My grandpa was a WWII Navy man...he had a few stories about shipboard food. He never allowed Spam or navy beans in his house for the rest of his life. Thanks Trevzor! It's cool to see the day-to-day parts of the ship as well as the fighting parts of the ship.
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Using combat riflemen to clear floating mines is not only a workable tactic, it was how swept mines were destroyed. The only problem is that mines do not usually float on the surface, but are moored to the bottom by chains, cables, or even ropes. The mines are supposed to float far enough below the surface to guarantee effective tamping action by the surrounding water and create a hull-shattering water hammer effect when the water displaced by the explosion returns to fill the vacuum left behind when the energy is dissipated. Free floating mines were usually the result of a mine laying operation being interrupted by the enemy and the mine laying ships covering their retreat, or mine sweepers cutting the moorings of mines to allow them to bob to surface where they could be shot at by combat riflemen. The object of the riflemen was not to detonate the mine; although, that could happen, but to puncture the flotation chamber to cause the mine to sink to the bottom, where no friendly ship could detonate it. As the mines had to be buoyant, the flotation chambers were very thin shells, so the M1 rifle with jacketed ammunition easily penetrated them. If available, the marine contingent would use a tripod mounted machinegun, instead of their rifles, to clear away the floating mines The minesweeper that towed the paravanes that cut the chains/cables/ropes of the moored mines were shallow draft ships that were likely to just pass over a moored mine, without setting it off. If time was of the essence, any ship could tow a pair of paravanes, which is why they are included on the decks of many(?) destroyers and light cruisers in WoWS (I do know that the USS Atlanta model has a pair of them on the fantail).
Hey it's Mike! Thanks to Mike who was on USS Texas last week when I visited from the UK - great guys with some great insights served on Bonhomme Richard you know...
I’m surprised. There hasn’t been a usual Talking Ship since November, it’s only been this, yet I haven’t seen a single person saying “When will the real Talking Ship come back?” Or event a comment saying “this sucks.” Everyone has been really supportive of these videos, which I find heartwarming.
We tried to make that happen with the first few renditions of this new style, but it felt dumb and no one really seemed interested... so we just went with what felt good.
These are great! Would you guys consider doing a separate series where you tour and show us these museum ships (like you are now), and do the regular Talkin' Ship back at the normal place in the normal style? If so, you should tour the Iowa here in California next!
Jared Reeves ... while the ship is afloat the water supports the hull equally all around. When in a dry dock the ship rests on several blocks which supports all the weight of ship on relatively small sections of the hull. So in -the long term having a ship afloat is more of a structurally sound than on those blocks.
yep! saw it in another video and knew right away it was SOS! which personally, i find delicious. mail from home was one of the highest priorities for the us military logistical services. the usa, more than any other combatant really understood how important the connection with home was for our men and women abroad during the war. much effort was expended to make the mail shipment fast and efficient. i feel the military postal services are one of the great unsung heros of ww2.
My Dad was a sub captain and afterwards on Saturday mornings he would make chip beef on toast or shit on a shingle for the family. I really liked the stuff.
I keep hearing "the new guy gets screwed." Well, that's mostly true in every service and civilian industry, the way I was taught in the Army, and especially in ROTC before that, is that the Junior Man Eats First, and you "the leader", will eat whatever is left when the men under your charge have been fed. If that means you eat lettuce stems and drink meat juice, then that's your reward for seeking a position of authority. The same goes for the ideal places to bunk, and its all because the junior man does the most work. If you, the senior man are working that hard it's because you're bad at your job and/or delegation of responsibility... still wish I'd joined the Air Force though. Those punks got it goooood.
Marine Corps is the same standard. There is actually a valid reason for this. And examples of why it's TRUE that you see to the men before yourself. The officers on board the Russian battleship Potemkin DID NOT heed this lesson and there was Mutiny on board. Also same with the troops under Chelmsford at Islandwana. They were marched into the battle area knowing that the officers were 6 miles away having lunch, its been speculated that those soldiers fought hungry and in the end didn't have much energy at the time of the attack by the Zulu. But on a more practical level, its better for morale.
It'll be 22 years ago this summer that I was aboard it. Really strikes you as small; you think battleship then you see a dreadnought which is this mean looking little purpose built instrument of destruction. What a sight it must have been with 1,800 crew somehow in it. Standing room only.
The Navy still has the officers eat first, which is bad leadership. The Army makes the lower eat first because you have to take care of your Joes. As being in the Army this was a shock when I learned that working with the Navy in Afghanistan. If you think you’re entitled to eat before your lower then you’re wrong. Applying to all those military experts and keyboard warriors bound to comment.
I was fleet side Navy and seabee side Navy. Did 8 months in Afghanistan. The Navy officer's love to let you know were your place is. If you're enlisted, you are garbage. I was in for 10 yrs active duty and NEVER met a officer I respected.
They have to strengthen the structural members of the ship before they can do anything. That is a long and meticulous process, but from what I've seen they are making very good progress. The job has to be done right the first time for something of this magnitude.
Normal ships aren’t as structurally weakened as the Texas. When she was towed to Galveston for dry dock repairs in the late 80’s, her hull and load bearing members were in much better shape. She would sink if they tried to do that now. The plan now is to reinforce her bones and then dry dock her in place and make a permanent dry berth for her.
