Awww and here I thought this would be a video about how the captain ordered the Battleship to be flooded, so they could fire farther on D-Day. Battleship Texas-Yeeting metal since the 40's.
On June 15, nine days after D-Day, Texas was assigned a target whose range was greater than 20,000 yards and beyond her main battery. Captain Baker ordered the flooding of her starboard external torpedo blisters, giving her a 2 degree list and the needed range. This technique had previously been developed and used by the British in the 1920's and had been discussed in naval journals. So, Baker can certainly be credited for remembering and applying a creative solution to a problem, he and his crew did not invent it.
The Naval Architecture term-of-art is" "shear" which has a long history in hull design. A hull with shear provides additional buoyancy at bow and stern which help reduce pitching. A stronger shear at the bow prevents "submarining" when water goes over the bow.
Mr. Tom, receive a respectful but warm hug from the tropics, (Barranquilla, Colombia, South America), the Lord has blessed me with the US tourist visa, I want to take advantage and visit the glorious Battleship Texas US, but first I want to know if This moment is open to the public, so as not to arrive and take the disappointment that is closed, these days remembering the Marine Corps in the Battle of Iwo Jima, again a Cordial Greeting, your friend Alexander
Sorry, the ship has been closed to the public for about 2 years and is about to be towed to a shipyard for repairs. It will probably be another 1-1/2 years before the work is completed and the ship open to the public. Best wishes, Tom
@@tomscotttheolderone364 Thank you very much for answering, well then I will visit the USS Intrepid and the Smithsonian Museum, of course.... I have to find out if they are open to the public, again thank you very much.
@@AlexanderAnayaZambrano They are planning on being open on March 12-13 and March 26-27. They will provided limited access to the ship below decks. Not a chance to get the full experience but hopefully enough if you are in town those days. Check the ships website for updates. Might get another few days later this spring before the move if we're lucky.
That would be great! Just be aware that she is currently closed to the public for an upcoming trip to a dry dock for hull repairs. The ship won’t reopen for a couple of years. Once she does, she will be at a new location that has yet to be determined.
was just thinking tonight, {i havent seen a new vid from tom latly},and bam,there ya are,awesome job as always,,,have visited alabama, and wish to see other museum ships,,but after following your videos,texas will be first on my list,great shes getting repairs,but shame one has to wait so long,,,,think thats part of the apeal,,she kept up the fight, {elements} long after her retirement,,be blessed
Another wonderful video. Curious, are there any plans to work with drachinifel? I think a collaborative effort could potentially yield a outstanding result.
The current schedule is sometime in June. The floating dry dock is currently in the Bahamas undergoing repairs and modifications, then will be towed to Galveston.
uss texas channel is saying april/may,,the company thats doing the work actually recently bought a floating drydock just for this project,,after texas is done,there are already schedualling other ww2 era ships to go to the same drydock,,,texas final port has not been desided yet,so we all wait
Very Kool.. it help to understand why it is the way it is... Wonder if Drach and doc Alex know this... Makes me wanna say. Hey, not so unsophisticated now is it... Lol
It would be understandable if they aren't ware of it since the feature was only found on four older U.S. battleships. I wouldn't have been, or even been particularly interested, if I hadn't walked that deck thousands of times. Even then, I assumed the incorrect boiler clearance theory until I had conversations with a couple of people and started looking closely at plans a few years back.
The third anchor on the port side was a spare attached to what was called a dummy wildcat. Using it would have required detaching the chain for the other anchor from its powered capstan and attaching the spare to be able to drop or weigh it. We don't know the specific reason, but it was removed sometime in the late 1930's along with its deck gear.
It was called a concentration dial. It was used to indicate the distance from the ship to a target they were firing at. That, and degree markings on the outside of the turrets that gave direction, helped other friendly ships within viewing range identify the target. It was called a concentration dial because a common tactic was for multiple ships to concentrate fire on a single ship. They fell out of use by the late 1930's.
It certainly helped the deck stay dryer. Texas and all large ships having a ram style bow were very wet because there was little to keep them from plunging into heavy seas. Later clipper bows flared outward at alevel that helped them ride up on an incoming wave rather than plunge into it.
