Questions: AC, Parbuckling, and Blowing Smoke 

A little boiler room information: The Bunker C was preheated before going through the nozzles in the guns feeding the boilers. The fuel oil was pretested to find its flash point. Once its flash point was determined, a temp was given to keep the bunker C at before it got to the boiler. Also, blowing down, or blowing the tubes in the boiler was only done at night when in a foreign port. Underway, yes.....every four hours on once per watch. The nozzles on the ends of the guns were also replaced and cleaned once per watch. It was not fun cleaning the tube inside of a boiler when it was down. You crawled in an access port and then used a paint scraper to scratch the carbon buildup off of each tune, one at a time. Mud drum ! Fun times. Lay in it, on your back, and feed a little air motor with a spinning wire brush on the end of an air hose, up each tube one at a time. The noise would resonant the tube and it was loud inside of the mud drum. Not much room to move around in there. Fun times. By the way, the temp inside of a boiler room on a destroyer in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea was 126 degrees. No AC down there. How do i know? I was a BT on a destroyer in 1968. I've been following all of your videos. Well done. I really an enjoying them. I've been BB 62 two times so far. I am looking forward to returning as soon as you open up an engineering space. The last time I was down I was told it may be happening soon. Go Navy, Barry G. Kery

Ryan, just wanted to offer some words of encouragement. You and your team are providing some A+ entertainment value to those of us stuck in lock-down. Love the channel, keep up the good work, and rest assured that I'll be there to visit in person once the museum opens back up again! Fair winds, and following seas

Great to see the shell hoist is still working!

Here's a suggestion for a future video: Since you have the 1890's Cruiser USS Olympia directly across the water from USS New Jersey, how about discussing features that have stayed essentially the same vs. those that have dramatically changed or been eliminated between the times of these two historic gun ships.

Ryan , you and your crew are doing an awesome job of documenting and preserving history! You and your crew can not be thanked enough! Thank you!

Fascinating - y'all have the hoist working. I take it that is an electric appliance, given your previous comments about the prohibition to apply any steam in the ship.

Was on the ship in July a few years ago. It had great AC! 😎

Having been a Machinist Mate on a Destroyer built in the late 50's and served in the 80's, it would be interesting to see a video on the watch stations in the engine rooms. Throttles were a tedious watch at times. I spent most of my time on the lower level, 6 hours on watch then 6 hours off. Temperatures were usually well over 110 degrees and sometimes over 140.

You're doing an awesome job. Keep up the good work!

I think these videos are great! I have learned so much about battleships, now if I can just remember some of it!

Ryan, you are the MAN! Moving that 2700 lbs projectile all by yourself!

Just to clarify, soot blowing (with that handle you demonstrated) blows soot from the fire side of the boiler. "Blowing down" the boiler involves releasing dirt from the bottom of the water side of the boiler, through a valve that blows it out through a ship's-side valve.

7:13 As a young teen in about 1964 I bought a war surplus Hammarlund tube radio, with a large separate tube power supply, and speaker, all for $25 at a garage sale. The radio looked much like the unit shown here. I attached a long wire for an antenna, and powered it up at night when reception was best. Dialing through many frequencies I would hear Morse, German, Italian, and other languages, all a mystery to me. I tried my best to learn Morse - our Junior High even had a Morse training device and the General Science teacher would work with interested students seeking a ham operators license. But alas I didn't have the discipline to learn Morse. I kept the radio for several years into my twenties, but gradually it made its way to our basement storage, and one day I re-sold it at a garage sale, still in working order, for the same $25 I originally paid. You can see one almost like mine or this one, but perfectly rebuilt and restored at the Mr Carlsens Lab channel here on YT called "Tube Radio Restoration, Hammarlund HQ-120."

This is perfect info for my LEGO 16 inch turret I’m trying to make. Thankyou

Ryan - Another great video - keep up the good work! One request. One of your scenes on this video was from the central radio room. I'm a ham (WB7OVB) and I was fortunate enough to do some of my original training in the 1960's on old Collins and Hallicrafters sets similar to the sets on the New Jersey. Could you do a segment on the radio facilities on the ship? I'm sure that many of my fellow hams would be interested in specifics, like power, radio watches, operating procedures and range, etc. Thanks again for all you do! Mark Peterson

Hi Ryan, I'm wondering if you might have information on the typical load out of the 16" between AP and HC shells assuming the ship is not on a bombardment mission. Been digging around trying to find that without any success, even navweaps didn't have those particular details (it has more or less everything most people could want about the gun and the shells, just not how many were carried under typical conditions). Thanks for all the vids; this channel is a treasure trove of great stuff. Hope you and your team are well. Cheers

Ryan, in the video you stated the floor was greased where the main gun rounds were kept so you could slide them over to the hoist. Did the sailors have a problem sipping on it as they moved the rounds? Also if I remember correctly the main mast was shortened so the NJ could pass under the bridge/s it needed to when it was towed up the Delaware. Has the mast been restored to it's original height?

Hey Ryan! Thanks for tackling two of my questions, about the boilers and the parbuckling! I've seen on your Facebook page the daily deck logs, how they mention blowing tubes on all steaming boilers, so now I know how! The image then that I messaged the NJs Facebook page must be the extensive cleaning with people inside. Pretty crazy how they moved those heavy shells too, using just a rope (and some grease 😅). It's neat to see the shell hoist working too! I wasn't expecting seeing that as well! That's all tied in electrically, right? Being decommissioned, most of the hydraulic systems are probably inoperable, right?

Another great video. How many shells did the New Jersey carry, and what was the rate of fire?

Wow you're strong Ryan!!

Enjoying the videos. Have you made a video showing the elevated flight deck control room added in the 80's above/behind T3? Thanks

...one of my favorite videos. Good information.

Nice job demonstrating parbuckling the shells. You made it look easy. No doubt it's more, er, "interesting" when the ship is underway and rolling in heavy seas. Do the manuals or placards give a limit for how much pitch or roll the ship can have and still be able to fight the guns?

Have you every made a video on the turret drive mechanism,ie motor and back up systems?

The battleship cams are really cool 👀👍

I am Interested in what some of the the wiring passages of the New Jersey look like. You can see some video and images of one of the passages of the Texas on the Battleship Texas Foundation Facebook page.

Hey here's a question I haven't seen answered recently (might have missed it?) If you're serving on a capital ship inside the armored citadel, and a shell hits the armor near where you're stationed, of course there will be a loud noise. Did those exposed to it lose their hearing? Assuming the armor defeats the projectile, are there other effects that could hurt you? Or are you relatively safe? I'm thinking about shock waves from the detonation migrating through the armor. I already know about splinters coming off the back of the armor, that's generally low risk with the backing, splinter decks and bulkheads designed to catch those before they can do any damage. Are there memoirs from men who had this experience in WW II or WW I?

Assuming this hasn’t been done already, I would love to see the bridge of the ship and learn about the redundancy built in the ship in the event the bridge is destroyed.

Thanks for the explanation of sootblowing on the New Jersey. Do you have any videos showing the inside of the furnace or economizer?

Query about the main battery shells. My Dad helped may 16 inch shells during WWII at Crucible Steel in New Jersey (Newark I think), he worked a lathe usually used to cut a groove for the driving band in various types of shells (4.7 for the Brits prewar, some aerial bombs converted to shell firing for testing, etc). I have always wondered if the 16 in. shells made during WWII were used up during the war, or if the Iowas used them throughout their various deployments? If they were used up, when and when were new ones made?

I am very impressed. Did anyone else notice how easily he move that shell?

Ships generally burn the thick crude oil in the shipping lanes and way out to sea. But close to land they burn regular diesel fuel so they don't smoke everyone out!

Since the magazines used chilled water did the chiller ever go down? If so, any idea what the critical temperature was? What was the fail safe procedure for clearing the magazine or cooling it down? It seems the only two alternatives are move it or cool it.

Who was surprised when he just moved the shell with his hands? I thought that was a proper one, in fact, instead I'm just going to believe that he's just got superhuman strength

Suggestion for a video, see if a 360 camera maker would loan you a few of their cameras, a walk through of some spaces that will likely never be opened to the public in 360 view would be very interesting

Hi Ryan, excellent video. I live near the USS Massachusetts. I've always wondered, are there some things which are not allowed to work; either by the navy or by other authorities? For example, are you not allowed to fire a boiler, or run the directors and a mount on power to demonstrate auto elevation of the barrels?

How do sailors keep from getting grease on their shoes while working in the turrets?

The ammunition storage and handling systems are insane. There is little protection from sympathetic detonation of multiple shells. The fact that no-one else had another system does not make it any less crazy.

The barrels of the main guns obviously had a powerful hydraulic system to raise/lower them before firing and reloading, how much weight could they (the barrels) lift if used in a 'crane jib' fashion to move something on the deck I wonder. Does anyone know just how powerful the hydraulic system really was, and was a gun barrel ever used in this fashion i.e. in an emergency to lift something onto the ship. Always a fascinating channel to watch.

A question about the shells - I know they're color coded, and blue is inert training (I think-), but what are the other ones? And what does the yellow banding mean?

So burning the crude oil created a maintenance task. What about the salt residue left by distilling the seawater? This was a different boiler and another major maintenance task?

A Navy vet I work with claims if you wanted revenge or to just mess with someone onboard you'd slip some super purified feedwater into their coffee. It's so pure it acts like a laxative and the victim would be making head calls quite frequently for a few hours.

What is the newer surface radar for that is on top of the bridge? It's the "white" open array antenna.

Do you have a shop sales ? i cant seem to find anything to buy to help fund you upkeep of this amazing ship

I am curious. Can guests play around with any of the range finders?

Is the electornics for the radar (other than the motor) is still onboard / operational? I have seen that radar-like display on the CIC, but afaik that was only a video on a loop playback for simulation. I know, operating the onboard radar would require great amount of power and also proper cooling for the equipment, so that's out of question for a museum. I'm just curious about the state of those systems. Is the navy left those systems in operational condition? Great videos, btw! :)

question to Battleship New Jersey- where the fire control rooms that were "sealed" because of what the US Navy did "to de-militarized" the ship to enable of it to become a museum ship"? Another question to Battleship New Jersey: are you going to make a You Tube video message when the radar on the 0-13 level is finally "operating on power" ?

5:07 I always had a sneaking suspicion that Ryan had superhuman abilities.

Is the radio room operational? The equipment I know from this time is fairly flexible and can be used on the included ham radio bands without issues.

How do the turrets get electrical and other services while being able to rotate? What kind of connections are there for power?

Does the fire room lead need to notify the OOD every watch when they are going to blow the stack? With 8 boilers how many get blown at a time usually?

My question is relative to what AC voltages are being generated and used? I am curious about the power blocks color coded red, whit, and blue with 3 outlets in each color. What are the purposes and in case of being exposed to sea water would they not short out and not be usable?

What do the various shell colors indicate? I've see that practice shells are blue. What about black or beige? I'm also surprised the Navy would allow you to keep non-practice shells.

How did those guys moving them shelves around keep their footing if they're standing on Grease? That would totally suck the slip and fall and land in one in 2 in of Grease

Couldn’t imagine doing that on the high seas taking enemy fire

My God the size of the shells !

They got the lead out

Hey uss new Jersey uss iowa says hi and he says hugs and kisses

What was top speed with 1 or 2 boilers down, vs having all 8 up and running?

Watertight bulkheads must have been cut into _after_ the INSURV inspections.

That's what I wanted to know... so the ship uses chilled water like a commercial building. I would assume the chillers were water-cooled, meaning sea water was used as condenser water... I would like a more in-depth view of the different HVAC systems... I'm a building automation technician with about 20 years in the HVAC industry...

Are the WWII radios operational??? DE N2JYG Sherman NY

You make it look like "Childs Play" moving those 16 inch projectiles.

I still wonder on how well the parbuckling system worked in rougher conditions. It seems some of the other countries BBs had more positive ways of handling rounds where the chances of a shell getting away is much less.

Where are the live cam links?

Ryan & the crew @ BB62....If by some terrible accident someone tipped over a 16 inch shell would it have a chance of detonating...

Noooooo. 5 days is too long to wait 😅

Nice video. I had one question answered. Why does the audio suck in your videos? Thanks! Looking forward to your full tour of No 2 turret!!!!!! Growing up, I had a close much older friend that had served about a year aboard USS Tennessee. One bright Sunday morning he was at his combat station in turret No 2. He got the purple heart for that action. Long story!

They should just move the shells with their hands like you did Ryan

Who needs shell handling equipment just get ryan to chuck them in there

Retire carbiner and belt please

It seems crazy that you are not allowed to bring the ship up on power to keep things working. Why not allow the boilers to be lit once a month and exercise each engine keeping the steam turbines running. I don’t understand how they can be committed to decay this way.

I have a question: What are the top secrets? From Kim Jong-Un. Aged 7 and three quarters

I don't want to watch the radar turn. I'd like to see what it could see.

you need to be wearing a mic

This guy reminds me of my 9 year old son trying to explain his science project.

Minerals don't evaporate out of water, the water is distilled and evaporated. If what Ryan says is true that minerals evaporate it would rain mud and rocks on Earth, which is just not true.