Through the Catacombs 

I agree Ed.

@C. W. Sayre I do not think about the claustrophobia because I did a trip with the Boy Scouts as a scout and adult leader every year to Cumberland Caverns and Raccoon Mountain which took us into the wild areas of the caves. You squeezed through areas and climbed up or down walls in these areas that the regular tours did not go, plus we actually spent the night inside the caves.

@C. W. Sayre Need a bit more time on this knee replacement before I would try it now, but if given the chance I would in a heartbeat.

On my 2nd ship (USS Momsen DDG-92) I made sure to wander every space on the ship that wasn't a closed void (tank) before it was turned over to the US Navy while it was under construction.

Don't even want to think about it!

At least you could swim through those catacomb port holes easier than squeezing through...but then, you'd have to take a mighty deep breathe to make it all the way back.

I talk about that in the Adamthewoo vid (2 million views). Those who work down there know that, but stuff it way back in their mental closet. No one cries about it because none of your buddies are crying about it. It just is what it is.

Looks like they had to change it during built because the cable carriers had to get wider than planned originally.

I had the same question and hopefully they have an answer. I also wonder that maybe it was a bigger hole during construction?

Well, in one scene you can clearly see that the original opening intruded on the cable space and would have made a watertight seal impossible. Hence the change. Even without a hatch being present [the hatch seal] it would compromise the strength of the bulkhead having two openings 'overlap'

Just watched Ryan do this on New Jersey. Definitely not a place to be if you're claustrophobic

Worker: Hey Harry, it's quitting time, we got all the pass thrus cut in those bulkheads like you told us. Harry: You lunkheads, did you get drunk at lunch? The pass thrus are supposed to be offset, not in the middle! First thing tomorrow, patch 'em up and cut them right this time!

Same here.Flight deck V4 division on the USS Kitty Hawk.Nice ocean breeze and lots of action.

Ha! They definitely take some getting used to!

We're working on it!

I was going to ask about seeing the sonar room but there doesn't seem to be any. There's a site full of old cruise books and I found no sonar technicians on the Iowa roster. Then again I realized that's not what ships like this were for. The cruisers, destroyers and frigates are the anti-submarine assets.

@adam fROMIOWA Ryan from the New Jersey mentioned in the 1980s Iowa vs Kirov video that the Kirovs were more versatile and therfore probably stronger one on one. But unlike the Soviets, the US never expected a capital ship to have to operate without its escorting battle group.

We will!

Really? Thanks for sharing. Cool to know!

@@BattleshipUSSIowaLosAngeles Yep we would bag it and store trash from the berthing compartment and from the turret. It used to be you just threw trash over the side but at some point in 88 or 89 that stopped and you stored it and dumped it in dumpsters when you got back to port.

as a follow up to this - during general quarters, i would assume all the watertight doors would be shut? If the ship took a hit that flooded one of these compartments and took out all the cabling...how would they effect repairs at seas? or would it necessitate a drydock visit? I'm assuming its below the waterline.

@@music65617 They were capable of a lot of repairs on their own. Dry dock would mostly have been used for really big problems like when Typhoon Cobra messed up one of the shafts. There's an incredible machine shop aboard. They could manufacture a lot of parts.

awesome. Would there be jury rigging of temp lines around flooded compartments? Or were the cable systems too complex for that type of repair? Reason I ask - my grandfather served on a PT boat and used to tell us stories about how they were always coming up with ways to fix broken mechanicals. I'd imagine on a ship like the iowas that wouldnt have been very easy to do.@@BattleshipUSSIowaLosAngeles

@@music65617 Excellent question. We'll find out and get back to you.

@@music65617 Got some feedback for you: "The cabling installed on the Iowas is inherently water tight provided the jacketing isn't damaged. If that jacketing is compromised you will find out about it quick, real fast & in a hurry. All of the major equipment aboard has 3 and sometimes 4 sources of power available should you lose 1 or 2 due to damage, PMS, or repair work. There is also the installed Casualty Power System that provides you with the means to bypass damaged area's by means of a series of Power Risers, Thru Bulkhead Terminals & coils of Casualty Power Cables located on racks throughout the ship, all that's needed is a routing of cabling provided by DC Central. I can personally attest to the fact that due to old piping ruptures in the catacombs (both fore & aft) they were completely full of water on a few occasions that required one hell of a strenuous effort on the part of the DC Teams to get them dewatered. At no time during these evolutions was power lost due to cable leakage." M. A. Palmiere EMC(SW) USN(ret.)

It's ok to laugh... ;)

We're still chuckling at Getscher's slo-mo fall through that one hatch.

looking at a similar video from the New Jersey catacombs, the same correction exists there ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SOIv2kv_yhs.html

Yup. Looks like the wall came prefabbed with a center cut door and upon assembly, someone said "Hey, we need more room for all the wiring. Move the door."

@@LordSlayer001 same problem, different ship!

@@BattleshipNewJersey Now the interesting question would be if Wis and Mo had these corrections or were prefabbed differently.

Several are asking, hopefully they have an answer. Possibly a bigger hole for during construction?

What do you mean by "skating"

@@billkilbourne6409 He means goofing off, taking it easy, not working. ;-)

Check out our aft catacombs video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u6JF1YTzMik.html We got really close up to the wiring trunk under the same turret.

Thought has crossed our minds, too!

Navy design and supply principle. You get just enough and never more than you need.

We're opening our anchor windlass room and our aft steering area. Those will be included on our engineering tour once we're allowed to have visitors in the interior of the ship again.

@@BattleshipUSSIowaLosAngeles Thank You. Hopefully it'll be soon.

Didn’t think about the FF water from the turret explosion....

My understanding is that the explosion was completely contained within the turret/barbette structure. The turret did what it was designed to do. Magazines were not breached. I was told water in the turrets lowest level was about 3 feet.

Yeah, They would have been in an upper GM storeroom.

Yes. ;-)

🤣👍

On a destroyer, similar spaces like that and if the doors been closed for a long time we would request for a Gas free engineer to certify the space before doing work.

In a closed up, in service ship, absolutely confined spaces like this are a big concern. The NJ folks said though that when they turn it into a museum, they open all the hatches and everything airs out, and the air keeps flowing, so they don't have that problem.

Hi Mac, this is nuts down here.....

There's a hatch in the overhead at the aft end of the room.

my dad was first on it 1943 i got story's from my dad , nobody left from the first 88 who boarded it first .

my dad served on it first 88 to board called plank owners i should of asked my dad for more story's about it going on ,but i got pictures of it as it was in 1943 . he was a 40 mm shooter and when they shot the big guns he walked down to them and they told him to stand in a certain place and when they let off the 16 inch gun it knocked him down , they laughed

Repetition. You go to the places often enough, you get used to where they are. Definitely takes a little time, though!

Crew slang. Happens a lot.

T2 was not repaired. Cleaned up and painted, but that's all.

Speculation, but that's what I think it is too.

Hey Frank. Thanks for both your questions. We'll get back to you with answers asap.

I'm former Tour Dept. Lead. Mac told me it was A-gang responsible. My speculation is that it's other pumps, like bilge. As far as I know, the fire mains and pumps are in the boiler rooms lower levels.

That's one of the interesting things about these ships. They are huge. Outside. Inside they can be very cramped

Mostly it comes down to when the last time somebody painted down there was. Add in factors like how much the temperature fluctuates and humidity and that will severely impact the appearance of a space.

Could be partially to do with lighting, too. Our lights are on in the area, so you might be able to see more...?

@@BattleshipUSSIowaLosAngeles slightly different topic. How much shore power does she draw each month? I saw that some of the lightbulbs were being changed to LEDs and you mentioned that the lights are on down there. It made me wonder what the electricity usage was sitting idle.

@@michaelc5061 Checking on those numbers. Will get back to you. For now, can say that usage is way down right now during the pandemic. Most of our staff is working from home and we can't take the public below, so we keep the power off to all but essentials like our cathodic protection system and our servers six days a week. We shot this video on a Saturday - the one day where we turn the power on.

@@BattleshipUSSIowaLosAngeles its just a curiosity on my part but I very much thank you for the reply. A good comparison would be my home. I used 2700KWh during the summer peak heat. I would expect a BB to be significantly above that, even sitting welded to a pier.

She's been a museum much longer.

1) At least one other woman has been down there. 2) It's all storage related to the turrets - cleaning gear, equipment to move projectiles and powder bags, etc. 3) Hatches closed and dogged... Good question. Don't know for sure. Will ask and get back to you.

Not gonna happen.

Cost to much and not effective

Only way to get a battleship back in service is to rebuild the special foundries to make the gun barrels and armor plate and build new ships with as many parts as possible from the old ships.

Tiny hatches... like you have no idea!

The word relating to arms and ammo is ordnance. Ordinance(s), are rules and policies.

No, ship's been abated and is inspected often. She's clean. The most obvious asbestos is on the turbines, but it is all well encapsulated.

Absolutely not.