The Last Survivor of Pearl Harbor: Coast Guard Cutter 37
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- Joshua Hanlon is joined by Brian Auer for a tour of the last surviving ship from the attack on Pearl Harbor: US Coast Guard Cutter 37
Info for visiting can be found on the Historic Ships in Baltimore website: historicships.org/
USS Hoga is still around and was at Pearl Harbor. She is at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum.
Looks like a Raritan class tug the CG used up in the great lakes, later replaced by 140ft ice breaking harbor tugs.
@@tc1uscg65 Hoga is a United States Navy Woban-class district harbor tug named after the Sioux Indian word for "fish."
I was looking for this.
I was thinking the same thing. Wasn't the Hoga actually in the harbor firing fires on ships. If I recall and could be wrong but I thought I read that it helped push a sinking or disable vessel out of the channel thus not blocking the harbor.
I think there are a couple of tugs that were at Pearl that are still around, a couple still actually in service with private companies.
Brian, the Pearl Harbor room forward was half the size it is now. The door you entered was the only door to the berthing which held 18 racks and lockers for Second class petty officers. I lived in there as a Gunner’s mate. My bed was the top one of three connected to the pole you had your hand on. We also had two 81 mm mortars on the O1 deck aft of the 5 “ mount. There were no stand by ammo storage in the passageway out side my berthing. Across from my berthing was the First class petty officer quarters.
The Captains quarters on Taney was very nice and big and had been refitted for Navy Admiral Cobb who was onboard Taney as his command ship for the invasion of Okinawa. The Captain's chair on the bridge was where Captain Hobaugh in 1980 was sitting with his feet propped up on the radar when he looked at me and said "who the fuck are you?" It was my first time on the helm during my first patrol. I think he said that to every new boot. lol Hobaugh was Captain of the Bouy Tender Woodrush that searched for the Edmund Fitzgerald when it went down in the Great Lakes. I think of Taney and Captain Hobaugh everyday. They (and My parents) made me who I am and joining the CG was the best decision of my life! The Taney is part of me forever...Semper Paratus
very cool
Brian is the best person at his job i have ever seen in my entire life
It’s the Coast Guard Cutter Taney! Just galls me to hear them call it “Coast Guard Cutter 37”.
Because they do no like the man it was named after in the PC culture BS
At what period of time did they change the name??
It happened when the whole P.C. 'woke' thing took off. Admittedly, Roger Taney did not have a very enviable record as Chief Justice, but the ship is named for him when he was Secretary of the Treasury from 1833-34.
@@harborprepper635 Some SFB Baltimore council person took offense to the name. She wanted the boat scraped. The CG, had it had any marbles, should have taken the cutter back and moved it to a more deserving place. Like PEARL HARBOR. I can bet you the locals there would NOT have allow the name to be changed. Fuq Baltimore and it's city council. They don't deserve such a fine ship to grace it's downtown. Take the light ship too while your at it.
@tc1uscg65 I wholeheartedly agree. Presumably she was originally brought to Baltimore because Roger Taney was a native of Maryland. Funny how history throws you curve balls like that. I served in her sister, USCGC BIBB (WHEC 31) from 1984-85. They were great ships.
My Dad was on the Bibb, spent many weekends with him when he had duty, glad to see 2 of her sisters are still around and cared for!
The sub that was spotter was by the USS Ward, mostly of a crew from Minnesota with her main gun that firs and sank a IJN mini sub trying to slip into the harbor for the attack... I got to talk to one of her gunners back in Dec 7th 1991.. He showed me how they would have turned it and raised/lowered the barrel. I think it was a 3 or 4 incher...
It had 3" guns.
Back a few decades ago UH research ship found her. There is now proof of what the CO reported.....One shot her sail. Sure as heck, it appears the Ward's gun took the pilots head off...
@andyhastings5950 Actually at Pearl Harbor Ward still had her original 4" guns with the sub killer on display in MN state capitol. Later when Ward converted to fast transport she had her 4" guns replaced with 3" dual purpose mounts.
Ward was scuttled exactly three years later after being hit by a Kamikaze. Ironically the CO of the destroyer that scuttled her had been Ward's CO on December 7, 1941.
This guy gives the best tour/explainations ive seen. Very thorough, and his anecdotes are great.
My Father was the Comms Officer aboard the USGC Taney boarding just after the Pearl Harbor. He served the duration of WWI aboard her. I'm sure you can find his name on the crew lists.
My uncle served aboard the Duane WPG-33 from 1942-45 making many convoy escorts across the N Atlantic to Ireland. They later served has command ship for OP Dragoon the invasion of southern France ending the war in Naples, Italy. He was a SP1(CW) and was one of the 20mm gunner putting many rounds into U-175 before it sank!
Going to the Taney was one of my choices when I graduated CG Boot Camp Training Center Alemeda(1968) right out of high school. I went to Petty Officer Training at Governor's Island New York City instead. Ihad a great time in the service and watched lots of the Twin Towers construction. Went on my first dates and got my first kisses in NYC, (barely 18)loved the Coast Guard and City of New York very much. I had not one but 2 beautiful wife prospects, and nice job to be made available by Daddy's-in-law, at my bekoned call after spending a total of three and a half years on the island.
New York had wonderful people back then, as did the Coast Guard.
Thanks for your service to the people of our country Thanks
Thanks for your service to the people of our country Thanks
This is a GREAT channel that got suggested to me after watching ALL the NY Iowa class dry dock videos. And its REALLY great BTW. I would never have opportunity to visit these ships but now I can.
We called the Ingham the "Ignite-ham" because it was always catching fire.
"To understand the past, you have to pretend that you don't know the present."-- Paul Fussell. The name of this ship is the USCGC Taney.
Minor correction: at least in my time, the desk on the bridge was the Messenger of the Watch station. The Quartermaster worked at the desk in what the docent refers to as the Chart Room. The actual Chart Room was the compartment above the bridge and below the flying bridge. The XO gave me permission to hang out there off duty so I could read without being disturbed by the ubiquitous TVs in enlisted living spaces. I asked him, "does a crew member have a right to be free from television?" He thought for a moment and said, "yes."
As for the video address system, it really annoyed the crew. Captain Churchill ended that practice and always addressed the crew in person on the fantail. He gave information to us straight, and was highly respected by everyone on board..
My dad was aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Winnebago in Hawaii in late 50s and I had the pleasure of going out on a cruise for a hole day around the Islands!
"Forest products..." I almost spat my coffee over the keyboard. Comedy Gold 🤣
Thank you. You saved my entire family.
What an amazing tour with an exceptional amount of information provided, Thank you.
MOST INTERESTING !! Thanks for showing that.
I love the video. A great way of procrastinating before getting to work.
What a fantastic tour of the Taney/Cutter 27. Brian is a wealth of knowledge and fantastic at his job
This tour guide is the best.
My Grandfather was serving on this ship in Pearl Harbor the morning of the attack. his name is on the crew board center row near the bottom. Lyndsy High.
First time on your channel. Very informative...I'll look forward to seeing more of your channel!
My uncle was in the Coast Guard at Pearl Harbor on December 7th perhaps he served on that ship I do not know for sure I'm going to have to do a little investigating he has since passed
Thank you Sir for the tour. Hope I can go onboard if I’m ever back
I saw the names of other two cutters of this class at 20:31 in the video Duane and Bibb which are now artificial reefs here in Florida for Divers, two great dives.
It's the Taney.👈
I believe the Taney was the first ship in Pearl Harbor to return fire on the Japanese attackers.
Sorry, not true however she did bring her guns to bare on Japanese aircraft
@@Underwaystudios Which ship was it then?
@@edwardfarlinger1908maybe Ward?
@@glhmedic Ward sank a minisub before the Japanese aircraft ever arrived. Depth charged and then sank with gun fire.
She was not actually at Pearl Harbor, but docked at the port(where the Maritime Museum is now). She defended the local power plant from being bombed and strafed.
Great tour! Loved it. I served on her sister ship the Cutter Bibb. The only thing your tour left out was the Radio Room - one of the most important places on the entire ship. (Radio Transmitters/Radio Receivers/Antenna Patch Panels/Teletype/Morse code positions/Voice Radio/Secure (classified) Crypto areas, etc.). Semper Paratus.
Cant wait to see more ships on this channel!
Great history tour.
At 19:16… That red curved pipe with the sprinkler head is a piece of fire fighting equipment, but not used for spraying around a corner as he described. Fighting fires in an enclosed ship requires different techniques. Two men go together towards the fire, one with a conventional water nozzle, one with that sprinkler nozzle he held up. The man with the sprinkler enters the burning compartment first holding the sprinkler up so water is sprayed all around himself. The nozzle man enters second under the sprinkler water put out by the first man and opens up on the fire with his regular nozzle. EVERY sailor on the ship was a trained firefighter, that’s how I know this. Come on guys, get it straight if your job is to inform others on how this stuff works.
This device, aka, Fire Applicator With Fog Head (they had a couple of different heads) and lengths, were used for over head water spray protection for attack teams, or, to open a compartment hatch or door, stick the applicator in the room, and open the nozzle that it was attached too in order to spray the compartment. These were attached to the older brass style nozzles that gave new meaning to why wore steel toed boots. RM/TC retired sends.. 73's
Ancient historical damage control artifact, no longer on board cutters.
That red curved pipe is called an applicator. It was used on the two hose attack alongside the nozzleman to beat the flames back while fighting the fire.
and used primarily for keeping the primary hose team cool.
Love these vids.
Great tour of the ship. I've been on it a couple times but it's nice to hear someone lead a tour. I was hoping you talk about the ships stacks which had the Pepsi logo on them
I was on the Mellon in the early 70's at Sand island while the Taney was there. I went aboard to visit a friend. She looks different now than then. Not a lot but different.
A loop antenna is not unidirectional; it is sensitive in two directions, both front and back. So you cannot tell which it is unless you steam some distance away and then repeat the process, with the intersection of the two lines of bearing forming a fix. Of course two ships taking a LOB simultaneously would also quickly form a fix.
Very interesting tour.
Not sure why this came on as my next auto loaded video but really great. As a radio guy using US kit and now as a vet, the loop was a no brainer. Interestly my first time on a ship was when I was 3 years old on HMS Grenville in 1970. She was a vet of ww2 and as far as i know was involved in Battle of Okinawa.
Back in the 70s the Coast Guard cutter today also known as Ocean weather station hotel is dispatched in the Atlantic well often Hatteras can report of several vessels floundering.
Artist was one although there were several Tony stood off of us for the night keeping us in her Lee, I will never forget their orders that we were to maintain a Watch and not drift into them although our vessel was dead in the water.
The next morning after sunrise, the cutter Dallas steamed to and brought us aboard on a motor life boat
And I am here 50 years later to tell the tale
Thanks CG
Cool ship (and the other ships at the museum). Got to make a trip out there!
I served on the Campbell in 1979. The gasoline drums were used to fuel the dewatering pumps(P250s). The motor surf boats here ruled by diesel.
The to line went over the taft rail and was kept from mowing forward by the hornes on other side.
Very interesting history!
I used to give tours for the uss berry 93 in Washington navy yard 1995 thx for this
I drive by this ship every day and never knew the significance of this ship.
This is interesting hearing the changes to the boat.
FYI, that curved pipe with the sprinkler head follows behind the nozzle man spraying a cold water fog/mist to protect the hose team from heat. But 40 years later the exact name of it I can’t remember.
The worry plate is also where the cool air came down if you look up to your right you'll see the vent.
@6:30. Good "technical" description. We also just referred to it as a "mini-loop" antenna. And at night, it could be used for over the horizon comms too. Used it many times for that purpose. And though it's painted RED (meaning it was for transmitting), we also would tune it to a specific freq and use it for reception. Retired CG RM/TC.. 73's
The well worn diamond plate in the engine room might also be worn down due to the blower vent that was aimed at that spot, so it’s relatively cooler then other spots. I’ve seen this even on modern ships.
This was a wonderful tour, and your guide was very knowledgeable. The only thing I wish was that these ships made heritage tours, at sea. I was in a service aligned with the Navy. I rode their ships, and they called us idiots. I would love to be on a small ship at sea, in weather, under red light, and have to try and use the head. I would also be willing to do mess duty. I have never been at sea since (cruise ships don't count) and felt the same way I did upon the Schenectady, the New Orleans, etc. Ships tied to piers are not alive, and history is not enough. Let's go to fuckin' sea. I'm not getting any younger. I am sorry for the language, but understand I would go to sea on this boat, and be glad for any watch bill I received. Lots of information, great tour great guide. Let's go to sea.
Great tour. Brian is very knowledgeable about the Taney and it's systems. I only missed the boiler room and radio room-or was that part of the crypto room? Also, you should have mentioned the heat in the engine and boiler rooms.
Thank you for sharing this outstanding video. Looks like the ship was restored by dedicated men and women. God bless 🙏
Great tour! I spent my 3rd class cadet cruise on Taney in 1980. My feet definitely spent time on the worry plate. The XO was hella mad at me when they thought I either fell overboard or was sleeping somewhere. I was working on PQS in officer country but they didn’t pipe 1MC messages there when they were looking for me. Next time show the crew’s head, that’s a story all by itself.
The 327' were the pride of the Cost Guard fleet. I served on three cutters during my 22 year career in the Coast Guard. Two were out of Portland,Maine and another out of New Bedford,Mass. Cook Inlet,Barataria and Escanaba. All had the 5"38 gun mount.
I served on USCGC Dallas, Rush and Unimak. I had heard that all the 327s had been decommissioned by 1976 I may be mistaken . But when I was in Alameda California on the Rush, we went to a decommissioned ship storage and there were two 327s getting ready to be scraped.
My father was Captain of the Ingham, 56 to 57, before becoming AD at the Academy. Also Captain of the Half Moon, 51 to 52. For 4th of July I was with him and the Ingham pretended to be a British ship firing on Fort McHenry.
@@johnlane861 The ships he mentioned were 311s and a 255.
@@johnlane861 Actually they were called 311’s. They were hand me downs from the Navy, where they were called sea plane tenders.
@@daviddeen-uo2cz I was on the Midgett from 1973 to 1977. The Rush and Midget were tied up at the old Reefer Docks in Alameda back then.
wow the more you know its beyond the brick LOL history is so cool oml!!
At least Brian was able to get the name out of the Taney. I never never knew the bad stuff that at one time I had believed I seen a display on the reason it was named the Taney and fairly admirable. With history it is a balancing act and to me the gold was in people's stories as well the people preserving them. Baltimore took down a lot of names and statues which I felt was a foolish mistake because they attracted not only people from around the country, but people that not only knew, they understood history.
I love this series of the ships in Baltimore!
It is the USCGC TANEY
Not anymore.
@@Ultimaton100just cause they are calling it cutter 37 doesn't mean it's not the Taney.. to change its name it would need a decommission and renaming and recommissioning
On Submarines, the Chief Petty Officers Quarters are called the Goat Locker. On my particular boat the Goat Locker was aft of the Wardroom and was directly across from the Mess Decks/Galley.
Another fine CG cutter museum is the icebreaker Mackinaw in Michigan. They called her "The Mighty Mack" for good reason! There are some TH-cam vids of her when she was on duty. Amazing ship.
Brian, I heard you mentioned something to the 327"s were steam propulsion and were unique. I would wish to correct you. There were many other ships in our fleet that had steam. BT rating was around back then and steam was used in part of their propulsion.
I was a new GM3 fresh out of school at Governor's Island in 1973, and reported aboard the CGC Ingham in April. Within a few months we were assigned to move to the brand new base in Portsmouth, and there the Taney was across the pier from us. Both of us, Ingham and Taney had teak decks! I have walked aboard both ships. I used to come aboard to use their soda machine.
who cares. go back to yer room old gummer.
I loved the teak decks on Taney and Ingham too. I was Taney crew and Ingham was, like you said, across from us on the other pier. It was during my second year when they covered the decks with that non-skid coating. Hated that crap and it was slippery too. Yep, we had a soda machine, 25 cents. Everybody would go around asking for a nickel and once you got 5 then you had a free soda!
The 255's were steam-electric, the 327's were steam direct drive via reduction gears. USCGC BIBB officer.
@@williamglidden359 Thank you for the clarification!
I was stationed on USCGC Jarvis in 82-83. Winston Churchill was our XO, his personal vehicle was a Triumph Spitfire it was painted in camouflage with RAF roundels. it even had kill marks froM BMW VW and Mercedes.
When talking about the tagging by the tigers...We would do that in the Air Force when we went TDY to other areas.
My father was on Bibb and Duane out of Boston.
It dawns on me that the coast guard ship liveries are the last remaining link to the great white fleet
Taney in better shape than the whole 270 fleet.
The 327's were built well.
Every time he said radar my mind went to MASH Radar O'REILLY
I served on board the USCG Campbell in the 70's. She was a sister ship of the Taney... Lower Handling room was my battle station. And my bunk was in what you call the Pearl Harbor room... Oh and I was a Subsistence Specialist. Points to who ever knows what work I did...
Food procurement & preparation?
@@annrn6148 Yep.
I served aboard this sweet lady 83/85 and yes that was a lot of marijuana. Great times. Saved a lot of lives. Miss all my friends...B mate Murphy
at about 6 and a half minutes that is a HF miniloop antenna and is for HF XMT which the red base gives away. It was later replaced on newer USCGC's with a NVIS antenna that looks like a big handrail
My father was a radio man during period of weather duty when the mess hall was on the other side.
Hi I served on a steam powered Aircraft Carrier in the Australian Navy and wondered if the Worry plates were also in the place where forced air (cool air ) entered through overhead ventilation . As the turbine room would have been a very hot area . This is where our stokers would be positioned to stay as cool and be able to monitor important equipment and guages
I think he is over playing the directional antenna, to be secure like he is describing it would need a barrel of shielding. It can put more wattage into one direction but you still would get stray waves close in. Real security is with code.
Perhaps it’s just a basic tour and there’s a finite amount of time so he’s speaking in generalities
The hose stations are manned by people from all rates. Everyone on a ship has to be a fire fighter. Damage Controlmen are the subject matter experts who maintain the fire fighting and damage control equipment as well as patching, plugging and structural repairs.
The worry plate.... brilliant 😂
Brian seems to know these ships well!
The 255 ft cutters were steam as well and the 4 ft aplacater was differently than you discribed
CIC DRT was used with a blank piece of paper. The bug in the center then moved indicating the ships cse and spd. The operator would then plot the other ships based on brg and rng from the bug. The operator could change the scale depending on how big or small the distances were. For a man overboard, the scale would be the smallest. 1 inch per so many yards.
Question..the Taney was refit from 4 5 inch 38s back to 3-4 inch non turret weapons??? That looks like an earlier picture similar to the late 30s one....the 5 in turrets I thought were a late or post war conversion....
A towing vessel would not normally rig a tow line/wire from the towing bits through a hawse in the stern as the guide suggests because that rig would restrict the towing ship's maneuverability to change course. The towing bitt is installed well forward on the fantail in order to have the towing point forward of the thrust of the propeller with the towline free to move across the handrails (note how nothing sticks up in the air above the level of the bulwark back aft) as the ship yaws in heavy seas or just makes a course change. This is the reason the purpose-built ski boats and civilian towing vessels like TowBoatUS have the towing bitts well forward of their outboard motors.
I spent many a weekends on that boat while in the USN Sea Cadets.
I remember the Taney feon Ocean station November days
I served with a guy who was stationed on the cgc Taney
Certainly not "the last survivor of Pearl Harbor." I was in Little Rock less than two months ago for the eclipse and the maritime museum there has the tug USS Hoga, which was present during the attack.
That is unique hearing that the graffiti and the ship left what they had behind knowing it was going to be a museum rather than having the ship stripped.
Cool
I had to google what a Kodak Disc Camera was.
Do you plan to look at SS John W brown and NS Savannah ?
This was my grandpa's ship when he was a coastie. I have a picture of him as a master chief with a picture of her in a frame behind him l.
Battle Ship New Jersey has a video of "crewing a turret" I think it is called.. Where Ryan goes over all the step/jobs from pulling from the magazine to the hoist and to the turret crew spot from loader to gun commander, for on of her 16 inch gun turrets, but same lay out only her shells where size of a human and weighing like 2,000 pounds.. A 5 inch shell is about as round as a fist and arm sized.. Other then size and barrel crew size in turret it gives you a good idea what it is like in the area that is blocked off with plastic.
A 5 inch projectile weighed about 55 lbs and the power weighed about 35 lbs.
Ryan Samanski was the curator of Taney before He landed the battleship NJ job. Great guy and very knowledgeable. Sometimes he wears a Taney foul weather jacket and talks about Taney on BNJ channel.
"Coast Guard Vessel".... grrrr.... CUTTER. :) What's with the "Coast Guard Cutter 37" title also? A shame it is stuck in Baltimore.
He stated the ships name in his first sentence.
Dunno if an earlier comment already covered this, but according to Ryan Szymanski on the New Jersey the term "glory hole" refers to a compartment that only has one point of egress. The obscene connotation still applies, but probably not related to the compartment's occupants.
Great tour BUT you left out the boiler room!! Cutter Ingham was my last duty station and I worked in the boiler room. Would love to see Taney's boiler room for comparison. CGC Ingham 85-86.
My father was Captain of the Ingham 56 to 57. I loved sitting on the 40mm, raising the barrels up and down
surprised, it has not been boat jacked since it’s in Baltimore!
I went on her when she first arrived in BAltimore back in the 80's
CPOs In some specialties were actually rated at graduation from Navy Boot camp, Seabees ( CB) for instance often received that rating, as they brought their construction talents with them . Saltwater sailors far less so. WW2 Necessitated some fast tracking in ratings.
Do the engines work?
what do you conscider the tug houge which is still afloat and working until recent
Not a war ship. Which is what he said.
That isn't the last survivor of Pearl Harbour. Their is a tug in Little Rock, Arkansas that was there on December 7th, 1941.
He said warshio a tug isn;t a warship
@@RobertMememeNit Picker. Hoga had AA guns post Dec. 1941.
I was on her many times at the Suisun Reserve Fleet. I was there when she was delivered by tug from Oakland were she served for all the post war as the Cities fireboat.
@@andyhastings5950i mean technically that doesn’t make it a warship.. you can’t put a gun on a ship and make it a warships. Ie armed merchants or armed trawlers, armed tugs. Warships are purpose built. Coast guard ships fall into that category.
For some reason, I had a suspicious gut feeling about there being a tug out there. I've probably seen something on it.
As a CG Vet, despite the fact I never served on her; She is the Coast Guard Cutter Taney and succumbed to the forced name removal to please those who tore down statues!
That is disgusting to hear
@@tomedgar4375 Wokeism that inundated gov't and social media
How dare they tear down statues of traitors who rebelled and then lost.
She never should have been named Taney, and those statues of people who sought to destroy America never should have existed either. Get over it, snowflake.
@@ice_hot The United State's of America is comprised of States that have the right to secede from the Union. The US government used warfare to take control of those states. The citizens of the states that seceded chose to do so. Not all did. Those that did were not traitors. They followed the rule of law.