Down Through 7 Levels of the Battleship's Hull
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- This episode is a trip down a series of hatches, seven levels to the bottom of the ship.
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Ryan, it might be interesting to hear about the various hazards that the museum staff must deal with, and the protocols you use to mitigate risk. It might also be interesting to hear about the various anticipated emergencies that you plan for (such as sudden flooding of a compartment), or a lost tourist. Thanks so much for the interesting videos.
What, are you the safety guy?
Or bad air in a formerly sealed space?
@@randymagnum143what are you the pedantic troll…rhetorical, cause yah.
Iron in steel takes Oxygen from the air to produce rust. Make sure that the air in that recently opened compartment has enough Oxygen to breathe.
All good questions. Especially after with the Sullivans. When I worked for a sawmill, we had an OSHA guy show up at least once a month.
A video on all of the projects left unfinished when the ship was decommissioned would be really interesting!
I was a volunteer on a retired WW2 carrier for years. It had been out of commission a lot longer than this ship. We were NOT allowed to go anywhere unless we marked with a grease pencil where we were on the ship on a big map where we checked in. Reason? Cell phones and radios would not go through the steel and as there was 100's of compartments if you fell or got lost nobody would know. So it was very important to make sure you let people know where you were. It took me a long time to not get lost. We were always told that if you get lost, just go up and you'll eventually make it to the hanger deck. I also remember that even though it had been out of commission since 1970, the whole thing still stank like bunker fuel.
Those grates in the supply space aren't for keeping items from damaging the deck. It's for having an air space. I was a Ship Serviceman for 8 years. Had have to leave an air gap between the deck and bulkheads and the items we were storing.
Air must circulate to prevent moisture buildup. Ships are a different beast when it comes to dealing with water - outside AND inside.
Interesting to know 👍👍
Ryan that's my division (6th) at the 3 minute 20 second mark or so. I'm sn Burns under the meritorious mast and the Master Helmsman category. I was pointer in mount 55 for GQ. Man I miss those days. I think you have the best job in the world!
I bet the museum (and us) would love to hear and record your stories of your time on the ship to honor you and your crew mates!
@@lordcraycray2921 Some of the best guy's I have ever known are listed right there on that old board.
When my ship (USS Kity Hawk) returned to San Diego for refit and maintenance after a Nam deployment in 1971, I was temporally assigned to the fire watch Div. My job was to follow the civilian welders with a fire extinguisher. I went into almost every nook and cranny of the ship. From the bottom of the bilge to very top of the bridge and the massive hull voids. Seeing the guts of a huge ship and what a complex machine it is was fascinating. I never had to use the extinguisher. The most skate job I ever had in the Navy.
The letters designate storeroom location, every ship has their own storeroom location system. In the computerized stock management systems that were starting to be used at the end of _New Jersey_ 's career these storeroom locations were all programmed in. _Kitty Hawk_ used 2 digit numbered storerooms, and the _John C Stennis_ uses a number/letter combo. This is what the barcodes are for, you can scan that barcode to get the location of that particular bin for inventory purposes. All the labels of the material _in_ the bins would have bar codes too, so inventory or location audits went faster. S-1 is normally called Stock Control, and is the division that handled financials (operating budgets,) and managed all shipboard supplies in the store rooms. Aircraft carriers split the storage job out to unique divisions, S-6 handles aircraft parts and S-8 handles everything else.
"Fortunately, all of our monsters are scared of Libbey" 😂😂
Now we need a video explaining why monsters are scared of Libby! You can't just say that and not expect us to ask.
April fools: the camera and the microphone trade places. I.e., Ryan filming, Libby talking.
something tells me Libby is the real genius and the reason why these videos are so compelling; Ryan's just the enthusiastic nerd who only narrates because it's required in State of New Jersey Statute.@@namibjDerEchte
absolutely, explain why museum ship monster are afraid of Libby!
I suspect that of the monsters are scared of Libby then so is Ryan. That means you may not get an answer. 😂
On your next engine room tour, open the reduction gear lub oil sump. It should be roughly the size of the one I had to clean on USS SAVANNAH (AOR-4). You have to open a manhole about 24" high by 14" wide. Maybe annually it had to be drained and thourly cleaned by the "main hole snipes". You will need lots or light for the video. You should be able to see the bull gear, HP pinion, LP pinion, and maybe the thrust bearing.
Thanks for all you do.
The Plumbers and Pipe Fitters that install the copper piping on these war ships are truly artists.
Yes Libby we are having fun !!
I love tours "off the beaten path" like this, thanks to Libby for all her good work! Oh, and I guess Ryan too...
Ryan I watched your content since you started and you've done so well in developing how you and we understand the ship. I reckon you are one of the best historic ship curators anywhere in the world. Great stuff, I hope to meet you one day.
Ditto 🙌
Hear hear!
His videos will be viewed for 100 years to come, by future curators. A treasure of knowledge
Ryan, My father was on the ship during Korea 1950-1954 and was stationed in turret Number 1. He always told me that he named one of the 16" guns, sailor art (Screaming Joan) after my mother. I believe he was a, gunners mate, first class. I still have his uniform and many pictures from the time he was on board. Are you interested in copies of the pictures? Also is there much left on the ship from Korea era? I have watch almost all your video's, could you do more about the Korea times? My father talked a lot about the ship when it was hit in the Number 1 turret and when the sailor was killed. My father had a 16" shell fall on his foot and broke it. You do a great job, many thanks for the hard work by you and the workers!
Your trip down to the bottom of the ship. Memories for as a Customs Officer have searched many an area you showed. Including moving through a double bottom.
Stephen
Would like an episode on that sail locker. Obviously NJ didn’t have sails so what was the purpose of the space? Noticed intricate string weaving around one of the stanchions 5:24 and also some curious brass lockers(?) 5:04 and fittings
I second this. Lots of space dedicated to sewing and fabric for a ship without sails.
@OvertravelX lots of berthing and clothing for 2,000 guys. Doing hard work wears stuff out fast. I don't know for sure but it may have been more of a tailor shop than anything else. Just guessing.
Probably for canvas awnings. The most obvious examples I can think of that I've seen in photos are the ones on the bows and sterns of battleships in the 30s and maybe at Pearl Harbor. Ryan might have talked about the sail locker before.
I would have to agree with other guesses... awnings and various tarps for stowed skiffs and such. But the real answer would be nice.
My guess is awnings and the boots for different guns. In addition to uniform and bedding mending
I always love these videos where you enter the depths™
What kind of supplies were kept in those storage lockers? I myself have no clue how supplies were categorized and where it was determined they should be kept. Since there are no passage way doors, how were the supplies moved from one location to another and how heavily populated were those areas?
I too would be interested in a description of the types of items stored in each area.
@@rickswanberg4995 Me three!!
I was wondering the same thing. It seems like an incredibly tedious job to get supplies in and out via that vertical trunk - did they have some kind of lifting system I wonder? A kind of dumb-waiter even?
Toilet paper. Staples. Pens. Bedsheets. All the normal stuff people need.
It could have been anything from valves, bolts, gaskets, pipes, to clothing items, to general office supplies, to toilet paper. Bulk items like TP and paper towels are what were kept in those storerooms with the grates on the deck. I'm sure an SK who served on the BBs could tell us what were in these storerooms.
I can imagine that as mechanically complex as the _New Jersey_ was, the sheer amount of spare parts she would need to carry must have been large.
Once a year, invite any former crew members to reunion together, film their stories at their crew stations. They can teach u even more about the ship B4 the crew is all gone.
we used to go to all areas of the Battleship Massachusetts before they cordoned off areas in the late 90s. We would get so lost it was maddening lol. I know there are compartment markings to help, but we didn't know about those back in the day lol. great video
Would have loved to do that
I was a boy scout back i the 80's. Mom was our dem mother, dad was the cub master. Did the overnight on the Massachusetts. What a memorable experience. It ignited by interest in the ships. At 50 I still cant get enough. But I remember back in those days we ran around the ship at night, exploring until late.
Took my sons to Battleship Cove about 6 years ago, and my youngest (also in scouts) had a trip last year and stayed in the Iowa in CA.
great memories. I remember the scout packs camping on the MA. Must have been awesome
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I was a cub master also. Every year we would do the over night on the USS New Jersey. Someone knew a Capt who stationed on the New Jersey and would give us a great tour on Friday night. Loved going there…
@@sixxguntommy8891 sounds awesome!!
I know the truth, but still miss them at sea. I remember the USS Wisconsin back in 1990 steaming by our ship, what a sight to see!! Could use their firepower!!
What type of fire power do they have we don’t have now?
Thumbs up if you immediately notice the 60hz hummmmmmmm. 😎
I used to do tv production and it gave me flashbacks 😅
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Always reassuring to hear when you are in the deeper compartments .
I think today it’s running a little fast at 60.562hz
*mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm*
Once again Ryan shows why he is perfect for this job. Not many people could find something "interesting" or "cool" to point out in every hull space of an old battleship!
New battleship video lets go! ❤
Love these tours of all the nooks and crannies of the ship. Seriously drives home just how massive these suckers were. If I didn't know better I'd think you were just in a building on land
A video dedicated to the known " abandoned projects". Things that were in progress and then before completion were just stopped cold turkey. Thanks. Absolutely love this You Tube channel. #1 favorite.
Definitely would like to see u guys do a new chain locker video I love anything about wat our nation heros had to do and go through much appreciation and respect for them all
Loved this video! So interesting to see all the spaces you wouldn't be able to show the general public just due to safety.
Those compartments look like they are in very good shape, nice work.
Great job.
The sail locker room is a great space, has a lovely high roof and sweet curvature on the walls, you can really feel where you are
That lighting conversion predated LED lighting. Those Incandescent bulbs were being swapped for tube fluorescent fixtures and compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs. Both contain mercury and must be disposed of appropriately.
Shaft alley would be pretty cool or the spaces below the fuel tanks and the keel area. I've been down there on CV-43 in Dec 87. My understanding the Coral Sea from the armored deck down is pretty identical to the Iowa Class Battleship. You had to scale down to the bottom of a void then remove an access cover and go under. It would literally take us almost 30 to back up n out to daylight. Your videos are awesome Ryan. Thanks for keeping history alive.
The maintenance of the public areas appear to be top notch. Can't wait to see it in person.
Interesting to see , they were converting the light fittings and left the job half done . The spaces look in pretty good order and the floats for the flood alarms . Also evidence perhaps of the system of compartment numbering I'm familiar with , deck 4 bulkhead P , hence " 4 P " which is a quick and easy way to find a location .
It might be interesting to look at the DG. System which uses coils to generate a magnetic field to neutralise the ships magnetic signature .
What I enjoy most about seeing these spaces is just how well preserved and clean they are, literally as if there was a crew there yesterday.
Someone else mentioned seeing the USN unfinished projects, that would be pretty cool.
Interesting videos, I have always been fascinated by big gun ships. I hope you put an O2 alarm first when you go to rarely visited places on the ship, especially places like chain lockers where there may be rust and poor ventilation.
In general, they tend to keep the ship moderately well ventilated, and they have removed a bunch of hazards, fuel and whatnot, but they also do take OSHA confined space sensors on the more hazardous spaces.
Ryan, great video as always.
I Love this video. I think it would be great if you included a brief moment in each video where you highlight all the spaces visited on the side view and top view blue prints. For reference and context! I really want to work at this museum 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Very interesting. I watch all your vids that I can, love the Iowa's and you are giving so much info and showing us so much. Thank you.
Thus is cool seeing the unseen
in preparation for drydock have you had to go to any place on the ship you have never been before?
The Anchor Windless was Operated by the Deck Apes, but Maintenance was preformed by the Auxiliary Division (A-Gang) of the engineering department. I was in EA01 on the USS Hancock CV-19 and we maintained the Windless equipment. On the USS Briscoe, again it was A-gang that maintained the equipment. Once you get beyond the Paint Brush and Chipping hammer the deck department didn't do any maintenance on equipment. They did many other valuable jobs on the ships, but not mechanical maintenance of complex equipment.
How cool! I work for the education department of the USS Hornet CV-12 now.
I’d love to see a video of maintaining the ship as a museum. You’ve talked about sounding the tanks before, but what about doing more videos of stuff like your walkthroughs of spaces like this or testing the bilge alarms
Another great video, I’ve been on the USS Alabama numerous times and never get tired of it. Like others have said it would be interesting to see all areas, maybe one day 😉 Keep’em coming.
I really like the way that you do the closing to the video on scene and not just some recorded closing, that gets played to close every video.
Hello I've recently discovered your channel and I gotta say. Outstanding work I really appreciate what your doing.
I'm currently building a iowa class battleship model and this channel is grate for reference. Thank you for all you guys are doing keeping the legacy alive
Ryan, not sure if you've done a video yet on Damage Control but that would be interesting to see. From the inventory of a repair locker, the Damage Control organization, installed firefighting equipment, etc. Would also love to see/learn how firefighting and damage control was executed through the different decades on the ship.
We've got a whole playlist on damage control: th-cam.com/play/PLALOZV63REetgPMDdVwvUdEmaKUEebI2K.html
I think that it would be cool to give away a tour of the ENTIRE ship, including the parts that people can't normally go into. Give them the opportunity to film it and release their own video, and you could make multiple videos about the ship at the same time.
They do special curator's tours which you can buy and tell them what off the normal tour route spaces you want to see. But you literally don't have enough time to see the whole ship as in every space. Your legs would give out too.
These videos make me understand why the tour route is roped off. Boring spaces, semi-dangeroud spaces, difficult navigation, etc.
that "really weird looking wire", appears to be the old salt&pepper, came on a spool for sound powered phones in damage control. probably ran down there during decom for tow flooding sensors (board with 2 nails in it, 1 higher, 1 lower. when both got wet it completes the ckt).
What a cool tour! I was in subs and I love seeing how other parts of the navy lived and worked. Questions. What is the museums's process for ventilation and monitoring before entering these uncrewed spaces? What was the sail locker space used for when the ship was commissioned?
Sail locker is where New Jersey keeps her sails just in case the turbines failed....
Yeah. Do a video of the anchor and the gear involved with it. I wonder how loud it would be in those spaces as the chain was moving through the pipe.
I've always liked the deck apes art piece on New Jersey.
The chain locker was my favorite!
10:50 That one cracked me up. But frankly I found her quite nice to interact with when I took pat in the translation-procedure for your tour map a good while ago.
Very cool… Goes without saying that there is a LOT of storage area on the ship. I also understand the number of WW2 crew and that it takes a lot to keep that going for weeks (months) at a time..however I always wonder, what in the heck do they keep in spaces like that? Not exactly the most convenient place for potatoes or tools..so what was kept there? Has there ever been a
List of “what you need on your ship” and load out lists of what would go on it? Is there a record of what was kept in all of these random spaces where they crammed everything in? Big question, I know…Inquiring minds lol
Thanks!
A video on the triple and double bottoms where which is used and why
Chain Locker!
Thank you Once again that was interesting.
I would like to see a new tour of the chain locker. Would also like to know if visiting the chain Locker is something that would be available on a private tour of the ship.
I don't know what the curators tour consists of persay, however I know the person doing the curators tour, will take you to places that can be seen but are also not on the main tour route.
You do great video's I have watched most of them. I do notice you're getting a little thin on top! Battleship New Jersey is a great ship with great history and you are a part of the history. Well Done!
How is ventilation and air quality being maintained?
They leave most doors open as a museum ship. Allowing air to move about. They still have spaces that they check air quality before entering.
Do you still use dehumidifiers in some of the non tour route areas? And if not, why not? Wouldn't it be better to help preserve the ship? Keep up the great vids.
I'm guessing part of it is energy draw. Dehumidification is energy intensive, and some of these spaces just don't warrant it historically or structurally, not when the budget is tight and there are tradeoffs that must be made.
This is my favorite video. So much space. What were all these shelves and space for?
So I could live in the lower levels of the battleship for a year! Nice! If you need live aboard security, let me know.
Be fun if you did a day in the life of series. Just take a random sailors name from the old log book and use his bunk rating and stations to explain over time what everyone did. My grandfather died before I was old enough to really understand what he did beyond he was in the navy.
Another great New Jersey video!!!Been subscribed for at least four years now. Not big into ships, but for some reason Ryan makes the New Jersey videos so entertaining!😂 🤷♂️What did they store in these spaces? It’s pretty deep down and forward in the ship, so I wouldn’t think these items were very important? It would be great to get at least a general idea of what was on so many shelves that were the same weird size, and varied in size between some many decks. Look forward to more great vids! Thanks for your dedication to preserving a great piece of history.
Could be anything from nuts and bolts, through to spools of thread.
It looks like there are solid “doors” or hatches over some or most of the trunk levels. Were these ever closed when under way, or in general quarters or similar? If they were, was there any processes to make sure sailors weren’t in a sealed compartment/level?
Thanks for the super informative tours!
I would be willing to bet those are all X-ray fittings that should be closed pretty much all the time, unless you are passing through. They don't look like normally manned spaces. Just accessed when they needed them.
Man LED in a WW2 fixture must flikker like crazy XD
While you were talking about the lighting retrofits, the camera focused on a fluorescent fixture glowing orange, it looks like the starter is stuck on and causing the filament to heat up, those should probably be disconnected if you don't plan to replace them to prevent a more sparkly failure. I also noticed the paint behind the floats is discolored like they are producing heat, or maybe it's just from when they were installed.
Drachinifel would have been much happier with that trip to the bottom. Or any, really, which didn't involve being up above the funnels to start.
Outside the tour route, are the compartments on each below the waterline level generally sealed to contain water which might get in from creeping from one compartment to the next? Can't seal vertically of course as it would interfere with those lines to the float alarms.
True, buts what's life without a little excitement? 😀
I remember pre-expend bins when I was in the USMC. Parts kept on hand when needed.
Must have some big old sails for a ship like that.
They don't the sail locker is where canvas was stored to make awnings and such for when the ship was in port. Sail Locker is just a traditional name.
I can only imagine how loud it would be in those compartments with the chain pipes through them when dropping or raising the anchors.
Love to see the engine room
So-5 stories or so of storage spaces accessible only by a vertical ladder? It must have been very difficult to retrieve anything. Or, was there some sort of hoist system?
SAIL locker?! Its purpose and use must have changed quite a bit since Admiral Nelson's time. . .
ahhh yes. spent many of general quarters in the powder handling room of turret #2. 100 lb powder bags and the ether giving you a splitting headache.
Great tour. I'd like to know about anchors. Warnings to size and how they get them back up. Do they freefall when dropping. Dropping something that heavy surely requires alarms and a lot of training.
Camera guy came dangerously close to developing a personality at the 5:15 mark
I wonder if Ryan ever gets that creepy feeling and just wants out of a certain space.
I know this is going to sound like an odd question.
And probably would not be good for historically preserving the ship.
But have you guys considered replacing all of the lights on the ship with LED's once the bulbs in stock run out?
It would reduce the electric bill of the museum and save money on replacing bulbs, incandecent and florecent and balasts for the florecents and halogen bulbs and it would keep those spaces cooler as they would put out less heat.
We use LEDs in the spaces on the tour route
@@BattleshipNewJersey I mean in the places where you currently have fluorescent bulbs that are not on the tour routes.
Once you run out of bulbs and the ballasts start to go bad.
Would you be converting those over to LED fixtures?
I hear that buzzing noise in the background from the florecent lights.
We just don't put lights in places that aren't on the tour route, they burn out and we just use flashlights. We don't go there often enough for it to be worth it.
Nice camera work. Whoever you are, I noticed.
I say you should do this once a month go to a different place in the ship that we haven't seen yet. Thanks
Why are the dehumidifiers not required anymore?
Good Job Boss,
Would love to see a deep dive into the chain locker
Why don’t you use the dehumidification equipment in the areas that isn’t accessed much?
"How can we retain sailors better?"
"Let's recognize good service by putting their names on a plaque. Then we can put the plaque in a crawl space where nobody will ever see it!"
You should've titled this "Szimanski's Inferno: a tour through the seven levels of Hull" 😂
Imagine having to go up & down all the time, maybe carrying goods.
Or hoisting stuff all the way through small holes.
your young and invincible...................
I think the P is to simplify the part locations. When you are trying to remember a specific bin number, you dont want to also have to remember the room number with the deck, bulkhead, etc.
Where I work, a component might be in bin 9-4-23-E. I dont also want to have to remember room 7-23-0-A.
The print shop or whatever is left of it. I was a Lithographer on board from 1985-1987.
I’d love a newer video of the chain locker
10:43 "where a monster would jump out and grab you" lololol
It is a rabbit warren down there. Did you say the only way to access these spaces is vertically through that trunk? Very difficult to get there. The stuff stored there was probably not accessed often.
thanks captn obvious
@@rohanthandi4903 I'm so happy you had the time and motivation to make your valuable comment that adds so much to the discourse.
@@peterosmanski7466 Your original one was a waste of bandwidth as well cap
@rohanthandi4903 What earns Ryan's channel money is views. And what You Tube uses to steer people to view videos is likes and comment activity. Sorry my comment wasn't insightful enough for your taste. But bad comments are better than no comments.
@@peterosmanski7466 I never said it was a bad comment captain 😂.