come back to life. I cried, I mean it, I actually cried.
What a beautiful sight to see. After being dormant for so long, to see her answer the call to rotate her majestic turrets brings tears to this former sailor's eyes.
Im living in the Netherlands so i have never seen these ships for real but i can say im amazed by the size of these guns and actually how fast the turret can rotate, craftmanship at its best!
What a amazing site to see the turret rotate .
My late father servred on the last Royal Navy Battleship hms Vanguard .
A beautiful sight! The Iowa class battleships are the most beautiful and impressive ships ever built. And designed and built without computers. Amazing! Thank you to all those dedicated people who tirelessly are devoted to their upkeep. God bless you all. Smooth sailing!
Yamato-class battleships were better... US Navy was so terrified of them, so they used aircraft to sink them instead of classic artillery naval battle, because they had very little chance to win using guns.
@@Mr7700maydaythat's bs because there was simply no battleships close enough to intercept. Keep dreaming kid.
@@Mr7700mayday even if they matched up equally, it still wouldn't make sense to go gun to gun when you can just throw planes at it. dont be dumb.
@@Mr7700mayday 2 Iowa class ships could take down the Yamato, but planes was more affective, you can only have so much guns.
@@Mr7700maydayyamato was outbdated by the time it reached combat, there is no such thing as the best ship different ships are made differently for their roles and doctrines yamato was built to engage multiple tragets Iowa is a fast battleship
Graceful! I would never want them turned towards me in anger!!!
Gives you goosebumps! Makes you wonder how good a condition so many of the ships systems may actually be in.
Well, it’s safe to say the Iowa just one-upped the New Jersey. I’m sure Ryan saw this and is now feeling the pressure to get one of NJ’s turrets fired up.
"Your move, Ryan."
So many times i've seen battleship, but i always amazed by how massive that canon is.
God bless her, & those who served aboard,....in memory of those who gave their lives in the line of duty serving in her crew. The majestic history of her loyal service to our Nation will forever be held in her highest honor.
Truly beautiful ships.
I just drove past New Jersey on Saturday and remain in awe every time I see her. Imagine being on the water in a passing 18’ Bayliner and suddenly USS Iowa moves her guns towards you!
I think it would be a good idea if all the Iowa's rotated there guns at least once a year just to keep them in good working order, even though there 80 years old there still like new to me cause I grew up seeing these ships sail
Power is the issue. The turret training motors need a lot of it, more than can be supplied by the shore power connection. You'd need to bring in a dedicated generator for this, since you can't fire up the ship's steam system to run its turbogenerators.
Incredible. It would be interesting to know how much maintenance and prep work was required before the turret could be rotated. I guess it’s quite a bit if it hadn’t been moved in 30 years?
Her spidey sense is tingling. She senses trouble. Given recent world events, I don't blame her.
Also, it stands to be said that each of these turrets weighs 1,900 tons, or about 1,165.5 Honda Accords. I knew they'd need to rotate fast due to her speed of 30+ knots but I didn't realize it would look that fast. That's a lot of horses to turn that much weight that fast.
If that turret turned towards you… you were about to have a VERY bad day…
Depends if you have a fast moving missile or torpedo comming at you.
Like anything nothing in isolation ...heavy Artillery from land or sea will keep your head down and generally ruin your day
Not really. Just a shorter one.
Actually you can run faster than it turns lol
@@joaoguilherme9034at point blank range maybe but think about at range...imagine how fast that aim can change ,it can probably switch targets literally miles apart in a few seconds at a miles range.
USS Wisconsin demonstrated this during the Korean War during the ‘Temper Temper’ incident.
I used to make those wood cannon plugs many years ago here in Canada.
Ok, I’m sitting here thinking, ok Ryan when you gonna have BB-62 moving her turrets moving?!!! Big New Jersey fan here, and love Ryan’s videos. And I know he is scratching his head, ok, how we gonna do that!
I must say that this clip made me smile.
I love in how good conditions the ship looks depite its age. and, looks super powerfull, almost waiting for a Kaiju to erase it with that powerfull cannons. greetings from Argentina!
Hard to believe a Mastercraft piece of equipment like this was alive EIGHTY years ago!Literally poetry in motion.
I had the pleasure of being aboard this magnificent battleship twice, once when she was in mothballs at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard back in 1982 and spent two weeks aboard her as she and her sisters were scheduled for modernization and re-entry into service. Second I was scheduled to pay a visit to her while she was in Newport, Rhode Island where I had engineering documents to be given to an officer aboard her. This was the first time seeing her under her own power. I had to take a shuttlecraft out to her. I had chills up and down my back to see this massive ship. And those same feelings again happened to watch this video to see this turret moving. I have great memories of her, and thanks for bringing the content of her here.
This made me think about the Battle of Leyte Gulf in WW2 and the famous, or perhaps infamous message "Where is Task Force 34 the world wonders" as the Japanese navy came barreling into the allied landing forces. We survived this battle but TF34 could have stopped the Japanese force in it's tracks. USS Iowa was part of TF34, along with 5 other modern battleships, two heavy cruisers, eight light cruisers, and 26 destroyers loaded with torpedoes.
I cannot even begin to imagine the sensation and sense of awe one could get when these beasts roar in battle over water. Just seeing 'em turn thru a screen was enuf to give me chills.
Wish it was the Texas doing this.... but good on yall!
I"m glad to see yall kept her guns in order unlike others.
The old girl still has life in her. This is so magnificent and touching to watch.
This was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen!
Imagine being on some smaller sailing vessel and you just see a turret that you once though was imobile turn and look at you
Bloody awesome!! This shows the sheer size of the turret. Like moving an apartment block.
The deck chairs are a nice touch though. Always knew those navy guys were sus. 🤣
80 years old and still works... I dare you to find anything that works as well as this ship made in the last 25 years...
I get to see this video. Thats amazing. Wonderful vid!
"I'm completely mentally stable. Oh hey look a civilian ocean liner"
Beautiful! The scientific and technical advances that are combined in these vessels as well as bucket wheel excavators or moon rockets, Crispr cas or poetry often make me forget all the negative aspects of humanity like toxicity, greed yes even war! There are incredibly bad human but there are also beautiful ones! Damn this video made me cry :'D
That must have brought back memories for surviving veterans who witnessed that action in combat .
We as Americans need our dreadnoughts and Battleships back.
A navy is NEVER complete without them.😢
this should be a regular show for the old fleet. New Jersey, Iowa, North Carolina, Texas, etc.
Trying to imagine what it would have been like being an enemy and seeing those turrets being rotated and the guns start training on your position.
Just as bad as seeing an enemy BB rotate it's turrets towards you too I would imagine lol
@@bikes02Of course, because that's what it would be. LOL.
I'll have to take that along on my next duck hunting trip!
Majestic AF! Hoorah
Amazing! 😍
Really wish the Brits kept some of theirs, would've been nice to at least see Warspite and Vanguard.
Awesome! Great to see that on a grand old lady!
This makes me happy.
hello, ships used to do that, even after 100 years they work like new , thx for video 😉👊
Should be something they do every year for a demonstration, affable maybe even elevate a gun that would so awesome
That brave little dog didn't even flinch!
I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of those massive shells.
they should do this more on battleships, just move the turrets around n elevate the guns. id love to see it move.
all these ships need to be kept in a ready state for the next and probably final war of earth.
Rockets and such are always fun but having one of these bad boys roll up really will put the fear into you! I truly wish we still had a few sitting around, newer models with more current tech but still have the big old guns! Oh how I wish. This is amazing to watch! I wish I was there.
From a time of the greatest generation.
How majestic and awesome is this?
I wish there was more footage of these guns in action..
A single drone shot would have added so much to this.
As a retired Bomb Tech….. this put a smile on my face……!
Now that's one hell of a gun! I want one!
Great for canceled carry/self defense.
And you don't have to worry about how many rounds fit in a magazine.😂
@@samuelhowie4543 My local range said I couldn't bring mine in, bummer.
There are only two kinds of people
The lucky ones who get to see the turning of this turret and the unlucky ones who will get the receiving end of this turret
Wow an impressive piece of kit
It would be awe inspiring if you could not only rotate the turret but elevate the guns
as well on occasion to show tourist sight.
The guns can be elevated manually. It takes a while but it's doable. New Jersey recently finished raising her guns to the 20 degree "salute" position. Turret rotation absolutely requires the motor, so it's much harder to get working again.
Amazing!!
What an awesome sight!!
its amazing how small the cwis looks on the Iowa compared to a destroyer
Boy, …and I just get excited pulling out my WW2 M1903 Springfield .30-06 rifle once in a blue moon just to look at it and return it back into the safe after a few minutes. But Iowa’s main guns are something I could look at all day!
fully operational, BABY!!!!
I'm sure glad that none of these were ever fired at me in anger,...YIKES!
I would pay to see a fully operational turret….firing shells, with guns changing trajectories. Must have been magnificent to see.
Move them more often cuz you never know when they may need them again.
Que bueno que funcione todo como antes la armada no sabe cuando se puede utilizar esta nave hermosa y poderoza !!!!
I was going to GM "A" School at Great Lakes in 1984. Entire graduating classes was getting orders to the Iowa. I missed it by 2 weeks. Went to "C" School and then a tin can. Smh
Applause for the people manning the handcrank 🤣
Still operating despite shut down
Those ships can be used over and over again they are bad ass
Holy smokes Bat Man.
That was great!
Like watching a giant monster stir from its slumber
Fire in the hole! Those guns are huge. Love it
It was a wonder to watch.
Beautiful ship
Surprised the navy didn’t weld the turrets locking pins like they did on New Jersey
that is one big vicky the dog
You Battleship guys need to put a museum battleship where it can fire off a few shots every now and again.
It's so cool that they named a ship after the slipknot album Iowa
Wow so 1 has never been open to the public? The USS Alabama has at least 2 of there’s open for the public to explore. I haven’t toured the Iowa yet but it’s in the list.
I think all the battle ships should be put back into service they are mean looking and great 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍
Nice the mechanical still works
2:10 At this point in the video, Japan just unconditionally surrendered again.
This is great!!!!!!
to see the aft guns traverse wow