+ Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The man in Luke 16:24 cries: ". . .I am tormented in this FLAME." In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says: "And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." In Matthew 25:41, Jesus says: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting FIRE,. . ." Revelation 20:15 says, " And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE." And please repent of all of your sins and be baptized by the Holy Spirit before it is too late, you will never know when the time will come 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would also like to extend my thanks for your service sir. God bless you and all who serve/have served and may all America's surviving battleships live for eternity to honor those who served.
So you're one of the men who saved my Dad's ass on a mountain top when there was no other fire support. He was the guy on the other end of the radio calling in the rounds.
My father was a Marine in Vietnam. He says he remembers the 16 inch shells from the New Jersey flying over his basecamp in Dong Ha Vietnam headed into the jungles providing support for American troops.
Back in 1977-78 my HS graduating class helped raise money to save her. We wrote letters and pushed to prevent her from being scrapped. Thanks so much for the tour! Awesome!
My Dad served on BB62 and was onboard when the one and only sailor was killed. He also told me many stories what it was like to serve on the ship. One story was how when a train attempted to avoid the mighty guns by entering a tunnel, they simply bombed both sides of the tunnel closed. Before he passed away ten years ago I was able to bring him to the ship to tour. It was an amazing experience!
I was part of the crew that put the Kaman SH2 Seasprite helicopter on the deck. I was a flight test mechanic at Kaman for 45 years. After we set the aircraft in place, we were given a complete tour of the ship. It was fantastic!
I served on board the Big J from 1982-1984 and was part of the recommission crew in Long Beach. Ca. We were deployed on a westpac and finally sent to Beirut to support the multinational peacekeeping force. I was in first division and my battlestation was hoist operator Turret 1 shell deck. I have been back to vist the old girl four times in Camden N.Y. What great memories for a 18 year old. Allen Henderzahs
I had a chance to visit her when she was in Subic Bay in the Philippines. The sailor that gave us the tour said there were painted lines on the bottom inside the keel in the remote chance of you being caught down there if they were firing the 16’s . The other thing that I remember was looking through the “ big eye” glasses. You could see across the bay to another ship and see the sailors on the decks. Wish I still had that pamphlet that he gave us and we had him sign. Long time ago and many moves.
Actually it was the Iowa Just wanted to let you know Because There was a dog on the Iowa in WWII that Roosevelt loved and if he was still president he would’ve done it on the Iowa
It was the new jersey at the end of the war. The new jersey was in the Phillipines. And played a major role in the end of the war. If FDR was president then ok, but with Thurman being President it was supposed to be the New Jersey.
I was a Boiler Tech petty officer and proudly served onboard in Long Beach until her decommissioning... What am amazing ship!! I will always have great memories of BB62
My dad was a volunteer tour guide for the ship for several years. My nephew, a former marine, had his wedding/reception on the ship a few years ago. Going to the head was an adventure. The bride and groom got to fire one of the large guns. It startled one of the guests, who was holding a drink, and he spilled it down the front of his mother's gown. lol
I got to eat Thanksgiving dinner aboard her while I was demobilizing at Fort Dix in 2014. A great thanks to the many hands who maintain her and educate visitors about this amazing piece of American history!
I truly believe it's the duty of each American to visit all the remaining US battleships to honor those who served aboard these magnificent ships. I have toured 3 battleships thus far and I fully intend to tour all. God bless all the men who served aboard these ships and may these ships live on for eternity to honor those who serve/have served, not just in the Navy but all branches of the US military. God bless America, my home sweet home 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
An excellent presentation of a truly awesome ship. I had the pleasure of taking a tour of New Jersey several years ago. What a thrill to stand on the port side where Adm. Halsey stood. You could almost feel his presence.
Seen this ship go through Miraflores Locks in the Panama canal in the early 80's while stationed at Ft Clayton. Have beautiful pictures of it as its traveling though the locks, got up early the next morning to do PT and seen it going back though in the opposite direction. Learned a little later it went and bombed Lebanon or something the most beautiful ship I have ever seen. Not only was the big 16" guns impressive but the deck on that thing was unbelievable the sailors had to work there ass of to keep it looking like that.
This is an excellent film. Very complete and informative. I almost feel as if I have taken the tour myself now. It does make me want to visit in person now. A goal for 2022 after Covid has been defeated and life is back to the new normal. Thank you!!!
Growing up in South Alabama, I have been on the USS Alabama and the Sub SS Drum in Mobile several times. And it amazes me that during WWII the expert experience that engineers had in creating and building these massive war ships without all the technology of computers. And to navigate and operate these ships during war time took pure intellectual know how. Yes, today the ships and subs are faster and more accurate than the ships of those days. But there is just something about those old beauties that, to me it's like a beautiful woman. I just pray, with the world in the mess it's in that we never have to use our military in the way we did back then. My Grandpa was in WWI and my Dad was in WWII. Both in the Army. I'm 69 now and I will always admire thoes heroic men for their service to keep America free.❤
What a great presentation and a fab insight into the workings of this Battleship. All credit to you people for restoring her and making her available to view, which I can't do as I am in the UK. Glad to read that she is now back and able to see within the last day and I must check out the other links you mentioned below.
You have covered a lot of things aboard the battleship. From the beginning of its use to the end how have the uniforms and covers changed over the years.
This is awesome. Loved the history and tour of the USS New Jersey. My son and I frequently tour the sister ship of the USS New jersey.....the USS Missouri BB-63 here in Hawaii. Both ships look identical inside and out. Fun fact....the empire of Japan surrendered on the deck of the USS Missouri on Sept 2nd, 1945.
Ryan, go to the Marine Officer quarters, check the vent shaft. If you find a bottle of Jack Daniel's, save me a swig. If its gone, the SOB didn't have the courtesy to replace it. You may also want to check the USMC 5" gun turrent
As a kid from Matawan, New Jersey, I went aboard her, as a Cub Scout, during decommissioning after the Korean War. Then as an FTG2 (Gun Fire Control Technician Second Class) I served aboard her during Vietnam...being promoted to FTG1 during during that time. I was assigned to the Forward Main Battery Plotting Room, where as a 2nd Class I actually fired the 16" guns. I was transferred two weeks before decommissioning to continue my Navy Career...retiring as a Chief Warrant Officer in 1989. I have been back to visit once several years ago...and even after serving on five subsequent ships (all of them Cruisers) I still consider her my home.
Great virtual tour... and was so great to again see CEC as it was during the Battleship's actual operation: Dark with only low blue lighting overheard so that all electronic displays and radar screens were fully visible. I wish this could be better replicated... maybe with a bit brighter blue lighting... so that tourists could truly get a feel for how CEC looks while underway. It surprises me this hasn't already been implemented as it is so disconcerting to enter CEC today with bright stark white lighting ruining the amazing feel of the room as it actually was. Hopefully someone will suggest this change to help vastly improve the visiting experience for future tourists.
In 1986 I deployed on board the USS Thach (FFG-43), as one of the escorts of Battle Group Romeo centered on the USS New Jersey, along with the USS Long Beach, USS Merrill, USS Gray, and USS Wabash. One particular day, having stood a mid-watch, I was sound asleep in my rack when I was awoken by the entire ship shaking, a moment later it happened again. Getting up I found out that it was the New Jersey doing some gunnery practice with her big guns... she was two miles off and still the entire ship shook with every shot fired.
I served in the royal navy from 80 to 86 and was sat off of Beirut towards the end of 83. I still remember watching the New Jersey firing the big guns for shore bombardment I think it was some time during the middle of December.
I had the opportunity to go aboard her in Subic Bay during Vietnam. The minesweeper I was stationed on was there at the time. Dad served on Missouri during WWII
I was on the TowersDDG9 we went across the equator at the same time the NewJersey, it was There is a ceremony that you go through when you cross the equator
The 4 battleships are I believe mothballed in preservation just in case they may be needed . Which means there is a good reason to suppose they will be needed again by the Navy
It's changed since then, since on modern warships the CO generally sleeps in his at shore cabin and very seldom uses the at sea cabin (at least on all 3 warships I've served on, USS Essex LHD-2, USS Momsen DDG-92 and USS Halsey DDG-97) The CO of the USS Fitzgerald DDG-62 was injured when he was sleeping in his at shore cabin when it collided with the ACX Crystal off the coast of Japan in 2017.
My wife and I toured the Missouri a few years ago. I remember when we were looking out from the ship just behind the conning tower and I said to her something like "I thought they refitted this ship for Tomahawk missiles". When we turned back to the ship after looking away from it we saw the Tomahawk painted on the side of the box. We got a good laugh out of that.
I notice the compartment numbers use both the old and new system, such as at 26:33. Was it like that during her last active period, or were the older compartment numbers added below the current nomenclature of compartment number/frames/responsible division so older veterans would be able to recognize the spaces?
Back in the early eighties, i had the priviliege of steaming in formation with the New Jersey, when she rejoined the Seventh Fleet for an exersize. She rides very low in the water, i was expecting massiveness. And while the little destroyer escort i was on was tossed about by the waves, the New Jersey was very steady, with the water moving around her..... A few years ago, i visited the Alabama, a South Dakota class BB maintained as a museum in Mobile. As i stood in the armored conning tower, looking over six sixteen inch barrels, i had the distinct feeling of strapping on an awesome weapon system or taking a boxing stance...... I knew what to do. Go Navy!!!!
Hey Ryan, love the videos. So glad I found them. While visiting our son at school in Pensacola we went over to Mobile and tour the USS Alabama. She’s not as well kept as the NJ. one of the funny things I noticed on display in the butcher shop was a sleeve of Taylor ham/pork roll(what ever you refer to it as) I was hoping to leave a picture but the phone won’t let me. Any way, I enjoy the video tours. Keep up the good work.
I was at the Iowa in LA about 2 years ago and they are really a piece of art. Everything has a purpose. Looking at these videos makes me wonder if there's more available spaces in New Jersey than Iowa? HMS Belfast in London is, almost, all available Greetings from Sweden
Armor penetration: The 2700-pound 16: Mark 8 AP projectiles, especially last version used since 1944, the MOD 6, could penetrate at point-blank range a LOT MORE than 17" of Class "A" armor at right-angles. During tests of a captured Japanese 26" Vickers Hardened (VH) SHINANO (never-completed YAMATO Class battleship) main turret face plate, the plate was hit at right-angles twice by a 16" Mark 8 MOD 6 AP projectile. The first hit penetrated about 3/4ths of the plate and bounced off undamaged (except loss of its AP cap and windscreen, as expected), while the second shot at a slightly higher velocity punched entirely through again with no damage with some excess velocity. These two tests allowed the resistance of this armor to be determined accurately. Note that in both cases, the plate snapped in two at the impact point like a frozen Hershey chocolate bar, indicating some brittleness (the Japanese eventually figured out how to fix this in these very thick plates, but by then they were no longer building battleships, though other improvements in their armor heat treating processes gave very good results, better even than the best US Class "A" armor in some post-war US cruiser-scale impact tests of experimental Japanese armor of that thickness range -- there are very good reasons why the Japanese kicked the US manufacturing industry in the ass after WWII!) VH was a new-type of Japanese vertical armor for the YAMATO Class only, being essentially a somewhat-less-strong US Class "A" type armor with no thin carburized super-hard surface layer in front of the 35%-thickness, water-quench-hardened face layer, since the Japanese reasoned, correctly as it turned out, that such a thin layer would merely be destroyed instantly by a hard-capped AP projectile, such as the US 16" Mark 8 or their own Type 91 hard-capped AP design, used in all of their battleships in WWII, and thus was a waste of time and money to apply, though almost all other nations, including the US, continued to do this ("tradition", I would think).
14:40 Not quite as bad as the battleship Richelieu, which could not fire its two forward turrets in a full broadside lest every window of the forward superstructure completely shatter, along with the glass on all the instrument gauges. But, really, could they not have come up with a caulking scheme similar to those on bombers where the concussive force would be absorbed by springs?
While I was stationed at Pearl in July or August '70 the Jersey came into port and I got to take a real tour of the old lady. She was quite impressive. I wonder if any YT posters were aboard at that time?
I supplied the metallurgical specs and detailed WWII manufacture and design documents for all of the steels used in these ships, starting with NEW JERSEY: (1) Medium Steel (MS) for general construction where no special strength requirements were needed (much of the ship superstructure and the internal plating at either end of the ships beyond the central "Citadel" between the end gun turrets) (2) High-Tensile Steel (HTS) for heavy structural elements, armor support plates, the hull, and the anti-torpedo side protection system's several layers (3) Special Treatment Steel (STS, the BuShips, the hull and superstructure design section of the Navy in WWII, term for maximum-strength homogeneous, ductile armor) used for the amidships portion of the 2nd armored deck (4.5" STS laid over a 1.5" STS reinforced constructions steel support deck), the 1.5" amidships portion of 1st, weather or "bomb", deck (covered in thick teak), the 0.5-1" splinter-proof gun tubs/shields for the many AA gun mounts used in WWII, thin internal bulkheads/deck reinforcements for selected protection and limitation of spread of enemy weapon blast and fragments, the amidships waterline outer hull of 1.5" STS hiding the recessed, inclined main belt and the upper end of the anti-torpedo system from blast and fragment damage from nearby near misses, and, uniquely for US and Japanese WWII battleships, the wedge-shaped tapering, inclined lower armored belt (12" at the top, narrowing to 1.5" for most of its thickness along the lower hull side) to protect against large projectiles that hit just short of the ship, dived into the water, and hit too low down for the main waterline 12.2" face-hardened belt to stop. This last was a new innovation in the new US battleships introduced in the late 1930s, probably after learning about the Japanese Type 91 AP projectiles designed specifically for enhanced ability to do just that -- breakaway windscreens and AP cap tips to leave a flat forward face for stable nose-first underwater motion and a very long 0.4-second base fuze delay after being set off by the ocean surface to allow a long, torpedo-like trajectory just under the water surface deep enough to pass under the regular waterline belt armor of most battleships, except. of course, for Japanese WWII battleships which had been especially designed with the same kind of lower armored belt, either as built (YAMATO Class) or, for their many older ships, as overhauled in the 1930s (only the US seems to have realized the danger and fixed their designs to match the Japanese in this regard). (4) Class "B" armor (BuOrd', the gun and gun projectile design, test, and manufacture, term for the exact equivalent of BuShips STS, though made by more manufacturers), used for all gun mount and all conning tower armor that was not face-hardened (most such armor under 4.5-5" thick, such as armor on secondary gun mounts, and any thickness of such steel used in the main armament mounts -- thick turret roofs for protection from all bombs and highly-oblique heavy gun shell hits being the main use though also thinner armor lower down in the mounts against fragments from hits outside the gun mounts and conning towers. The fact that BuOrd was responsible for conning tower protection and not BuShips is interesting, and probably the result of some major internal Navy conflict in the more distant past. (5) Class "A" armor (BuOrd only, no matter where it was used) used only in thicknesses over 4.5-5" thickness (plus HTS or STS support plating behind it), as the side/rear armor of all of the main armament turrets (but NOT the 17.5-18" turret faces, which were Class "B" armor; this being unique to all US WWII battleships designed from the mid-1930s, where all earlier battleships made by anyone, including the US, and all new WWII foreign battleships also used face-hardened armor here), the circular barbettes supporting the turrets (until a few decks down the armor was thinned down to the Class "B" thickness level), the 12.2" inclined and recessed waterline belt (5' above and below the standard waterline with the armored 2nd deck forming its "lid"), and the 11-13" vertical transverse armor that walled off the internal Citadel from the bow and stern mostly unprotected regions at the same level as the belt side armor. This Class "A" armor was unique to the US WWII battleships, being called "Thick Chill" armor and also made by the same three manufacturers that made BuOrd Class "B" armor. It was of the highest-grade nickel-chromium steel (very similar to the STS and Class "B" armors, since the US automotive industry led the world in mass-producing such steel alloys) and had a very thick 55% of total thickness as hard, brittle face layer, more than any other standard face-hardened steel ship-armor plate, except for the Midvale Non-Cemented armor (one of the three armor-making companies) produced only from 1906-1912 that had an 80-82% face. Such thick faces could cause more projectile damage and less chance of the projectile exploding properly if it did penetrate, on the average, than thinner-faced armor, but the cost was the intrinsic strength of the plate was somewhat compromised by the thick brittle face and such armor had a somewhat lower ability to prevent the larger shells from penetrating in any condition than a thinner-face armor had (though, for compensation, it gave a better protection level against smaller projectiles such as from cruisers) -- in any case, the armor quality was so high that the armor, even against the largest shells, was better than any WWI-era face-hardened armor, which compensated when the new BuOrd armor test specs were created in the early 1930s. Just that the armor, if more balanced as to face-layer design, could have found a better compromise for battleships against the largest shells to give optimal results, while it was the best for cruiser protection as-is.
I took a tour with a shipmate of mine from another ship who was a former USS New Jersey crewmember from the Viet Nam Era. He was a Shipfitter first class while on board. We got the "Royal" treatment while on board and were allowed into several areas not on the normal tour. When someone asked if it were true that there was a swimming pool on board he stated, "l can verify that there was, 'cause l built it!"
I wonder if all the Iowa Class Battleship Museums are in contact with each other and assist each other maintaining these beautiful vessels? As former EW I'm surprised she had the SLQ-32. Two I went through A-school with had orders to the Missouri, I had orders to the Ranger. After completing SLQ-32 training we went onto WHR-1H training. Sadly EWs were made part of the Cryptology rates and are no more.
The 4 Iowas talk to each other all the time! We love talking to the others to ask if something is still in place or if someone knows something we don't.
She was one of the best, the other was HMS Warspite. I thought USS Wyoming fired more shells than any other US warship. And didn't Broadway have an overhead rail to facilitate moving 16" shells between the forward and aft magazines?
I was on board USS John F Kennedy CV 67 during Beirut and I saw the New Jersey light up the night with her big guns, what an awesome sight!!!!
+ Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The man in Luke 16:24 cries: ". . .I am tormented in this FLAME."
In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says: "And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
In Matthew 25:41, Jesus says: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting FIRE,. . ."
Revelation 20:15 says, " And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE." And please repent of all of your sins and be baptized by the Holy Spirit before it is too late, you will never know when the time will come 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@TalesWellsFargo thank you for your service and welcome home
@@jeremyaudet3810 Thank you
I served on her in 68-69 as a Gun Captain left gun Turret 2. Great memories of the ship and fellow crew members.
Thank you for your service sir
I would also like to extend my thanks for your service sir. God bless you and all who serve/have served and may all America's surviving battleships live for eternity to honor those who served.
So you're one of the men who saved my Dad's ass on a mountain top when there was no other fire support. He was the guy on the other end of the radio calling in the rounds.
Thank you for your service.
I was on the USS Towers DDG9 we escorted their New Jersey over to Vietnam
My father was a Marine in Vietnam. He says he remembers the 16 inch shells from the New Jersey flying over his basecamp in Dong Ha Vietnam headed into the jungles providing support for American troops.
Back in 1977-78 my HS graduating class helped raise money to save her. We wrote letters and pushed to prevent her from being scrapped. Thanks so much for the tour! Awesome!
This is so well presented, one can really imagine what it has to be serving on such a majestic ship.
Timothy Kerofsky and Family I served on her from 1982-1985 I was a powder handler on the powder flats for turret 3. I was in 3rd division as well.
I wish I could be inside
WW2 generation brilliant minds constructed a gun platform updateable for decades..incredible foresight and abilities! Unreal!
My Dad served on BB62 and was onboard when the one and only sailor was killed. He also told me many stories what it was like to serve on the ship. One story was how when a train attempted to avoid the mighty guns by entering a tunnel, they simply bombed both sides of the tunnel closed. Before he passed away ten years ago I was able to bring him to the ship to tour. It was an amazing experience!
Is your name Fox??..I remember when SN Fox fell down the galley elevator..So tragic
Greatest battleship built by the greatest generation! They probably never dreamed they would be used for so long
GMG3 Terry Jones powder hoist operator turret 2. Also a plank owner from her 4th commissioning.crew under President Reagan. Fire Power for Freedom
I was part of the crew that put the Kaman SH2 Seasprite helicopter on the deck. I was a flight test mechanic at Kaman for 45 years. After we set the aircraft in place, we were given a complete tour of the ship. It was fantastic!
I served on board the Big J from 1982-1984 and was part of the recommission crew in Long Beach. Ca. We were deployed on a westpac and finally sent to Beirut to support the multinational peacekeeping force. I was in first division and my battlestation was hoist operator Turret 1 shell deck. I have been back to vist the old girl four times in Camden N.Y. What great memories for a 18 year old. Allen Henderzahs
I had a chance to visit her when she was in Subic Bay in the Philippines. The sailor that gave us the tour said there were painted lines on the bottom inside the keel in the remote chance of you being caught down there if they were firing the 16’s . The other thing that I remember was looking through the “ big eye” glasses. You could see across the bay to another ship and see the sailors on the decks. Wish I still had that pamphlet that he gave us and we had him sign. Long time ago and many moves.
Thank you for the presentation. One day I might get to see her for real, simply awesome.
The New Jersey was supposed to be the ship the surrender was signed on but since President Truman was from Missouri. The Missouri was chosen.
Actually it was the Iowa
Just wanted to let you know
Because There was a dog on the Iowa in WWII that Roosevelt loved and if he was still president he would’ve done it on the Iowa
It was the new jersey at the end of the war. The new jersey was in the Phillipines. And played a major role in the end of the war. If FDR was president then ok, but with Thurman being President it was supposed to be the New Jersey.
The men who served on her, myself and many others care
From what I've read, it was supposed to be the USS South Dakota BB-57. www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1995-09-02-9509020218-story.html
@@dundonrl that's just from one veteran. The new jersey was in that area for most of the war and had many Battlestar so. It doesn't really matter now.
I worked on the Jersey during the Reactivating! I can take you exactly where my name and date is welded on a beam!
You are "part of the ship" .. for ever ... well done ...¡¡¡
Where is it? If I ever go I'll have a look
I was a Boiler Tech petty officer and proudly served onboard in Long Beach until her decommissioning... What am amazing ship!! I will always have great memories of BB62
Phil, Andrew & Patrick, very well done gentlemen. Thank you!
Thanks!
Thank you New Jersey for keeping my family and I safe.
My dad was a volunteer tour guide for the ship for several years. My nephew, a former marine, had his wedding/reception on the ship a few years ago. Going to the head was an adventure. The bride and groom got to fire one of the large guns. It startled one of the guests, who was holding a drink, and he spilled it down the front of his mother's gown. lol
So happy to have visited this today! Andrew, great job!!!
July 29, 2023
Pride of US Navy. Legacy of American war indsutry.
I got to eat Thanksgiving dinner aboard her while I was demobilizing at Fort Dix in 2014. A great thanks to the many hands who maintain her and educate visitors about this amazing piece of American history!
I truly believe it's the duty of each American to visit all the remaining US battleships to honor those who served aboard these magnificent ships. I have toured 3 battleships thus far and I fully intend to tour all. God bless all the men who served aboard these ships and may these ships live on for eternity to honor those who serve/have served, not just in the Navy but all branches of the US military. God bless America, my home sweet home 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
An excellent presentation of a truly awesome ship. I had the pleasure of taking a tour of New Jersey several years ago. What a thrill to stand on the port side where Adm. Halsey stood. You could almost feel his presence.
Wow didnt expect the cec to be in such good working order. Radar crts just a glowing so cool. Most Museum ships these are non functional... Very cool
Seen this ship go through Miraflores Locks in the Panama canal in the early 80's while stationed at Ft Clayton. Have beautiful pictures of it as its traveling though the locks, got up early the next morning to do PT and seen it going back though in the opposite direction. Learned a little later it went and bombed Lebanon or something the most beautiful ship I have ever seen. Not only was the big 16" guns impressive but the deck on that thing was unbelievable the sailors had to work there ass of to keep it looking like that.
Wow impressive how well it is preserved.
GMG3 Terry Jones powder hoist operator turret 2. Also a plank owner from her 4th commissioning.crew under President Reagan. Fire Power for Freedom
I've toured the South Carolina and was greatly impressed. I have always wanted to see an Iowa Class. I'll make it happen....bucket
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@@73Trident that’s what I get for typing way too late. Yes of course. North Carolina. Thanks for righting my ship! Lol
Excellent presentation video on this historic warship and very well maintained museum.
Excellent video! I wish I had the chance to serve on a ship as great as this one. Thank you to all who served this great country🇺🇸
This is an excellent film. Very complete and informative. I almost feel as if I have taken the tour myself now. It does make me want to visit in person now. A goal for 2022 after Covid has been defeated and life is back to the new normal. Thank you!!!
Excellent videos and content! Been on board many times - born in Camden and my Grandfather worked at NY Ship in Camden for many years.
Growing up in South Alabama, I have been on the USS Alabama and the Sub SS Drum in Mobile several times.
And it amazes me that during WWII the expert experience that engineers had in creating and building these massive war ships without all the technology of computers. And to navigate and operate these ships during war time took pure intellectual know how. Yes, today the ships and subs are faster and more accurate than the ships of those days. But there is just something about those old beauties that, to me it's like a beautiful woman.
I just pray, with the world in the mess it's in that we never have to use our military in the way we did back then. My Grandpa was in WWI and my Dad was in WWII. Both in the Army. I'm 69 now and I will always admire thoes heroic men for their service to keep America free.❤
Really enjoyed this video.Got to visit USS Massachusetts back in 1974 as a youth and never forgot it.
My Dad traveled through Hiroshima and Nagasaki to join the Crew of the New Jersey when it replaced the Missouri after the Surrender Signing..
Excellent video. Really well done. Kudos.
in 87 eye went to CEC on my ship. someone redirected me to CIC. Bless him.
What a great presentation and a fab insight into the workings of this Battleship. All credit to you people for restoring her and making her available to view, which I can't do as I am in the UK. Glad to read that she is now back and able to see within the last day and I must check out the other links you mentioned below.
I heard one shell fly over us in VN, it sounded like a box car flying through the air. It is almost unbelievable how quickly the ship was built.
I never got to go on the New Jersey but it was piered across from us in Earle Nj around 1990-91 or so. Its a beautiful ship!
I've actually been on usa new jersey I watched it to see if I forgot anything and I like seeing all of stuff
You have covered a lot of things aboard the battleship. From the beginning of its use to the end how have the uniforms and covers changed over the years.
This is awesome. Loved the history and tour of the USS New Jersey. My son and I frequently tour the sister ship of the USS New jersey.....the USS Missouri BB-63 here in Hawaii. Both ships look identical inside and out.
Fun fact....the empire of Japan surrendered on the deck of the USS Missouri on Sept 2nd, 1945.
Great video on a great ship, thank you.
Amazing ship, a true statement of firepower on the high seas!!!
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Ryan, go to the Marine Officer quarters, check the vent shaft. If you find a bottle of Jack Daniel's, save me a swig. If its gone, the SOB didn't have the courtesy to replace it. You may also want to check the USMC 5" gun turrent
Exellent presentation, very clear, precise and complete ...¡¡¡¡¡.... beautifull job.
I watched her fire her guns on the 4th of July at sea, how they splashed Red,White,and Blue is beyond me! SALUTE! Thanks from this old Chief!!
Some may say renovate the weapons and aim them point blank at Camden. Urban renewal preparation?
As a kid from Matawan, New Jersey, I went aboard her, as a Cub Scout, during decommissioning after the Korean War. Then as an FTG2 (Gun Fire Control Technician Second Class) I served aboard her during Vietnam...being promoted to FTG1 during during that time. I was assigned to the Forward Main Battery Plotting Room, where as a 2nd Class I actually fired the 16" guns. I was transferred two weeks before decommissioning to continue my Navy Career...retiring as a Chief Warrant Officer in 1989.
I have been back to visit once several years ago...and even after serving on five subsequent ships (all of them Cruisers) I still consider her my home.
Thanks for your service man, how awesome it was in your day and during WW2!!!
Nice overview of the ship and her systems. Thank you for this.
Great virtual tour... and was so great to again see CEC as it was during the Battleship's actual operation: Dark with only low blue lighting overheard so that all electronic displays and radar screens were fully visible. I wish this could be better replicated... maybe with a bit brighter blue lighting... so that tourists could truly get a feel for how CEC looks while underway. It surprises me this hasn't already been implemented as it is so disconcerting to enter CEC today with bright stark white lighting ruining the amazing feel of the room as it actually was. Hopefully someone will suggest this change to help vastly improve the visiting experience for future tourists.
Thank you for this tour, nicely done!
In 1986 I deployed on board the USS Thach (FFG-43), as one of the escorts of Battle Group Romeo centered on the USS New Jersey, along with the USS Long Beach, USS Merrill, USS Gray, and USS Wabash. One particular day, having stood a mid-watch, I was sound asleep in my rack when I was awoken by the entire ship shaking, a moment later it happened again. Getting up I found out that it was the New Jersey doing some gunnery practice with her big guns... she was two miles off and still the entire ship shook with every shot fired.
Thank you all for doing this!
I served in the royal navy from 80 to 86 and was sat off of Beirut towards the end of 83. I still remember watching the New Jersey firing the big guns for shore bombardment I think it was some time during the middle of December.
Thanks for this. I doubt I shall ever be able to see this marvellous vessel but this works just fine.
I had the opportunity to go aboard her in Subic Bay during Vietnam.
The minesweeper I was stationed on was there at the time.
Dad served on Missouri during WWII
I was on the TowersDDG9 we went across the equator at the same time the NewJersey, it was There is a ceremony that you go through when you cross the equator
James S Scott.
not enough time spent down on Broadway. would love to see more of #4 fire room.
Wonderful presentation thank yoi
The 4 battleships are I believe mothballed in preservation just in case they may be needed . Which means there is a good reason to suppose they will be needed again by the Navy
Now that is HEAVY METAL !
Cool video. I served in the Air Force, so learning about these dreadnaughts is extremely interesting. Thank you!
Why would anyone give this a thumbs down?
There's always that one person in every crowd!
@@johneasler9967 stop with the generalization and name calling.
or it was a bot since youtube automatically thumbs down sometimes on vidoes
It's changed since then, since on modern warships the CO generally sleeps in his at shore cabin and very seldom uses the at sea cabin (at least on all 3 warships I've served on, USS Essex LHD-2, USS Momsen DDG-92 and USS Halsey DDG-97) The CO of the USS Fitzgerald DDG-62 was injured when he was sleeping in his at shore cabin when it collided with the ACX Crystal off the coast of Japan in 2017.
PRIDE OF OUR NATION! A BEAST MADE OF STEEL!
My wife and I toured the Missouri a few years ago. I remember when we were looking out from the ship just behind the conning tower and I said to her something like "I thought they refitted this ship for Tomahawk missiles". When we turned back to the ship after looking away from it we saw the Tomahawk painted on the side of the box. We got a good laugh out of that.
I have visited the sister ship Iowa they are awesome please visit and support your local ship museums .
My dad served on board the New Jersey during WWII, he was an electrician's mate
I notice the compartment numbers use both the old and new system, such as at 26:33. Was it like that during her last active period, or were the older compartment numbers added below the current nomenclature of compartment number/frames/responsible division so older veterans would be able to recognize the spaces?
Check this video out for more info on that: th-cam.com/video/R5XraTB3aZ8/w-d-xo.html
Very nice presentation, hoping to visit the ship in person one day
I was on this boat for a birthday present its awesome!!! I want to go again
Back in the early eighties, i had the priviliege of steaming in formation with the New Jersey, when she rejoined the Seventh Fleet for an exersize.
She rides very low in the water, i was expecting massiveness. And while the little destroyer escort i was on was tossed about by the waves, the New Jersey was very steady, with the water moving around her.....
A few years ago, i visited the Alabama, a South Dakota class BB maintained as a museum in Mobile. As i stood in the armored conning tower, looking over six sixteen inch barrels, i had the distinct feeling of strapping on an awesome weapon system or taking a boxing stance......
I knew what to do.
Go Navy!!!!
Hey Ryan, love the videos. So glad I found them. While visiting our son at school in Pensacola we went over to Mobile and tour the USS Alabama. She’s not as well kept as the NJ. one of the funny things I noticed on display in the butcher shop was a sleeve of Taylor ham/pork roll(what ever you refer to it as) I was hoping to leave a picture but the phone won’t let me. Any way, I enjoy the video tours. Keep up the good work.
I was at the Iowa in LA about 2 years ago and they are really a piece of art. Everything has a purpose. Looking at these videos makes me wonder if there's more available spaces in New Jersey than Iowa?
HMS Belfast in London is, almost, all available
Greetings from Sweden
great video love those Iowa class battleships
I was a Cub Scout and I remember going
Armor penetration: The 2700-pound 16: Mark 8 AP projectiles, especially last version used since 1944, the MOD 6, could penetrate at point-blank range a LOT MORE than 17" of Class "A" armor at right-angles. During tests of a captured Japanese 26" Vickers Hardened (VH) SHINANO (never-completed YAMATO Class battleship) main turret face plate, the plate was hit at right-angles twice by a 16" Mark 8 MOD 6 AP projectile. The first hit penetrated about 3/4ths of the plate and bounced off undamaged (except loss of its AP cap and windscreen, as expected), while the second shot at a slightly higher velocity punched entirely through again with no damage with some excess velocity. These two tests allowed the resistance of this armor to be determined accurately. Note that in both cases, the plate snapped in two at the impact point like a frozen Hershey chocolate bar, indicating some brittleness (the Japanese eventually figured out how to fix this in these very thick plates, but by then they were no longer building battleships, though other improvements in their armor heat treating processes gave very good results, better even than the best US Class "A" armor in some post-war US cruiser-scale impact tests of experimental Japanese armor of that thickness range -- there are very good reasons why the Japanese kicked the US manufacturing industry in the ass after WWII!) VH was a new-type of Japanese vertical armor for the YAMATO Class only, being essentially a somewhat-less-strong US Class "A" type armor with no thin carburized super-hard surface layer in front of the 35%-thickness, water-quench-hardened face layer, since the Japanese reasoned, correctly as it turned out, that such a thin layer would merely be destroyed instantly by a hard-capped AP projectile, such as the US 16" Mark 8 or their own Type 91 hard-capped AP design, used in all of their battleships in WWII, and thus was a waste of time and money to apply, though almost all other nations, including the US, continued to do this ("tradition", I would think).
She did good things for us (the Marines), while I was in Beirut..
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Not quite as bad as the battleship Richelieu, which could not fire its two forward turrets in a full broadside lest every window of the forward superstructure completely shatter, along with the glass on all the instrument gauges. But, really, could they not have come up with a caulking scheme similar to those on bombers where the concussive force would be absorbed by springs?
While I was stationed at Pearl in July or August '70 the Jersey came into port and I got to take a real tour of the old lady. She was quite impressive. I wonder if any YT posters were aboard at that time?
Would have been 69, most likely. By 70 she was in mothballs.
VERY WELL DONE
While stationed in Panama I rode the New Jersey through the Canal enroute to Vietnam.
From what I seen from different videos. It looks like the new jerseys. Is the. Best kept. Battle ship. On. Display.
I supplied the metallurgical specs and detailed WWII manufacture and design documents for all of the steels used in these ships, starting with NEW JERSEY:
(1) Medium Steel (MS) for general construction where no special strength requirements were needed (much of the ship superstructure and the internal plating at either end of the ships beyond the central "Citadel" between the end gun turrets)
(2) High-Tensile Steel (HTS) for heavy structural elements, armor support plates, the hull, and the anti-torpedo side protection system's several layers
(3) Special Treatment Steel (STS, the BuShips, the hull and superstructure design section of the Navy in WWII, term for maximum-strength homogeneous, ductile armor) used for the amidships portion of the 2nd armored deck (4.5" STS laid over a 1.5" STS reinforced constructions steel support deck), the 1.5" amidships portion of 1st, weather or "bomb", deck (covered in thick teak), the 0.5-1" splinter-proof gun tubs/shields for the many AA gun mounts used in WWII, thin internal bulkheads/deck reinforcements for selected protection and limitation of spread of enemy weapon blast and fragments, the amidships waterline outer hull of 1.5" STS hiding the recessed, inclined main belt and the upper end of the anti-torpedo system from blast and fragment damage from nearby near misses, and, uniquely for US and Japanese WWII battleships, the wedge-shaped tapering, inclined lower armored belt (12" at the top, narrowing to 1.5" for most of its thickness along the lower hull side) to protect against large projectiles that hit just short of the ship, dived into the water, and hit too low down for the main waterline 12.2" face-hardened belt to stop. This last was a new innovation in the new US battleships introduced in the late 1930s, probably after learning about the Japanese Type 91 AP projectiles designed specifically for enhanced ability to do just that -- breakaway windscreens and AP cap tips to leave a flat forward face for stable nose-first underwater motion and a very long 0.4-second base fuze delay after being set off by the ocean surface to allow a long, torpedo-like trajectory just under the water surface deep enough to pass under the regular waterline belt armor of most battleships, except. of course, for Japanese WWII battleships which had been especially designed with the same kind of lower armored belt, either as built (YAMATO Class) or, for their many older ships, as overhauled in the 1930s (only the US seems to have realized the danger and fixed their designs to match the Japanese in this regard).
(4) Class "B" armor (BuOrd', the gun and gun projectile design, test, and manufacture, term for the exact equivalent of BuShips STS, though made by more manufacturers), used for all gun mount and all conning tower armor that was not face-hardened (most such armor under 4.5-5" thick, such as armor on secondary gun mounts, and any thickness of such steel used in the main armament mounts -- thick turret roofs for protection from all bombs and highly-oblique heavy gun shell hits being the main use though also thinner armor lower down in the mounts against fragments from hits outside the gun mounts and conning towers. The fact that BuOrd was responsible for conning tower protection and not BuShips is interesting, and probably the result of some major internal Navy conflict in the more distant past.
(5) Class "A" armor (BuOrd only, no matter where it was used) used only in thicknesses over 4.5-5" thickness (plus HTS or STS support plating behind it), as the side/rear armor of all of the main armament turrets (but NOT the 17.5-18" turret faces, which were Class "B" armor; this being unique to all US WWII battleships designed from the mid-1930s, where all earlier battleships made by anyone, including the US, and all new WWII foreign battleships also used face-hardened armor here), the circular barbettes supporting the turrets (until a few decks down the armor was thinned down to the Class "B" thickness level), the 12.2" inclined and recessed waterline belt (5' above and below the standard waterline with the armored 2nd deck forming its "lid"), and the 11-13" vertical transverse armor that walled off the internal Citadel from the bow and stern mostly unprotected regions at the same level as the belt side armor. This Class "A" armor was unique to the US WWII battleships, being called "Thick Chill" armor and also made by the same three manufacturers that made BuOrd Class "B" armor. It was of the highest-grade nickel-chromium steel (very similar to the STS and Class "B" armors, since the US automotive industry led the world in mass-producing such steel alloys) and had a very thick 55% of total thickness as hard, brittle face layer, more than any other standard face-hardened steel ship-armor plate, except for the Midvale Non-Cemented armor (one of the three armor-making companies) produced only from 1906-1912 that had an 80-82% face. Such thick faces could cause more projectile damage and less chance of the projectile exploding properly if it did penetrate, on the average, than thinner-faced armor, but the cost was the intrinsic strength of the plate was somewhat compromised by the thick brittle face and such armor had a somewhat lower ability to prevent the larger shells from penetrating in any condition than a thinner-face armor had (though, for compensation, it gave a better protection level against smaller projectiles such as from cruisers) -- in any case, the armor quality was so high that the armor, even against the largest shells, was better than any WWI-era face-hardened armor, which compensated when the new BuOrd armor test specs were created in the early 1930s. Just that the armor, if more balanced as to face-layer design, could have found a better compromise for battleships against the largest shells to give optimal results, while it was the best for cruiser protection as-is.
Wonder how they’ll react once they find out she turned into a ship waifu.
I mean they did throw a party for their first Anniversary on the Iowa.
i see you are a man of culture as well
@@ilikethermonuclearbomb8983 same
Молодцы, что бережете свою историю!
Saw the Jersey fire when I was in Beruit also saw Bob Hope on her
Faunistic Thanks for the video.
Absolutely fascinating! What a ship, I’d love to get a look around her
I hope you get a chance sometime
I took a tour with a shipmate of mine from another ship who was a former USS New Jersey crewmember from the Viet Nam Era. He was a Shipfitter first class while on board. We got the "Royal" treatment while on board and were allowed into several areas not on the normal tour. When someone asked if it were true that there was a swimming pool on board he stated, "l can verify that there was, 'cause l built it!"
I was hear just not during the pandemic in the toy shop I got the aircraft carrier and and zero plane
I wonder if all the Iowa Class Battleship Museums are in contact with each other and assist each other maintaining these beautiful vessels?
As former EW I'm surprised she had the SLQ-32. Two I went through A-school with had orders to the Missouri, I had orders to the Ranger. After completing SLQ-32 training we went onto WHR-1H training. Sadly EWs were made part of the Cryptology rates and are no more.
The 4 Iowas talk to each other all the time! We love talking to the others to ask if something is still in place or if someone knows something we don't.
Excellent video,...Good Job!👍
Worked on Inner Bottom piping redo and #1 Pump Room and turret fire suppression system ( 1968 overhaul for Nam)
Got to see her when she visited Tacoma, Wa 1968-69. Thx!
Awesome video! 😄
She was one of the best, the other was HMS Warspite. I thought USS Wyoming fired more shells than any other US warship. And didn't Broadway have an overhead rail to facilitate moving 16" shells between the forward and aft magazines?
Yep. Still does. Look along the overhead in the center of the p-way