Battleship USS Missouri - Missile Inbound Brace for Shock 

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]

No idea why this popped up in my recommendations but really cool to watch. They're all calm and did their jobs.

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.

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.

"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

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.

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.

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Fun Fact - Jingles was in HMS Brazen protecting a hospital ship to the south during this engagement

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.

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.

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.

Notice how young these guys are, we forget the military is manned mostly by 20 somethings.

You know it's getting real when the Chief's start securing their coffee cups.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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 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.

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.

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

Reminded of that quote; 'Long periods of absolute boredom punctuated by mere moments of sheer terror.' Mad respect though, calm, cool and collected.

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.

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

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.

So this is what the inside a can of whoop ass looks like. This is badass

I'm an Army vet and it's always interesting to see other service jobs and the way they do it. Very interesting!

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.

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.

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

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.

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

(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.

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 love how they go from bracing for a possible impact to asking if they can break out the powder to blow something up.

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.

Love how all the vet come and talk about their experiences.

Bill, I think you mentioned this footage in a/some comment(s) 10 years ago. Awesome to finally see it. Thanks for posting!

Like with most things in life, what you put in to it, will determine what you get out of it, in most cases. I had a great time in the U.S. Navy, while serving in Engineering. Thanks for uploading.

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.

"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

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.

you can not only hear the hms gloucester firing the sea dart missile, but also successfully hitting and destroying the inbound missile. fascinating

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.

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

God bless our British brothers who had our backs on this one. We'll have to pay it forward in the future...

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

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.

My grandfather served aboard the Missouri in WWII and inspired me to serve in the navy 20 years ago. Love these videos

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!!

The USS Missouri is so legendary and badass they need a movie just about what this ship and it's crews have been through.

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 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 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.

No idea how I got here, but awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

"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."

This is impressive, even they are calm enough to joke around how they dodged that missile.

Gives me chills man, sounds like captain caiss "brace for shock"

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!!!!!!!!!

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!

Looks like a high school shop class.

This is the type of proper content I WANT from RU-vid’s recommendation algorithm. Solid stuff

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.

never would have thought of ending up here, still enjoyed it

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 .

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.

BB-63's Operations Officer came to the Naval War College when you guys decommissioned. Dammit can't remember his name. He told me how close it was. Thanks Brits.

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.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN FOR YOUR SERVICE!!

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.

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. 😄

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!

I wonder what the Might Jingles was doing. Probably sipping on tea watching the missiles fly.

Crazy. I must be getting old. They all look like kids. Thank you all for your service.

Surprised this was released, but what do I know. Very cool video, thank 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)

Amazing to watch them using my grandfather’s technology. My grandfather was on The Tennessee following Pearl Harbor through most of the war.

One of the best videos on all of RU-vid

It appears disorganized until "brace for impact!" then, we see this is clearly a well trained military unit. Even with a little humor under pressure. Thanks to these people and all who serve(d).

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.

Great to see this. I was on Broadway when this happened headed towards #3 engine room. Cool to hear the chatter and tension breaking joke about the lost missile ;)

THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US ALL SAFE.. GOD BLESS YOU ALL..

How calm they remained that one dude even put something in the filr cabinet

There's a day forever etched in my memory

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!

That was really cool getting to see a younger Sean Penn in action.

Been there, done that. Feels really familiar. We were sailors once, and young.

As a Desert Storm U.S. Army Vet, interesting seeing the Navy side of things during Operation Desert Storm.

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.

Went into this thinking it was a drill they taped for whatever reason because of how kinda calm it was. Imagine my surprise when i actually read the description

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)