In this episode we're walking from the front of the ship (the bow) to the back (the stern) on the main deck. To support this channel and Battleship New Jersey, go to: www.battleshipnewjersey.org/v...
Not just the other Iowas, his overall knowledge of military ships around the world is amazing, and I’m constantly learning US naval history from him. I went and saw the New Jersey once on a whim, and I only have two regrets: (1) Ryan was not on board at the time, and I really wanted to meet him just once; and (2) I wish I’d had HOURS more time, as I arrived around 2:30… I could have been there all day easily.
I'm no expert, but I'd imagine he gets a few questions re, your Iowa has/is missing this, and Iowa XX has /is missing this - WHY? So, Ryan pointing out all the points of differences between these ships as commentary when giving us a look at this that and the other is valuable and adds to the content. By him bothering to give insight along the way into something we might want to know later, by adding noteworthy points as he finds them, is answering now what possibly could be asked as future questions. He's clearly been to the other ships and looked for himself as part of his own in depth understanding/research. Absolute kudos to him.
I agree, as someone from the UK I know I'm unlikely ever to visit the ship but from these kind of videos it gives me more of a sense of the small and experience of walking onboard. Now of someone can give them a drone they can show us the upper levels. Pro tip you can 'walk' around a lot of the ship on Google maps by using the little orange Google earth man.
Yeah, I enjoyed this tour :) And Ryan, don't be shy to show us more of those 'trivial' things. For someone who hasn't served on a battleship (or spends his workdays there) even those trivial things are interesting from time to time.
Ryan seems a little perplexed as to why people want a walking tour of the deck, but I promise it's highly appreciated and helps a lot of people get some context of scale and layout
Hey Ryan, I just discovered your channel and am really enjoying it. At 13:54 you show the refueling-at-sea system, which thrilled me, because I was the designer! Yep, in the 80s I was a new engineer at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard when BB62 came in for recommissioning. I was in the structural section, and got the OK to employ the then-new computer capacity we had acquired for finite element analysis that the old timers didn’t yet trust. I was there on deck when we put it in. Good times . . .
To answer your question, the walking tour helps visualize where things are in relation to other parts of the ship. As you were going, I kept remembering the videos you did about that part of the ship and the tour helped place the locations in my mind. In the summer of ‘80 I toured the Missouri in Bremerton, but that was a long time ago and she was still in the mothballed fleet, so this video helped me a lot!
Ryan - some of us are disabled, and getting up on to the ship or walking around things is just not possible. This walk is as close as I could get - even if I were on the shore at this time. Thank you for this.
Some of my favorite videos are the ones that start with Ryan saying “because you requested it for some reason” They always turn out way more interesting than expected
I was working in the Navy Base in Long Beach, CA. in 1986 and I was lucky enough to see both the New Jersey and the Missouri in there at the same time. The Missouri was in the dry dock and to see something that big with no water holding it up was something else.
When a US sailor who served on BB62 comes to visit USS-New Jersey, do you make sure to place their name to "on board" position for the display? 😊 I would think they also deserve free admission for them+party, in exchange for some time sharing knowledge of ship NJ while in service, and maybe making a video to share their experience. 🎉
Dear Ryan, Though i am not among those who requested this, i am none the less greatful for it. That walk must be boring to you. How many times have you made it after all? But for many, perhaps most of us, it is the first and last time we ever will! Dear Videographer, i'm sorry i don't remember your name. Considering that You don't usually make such long walks. The lighting conditions verses auto-ballance were difficult. And, You don't have a steady-cam, You did an excellent job! Thank you for taking us adventuring with Ryan! Dear Staff and Volunteers of Battleship New Jersey Museum & Memorial, This walking tour really brought home the emensity of caring for a macro-artifact. Saving our past is a Noble ambition. Preserving it for the future is more than worthwhile. Carry on !:-) God bless you all 💜🙏⚡️
@Battleship New jersey: Thanks for doing this walk-through! It may seem weird to Ryan, but those of us watching from home only see pieces of the ship in the videos, so this walk along the starboard side gives us better context for where parts of the ship are, relative to each other, and a context for the whole length of the and size of ship.
I visited BB62 when she made a port call to San Francisco in 1985. The areas open to the public were minimal as she was in commission and full of classified equipment, material, etc. This walk around was great as it actually gave me a better view of a lot of areas that weren’t accessible then. It made me feel like I had “run of the ship.”
Try measuring the length of a BB with two hotdogs, on your hands and knees, wearing turned inside out and backwards skivvies , while getting continuously sprayed down with a 4 foot applicator and getting your behind smacked randomly with a firehose shillelagh when crossing the Equator. "Hail Davy Jones!"
@@kevinstonerock3158 it's more a poke at servicemembers ducking responsibility when they get the chance. By him moving his name to on board, he would notionally be the highest ranking officer on board according to the board ie incharge. Very few people wanna be responsible for a battle ship, especially after retirement or discharge.
It's greatly appreciated. It might seem odd, but for those of us who don't visit ships (such as those of us fans who are so far inland that the nearest ship is hours away) 887 feet is a number that's hard to picture. A walkdown gives a far greater sense of scale.
the thing that always amazes me is the width, battleships are just so much wider than you think when you actually get on then, like everything s n proportion so photos don't do it justice cause the guns and other parts are also big, but its more than 3 school buses across, or a ten story building on its side (closer to 11 really) its crazy to think that is the shortest dimension of the Height width and length.
i absolutely love history. especially www history and war history in general. I like to think us history nerds can spot out own. I know this channel is about the Iowa but man Ryan really is the star. I just love seeing this dude living his best life. you can just tell he loves this ship and his job with all his heart. he bring such life to the minute details of the ship. my favorite time was when all the time stamps was this dude just a picture of this dude cheesin like a kid on Christmas. I wish I could just hangout on this ship with you and try to soak all your info in. you're a gem
I visited the Missouri when she was in Bremerton. This walk brings back memories. You aren't kidding about the slope of the deck at the bow. To those watching this, the camera work does not exaggerate the slope of that deck. It's like climbing a small hill.
These videos are historic. hope you realize that Ryan. Thanks so much for all these videos especially the newer dry dock videos that caused me to find this channel. Cheers!
"No idea why the Pacific Fleet boats got one, and the Atlantic fleet boats got another" Ryan didn't say which pair was where, but I'm guessing NJ and MI were the Atlantic pair. Because in the north Atlantic, going to the UK and back, the guys in that extreme forward gun mount would've been rather uncomfortable, if not outright washed overboard. I'm not an engineer, but from what I've read battleships tend to be a bit wet on the weather deck in rough seas, something about the shape of the hull.
@@wierdalien1 The Pacific can be pretty nasty, too. www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/64/2018/08/2-6-768x599.jpg. But the Pacific is a lot warmer.
I’m not sure what time period he meant but I know the last time the ship was moved the New Jersey had to be taken from the pacific fleet through the Panama Canal under tow, they swapped with the Iowa so you have Missouri and Iowa on the west coast and NJ and WisKY on the east coast.
Had nothing to do with pacific or atlantic fleet. It depended on the navy yard that did the work. Watch 12 min 41 sec to 13 min 59 sec He taps the breakwater and says I prefer the long beach one as it was curved. The pascaguala was flat. Means NJ has a long beach navy yard breakwater. The other yard was pascaguala that did them flat.
Love this content. Please keep in mind Ryan, even spaces accessible on the tour route are interesting to people like me, who have never been aboard an Iowa-class, and even if I do get a chance to see one near me, I likely won't get a chance to come see the New Jersey herself. That's a shame, but I'm still really glad to be able to interact with this piece of history that you all are so carefully preserving. As far as I'm aware, you're setting the bar for this type of content, and it really widens up your potential audience.
Thank you Ryan! I've just started the Tamiya 1/350 USS New Jersey 1982, and just finished installing the Mushroom Ventilators! (Sprue B, Part 19!). Being able to understand exactly what each piece is, makes assembly much more interesting =D
Why would Ryan be confused on why we would want to see a walking tour like this? Who WOULDN'T want to see a walking tour? I'll probably never go to New Jersey, so this was a nice tour for me. 🤷♂
The "new boat booms" you refer to are called Davits. The "surf boats" are motor whaleboats. Also, the Admiral's boat is referred to as a "barge". Ship's COs have "Captain's gigs" and embarked flag officers have "Admiral's barges". My apologies if you covered that, I got momentarily distracted when you were at that point in the tour. Wonderful video, thanks!
Just a note on the SH-2F LAMPS helo. The squadron number HSL-33 denotes a west coast squadron as all west coast HSL squadrons are odd numbered and east coast are even numbered. Why is there an odd numbered helo on the New Jersey? Because she was home ported in Long Beach during that time and the helo would have come from one of the NAS North Island squadrons. BTW, I was in every west coast HSL (SH-2F) squadron during my 20 year career to include HSL-31 (RAG, for training), 33, 37 out of Hawaii, and 35.
I know Ryan didn't see much point to this, but it was fun! I'd like to see a video or two about the museum exhibits, and maybe the more recent history of the ship as a museum ship. Just a few, for a change of pace!
That's interesting, mount / store the rafts right in front of a 40 mm gun tub so, when you're shooting at an enemy and they're shooting back at you the bullets are hitting the rafts. Thanks Ryan for the walk through.
Awesome! Every surface, every inch, every angle on this ship has some form of history to it. Huge difference between it and other (even older) commercial ships where while you can still see use, it's not really apparent. Here, there's layers of use, there's purpose for change, and reuse. Neat.
Another very interesting video! Even though I have been on 3 of the 4 Iowa battleships, touring it like show just how huge it is! This must have been monumental in the early '40s. It is still a very large ship today, excluding the oil tankers! Ryan mentioned again the re-installation of the Teak deck, but I had mentioned in an earlier video that I would think that they should be using a modern composite material, that is at least as good armor wise, but that will last about 10 times longer! The Iowa has her deck deteriorating immensely also. I was on it about 5-6 years also. And in reference to Clever's comment below, Ryan is very knowlegable about so many other naval ships as well. He has lots of videos comparing the Iowa's with many other battleships. These are also very interesting.
I get what you’re saying, but I suspect that the teak is being used because it is accurate for the vessel and its presentation as an historical object. I mean, of course, right? But what I mean is that curators and museum people have this sort of professional obligation to keep the objects in their charge as accurate and as unchanging as possible. It’d be the same if the Victory needed a new yard-arm - not merely would her keepers not replace that arm with one made of DelRen or whatever, but I’m sure they’d use the same drawknives and adzes as her original builders if they could.
I have always thought it would be a great idea to walk all the decks, and enter each compartment with one of those 360 deg cameras. Sort of like Google Street View, but inside the ship. I know that would be a heck of a project, but this would let us, who could not get there physically, take a virtual tour of the ship. And let us see those compartments that are not on the physical tour routes. I would pay money to kick that project off, and take that virtual tour.
I like how from the fantail you can actually see the SS United States in her dock, Shows just how close the New Jersey and the SS United States really are
Ryan mentions the wash down system on the carriers and how they looked like a golf course with all the sprinklers going. Note - none of the aircraft would have been on the deck when that was done, and most likely none were on the ship either. The aircraft all had aluminum skin and salt water is the enemy of aluminum - it eats aluminum. The wash down system is salt water only. If an aircraft gets coated with salt water or salt spray (from flying low over the sea) it has to be washed down with fresh water). An incident on the USS Randolph soaked a helicopter in hanger bay 3 from the fire main (salt water). They removed what electronics were salvageable, evaluated the engines (did not remove) and shoved it over the side.
Just went to USS New Jersey today. It was a totally different experience to walk the deck in real life from watching videos of it, even if when the video is beautifully made as it is. Encourage everyone to go to Camden to visit this ship, especially when you are planning to visit Philadelphia (Camden is just across the bridge from Philadelphia and there's a train to take you there). If you want to visit her, it's best to leave out an entire day just for visiting, since this is a huge ship (you will understand the size of her when you see her in person). Also the guided tours are very good and explain a lot of things in detail. There is a Turret #2 & Engine room tour every hour at the 30 minute mark (1:30, 2:30, 3:30 etc.) That is unique to USS New Jersey (no other Iowas do this as far as I know) and really show you around the loading deck for turret two, the plotting room and the super complicated engine room.
This was great, I can’t believe some of the other artifacts you have such as the boats and helicopter - they all look immaculate and I can’t even comprehend how much work it takes just to keep those items in that condition. I’m really shocked about amount of open space aft, it’s just not something you can grasp till you get the walking tour like this. Thanks for your continued content and amazing knowledge!
Lots of interesting bits of knowledge. I would like to see a video detailing the ship's boats, particualrly the Captain's/Admiral's boats. Looked like a Hatteras hull.
Love the concept of this video. Not sure why u don’t understand why people would want to see it. hope you do more . Camera person just needs to zoom out every now and then
I didn't request but I did enjoy the walk. We mostly only see outside photos of these historic ships this walk through helps me understand more details on the main deck. Thanks Ryan
Ryan's ultimate goal is to have every door open on the entire ship one day. Having taken a tour with him a few months back, I've little doubt he is going to find a way to do just that
We request weird things because these ships are absolutely fascinating. Their history, how the 4 Iowas were modernized and changed over the years, and some of the odd and interesting features that were added or removed.
The anchor chains feed through the hawsepipes to the port and starboard anchors. The bullnose is the hole in the middle of the bow through which the 100-year chains are passed.
I visited the New Jersey first and was trying to orient to where the SS United States was moored for visiting it the next day. Too bad there isn’t a ferry between the two. It would have saved an arduous driving trip trying to avoid the insane driving routes needed to avoid the bad roads and tolls. Wish I’d known for certain whether I could have boarded the ship and looked around. Seeing the commercial and the naval side of ships would be special, especially when Gibbs may have had a hand in designing both with similar propulsion systems. It would have been so much easier to see the marine side via the river. It’s always special to arrive at a site by boat. Still worth the trip to see New Jersey no matter the circumstances.
The Admirals Barge, the Captain's gig, and the ships boats are the primary transportation to and from the ship. Ships rarely tie up to a pier except in the States or in major ports such as Subic. In other cases because there is not a pier large enough or available, or water deep enough, or security reasons, ships are anchored and the boats are used to take crew on and off the ship. And even at sea, when you here about the Admiral calling their Captains in for a meeting, the Captain's Gigs are used for that.
I live on the upper Mississippi. A 5 long 3 wide tow, barges and pusher, is about 1150' long and 105' wide. I like to imagine all of a warship's superstructure in that space. On the lower River the tows can go 8x8, which would be about 1750' long by 280' wide.
Thank you for the stick tour I really appreciate it since I will probably never get all the way up there to see the ship in person so I think it was worthwhile for you to have done this.
Thank you Ryan for the opportunity to walk the deck with you. Love the information you have not only for the New Jersey but the other ships. Have a great summer my friend. I hope to see you in person some day. From Cape May County all my life and from 1880s by my grandfather.
This was so cool! Thanks so much! This feels like it is long overdue, and should head any kind of playlist. It would just be the first thing a person would think to do if they got on the ship IMO
Thank you for the deck tour. I have been on the USS Missouri and Iowa and I saw the New Jersey when she was in Long Beach for the 80s refit but never have been on her decks. It really hurt when they shut down the Long Beach ship yard.
I’d love too see walking tours of some of the other decks because, as someone else said, it really ties everything together and you can see where all these specific spaces, normally covered in depth in your other videos, are in relation to the rest of the ship.
