So good to see Texas in drydock after so many years without docking. Thank you to Ryan, Libby and all New Jersey staff for covering this important event.
DANG! 1990? Seriously? I am apparently older than I thought (My wife might be right for once). Glad that we have such a passionate young man like you inspiring others with naval history. Welcome to Texas Ryan!
I talked to a really old guy today that had a USS Iowa hat on. Asked him if he served on the BB he said yes and told me all about it. He said he worked in the superstructure in one of the gun director's rooms or whatever you call it just after WW2. Super cool old guy with some great stories. Great experience talking with him.
Thanks for the information, Ryan. As a native Texan and ex-Navy, the Texas has always attracted me. Until I moved to Kansas, I visited Texas 2-3 times a year. We took our granddaughter when she was 4 and she fell in love with ships. She visits any she gets near and gets unhappy with me and her grandmother when we visit a new ship without her even at the age of 26. Keep up the good work and I hope to get up to the New Jersey in the next year or 2.
As a restoration volunteer on the Texas, Wednesday, Aug 31, 2022 was a PERFECT day. I am still walking about 10 feet above the ground/water. I am showing everyone my “baby pictures” (pictures and videos of the tow.). She made it due great planning, preparation, hard work, and great leadership. I am proud of my SMALL part in getting her to the shipyard.
We saw her pass the Texas City Dike yesterday and she was magnificent even though she has her scars. I can't wait to see her come out of dry dock to her permanent home. She and the Lex need to be preserved forever.
The Battleship Texas Foundation has stated that after hull inspection it is likely that all metal of the hull will be replaced up to two feet above the water line. This would eliminate all riveted seams with welded seams, thus eliminating a potential source of leaks. The drydock in 1988-1989 only patched the hull with minimal replacement of panels (if any). Three cities have expressed interest in home-porting Texas: Galveston, Baytown and Beaumont (all in Texas). Baytown and Beaumont are NOT tourist destinations by any stretch of the imagination. Galveston, on the other hand, consistently sees 700-800,000 visitors every year (including over 1,000,000 cruise ship passengers). Galveston is also less than one hour from the center of Houston, with a regional population of over 4 million residents. Galveston already has a successful Galveston Naval Museum with WWII-era destroyer escort and submarine which would compliment the Texas. The other cities have a "build it and they will come" approach. But, as said in the video, the Foundation has not made public the final decision.
@@isleofthanet It's my understanding from listening to various interviews from the Battleship Texas Foundation people as well as social media posts by them that they expect the hull to be replaced to up to two feet above the water line. I've not seen it specifically stated, but my assumption (which is not much to go on!) is the original hull plating would need to be removed first and the new plating then installed. My thinking is that the existing hull is riveted in place and I'm not sure how well the new plating would lay over the riveted plates. Also, I believe the weight of essentially a double-thick hull would be untenable. I do recall the Foundation stating that in the previous drydock in 1988-1989 the hull was only patched in the leaking areas (I understand they were numerous), and even so I don't know if the patches were replacement panels or literal patches over the damages plating. I do not in any way represent the Foundation or any other entity. I'm just a Texan who has always had a strong interest in the history of the USS Texas and her future. I do have a bit of a background in the maritime industry. I'm also, until recently, a former resident of Galveston Island. I'm glad to answer any questions, and if I can't I'll try to point you in the right direction. Here's the Foundation website: battleshiptexas.org/ This is a good webcam of the Galveston harbor area, primarily the cruise terminals and the Texas in drydock. The views vary so you might have to check back occasionally to see if the view is of the drydock. Pretty good quality pictures and video. (As I write this it's showing the cruise ship Grandeur of the Seas, but it'll change pretty soon. :) )
235,000 pounds of hull plate was replaced in Todd's Shipyard. Weld seams can crack. A lot of the replacement area is Class A armor plate (riveted to the frames) but I can't believe it will be replaced. Replacement steel plate can be welded to Class A armor for such seems are on the hull, but does anyone today know how to do this? Seawolf Park is not a viable BB35 location. Annual park visitation is 80,000 of which only part pay the additional fee to visit the two ships. BTF has stated 350,000 visitors are needed. The park is isolated from the main tourist areas being on the n-e end of Pelican Island. Also, BB35 won''t fit. At present no dock space is available on the northside of Galveston Island because cruise ships are still using dock area to the west of The Strand. I wonder if part of Galveston's bid includes relocating some westside cruise docking to the east? Even here there is an indication of insufficient visitors because the Elisa has annual visitation of 40,000 with cruise ships close by. Not knocking Galveston. I too am happy the ship is getting a well deserved overhaul,.but some rational examination with facts is needed. Present bid status Baytown, as of the July 2022, town council meeting will discuss a draft proposal. Proposed location Bayland Island, north end of Fred Hartman Bridge. Estimated cost $20-$30 million at the May council meeting Beaumont, awaiting mid-Sep engineer study concerning what is involved to have a dock. Location at I-10 (same as ALABAMA) with the idea enough I-10 traffic will exit to visit. Estimated cost at least $5.3 million. Galveston: Bid status unknown Time is now a factor in the new location bidding process because it will be needed in one year.
I believe the drydock that battleship Texas is in, is drydock 4 from Portland Oregon. She was ordered in 1979 and built in japan for their port expansion plan. at the time she was the largest drydock on the west coast afaik! That plan fell through due to the expanding SEA shipyards, and she languished there till the early 2000s. They sold her(atleast part of her, part of her might still be in with Vigor shipyard which now owns the shipyard in portland.) in 2001 to the Caribbean where she seamed to have grifted around till that cruise liner accident a few years ago, and you said the rest of what happened.
I used to work on cruise ships when they were in drydock, all over the world but mostly in Freeport Grand Bahama. I was always told the dry docks barges there were from the Portland expansion, and that they had been tugged around south America as they were too large to fit through the canal.
even tho im an aussie watching the video of texas sailing even if it was under tow was completely overwhelming. im glad shes getting some well deserved care.
Ryan, a big Texas "Thank You" for coming down and bringing your audience to BB-35 USS Texas. Thank you for all of the previous attention you've brought to her and the other museum ships as well! It was an awesome sight to see her leave her berth and travel down the Houston Ship Channel to Galveston. Grateful that the journey was uneventful. Possible cities include Baytown which is on the Houston Ship Channel. Bay City is inland with no significant water.
Awesome your team came down glad our Texas lady is getting repaired. I hope to one day visit the New Jersey ship you all do great with her love the YT channel so much knowledge.
So awesome to see. And be apart just staying up to date. Showed videos to my 87 yr old uncle I help care for. He served as XO on the Glennon, OK City And started on a mine swepper and was in the Cuban Blockade on the Neosho as a New Lt.Commander. he has Dementia and we are losing so many memories of multiple tours in Veit Nam . He was an early Advisor on Junks up river wearing Black Pajamas. He was a professor Emory S.Land chair at Newport Naval War College. Doctorate Juris Prodence in Admiralty Law from Fordham. Amazing man. These videos get him engaged and semi cognizant. He smiles and I believe he holds his memories in his mind even though he can't verbalize his thoughts the way he wants. He loves the Massachusetts and as a child helped save pennies for her silver service as a boy. We brought him down the 1/2 ride to her just so he could stand on the Quay and smile. A little cry and a solid salute. He physically can not go below and his stamina is about 50 ft. But he so enjoys her. Next trip is 20 minutes away to the Salem. I would love to get him back to see the Constitution again. But Going downtown is, we think too much. So say hello to Cmdr. Robert K.Reilly USN.(ret). He will see it and will make his day. He is also a highly decorated combat vet. Never once talked about it. Thanks for putting up with a long post.
Beaumont might work as random stop on I-10 much like the Alabama, but I think Galveston offers the foot traffic from tourism. Especially if it can be located near the Strand or Moody Gardens.
Beaumont would not be ideal. There's nothing else to do there so people would be driving hours to only see the ship. In Galveston they could make an entire trip out of it
I feel the same way. Beaumont would be for people specifically driving to see the battleship. Galveston would get her tons of visitors who were there for other things like the cruise ships, see her sitting pier side and think "Oh cool, let's stop over there real quick". Plus being right across the channel from a dry dock would make any emergency maintenance needed a tad less of an emergency.
@@andrealeighv1 You both misunderstand. The Alabama isn’t really a thing people travel to see outside of locals. It is visible from the interstate and is a “might as well stop and see it on the way to somewhere else” type of attraction. It also has a decent air museum attached. That would be the kind of traffic visiting the Texas in Beaumont, and not people driving down to the Golden Triangle just to see the ship. Galveston would be better.
USS Texas got the funds to dry dock from the Texas legislature under the agreement that they move its mooring to a more profitable location. As such, the next resting place is pretty much locked into a tourist or navel town. The USS Lexington, for example, is moored near a navel base. As such, it gets a lot of tourists related to people who are or have been in service. Also helps that Corpus Christi is a tourist town.
Beaumont is not ideal. She would fail there and have to be relocated. To put it blunt Beaumont is a cesspool, it has no tourism offerings which will harm Texas in the long run. Galveston is the same thing she has the tourism aspect but during the tourist season the island becomes very hard to navigate and many people don't even bother going to the island due to this issue. This would hinder Texas as not all thoses tourists have a interest to view the Texas. There is a reason why Sea Wolf park isn't that huge of a success. Then do we really want Texas on an island that has so little care of the ships they currently have that the sub in Sea Wolf park was fixing to collapse under her own weight due to rust from neglect. Baytown honestly is the most viable long term solution. Her proposed location by Baytown would have her visible to those on the highway easily and provide an easy access to those that decide to exit the highway unlike Galveston where they would have to go out of their way. Baytown also has plans to build a visitor center on the island in the cove and they are already building a hotel on the mainland. This would be the best long term as youll have a hotel, youll have a visitor center and youll have the Texas with in walking distance.
Ryan does a great job explaining "the story behind the story". I worry about Salem and The Sullivans. They need to go in sooner rather than later. Anyone needing a place to donate surplus cash should contact them. ❤
I admire that you took the time and effort to come talk about Texas like this. Can’t wait to see her on the other side, and will definitely have to come see New Jersey.
I had the pleasure of operating amateur radio station NA5DV from USS Texas in the 90s. It was during Museum Ship Weekend. NADV was the ship's radio call sign.
Hearing the cost of dry docking New Jersey and then hearing the guaranteed money Russell Wilson just signed for makes me sick. One of the Waltons, Gates, or other oligarchs could get New Jersey fixed with what they shake out of their pants at night.
we appreciate ya'll coming to see this event and express your ideas regarding BB35 on her updates and your overall general knowledge of military ships and what is needed to keep the older ships maintained. thanks again for the content.
Almost as old. Titanic was laid down march 31, 1909 and launched May 31, 1911 and completed April 2, 1912. Texas was laid down April 17, 1911, Launched May 18, 1912, and commissioned March 12, 1914. Both the Titanic and the Texas had a similar propulsion system, but Texas made more power with fewer boilers than Titanic and had a similar speed. Titanic had 24 double ended and 5 single ended boilers with a working pressure of 215 psi that provided power to two reciprocating steam engines rated at 30,000 IHP @ 75 rpm, which then fed above half-ahead the Parson low pressure steam turbine that was rated at 16,000 SHP @ 165 rpm. Standard full revolutions for Titanic were 78 revolutions which some believe would give her a speed a little over 22 1/2 knots. Some believe running at 83 revolutions which is the absolute max and could cause damage would result in a speed of close to 24 knots. I personally do not believe this as her older sister ship RMS Olympic had her highest top speed of 23 knots in 1933 after her 1932 refit. Texas had 14 boilers with a working pressure of 295 psi and a test pressure of 450 psi that provided power to two reciprocating steam engines rated at 28,100 HP. She had a designed revolution of 125 rpm. Her highest speed was achieved during sea trials where she achieved a speed of 22.28 knots @ 274 psi steam pressure. At 125 rpm @ a steam pressure of 265 psi max speed was 21 knots in 1914 and 20.5 knots in 1945. Still both ships are of the same time period, Titanic however focused on maximum fuel economy hence the low-pressure turbine to use the exhaust steam for power where Texas was focused on maximizing fuel economy but maintaining reliability and for the USN turbines were not reliable which is why they scrapped the original plan for Texas which was to be one turbine powering four screws in favor of the dependable and fuel-efficient reciprocating engines.
With me trying to become a tug boat captain. My goal is to be on one of the tugs, to put Jersey into dry dock. So I’ll be following you guys closely. Waiting on the coast guard to process my MMC right now
@E Van we are talking about the part of the video where they had gotten bids from Ukraine and South Korea for drydocking.... But I'm guessing this is just one of the comment bots that scans for any use of the word Ukraine...
The USS Nautilus was estimated at $36 million in 2021. USS Intrepid cost $55 million in 2006-2007 dollars. Yorktown and Hornet have not been dry docked since the early 70s and I have been on Hornet for 26 years. Hornet is free floating though and gets inspected below the water line. Midway probably last dry dock when she was laid up although dry docking a ship of her size will be interesting. NASSCO is right there with two land based dry docks and one floating I believe but two of them look too small. As for a ship being stored out of water is like a man who was 6'3" when 20 years old but now at 80 is only 6'0" tall as the spine compressed. I have watched that happen to older volunteers aboard the Hornet over the last 26 years.
I always figured Midway was put in Stern first so it would be easier to pull out wether to dry dock or if for some reason they had to reactivate her. Seems like it'd be easier to pull her out that way unlike how Intrepid they had a hell of a time getting her out. Glad to hear the hornets not sitting in the mud I have plans to go visit her since I live in California.
@@dougc190 In Midway's early years the Hornet's Ch Eng was down there several times because the Midway was taking on water below decks. Turned out the reason was that the area under her was not fully dredged along her entire length. Consequently, at low tide, the stern hit the mud while the bow was clear and this flexed the ship creating the leak though the hull. Apparently a money decision at the time.
Pier 21 is the perfect place. The Strand is a couple of streets over and is a high traffic area for tourists. And the cruise ships that go in/out of Galveston dock just behind you. That brings even more tourist. AND they can walk to Pier 21 to see and go on her.
Great job Ryan, really enjoy your videos hope the people from battleship Texas watch this and promote your ship like you do there's. Keep the videos coming I'll be watching
To be fair, it was very near the end of the war. The ship was refitted at Devonport, and then did training duty for a couple of years till she was disposed of 1948. If the war had lasted longer, she would have seen further war service.
This is exciting. Very rare to see. Slater is put in dry dock every 10 years and is in fresh water. It's a small ship, convenient to get to NYC, and relatively cheap to do. It's like no big deal for them.
Enjoyed the discussion on the business of preservation, costs, traffic, placement. I know it's probably not in the cards but would love an expanded series of granular content on museum administration.
The Lack of communication between management of other retired ships really surprises me. Such a small community and one hand doesn’t know what the other is doing. Failed business model imo.
@@undergroundupholstery Oh there is communication. A fair bit of it. An overarching association in which Ryan has a leadership role. I would concede that there is a lack of strategic unification but that doesn't mean the business model of running curated spaces is a failure in totality.
@@agenericaccount3935 this video sparked a curiosity in me that I didn’t know I had. I feel like these “ships” seem to be in competition with each other when in fact they need to be working as one. Something behind the scenes just seems odd to me but I love the content and appreciate what they are doing to preserve the legacy of those that have served.
I think the British Battleship Vanguard would cost as much as the New Jersey might need for her own dry docking time then again had Warspite or Hood if they had survived to be preserved would have cost as much as Texas if not more Ironically the British Royal Navy during the time of the Hood had a similar situation to getting they had so few drydock that could taken her
When a museum moves a warship from its berth to a ship yard for service are there considerations taken to follow Navy tradition, such as transferring the Colors from the docked/anchored location at the fantail (and the jack at the bow) to the underway location (and then back again when docked/anchored)? I noticed that when Texas was resting in the drydock the colors were not shifted back to the fantail.
YAY!!! she's finally getting drydock time (hopefully patch up some of those holes and leaks) and be able to stay upright and level 😃 oh my 2nd thought I forgot to put in.. it would be cool to have a small fleet of (ABSD) like the ones used in WW2.. Those always facinate me, small fleet of ships stuck together to form any size drydock. And.. The camera lady is AWESOME!! Excellent videos 🙂
You would have to take into consideration her age as well. For a ship that is over 100 years old, this is something that she really must have. #longliveusstexas #lastofthejuggernautclass
about the Elissa, the tall ship in the background, she is a working sailing ship, last i heard. i played on Texas as a child, and i remember being utterly dismayed to see the deck concreted over. whoever came up with that idea ought to be keelhauled. leisurely.
She is, she also goes out to sea from time to time. I think out of the handfull of times Ive ate near her I only saw her missing from the dock side dinning twice. Still I know how bad galveston gets during the busy tourist season and I just dont see that helping Texas with visitorship. Lots of people go to the island for cruises and for the beach and it jam packs the streets and makes it very hard to not only find parking but to also navigate around the island. That would put many people off from going to the Texas. Its why I am against the Galveston idea and for the Baytown idea which puts her in view of the Fredhartman bridge and the Texas city dike. She would be moored off an island in a protected cove which Baytown plans to build a visitors center on the island which would put all of this with in walking distance to this huge hotel that is currently being built on the mainland. I feel this would benefit Texas with visitorship more so than Galveston.
@@Milner62 thanks. i hope the Texas finds a home that works out well for all concerned. Walter Cronkite told a funny story about the Texas in his book. he was aboard her in WW2 when she fired her guns in anger for the first time. a full broadside would result in every porcelain fixture on the ship being fractured. his recollection of the funny aftermath was amusing to say the least
@@harridan., wasnt the only time she damaged herself. She damaged herself back pre modernization and she damaged herself again during the Cherbourg bombardment when she fired her guns over the deck which caused the wood decking to buckle.
@@Milner62 Cronkite wrote (if i recall correctly) that the Texas bombarded the daylights out of a Vichy French ammo dump in a little town on the North African coast, and afterwards some officers went over to check out the damage and an old WW1 veteran met them and he congratulated them on their amazingly accurate and impressive bombardment....you see they had obliterated the entire town however the ammo dump was intact.
As a volunteer on the USS Hornet, she would benefit heavily from being drydocked but the ship doesn't have the money to do it. Can't wait to see you when you do come down.
I did countless hours of research and even contacted hundreds of people and I discovered something amazing! -The U.S.S Texas is named after the State of Texas!
i wonder if the NJ has some kind off insurance like every other ship has? and especially how that works out with delayed or no docking(s) within the mentioned 20 year interval?
The Elissa is a magnificent ship. Her story is amazing. I saw the Christopher Columbus ship replica ships in Galveston when they making their tour. I hope to be around when BB 35 is at her new home.
Battleship Texas Foundation posted a Video from the Drydock yesterday and her under water Hull seems to be in fairly good condition considering how long she's gone without a Docking, obviously they have to take the foam out of the Torpedo Blisters that was added to stop her leaking so much and there wasn't any large holes in her plates, things might change but they seem quite hopeful so far
Good to see historic B.B.’s being preserved as a testimony to past generations sacrifice and service. Unfortunately we didn’t have the foresight and resources to preserve our battleships. I remember seeing ex W.W.2 warships laid up in the River Fal as a child with my ex Royal Navy father. 👍🏻🏴
Glad to see your girl made it but I know she would the polyurethane flotation foam filled all the voids so I wasn't worried about any water coming in very much I was the one that helped oversee the whole project
As someone who got DQ'ED from Navy enlistment, I cant help but smile at the Texas finally getting some repairs it so desperately needs. I may not be in the navy, but its history is still fascinating
She’s the great great elder to the Iowas, she really needed this dry dock in order to help preserve her for future generations as a reminder of the sacrifice of all those men and women of WW1 and WW2. Last of her kind.
How feasible is it to enclose or roof over the slip the ship is docked at once repairs are done to protect the exterior of the ship from weathering over time?
Open sided roofs have limits in hurricane areas. The larger the roof, the greater a chance of it succumbing to 140 mph winds and turning into a sail. This tends to happen rather suddenly. I am referring to the pole building/wood or steel frame with steel panel covering. These can survive hurricanes but only if the exterior walls hold. In an open air structure you allow the wind to get under the steel roof and there it goes. I propose your only option is to build a reinforced concrete structure...so think of the price of a large stadium.
For ships like Iowa it doesn't help that the closest (operational) drydock that can handle her is thousands of miles away at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the next closest is at Pearl Harbor. Same goes for Midway.
I would like to see a video of ratings for all of the museum battleships. Like number of visitors per year, location, overall condition, amount of area a visitor can see per ship, etc. etc.
Please contact me. I drydocked the BB35 in 1988. I was chief on the Big T drydock from the day it arrived in Galveston until the day it departed Galveston. I drydocked 301 ships, including the BB35. I have some really cool photos of 1988.
I'm pretty sure I've worked off of that exact pier before. Do the cruise ships park there sometimes? I would have loved to be able to see the Texas from work.
Is it correct that SS Savannah is still in Baltimore undergoing decommissioning. The hope is that she will be a museum ship. Is that still a viable plan? Is there a non-military ship that you think is as important for preservation and conversion into a museum that her? If so, who and why? Thanks for your continuing great videos!
It would be nice to see you visit the Hornet. I just visited her today to just see her since I live nearby and although she looks rough on the outside, she's still one hell of a ship. It would be nice to see you visit her and try to help her out by bringing attention to her. Hope to eventually see you there!
It's to bad, The San Jacinto monument, where Texas was docked is quite fascinating, and I think the second largest obelisk in North America, with a full museum at the bottom, and observation platform, but it's so out of the way and surrounded by oil refineries that you really have to be looking for it, plus the ship had no shade, so was boiling hot to the touch in the summer
Proposals for hosting the Texas came from Baytown, Beaumont, and Galveston. All are in Texas. The Battleship Texas Foundation will take the proposal that is best for the long term viability of the ship. As of September, 2022 that evaluation process is continuing. (This is my understanding, not an official statement from the foundation.)
Thank you for this first class run-down of Battleship Texas and all the other Museum Ships. I am impressed with the body of knowledge you have at your figertips, so to speak. I am wondering, however, what is the story behind your obviously too-long belt. Is it a reminder of a former much larger waistline? I'v lost 70 lbs and several inches in the past year, and one of my oldest belts might hand down half as long as the one you wear so often. But there is another theory, in Texas at least, that the length of loose belt tongue has to do with something else, one might use their imagination on that. Stupidly curious people want to know, lord only knows why, and I am among that group. Keep up the good work. Rest assured the next time I have a few hundred million dollars to spare I will think of the needs of museum ships. My uncle-in-law was on an LST in the Pacific during WW II, and very proud when LST-325 was brought back to Evansville, IL and made into the only museum ship honoring those workhorses of that war. Perhaps you cold give her a shout-out some time, in recognition of her rarity, and the important work she and her sisters accomplished for our nation and our Allies during WW II. p.s. Is it best described as WW II, or WW2, or is it common to use some other abbreviated notation?
Good to see her getting the repairs she needs. I hope she stays in Galveston, If she goes to Baytown or Beaumont then that will be a slow death sentence just like where it was before. In Galveston the ship will be able to get the visitor dollars it needs to be restored and maintained properly
I saw Texas in drydock the last time. We went down to the waterfront to see it and saw the USS Corpus Christi come into port. So I got to see the Texas and a Los Angeles class attack sub.
Awesome content as always, Ryan! I've been watching Texas closely these pa as t few weeks and am looking forward to more content on New Jersey. By the way, as a fun fact, you and I are exactly the same age. I was also born in March of 1990!
I lived in Clearlake city Texas back in the mid-1980s and it seems to me that at that time the Texas was also in dry dock for some repairs or maintenance, OK I heard you just say 1990 so at that time I did get the board the Texas
According to Google Earth photos, there is a permanent cofferdam around the Battleship North Carolina Museum. Could USS New Jersey benefit from such an installation? And what would it cost?
I believe the USS Pampanito has had the most dry dockings of any museum submarine; she has been in at least four times. The Ship Balclutha has a welded steel hull on top of he original 1886 plates. They did this as the original rivets are worn out. They may need to do this to the USS Olympia with her 1892 steel rivets. TM retired but still interested.
So good to see Texas in drydock after so many years without docking. Thank you to Ryan, Libby and all New Jersey staff for covering this important event.
Quite so Sir, hip hip hip hurrah! hip hip hip hurrah! hip hip hip hurrah!
DANG! 1990? Seriously?
I am apparently older than I thought (My wife might be right for once).
Glad that we have such a passionate young man like you inspiring others with naval history. Welcome to Texas Ryan!
Ryan is 6 years younger than me, and he has his own battleship. I’m seriously reconsidering so many of the decisions in my life...
All this money for other countries like Ukraine but we can't fix up our history pretty sad
@@cdfe3388 got that right!
I had to do a double take. I figured, mid/late-30s maybe, so near me but still older than me.
*But I'm a year older?!*
@@cdfe3388 guidance counselors should be fired out right!
I talked to a really old guy today that had a USS Iowa hat on. Asked him if he served on the BB he said yes and told me all about it. He said he worked in the superstructure in one of the gun director's rooms or whatever you call it just after WW2. Super cool old guy with some great stories. Great experience talking with him.
should have recorded his experiences on the ship! those who served in WWII are dying at about 200 per day now.
I watched the lovestreams all day for 8 hours straight I live in Houston and this was amazing to watch I'm glad our oldest ship will survive
Yeah it was great to see the old girl getting her giddy up for a couple of hours
The Olympia is the oldest i believe.
@@griffgoldstein6378 Olympia is older
USS Constitution has entered the chat... 😀
@@seafodder6129 kek5
Thanks for the information, Ryan. As a native Texan and ex-Navy, the Texas has always attracted me. Until I moved to Kansas, I visited Texas 2-3 times a year. We took our granddaughter when she was 4 and she fell in love with ships. She visits any she gets near and gets unhappy with me and her grandmother when we visit a new ship without her even at the age of 26. Keep up the good work and I hope to get up to the New Jersey in the next year or 2.
Hats off to Gulf Copper for taking on the investment of that drydock.
As a restoration volunteer on the Texas, Wednesday, Aug 31, 2022 was a PERFECT day. I am still walking about 10 feet above the ground/water. I am showing everyone my “baby pictures” (pictures and videos of the tow.). She made it due great planning, preparation, hard work, and great leadership. I am proud of my SMALL part in getting her to the shipyard.
Thank you for your service, sir.
My dad was a Ranger at Normandy and a lot of these men owe their lives to Texas. I’m following with great interest.
Thanks, Ryan. I appreciate the love you give our ship and the support the museum ship community gives to the Battleship Texas staff and volunteers.
We saw her pass the Texas City Dike yesterday and she was magnificent even though she has her scars. I can't wait to see her come out of dry dock to her permanent home. She and the Lex need to be preserved forever.
The Battleship Texas Foundation has stated that after hull inspection it is likely that all metal of the hull will be replaced up to two feet above the water line. This would eliminate all riveted seams with welded seams, thus eliminating a potential source of leaks. The drydock in 1988-1989 only patched the hull with minimal replacement of panels (if any).
Three cities have expressed interest in home-porting Texas: Galveston, Baytown and Beaumont (all in Texas). Baytown and Beaumont are NOT tourist destinations by any stretch of the imagination. Galveston, on the other hand, consistently sees 700-800,000 visitors every year (including over 1,000,000 cruise ship passengers). Galveston is also less than one hour from the center of Houston, with a regional population of over 4 million residents. Galveston already has a successful Galveston Naval Museum with WWII-era destroyer escort and submarine which would compliment the Texas. The other cities have a "build it and they will come" approach. But, as said in the video, the Foundation has not made public the final decision.
Is that the "Seawolf Park" some of the TH-cam channels were filming from?
Is the intention to remove existing plating or plate over it all?
@@isleofthanet It's my understanding from listening to various interviews from the Battleship Texas Foundation people as well as social media posts by them that they expect the hull to be replaced to up to two feet above the water line. I've not seen it specifically stated, but my assumption (which is not much to go on!) is the original hull plating would need to be removed first and the new plating then installed. My thinking is that the existing hull is riveted in place and I'm not sure how well the new plating would lay over the riveted plates. Also, I believe the weight of essentially a double-thick hull would be untenable. I do recall the Foundation stating that in the previous drydock in 1988-1989 the hull was only patched in the leaking areas (I understand they were numerous), and even so I don't know if the patches were replacement panels or literal patches over the damages plating.
I do not in any way represent the Foundation or any other entity. I'm just a Texan who has always had a strong interest in the history of the USS Texas and her future. I do have a bit of a background in the maritime industry. I'm also, until recently, a former resident of Galveston Island. I'm glad to answer any questions, and if I can't I'll try to point you in the right direction. Here's the Foundation website: battleshiptexas.org/
This is a good webcam of the Galveston harbor area, primarily the cruise terminals and the Texas in drydock. The views vary so you might have to check back occasionally to see if the view is of the drydock. Pretty good quality pictures and video. (As I write this it's showing the cruise ship Grandeur of the Seas, but it'll change pretty soon. :) )
235,000 pounds of hull plate was replaced in Todd's Shipyard. Weld seams can crack. A lot of the replacement area is Class A armor plate (riveted to the frames) but I can't believe it will be replaced. Replacement steel plate can be welded to Class A armor for such seems are on the hull, but does anyone today know how to do this?
Seawolf Park is not a viable BB35 location. Annual park visitation is 80,000 of which only part pay the additional fee to visit the two ships. BTF has stated 350,000 visitors are needed. The park is isolated from the main tourist areas being on the n-e end of Pelican Island. Also, BB35 won''t fit.
At present no dock space is available on the northside of Galveston Island because cruise ships are still using dock area to the west of The Strand. I wonder if part of Galveston's bid includes relocating some westside cruise docking to the east? Even here there is an indication of insufficient visitors because the Elisa has annual visitation of 40,000 with cruise ships close by.
Not knocking Galveston. I too am happy the ship is getting a well deserved overhaul,.but some rational examination with facts is needed.
Present bid status
Baytown, as of the July 2022, town council meeting will discuss a draft proposal. Proposed location Bayland Island, north end of Fred Hartman Bridge. Estimated cost $20-$30 million at the May council meeting
Beaumont, awaiting mid-Sep engineer study concerning what is involved to have a dock. Location at I-10 (same as ALABAMA) with the idea enough I-10 traffic will exit to visit. Estimated cost at least $5.3 million.
Galveston: Bid status unknown
Time is now a factor in the new location bidding process because it will be needed in one year.
I really hope it stays in Galveston. Tbh, nobody wants to go to Beaumont or Baytown
I enjoy how supportive and collaborative the museum ship community is
I believe the drydock that battleship Texas is in, is drydock 4 from Portland Oregon. She was ordered in 1979 and built in japan for their port expansion plan. at the time she was the largest drydock on the west coast afaik! That plan fell through due to the expanding SEA shipyards, and she languished there till the early 2000s. They sold her(atleast part of her, part of her might still be in with Vigor shipyard which now owns the shipyard in portland.) in 2001 to the Caribbean where she seamed to have grifted around till that cruise liner accident a few years ago, and you said the rest of what happened.
I used to work on cruise ships when they were in drydock, all over the world but mostly in Freeport Grand Bahama. I was always told the dry docks barges there were from the Portland expansion, and that they had been tugged around south America as they were too large to fit through the canal.
even tho im an aussie watching the video of texas sailing even if it was under tow was completely overwhelming. im glad shes getting some well deserved care.
Ryan, a big Texas "Thank You" for coming down and bringing your audience to BB-35 USS Texas. Thank you for all of the previous attention you've brought to her and the other museum ships as well! It was an awesome sight to see her leave her berth and travel down the Houston Ship Channel to Galveston. Grateful that the journey was uneventful. Possible cities include Baytown which is on the Houston Ship Channel. Bay City is inland with no significant water.
Very happy to see this work being done on battleship Texas, she's certainly deserves all the love and attention she can get.
Awesome your team came down glad our Texas lady is getting repaired. I hope to one day visit the New Jersey ship you all do great with her love the YT channel so much knowledge.
So awesome to see. And be apart just staying up to date. Showed videos to my 87 yr old uncle I help care for. He served as XO on the Glennon, OK City And started on a mine swepper and was in the Cuban Blockade on the Neosho as a New Lt.Commander. he has Dementia and we are losing so many memories of multiple tours in Veit Nam . He was an early Advisor on Junks up river wearing Black Pajamas. He was a professor Emory S.Land chair at Newport Naval War College. Doctorate Juris Prodence in Admiralty Law from Fordham. Amazing man. These videos get him engaged and semi cognizant. He smiles and I believe he holds his memories in his mind even though he can't verbalize his thoughts the way he wants. He loves the Massachusetts and as a child helped save pennies for her silver service as a boy. We brought him down the 1/2 ride to her just so he could stand on the Quay and smile. A little cry and a solid salute. He physically can not go below and his stamina is about 50 ft. But he so enjoys her. Next trip is 20 minutes away to the Salem. I would love to get him back to see the Constitution again. But Going downtown is, we think too much. So say hello to Cmdr. Robert K.Reilly USN.(ret). He will see it and will make his day. He is also a highly decorated combat vet. Never once talked about it. Thanks for putting up with a long post.
Beaumont might work as random stop on I-10 much like the Alabama, but I think Galveston offers the foot traffic from tourism. Especially if it can be located near the Strand or Moody Gardens.
Beaumont would not be ideal. There's nothing else to do there so people would be driving hours to only see the ship. In Galveston they could make an entire trip out of it
I feel the same way. Beaumont would be for people specifically driving to see the battleship. Galveston would get her tons of visitors who were there for other things like the cruise ships, see her sitting pier side and think "Oh cool, let's stop over there real quick". Plus being right across the channel from a dry dock would make any emergency maintenance needed a tad less of an emergency.
@@andrealeighv1 You both misunderstand. The Alabama isn’t really a thing people travel to see outside of locals. It is visible from the interstate and is a “might as well stop and see it on the way to somewhere else” type of attraction. It also has a decent air museum attached.
That would be the kind of traffic visiting the Texas in Beaumont, and not people driving down to the Golden Triangle just to see the ship.
Galveston would be better.
USS Texas got the funds to dry dock from the Texas legislature under the agreement that they move its mooring to a more profitable location. As such, the next resting place is pretty much locked into a tourist or navel town.
The USS Lexington, for example, is moored near a navel base. As such, it gets a lot of tourists related to people who are or have been in service.
Also helps that Corpus Christi is a tourist town.
Beaumont is not ideal. She would fail there and have to be relocated. To put it blunt Beaumont is a cesspool, it has no tourism offerings which will harm Texas in the long run. Galveston is the same thing she has the tourism aspect but during the tourist season the island becomes very hard to navigate and many people don't even bother going to the island due to this issue. This would hinder Texas as not all thoses tourists have a interest to view the Texas. There is a reason why Sea Wolf park isn't that huge of a success. Then do we really want Texas on an island that has so little care of the ships they currently have that the sub in Sea Wolf park was fixing to collapse under her own weight due to rust from neglect.
Baytown honestly is the most viable long term solution. Her proposed location by Baytown would have her visible to those on the highway easily and provide an easy access to those that decide to exit the highway unlike Galveston where they would have to go out of their way. Baytown also has plans to build a visitor center on the island in the cove and they are already building a hotel on the mainland. This would be the best long term as youll have a hotel, youll have a visitor center and youll have the Texas with in walking distance.
Ryan does a great job explaining "the story behind the story". I worry about Salem and The Sullivans. They need to go in sooner rather than later. Anyone needing a place to donate surplus cash should contact them. ❤
I admire that you took the time and effort to come talk about Texas like this. Can’t wait to see her on the other side, and will definitely have to come see New Jersey.
I had the pleasure of operating amateur radio station NA5DV from USS Texas in the 90s. It was during Museum Ship Weekend. NADV was the ship's radio call sign.
Hearing the cost of dry docking New Jersey and then hearing the guaranteed money Russell Wilson just signed for makes me sick. One of the Waltons, Gates, or other oligarchs could get New Jersey fixed with what they shake out of their pants at night.
we appreciate ya'll coming to see this event and express your ideas regarding BB35 on her updates and your overall general knowledge of military ships and what is needed to keep the older ships maintained. thanks again for the content.
Welcome to Texas! I live 20 minutes from there. Really enjoy your channel. I was born in Jersey.
What amazes me that the battleship Texas is as old as Titanic.
Almost as old.
Titanic was laid down march 31, 1909 and launched May 31, 1911 and completed April 2, 1912.
Texas was laid down April 17, 1911, Launched May 18, 1912, and commissioned March 12, 1914.
Both the Titanic and the Texas had a similar propulsion system, but Texas made more power with fewer boilers than Titanic and had a similar speed.
Titanic had 24 double ended and 5 single ended boilers with a working pressure of 215 psi that provided power to two reciprocating steam engines rated at 30,000 IHP @ 75 rpm, which then fed above half-ahead the Parson low pressure steam turbine that was rated at 16,000 SHP @ 165 rpm. Standard full revolutions for Titanic were 78 revolutions which some believe would give her a speed a little over 22 1/2 knots. Some believe running at 83 revolutions which is the absolute max and could cause damage would result in a speed of close to 24 knots. I personally do not believe this as her older sister ship RMS Olympic had her highest top speed of 23 knots in 1933 after her 1932 refit.
Texas had 14 boilers with a working pressure of 295 psi and a test pressure of 450 psi that provided power to two reciprocating steam engines rated at 28,100 HP. She had a designed revolution of 125 rpm. Her highest speed was achieved during sea trials where she achieved a speed of 22.28 knots @ 274 psi steam pressure. At 125 rpm @ a steam pressure of 265 psi max speed was 21 knots in 1914 and 20.5 knots in 1945.
Still both ships are of the same time period, Titanic however focused on maximum fuel economy hence the low-pressure turbine to use the exhaust steam for power where Texas was focused on maximizing fuel economy but maintaining reliability and for the USN turbines were not reliable which is why they scrapped the original plan for Texas which was to be one turbine powering four screws in favor of the dependable and fuel-efficient reciprocating engines.
He always answers questions well and explain things very well. He always so informative.
With me trying to become a tug boat captain. My goal is to be on one of the tugs, to put Jersey into dry dock. So I’ll be following you guys closely. Waiting on the coast guard to process my MMC right now
Another great video from the battleship. Thanks
Very cool to see some of the pictures and videos! I'm glad she had an audience today and appreciate your coverage and insight of it!
They were nervous trying to get her from Houston to Galveston. How could they have considered taking it to South Korea or Ukraine???
Huh?
@E Van we are talking about the part of the video where they had gotten bids from Ukraine and South Korea for drydocking.... But I'm guessing this is just one of the comment bots that scans for any use of the word Ukraine...
@@idv1328 Did you watch the video?
@@Future-Preps35 cool, this answers the question 👍
Ohhh, I see now. For dry docking. Got it!
You answered a lot of questions that I would have had. Very good info to know. Good job!
The footage of Texas being moved looked so surreal. Like seeing something out of a game or movie.
Thank you for all the information love our old battleships
The USS Nautilus was estimated at $36 million in 2021. USS Intrepid cost $55 million in 2006-2007 dollars. Yorktown and Hornet have not been dry docked since the early 70s and I have been on Hornet for 26 years. Hornet is free floating though and gets inspected below the water line. Midway probably last dry dock when she was laid up although dry docking a ship of her size will be interesting. NASSCO is right there with two land based dry docks and one floating I believe but two of them look too small. As for a ship being stored out of water is like a man who was 6'3" when 20 years old but now at 80 is only 6'0" tall as the spine compressed. I have watched that happen to older volunteers aboard the Hornet over the last 26 years.
I always figured Midway was put in Stern first so it would be easier to pull out wether to dry dock or if for some reason they had to reactivate her. Seems like it'd be easier to pull her out that way unlike how Intrepid they had a hell of a time getting her out. Glad to hear the hornets not sitting in the mud I have plans to go visit her since I live in California.
@@dougc190 In Midway's early years the Hornet's Ch Eng was down there several times because the Midway was taking on water below decks. Turned out the reason was that the area under her was not fully dredged along her entire length. Consequently, at low tide, the stern hit the mud while the bow was clear and this flexed the ship creating the leak though the hull. Apparently a money decision at the time.
Welcome to Texas. An informative video. Thanks!
Someone tell Musk how cool battleships are and see if he can flip the $12 mil for New Jersey? Glad Texas made it in one piece!
Pier 21 is the perfect place. The Strand is a couple of streets over and is a high traffic area for tourists. And the cruise ships that go in/out of Galveston dock just behind you. That brings even more tourist. AND they can walk to Pier 21 to see and go on her.
Texas is the last of the WWI Dreadnoughts, she served with the British Grand Fleet in that war. I am happy to see her getting some much needed TLC.
Ryan, great job as always. Let’s hope the Texas staff follows your lead.
Great job Ryan, really enjoy your videos hope the people from battleship Texas watch this and promote your ship like you do there's. Keep the videos coming I'll be watching
The pictures of her out of the water from Battleship Texas Foundation..... WOW!!!! We haven't seen this in a long time.
I remember the British battleship Valiant was damaged in a drydock accident that took her out of service altogether
It’s still debatable whether the KUZNETSOV will ever return to service after his drydock accident.
I thought that was the Italian frogmen incident in Alexandria?
This drydock accident was in 1944
To be fair, it was very near the end of the war. The ship was refitted at Devonport, and then did training duty for a couple of years till she was disposed of 1948.
If the war had lasted longer, she would have seen further war service.
Its good to see you in Texas looking after the old girl.
This is exciting. Very rare to see. Slater is put in dry dock every 10 years and is in fresh water. It's a small ship, convenient to get to NYC, and relatively cheap to do. It's like no big deal for them.
Enjoyed the discussion on the business of preservation, costs, traffic, placement. I know it's probably not in the cards but would love an expanded series of granular content on museum administration.
The Lack of communication between management of other retired ships really surprises me. Such a small community and one hand doesn’t know what the other is doing. Failed business model imo.
@@undergroundupholstery Oh there is communication. A fair bit of it. An overarching association in which Ryan has a leadership role. I would concede that there is a lack of strategic unification but that doesn't mean the business model of running curated spaces is a failure in totality.
@@agenericaccount3935 this video sparked a curiosity in me that I didn’t know I had. I feel like these “ships” seem to be in competition with each other when in fact they need to be working as one. Something behind the scenes just seems odd to me but I love the content and appreciate what they are doing to preserve the legacy of those that have served.
I think the British Battleship Vanguard would cost as much as the New Jersey might need for her own dry docking time then again had Warspite or Hood if they had survived to be preserved would have cost as much as Texas if not more
Ironically the British Royal Navy during the time of the Hood had a similar situation to getting they had so few drydock that could taken her
Good luck ever getting Warspite into a dry dock for a preservation lol
I would have liked to see Vanguard preserved…she was so pretty, speaking as a Yank.
HMS Belfast will be getting drydock at some point in the future
When a museum moves a warship from its berth to a ship yard for service are there considerations taken to follow Navy tradition, such as transferring the Colors from the docked/anchored location at the fantail (and the jack at the bow) to the underway location (and then back again when docked/anchored)? I noticed that when Texas was resting in the drydock the colors were not shifted back to the fantail.
Ryan over here making me feel old. Thanks...
YAY!!! she's finally getting drydock time (hopefully patch up some of those holes and leaks) and be able to stay upright and level 😃 oh my 2nd thought I forgot to put in.. it would be cool to have a small fleet of (ABSD) like the ones used in WW2.. Those always facinate me, small fleet of ships stuck together to form any size drydock. And.. The camera lady is AWESOME!! Excellent videos 🙂
You would have to take into consideration her age as well. For a ship that is over 100 years old, this is something that she really must have. #longliveusstexas #lastofthejuggernautclass
That's great. I wonder what it took to pull it out of a museum setting and bring it to dry dock? Did you make a video for it?
about the Elissa, the tall ship in the background, she is a working sailing ship, last i heard.
i played on Texas as a child, and i remember being utterly dismayed to see the deck concreted over. whoever came up with that idea ought to be keelhauled. leisurely.
She is, she also goes out to sea from time to time. I think out of the handfull of times Ive ate near her I only saw her missing from the dock side dinning twice. Still I know how bad galveston gets during the busy tourist season and I just dont see that helping Texas with visitorship. Lots of people go to the island for cruises and for the beach and it jam packs the streets and makes it very hard to not only find parking but to also navigate around the island. That would put many people off from going to the Texas. Its why I am against the Galveston idea and for the Baytown idea which puts her in view of the Fredhartman bridge and the Texas city dike. She would be moored off an island in a protected cove which Baytown plans to build a visitors center on the island which would put all of this with in walking distance to this huge hotel that is currently being built on the mainland. I feel this would benefit Texas with visitorship more so than Galveston.
@@Milner62 thanks. i hope the Texas finds a home that works out well for all concerned. Walter Cronkite told a funny story about the Texas in his book. he was aboard her in WW2 when she fired her guns in anger for the first time. a full broadside would result in every porcelain fixture on the ship being fractured. his recollection of the funny aftermath was amusing to say the least
@@harridan., wasnt the only time she damaged herself. She damaged herself back pre modernization and she damaged herself again during the Cherbourg bombardment when she fired her guns over the deck which caused the wood decking to buckle.
@@Milner62 thanks, i appreciate the info. was the buckling caused by the trim being changed in order to change the angle of the gun barrels?
@@Milner62 Cronkite wrote (if i recall correctly) that the Texas bombarded the daylights out of a Vichy French ammo dump in a little town on the North African coast, and afterwards some officers went over to check out the damage and an old WW1 veteran met them and he congratulated them on their amazingly accurate and impressive bombardment....you see they had obliterated the entire town however the ammo dump was intact.
ChiefSamansky, doing an outstanding job.
Nothing says”howdy neighbor!”
like a BB!
As a volunteer on the USS Hornet, she would benefit heavily from being drydocked but the ship doesn't have the money to do it. Can't wait to see you when you do come down.
I did countless hours of research and even contacted hundreds of people and I discovered something amazing!
-The U.S.S Texas is named after the State of Texas!
Fun fact, Texas was not the first museum battleship, that goes to USS Oregon
I was on her when she left dry dock from Todd shipyard in 1990, a 13 hour ride to greens bayou, glad to see her being taken care of again
i wonder if the NJ has some kind off insurance like every other ship has? and especially how that works out with delayed or no docking(s) within the mentioned 20 year interval?
Go Texas Go ! . You go girl Mary Babiec
The Elissa is a magnificent ship. Her story is amazing. I saw the Christopher Columbus ship replica ships in Galveston when they making their tour. I hope to be around when BB 35 is at her new home.
Battleship Texas Foundation posted a Video from the Drydock yesterday and her under water Hull seems to be in fairly good condition considering how long she's gone without a Docking, obviously they have to take the foam out of the Torpedo Blisters that was added to stop her leaking so much and there wasn't any large holes in her plates, things might change but they seem quite hopeful so far
You are 32 years old and curator of a popular museum? Holy heckin hand grenade that is nuts.
She has to go to Galveston ultimately as the tourist $$$ will be a MUST for a long term self supporting museum...
Good to see historic B.B.’s being preserved as a testimony to past generations sacrifice and service. Unfortunately we didn’t have the foresight and resources to preserve our battleships. I remember seeing ex W.W.2 warships laid up in the River Fal as a child with my ex Royal Navy father. 👍🏻🏴
Glad to see your girl made it but I know she would the polyurethane flotation foam filled all the voids so I wasn't worried about any water coming in very much I was the one that helped oversee the whole project
As someone who got DQ'ED from Navy enlistment, I cant help but smile at the Texas finally getting some repairs it so desperately needs.
I may not be in the navy, but its history is still fascinating
Love live Texas!
Come on guys, let’s help fix her up, I hope I can bring my kids to aboard her!
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OK ---. Great Video! HOPE I get to go down and Take the Tour when Texas comes out of Drydock.
She’s the great great elder to the Iowas, she really needed this dry dock in order to help preserve her for future generations as a reminder of the sacrifice of all those men and women of WW1 and WW2. Last of her kind.
How feasible is it to enclose or roof over the slip the ship is docked at once repairs are done to protect the exterior of the ship from weathering over time?
Open sided roofs have limits in hurricane areas. The larger the roof, the greater a chance of it succumbing to 140 mph winds and turning into a sail. This tends to happen rather suddenly. I am referring to the pole building/wood or steel frame with steel panel covering. These can survive hurricanes but only if the exterior walls hold. In an open air structure you allow the wind to get under the steel roof and there it goes. I propose your only option is to build a reinforced concrete structure...so think of the price of a large stadium.
So where did the prop end up off of Texas? Does NJ still have hers?
It's great to see her getting the help that she needed.
Nice job Ryan and quiz show host/ camera lady. Ryan's walking encyclopedia for museum ships.
For ships like Iowa it doesn't help that the closest (operational) drydock that can handle her is thousands of miles away at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the next closest is at Pearl Harbor. Same goes for Midway.
thanks for the video, make sure to stop by and see the Stewart and the Carvalla.
BB's California and Tennessee were in drydock together in Philadelphia Navy Yard when they were in mothballs. I have pictures of them.
I would like to see a video of ratings for all of the museum battleships. Like number of visitors per year, location, overall condition, amount of area a visitor can see per ship, etc. etc.
Please contact me. I drydocked the BB35 in 1988. I was chief on the Big T drydock from the day it arrived in Galveston until the day it departed Galveston. I drydocked 301 ships, including the BB35. I have some really cool photos of 1988.
I'm pretty sure I've worked off of that exact pier before. Do the cruise ships park there sometimes? I would have loved to be able to see the Texas from work.
Thanks for your coverage.
Is it correct that SS Savannah is still in Baltimore undergoing decommissioning. The hope is that she will be a museum ship. Is that still a viable plan? Is there a non-military ship that you think is as important for preservation and conversion into a museum that her? If so, who and why? Thanks for your continuing great videos!
Restore Taney's name. She deserves to have her christened name. Her service to the country was exemplary. Thumbs up if you agree.
It would be nice to see you visit the Hornet. I just visited her today to just see her since I live nearby and although she looks rough on the outside, she's still one hell of a ship. It would be nice to see you visit her and try to help her out by bringing attention to her. Hope to eventually see you there!
It's to bad, The San Jacinto monument, where Texas was docked is quite fascinating, and I think the second largest obelisk in North America, with a full museum at the bottom, and observation platform, but it's so out of the way and surrounded by oil refineries that you really have to be looking for it, plus the ship had no shade, so was boiling hot to the touch in the summer
Taller than the Washington Monument in DC. That was by design. lol
@@texasblueboy1508 I think that's probably half the reason, they added the huge star on top
I was asking myself when will we'd see Ryan Zemanski around that battleship
And here we see a wild Ryan Zemanski. Not in it's natural habitat (the decks of New Jersey).
*Ryan Szimanski
Proposals for hosting the Texas came from Baytown, Beaumont, and Galveston. All are in Texas. The Battleship Texas Foundation will take the proposal that is best for the long term viability of the ship. As of September, 2022 that evaluation process is continuing. (This is my understanding, not an official statement from the foundation.)
Thank you for this first class run-down of Battleship Texas and all the other Museum Ships. I am impressed with the body of knowledge you have at your figertips, so to speak. I am wondering, however, what is the story behind your obviously too-long belt. Is it a reminder of a former much larger waistline? I'v lost 70 lbs and several inches in the past year, and one of my oldest belts might hand down half as long as the one you wear so often. But there is another theory, in Texas at least, that the length of loose belt tongue has to do with something else, one might use their imagination on that. Stupidly curious people want to know, lord only knows why, and I am among that group.
Keep up the good work. Rest assured the next time I have a few hundred million dollars to spare I will think of the needs of museum ships. My uncle-in-law was on an LST in the Pacific during WW II, and very proud when LST-325 was brought back to Evansville, IL and made into the only museum ship honoring those workhorses of that war. Perhaps you cold give her a shout-out some time, in recognition of her rarity, and the important work she and her sisters accomplished for our nation and our Allies during WW II.
p.s. Is it best described as WW II, or WW2, or is it common to use some other abbreviated notation?
Good to see her getting the repairs she needs. I hope she stays in Galveston, If she goes to Baytown or Beaumont then that will be a slow death sentence just like where it was before. In Galveston the ship will be able to get the visitor dollars it needs to be restored and maintained properly
I saw Texas in drydock the last time. We went down to the waterfront to see it and saw the USS Corpus Christi come into port. So I got to see the Texas and a Los Angeles class attack sub.
Awesome content as always, Ryan! I've been watching Texas closely these pa as t few weeks and am looking forward to more content on New Jersey. By the way, as a fun fact, you and I are exactly the same age. I was also born in March of 1990!
I was glad to be able to take my 4 year old to see the Texas the last weekend before they stopped letting people on her, can’t wait to see her done
I couldn't imagine Texas being hauled to South Korea or Ukraine lol
I lived in Clearlake city Texas back in the mid-1980s and it seems to me that at that time the Texas was also in dry dock for some repairs or maintenance, OK I heard you just say 1990 so at that time I did get the board the Texas
Damn, I missed you by a day. Our company had a boat moored at Pier 21 yesterday for the viewing and I would have gladly met you!
i would totally would volunteer to help with texas restoration or new jersey if i would live in the us
It's a huge flex that the US can keep such an old warship alive for so long. Most countries can't afford to preserve these ships.
Cool Beans. Sooooo when are you and Drachinifel going aboard to report????
According to Google Earth photos, there is a permanent cofferdam around the Battleship North Carolina Museum. Could USS New Jersey benefit from such an installation? And what would it cost?
I believe the USS Pampanito has had the most dry dockings of any museum submarine; she has been in at least four times. The Ship Balclutha has a welded steel hull on top of he original 1886 plates. They did this as the original rivets are worn out. They may need to do this to the USS Olympia with her 1892 steel rivets. TM retired but still interested.
I think its so very great that you recognize the importance of her history.