Catacombs
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video we are crawling through what we call the ship's catacombs. These are a series of small spaces at the forward section of the bottom of the ship.
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Shout out to whoever is crawling through the bowels of the ship with a camera in their hand to film these!
Very interesting video. Thanks for taking the crawl. During my time on New Jersey (1988-89) I worked on the 03 level, directly under the bridge, where the Flag Bridge is located. Inside the Flag Bridge is a small watertight door which leads inside the central citadel armored "stalk". This is a large tube which runs from the 3rd deck all the way to the bridge. It contained many wires and cables for ship control like helm and communications input. In the middle of the tube was a small vertical ladder which allowed a person to actually climb all the way down, giving access if repairs were needed. One morning in 1989, while inport Long Beach, I decided to try and crawl from the 03 all the way down, using just a flashlight. I made it somewhere down to the 01/Main Deck level when I got too claustrophobic. The wires were closing in the lower I went and as the ship was using some power, the wires were warm! I lost my nerve, got a little freaked out and climbed back up. I can tell you coming in to the fresh air of LA harbor never smelled so good. Lance Schoenbaum SMC(SW/AW) USN.
Heres a video where we do just that
th-cam.com/video/hoMcA9mSEig/w-d-xo.html
I was a shipyard electrician. Cable armor is to facilitate pulling the cable in during installation. Cable can chafe and cut other cable as it is pulled through a cableway.
It serves no other purpose. It is not to protect against battle damage. Today, very little shipboard cable comes with armor. Instead, they use cable lube to make them slippery and reduce friction/chafing during installation. Btw some old cable contained asbestos in the jacket. Perhaps that's the reason for the sign.
Those cables definitely have asbestos. I can tell from the wrap and my experience in construction.
I'm not typically claustrophobic but dang just endless tiny openings to squeeze through would suck. I couldn't imagine crew having to move through places like that during combat repairs or emergencies. Thanks for showing more spaces not normally show to those who didn't serve in those areas.
Yes you sure can’t have a big fat ass to get through those small openings no wonder mostly everyone who served were young and agile
Joe, I was just thinking the same thing ! I'm watching him and I'm squirming in my chair !!
I agree to the claustrophobia thing. I’d expect to see this kind of close quarters on a submarine but not a battleship.
Well, I AM claustrophobic, and I made it to 3:48 before I was too uncomfortable to continue watching. And I'm watching on a monitor screen. The feeling is horrible.
Could you imagine being down I. One of these tight spaces and then watter start coming in?
One more thing: I’m sure you have many detailed and general schematics and drawings of the NJ. Perhaps you would consider inserting a simple diagram that would show where you are in the ship. You do a great job of explaining it, but sometimes how things relate spatially might be helped by a cutaway drawing, schematic or facsimile thereof. Just a thought, not a criticism, because you’re doing a great job.
I think they made a video about that already
@@blockstacker5614 okay... but still, it would be nice if they cut a piece out of that video and put in the beginning of this one. Because i have no clue where he is.....
I thought it was a pretty good idea...
Everything i know about naval warfare or ships is from this channel and Drachinifel
YES on this idea.
@@juliusraben3526 so far as I understand youtube, I don't think them can edit posted videos. They for would have to upload a separate new video.
@@grimlock1471 as far as i understand. One makes a file on a computer and uploads that one to youtube.
So, one would cut out a certain part of that file (about a certain part of the ship, featured in the clip) and start the clip with that.
Edit, or have a picture of the layout of the ship and color the featured area red to mark it?
I havent seen my old workspace since decom. I actually was inside the evaporators chipping away at the scales built up. I was an a gang and the forward diesel was where I worked. The space also has mpac, lpac and hpac. They were also used for air psi in the turrets. I also of course toured the wire ways as far forward I could go into turrets. Heck I had one of the last watches on the ship and wandered every where.
I'd give anything to do that. I've been throughout the North Carolina extensively and enjoyed every minute.
How would you abandon ship from down there?
From a army man to a sailor.
Thank you for your service to our country.
I was 15 tango crew chief on a uh60 black hawk. I love the water and scuba dive. But no thanks to combat on the open sea
@@pizzafrenzyman by dying
@@robertgutheridge9672 I'm with you. I'd rather be shot blown up burned anything but drowning in the dark.
Thats a terrifying combat position and im not even a claustrophobic person. Imagine working in that space and constantly wondering if your ship is "winning" and fighting the anxiety of knowing your more or less trapped down there if things go bad
I saw a quote from the Battle of Jutland, from someone stationed in an engine room: "All we heard was 'BANG!' when we fired, 'CLANG!' when we got hit, and 'Pour It On!' from the bridge."
Been that way since oared galleys
How many pairs of khaki pants have you ruined making these videos? :D
It makes my back hurt just to watch as well ^8-)
I am impressed by your camera persons ability to get through the tight spaces and handle the camera so smoothly!
The engineering complexity and shear amount of material in a large warship are mind blowing.
My friend's dad was on electrician on the New Jersey during Vietnam. He told me about the Catacombs. How he use to crawl down the to fix cabling. He was a short guy, 5'3" and could race through them. He said big and tall guys like me couldn't make it.
Judging by that extra length of belt, this tour wouldn't have been possible in the past. Well done!
LOL! Thanks from me aswell
It's actually just that long to prepare for Thanksgiving dinner
Lmfao!!
Haha. I figured it was a sailor thing. I remember seeing that marines are taught to tie a certain knot one handed in an emergency. Maybe the belt ties in with that concept... ties in.... get it.... budum ptish
I must say, you guys have won me over. This is the video equivalent of 'Anatomy of the Ship,' and it is really incredibly detailed and in-depth. Most of what I see on the Internet is so shallow and derivative. I honestly think you guys are making history here.
Well done.
Agreed. Ryan is exceedingly knowledgeable about her, but what makes me keep coming back is his sheer passion and enthusiasm to show us all the cool stuff.
To go into battle whilst being in these spaces..truly frightening...
Congrats to the camera lady, very steady hand, silent and agile.
Crazy that the ship still has some areas that you for the first time are checking out now.
Every grand old lady has some secrets she's still keepin'
Pretty sure that is just an act to make the video seem more exciting and interesting. Now its a "lets explore!" video, standard youtube format.
@@justforever96 It's interesting, they actually put out a video of the places that they "aren't allowed to go" (spoiler, they can go pretty much anywhere on the ship), and he mentioned that he's only seen about 2/3rds or a bit more of the entirety of the ship. Some areas are closed until inspected for safety, and some are duplicates and therefore not too interesting to view. But it's totally possible that it truly is a space he's never been! Cool presentation either way in my opinion :D
Imagine "exploring" a city block of high rises, with basements. EVERY room, EVERY closet, EVERY cabinet for some perspective.
Insane to imagine someone potentially going through those tiny openings to get to their battle stations in a hurry - or worse to do damage control.
Yeah and then the ship starts sinking while you're trying to save it crawling around in spaces like this. Probably over the years hundreds and hundreds of sailors died in battle in similar circumstances.
and potentially in total darkness, if there were battle damage
When your 17 to 21 you can fly through those spaces. Most of those type entrances had bars you grasped a went through feet first
And its definitely something you get used to. You know your spaces and you know where something should be so you can move quickly. Battle lanterns help though.
Fun fact, I am totally night blind but can walk the 600 ft from mess to my office in total darkness out of habit. - Libby the editor
You get to know the ship and how to get many many of the modern vessel have two escape hatches from a space alot of these guys can fly hatches and scuttles you know your ship and dc isn't that hard fit through space like that
The thought of unrestricted exploration of an Iowa Class ship with a knowledgeable partner, a few flashlights, and maybe a snack for midway through sounds like the experience of a lifetime :D
spam sandwiches ..and tang in the catacomes
Chances are that the asbestos warning at 7:15 refers to the insulation in the wires above the sign. At that time, it was not unusual to use asbestos as previous wire had been insulated with tar impregnated paper. Not a great combination for a battleship.
Kudos to the brave camerawoman following our narrator around the bowels of an ancient vessel. Probably doesn't get much recognition being behind the camera, but it's no less difficult; speaking as someone who tends to be the cameraperson at work.
“Now this one has really seen some shit.”
That’s an honest curator.
If I wanted to hide from everyone on a battleship, I'd know where to go now. But this is the last place you would ever want to be if they took a torpedo.
That pump room would have been checked hourly when at sea and maned at action stations
Yes. To potentially pump fuel to various tanks to correct a list from battle damage, like a Torpedo hit.
Man, when I was onboard Big J, we crawled thru the catacombs a lot. Always found something interesting.
@@KS-xo3oh We actually had this guy who was real short who basically lived in the forward catacombs in forward diesel. We called him Yoda. Actually had a mattress and food up there.
Thanks for sharing
My back almost went out just watching this. I can’t imagine working in a space like this.
20 years ago I worked for a ship yard. In order to get to the office to fill out an application, one had to climb through a lightening hole cut in the door. If you could’ve fit through the hole, there was no need to apply. Part of the employment training was crawling through the catacombs of a ship while following directions given by the trainer. I, a skinny kid at the time, was being followed by a not so skinny guy as we made our way through the boat. I went through a hole to a dead end that was a bit smaller than the typical lightening holes and he followed me, getting himself stuck in the process. With my back against the wall and my feet on his shoulders, we were able to get him pushed back into the right spot.
I didn’t work there too long because I started to notice the guys in there 30’s looked like they were in their 50’s. Ship fitting is some seriously hard work and I’ve got respect for those that do it.
I'd probably have a lot of fun scurrying around like a weasel down there, but watching someone else go through is pretty stressing to watch. The thought of getting lost though might get to me.
I'm surprised the navy didn't assign all the really short guys to that space. I've been in a sub before, being of slightly above average height that made me wish I wasn't for a while.
I still get lost on a gearing class destroyer.
You'd be ok. Food, water and some snap lights. As long as the air is good down there
@Battleship New Jersey The asbestos that sign is referring to is most like that armored power cable you were touching. Harmless to be around unless striping it for terminations or demo. PM me for the USCG references.
encapsulated asbestos for the USS hornet museum, fire rooms, and engineering spaces, the ship was stripped off some parts or just rendered nonoperational
This camera-person is great, use them again.
Bless you. We always use the same person and shes glad to hear it!
Yeah, seems to be very agile in those tight spots
@@BattleshipNewJersey I hope she has some spare batteries/torches because it would suck if she dropped that flashlight when you were in the catacombs!
@@BattleshipNewJersey I like that even without directing she takes a few second to pick up signage, graffiti, etc that she happens by. Sometimes that sort of thing is extremely interesting!
@@jaypeper and very stable! Amazing that the camera doesn’t swing around crazily while she climbs through a foot-square hatch.
There is a Valve Room for transferring fuel somewhere down there. It was one of my General Quarters Stations. I was an Oil King (BT3) from 84-88 aboard USS New Jersey. I used to be aboe to fly through those hatches and void openings at one time, only had 5 min to get to my station when GQ was alarmed if I remember correctly. Would love to see that space, fond memories and long naps down there!!!
I've noticed this about almost all designs, whether of a house, a ship, a tank or helicopter. The most fundamental-but-boring systems are like an afterthought and never easy to serve.
I wonder how many non regulation activities have taken place in this area of the ship....
I'm sure there were lots of beer bottles, joints and other things things hidden around these catacombs. Probably some still stashed there still.
What an unbelievably complicated thing a battleship is. All the things we see in the nether-spaces you go to are amazing, in that somebody had to be trained to know how to make all that stuff work. When the crew was on board, everything you show us was part of a living, breathing ship.
Absolutely fascinating - the chance to see parts of a battleship that almost none of the crew ever did, is a real treat! Thank you (and your camera operator!) for giving us the opportunity to see the hidden areas on the New Jersey.
Ship spelunking. I'm rather impressed with you and your camera operator. Thank you.
When you look at a battleship you have no idea how many compartments exist you will never see. In my younger years I would have loved to crawl through every nook and cranny!
All those ovangular openings remind me of my time as a bridge inspector. Crawling/clambering through over a hundred near identical compartments of a few metres length in a steel or concrete box beam. Photograph, note, move on. With traffic thundering overhead and below. Occasionally you would find some funny graffiti from previous inspectors or the fabricators 40+ years before. If you got very lucky you would find a soffit hatch for some fresh air. We did this in overalls hauling "escape sets" (mask and oxygen bottle) with gas monitors on our hips to look out for bad air.
Did you ever cut gassers inside of there and have to use your gas mask?
@@suspicioustumbleweed4760 One of the gasses the meters detect is methane, and while it hasn't happened to me, someone has told me they've farted in a culvert and had their detector go off.
@@stewieatb That’s amazing! Honestly the amazing part is you can navigate those small places and not panic
That ship is huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge. Just mind bending to think how it was built. I imagine many who served on her would only be familiar with their living and working areas.
Again, thank you two for putting in so much effort to show us these amazing things.
So Cool! I like the Sailor Stories accompanying the tour. The ladder rungs bent from sailor use is particularly impactful.
I was in and out of every part of the ship, including this one...1982-83. Going underneath Turret #1 brought back memories, trying to find spare wire going up to the turret captain for alarms...
It shows both how well Ryan knows that ship, as well the need for those arrows you could surely get totally disoriented and lost. Thanks for sharing these fascinating and obscure details!
Simply a marvel of plumbing and pipe fitting.
Imagine the nightmare of getting back in there alone and having your flashlight go out.
Haha if I lived close to you guys, I'd sign up as a volunteer, if for no other reason than so I could explore the ship from bow to stern, port to starboard, and bilge to mast top.
You rock, thanks for the memories.
Need to be a 130 lb 18 year old to use those hatches!
Hey that’s me lmao
Nja make it 120 or so and 5 and a half feet
There's a lot of reasons why they were picky about height, weight, etc in enlistment or where you got to serve. Couldn't have a fat guy flying a fighter plane, or manning these tiny spaces.
Where do you even begin building something like this. No computers, no design software. Unbelievable.
Lots of draftsmen and lots of engineers with lots of slide rules. To think the fastest plane ever built with a very long service record was all designed the same way. The guys who did all the drafting and design work are probably the ones who provided all the information needed to make the software!
Everything start's with a 'mud' map. The other stuff is just a convenience.... when it works :P
Was aboard for its Dependants Cruise in the late 80s. Was 13 or 14 yo. We sailed it 50 miles past Catalina Island while enjoying a picnic on deck. After lunch, and during a mile-or- so wide U -Turn, they performed a gun show salute including a 50 caliber challenge between a gunner on bow and on stern attempting to sink a pair of bound 55 gal barrels, Phalanx bursts, and a few volleys of the 5 inch cannons. What a ride! (the 16s, they told us, would blow us off deck by the pressure) And, I got a souvenir shell, actually spent from a 5 inch cannon of BB-62 before it's mothballing. I gave the shell to my step-father, Donald Schortman ( who, btw, served 3 tours in Vietnam, as UDT in the delta). At the time we lived in Long Beach and I was going to Lincoln, or Bancroft Jr high. Jon H.
Ryan and the museum REALLY. needs to produce a documentary - one focused on the people who made the ship run. Lots of interviews with the “below deck” people who maintained, repaired and ran the machinery, piping, pumps, wiring and generators, etc. Time is running out to interview the last crews!
Fascinating tour of the bottom of the ship!!!
Watching this was terrifying to imagine the ship on it's side or even just sinking with the lights out, trying to make your way out possibly while injured.
It's such a good thing that Ryan is so smalll a man, to get through those small openings and hatches.
He looks quite big to me, and lots of muscles!
I love your very unique battleship NJ tours! You do a great job explaining everything in a very understandable way.
Thank You for the tours. I am a Navy veteran and always wondered about the lower decks of these magnificent ships. I was stationed on the USS Los Alamos AFDB7 in Scotland. Looking back I do miss those days.
You have one of the best jobs in the world! To be able to fully explore these massive warships must be great.
Love what you do. Save history.
You deserve a raise for all that crawling & crawling
This is probably my favorite video of the bunch.
I have explored much of the ship but didn't know of the catacombs. Excellent video
Wow, feeling claustrophobic just watching this one. Thanks for sharing.
I was a BT2 on the USS Midway CV 41 a little bit bigger but very similar design let me tell you something the one thing you got to worry about is the oxygen supply in any of those spaces we lost a couple guys because of oxidation, oxygen absorption from rust
What was your rate your knowledge about the USS New Jersey is amazing
The Midway hull, at least parts of the naval architecture, were based on a cancelled class of battleships. Montana class I think is what I read. The Montana class battleship would have been similar to but even bigger than the Iowa class.
10 seconds later -- okay this is what I read on the Wikipedia for Midway class. As skeptical as I am about Wiki at times -- I've seen political bias in many Wiki articles AND caught errors in things that I know "a bit about" (hobbies that I was involved in for decades) --, this entry does sound right.
Here's the quote: "The heavily subdivided arrangement of the machinery spaces [on the Midway-class carriers] was based on that of the Montana-class battleship."
That's why the bowels of the New Jersey resemble the Midway-class ships.
Hats off to you guys that had to work in these ships FOR YEARS.
I'm looking at a few minutes of video and some of this is giving me borderline claustrophobia... I can't imagine being trapped in the dark of the bowels of a ship like that.
Yes. Accidents happen a lot in spaces like these in ships and offshore all over the world.
Low oxygen and dangerous gas built-up are a real thing in closed spaces.
I'd be worried about this on a museum ship too. I get the impression that they don't run all of the normal ventilation that the ship would've been running. Presumably a lot of no longer necessary materials have been removed from the ship making it a bit safer but I do wonder what sort of safety precautions or inspections the New Jersey has been through, or goes through, now that it's a museum. Some of these places he ventures into I might want an alternative air supply and would certainly want someone to know where I was going and at what time in case I got stuck or something.
@@Tsyroc Actually, as he has mentioned in other vids, the ventilation is far better than when in service, as most hatches are left open to allow airflow.
You two sure got a workout! Thanks for this informative video!
For the first few videos I felt a wee bit surprised that the museum was so in the dark about the battleship. It's not like it's excavated from a thousand years ago. People who served on it are alive today and the Navy is right there.
But now I'm actually delighted by it. There's an added layer of wonder as we explore and discover and hypothesize about things.
It really speaks to the complexity of these ships. No one can be an expert on everything, not even close!
While a lot of the people who served on it are alive, the people who designed and built it originally in the 1940's and much of the original crew from WW2 would be well over 100 today. The old guys who knew everything about battleships and made the big decisions about why things should look the way they do are long gone. We are all just picking up the pieces.
Almost all knowledge gets like this when you go even a couple decades back in any niche subject, it's really fascinating. There was a whole team of engineers who know every detail about each and every valve that you see in this video. Someone had to decide how large to make each structural member while balancing cost and weight. Someone had to decide how small they could make a door and still get men through efficiently.
Everything tiny thing we make is a triumph in itself. There are an infinite number of stories in a ship like this.
The Navy is having enough trouble maintaining its current fleet. Veterans of the ship are, for various reasons, not always able to assist.
one of my life goals, to visit new jersey! Thanks a lot for these videos. lg from switzerland
WOW!...super interesting and a brave explorer
I absolutely would go crazy like a kid at a playground. exploring and being blow away by the close courters but while making cool discoveries on such a massive vessel. Thank you so much for sharing with us these amazing videos!
Reminds me of the time I crawled through the cable trays in a nuke plant. Wasn't quite as tight as that, but I also had a rifle, gas mask, two radios, body armor, handgun, all my ammo, hard hat, pepper spray, cuffs, and telescoping baton. And other crap I'm probably forgetting.
If you knew your way around the maze, you could get damn near anywhere in the plant.
When you guys open up again, I'm coming to visit for sure! Thank you for these videos!
BTW we're open on weekends for now!
Wow! Thanks for doing that. Very brave for you and your camera person to go into those tiny spaces. I couldn’t do it. Claustrophobia set in right away. I cannot imagine having to go down there while the ship was underway. The din must have been extraordinary, not to mention the motion.
Awesome video! I love seeing this labyrinth of crawl spaces although I did start to get anxiety just watching and I'm not even claustrophobic. I would definitely carry extra flashlights and wear long sleeves and nitrile gloves at all times while exploring that ship.
I (the camera person) do get claustrophobic on occasion, I'm totally night blind, and a bit of a girly-girl when it comes to dirt and honestly, you get used to it. After a while you learn all the ways in and out and where to expect a hatch and that, in a pinch, your cell phone has a bright enough light to get you out. And we wear our dirt and grease as a badge of honor, it says that we did a day's worth of work. If you're ever in the area we do behind the scenes tours of some of these places on occasion, you should join us one of these days!
Excellent presentation!
Fascinating stuff.
Love this channel...
Thanks!!
The complexity of those warships never ceases to amaze me. No wonder they took years to build. No computer aided design either. All manually drawn blueprints! , thousands of them.
not quite, they could duplicate them, hence the word 'blueprint', the blue was part of the duplication process
@@tsm688 Not quite what? Who said they could not be duplicated? Every single drawing was originally drawn "by hand" by a draftsman, or what ever the correct term would be.
This reminds me of the time when I used to work on board a cruise ship as a backstage technician and had to go on the deck above the theater, through some air conditioning room, then down a hatch and from there crawl thrugh a tight space from where there was a view of the theater, and there eere some lights and we had to clean some confetti that would reach that place.
I stayed on this ship a few years ago when I was a cub scout, and have toured it with family 2 or 3 times now, these videos are really cool! If I had a week to just aimlessly roam around every nook and cranny I would just get lost down there for fun.
If you learn how to read the bullseye markers you are never truly lost.
Great video! I enjoyed roaming and exploring areas of my ship, too. Many sailors learned only their "normal routes" to/from berthing spaces, workshops, mess, sickbay, etc. IMO, they missed out. 😁
Thanks for the this.
Just found your channel. Working my way through. GREAT presentation/explanation. Excellent.
man if this was a tour i would so do it. i did all the ones for the North Carolina and as they make them for the Wisconsin havent done any of them for the new jersey yet. now i stumbled on this channel now im so excited to make a trip up there when covid is over
I cant imagine how terrifying and claustrophobic it would be down there in rough seas or in the midst of a battle.
People must have been a lot smaller then. Even a skinny guy would have trouble navigating those hatches. Its still amazing thanks for sharing.
When you're 18 and your life depends on it, you'll run through any corridor at any speed.
Of course while he is climbing through the area, it is good to remember that the average US male at the time this ship was designed was much smaller than today's. Even in 1961 when I entered A&M and was in the Corps of Cadets I was one of the taller members at 6' 0". In our company of 100 there was one who was taller by 1". Today, at 6' 0" there are many younger men who are taller than I am.
This is noticed by those who were raised in other countries and come here to the land of giants.
Also an interesting side note - as an Naval Aviator, during my first flight physical while in flight training I was measured, not just standing height, but sitting height and the length of upper legs when sitting. I was too tall sitting and upper legs to long to fly some aircraft like the A-4 specifically.
Very cool love exploring the old LST 1166, I used to work on
I can't stop watching this. This channel is awesome. Being from Serbia chance is that I would never have a chance to actually visit your museum, but this is great.
All tight spaces, wow. I know I would have been a terrible navy man.
About 1999 I was able to squeeze into a the rear of a big gun turret on the battleship Alabama using the hatch above the deck. It was its own section, separate from the guns but within the armored turret. Inside were all the controls needed to aim and fire the gun, including the optical rangefinder and what appeared to be a remote of the analog aiming computer with its little dials and ship-shapes as pointers. The optics were degraded so they would no longer focus. I could just turn around while in there. My old defunct Photolin website had a couple of photos of that interior, with me in it. I can't imagine the loud sound inside that tiny area when a salvo fired.
Very interesting seeing these parts of the ship.
It would also be interesting to see a close up on some of those, who is responsible for this space forms, and whatever equipment you find in these spaces. Thanks!
I wonder if that is the way the survivors of the Iowa explosion got out. It is mentioned someone was able to get out through the powder room and a bottom hatch seems a reasonable explanation considering the circumstances.
This was awesome to watch and I used latest Anatomy of a ship for the USS Iowa and was able to follow along as they moved though the ship accurately with page 121. Hope that helps for anyone that was trying to map their path.
Your camara lady did a darn good following you around thru small areas !A+
What a clausty place would be horrible down there while the ship as in service. Just goes to show how intricate and costly they were to build. You do such an excellent job in these videos, I'm now a monthly contributor even if it is small.
Best episode
Super interesting, thanks for the great video. Outstanding camera work!
3:55 I'll tell you what that space is: a great place to play cards on a long boring cruise between other duties. I can imagine a sailor or two hiding out in small spaces like this, especially when they were conscripted.
I always go to battleship cove during the summer (except for 2020) But since I found your TH-cam channel, I might visit the New Jersey this summer.
These fit the definition of an OSHA "confined space" and are potentially very dangerous due to lack of oxygen. I hope you use an oxygen sensor before you enter, and you should carry one with you before going deeper into a space that might be oxygen deficient. These are standard procedures in industry. Love the videos and I am a $ supporter. Be safe.
These aren't actually confined spaces, they have multiple points throughout with open hatches, in fact you can feel a breeze.
We Self Toured U.S.S. New Jersey BB - 62 on Saturday October 2nd. The Best One Day Trip I Ever Took. Then over to Philadelphia. Your Narration was very interesting and informative on The Video New Jersey VS German Pocket Battleships. I will watch many more Videos. I think we met that day. If I were to serve, I would have loved to be stationed on New Jersey The “Black Dragon”.
I'm almost certain if I were to go down there, I'd be stuck forever and wouldn't be able to get back out. There are so many little openings that lead to other places, which lead to other places. Being able to navigate through the entire ship, especially the deep insides like you are doing, is quite impressive.
Bloody fascinating! As an electrician myself (land lubber not marine lol). I love places like this that most people don't know exist.