Joshua Hanlon is joined by Brian Auer for a tour of the last surviving ship from the attack on Pearl Harbor: US Coast Guard Cutter 37 Info for visiting can be found on the Historic Ships in Baltimore website: historicships.org/
I was thinking the same thing. Wasn't the Hoga actually in the harbor firing fires on ships. If I recall and could be wrong but I thought I read that it helped push a sinking or disable vessel out of the channel thus not blocking the harbor.
Brian, the Pearl Harbor room forward was half the size it is now. The door you entered was the only door to the berthing which held 18 racks and lockers for Second class petty officers. I lived in there as a Gunner’s mate. My bed was the top one of three connected to the pole you had your hand on. We also had two 81 mm mortars on the O1 deck aft of the 5 “ mount. There were no stand by ammo storage in the passageway out side my berthing. Across from my berthing was the First class petty officer quarters.
The Captains quarters on Taney was very nice and big and had been refitted for Navy Admiral Cobb who was onboard Taney as his command ship for the invasion of Okinawa. The Captain's chair on the bridge was where Captain Hobaugh in 1980 was sitting with his feet propped up on the radar when he looked at me and said "who the fuck are you?" It was my first time on the helm during my first patrol. I think he said that to every new boot. lol Hobaugh was Captain of the Bouy Tender Woodrush that searched for the Edmund Fitzgerald when it went down in the Great Lakes. I think of Taney and Captain Hobaugh everyday. They (and My parents) made me who I am and joining the CG was the best decision of my life! The Taney is part of me forever...Semper Paratus
It happened when the whole P.C. 'woke' thing took off. Admittedly, Roger Taney did not have a very enviable record as Chief Justice, but the ship is named for him when he was Secretary of the Treasury from 1833-34.
@@harborprepper635 Some SFB Baltimore council person took offense to the name. She wanted the boat scraped. The CG, had it had any marbles, should have taken the cutter back and moved it to a more deserving place. Like PEARL HARBOR. I can bet you the locals there would NOT have allow the name to be changed. Fuq Baltimore and it's city council. They don't deserve such a fine ship to grace it's downtown. Take the light ship too while your at it.
@tc1uscg65 I wholeheartedly agree. Presumably she was originally brought to Baltimore because Roger Taney was a native of Maryland. Funny how history throws you curve balls like that. I served in her sister, USCGC BIBB (WHEC 31) from 1984-85. They were great ships.
The sub that was spotter was by the USS Ward, mostly of a crew from Minnesota with her main gun that firs and sank a IJN mini sub trying to slip into the harbor for the attack... I got to talk to one of her gunners back in Dec 7th 1991.. He showed me how they would have turned it and raised/lowered the barrel. I think it was a 3 or 4 incher...
It had 3" guns. Back a few decades ago UH research ship found her. There is now proof of what the CO reported.....One shot her sail. Sure as heck, it appears the Ward's gun took the pilots head off...
@andyhastings5950 Actually at Pearl Harbor Ward still had her original 4" guns with the sub killer on display in MN state capitol. Later when Ward converted to fast transport she had her 4" guns replaced with 3" dual purpose mounts.
Ward was scuttled exactly three years later after being hit by a Kamikaze. Ironically the CO of the destroyer that scuttled her had been Ward's CO on December 7, 1941.
We called the Ingham the "Ignite-ham" because it was always catching fire. "To understand the past, you have to pretend that you don't know the present."-- Paul Fussell. The name of this ship is the USCGC Taney. Minor correction: at least in my time, the desk on the bridge was the Messenger of the Watch station. The Quartermaster worked at the desk in what the docent refers to as the Chart Room. The actual Chart Room was the compartment above the bridge and below the flying bridge. The XO gave me permission to hang out there off duty so I could read without being disturbed by the ubiquitous TVs in enlisted living spaces. I asked him, "does a crew member have a right to be free from television?" He thought for a moment and said, "yes." As for the video address system, it really annoyed the crew. Captain Churchill ended that practice and always addressed the crew in person on the fantail. He gave information to us straight, and was highly respected by everyone on board..
My Father was the Comms Officer aboard the USGC Taney boarding just after the Pearl Harbor. He served the duration of WWI aboard her. I'm sure you can find his name on the crew lists.
This is a GREAT channel that got suggested to me after watching ALL the NY Iowa class dry dock videos. And its REALLY great BTW. I would never have opportunity to visit these ships but now I can.
My uncle served aboard the Duane WPG-33 from 1942-45 making many convoy escorts across the N Atlantic to Ireland. They later served has command ship for OP Dragoon the invasion of southern France ending the war in Naples, Italy. He was a SP1(CW) and was one of the 20mm gunner putting many rounds into U-175 before it sank!
Going to the Taney was one of my choices when I graduated CG Boot Camp Training Center Alemeda(1968) right out of high school. I went to Petty Officer Training at Governor's Island New York City instead. Ihad a great time in the service and watched lots of the Twin Towers construction. Went on my first dates and got my first kisses in NYC, (barely 18)loved the Coast Guard and City of New York very much. I had not one but 2 beautiful wife prospects, and nice job to be made available by Daddy's-in-law, at my bekoned call after spending a total of three and a half years on the island. New York had wonderful people back then, as did the Coast Guard.
At 19:16… That red curved pipe with the sprinkler head is a piece of fire fighting equipment, but not used for spraying around a corner as he described. Fighting fires in an enclosed ship requires different techniques. Two men go together towards the fire, one with a conventional water nozzle, one with that sprinkler nozzle he held up. The man with the sprinkler enters the burning compartment first holding the sprinkler up so water is sprayed all around himself. The nozzle man enters second under the sprinkler water put out by the first man and opens up on the fire with his regular nozzle. EVERY sailor on the ship was a trained firefighter, that’s how I know this. Come on guys, get it straight if your job is to inform others on how this stuff works.
This device, aka, Fire Applicator With Fog Head (they had a couple of different heads) and lengths, were used for over head water spray protection for attack teams, or, to open a compartment hatch or door, stick the applicator in the room, and open the nozzle that it was attached too in order to spray the compartment. These were attached to the older brass style nozzles that gave new meaning to why wore steel toed boots. RM/TC retired sends.. 73's
@@Ultimaton100just cause they are calling it cutter 37 doesn't mean it's not the Taney.. to change its name it would need a decommission and renaming and recommissioning
I was on the Mellon in the early 70's at Sand island while the Taney was there. I went aboard to visit a friend. She looks different now than then. Not a lot but different.
She was not actually at Pearl Harbor, but docked at the port(where the Maritime Museum is now). She defended the local power plant from being bombed and strafed.
Not sure why this came on as my next auto loaded video but really great. As a radio guy using US kit and now as a vet, the loop was a no brainer. Interestly my first time on a ship was when I was 3 years old on HMS Grenville in 1970. She was a vet of ww2 and as far as i know was involved in Battle of Okinawa.
That red curved pipe is called an applicator. It was used on the two hose attack alongside the nozzleman to beat the flames back while fighting the fire.
My uncle was in the Coast Guard at Pearl Harbor on December 7th perhaps he served on that ship I do not know for sure I'm going to have to do a little investigating he has since passed
A loop antenna is not unidirectional; it is sensitive in two directions, both front and back. So you cannot tell which it is unless you steam some distance away and then repeat the process, with the intersection of the two lines of bearing forming a fix. Of course two ships taking a LOB simultaneously would also quickly form a fix.
I served on the Campbell in 1979. The gasoline drums were used to fuel the dewatering pumps(P250s). The motor surf boats here ruled by diesel. The to line went over the taft rail and was kept from mowing forward by the hornes on other side.
Great tour! Loved it. I served on her sister ship the Cutter Bibb. The only thing your tour left out was the Radio Room - one of the most important places on the entire ship. (Radio Transmitters/Radio Receivers/Antenna Patch Panels/Teletype/Morse code positions/Voice Radio/Secure (classified) Crypto areas, etc.). Semper Paratus.
Back in the 70s the Coast Guard cutter today also known as Ocean weather station hotel is dispatched in the Atlantic well often Hatteras can report of several vessels floundering. Artist was one although there were several Tony stood off of us for the night keeping us in her Lee, I will never forget their orders that we were to maintain a Watch and not drift into them although our vessel was dead in the water. The next morning after sunrise, the cutter Dallas steamed to and brought us aboard on a motor life boat And I am here 50 years later to tell the tale Thanks CG
Great tour of the ship. I've been on it a couple times but it's nice to hear someone lead a tour. I was hoping you talk about the ships stacks which had the Pepsi logo on them
@6:30. Good "technical" description. We also just referred to it as a "mini-loop" antenna. And at night, it could be used for over the horizon comms too. Used it many times for that purpose. And though it's painted RED (meaning it was for transmitting), we also would tune it to a specific freq and use it for reception. Retired CG RM/TC.. 73's
The well worn diamond plate in the engine room might also be worn down due to the blower vent that was aimed at that spot, so it’s relatively cooler then other spots. I’ve seen this even on modern ships.
Another fine CG cutter museum is the icebreaker Mackinaw in Michigan. They called her "The Mighty Mack" for good reason! There are some RU-vid vids of her when she was on duty. Amazing ship.
The 327' were the pride of the Cost Guard fleet. I served on three cutters during my 22 year career in the Coast Guard. Two were out of Portland,Maine and another out of New Bedford,Mass. Cook Inlet,Barataria and Escanaba. All had the 5"38 gun mount.
I served on USCGC Dallas, Rush and Unimak. I had heard that all the 327s had been decommissioned by 1976 I may be mistaken . But when I was in Alameda California on the Rush, we went to a decommissioned ship storage and there were two 327s getting ready to be scraped.
My father was Captain of the Ingham, 56 to 57, before becoming AD at the Academy. Also Captain of the Half Moon, 51 to 52. For 4th of July I was with him and the Ingham pretended to be a British ship firing on Fort McHenry.
Great tour! I spent my 3rd class cadet cruise on Taney in 1980. My feet definitely spent time on the worry plate. The XO was hella mad at me when they thought I either fell overboard or was sleeping somewhere. I was working on PQS in officer country but they didn’t pipe 1MC messages there when they were looking for me. Next time show the crew’s head, that’s a story all by itself.
I was stationed on USCGC Jarvis in 82-83. Winston Churchill was our XO, his personal vehicle was a Triumph Spitfire it was painted in camouflage with RAF roundels. it even had kill marks froM BMW VW and Mercedes.
At least Brian was able to get the name out of the Taney. I never never knew the bad stuff that at one time I had believed I seen a display on the reason it was named the Taney and fairly admirable. With history it is a balancing act and to me the gold was in people's stories as well the people preserving them. Baltimore took down a lot of names and statues which I felt was a foolish mistake because they attracted not only people from around the country, but people that not only knew, they understood history. I love this series of the ships in Baltimore!
On Submarines, the Chief Petty Officers Quarters are called the Goat Locker. On my particular boat the Goat Locker was aft of the Wardroom and was directly across from the Mess Decks/Galley.
I saw the names of other two cutters of this class at 20:31 in the video Duane and Bibb which are now artificial reefs here in Florida for Divers, two great dives.
Great tour. Brian is very knowledgeable about the Taney and it's systems. I only missed the boiler room and radio room-or was that part of the crypto room? Also, you should have mentioned the heat in the engine and boiler rooms.
This was a wonderful tour, and your guide was very knowledgeable. The only thing I wish was that these ships made heritage tours, at sea. I was in a service aligned with the Navy. I rode their ships, and they called us idiots. I would love to be on a small ship at sea, in weather, under red light, and have to try and use the head. I would also be willing to do mess duty. I have never been at sea since (cruise ships don't count) and felt the same way I did upon the Schenectady, the New Orleans, etc. Ships tied to piers are not alive, and history is not enough. Let's go to fuckin' sea. I'm not getting any younger. I am sorry for the language, but understand I would go to sea on this boat, and be glad for any watch bill I received. Lots of information, great tour great guide. Let's go to sea.
My Grandfather was serving on this ship in Pearl Harbor the morning of the attack. his name is on the crew board center row near the bottom. Lyndsy High.
The hose stations are manned by people from all rates. Everyone on a ship has to be a fire fighter. Damage Controlmen are the subject matter experts who maintain the fire fighting and damage control equipment as well as patching, plugging and structural repairs.
I served on board the USCG Campbell in the 70's. She was a sister ship of the Taney... Lower Handling room was my battle station. And my bunk was in what you call the Pearl Harbor room... Oh and I was a Subsistence Specialist. Points to who ever knows what work I did...
Certainly not "the last survivor of Pearl Harbor." I was in Little Rock less than two months ago for the eclipse and the maritime museum there has the tug USS Hoga, which was present during the attack.
CIC DRT was used with a blank piece of paper. The bug in the center then moved indicating the ships cse and spd. The operator would then plot the other ships based on brg and rng from the bug. The operator could change the scale depending on how big or small the distances were. For a man overboard, the scale would be the smallest. 1 inch per so many yards.
at about 6 and a half minutes that is a HF miniloop antenna and is for HF XMT which the red base gives away. It was later replaced on newer USCGC's with a NVIS antenna that looks like a big handrail
TANEY. USCGC TANEY. Torching the name off the stern in a lame, inane attempt to whitewash history just because that particular Treasury Secretary went on to do things that don't look favorable through the lens of history (as if passing judgement on history with a modern lens makes any sense) doesn't change that.
He authored the Dred Scott decision which denied the slave the right to sue for his freedom upon entering a state without slavery. Reversed by the 13th Amendment. Emancipation Proclamation exempted slave states not in rebellion.
Pretending that Taney wasn't a virulent and committed white supremacist is the only whitewashing going on here. He was a giant POS who doesn't deserve to have a distinguished ship named after him.
@@andy41417 And most folks are not disputing that. However throughout her entire commissioned life she was known as USCGC Taney. Cutting off and chucking the name plate into the harbor is disrespectful to the ship's history, and her former crew. The "curator" shows other name plates on display of the other Treasury class cutters, and says Historic Ships wants to treat this as a memorial for them and their crews; well why not place Taney's name plate amoung them? Trying to cover up the history of something - be good or bad - will always leave a bitter taste in folks mouths.
FYI, that curved pipe with the sprinkler head follows behind the nozzle man spraying a cold water fog/mist to protect the hose team from heat. But 40 years later the exact name of it I can’t remember.
Brian, I heard you mentioned something to the 327"s were steam propulsion and were unique. I would wish to correct you. There were many other ships in our fleet that had steam. BT rating was around back then and steam was used in part of their propulsion. I was a new GM3 fresh out of school at Governor's Island in 1973, and reported aboard the CGC Ingham in April. Within a few months we were assigned to move to the brand new base in Portsmouth, and there the Taney was across the pier from us. Both of us, Ingham and Taney had teak decks! I have walked aboard both ships. I used to come aboard to use their soda machine.
I loved the teak decks on Taney and Ingham too. I was Taney crew and Ingham was, like you said, across from us on the other pier. It was during my second year when they covered the decks with that non-skid coating. Hated that crap and it was slippery too. Yep, we had a soda machine, 25 cents. Everybody would go around asking for a nickel and once you got 5 then you had a free soda!
I was on her many times at the Suisun Reserve Fleet. I was there when she was delivered by tug from Oakland were she served for all the post war as the Cities fireboat.
@@andyhastings5950i mean technically that doesn’t make it a warship.. you can’t put a gun on a ship and make it a warships. Ie armed merchants or armed trawlers, armed tugs. Warships are purpose built. Coast guard ships fall into that category.
That is unique hearing that the graffiti and the ship left what they had behind knowing it was going to be a museum rather than having the ship stripped.
I think he is over playing the directional antenna, to be secure like he is describing it would need a barrel of shielding. It can put more wattage into one direction but you still would get stray waves close in. Real security is with code.
Battle Ship New Jersey has a video of "crewing a turret" I think it is called.. Where Ryan goes over all the step/jobs from pulling from the magazine to the hoist and to the turret crew spot from loader to gun commander, for on of her 16 inch gun turrets, but same lay out only her shells where size of a human and weighing like 2,000 pounds.. A 5 inch shell is about as round as a fist and arm sized.. Other then size and barrel crew size in turret it gives you a good idea what it is like in the area that is blocked off with plastic.
Ryan Samanski was the curator of Taney before He landed the battleship NJ job. Great guy and very knowledgeable. Sometimes he wears a Taney foul weather jacket and talks about Taney on BNJ channel.
Question..the Taney was refit from 4 5 inch 38s back to 3-4 inch non turret weapons??? That looks like an earlier picture similar to the late 30s one....the 5 in turrets I thought were a late or post war conversion....
As a CG Vet, despite the fact I never served on her; She is the Coast Guard Cutter Taney and succumbed to the forced name removal to please those who tore down statues!
She never should have been named Taney, and those statues of people who sought to destroy America never should have existed either. Get over it, snowflake.
CPOs In some specialties were actually rated at graduation from Navy Boot camp, Seabees ( CB) for instance often received that rating, as they brought their construction talents with them . Saltwater sailors far less so. WW2 Necessitated some fast tracking in ratings.
Dunno if an earlier comment already covered this, but according to Ryan Szymanski on the New Jersey the term "glory hole" refers to a compartment that only has one point of egress. The obscene connotation still applies, but probably not related to the compartment's occupants.
Tug YT-146 the Hoga is also a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor. She is a museum ship at Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum. When writing an article 'facts matter'.
The CG had an ocean going tug USCG Cherokee it was one of 3 prototypes. The vessel had diesel electric propulsion very advanced for the time.. After decommission it the Navy used it for target practice and sunk it. Always wondered why it was not preserved. Ironically it was a Navy tug before the CG got it and back to the Navy it went.
One of the Cherokees sister ships, the Comanche was up in Bremerton WA, and was still running, when I was up there in the early 2000’s. They had a Facebook Page but I haven’t been on it in a long time.
Great tour BUT you left out the boiler room!! Cutter Ingham was my last duty station and I worked in the boiler room. Would love to see Taney's boiler room for comparison. CGC Ingham 85-86.
