@@panzeroftheocean5783 Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye, never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
I was in the Navy for seven years in the 00's and we trained countless time on "missile inbound, brace for shock". It's crazy to see a real incoming missile video.
So we knew a young fellow on board the USS Missouri during this event. He was a Fire Control Officer working on the radars. Those were "Old style" radars, not what we are used to seeing these days. But anyhow, he described this somewhat terrifying event, said they all tensed up and braced and so on. But the British Missile Frigate HMS Gloucester was on station nearby and took out the Iraqi missiles. The Skipper of the Missouri he said, was very appreciative and sent over a very old bottle of Scotch for the Skipper of the Gloucester that night.
"do you have the Missile in sight?" or something like that "im not looking for it" "What about you" "im not looking for it either" lmao glad they still had some fun
Reminds me of stories my grandfather told about being under Kamakazi attack in the Pacific. He was in the CIC and they could tell the progress of the incoming Japanese planes by the guns. The 5 inchers firing meant they were a couple of miles out. Then the 40mms meant they were within a mile. The 20s firing meant they were a couple of hundreds yards out. When they heard the .50 cals start up they braced for impact.
@Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington He was on destroyer with very thin armor, if they had been hit by a bomb carrying Kamikaze anyone in the path would have likely been killed. Even an unarmed Kamikaze did incredible damage to lighter ships. Thankfully they weren't hit but many other ships there were. This was part of the US Navy Okinawa invasion fleet.
@Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington There were some really terrible battles off Guadalcanal as well. My great uncle was a Seabee - naval engineer - on the island with the Marines and the Japanese sent multiple task forces to try and push the Americans out of there. The sound to the north was called iron bottom for a reason. Many American and Japanese ships went down there with thousands of sailors lost.
Just been sent this link. Really interesting to watch as I was on the Bridge of HMS Gloucester at the time as we fired off our two Sea Dart missiles to intercept the Silkworm heading for USS Missouri. I was only an Able Seaman at the time, taking photos of the American ship in the early hours of the morning. As I was taking photos, I heard ‘Missile Inbound’ over our Main Broadcast. Naturally I froze and then during the next few seconds, which seemed liked minutes, there was a huge flash. I have this image ingrained in my memory of a silhouette of the Officer Of the Watch (OOW) standing near rhe Bridge window with his binoculars up to his head, looking for the missile. A second later there was a huge bang. I felt the whole ship rock from side to side and it was at this point I felt that we had been hit by the inbound missile. Everything turned to panic. I remember my camera case falling off one of the Bridge consoles hitting the deck and the contents spilling out, all in slow motion. As things settled, I became aware that we hadn’t been attacked, that it was actually our Sea Darts launching to intercept the Iraqi missile. Scary time.
@@billgx ❓ So you were one of the guys tasked with doing damage control if the missile(s) had hit the ship? It seems our navy has always been good at damage control, even under the most desperate circumstances. The Internet is filled with images of American WW2 naval ships with enormous damage(like cruisers losing their entire bows), but still managing to steam back to port without sinking.
As stated by Bill already, thanks for protecting the 'Mighty Mo' and her men when she needed it most! Respect to all our allies, especially those onboard the HMS Gloucester and the rest of the British armed forces. 🇺🇸🫡 🤝🇬🇧. And Bill, thank you for your service , sir! God bless the United States of America..... and her allies
Context for what's going on in the background: After a missile warning, both the USS Missouri and USS Jarrett fired flares and chaff to decoy the missile. HMS Gloucester, drawing from the Royal Navy's experience during the Falklands War, when Exocet missiles re-acquired the merchant ship Atlantic Conveyor after decoys were deployed, did not activate her own decoys. The Royal Navy considered missiles like the Silkworm as targets to be shot down and firing chaff made that action difficult. Gloucester initiated a hard turn, firing two Sea Darts "over her starboard shoulder". The entire engagement, from detection to destruction, took just 89 seconds.The interception range was between 2¾ Nautical miles to 4 Nautical miles away from Gloucester, and 4 Nautical miles to 7 Nautical miles away from USS Missouri.
Not only that, we learned that it's not the missile it's the radar. Sea Dart was ancient by the Falklands but more that good enough to shoot down a missile (hitting a bullet with a bullet) It's the _radar_ that counts and ours were shite in the Falklands. They redesigned everything from the ground up and upgraded Gloucester. That's how they nailed sea skimmers with 1950/60s tech missiles.
wait this context just hit me, were missle intercepts not really a thing then? Like, this was one of the first tried and tested instances of it? Insane. That's insane. What a captain! What a crew!!
He was actually in another engagement. This one is an attack from land based anti-ship missile against USS Missouri. The one where Jingles was involved was an Attack by to Mirage planes with Exocet missiles. These were shot down by Saudi Air Force
Because later in live you have your own family to live for, not some propaganda/media bullshit. Glory? How many names of killed soldiers do you know from II WW? And what about Ist WW? Don't get me wrong - it is not about you in person. BR!
As a Marine who served on the USS Kearsarge and the USS Wasp, I came to really appreciate the seamanship of the US Navy. Very stellar in their daily routine and very active to any and all threats.
Woof, bark Chris, I'll *take* that compliment and *see* you one as well: I was a blue water sailor for years and while I have certainly heard just about every pejorative comment possible directed toward the Marines we served with, (and even flinging a few of my own) I also *never* lost sight of the fact that the USMC exemplifies the courage, commitment, resourcefulness, and professionalism that has become synonymous with the American Spirit. To this day I simply cannot imagine the fear and apprehension those who learn that the Marines are coming for them for must feel. **shudder** Hell, you guys scared me and I was on your team! Much respect jarhead. 🇺🇸
The missile attack was from Sadams forces off the coast of Kuwait. The HMS Gloucester fired SeaDarts to counter the attack. The enemy missile was spotted visually by lookouts on the USS Missouri. After the successful counter, the Saudi Arabian airforce cluster bombed the location that the missile came from.
Kudos to the British HMS Gloucester for protecting this great US warship, she was the only one out of the 3 or so ships tracking the incoming missiles to commit to fire & took out 2 VERY deadly Iraqi missiles that can easily sink as ship with their 1 ton warhead. Also kudos this what we see on this ship & sailors of this actual gun which fired many miles with pinpoint accuracy. No better relationship than the UK & USA.
@@ShadeAKAhayate You’re reply especially at the end doesn’t seem to make much sense. Sorry, just saying, I can maybe make a few guesses but it’s certainly not clear. Thanks for the reply anyhow 👍
@David Pappas The Gulf War is a solid stepping stone in US leadership believing they can do literally anything with no fear of retribution. This eventually led to illegal actions (unlike the Gulf War itself) and later destruction of states of Iraq and Syria, directly leading to ISIS rising to power and committing aforementioned atrocities. A good bloody nose could have given them at least some second thoughts on what their actual capabilities are (unless we believe the idea of them following a "controlled chaos" concept). 9/11, on the other hand, was committed by Al-Queda, which the same US authorities nourished into the international terrorist organisation as we know it today. So it's not the hijacked flights pilots fault, but those US military advisors and the such that turned a local radical group into a world menace.
The US doesn’t deserve a good relationship with anyone. All the allies it has betrayed for its own interest. Thanks to Germany europe is too weak to stand up to them
The crazy thing is that these missile inbound warnings were not false alarms. There were two surface-to-air missiles actually fired at the USS Missouri, one of which malfunctioned just after launch. The other was shot out of the air by a Royal Navy destroyer. So this is film of people bracing for impact that was averted by what is considered the first ever missile-to-missile takedown.
I served on a DDG in the mid 80's (often with the Mighty Mo) and it amazes me to the day the ages of the men in charge of all that power. I'm 53 now and most of those guys are younger than 30. BZ young sailors! I was 17 when I began.
I was also a DDG man, Gunner's Mate (Guns), and I was in awe of the battleships. I see you were a Machinist Mate. ;) Oh, I'm also 53, so I have to wonder if there's an outside chance that you were on my ship, the USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23). I'm probably wrong about that, but hey...
My tour of duty ended just before these mighty battleships were recommissioned. I envy these guys for having the opportunity to serve on these legendary ships.
In the beginning. Or somewhere around 2 minutes Maybe. A guy walks up looks like he might be in charge.. what's he drinking? Looks like it's in a can? I thought you couldn't have carbonated drinks Edit: Down there so I assume water or juice I guess? Anyways pretty cool Edit: also I guess I thought this was a sub 🤣🤣 nevermind Cokes would be just fine lol
I bet it’s a weird feeling looking back at this video for anyone that was there. At this point in time they were prepared to die, but now, years later… I’m sure it’s an interesting emotion seeing yourself in the midst of it! Great video
@@ninjaguyYT That's not going to happen by the guys manning the ballistics computer for the 16 inch guns.. The CIWS does that, all automatic and its controlled from the CIC not out of the plotting room.
Wow I've read about this moment many times but never thought I'd get to see video of it. One missile landed less than a mile from Missouri. If Gloucester didn't intercept it the Mo would've had to rely on her CIWS. The Brits applied the tough lessons they learned from the Falklands.
It would have taken a lot to hurt Big Mo, especially inside the armored gun battery. No single weapon, short of a nuke torpedo, could sink the Missouri. A nuclear airburst might capsize her. The Silkworm had a big warhead, but it would barely scratch the armor belt or the armored citadel. It could wreck topside equipment. A full spread of conventional torpedos might sink her, but it would take 8 torpedos or more. The hull had torpedo blisters along the sides designed to absorb hits, and the ship had hundreds of individual watertight spaces.
@@mandoreforger6999 You don't need to sink her to cause extraordinary amounts of damage to the fragile fleshbags inside the big tin can. Concussions, ruptured eardrums, internal damage from the shockwave propagating through the ship, all can take a chunk of her out of commission
I was right under this camera, I didnt know that they were filming. I do remember having to brce for shock, and the moment 22:30 where one of teh FC, i think it was Donny, but not sure, couldn't find a good spot to brace. I always thought that was something that i had misrembered, but watching this, yeah.
Great video! I was a firefighting instructor in Great Lakes bootcamp for all recruits. We would train them on the different alarms, brace for shock, and proper use of the gas mask. Also why doing all of it quickly is important. This video alone could have been so helpful showing these events actually happening. Telling them what to do vs actually seeing it happen can make a big difference in their understanding of why we do what we do.
Imagine say an officer on the USS Alliance from the post-colonial times watching this footage from the future And what their reaction would be. How the Navy and Country had changed from the perspective of this footage, how the technology of war affected the sailors training and point of view.
To truly understand what this is like you need to know that being on a ship is very isolating to begin with. Not only are you away from everyone you know back home (except for your shipmates), but you don't even know what's really going on right outside of the ship. You're 100 percent at the mercy of the 1MC and and those in charge topside. Just hearing the call for gas masks would be terrifying, but in reality, they probably just called it to be safe. But you wouldn't find that out until the CO's briefing after the evolution was complete...
I was on a DDG patrolling the Red Sea with the JFK battle group when this was all going on and I can confirm that you basically know nothing until after. I can also confirm that the first few days we donned and doffed gasmasks almost constantly based on percieved threats. Sidebar: as I was in one of the twiget ratings we worked pretty closely with the radio men whose gear we worked on etc, so we made a deal with them that consisted of them putting a disused receiver online to pick up BBC broadcasts, and in return we built a speaker monitor for them to hear the news, and ran ( "unauthorized", obviously....) speaker wire from their shop to ours and set up a small amp into a boombox, and from then on we almost always had as much news as any civilians did which was pretty awesome.....
I was a SWO, one of the perks of being in the pilothouse all the time. The time on small boys was fun, on a carrier, I understand the feeling of not knowing what was going on. Was on MCM FFG and Riverine before Carriers
This ship is the battleship Missouri, which was the stage for the signing ceremony of Japan's surrender document in 1945, right? We Japanese know it from our history textbooks, and it's amazing that it remained an active ship until 1991
You are correct. It IS that same battleship Missouri that was the site of the ending of WWII. There is a plaque in the deck still marking the spot of the surrender to this day.
@@billgx That's fantastic! The longevity of the Battleship Missouri must have been a joy to the Japanese battleships that once fought in the Pacific War
@@MikiSuzuki2000 It would have been very cool if the Yamato and Musashi survived the war - small chance they might've been preserved as museum ships, or even brought into the American inventory. It would've been cool to see them sail in the more modern era with the Iowa class.
@@matasa7463 Well, at least the battleship Yamato had a chance to survive, but it was lost due to reckless maneuvering. If the Yamato had survived, perhaps it would have become a symbolic flagship of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. Imagining the scene of the strongest battleships of Japan and the U.S. participating in a joint exercise together makes my heart flutter with excitement!
I know the missile attack - a silkworm missile was inbound, the Missouri released chaff and Gatling gun fire of USS Jarret targets the battleship's aluminum chaff, ultimately a SEADART missile from HMS Gloucester downing it.
WOAH, someone actually recorded this?? That's awesome! I was actually pretty close to you I think, my GQ was Repair 5 Aft, above Engineroom #4 which was where I worked. Looks like you got about a 12-15 second advance warning from the rest of us LOL! With the heat and lack of ventilation in R5A, (not to mention wearing Firefighting gear) only a couple of us were actually awake at that time...me, the radio operator, and maybe 1 or 2 others. I had to run around yelling and shaking people to wake their asses up and get them to brace for shock! Scary stuff, but I gotta say, the training kicked in when it was needed. *edit* If I ever run into someone from the Gloucester, I still owe them a night of drinks on me. I figured the memory of this only existed in my own memory by now, good to see it's preserved! You don't have a recording of the chemical cloud alarm, do you? We were in MOPP gear for pretty much 2 or 3 days straight after that, if i remember....God, that was miserable hehe. The heat in Repair 5 Aft was pretty stifling, even considering I normally worked in the Engineroom.
I was on the Gloucester that morning as a Radio Operator Tactical and watching this sure brought a lump to my throat! Glad you guys all got home safe....
@@TheSeasqua RRadio Operator 2nd Class Charlton was on BRAZEN, at one time in the Ops Room when she put herself between two Mirages and ARGUS. Today Paul Charlton goes by the name of The Mighty Jingles and runs quite a large TH-cam Channel here th-cam.com/users/BohemianEagle I was then, as now, a MOD Scientist. I was doing 'Planning Stuff' behind a big vault door 'Somewhere in England' :) Three three key naval engagements of 91 are outlined here, Jingles contributes some voice-over: th-cam.com/video/DDfDnZ7FiZg/w-d-xo.html
Feb. 25th, my birthday. Served 35 years in the RCAF as an armourer, 1981-2016. I was in Doha Qatar from Oct. 7th to Dec 9th 1990 during the buildup phase to the 1st Gulf war. Thanks to all who served.
Yup - that's the real indicator. My last tour I had all the Cadillac accessories for my MCU-2/P, voice box and the drinking tube with an adapter for my travel mug.
Utmost respect to them all. And then some. Interesting how each one of them have their own unique experiences throughout the situation, even the minute things - like who they interact with, how they brace, or don their gear, ya' know, little things like that. Watching someone's moment in time very interesting stuff. Cool to see their friendships and comradery unfold. Kinda mind-blowing, to say the least.
As a Navy FC in training, this is a watch I'm glad I stumbled across. The boys and I have the same sense of humor today when it comes to brace for shock. I actually chuckled at the "Do you have a visual on the missile?" "I wasn't looking for it" because we do the same stuff. Hilarious and serious at the same time. Inspiring to say the least
(Edited to add some additional info and clean up) We were in our 5” mount the starboard side forward mount was completely manned by our Marine Detachment (MARDET) from the powder Magazine up. Watching it 31 years later is crazy. I forgot going to Mopp level 4 then hearing it was the oil fires or exhaust. They had brought on a million dollar scope that was supposed to be able to see chemicals in the air. I can remember going to chow after general quarters secured we still had the MOPP trousers on. the RPV was up was spotting for the 16” guns. To see how far drones have come. I remember them catching those in a net off the fantail. Then us turning around one time to try to catch one before it ran out of fuel coming back to us. We didn’t make it and it dropped in the ocean. I think the ship had 3 RPV’s to start with. We swapped days on the firing line with the Wisconsin. I know they took an aerial photo of both ships during a refueling and said it was the first time since World War II since that had happened. You can see the 16inch round count from the Gulf painted on the turrets in some of the other videos or pictures that are of the exterior of the ship. We had GPS but it was nothing like today. I can remember. Being on duty at night re-opting to the bridge and the navigation guys still used a sexton to shoot the stars and then would confirm off the gps. To think of the size of that equipment and now it’s in items as small as a watch is pretty amazing.
It's cool that you can see this video 30+ years later. I don't have any video from that period (just pictures) and we all looked so young. I guess that's why we were all so full of piss and vinegar and thought we were indestructible. Nowadays, it sounds like someone is making popcorn when I get out of bed in the morning. lol
@@rampager89 we were the only ones that I was aware of. I don’t believe any of the others Iowa,New Jersey, or Wisconsin we’re doing it. Our primary role was internal external security of special weapons. I inherited a cushy spot down in the powder mag at first. We had a new NCO who took over the gun and he moved me up to projectile man. Loading drills in there sucked..First drills were always worse than actual shooting because you would have to remove the solid brass projectiles that were used for drills. They were about 55lbs also making sure not to smash your fingers in there. Timing making sure the powder guy has his charge in place.. I wouldn’t trade it for anything it was a tight space with a really tight crew and you learned to sleep in the strangest positions possible. Probably why.my back is so screwed up now. It was cool to take my sons onboard in Pearl and show them everything. I literally got to take them into our berthing and show them my rack and show them Broadway. They had Asbestos signs everywhere which was funny but they said they were going to be doing more removal so they could ad more of the ship spaces on the tour.
Same here. It's awesome to hear all the different stories and perspectives, from different eras. One of the reasons I love these kind of videos so much. Thank you to all the men and women who have served our country!
after training for chem warfare I give absolute kudos cheers to this crew for doing what they were able to in such close quarters Absolutely amazing. Well done
All that's going on and all I can think about is how these guys are going to fuck up some Iraqi positions with a gun plotting computer that's older than anyone on board.
They thought about changing everything to modern computers at the time, but the original analog system was just as accurate, and already paid for. +1 for the Navy and the designers of the greatest Battleships every built (We can say that because the other "most powerful battleships ever" are at the bottom of the sea.. and the Iowa class ships are tourist attractions).
I remember that day well. I was topside - my GQ station was port side SRBOC (chaff) launcher so we were inside the CIWS equipment room waiting for the impact. Scary stuff.
I can feel my body tenses up whenever I hear that GQ alarm, and we only do drills when these guys were doing it for real. Massive props to these men and women.
I loved that I got to see my buddy George Horton after all the years. He was the big Guy that casually crosses the plotting room. Hope you are still around and doing good, George!
@@briankoshefsky5916 Britain only finished repayments at the end of 2006 for the WW2 loan from the U.S so no, I don’t think Britain does ‘still owe the U.S’. and it’s patronising to hear comments like ‘America saved our asses’. Although we may sometimes hear and read disparaging comments that are either anti-American or anti-British, I’m confident in saying that most Brits and probably most Americans do respect and admire each other and respect each other’s military service regardless of when and where it took place (although not Boston, obviously)
@@MrDickiedido You are right on the nose. Anyone that still does that "America saved your ass" don't also realize that America has yet to have "saved" anyone else's ass since WWII and in fact, we have been losing or withdrawing from endless wars ever since with disastrous outcomes anyways, so what is there to brag on about? 😄 the Middle east is a prime example. just ignore the ignorant on both sides of the ocean, I say lol
My father was a tin can sailor in WW2 (fire control officer). He told me that “if I never take anything to heart I’ve ever told you, take this to heart: go aviation”. Best advise that man ever gave me. 22 years flying in aircraft built by the lowest bidder. Miss ya, dad! Fly Navy 🇺🇸
Here I am enjoying Thanksgiving. So I say: Thank you, men and women in arms, of the U.S. military and those of our allies, for your sacrifices and your bravery, whether you are veterans or currently serving. I salute you.
From wikipedia: Gloucester served in the Persian Gulf War in 1991 under the command of Commander (later Rear Admiral) Philip Wilcocks where her most notable action was to shoot down an Iraqi Silkworm missile with Sea Dart missiles. The Iraqi missile had targeted the US battleship USS Missouri and the intercept was the first validated, successful missile-versus-missile strike of its kind.[2] After a missile warning, both the USS Missouri and USS Jarrett fired flares and chaff to decoy the missile. Gloucester, drawing from the Royal Navy's experience during the Falklands War, when Exocet missiles re-acquired the merchant ship Atlantic Conveyor after decoys were deployed,[4] did not activate her own decoys. The Royal Navy considered missiles like the Silkworm as something to be shot down and firing chaff made that action difficult.[5] Gloucester initiated a hard turn, firing two Sea Darts “over her starboard shoulder”. The entire engagement, from detection to destruction, took just 89 seconds.[6] The interception range was between 2¾ Nautical miles to 4 Nautical miles away from Gloucester, and 4 Nautical miles to 7 Nautical miles away from USS Missouri. USS Jarrett‘s history listed the missile's altitude at 375 feet while witnesses aboard HMS London estimated between 680 to 1,000 feet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Gloucester_(D96)
I once read an account of the young sailor at the Gloucester’s missile control console. If I remember correctly he became something of a celebrity, but then ducked out of sight. I don’t recall his name, but I remember reading about it. Also, to your point about the firing of chaff, Missouri took friendly fire from Jarrett’s autonomous robotic weapon, aka CIWS, when it assessed a chaff canister as a threat. It might well have been the world’s first friendly fire incident in combat caused by an autonomous robot.
This is what true war fighters look like, calm, clear, collected even while facing deadly circumstances, then laughing about Something stupid while waiting for a missile to hit. No freaking out, then back to work as soon as the threat is gone! Great work shipmates!
I will admit, the one branch of military I'd never serve in is the navy, being trapped in a metal coffin doesn't sound fun, I'd take a bullet of drowning any day. So I've got mad respect for these men, young and old, taking on the role of defenders, facing intense dangers, using sophisticated machinery, and showing nothing more than pure dedication and commitment. Respect to the USA's military, from the UK.
I visited the USS Missouri two weeks ago (at Pearl Harbor). It was an amazing experience. Videos like this bring that ship to life even more than touring the ship!
i was on the deck 20 or so years ago when it first opened for tours at pearl. there was a guy that was on the missouri when it was hit back in ww2 describing the attack to small groups of people.
Is this area of the 'Mighty Mo' accessible to the people in the tour? If so do you remember this specific area? I wasn't navy or military at all for that matter, so it's hard for me to know where this is on the ship. Def below deck maybe comms and radio control room or whatever the technical term is ( I'm sure I'm dead wrong lol). I know green shirts are aircraft maintainers on carriers but this isn't a carrier..... clearly 😂 Thanks for any info in advance.
@@OleDonKedic I don't remember all of the areas that were open in the tour. However, it was certainly a "floating museum" with a lot of places available to see.
@@OleDonKedic it is on the fourth deck down in the forward main battery plotting room. It is the fire control computer/radar room for the ship’s big 16” guns.
I was onshore when this was happening. I remember hearing about this, but never saw anything until now. It was a comfort knowing that if things got bad, these guys were a radio relay away from unleashing hell. Man it was hot in the desert in them suits and masks!!
3:10 "I"m looking for it" *nervous laughter* I know a BB (especially an Iowa) is tough but it's still got to be unimaginably scary in there when you hear "missile inbound" with no way to even see it, just waiting for impact.
he says im not looking for it (not visually most likely cuz his bracing for impact). thats why everyone giggled :D The intercom was heard all over the ship so the question was for someone topside not in this room.
We were below waterline here, also. I distinctly remember praying, “God, if it’s my time, You know I love You. I’m ready.” I haven’t seen myself on camera yet. I’ll keep watching. My GQ station was in the adjacent part of CDC. What you see here is the 16-inch gun control section.
i dont know how the awesome video popped on my recommendation .. this is my first time seen situation like this .. may God bless who are still in service defence for your country
Same situation happened to us about three weeks before this while onboard U.S.S. Princeton CG-59. I believe two F-14 Tomcats from the USS Ranger intercepted our two bogies.
I just hit 50. It changes everything. My god, they are YOUNG men. My nephew was one of the marines in the airfield when the suicide bomb went off during the recent withdrawal. Met him on leave a couple weeks ago, same thought.My god, hes young. Old enough to fight and die, but not old enough to buy that hard earned beer he was drinking at the BBQ. America treat you sons and daughters well, for they are the backbone of our countries military when needed.
@Carolyn Stell There were cell phones a little smaller than the Dynatac back then, like the first Motorola MicroTAC and the NEC P3. Unfortunately for me, for work installing cell towers I had a luggable cell phone in 1991 which was a giant heavy monstrosity. Most of the weight and bulk was from the massive lead acid battery. On top of that what looked like an old car phone, handle, tall antenna and carrying shoulder strap. But it had the standby time we needed. I miss the good old days which came later, where I would only have to charge my little Nokia 6110 once every 2 weeks or so. Nowadays my Apple watch is a phone!
@@MutheiM_Marz At first it seems pretty leisurely almost like a regular business office, with two people working and the rest standing around. As compared to the Infantry on the ground having fun with the Iraqis.
What i always find so crazy is that "war" as a soldier is not nearly the way someone imagine it to be. Basically your information about what is going on is so freaking limited from the individual soldiers point of view, that is actually the most scaring thing.
@@MasterChiefSargeant I was worried more about the deaths of the crew members more than the ship. jesus. because I know those 20mm ciws from the USS Jarrett almost penetrated and was inches from killing people on the Missouri.. is or a missile with 550lbs of high explosives not dangerous??? like please define why youre right.
@@MrDemoncrusher You have no idea how much technical training a Fire Controlmen has to take. You would be lost in their shoes in five seconds. Yes, I knew lots of Fire Controlmen from my time served, so go be a dickhead where other pizza-faced edgelords appreciate your douchebaggery.
I see a lot of the comments are from folks who were there. It must be surreal to look back at this. I went to school with someone who served in Iraq as a medic and would find him looking back at gruesome photos from his time out there. I'd be like "buddy, why are you doing this to yourself?" not knowing I myself was yet to be diagnosed with PTSD for different reasons and have indulged in the same behavior. I can't imagine what it's like. Whole different beast experiencing this kind of fear with others. Take care, y'all.
It appears most commenters aren't old enough to know this was where the Japanese officially surrendered To the United States after Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the deck of this battleship one of the Greatest of all Naval vessels ever afloat is where W.W.2 ended... God Bless All who have served aboard the U.S.S. Missouri Be Proud! America is Proud of You!
@@piotrgrzelak2613 Because Japanese conduct was certainly far less criminal. Definitely. Invading the Phillipines, torturing/starving/executing POWs, kamikaze piloting into enemy ships and objectives. No criminal activity here, sir. (Of course, you won't mention the root of that embargo being the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. While countries including The Netherlands, Great Britain, The United States, and others had spheres of influence set up here, the Western nations were not raping the local populace nor using them for biological weapons tests.)
@@fatbeef2503 No, the root of American aggression against Japan, wasn't Manchuria, it was Roosevelt's purge of anti-war movements and a fuel embargo on Japan. Before Philippines were taken by Japan they were colonized by US
@@fatbeef2503 Yes, their conduct was certainly less genocidal than American, even though this isn't what I initially said, you're just defensive. US is the only country in history to test nuclear weapons on civilian targets.
This sir, is an amazing piece of history you filmed here. Giving us a pretty cool firsthand source of information on one of the biggest highlights of the gulf war. Something for any seafairing folk or history lover to enjoy. Im jealous, what i would do to serve on a battlewagon. Im stuck with cutters and icebreakers and while they are cool in their own respect nothing could beat sailing on a battlewagon. Hopefully i will never face this particular experience in my future career in the coast guard. 😄
Thanks Loki, it was a special time being aboard the Mighty Mo. Be proud of your work in the Coast Guard. Thanks for doing it. I’m sure you will have your fair share of adventures too. Be careful and good luck!
@@tahoma6889 the Mk8 range keeper computer that is front and center in this video controls the 16” guns and is the original equipment installed in the 40s. Of course it isn’t in use today, but in 1991 it was in perfect working order. There were plans for a digital upgrade on the battleships, but they were retired before that ever happened.
I was in high school during the Gulf War and it was the second year I was in the US. Most of them are just a few years older than me. I wonder where they are now. My son is in NROTC and could be working in a team like this. There isn't any battleship to serve on, but at least I can see how they work together under real threats. I am amazed by how calm and relaxed they were. Well trained.
The amazing thing about this video is that you see a bunch of guys who were entering a new technological era of warfare with not a single computer screen in sight.
@@TemenosL Computers were originally Analog. They didn't have digital memory like computers today. You could achieve this through various means. But it's pretty wild. For example, some computers used punch cards! You would create a punch card that represented the code you wanted to have run, and put it through the machine which would read the card and execute the code as it did so.
Mopp 4 certainly quieted the mood We had 30 seconds. Under direct fire we had everything tied up in 15. Lol you couldn’t get it on fast enough when it was real.
@@onlyiknowonlyiknow3383 the first dull shockwave of launching the sea dart at 2:55 right before "brace for shock" the second dull shockwave from destroying the inbound missile at 3:07
Just in case you didn't see this video the mighty Jingles gives his 2 cents during this action. th-cam.com/video/DDfDnZ7FiZg/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=TheOperationsRoom
It's interesting to see the brace position hasn't really changed at all! I remember watching Sailors during a general quarters drill assume the same position.
Awesome video! When I was a kid in 97 or 99, this battleship came to Astoria OR before leading to Hawaii for it's final home. My parents took me there and I still remember standing on the deck next to those gun! Thanks for sharing
Trying to use sound powered phones with masks on was always a cluster-fuck during drills. All you hear is muffled un-intelligible screams and it's anybody's interpretation what it means.
hehe Great point. I always hated how our sound powered phones were extremely piss poor for ear protection when I was riding in the gunhouse firing our 5" gun. I have tinnitus in my right ear now, most likely because of that.
Hey, thanks for uploading this. I'm a dumb Army guy so seeing the raw inner workings of a massive machine of war like the USS Missouri, namely the Sailors themselves, is fucking cool to me. I've been a part of an armor crew, trained in it at least, and as cool as that was, this was REALLY neat to watch. Happy early Veterans Day!
Thanks for dropping by. I held on to this footage for three decades for a number of reasons. We made some mistakes (and people are joyfully pointing them out.) It was a really scary thing to experience. And I just wanted to let some time pass. But I agree, it was worth recording and posting. I’m really happy so many are seeing it. And I agree - regular sailors just doing their job. The history books are all about the generals and admirals and officer leadership. That’s all well and good, but is the ordinary guys who do the heavy lifting. Thanks for your service, and Happy Veterans Day to you.
"Kids" have been running the military forever. I remember thinking about how old the 30 year old First Classes were. Now I'm over 40 and can't imagine seeing one of those guys as being barely more than a kid. (Worst yet, I was a 23 year old First Class)
Why the missile didn't hit them: Iraqi missile launcher: Fire! Missile computer system: Missile fired. To arm the missile, please select all images containing a fire hydrant.
I'm sitting here MESMERIZED by these great men! WATCH THE DISCIPLINE take over when you see them once just talking and smiling, and then BAM!! BUSINESS! Mannnnnnnnn I have NO idea why this is showing up on my recommendations--but DAMN what a great video!!!!!!!!!
Crazy to see all the equipment still in use today in the US Navy. Even though its a bit grainy I can still make out things that I still do maintenance on everyday.
I’m a Danish army veteran, (I was a conscript for 8 months in 1996. I have been in the National Guard since April 2000 and ongoing, including a deployment in 2009/2010. I realize that navy combat operations with a risk of CBRN attacks, is vastly different from what I have trained for. But looking at this footage was surprising to me. The GAS alarm sounded almost like a throwaway comment that was yelled at a distance. (The wording could have easily been drowned out in noise.) When the command was recognized, I was shocked to see that no one repeated it. (Does the navy not train sailors to loudly repeat commands like this, to maximize the likelihood of everyone hearing it?) It took all of the sailors FOREVER to put their masks on! (Counting from the moment they had them within reach.) We had 12 seconds from the moment the GAS alarm was given, to not only put our CBRN masks on, but also completely cover the rest of our heads with the hoodies that are attached to our jackets. (Which is no easy task when you have to do this without letting your rifle or helmet touch the ground etc.) How often did the U.S. navy train for this, prior to this deployment?
@@BoHolbo it's been 30 years and I don't remember how much we trained. We did the training, but it obviously wasn't enough for some. With hindsight, we should have practiced daily until perfect. We realized this upon watching this footage while we were still in the gulf. This is one reason I never publicly shared this clip for years. You see a very real and imperfect response. By the way, some of the sailors in this compartment were brand new, recently out of recruit training and flown directly to the ship in the gulf. I'm not excusing it, but many of the people you see here were fairly new to the Navy. Others had been to the gulf and other hazardous locations before and had a better handle on things.
Have you read USS Texas BB-35 story???? It saw WAAAAAAY more action than any Iowa BB. That ship was nearly at every major US operation in the war. It ran escort for lend lease ships to England - pre-US involvement- and it was at Torch, Overlord, Cherbourg, Dragoon, Detachment, and Icberg operations. We're lucky to still have her around too - the only surviving Dreadnought.
Odd to see Green Shirts on a BB I was a Green Shirt on the Stennis CVN-74 (AB'E') Aviation Boatswains Mate 'Equipment' Catapults/Arresting Gear found on Carriers only. So this brings back memories about being at GQ for hours in the same scenario's. Thank you for uploading this! I could never record what we saw I always wanted to. (Phone Talker Repair Locker 7 Alpha)
CO decided to invest in flight deck jerseys for the crew as a quick uniform for the Gulf. Officers & Chiefs in white, and the various departments were assigned colors. Engineering & Repair Parties in Red, Ops in Blue, Weapons in Green, and so on. I was in CEC when this occurred - You'd be surprised how big an inbound missile appears on radar.
That is a lot of stress to be under and they did their jobs. Kudos to all of our soldiers. They deserve so much more than they get. They probably had multiple days like this. I would have been shaking in my boots and telling stories about just one of those incidences for years.
Key Events - Feel Free to expand.
2:37 - 1st Missile Inbound
3:10 - Do you have it visually joke
3:48 - Relax Brace
18:27 -Don Gasmasks
22:25 - 2nd Missile Inbound
23:37 - Threat cleared [inaudible]
Thank you, sir!
Thank you. Really helped.
Not alot happening. The clip definitely needs an index of content.
You’re the real hero here
LEGEND
No idea why this popped up in my recommendations but really cool to watch. They're all calm and did their jobs.
Bro same and you can't escape the Spanish inquisition.
Whoooooaa sup dark, love your videos man.
It popped up in mine too.
@@panzeroftheocean5783 Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you.
Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye, never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
@@the_defaultguy damn bro I just got ricked rolled.
I was in the Navy for seven years in the 00's and we trained countless time on "missile inbound, brace for shock". It's crazy to see a real incoming missile video.
I know, right?!!
And how they all laugh about it.
Brace the coffee incase it spills.
WoW
I was a GM on the Enterprise.
Same here. I would think about it sometimes.. mainly Iranian or a Chinese missle
I remember one night out at sea we hit a whale and it felt like a really rough speed bump. I was stationed on the CVN 76 Ronald Reagan.
@@Cobruzelanorate this sounds like a crazy story to tell :D
So we knew a young fellow on board the USS Missouri during this event. He was a Fire Control Officer working on the radars. Those were "Old style" radars, not what we are used to seeing these days. But anyhow, he described this somewhat terrifying event, said they all tensed up and braced and so on. But the British Missile Frigate HMS Gloucester was on station nearby and took out the Iraqi missiles. The Skipper of the Missouri he said, was very appreciative and sent over a very old bottle of Scotch for the Skipper of the Gloucester that night.
I love how navy ships just happen to have things like Scotch. That's just... a very Navy thing.
@@huntclanhunt9697yeah or like how They always have Ice Cream
The ice cream is why we have the most combat capable Armed Forces in the world.
You better have my ice cream or im not getting out my rack.
Im kiddi g im lidding im up, out the wire brush away, i showered 3 days ago.
@@PepRexthe ice cream budget
"do you have the Missile in sight?" or something like that "im not looking for it" "What about you" "im not looking for it either" lmao glad they still had some fun
That was a funny moment in a tense situation. One thing is for sure, we used humor a lot to get through the tough times.
I just watched that part again and heard my own giggle in the background. It tickled my funnybone then and now.
@@billgx
“Tough times”
Shouldn't one of them have been looking for it though?
@@zlcoolboy
No, they have technology for that. Keeping your head anywhere but down isn’t safest.
Reminds me of stories my grandfather told about being under Kamakazi attack in the Pacific. He was in the CIC and they could tell the progress of the incoming Japanese planes by the guns. The 5 inchers firing meant they were a couple of miles out. Then the 40mms meant they were within a mile. The 20s firing meant they were a couple of hundreds yards out. When they heard the .50 cals start up they braced for impact.
Amazing.
It's spelled kamikaze, by the way.
@@2dheethbar Lmao fucking TH-cam there has to be that guy
@@AMenDawg theres always that one guy
@Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
He was on destroyer with very thin armor, if they had been hit by a bomb carrying Kamikaze anyone in the path would have likely been killed. Even an unarmed Kamikaze did incredible damage to lighter ships.
Thankfully they weren't hit but many other ships there were. This was part of the US Navy Okinawa invasion fleet.
@Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington There were some really terrible battles off Guadalcanal as well.
My great uncle was a Seabee - naval engineer - on the island with the Marines and the Japanese sent multiple task forces to try and push the Americans out of there. The sound to the north was called iron bottom for a reason.
Many American and Japanese ships went down there with thousands of sailors lost.
It appears that your video has been blessed by the algorithm.
i hate this platform so much but there is no other big video platform
I'm here also.👊
Probably because of the recent operations room video on this event
@@juicy4joey There is Redtube
I've noticed too. I'm not sure why. I posted it over a year ago.
Just been sent this link. Really interesting to watch as I was on the Bridge of HMS Gloucester at the time as we fired off our two Sea Dart missiles to intercept the Silkworm heading for USS Missouri. I was only an Able Seaman at the time, taking photos of the American ship in the early hours of the morning.
As I was taking photos, I heard ‘Missile Inbound’ over our Main Broadcast. Naturally I froze and then during the next few seconds, which seemed liked minutes, there was a huge flash. I have this image ingrained in my memory of a silhouette of the Officer Of the Watch (OOW) standing near rhe Bridge window with his binoculars up to his head, looking for the missile.
A second later there was a huge bang. I felt the whole ship rock from side to side and it was at this point I felt that we had been hit by the inbound missile. Everything turned to panic. I remember my camera case falling off one of the Bridge consoles hitting the deck and the contents spilling out, all in slow motion.
As things settled, I became aware that we hadn’t been attacked, that it was actually our Sea Darts launching to intercept the Iraqi missile.
Scary time.
Thanks for your comment and thanks for being there when we needed you! Bill Gx - Firecontrolman 2nd Class - USS Missouri 1989-1991
same
@@billgx
❓ So you were one of the guys tasked with doing damage control if the missile(s) had hit the ship? It seems our navy has always been good at damage control, even under the most desperate circumstances. The Internet is filled with images of American WW2 naval ships with enormous damage(like cruisers losing their entire bows), but still managing to steam back to port without sinking.
As stated by Bill already, thanks for protecting the 'Mighty Mo' and her men when she needed it most! Respect to all our allies, especially those onboard the HMS Gloucester and the rest of the British armed forces. 🇺🇸🫡 🤝🇬🇧. And Bill, thank you for your service , sir! God bless the United States of America..... and her allies
I read this in your British accent.
Context for what's going on in the background:
After a missile warning, both the USS Missouri and USS Jarrett fired flares and chaff to decoy the missile. HMS Gloucester, drawing from the Royal Navy's experience during the Falklands War, when Exocet missiles re-acquired the merchant ship Atlantic Conveyor after decoys were deployed, did not activate her own decoys. The Royal Navy considered missiles like the Silkworm as targets to be shot down and firing chaff made that action difficult. Gloucester initiated a hard turn, firing two Sea Darts "over her starboard shoulder". The entire engagement, from detection to destruction, took just 89 seconds.The interception range was between 2¾ Nautical miles to 4 Nautical miles away from Gloucester, and 4 Nautical miles to 7 Nautical miles away from USS Missouri.
Not only that, we learned that it's not the missile it's the radar.
Sea Dart was ancient by the Falklands but more that good enough to shoot down a missile (hitting a bullet with a bullet)
It's the _radar_ that counts and ours were shite in the Falklands.
They redesigned everything from the ground up and upgraded Gloucester.
That's how they nailed sea skimmers with 1950/60s tech missiles.
Thank for that. I was sitting here trying figure out why the British were firing on the Missouri :).
@@jnprather All i know is that would be a terrible decision on their part if they did lol
wait this context just hit me, were missle intercepts not really a thing then? Like, this was one of the first tried and tested instances of it? Insane. That's insane. What a captain! What a crew!!
Fun Fact - Jingles was in HMS Brazen protecting a hospital ship to the south during this engagement
He was actually in another engagement. This one is an attack from land based anti-ship missile against USS Missouri.
The one where Jingles was involved was an Attack by to Mirage planes with Exocet missiles. These were shot down by Saudi Air Force
@@Brazilian3600 Bugger, but yeah, like Dan here said, fun facts!
Jingles?
@@Bizob2010 The Mighty Jingles, a YTer
@@Bizob2010 You never heard of the Mighty Jingles? *sigh*
Notice how young these guys are, we forget the military is manned mostly by 20 somethings.
I was 22 in the Gulf 1991
Average enlisted age is 27, average officer age is 34
Because later in live you have your own family to live for, not some propaganda/media bullshit. Glory? How many names of killed soldiers do you know from II WW? And what about Ist WW? Don't get me wrong - it is not about you in person. BR!
The other side had 16 year olds
They are stupid enough to go.
As a Marine who served on the USS Kearsarge and the USS Wasp, I came to really appreciate the seamanship of the US Navy. Very stellar in their daily routine and very active to any and all threats.
what a wonderful comment from one service to another. respect. Retired AF veteran.
I got to spend an evening on Kearsarge docked at Port Everglades. No question the coolest ship I’ve ever been aboard.
Yea, but still fun folks to pick on....besides the coast guard of course
Woof, bark Chris, I'll *take* that compliment and *see* you one as well:
I was a blue water sailor for years and while I have certainly heard just about every pejorative comment possible directed toward the Marines we served with, (and even flinging a few of my own) I also *never* lost sight of the fact that the USMC exemplifies the courage, commitment, resourcefulness, and professionalism that has become synonymous with the American Spirit. To this day I simply cannot imagine the fear and apprehension those who learn that the Marines are coming for them for must feel. **shudder** Hell, you guys scared me and I was on your team!
Much respect jarhead. 🇺🇸
Ay my brother was a corpsman on the LHD-3
The missile attack was from Sadams forces off the coast of Kuwait. The HMS Gloucester fired SeaDarts to counter the attack. The enemy missile was spotted visually by lookouts on the USS Missouri. After the successful counter, the Saudi Arabian airforce cluster bombed the location that the missile came from.
Thanks for background info I was about to start googling lol
Many thanks United Kingdom and your magnificent Royal Navy . Thanks for saving us yanks at sea!
@@jacobfromallstate4963 nah, according to the geopolitical lay of the land - especially 20 years ago - that sounds very typical of the Saudis.
@@124thDragoon had no idea, thank you for the enlightenment
This should be pinned
Kudos to the British HMS Gloucester for protecting this great US warship, she was the only one out of the 3 or so ships tracking the incoming missiles to commit to fire & took out 2 VERY deadly Iraqi missiles that can easily sink as ship with their 1 ton warhead. Also kudos this what we see on this ship & sailors of this actual gun which fired many miles with pinpoint accuracy. No better relationship than the UK & USA.
@@ShadeAKAhayate Cope and seethe
@@ShadeAKAhayate You’re reply especially at the end doesn’t seem to make much sense. Sorry, just saying, I can maybe make a few guesses but it’s certainly not clear. Thanks for the reply anyhow 👍
@David Pappas The Gulf War is a solid stepping stone in US leadership believing they can do literally anything with no fear of retribution. This eventually led to illegal actions (unlike the Gulf War itself) and later destruction of states of Iraq and Syria, directly leading to ISIS rising to power and committing aforementioned atrocities. A good bloody nose could have given them at least some second thoughts on what their actual capabilities are (unless we believe the idea of them following a "controlled chaos" concept).
9/11, on the other hand, was committed by Al-Queda, which the same US authorities nourished into the international terrorist organisation as we know it today. So it's not the hijacked flights pilots fault, but those US military advisors and the such that turned a local radical group into a world menace.
The US doesn’t deserve a good relationship with anyone. All the allies it has betrayed for its own interest. Thanks to Germany europe is too weak to stand up to them
@@oh_crumpets Europe can’t even hang with the big kids
The crazy thing is that these missile inbound warnings were not false alarms. There were two surface-to-air missiles actually fired at the USS Missouri, one of which malfunctioned just after launch. The other was shot out of the air by a Royal Navy destroyer. So this is film of people bracing for impact that was averted by what is considered the first ever missile-to-missile takedown.
Thanks for the context, it was the first! Amazing. I want to know if they ran drills for it was an off the cuff innovation.
Think about if the Missouri flies for a moment.
I served on a DDG in the mid 80's (often with the Mighty Mo) and it amazes me to the day the ages of the men in charge of all that power. I'm 53 now and most of those guys are younger than 30. BZ young sailors! I was 17 when I began.
I was also a DDG man, Gunner's Mate (Guns), and I was in awe of the battleships.
I see you were a Machinist Mate. ;)
Oh, I'm also 53, so I have to wonder if there's an outside chance that you were on my ship, the USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23).
I'm probably wrong about that, but hey...
@@Gunners_Mate_Guns I was on the USS Robison DDG-12. 1985 to 1988. I loved the Adams class destroyers.
My tour of duty ended just before these mighty battleships were recommissioned. I envy these guys for having the opportunity to serve on these legendary ships.
In the beginning. Or somewhere around 2 minutes Maybe. A guy walks up looks like he might be in charge.. what's he drinking? Looks like it's in a can? I thought you couldn't have carbonated drinks
Edit:
Down there so I assume water or juice I guess? Anyways pretty cool
Edit: also I guess I thought this was a sub 🤣🤣 nevermind Cokes would be just fine lol
Similar to seeing the pilots of many military aircraft, but specifically the B52. Those Buffalo crews tend to be on the younger side.
I bet it’s a weird feeling looking back at this video for anyone that was there. At this point in time they were prepared to die, but now, years later… I’m sure it’s an interesting emotion seeing yourself in the midst of it! Great video
I was there! In the adjacent room!
@@markdudley2287 Did you guys ever have missiles actually hit your ship, or ships in the area?
@@Tyler-xh2sg USS Tripoli hit a mine. My dad was on that ship
@@Tyler-xh2sg negative, only 2 attempts at coalition warships, both failed. This was the only successful launch
Where do you get they were preparing to die? They were bracing for shock and drilling for chemicals.
It is a strange feeling knowing there is a missile inbound and having enough time to contemplate which position you want to be in when it hits.
I just love the guy who put all the coffee away during the brace on the right side lol
@cmontygman bro was like I AM NOT going to be wearing this or cleaning this.
Smart thing would be to shoot down the missile in the two minutes that they're asking you to brace and stuff.
@@ninjaguyYT They'd still be told to brace regardless, and they use flare and chaff to divert the missiles.
@@ninjaguyYT That's not going to happen by the guys manning the ballistics computer for the 16 inch guns..
The CIWS does that, all automatic and its controlled from the CIC not out of the plotting room.
Wow I've read about this moment many times but never thought I'd get to see video of it. One missile landed less than a mile from Missouri. If Gloucester didn't intercept it the Mo would've had to rely on her CIWS. The Brits applied the tough lessons they learned from the Falklands.
Who fired the missile?
@@zekestone Iraqi Airforce
It would have taken a lot to hurt Big Mo, especially inside the armored gun battery. No single weapon, short of a nuke torpedo, could sink the Missouri. A nuclear airburst might capsize her. The Silkworm had a big warhead, but it would barely scratch the armor belt or the armored citadel. It could wreck topside equipment.
A full spread of conventional torpedos might sink her, but it would take 8 torpedos or more. The hull had torpedo blisters along the sides designed to absorb hits, and the ship had hundreds of individual watertight spaces.
@@mandoreforger6999 You don't need to sink her to cause extraordinary amounts of damage to the fragile fleshbags inside the big tin can. Concussions, ruptured eardrums, internal damage from the shockwave propagating through the ship, all can take a chunk of her out of commission
@@drummeruptheirons Wouldn't the watertight doors keep shockwaves confined to a single compartment?
I was right under this camera, I didnt know that they were filming. I do remember having to brce for shock, and the moment 22:30 where one of teh FC, i think it was Donny, but not sure, couldn't find a good spot to brace. I always thought that was something that i had misrembered, but watching this, yeah.
So many people on these ships are here even the dude that uploaded I think was there. That’s awesome
@@13_cmi Yeah, the uploaders giggle can be heard around the "I'm not looking for it" joke
Scary stuff.
Thank you for your service and freedoms you stand to protect.
Hey Phil, Thanks for Your Service.
I'm just wondering, why the colours being worn are green & taupe. Any help would be great.
Thanks.😁
Great video! I was a firefighting instructor in Great Lakes bootcamp for all recruits. We would train them on the different alarms, brace for shock, and proper use of the gas mask. Also why doing all of it quickly is important. This video alone could have been so helpful showing these events actually happening. Telling them what to do vs actually seeing it happen can make a big difference in their understanding of why we do what we do.
Imagine say an officer on the USS Alliance from the post-colonial times watching this footage from the future And what their reaction would be. How the Navy and Country had changed from the perspective of this footage, how the technology of war affected the sailors training and point of view.
Hard to believe this was 30 years ago. When I was a kid, the 60s was 30 years ago and now it's 60 years ago. Where did the time go?
To truly understand what this is like you need to know that being on a ship is very isolating to begin with. Not only are you away from everyone you know back home (except for your shipmates), but you don't even know what's really going on right outside of the ship. You're 100 percent at the mercy of the 1MC and and those in charge topside. Just hearing the call for gas masks would be terrifying, but in reality, they probably just called it to be safe. But you wouldn't find that out until the CO's briefing after the evolution was complete...
Then think about what its like being on a sub,ten fold ....you cant guess at it, youve either done it or you havent ...
I was on a DDG patrolling the Red Sea with the JFK battle group when this was all going on and I can confirm that you basically know nothing until after. I can also confirm that the first few days we donned and doffed gasmasks almost constantly based on percieved threats. Sidebar: as I was in one of the twiget ratings we worked pretty closely with the radio men whose gear we worked on etc, so we made a deal with them that consisted of them putting a disused receiver online to pick up BBC broadcasts, and in return we built a speaker monitor for them
to hear the news, and ran ( "unauthorized", obviously....) speaker wire from their shop to ours and set up a small amp into a boombox, and from then on we almost always had as much news as any civilians did which was pretty awesome.....
can hear shortly after "The gas is 25 miles south east of us threat level 4"
I was a SWO, one of the perks of being in the pilothouse all the time. The time on small boys was fun, on a carrier, I understand the feeling of not knowing what was going on. Was on MCM FFG and Riverine before Carriers
This ship is the battleship Missouri, which was the stage for the signing ceremony of Japan's surrender document in 1945, right? We Japanese know it from our history textbooks, and it's amazing that it remained an active ship until 1991
You are correct. It IS that same battleship Missouri that was the site of the ending of WWII. There is a plaque in the deck still marking the spot of the surrender to this day.
@@billgx That's fantastic! The longevity of the Battleship Missouri must have been a joy to the Japanese battleships that once fought in the Pacific War
@@MikiSuzuki2000 It would have been very cool if the Yamato and Musashi survived the war - small chance they might've been preserved as museum ships, or even brought into the American inventory. It would've been cool to see them sail in the more modern era with the Iowa class.
@@matasa7463 Well, at least the battleship Yamato had a chance to survive, but it was lost due to reckless maneuvering. If the Yamato had survived, perhaps it would have become a symbolic flagship of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. Imagining the scene of the strongest battleships of Japan and the U.S. participating in a joint exercise together makes my heart flutter with excitement!
@@MikiSuzuki2000 they might’ve shelled the Iraqi military together.
I know the missile attack - a silkworm missile was inbound, the Missouri released chaff and Gatling gun fire of USS Jarret targets the battleship's aluminum chaff, ultimately a SEADART missile from HMS Gloucester downing it.
Shows you that even a modified battleship from WW2 isn't easy to sink
Simply shows that our allies are very precious to us.
@@KaiserStormTracking The damage control team would have called sweepers & swept the debris over the side if it would have it.
Her Majesty’s Ship downs the thing. Hoorah 🇬🇧🇺🇸
@thekeithvidz do you know if there was any deeper analysis of that misfire? (ciws attacking chaff)
WOAH, someone actually recorded this?? That's awesome! I was actually pretty close to you I think, my GQ was Repair 5 Aft, above Engineroom #4 which was where I worked. Looks like you got about a 12-15 second advance warning from the rest of us LOL! With the heat and lack of ventilation in R5A, (not to mention wearing Firefighting gear) only a couple of us were actually awake at that time...me, the radio operator, and maybe 1 or 2 others. I had to run around yelling and shaking people to wake their asses up and get them to brace for shock! Scary stuff, but I gotta say, the training kicked in when it was needed. *edit* If I ever run into someone from the Gloucester, I still owe them a night of drinks on me.
I figured the memory of this only existed in my own memory by now, good to see it's preserved!
You don't have a recording of the chemical cloud alarm, do you? We were in MOPP gear for pretty much 2 or 3 days straight after that, if i remember....God, that was miserable hehe. The heat in Repair 5 Aft was pretty stifling, even considering I normally worked in the Engineroom.
Keep watching. The MOPP gear comes out in the second half of this video.
In Army we have only seconds to get that Full MOPP SUITS on but we are closer than the ship !
I was on the Gloucester that morning as a Radio Operator Tactical and watching this sure brought a lump to my throat! Glad you guys all got home safe....
@@TheSeasqua RRadio Operator 2nd Class Charlton was on BRAZEN, at one time in the Ops Room when she put herself between two Mirages and ARGUS. Today Paul Charlton goes by the name of The Mighty Jingles and runs quite a large TH-cam Channel here th-cam.com/users/BohemianEagle
I was then, as now, a MOD Scientist. I was doing 'Planning Stuff' behind a big vault door 'Somewhere in England' :)
Three three key naval engagements of 91 are outlined here, Jingles contributes some voice-over: th-cam.com/video/DDfDnZ7FiZg/w-d-xo.html
mighty jingles was on Gloucester.
Feb. 25th, my birthday. Served 35 years in the RCAF as an armourer, 1981-2016. I was in Doha Qatar from Oct. 7th to Dec 9th 1990 during the buildup phase to the 1st Gulf war. Thanks to all who served.
Thank you for your service sir
Reminded of that quote; 'Long periods of absolute boredom punctuated by mere moments of sheer terror.'
Mad respect though, calm, cool and collected.
You know it's getting real when the Chief's start securing their coffee cups.
Yup - that's the real indicator. My last tour I had all the Cadillac accessories for my MCU-2/P, voice box and the drinking tube with an adapter for my travel mug.
Utmost respect to them all. And then some.
Interesting how each one of them have their own unique experiences throughout the situation, even the minute things - like who they interact with, how they brace, or don their gear, ya' know, little things like that. Watching someone's moment in time very interesting stuff. Cool to see their friendships and comradery unfold.
Kinda mind-blowing, to say the least.
I waited a long time to share this.
@@billgx Glad you did.
I'm an Army vet and it's always interesting to see other service jobs and the way they do it. Very interesting!
Army, Navy, Air Force....all brothers and sisters from the same family.
During my time in Iraq it was always cool to head over to the 2nd BCD and see how you guys ran things.
So this is what the inside a can of whoop ass looks like. This is badass
No. They feed data to the whoop ass department (gun turrets) so the right ass gets whooped.
@@ytubepuppy kinda correct, we feed the data and squeezed the pickle. All the turret did was load the barrels.
Brother! Lmao
This is what it LOOKED like. In 91
As a Navy FC in training, this is a watch I'm glad I stumbled across. The boys and I have the same sense of humor today when it comes to brace for shock. I actually chuckled at the "Do you have a visual on the missile?" "I wasn't looking for it" because we do the same stuff. Hilarious and serious at the same time. Inspiring to say the least
LoL shush it boot... Until you get through A school youre an undesignated barracks cleaner LMAO
Combat systems is the gayest dept on board a ship, close second air/aimd/weapons.
@@bosscoassociates5638 We got a boats right here everyone!
it's called "gallows humor"
@@NandR Boats or a Turd Chasin HT?
(Edited to add some additional info and clean up) We were in our 5” mount the starboard side forward mount was completely manned by our Marine Detachment (MARDET) from the powder Magazine up. Watching it 31 years later is crazy. I forgot going to Mopp level 4 then hearing it was the oil fires or exhaust. They had brought on a million dollar scope that was supposed to be able to see chemicals in the air. I can remember going to chow after general quarters secured we still had the MOPP trousers on. the RPV was up was spotting for the 16” guns. To see how far drones have come. I remember them catching those in a net off the fantail. Then us turning around one time to try to catch one before it ran out of fuel coming back to us. We didn’t make it and it dropped in the ocean. I think the ship had 3 RPV’s to start with. We swapped days on the firing line with the Wisconsin. I know they took an aerial photo of both ships during a refueling and said it was the first time since World War II since that had happened. You can see the 16inch round count from the Gulf painted on the turrets in some of the other videos or pictures that are of the exterior of the ship. We had GPS but it was nothing like today. I can remember. Being on duty at night re-opting to the bridge and the navigation guys still used a sexton to shoot the stars and then would confirm off the gps. To think of the size of that equipment and now it’s in items as small as a watch is pretty amazing.
Thank you for your service aboard the Mighty Mo.🤝
It's cool that you can see this video 30+ years later. I don't have any video from that period (just pictures) and we all looked so young. I guess that's why we were all so full of piss and vinegar and thought we were indestructible. Nowadays, it sounds like someone is making popcorn when I get out of bed in the morning. lol
Thank you for your service.
Didnt realise Marines were manning naval guns even during this period!
@@rampager89 we were the only ones that I was aware of. I don’t believe any of the others Iowa,New Jersey, or Wisconsin we’re doing it. Our primary role was internal external security of special weapons. I inherited a cushy spot down in the powder mag at first. We had a new NCO who took over the gun and he moved me up to projectile man. Loading drills in there sucked..First drills were always worse than actual shooting because you would have to remove the solid brass projectiles that were used for drills. They were about 55lbs also making sure not to smash your fingers in there. Timing making sure the powder guy has his charge in place.. I wouldn’t trade it for anything it was a tight space with a really tight crew and you learned to sleep in the strangest positions possible. Probably why.my back is so screwed up now. It was cool to take my sons onboard in Pearl and show them everything. I literally got to take them into our berthing and show them my rack and show them Broadway. They had Asbestos signs everywhere which was funny but they said they were going to be doing more removal so they could ad more of the ship spaces on the tour.
Love how all the vet come and talk about their experiences.
Same here. It's awesome to hear all the different stories and perspectives, from different eras. One of the reasons I love these kind of videos so much. Thank you to all the men and women who have served our country!
after training for chem warfare I give absolute kudos cheers to this crew for doing what they were able to in such close quarters Absolutely amazing. Well done
All that's going on and all I can think about is how these guys are going to fuck up some Iraqi positions with a gun plotting computer that's older than anyone on board.
and worked perfectly
They had to re-enlist some old timers from WW2 to train them
Really seems like something out of 40k when you put it like that
They thought about changing everything to modern computers at the time, but the original analog system was just as accurate, and already paid for. +1 for the Navy and the designers of the greatest Battleships every built (We can say that because the other "most powerful battleships ever" are at the bottom of the sea.. and the Iowa class ships are tourist attractions).
@@hawkdsl Wouldn't a modern Computer system work faster than the analog ones?
I remember that day well. I was topside - my GQ station was port side SRBOC (chaff) launcher so we were inside the CIWS equipment room waiting for the impact. Scary stuff.
did you actually see the thing then?
@@billgx No. We were hunkered down. I did hear the Glouchester's Sea Dart fly past.
Roundstone Lucifer??? Gonzo here
I was in a powder room lol thought we were dead meat! Laughed our asses off and just waited!
@Craig 75 The Sea Dart was, yes. No idea how close the Silkworm got to us.
I can feel my body tenses up whenever I hear that GQ alarm, and we only do drills when these guys were doing it for real. Massive props to these men and women.
These were men....Just MEN
Bill, I think you mentioned this footage in a/some comment(s) 10 years ago. Awesome to finally see it. Thanks for posting!
It was finally time. It isn't easy to watch, even today.
Imagine thinking you're good on that ship in that moment to pick your nose and wipe it on your sleeve only to find a video of it years later
36:08
Poor guy, but still thanks for his service.
Oof
I was a 12 year old picking my nose when this happened
Hand picked for posterity
I loved that I got to see my buddy George Horton after all the years. He was the big Guy that casually crosses the plotting room. Hope you are still around and doing good, George!
God bless our British brothers who had our backs on this one. We'll have to pay it forward in the future...
@@briankoshefsky5916 yea, we 100% dont owe you anything :)
@@briankoshefsky5916 Britain only finished repayments at the end of 2006 for the WW2 loan from the U.S so no, I don’t think Britain does ‘still owe the U.S’. and it’s patronising to hear comments like ‘America saved our asses’.
Although we may sometimes hear and read disparaging comments that are either anti-American or anti-British, I’m confident in saying that most Brits and probably most Americans do respect and admire each other and respect each other’s military service regardless of when and where it took place (although not Boston, obviously)
@@MrDickiedido
You are right on the nose. Anyone that still does that "America saved your ass" don't also realize that America has yet to have "saved" anyone else's ass since WWII and in fact, we have been losing or withdrawing from endless wars ever since with disastrous outcomes anyways, so what is there to brag on about? 😄 the Middle east is a prime example. just ignore the ignorant on both sides of the ocean, I say lol
@@IntrovertedOreo The middle east wasn't all sunshine and rainbows before.
@@IntrovertedOreo either
My grandfather served aboard the Missouri in WWII and inspired me to serve in the navy 20 years ago. Love these videos
My father was a tin can sailor in WW2 (fire control officer). He told me that “if I never take anything to heart I’ve ever told you, take this to heart: go aviation”. Best advise that man ever gave me. 22 years flying in aircraft built by the lowest bidder. Miss ya, dad! Fly Navy 🇺🇸
my grandfather was a combat medic in the pacific. he served under the usaffe.
Here I am enjoying Thanksgiving.
So I say: Thank you, men and women in arms, of the U.S. military and those of our allies, for your sacrifices and your bravery, whether you are veterans or currently serving. I salute you.
war criminals.
@@mauman shut the hell up, this was during the Iraq -Iran war. Iraq started the war first
o7
From wikipedia:
Gloucester served in the Persian Gulf War in 1991 under the command of Commander (later Rear Admiral) Philip Wilcocks where her most notable action was to shoot down an Iraqi Silkworm missile with Sea Dart missiles. The Iraqi missile had targeted the US battleship USS Missouri and the intercept was the first validated, successful missile-versus-missile strike of its kind.[2]
After a missile warning, both the USS Missouri and USS Jarrett fired flares and chaff to decoy the missile. Gloucester, drawing from the Royal Navy's experience during the Falklands War, when Exocet missiles re-acquired the merchant ship Atlantic Conveyor after decoys were deployed,[4] did not activate her own decoys. The Royal Navy considered missiles like the Silkworm as something to be shot down and firing chaff made that action difficult.[5] Gloucester initiated a hard turn, firing two Sea Darts “over her starboard shoulder”. The entire engagement, from detection to destruction, took just 89 seconds.[6] The interception range was between 2¾ Nautical miles to 4 Nautical miles away from Gloucester, and 4 Nautical miles to 7 Nautical miles away from USS Missouri. USS Jarrett‘s history listed the missile's altitude at 375 feet while witnesses aboard HMS London estimated between 680 to 1,000 feet.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Gloucester_(D96)
I once read an account of the young sailor at the Gloucester’s missile control console. If I remember correctly he became something of a celebrity, but then ducked out of sight. I don’t recall his name, but I remember reading about it. Also, to your point about the firing of chaff, Missouri took friendly fire from Jarrett’s autonomous robotic weapon, aka CIWS, when it assessed a chaff canister as a threat. It might well have been the world’s first friendly fire incident in combat caused by an autonomous robot.
@@billgx Interesting point! Thanks!!!
Wow so this moment is also a historical first, besides just being cool to see.
This is what true war fighters look like, calm, clear, collected even while facing deadly circumstances, then laughing about Something stupid while waiting for a missile to hit. No freaking out, then back to work as soon as the threat is gone! Great work shipmates!
Really???.....it’s a fn drill moron.......
Nobody will be laughing if it was a real missile up coming at them 😂😂 They were calm because there was no real threat to begin with
@@vieroboy maybe learn some history, not a drill. Real missile
@@cjcarter5667 maybe learn some history, not a drill, real missile
@@Dr3450 I should have read the caption 🤦🏾♂️..It was During a real war damn
I will admit, the one branch of military I'd never serve in is the navy, being trapped in a metal coffin doesn't sound fun, I'd take a bullet of drowning any day. So I've got mad respect for these men, young and old, taking on the role of defenders, facing intense dangers, using sophisticated machinery, and showing nothing more than pure dedication and commitment. Respect to the USA's military, from the UK.
It’s often in the back of your mind. If this thing goes down, I’m going down with it.
I visited the USS Missouri two weeks ago (at Pearl Harbor). It was an amazing experience. Videos like this bring that ship to life even more than touring the ship!
i was on the deck 20 or so years ago when it first opened for tours at pearl. there was a guy that was on the missouri when it was hit back in ww2 describing the attack to small groups of people.
Is this area of the 'Mighty Mo' accessible to the people in the tour? If so do you remember this specific area? I wasn't navy or military at all for that matter, so it's hard for me to know where this is on the ship. Def below deck maybe comms and radio control room or whatever the technical term is ( I'm sure I'm dead wrong lol). I know green shirts are aircraft maintainers on carriers but this isn't a carrier..... clearly 😂 Thanks for any info in advance.
@@OleDonKedic I don't remember all of the areas that were open in the tour. However, it was certainly a "floating museum" with a lot of places available to see.
@@OleDonKedic it is on the fourth deck down in the forward main battery plotting room. It is the fire control computer/radar room for the ship’s big 16” guns.
This is the type of proper content I WANT from TH-cam’s recommendation algorithm. Solid stuff
It took me 29 years to post it and another year for it to get noticed.
This was one of the closest calls since ww2 that one of our main ships was under attack . If you look up the story it was really close.
I was onshore when this was happening. I remember hearing about this, but never saw anything until now. It was a comfort knowing that if things got bad, these guys were a radio relay away from unleashing hell. Man it was hot in the desert in them suits and masks!!
3:10 "I"m looking for it" *nervous laughter*
I know a BB (especially an Iowa) is tough but it's still got to be unimaginably scary in there when you hear "missile inbound" with no way to even see it, just waiting for impact.
he says im not looking for it (not visually most likely cuz his bracing for impact). thats why everyone giggled :D The intercom was heard all over the ship so the question was for someone topside not in this room.
"Where is the missile?"
"I'm not looking for it."
But... but why, tho? 😂
well... they certainly don't build it like this no more...
It was indeed!
We were below waterline here, also. I distinctly remember praying, “God, if it’s my time, You know I love You. I’m ready.” I haven’t seen myself on camera yet. I’ll keep watching. My GQ station was in the adjacent part of CDC. What you see here is the 16-inch gun control section.
i dont know how the awesome video popped on my recommendation .. this is my first time seen situation like this .. may God bless who are still in service defence for your country
Thanks from the bottom of my heart to all those who served ,serve and will serve in the Us military ,navy ,air force ,all of them that keep us safe .
By invading other countries?
Same situation happened to us about three weeks before this while onboard U.S.S. Princeton CG-59. I believe two F-14 Tomcats from the USS Ranger intercepted our two bogies.
I was on the Kansas City in the Ranger battle group, yes indeed
I don’t remember hearing about that. But there are plenty of things that happened that I missed.
You guys took 2 mine hits though. That was some damned good work by her crew.
I just hit 50. It changes everything. My god, they are YOUNG men. My nephew was one of the marines in the airfield when the suicide bomb went off during the recent withdrawal. Met him on leave a couple weeks ago, same thought.My god, hes young. Old enough to fight and die, but not old enough to buy that hard earned beer he was drinking at the BBQ.
America treat you sons and daughters well, for they are the backbone of our countries military when needed.
THANK YOU GENTLEMEN FOR YOUR SERVICE!!
"Not a cellphone in sight, just people enyojing the moment" Jokes aside. That part at 22:40 must have felt like an eternity for them
@Carolyn Stell There were cell phones a little smaller than the Dynatac back then, like the first Motorola MicroTAC and the NEC P3.
Unfortunately for me, for work installing cell towers I had a luggable cell phone in 1991 which was a giant heavy monstrosity. Most of the weight and bulk was from the massive lead acid battery. On top of that what looked like an old car phone, handle, tall antenna and carrying shoulder strap. But it had the standby time we needed.
I miss the good old days which came later, where I would only have to charge my little Nokia 6110 once every 2 weeks or so.
Nowadays my Apple watch is a phone!
only Mk 1 Fire control computer in sight…..
"Missile inbound"
"one sec I'm doing Candy Crash"
@@MutheiM_Marz At first it seems pretty leisurely almost like a regular business office, with two people working and the rest standing around. As compared to the Infantry on the ground having fun with the Iraqis.
can't believe this /whoosh comment is the 6th comment.
Also a very insensitive no pun intended.
What i always find so crazy is that "war" as a soldier is not nearly the way someone imagine it to be. Basically your information about what is going on is so freaking limited from the individual soldiers point of view, that is actually the most scaring thing.
Well if you have to be on a ship about to get hit by an anti ship cruise missile might as well be a battleship.
damn, thats grim. how many souls on board?
@@Fox3-x3p in the 1980s about 1800 officers and crew .
@@Fox3-x3p so there isn't an anti ship missile that could damage a Missouri class battleship
@@MasterChiefSargeant I was worried more about the deaths of the crew members more than the ship. jesus. because I know those 20mm ciws from the USS Jarrett almost penetrated and was inches from killing people on the Missouri.. is or a missile with 550lbs of high explosives not dangerous??? like please define why youre right.
@@MasterChiefSargeant also isnt an iowa class???
Looks like a high school shop class.
Which is true, many of them haven't been out of HS very long.
A shop class defending you
@@MrAllegiant1 Calm down. He wasn't being disrespectful.
Looks like my local McDonalds... About as much actual productivity as well.
@@MrDemoncrusher You have no idea how much technical training a Fire Controlmen has to take.
You would be lost in their shoes in five seconds.
Yes, I knew lots of Fire Controlmen from my time served, so go be a dickhead where other pizza-faced edgelords appreciate your douchebaggery.
I see a lot of the comments are from folks who were there. It must be surreal to look back at this. I went to school with someone who served in Iraq as a medic and would find him looking back at gruesome photos from his time out there. I'd be like "buddy, why are you doing this to yourself?" not knowing I myself was yet to be diagnosed with PTSD for different reasons and have indulged in the same behavior. I can't imagine what it's like. Whole different beast experiencing this kind of fear with others. Take care, y'all.
It appears most commenters aren't old enough to know this was where the Japanese officially surrendered
To the United States after Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the deck of this battleship one of the Greatest of all Naval vessels ever afloat is where W.W.2 ended...
God Bless All who have served aboard the
U.S.S. Missouri
Be Proud!
America is Proud of You!
American conduct in ww2 was downright criminal, and to join it they provoked Japanese with a lawless embargo.
Aboard this ship you mean?
@@piotrgrzelak2613 Because Japanese conduct was certainly far less criminal. Definitely. Invading the Phillipines, torturing/starving/executing POWs, kamikaze piloting into enemy ships and objectives. No criminal activity here, sir.
(Of course, you won't mention the root of that embargo being the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. While countries including The Netherlands, Great Britain, The United States, and others had spheres of influence set up here, the Western nations were not raping the local populace nor using them for biological weapons tests.)
@@fatbeef2503 No, the root of American aggression against Japan, wasn't Manchuria, it was Roosevelt's purge of anti-war movements and a fuel embargo on Japan. Before Philippines were taken by Japan they were colonized by US
@@fatbeef2503 Yes, their conduct was certainly less genocidal than American, even though this isn't what I initially said, you're just defensive. US is the only country in history to test nuclear weapons on civilian targets.
General quarter sounded, folks smoking and joking drinking their soda.
Seems they were already where they had to be lol
This sir, is an amazing piece of history you filmed here. Giving us a pretty cool firsthand source of information on one of the biggest highlights of the gulf war. Something for any seafairing folk or history lover to enjoy. Im jealous, what i would do to serve on a battlewagon. Im stuck with cutters and icebreakers and while they are cool in their own respect nothing could beat sailing on a battlewagon. Hopefully i will never face this particular experience in my future career in the coast guard. 😄
Thanks Loki, it was a special time being aboard the Mighty Mo. Be proud of your work in the Coast Guard. Thanks for doing it. I’m sure you will have your fair share of adventures too. Be careful and good luck!
@@billgx thank you sir!
Amazing to watch them using my grandfather’s technology. My grandfather was on The Tennessee following Pearl Harbor through most of the war.
You mean using Grandpa's vessel, right? Because the technology is far beyond what grandpa had in the day.
@@tahoma6889 the Mk8 range keeper computer that is front and center in this video controls the 16” guns and is the original equipment installed in the 40s. Of course it isn’t in use today, but in 1991 it was in perfect working order. There were plans for a digital upgrade on the battleships, but they were retired before that ever happened.
This is impressive, even they are calm enough to joke around how they dodged that missile.
we joked around constantly.
British warship destroyed the missile before it hit USS missouri i think
If military personnel aren't constantly joking or complaining, something has gone seriously wrong.
I was in high school during the Gulf War and it was the second year I was in the US. Most of them are just a few years older than me. I wonder where they are now. My son is in NROTC and could be working in a team like this. There isn't any battleship to serve on, but at least I can see how they work together under real threats. I am amazed by how calm and relaxed they were. Well trained.
Filmed in 1991 yet still has better cameras than court rooms and banks
The amazing thing about this video is that you see a bunch of guys who were entering a new technological era of warfare with not a single computer screen in sight.
Dude.......there's a big fucking computer in the middle of the room!!!!!!.....analog/mechanical though it may be.
Actually, there are computers but not the electronic kind like we have today.
@@Joshua_N-A How did they work?
@@TemenosL Computers were originally Analog. They didn't have digital memory like computers today. You could achieve this through various means. But it's pretty wild. For example, some computers used punch cards! You would create a punch card that represented the code you wanted to have run, and put it through the machine which would read the card and execute the code as it did so.
@@TemenosL A bunch of gears.
It's hard to believe everyone in this video is at least 50 years old today. Thank you all.
Gives me chills man, sounds like captain caiss "brace for shock"
Were you there that day?
@@billgx probably. Half the people in the comments here probably were
Mopp 4 certainly quieted the mood
We had 30 seconds. Under direct fire we had everything tied up in 15. Lol you couldn’t get it on fast enough when it was real.
you can not only hear the hms gloucester firing the sea dart missile, but also successfully hitting and destroying the inbound missile. fascinating
when in the video?
@@onlyiknowonlyiknow3383 the first dull shockwave of launching the sea dart at 2:55 right before "brace for shock"
the second dull shockwave from destroying the inbound missile at 3:07
I wonder what the Might Jingles was doing. Probably sipping on tea watching the missiles fly.
apparently got tackled outside the operations room minutes before this happened lol
It is mentioned elsewhere. He was nearby to the South serving on HMS Brazen I believe.
Just in case you didn't see this video the mighty Jingles gives his 2 cents during this action. th-cam.com/video/DDfDnZ7FiZg/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=TheOperationsRoom
It's interesting to see the brace position hasn't really changed at all! I remember watching Sailors during a general quarters drill assume the same position.
Thank you for everyone in the armed forces / navy etc for all you do. I genuinely wouldn't have it in me to do this job unless I was forced to do it.
Amazing men, thank all u guys who were there serving, not much older than me a sophomore in high school at the time. Thank u!
Awesome video! When I was a kid in 97 or 99, this battleship came to Astoria OR before leading to Hawaii for it's final home. My parents took me there and I still remember standing on the deck next to those gun! Thanks for sharing
I love how they go from bracing for a possible impact to asking if they can break out the powder to blow something up.
Trying to use sound powered phones with masks on was always a cluster-fuck during drills. All you hear is muffled un-intelligible screams and it's anybody's interpretation what it means.
Getting to make up your own orders is half the fun of combat!
hehe
Great point.
I always hated how our sound powered phones were extremely piss poor for ear protection when I was riding in the gunhouse firing our 5" gun.
I have tinnitus in my right ear now, most likely because of that.
@@Gunners_Mate_Guns they make headsets with better ear protection, but they aren't that great. Flight deck guys are all still going deaf.
@@eggsaladsandwhiches
What did you say ?
The Operations Room has a video summarizing the attack, with an eyewitness account from a royal navy sailor whose ship spotted a missile
Hey, thanks for uploading this. I'm a dumb Army guy so seeing the raw inner workings of a massive machine of war like the USS Missouri, namely the Sailors themselves, is fucking cool to me. I've been a part of an armor crew, trained in it at least, and as cool as that was, this was REALLY neat to watch. Happy early Veterans Day!
Thanks for dropping by. I held on to this footage for three decades for a number of reasons. We made some mistakes (and people are joyfully pointing them out.) It was a really scary thing to experience. And I just wanted to let some time pass. But I agree, it was worth recording and posting. I’m really happy so many are seeing it. And I agree - regular sailors just doing their job. The history books are all about the generals and admirals and officer leadership. That’s all well and good, but is the ordinary guys who do the heavy lifting. Thanks for your service, and Happy Veterans Day to you.
Can we appreciate for a second how these kids handle a USS Battleship!
Seriously haha. Some of them probably can't even drink. But once you join the military, you become a man.
These days they'd be crashing it
Those kids behaved like courageous men. Cannot see todays generation handeling this as cool.
"Kids" have been running the military forever.
I remember thinking about how old the 30 year old First Classes were. Now I'm over 40 and can't imagine seeing one of those guys as being barely more than a kid.
(Worst yet, I was a 23 year old First Class)
I mean its their jobs
Why the missile didn't hit them:
Iraqi missile launcher: Fire!
Missile computer system: Missile fired. To arm the missile, please select all images containing a fire hydrant.
I'm sitting here MESMERIZED by these great men! WATCH THE DISCIPLINE take over when you see them once just talking and smiling, and then BAM!! BUSINESS! Mannnnnnnnn I have NO idea why this is showing up on my recommendations--but DAMN what a great video!!!!!!!!!
As a Desert Storm U.S. Army Vet, interesting seeing the Navy side of things during Operation Desert Storm.
There's a day forever etched in my memory
Crazy. I must be getting old. They all look like kids. Thank you all for your service.
Crazy to see all the equipment still in use today in the US Navy. Even though its a bit grainy I can still make out things that I still do maintenance on everyday.
The training is so much better nowadays, we can put that mask on really fast now.
Yeah, but those mustaches back then would of added another level of protection.
I’m a Danish army veteran, (I was a conscript for 8 months in 1996. I have been in the National Guard since April 2000 and ongoing, including a deployment in 2009/2010.
I realize that navy combat operations with a risk of CBRN attacks, is vastly different from what I have trained for.
But looking at this footage was surprising to me.
The GAS alarm sounded almost like a throwaway comment that was yelled at a distance. (The wording could have easily been drowned out in noise.)
When the command was recognized, I was shocked to see that no one repeated it. (Does the navy not train sailors to loudly repeat commands like this, to maximize the likelihood of everyone hearing it?)
It took all of the sailors FOREVER to put their masks on! (Counting from the moment they had them within reach.) We had 12 seconds from the moment the GAS alarm was given, to not only put our CBRN masks on, but also completely cover the rest of our heads with the hoodies that are attached to our jackets. (Which is no easy task when you have to do this without letting your rifle or helmet touch the ground etc.)
How often did the U.S. navy train for this, prior to this deployment?
Everything is quite easy, if your Not actually being Shot at.
@@BoHolbo it's been 30 years and I don't remember how much we trained. We did the training, but it obviously wasn't enough for some. With hindsight, we should have practiced daily until perfect. We realized this upon watching this footage while we were still in the gulf. This is one reason I never publicly shared this clip for years. You see a very real and imperfect response. By the way, some of the sailors in this compartment were brand new, recently out of recruit training and flown directly to the ship in the gulf. I'm not excusing it, but many of the people you see here were fairly new to the Navy. Others had been to the gulf and other hazardous locations before and had a better handle on things.
@@billgx thx for sharing sir ^_^ Thx for your service 💪
"This better be good to wake me at this hour."
"Three base stars just jumped in front of us. Uh, make that five base stars."
"Frack."
22:20 Inbound missile
thank you
USS Missouri was a legend. A ship that went to hell and back, then to hell again, only to come back again! That ship has an incredible story.
Have you read USS Texas BB-35 story???? It saw WAAAAAAY more action than any Iowa BB. That ship was nearly at every major US operation in the war. It ran escort for lend lease ships to England - pre-US involvement- and it was at Torch, Overlord, Cherbourg, Dragoon, Detachment, and Icberg operations. We're lucky to still have her around too - the only surviving Dreadnought.
@@mindeloman It's a little weird trying to turn it into a competition, eh?
2:35 missle in bound
18:26 gas mask
22:25 missle in bound
27:05 no reported gas no missle activity
Odd to see Green Shirts on a BB I was a Green Shirt on the Stennis CVN-74 (AB'E') Aviation Boatswains Mate 'Equipment' Catapults/Arresting Gear found on Carriers only. So this brings back memories about being at GQ for hours in the same scenario's. Thank you for uploading this! I could never record what we saw I always wanted to. (Phone Talker Repair Locker 7 Alpha)
I was kind of surprised we were allowed to record. I'm glad no one stopped us.
CO decided to invest in flight deck jerseys for the crew as a quick uniform for the Gulf. Officers & Chiefs in white, and the various departments were assigned colors. Engineering & Repair Parties in Red, Ops in Blue, Weapons in Green, and so on. I was in CEC when this occurred - You'd be surprised how big an inbound missile appears on radar.
One of my teachers was on this ship at this time. He just told us it was scary and there wasn't much else that really happen.
Bill, little did we know just how important your videos ended up being. So glad you had the foresight to take these videos. #vhs
That is a lot of stress to be under and they did their jobs. Kudos to all of our soldiers. They deserve so much more than they get. They probably had multiple days like this. I would have been shaking in my boots and telling stories about just one of those incidences for years.