So Dope Dylan.........I tour the USS Pampanito in 98 when my brother was getting married. It brought back good memories. It was awesome to see it. I agree with you it is amazing how it can flow back to the top of water and stay above water has well. awesome video Dylan!
Mad respect to all the sub crews!!!! My brother in law served on the ballistic missile boat USS Tecumseh SSBN 628. You have to be just a little bit crazy to serve on a ship that sinks on purpose.
Seriously man... I had one grandfather in the Navy but he wasn't on a sub if I remember correctly. Also had an uncle that was a tunnel rat in Vietnam, they told his story in a book called Line Doggie. Can't imagine going into foot wide tunnels with nothing but a pistol.
Insanity! The balls of those guys... My uncle was great, a very kind and well liked guy. He was wounded badly and lost a lung, he was in the hospital in SF Presidio for a few years before moving to WA. He lived until 2004, pretty good run!
Some people had mentioned that movie before, I didn't know it was the actual sub! Now I gotta go rewatch that, haven't seen it since it came out as a kid!
What a great video!! The last time I was in SF, my daughter and I toured this boat. It's mind-boggling to think so many people were crammed into this tiny thing for so long. No video can truly show you the sense of crampedness that you feel merely walking through this, much less sleeping on it. These WWII-era submarines certainly were not for the claustrophobic.
According to my dad (a Bubblehead on the boomer SSBN 642 USS Kamehameha in the 80s) you get used to the tight quarters fairly quick. They also screen out things like people who have claustrophobia or who are particularly tall (at 5'11" I would barely be allowed to be a bubblehead myself). During WWII I think something like 5'10 was the height limit for those hoping to enter into the Silent Service. Fun fact, even during my dad's time it was understood among all the crews that if a sub goes down, most likely it will be all hands lost. Number of men who have survived their sub going down in the US Navy is barely in the double digits if memory serves. We lost quite a few subs in WWII. Momento Mori.
I did a sleep over with Boy Scouts when I was a kid on that sub. It was a foggy night when we got on board. Now at age 34, It still gives me nightmares!!!
"I wish I could talk like Sean Connery" It's Easy. Pucker your mouth like you just ate a really sour pickle and talk in a lower voice. :-) Another great episode. Thanks for taking us along!
Awesome video man!!! Those doorways are something else. I saw one of these ww2 subs in Baltimore when I went down there but I didn't have the money for the tour. But after seeing this I wanna try to get back there.
When I was younger I volunteered on this submarine they had gravel in the battery compartments to help it from rolling we removed the gravel so they could do repairs and maintenance on the ship
I can't stop rambling. Sorry! One of the most interesting things about submarine life during this era is that the diesel engines would produce SOOO much heat and how weird that must have been for people on the ship knowing that they're submerged in 30-something degree water while it's 100+ on the inside of that can. Can you imagine? I live in Phoenix and even I cannot even imagine the hell that would be. That's why when you see actually photos of the boys onboard, they're in wife-beaters, shirtless, etc...
No dude I love it! I get super excited when people enjoy our content and interact! And yeah I bet it was suffocating. I had two family members in the Navy and a couple friends but none of them were stationed on subs.
Hi. I was surprised how much "freedom" you had to touch and handle various parts. Over here in England l don't think we'd get this. But the ships l've been on have a running commentary of how they operate. You had to be a very special kind of person to be on board this fish in war time ! Thanks for sharing.
It's definitely cool we can interact with it a bit, although it is pretty stripped down. Thankfully people are respectful enough to not trash it. It would be awesome to do some videos on British ships and subs, maybe someday!
@@vvarietyshow This will make you laugh. I'm probably twice your age ,at least! When we watched films on TV they were always in Black and White. So, it's 1960ish , a submarine called into Torquay Harbour . Dad was invited on board . I was probably 7/8 years old . The Captain invited me to look through the periscope. WOW! How exciting is that! Down comes the periscope, l look into it and ....this can't be right it's in colour ! So quick as a flash l shouted out to the Captain . "Captain ! There's something wrong with your periscope , everything's in colour , it should be black and white ! Well, the Captain and crew burst into howls of laughter! It took a lot of persuading to convince me there was nothing wrong!!! 😂😂😂😂
😂 For some reason that reminds me of when I would stay up late to watch Johnny Carson and my mom would turn off the TV with the remote and just say "oops, looks like TV is done for the night". For years I thought TV just finished and turned off. But thanks for commenting, I am insecure about this video and the SS Jeremiah O'Brien video I did the same day, I was in a very bad mood and was rushed, I didn't feel like I did my best and I kick myself for it. So it's nice when people see past the flaws and enjoy it for what it is 👍
Try going to Submarine museum Gosport Hants. HMS/m Alliance. She's out of the water nowadays so you can touch. The Torpedo innef hatches can be opened and closed. She was a training sub when I was at HMS Dolphin in the 70,s and still in the water. Never trained on her myself as went onto Polaris Subs. But our O and P class were simular and still designed around German U boats.
In answer to your question about room in today's Navy. Compared to WWII ships, they have a lot more room, but some things are still tight. Even our WWII Gato, Balao, and Tench class submarines had far greater comfort than the British, German U-Boat, and Japanese subs. Thanks for the video.
Awesome, thanks for the info. I always hear people get taller and bigger so I assume facilities need to be adjusted as time goes on to accommodate. Are those sub classes you mentioned still in service?
@@vvarietyshow Negative. All have been decommissioned. All of our subs today are nuclear powered. For a comparison, the USS Pampanito is 311 ft long with a beam of 27 feet. Our boomers (missile subs) today are 560 ft long and have a beam of 42 feet. You could place the Pampanito inside (if the boomer were hollow). For amazing video re-enactments of Navy Subs in action. Watch the TH-cam videos of Silent Service (2 seasons). th-cam.com/video/XHcicudhMPE/w-d-xo.html
Another thing, the actors in some of the shows may come as a surprise. Actors such as Jack Lord (Hawaii-5-0), Eric Fleming (Rawhide), Leonard Nimoy (Spock/Star Trek), and Deforrest Kelly (Doc(Bones)/Star Trek) before those characters were even developed. There are more actor too but I can not recall them all. Again, thanks for the video.
I think the storage ,pumps, etc. were in bottom of the ship, below main floor. When they went out they operated alone, deep in enemy territory . Imagine what it took to do that
Does this guy need to touch every lever he sees? Like a child!!! I'm from Baltimore, and we have docked at the inner harbor a ww2 submarine called the Torsk. It sank the last Japanees ship of ww2. It has ten tarpedo tubes; Six in the bow, four in the stern.
That was actually roomey if you were on it during the War it would be crammed with caned food created with every thing that they would need to have with them taking up every unused space.
Love the submarine but found the person narrating this video very annoying. He should do more research and make less juvenile comments. The submariners who manned the vessel deserve better. Rob from Australia.
Then it's not for you. Our target audience is people that normally wouldn't appreciate this history, so we make it fun. I didn't say anything disrespectful and said "I goof and I gag, but I'm definitely appreciative of the sacrifices generations before made". This is not a video essay on the submarine. I want young people or under privileged people to be able to explore and have fun while learning. Appreciate you checking it out, but have a little more open mindedness about types of content and targeted demographics. Hope to visit Australia someday.
The joke was on myself for not knowing how to properly say the name of the fish. I know you guys are just popping in and not getting the nuance but it's a lot of self deprecating humor.
@@robertyoung3992 awesome, adding it to my list! We have some family documentary stuff to do in the Buffalo area so hopefully we can make that trip sometime
If you want to see some real American ww2 history check out the USS North Carolina she was the most decorated battleship of WW2 and is a museum in Wilmington, North Carolina
Check the website and look at the photos. Also my buddy is a docent on the sub, the O'Brien and the Alameda Naval Air Museum and I've been invited back to the museum and O'Brien. I think I know and understand the rules. You think they would let people self guide thru the sub with almost no supervision if you couldn't touch anything?
As a former submarine sailor one thing we learn unless you know what the valve knob or switch does don’t touch it seems the electrical system worms touching what I saw you touch you’re lucky you didn’t flood the ballast tanks and sink by the pier let’s assume they were welded shut don’t touch
The submarine and liberty ship both still run. The sub has no prop and ballast are not welded. When I went and I spoke with the currator and I was taken where all the controls to do anything to start the engine or flood the balast were and he was no where near them. That being said some of those controls he was touching do control engine speed and such
Because it's encouraged as part of the interactive museum. Maybe all of you that are so concerned about touching can send a donation or contribute to the museum as I have multiple times?
You don't feel weird being so judgmental? Obviously you're not the demographic for this video, we are trying to show cool things to folks that otherwise might not be interested to show them how cool these places are and how important the history is. Please don't watch any of our videos anymore, we like positive well meaning viewers like us. Thanks.
The disrespectful nature of this young fool..touching and acting like a fool is unreal..this generation would never have won our war.. I'm ashamed how this generation acts..damn discracefulll
You bitter people are funny. This show is meant to be fun and show cool things to people that usually wouldn't appreciate these things. As said in the video "I goof and I gag, but I'm definitely appreciative of the sacrifices previous generations made". The funny part is how much I've been through for you to think I'm soft. My grandfather was a Sea Bee, my great grandfather was in the Navy in the Pacific Theater, and my uncle was a tunnel rat in Vietnam and his story is in the book Line Doggie. I grew up in and around the US murder capital and made many mistakes. I respect the military completely but we are having fun to spark interest in these places. This is not a video essay about the submarine. You are not the target audience. I do not respect anonymous critics that insult people because they are too cowardly to stand behind their words. Move along. We lead with love and respect here.
That guage you played with? Was a guage that would save your crews life..do your home work before you fiddle with what you don't know. I didn't serve on that vessel but the same guage is on all of them. Everygauge is an instrument of war regardless how innocent it looks. People lived and died by them under the depths of the sea! Keep your hands off of what you don't understand!!! Enough said!
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My grandpa was saved by this submarine when they sunk the Japanese pow ship he was on
Wow 😲😲😲
That is awesome
I dont think they knew itcwas a POW ship at the time.
I toured the sub, it was awesome! The Jeremiah O'Brien was pretty awesome also.
Being in there with a few people was cramped. I can't imagine a full crew let alone during battle.
They were littler back then 😂
4:32 Home boy is about 3 times the size of the people stationed on this boat! He must have felt SUPER enormous touring these tight quarters.
Haha my brother Seaz... He's a big dude. He made the beat in our intro... #vertlife 🚀
@@vvarietyshow Big boy AND talented! Nice.
So Dope Dylan.........I tour the USS Pampanito in 98 when my brother was getting married. It brought back good memories. It was awesome to see it. I agree with you it is amazing how it can flow back to the top of water and stay above water has well. awesome video Dylan!
That's cool that you toured it so long ago and it's still there providing history to everybody
Mad respect to all the sub crews!!!! My brother in law served on the ballistic missile boat USS Tecumseh SSBN 628. You have to be just a little bit crazy to serve on a ship that sinks on purpose.
Seriously man... I had one grandfather in the Navy but he wasn't on a sub if I remember correctly. Also had an uncle that was a tunnel rat in Vietnam, they told his story in a book called Line Doggie. Can't imagine going into foot wide tunnels with nothing but a pistol.
Insanity! The balls of those guys... My uncle was great, a very kind and well liked guy. He was wounded badly and lost a lung, he was in the hospital in SF Presidio for a few years before moving to WA. He lived until 2004, pretty good run!
Great tour, yes it was brass. It is amazing how they go under and then back up. Tight quarters in there, best not be claustrophobic.
It's a different world down there
The USS PAMPANITO was featured in the Kelsey Grammer movie "Down Periscope". Sweet little boat. My dad was a Sonar Tech on a sub during Korea.
Some people had mentioned that movie before, I didn't know it was the actual sub! Now I gotta go rewatch that, haven't seen it since it came out as a kid!
@@vvarietyshow Be sure to check in the credits! Then, go GOOGLE "USS PAMPANITO"!
What a great video!!
The last time I was in SF, my daughter and I toured this boat. It's mind-boggling to think so many people were crammed into this tiny thing for so long. No video can truly show you the sense of crampedness that you feel merely walking through this, much less sleeping on it. These WWII-era submarines certainly were not for the claustrophobic.
Exactly and everybody should check one out just for context and appreciation. And thank you for the kind words 🙏
According to my dad (a Bubblehead on the boomer SSBN 642 USS Kamehameha in the 80s) you get used to the tight quarters fairly quick. They also screen out things like people who have claustrophobia or who are particularly tall (at 5'11" I would barely be allowed to be a bubblehead myself). During WWII I think something like 5'10 was the height limit for those hoping to enter into the Silent Service. Fun fact, even during my dad's time it was understood among all the crews that if a sub goes down, most likely it will be all hands lost. Number of men who have survived their sub going down in the US Navy is barely in the double digits if memory serves. We lost quite a few subs in WWII. Momento Mori.
I did a sleep over with Boy Scouts when I was a kid on that sub. It was a foggy night when we got on board. Now at age 34, It still gives me nightmares!!!
"I wish I could talk like Sean Connery" It's Easy. Pucker your mouth like you just ate a really sour pickle and talk in a lower voice. :-)
Another great episode. Thanks for taking us along!
😂😂😂 I'll try it
Awesome video man!!! Those doorways are something else. I saw one of these ww2 subs in Baltimore when I went down there but I didn't have the money for the tour. But after seeing this I wanna try to get back there.
You should go and do a video dude I'd love to see that
@@vvarietyshow there's actually an abandoned one in NJ. That was part of a museum now it sits rotting in the water. I'm going to do a video on it.
Wow dude can't wait! I'm so jealous
If are looking for more WW 2 history there is the SS Red Oak Victory and the USS Hornet (CV12) that served ww2 until 1970s
When I was younger I volunteered on this submarine they had gravel in the battery compartments to help it from rolling we removed the gravel so they could do repairs and maintenance on the ship
Whoa that's crazy! How cool to volunteer on it though
Super cool. I would die from claustrophobia though lmao
Yeah it's tight
Same here! I'd freak out in less than 5 minutes!
Another awesome tour, thx bro!
Appreciate you Mr. D!
I can't stop rambling. Sorry!
One of the most interesting things about submarine life during this era is that the diesel engines would produce SOOO much heat and how weird that must have been for people on the ship knowing that they're submerged in 30-something degree water while it's 100+ on the inside of that can. Can you imagine? I live in Phoenix and even I cannot even imagine the hell that would be. That's why when you see actually photos of the boys onboard, they're in wife-beaters, shirtless, etc...
No dude I love it! I get super excited when people enjoy our content and interact! And yeah I bet it was suffocating. I had two family members in the Navy and a couple friends but none of them were stationed on subs.
Hi. I was surprised how much "freedom" you had to touch and handle various parts. Over here in England l don't think we'd get this. But the ships l've been on have a running commentary of how they operate. You had to be a very special kind of person to be on board this fish in war time ! Thanks for sharing.
It's definitely cool we can interact with it a bit, although it is pretty stripped down. Thankfully people are respectful enough to not trash it. It would be awesome to do some videos on British ships and subs, maybe someday!
@@vvarietyshow This will make you laugh. I'm probably twice your age ,at least! When we watched films on TV they were always in Black and White. So, it's 1960ish , a submarine called into Torquay Harbour . Dad was invited on board . I was probably 7/8 years old . The Captain invited me to look through the periscope. WOW! How exciting is that! Down comes the periscope, l look into it and ....this can't be right it's in colour ! So quick as a flash l shouted out to the Captain . "Captain ! There's something wrong with your periscope , everything's in colour , it should be black and white ! Well, the Captain and crew burst into howls of laughter! It took a lot of persuading to convince me there was nothing wrong!!! 😂😂😂😂
😂 For some reason that reminds me of when I would stay up late to watch Johnny Carson and my mom would turn off the TV with the remote and just say "oops, looks like TV is done for the night". For years I thought TV just finished and turned off. But thanks for commenting, I am insecure about this video and the SS Jeremiah O'Brien video I did the same day, I was in a very bad mood and was rushed, I didn't feel like I did my best and I kick myself for it. So it's nice when people see past the flaws and enjoy it for what it is 👍
Try going to Submarine museum Gosport Hants. HMS/m Alliance. She's out of the water nowadays so you can touch. The Torpedo innef hatches can be opened and closed. She was a training sub when I was at HMS Dolphin in the 70,s and still in the water. Never trained on her myself as went onto Polaris Subs. But our O and P class were simular and still designed around German U boats.
Thanks Ray, adding that to my long list of places to go check out
Probably is brass. FUN FACT: Brass can be cleaned by soaking the piece in urine 😂 it's safer than using ammonia 🤷♀️
Next time I'll help them out and clean it up then 😂
@@vvarietyshow 💀💀💀
Quit touching the gauges and stuff.
Good video.
The Stingray nose art from the movie"Down periscope was nice .
Aww, the birth announcement ❤
That was cool, right?
Awesome Video Bro!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
VISITED FEBRUARY 1994!! VERY INTERESTING!!
Time for another visit!
Amazing Video Bro
Appreciate that, thank you
Very cool!
In answer to your question about room in today's Navy. Compared to WWII ships, they have a lot more room, but some things are still tight. Even our WWII Gato, Balao, and Tench class submarines had far greater comfort than the British, German U-Boat, and Japanese subs. Thanks for the video.
Awesome, thanks for the info. I always hear people get taller and bigger so I assume facilities need to be adjusted as time goes on to accommodate. Are those sub classes you mentioned still in service?
@@vvarietyshow Negative. All have been decommissioned. All of our subs today are nuclear powered. For a comparison, the USS Pampanito is 311 ft long with a beam of 27 feet. Our boomers (missile subs) today are 560 ft long and have a beam of 42 feet. You could place the Pampanito inside (if the boomer were hollow). For amazing video re-enactments of Navy Subs in action. Watch the TH-cam videos of Silent Service (2 seasons). th-cam.com/video/XHcicudhMPE/w-d-xo.html
Another thing, the actors in some of the shows may come as a surprise. Actors such as Jack Lord (Hawaii-5-0), Eric Fleming (Rawhide), Leonard Nimoy (Spock/Star Trek), and Deforrest Kelly (Doc(Bones)/Star Trek) before those characters were even developed. There are more actor too but I can not recall them all. Again, thanks for the video.
@@gregoryhumphrey2831 thank you! I'll definitely check that out. Really appreciate the extra knowledge
I think the storage ,pumps, etc. were in bottom of the ship, below main floor. When they went out they operated alone, deep in enemy territory . Imagine what it took to do that
Good video!
Does this guy need to touch every lever he sees? Like a child!!! I'm from Baltimore, and we have docked at the inner harbor a ww2 submarine called the Torsk. It sank the last Japanees ship of ww2. It has ten tarpedo tubes; Six in the bow, four in the stern.
That was actually roomey if you were on it during the War it would be crammed with caned food created with every thing that they would need to have with them taking up every unused space.
I didn't consider that, how much supplies and equipment would also fill it up.
That submarine is the one that they shot the 1996 movie down periscope
Didn't find that out til after I filmed this smh
@@vvarietyshow just trying to help old sport
Very cool now i am going to play silent depth
Oooh I need to check that out
We have one of her Balao Class sister ships, the USS Ling, stuck in the Hackensack River here, in NJ.
Is it a museum?
Love the submarine but found the person narrating this video very annoying. He should do more research and make less juvenile comments. The submariners who manned the vessel deserve better. Rob from Australia.
Then it's not for you. Our target audience is people that normally wouldn't appreciate this history, so we make it fun. I didn't say anything disrespectful and said "I goof and I gag, but I'm definitely appreciative of the sacrifices generations before made". This is not a video essay on the submarine. I want young people or under privileged people to be able to explore and have fun while learning. Appreciate you checking it out, but have a little more open mindedness about types of content and targeted demographics. Hope to visit Australia someday.
Dope footage. 💯
Thanks man, let's go Niners
Dames back home......that's Betty Grable every service man's dream !!
Quite a looker!
Named after the Pampanito fish or whatever? It WAS named after the Pampanito, NOT whatever. Geez.
The joke was on myself for not knowing how to properly say the name of the fish. I know you guys are just popping in and not getting the nuance but it's a lot of self deprecating humor.
good job
Thank you, I appreciate that
OK he entered the aft torpedos went forward had to go back to realize lay out
I've been on the Gato Class Submarine USS Croaker SS-246 here in Buffalo,NY
Is it a museum?
@@vvarietyshow yes it is along with the USS Little Rock and the USS The Sullivans
and are open for tours
@@robertyoung3992 awesome, adding it to my list! We have some family documentary stuff to do in the Buffalo area so hopefully we can make that trip sometime
@@vvarietyshow They're at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park
If you want to see some real American ww2 history check out the USS North Carolina she was the most decorated battleship of WW2 and is a museum in Wilmington, North Carolina
I would love that
Cool video, but i suggest if you will go someplace like that better keep your hands off to things you dont know, you might break something
It's an interactive museum and it is encouraged.
I've been on that sub twice. I never heard anyone say it was cool to touch the equipment.
Check the website and look at the photos. Also my buddy is a docent on the sub, the O'Brien and the Alameda Naval Air Museum and I've been invited back to the museum and O'Brien. I think I know and understand the rules. You think they would let people self guide thru the sub with almost no supervision if you couldn't touch anything?
The 1st song goes hard what's the name
As a former submarine sailor one thing we learn unless you know what the valve knob or switch does don’t touch it seems the electrical system worms touching what I saw you touch you’re lucky you didn’t flood the ballast tanks and sink by the pier let’s assume they were welded shut don’t touch
This museum encourages interaction. We weren't breaking the rules or touching live instruments.
The submarine and liberty ship both still run.
The sub has no prop and ballast are not welded.
When I went and I spoke with the currator and I was taken where all the controls to do anything to start the engine or flood the balast were and he was no where near them.
That being said some of those controls he was touching do control engine speed and such
Why in the hell you have to touch every thing?
Because it's encouraged as part of the interactive museum. Maybe all of you that are so concerned about touching can send a donation or contribute to the museum as I have multiple times?
Need to be playing music by Glenn Miller.....Moonlight Seranade.
I love Glenn Miller
i have been there before
It's a cool place
It could be a much nicer video if you got rid of that shitty noise called rap music! It was so distracting I turned to another video!
You don't feel weird being so judgmental? Obviously you're not the demographic for this video, we are trying to show cool things to folks that otherwise might not be interested to show them how cool these places are and how important the history is. Please don't watch any of our videos anymore, we like positive well meaning viewers like us. Thanks.
Brass was used on most weapons so they wouldn't spark
Good info, didn't realize brass didn't spark
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I noticed nobody is wearing Covid 19 face diapers, I mean face masks.
This was pre-covid. Check the date.
@@mimi-ev2zq I missed breathing freely without a face diaper or a bra on my face. Social events were more fun too.
It's a boAt that sinks and then refloats..not a true submersible vessel like today's submeerines
God damn google blogger music man... it’s really starting to suck ass. 😆😖
I like it 🤷♂️
The disrespectful nature of this young fool..touching and acting like a fool is unreal..this generation would never have won our war.. I'm ashamed how this generation acts..damn discracefulll
You bitter people are funny. This show is meant to be fun and show cool things to people that usually wouldn't appreciate these things. As said in the video "I goof and I gag, but I'm definitely appreciative of the sacrifices previous generations made". The funny part is how much I've been through for you to think I'm soft. My grandfather was a Sea Bee, my great grandfather was in the Navy in the Pacific Theater, and my uncle was a tunnel rat in Vietnam and his story is in the book Line Doggie. I grew up in and around the US murder capital and made many mistakes. I respect the military completely but we are having fun to spark interest in these places. This is not a video essay about the submarine. You are not the target audience. I do not respect anonymous critics that insult people because they are too cowardly to stand behind their words. Move along. We lead with love and respect here.
Also the interactive part of this museum is encouraged. We weren't breaking the rules, we were enjoying it as presented.
That guage you played with? Was a guage that would save your crews life..do your home work before you fiddle with what you don't know. I didn't serve on that vessel but the same guage is on all of them. Everygauge is an instrument of war regardless how innocent it looks. People lived and died by them under the depths of the sea! Keep your hands off of what you don't understand!!! Enough said!