S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien In Drydock 4k 

Jon Jeter wow that must have been quite the experience, knowing you were working on the last of the reciprocating steam ships. Yes I have footage of "shaft alley" that will be going in the cruise video I'll be uploading soon. Thank you for watching!

YES shaft Ally is amazing. Went on her when in dock at SF. I got to see the shaft Ally. It's just a wonderful walk down the long shaft. The grease or oil points at each big support. The bridge was amazing with just round windows. The fly bridge is where they conned, is what the crusty old tour guy said. He said the helm guy better keep his ears open and watch the compass. You don't look out the window if at the helm station. It's amazing how British ships put their helm down inside the ship, the officer in charge stood watch on the fly bridge with very little protection from the elements. 😊😊

Thank you. I will be on her again in the future. Hopefully I can con the crew into exercising some of the deck equipment.

xKmotx you're very welcome! Thank you for watching! Yes it's quite incredible, knowing they did it with slide rules, or even just long and! The craftsmanship skills lost to time...

Shortribs Longbow thank you. The run from Mare Island to San Francisco is coming next

TunTavernWarrior2 Thank you! Haha we may not be able to fit the ship... But maybe the main engine, if anyone had one laying around..

Thank you very much! I am glad you enjoyed it.

They were replacing the bearings for it top and bottom.

@@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE Ah, that makes sense, I saw the bottom post was lifted. Thanks

@@KPen3750good eye. You're welcome.

According to the guys in the yard they don't paint under them... They just set them in a different pattern the next time she's drydocked and get the places they missed the last time. I was surprised.

Wesley Harcourt :thank you.

@@jimsonbrown9768 you're very welcome!

They have a drydocking drawing for the ship. They set up the blocks accordingly at a set distance from the end of the drydock. They then bring in the ship over those blocks, use multiple lines to keep it in place, and slowly let the water out of the drydock.

Wesley Harcourt thanks that’s really interesting

The engine drives the prop directly at a maximum of 76 RPM. Reciprocating steam engines have an incredible amount of torque. They produce their maximum torque at zero RPM. This one probably produces upwards of 1,000,000 ftlbs

I believe it was something to do with catching cables/lines and preventing them from fouling the prop... I'll ask more to be sure

@@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE 👍🏻 I was thinking that simple cause its not very pronounced. Id appreciate a definitive answer, but its just a curiosity so don't go out of your way Thank you