Boy does all that look familiar. I was a EM2 on the USS Braine DD630, also a Fletcher-Class Destroyer, from October '69 until it was "sold" the Argentine Navy in July of '71. I served on 4 other old destroyers but the Fletcher was the one that really put the salt in your swagger.
This is a great video, thank you! My dad was a 1st class Boiler Tech (BT) on a Destroyer in WW2. I wish I asked him more questions before he passed in '98. He once said he kept the ship's "ballasts" upright which kept the ship level during a bad storm for 3-days (with no sleep!). He loved his service.
It sounds like Your father was probably the “oil king” on the ship. We kept track of where the oil was being stored in tanks on the ship.. when underway, we would pump the oil from one thing to another for ballast and keep a constant supply of oil for the fire rooms. DD540 out of treasure Island. Any other questions just ask….
Wonderful video, Chris. You did an excellent job presenting the information! Some of us are fascinated with this equipment, never having had the opportunity to work with it. So much going on between getting the orders and the final result. It gives us a better appreciation for the ones that were doing these jobs, especially during battle. Thanks again, Chris, it was a pleasure. 👍
I was a MM on 1200 Lb system on the USS Sample DE 1048. This was my office, we didn't have the boilers had the turbine, reduction gear, generators, ets, the BT's had the evaps. Same throttle board.
This ship served alongside my dad's ship USS Birmingham CL 62 during the tragic salvage operation of USS Princeton CVL 23 on 24 Oct '44 in which the carrier's after torpedo warhead locker and bomb stowage area all detonated while Birmingham stood in close aboard Princeton in an effort to fight fires on the stricken carrier. Several hundred men on Birmingham were killed or wounded in this tremendous explosion. My dad was lucky to have just been wounded as he was preparing to board Princeton with a fire party of volunteers. He always said he is certain every man in this fire party of 35 men around him was cut down and killed. Cassin Young was a stout ship. She provided AA cover, ASW watch, and recovered many Princeton survivors. So glad to know there is still a ship existing today that was part of that gallant operation. I would love to go aboard her today and reminisce.
I fabricated the aluminum clipboard at the aft engine room throttle board when I was in high school shop class in 1986. George Lee was the volunteer at the time restoring the aft engine room and I was a Sea Cadet.
My dad served 9-12 months on DD 435 USS Grayson during WW2, all around Solomons. Was QuarterMaster 2nd class I think. He manned the helm during GQ. One pitch black night the as they were chasing after enemy ships, lookout yells out ship dead ahead,(another US destroyer) dad cranks wheel soon as order given or maybe without, and rings for full reverse! Engine crew answered back just as quick and together saved their butts from colliding with sister tin can! Captain Bell through the Exec and on ship press gave them all pat on back job well done! I have the original ship printout. A fellow shipmate that was close to dad gave it to me in the late 90’s. After I met him at a ship reunion in Seattle. Probably 1999.my dad died in 1959.
My Father was a first class fireman on DD691,Uss Mertz,I always wondered where Dad worked well the boiler room is where he worked then battle stations called,he loaded 40 MM shells everyone who went on a Fletcher class ship went thru a hellish type existance for sev yrs.They were brave men.😊
During my recent trip to Boston, I had the pleasure of visiting the USS Cassin Young. I would like to offer my most sincere congratulations to those responsible for their courtesy and kindness. Thank you.
The Cassin Young Volunteers - 041864b.netsolhost.com/index.html is an incredibly talented, generous, dedicated and passionate group. They deserve all our thanks.
I served on USS Lynde McCormick DDG-8 a Charles F. Adams class Destroyer. We operated at 1200 PSI Steam @ 965 degrees F. I was a Machinist's Mate 3rd class then 1979-81 made Chief before I retired Tin Can Navy. I became a Stationary Engineer when I got out also Electrical and Centrifugal Air Conditioning all learned in the Navy great job. When I went to take the test the guy asked me have I operated a 300 PSI Plant, I said no he went OH! I said I operated a 1200 PSI and a 600 PSI Plant not no rinky dink 300 PSI Plant he said DAMN !
A good presentation. Although very basic it was very informative. Being a retired Machinist Mate Chief I can understand reason for keeping simple for the General Public. I trained on a plant similar to this in MM "A" school and went on to steam 1200# Steam plants. On both Knox Class and Hull Class ships.
This is a great video, very detailed yet fast moving. My Dad was on board the USS Laws, another Fletcher class destroyer, which participated in battles in the South Pacific. He was an Electrician's Mate 3rd class working in the aft engine room with the panel shown at the end of this video. I would like more detail on this if you ever get around to it.
Great presentation! I am a retired licensed journeyman electrician as well as a licensed stationary engineer. I was an IC-2 in the naval reserves for eight years. My civilian job was engineer 1st class for a large hospital. We used 150 HP scotch marine boilers for facility heating in the winter. We ran those boilers at about 150 PSI but I have to assume your boilers were water tube type generating super heated steam. I absolutely loved my engineering career being a high voltage electrician and a high pressure stationary steam boiler engineer. While on a navy ship my duties had more to do with ship board communications and electrical distribution. I salute you comrade! If I could I would join the navy again in a heartbeat, but I think the navy does not need a 65 year old engineer any more LOL!
Yes we operated at Superheat you can read my blurb in comment's I was fully qualified Engine Room, had NEC's Navy Enlisted Codes for Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Hydraulics, HIPAC 3,000 PSI Air Compressors, Submarine Repairman, Nuclear Repair, Instructor, Outside Machine Shop Journeyman.
Things still look intact and in good shape down there, as if they could come to life again with some minor maintenance. Smart to keep the public out of there, you'd be missing knobs and gauges all over if they could get down there, unfortunately.
I remember going out on a Destroyer, out of Mayport naval base when I was a child of probably 6 or 7 yrs old. This would put it around 1961/2. I have a distinct memory of being inside the ship, and seeing a large area, like a swimming pool that was filled with water. To me it was like the open ocean was down in the bottom of the ship. I remember this scared me a little. Do you have any idea what this might have been? What area of the ship might I have seen? The other thing I remember is standing by the rail and the only thing keeping me from falling in was little ropes, and eating ice cream sandwiches on board. Funny I would remember the ice cream.
I was a nuclear reactor operator on Long Beach, so our gauge glasses were behind a shield wall and the "burners" were, too. But our steam plant was really a copy of a Fletcher class plant. 600# steam, DFTs, steam driven feed pumps, and all that, but no superheat and no juggling burners when the bridge rang-up a flank bell. I really like those throttle wheels - whipping, grape-vining, turksheads. Can you help out on what the four wheels are for? Ahead, Astern, Circulating Pump and ... ?
Ahead. Astern. Small wheel is for the Cruising turbine. Larger one next to it is for the Cruising turbine "crossover" exhaust. They put Cruising turbines (12 knots or so max, continuous no rapid speed changes, as I recall) in for them to move around the vast Pacific and get on station without a lot of refueling ships enroute during WW2. We never used it when I was in during Vietnam. Sometimes we would test operate it during trials and such. Circ pump throttle is behind you as you face the throttleboard. Kinda under and to the side of the log desk.
Could they have been equipped with a single 12 or 14 inch untrainable gun facing forward and used as attack destroyers?Against japanese cruisers and battle ships?
Grandson of two navy pacific theater veterans who have long since left this world. Thanks for sharing.
Boy does all that look familiar. I was a EM2 on the USS Braine DD630, also a Fletcher-Class Destroyer, from October '69 until it was "sold" the Argentine Navy in July of '71. I served on 4 other old destroyers but the Fletcher was the one that really put the salt in your swagger.
i was on the 630 58 to61 the real navy.
Boilerman DD540 USS Twining 64-67. Thank you for your service
This is a great video, thank you! My dad was a 1st class Boiler Tech (BT) on a Destroyer in WW2. I wish I asked him more questions before he passed in '98. He once said he kept the ship's "ballasts" upright which kept the ship level during a bad storm for 3-days (with no sleep!). He loved his service.
It sounds like Your father was probably the “oil king” on the ship. We kept track of where the oil was being stored in tanks on the ship.. when underway, we would pump the oil from one thing to another for ballast and keep a constant supply of oil for the fire rooms. DD540 out of treasure Island. Any other questions just ask….
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Wonderful video, Chris. You did an excellent job presenting the information! Some of us are fascinated with this equipment, never having had the opportunity to work with it. So much going on between getting the orders and the final result. It gives us a better appreciation for the ones that were doing these jobs, especially during battle. Thanks again, Chris, it was a pleasure. 👍
I was a MM on 1200 Lb system on the USS Sample DE 1048. This was my office, we didn't have the boilers had the turbine, reduction gear, generators, ets, the BT's had the evaps. Same throttle board.
This ship served alongside my dad's ship USS Birmingham CL 62 during the tragic salvage operation of USS Princeton CVL 23 on 24 Oct '44 in which the carrier's after torpedo warhead locker and bomb stowage area all detonated while Birmingham stood in close aboard Princeton in an effort to fight fires on the stricken carrier.
Several hundred men on Birmingham were killed or wounded in this tremendous explosion.
My dad was lucky to have just been wounded as he was preparing to board Princeton with a fire party of volunteers.
He always said he is certain every man in this fire party of 35 men around him was cut down and killed.
Cassin Young was a stout ship. She provided AA cover, ASW watch, and recovered many Princeton survivors.
So glad to know there is still a ship existing today that was part of that gallant operation.
I would love to go aboard her today and reminisce.
Love this spent 4 yrs operating these on Gearing Class DD’s loved every minute
I fabricated the aluminum clipboard at the aft engine room throttle board when I was in high school shop class in 1986. George Lee was the volunteer at the time restoring the aft engine room and I was a Sea Cadet.
My dad served 9-12 months on DD 435 USS Grayson during WW2, all around Solomons. Was QuarterMaster 2nd class I think. He manned the helm during GQ. One pitch black night the as they were chasing after enemy ships, lookout yells out ship dead ahead,(another US destroyer) dad cranks wheel soon as order given or maybe without, and rings for full reverse! Engine crew answered back just as quick and together saved their butts from colliding with sister tin can! Captain Bell through the Exec and on ship press gave them all pat on back job well done! I have the original ship printout. A fellow shipmate that was close to dad gave it to me in the late 90’s. After I met him at a ship reunion in Seattle. Probably 1999.my dad died in 1959.
What a story! These folks were brave men.
Thank you for showing the generator and switchboard. I was Electrician's Mate 2nd class on the USS Steinaker DD-863 (Gearing class destroyer) 1971-73.
My Father was a first class fireman on DD691,Uss Mertz,I always wondered where Dad worked well the boiler room is where he worked then battle stations called,he loaded 40 MM shells everyone who went on a Fletcher class ship went thru a hellish type existance for sev yrs.They were brave men.😊
I spent four years as a boiler man on the USS Twinning DD540… if you have any questions on what we did just asked…
I was a mm on the USS Lester de 1022 after 60 years, I bet I could still lite off😊
During my recent trip to Boston, I had the pleasure of visiting the USS Cassin Young.
I would like to offer my most sincere congratulations to those responsible for their courtesy and kindness.
Thank you.
The Cassin Young Volunteers - 041864b.netsolhost.com/index.html is an incredibly talented, generous, dedicated and passionate group. They deserve all our thanks.
I served on USS Lynde McCormick DDG-8 a Charles F. Adams class Destroyer. We operated at 1200 PSI Steam @ 965 degrees F. I was a Machinist's Mate 3rd class then 1979-81 made Chief before I retired Tin Can Navy. I became a Stationary Engineer when I got out also Electrical and Centrifugal Air Conditioning all learned in the Navy great job. When I went to take the test the guy asked me have I operated a 300 PSI Plant, I said no he went OH! I said I operated a 1200 PSI and a 600 PSI Plant not no rinky dink 300 PSI Plant he said DAMN !
A good presentation. Although very basic it was very informative. Being a retired Machinist Mate Chief I can understand reason for keeping simple for the General Public. I trained on a plant similar to this in MM "A" school and went on to steam 1200# Steam plants. On both Knox Class and Hull Class ships.
This is a great video, very detailed yet fast moving. My Dad was on board the USS Laws, another Fletcher class destroyer, which participated in battles in the South Pacific. He was an Electrician's Mate 3rd class working in the aft engine room with the panel shown at the end of this video. I would like more detail on this if you ever get around to it.
Thanks for the kind words.
Chris is a wonderful presenter. A great chance to visit places in the ship not normally open to the public!
Stood throttles on dd830 70 to 72
Great presentation! I am a retired licensed journeyman electrician as well as a licensed stationary engineer. I was an IC-2 in the naval reserves for eight years. My civilian job was engineer 1st class for a large hospital. We used 150 HP scotch marine boilers for facility heating in the winter. We ran those boilers at about 150 PSI but I have to assume your boilers were water tube type generating super heated steam. I absolutely loved my engineering career being a high voltage electrician and a high pressure stationary steam boiler engineer. While on a navy ship my duties had more to do with ship board communications and electrical distribution. I salute you comrade! If I could I would join the navy again in a heartbeat, but I think the navy does not need a 65 year old engineer any more LOL!
Thanks for the comment. Agreed, Chris does a great job!
Yes we operated at Superheat you can read my blurb in comment's I was fully qualified Engine Room, had NEC's Navy Enlisted Codes for Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Hydraulics, HIPAC 3,000 PSI Air Compressors, Submarine Repairman, Nuclear Repair, Instructor, Outside Machine Shop Journeyman.
Things still look intact and in good shape down there, as if they could come to life again with some minor maintenance.
Smart to keep the public out of there, you'd be missing knobs and gauges all over if they could get down there, unfortunately.
I bet those guys in the bunk space just forward of the propellers didn’t get a lot of sleep!
Especially at flank speed!
Great video thank you ❤
Thanks!
I remember going out on a Destroyer, out of Mayport naval base when I was a child of probably 6 or 7 yrs old. This would put it around 1961/2. I have a distinct memory of being inside the ship, and seeing a large area, like a swimming pool that was filled with water. To me it was like the open ocean was down in the bottom of the ship. I remember this scared me a little.
Do you have any idea what this might have been? What area of the ship might I have seen?
The other thing I remember is standing by the rail and the only thing keeping me from falling in was little ropes, and eating ice cream sandwiches on board. Funny I would remember the ice cream.
Sorry, have no idea what the water might have been. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I was a nuclear reactor operator on Long Beach, so our gauge glasses were behind a shield wall and the "burners" were, too. But our steam plant was really a copy of a Fletcher class plant. 600# steam, DFTs, steam driven feed pumps, and all that, but no superheat and no juggling burners when the bridge rang-up a flank bell.
I really like those throttle wheels - whipping, grape-vining, turksheads. Can you help out on what the four wheels are for? Ahead, Astern, Circulating Pump and ... ?
Ahead. Astern. Small wheel is for the Cruising turbine. Larger one next to it is for the Cruising turbine "crossover" exhaust. They put Cruising turbines (12 knots or so max, continuous no rapid speed changes, as I recall) in for them to move around the vast Pacific and get on station without a lot of refueling ships enroute during WW2. We never used it when I was in during Vietnam. Sometimes we would test operate it during trials and such. Circ pump throttle is behind you as you face the throttleboard. Kinda under and to the side of the log desk.
Very impressive ship, seems ready to cast off in a few minutes…
They keep it pretty nice!
Thank you man
Hey ! great video quick question if you're active, which of the boiler room were you showing in this video ?
Hi, thanks! I'm not sure as it was so long ago, but I think starboard, if that is correct. Best regards, Steve
@@StevesBoston I'm even more confused, the fletcher had a aft and a forward boiler room, i'd assume it's the aft one ?
Actually nvm, i'm being idiotic, at 0:30 it shows it's the aft boiler. thanks for the responses
The pin he has on is chest is an Engineman's insignia. I was one in the Navy and we were not "Steam Jockeys."
He'd be a A-Gang fresh air snipe. We did have EN's as throttle watches in the hole on the Gearings, though.
Could they have been equipped with a single 12 or 14 inch untrainable gun facing forward and used as attack destroyers?Against japanese cruisers and battle ships?
DD370. Case.
Oil is a source of potential energy, not mechanical energy.
Too short!