Traditionally teak decks were oiled every three months, if not even more frequently. Many people these days go with a varnish instead. I am curious how they plan to maintain the teak decks on Battleship New Jersey.
"Doesnt mean we're not a cool Iowa class battleship too.... Missouri was only used as a desk anyway"...🤣Good stuff Ryan, had me in tears... Even though I was almost a Missouri sailor... Thank for update, glad to see she getting lots of work. She's definitely in good hands...!!!
@@calebvaldecanas8867 it wasn't intentional!!! I was just getting ready to graduate Electronics Tech school, and had orders to her. But they filled all the empty crew slots early in order to sail off to Desert Storm... Double bummer for me since I'd already been aboard her as a kid in Bremerton just before she was reactivated. I'd told my sister I was gonna be on a ship just like it someday when I grew up n joined the Navy. When my orders first appeared to Missouri, she was my first phone call!! Second call was to dad, who's first ship was the California. Yeah, that California!! He was aboard barely a week before Dec 7th...
@@wheels-n-tires1846 mannn that sucks! You just missed a chance to be one of the last crews aboard the last battleship in active service on earth! Also, that’s really awesome about your dad. Did he ever tell any stories from that day in Pearl?
"If you have your own Iowa Class Battleship at home." I liked that. There is no doubt that there's a super wealthy individual out there right now checking to see if that's possible.
The Imperial War Museum in London uses aromas in their exhibits The Blitz Exerpience and The Trench Experience. It is frightening how much realism it adds. Good luck with the trial. Congrats to the Eagle Scout!
Glad you mentioned safety when entering tanks and voids. Red devil blowers were standard equipment on my boat with Drager Tubes to check air quality. We had a shipmate suffer brain damage because of violations in this area. Great video.
The work you all do is amazing. I was fortunate enough to visit last spring, and it really did feel like the ship was "alive", almost like the ship was still in service but all her crew had left. I think additions like the smell of fresh donuts will only reinforce that feeling. On another note, I'm currently building a Trumpeter 1/700 scale model of New Jersey in her 1982 configuration. I'm planning on buying a piece of deck from your store to act as a stand, and I think it will be a great way to connect my model to the real deal.
I’m working on the Tamiya kit right now and this sounds like an amazing idea-will the teak be available to buy when I come visit for the Drach meetup, or will I need to order online? NBD either way but it would be cool to take it home with me
A unique individual in a unique job. I know, there are other museum ship curators, but none I know of have your particular flair for presenting your ship and its history in an entertaining and yet entirely professional manner. Kudos!
Many thanks to all New Jersey staff and volunteers for all you do to maintain this huge naval artifact. Ryan, your love for this vessel shows with each video you do. Your priorities are correct - re-decking and then off to drydock. Thank goodness you are in freshwater and your tow to drydock will be short.
It would be awesome if you guys could get in contact with Mike Rowe and do a "Dirty Jobs" episode. The show is back on the air and from the looks of Ryan in that tank, there are PLENTY of dirty jobs aboard.
The bread slicer ban was short lived though, as the machinery used to make them, and the actual amount of metal needed, was still going to be made into bread slicers for the military, and the manufacturers still had spare capacity to make for the commercial market, just the home market was limited. That ban was overturned soon after it was introduced, due to every congress member receiving thousands of complaint letters from their constituents about this. The History Guy had a show recently about this exact thing, and the short life of this ban.
If you are doing “smell-immersion” you must include the heavy stench of bunker in engineering spaces; b/o and smelly socks in berthing spaces; something burnt in the galley; a cigar in the wardroom and finally for a Viet Nam interpretation a little skunk weed smell from the Deck Dept office. Truly a tour no guest could forget.
I spent 7 years working intermittent contracts as an industrial safety person in a trash burning power plant (and I have the OSHA card to prove it :) ). Confined space procedures are serious business.
Oh man! I don't know what it was exactly, but 20 years ago I went to sea on a frigate for a day as a cadet, and I can still smell the galley. It was very distinctive.
Hi, I'm Ryan Szymanski, curator for Battleship New Jersey & Memorial. You might remember me from such instructional videos as "Mothballing You Battleship" and "Dig You Own Grave And Save!"
Ah, ye olde confined spaces safety procedures. While I don't have my own Iowa class battleship Ryan, I do have my own personal nuclear power plant and I am quite familiar with those kind of procedures. 😉
For me doughnuts have a very narrow temperature range- If they burn your lips/tongue they are too hot; if they don't burn your lips/tongue then they are too cold. You need to get a fully functional doughnut maker.
Please tell me you guys have the historic recipe books around. I've heard enough about the donuts that the video I want to see is someone preparing a batch of battleship donuts and Ryan's commentary on how they compare to some easily obtained modern reference donuts. Big plus if I can follow along at home and bite into my own battleship style donut.
So happy to see how much is going on at the battleship! Having been aboard almost every museum in the country, I still think y'all are #1 or #2 (Midway and North Carolina come quite close to you guys in terms of open space and quality of exhibits). I am planning on coming back to Philly to see you guys in May or June. Any chance at all the teak work is done by then? (jk I know it won't be even close -- but I'm stoked to see the progress!)
The Nevada State Museum in Carson City is also a historic artifact--the Carson City Mint building. I lived in Carson City and more than once the Mint building had scaffolding on the exterior to preserve that artifact. It's not unusual for a museum building to also be an artifact and historical site. Another museum complex like that is the Union Station building in Ogden, Utah, housing a train museum, a railroad museum, the Browning gun museum, and an automobile museum. There are other museums and a theater there as well.
alright i have the schedule to work on for 2023: 1. taking the engine, turbines and boilers out, rework it so its good as new (has to be done over the weekend i case the ship is needed again for WW3) 2. panting the entire ship new, using only a toothbrush to proof that you are serious with your work 3. overhauling all 3 gun turrets. and yes that also means taking them out (if no crain is available, get a keyboard and some cheat codes to lift them out.... "No gravity cheat" works good) 4. replacing the entire electric systems within the ship. that means, new wires, new cables, all new and up to 21st century standards. should be done in a week 5. vacuuming 6. getting rid off all of the rust on the ship so its completly rust free 7. replacing all steel on the ship with stainless steel so it cant rust again. 8. Installing Windows Vista on all Computers on the ship, because history and nostalgia 9. raising the ticket prices for entry 10. kidnap some of the visitors as cheap work forces 11. reworking all of the weapon system so they can function again 12. cleaning the toillets. 13. repeating all steps with the other iowas
As far information is available out of all the battleships from the 20th century who had the best food. Perhaps over all or by country or era? would be a fun discussion.
I really like those maintenance videos! It would be interesting to see people doing the maintenance and explaining what they do kinda like in the "Tank workshop diaries" videos from the channel "The tank Museum" (@thetankmuseum). Good job with the teak deck!
In the 1060s, on destroyers, we had a night baker that made the bread and any deserts. As you passed thru the mess deck, if you were quick, you could snag a fresh loaf. Deserts were on big trays, too big to snag.
Since you mentioned the extra sensory exhibits it could be cool to have a room that has a projector showing people walking around and doing their job in that room or just daily life or something. It could be cool to walk by a room and see the people working in it
At the Fleet Air arm museum there's a mock up of the bridge of his ark Royal, and it has rooms set up with dummies in to make it look as it would at sea. Its an amazing exhibit
You really don't want to watch a guy walking around with a bucket full of tools trying to complete the mountain of maintenance he has to do because his work center sup thinks he needs to build character only to be rudely interrupted by the GQ drill his LPO forgot to tell him about so he closes a nearby hatch goes to the repair locket puts on a fire fighting suit and sits there for 30 minutes only to have the XO come over the 1MC tell them they all suck repeat the process 4 times until dinner then he plays spades on the mess decks with the boys until bedtime pulls his special envelope out from under his mattress that his girlfriend gave him crawls into bed or goes to the head for a few minutes to handle his "business" shits showers shaves gets BACK in bed only to realize he forgot to do his maintenance and left a bucket of tools in some random P-way right next to O-country and sleeps like death knowing he's gonna get his ass cheerful tomorrow...it's not much of a presentation...but its an honest one.
Got the crap scared out of me in the wisky a few years ago walked in to a room I thought was empty and turned there was a dummy in the head shaving.. scared the crap out of me
Ryan, you spoke about not doing scent infusion before now. The laundry smells like clean laundry and it really hits you when you visit because it doesn’t smell like the rest of the ship. Is that residual from the ship being in service?
Did the diver’s take video of their hull inspection? If so and the visibility wasn’t too bad I think that’d be cool to see a little bit of. And Ryan maybe y’all can get a Krispy Kreme franchise and put a hot light at the top of the ship. I don’t think that would hurt ticket sales 😂
@@BattleshipNewJersey Thanks for the reply. I had a feeling that would probably be the case. I suffer from a bit of Submechanophobia especially in murky water, but I still like to peek between the fingers covering my eyes LOL. What’s the depth of the water she sits in?
I’ve been on 3 of the Iowas, New Jersey is plenty cool and the tour spaces are exceptional but seeing that dent in Missourah’s hull from the kamikaze is pretty hard to beat…
Personally I think the New Jersey’s openness, that being how much of the ship is viewable, beats it. I will admit Missouri has a better view in Pearl Harbor though.
Guest barbers doing hair cuts for a donation, Guinness Book Record for most hair cuts done in a day as a fund raiser. Get Celebrity’s and Professional Sports teams to come out and get haircuts all the while doing a video. Find the one food that Battleship’s are known for and do a eating contest, bring in the big eaters to compete showing off the ship.
It's impressive you and your volunteers are prepared To make videos in some of these spaces . Over the years I've been inside or sentry and it's not usually pleasant . Spending the budget you have on the right things has to be the most important . The work you do makes a big difference to the longevity of the ship . New Jersey looks in great shape thanks to your efforts .
After 21 years of pushing paper for sailors coming and going, reenlisting or separating, getting married/divorced/having kids and needing ID cards, not only for NJ crew, but the "small boys" in our company, I would like to see the Personnel Office. Even as the Navy attempted to transition to a "paperless" operation, paper service records were the norm throughout my career. What a headache the Ship's Diary was to prepare to submit in particular before getting underway. Perhaps something could also be said about the working relationship/rivalry between the crew in the Personnel Office and the folks in the Disbursing Office, which was also paper intensive with their own set of records on each sailor. R. Rose, PNC(SW), USN(Ret)
You COULD buy sliced bread in the US for the vast majority of the war. From January 18-March 8, 1943, sliced bread was banned. This short lived ban resulted in a rush on bread knives, which by then nobody had, and increased food waste due to uncut loaves drying out faster and waste due to poor bread cutting. When the ban was finally rescinded, all authorities pointed fingers and nobody took responsibility. Various excuses were given by the media for the ban but few had any source in government and fewer of those turned out to be logical or based on any actual need. The sliced bread ban resulted in more steel and food consumption than before or after its existence. Bread slicer manufacture was banned for the majority of the war, but since bread slicers are a common item in bakeries and pretty reliable, there was never actually a real shortage of either bread slicers or sliced bread except for that period where the government banned bakeries from using their slicers.
I'd like to see an overnight or multi-day stay. I've stayed three days and two nights aboard the USS Lexington down in Corpus Christi, but I think the experience of doing that aboard a battleship would be even cooler. Another thing I'd like to see is what someone else suggested; "VR Battlestations" where you can experience a "day in the life" of a battleship crewmember. A sunup-to-sundown Virtual Reality (or perhaps Augmented Reality?) simulation experience for anywhere from bridge crew-size (5 people) up to crew-size groups (2,700 folks, so a school field trip) that will enable them to experience a combat mission aboard the battleship from different perspectives depending on group size. You could even have a kid play "captain for a day" in the VR/AR simulated environment. It'd be similar to the Artemis Starship Bridge Simulator for PCs, but with VR and an AI assistant. With an AR experience, they'd be able to manipulate the ship's controls (engine order telegraph, helm, rudder, main battery plot, etcetera) just like the real deal, and have it play into the simulator. This would be great for people of all ages and groups of all sizes, from small five-person family trips to whole-school-size field trips. Boy scouts and history buffs would love it. Three different sims could be possible, World War 2, Vietnam and Korea, and Gulf War I. The other Iowas could potentially use this too.
Hi Ryan. Its great to see some of the maintenance work too. I understood that Teak was a protected timber. That is to say you can't just go into the forrest and cut down another tree. Does this give you particular problems and have you any work arounds to reduce difficulty/cost?
So here's a nutty idea on how NJ as a museum could make an extra buck... i know that if this were a thing, i'd visit, and kids would too, especially kids that have played naval warfare games (and there's a few of them). VR enabled ship defense. Would probably require some nuts being cracked to get off the ground, and it would have days when it's annoying to deal with groups, but... it has merit. There's several companies out there that make museum oriented (multiuse, robust) headsets... it's not impossible. And it would get get NJ extra revenue. VR could also work for stuff like looking at how she'd be inside a battle group, what her guns would be like when moving, firing (there's various types of headsets that have auditory output and force feedback). Dunno, just a thought. If there's one thing i know about an entity (pertaining to its survival) is the need to reinvent itself. Fixing NJ is one such thing, but it only lasts for a while, finding the next thing is never easy, but maybe this VR thing could work. At the very least, i know it's a great story telling method in some of the museums i've been that have them, and in my line of work with old building rehabilitation, we use VR almost all the time when discussing with clients. It's much easier to scan a building, bring it back to spec in VR and explain the options and techniques using this tool. So there's that.
Just make it smell like paint. Also I was there for an overnight a few weeks ago, great expirience, tell the retired commander "duck" and he'll remember me. Also no I'm not striking, might do reserves though.
I’ve looked into warships around southwest Ohio but I think the closest one is in the Cleveland area with the USS Cod. Cool ship with a minimum of display plexiglass to restrict looking around corners but hardly close enough to do any work for helping to improve any features.
I trust you won’t have smell scape in crew berthing! Would be nice to have electronic smell on the radio rooms, main plot snd CIC unless they are in use and already giving their own smells off.
@@BattleshipNewJersey That slightly burned caked on dust smell, some phenol and formaldehyde from the bakelite knobs and phenolic tie strips, with a hint of slightly leaking capacitor oil? Know that too well and love it. What about the other electronics all over the ship? I wonder if there is still some WW2/korean war-area vacuum tube equipment left, maybe in the intercom/telephone systems .. or was this all upgraded at some point?
Make sure you change the oil every 3 months or 3,000 curator units - whichever comes first.
Once a year to NJ. They don't ever drive it.
i was going to ask what a curator unit was, but i find i dont really want to know lol.
Traditionally teak decks were oiled every three months, if not even more frequently. Many people these days go with a varnish instead. I am curious how they plan to maintain the teak decks on Battleship New Jersey.
"Doesnt mean we're not a cool Iowa class battleship too.... Missouri was only used as a desk anyway"...🤣Good stuff Ryan, had me in tears... Even though I was almost a Missouri sailor...
Thank for update, glad to see she getting lots of work. She's definitely in good hands...!!!
Almost a Missouri sailor??? What on earth was worth passing that up for??
@@calebvaldecanas8867 it wasn't intentional!!! I was just getting ready to graduate Electronics Tech school, and had orders to her. But they filled all the empty crew slots early in order to sail off to Desert Storm... Double bummer for me since I'd already been aboard her as a kid in Bremerton just before she was reactivated. I'd told my sister I was gonna be on a ship just like it someday when I grew up n joined the Navy. When my orders first appeared to Missouri, she was my first phone call!! Second call was to dad, who's first ship was the California. Yeah, that California!! He was aboard barely a week before Dec 7th...
@@wheels-n-tires1846 mannn that sucks! You just missed a chance to be one of the last crews aboard the last battleship in active service on earth! Also, that’s really awesome about your dad. Did he ever tell any stories from that day in Pearl?
"If you have your own Iowa Class Battleship at home." I liked that. There is no doubt that there's a super wealthy individual out there right now checking to see if that's possible.
"90 story building laying on it's side in the water"
wow, that's quite the way to visualize the size of the ship
its side
The Imperial War Museum in London uses aromas in their exhibits The Blitz Exerpience and The Trench Experience. It is frightening how much realism it adds. Good luck with the trial. Congrats to the Eagle Scout!
Glad you mentioned safety when entering tanks and voids. Red devil blowers were standard equipment on my boat with Drager Tubes to check air quality. We had a shipmate suffer brain damage because of violations in this area. Great video.
Training in confined space entry and egress is paramount with a good program of atmosphere monitoring.
I jst wish Ryan had mentioned the second man never goes in the tank. Although he did say they're supposed to call for help first.
Good point.
You are a content Juggernaut.
Amazing ambassador for your ship.
The work you all do is amazing. I was fortunate enough to visit last spring, and it really did feel like the ship was "alive", almost like the ship was still in service but all her crew had left. I think additions like the smell of fresh donuts will only reinforce that feeling.
On another note, I'm currently building a Trumpeter 1/700 scale model of New Jersey in her 1982 configuration. I'm planning on buying a piece of deck from your store to act as a stand, and I think it will be a great way to connect my model to the real deal.
Sounds like a great idea
I’m working on the Tamiya kit right now and this sounds like an amazing idea-will the teak be available to buy when I come visit for the Drach meetup, or will I need to order online? NBD either way but it would be cool to take it home with me
That sounds like a really nice idea
Great update.
NJ is in such excellent hands, well done all.
A unique individual in a unique job. I know, there are other museum ship curators, but none I know of have your particular flair for presenting your ship and its history in an entertaining and yet entirely professional manner. Kudos!
"Smell difusrer". That was pretty much my highlight of my day!
Many thanks to all New Jersey staff and volunteers for all you do to maintain this huge naval artifact. Ryan, your love for this vessel shows with each video you do. Your priorities are correct - re-decking and then off to drydock. Thank goodness you are in freshwater and your tow to drydock will be short.
It would be awesome if you guys could get in contact with Mike Rowe and do a "Dirty Jobs" episode. The show is back on the air and from the looks of Ryan in that tank, there are PLENTY of dirty jobs aboard.
Big J is in good hands with guy like Ryan taking care of her, keep up the good work you guys!
If only the state of New Jersey were run as well as the battleship New Jersey museum and memorial!
"Missouri was only used as a desk anyways " Ah I loved that line!
Loved the gentle jab at BB63.
Really happy to hear you are preparing for future maintenance and checking the ship out. Hopefully she can stay in like new condition.
… or as new as an 80 year old battleship can be.
An I the only one to notice that hilarious remark you made about the Missouri? (meow!)
"Missouri was only used as a desk anyway" - Ryan Szymanski
Nice to see a MARDET birthing space! Would love to see more about the Marines aboard NJ!!
Yes, would like to see some more of MARDET
There is at least one video about the Marines onboard.
Hope to see an aerial view of that clean perfect teak deck
Please make a video “Things to look for when purchasing an Iowa class battleship”
The bread slicer ban was short lived though, as the machinery used to make them, and the actual amount of metal needed, was still going to be made into bread slicers for the military, and the manufacturers still had spare capacity to make for the commercial market, just the home market was limited. That ban was overturned soon after it was introduced, due to every congress member receiving thousands of complaint letters from their constituents about this. The History Guy had a show recently about this exact thing, and the short life of this ban.
If you are doing “smell-immersion” you must include the heavy stench of bunker in engineering spaces; b/o and smelly socks in berthing spaces; something burnt in the galley; a cigar in the wardroom and finally for a Viet Nam interpretation a little skunk weed smell from the Deck Dept office. Truly a tour no guest could forget.
I spent 7 years working intermittent contracts as an industrial safety person in a trash burning power plant (and I have the OSHA card to prove it :) ). Confined space procedures are serious business.
We have smell diffusers in UK in all sorts of museums , it helps soo much to having a full museums experience .
The blood smell in the surgical suite in the tunnels under Dover Castle is QUITE STRIKING.
@@ballisticarc Oh yea and the walk through the mess and kitchens. Dover was probably one of my favorite experiences.
Awesome Eagle project.
A bit testy about donuts see .. LoL the I would be too.. Great job by the volunteers keeping this ship in great shape. 🤣
You should have got the cake from the documentary "Under Seige"...
"Only used as a desk" That had me dying
Liking the updates, great work! Just ordered a small piece of Teak. Very excited can't wait to see it! Keep it up!
Hah, I'm glad you mentioned ship smell. Every museum ship I've visited has that smell. My Chevelle has that same smell. I guess it's just old metal?
Oh man! I don't know what it was exactly, but 20 years ago I went to sea on a frigate for a day as a cadet, and I can still smell the galley. It was very distinctive.
Hi, I'm Ryan Szymanski, curator for Battleship New Jersey & Memorial. You might remember me from such instructional videos as "Mothballing You Battleship" and "Dig You Own Grave And Save!"
On a side note, this must be the first video Ryan's belt end isn't dangling out a foot. Must have tucked it in for safety reasons. ;).
Coolest scouting project ever!!!
Ah, ye olde confined spaces safety procedures. While I don't have my own Iowa class battleship Ryan, I do have my own personal nuclear power plant and I am quite familiar with those kind of procedures. 😉
For me doughnuts have a very narrow temperature range- If they burn your lips/tongue they are too hot; if they don't burn your lips/tongue then they are too cold.
You need to get a fully functional doughnut maker.
That is one hell of an Eagle Scout service project. Puts mine to shame!
I wish I still lived in NJ. I’m RET USN. I move in
Please tell me you guys have the historic recipe books around. I've heard enough about the donuts that the video I want to see is someone preparing a batch of battleship donuts and Ryan's commentary on how they compare to some easily obtained modern reference donuts. Big plus if I can follow along at home and bite into my own battleship style donut.
Be careful not to fall into the backrooms Ryan, we can't lose you🙏🏻😂
Right after the bakery was opened in 2002, it still smelled of fresh baked bread.
Amazing work!
Can you show some of the underwater videos to see what the battleship looks like in the water? Bought some more decking to add to the collection.
So happy to see how much is going on at the battleship! Having been aboard almost every museum in the country, I still think y'all are #1 or #2 (Midway and North Carolina come quite close to you guys in terms of open space and quality of exhibits).
I am planning on coming back to Philly to see you guys in May or June. Any chance at all the teak work is done by then? (jk I know it won't be even close -- but I'm stoked to see the progress!)
I want to see how the battleships made ice cream back in WWII for themselves and the fleet.
I was wondering about the oxygen in those void spaces and hypoxia concerns.. just answered that question
Going to visit this early summer or in the fall. I'm really looking forward to feeling like I stepped back into my service time in the 80s.
Got me a piece of teak and a deck bolt :).
The Nevada State Museum in Carson City is also a historic artifact--the Carson City Mint building. I lived in Carson City and more than once the Mint building had scaffolding on the exterior to preserve that artifact. It's not unusual for a museum building to also be an artifact and historical site. Another museum complex like that is the Union Station building in Ogden, Utah, housing a train museum, a railroad museum, the Browning gun museum, and an automobile museum. There are other museums and a theater there as well.
alright i have the schedule to work on for 2023:
1. taking the engine, turbines and boilers out, rework it so its good as new (has to be done over the weekend i case the ship is needed again for WW3)
2. panting the entire ship new, using only a toothbrush to proof that you are serious with your work
3. overhauling all 3 gun turrets. and yes that also means taking them out (if no crain is available, get a keyboard and some cheat codes to lift them out.... "No gravity cheat" works good)
4. replacing the entire electric systems within the ship. that means, new wires, new cables, all new and up to 21st century standards. should be done in a week
5. vacuuming
6. getting rid off all of the rust on the ship so its completly rust free
7. replacing all steel on the ship with stainless steel so it cant rust again.
8. Installing Windows Vista on all Computers on the ship, because history and nostalgia
9. raising the ticket prices for entry
10. kidnap some of the visitors as cheap work forces
11. reworking all of the weapon system so they can function again
12. cleaning the toillets.
13. repeating all steps with the other iowas
As far information is available out of all the battleships from the 20th century who had the best food. Perhaps over all or by country or era? would be a fun discussion.
I really like those maintenance videos! It would be interesting to see people doing the maintenance and explaining what they do kinda like in the "Tank workshop diaries" videos from the channel "The tank Museum" (@thetankmuseum).
Good job with the teak deck!
In the 1060s, on destroyers, we had a night baker that made the bread and any deserts. As you passed thru the mess deck, if you were quick, you could snag a fresh loaf. Deserts were on big trays, too big to snag.
Ryan, show us where the big bad Missouri donut shop hurt you....
Since you mentioned the extra sensory exhibits it could be cool to have a room that has a projector showing people walking around and doing their job in that room or just daily life or something.
It could be cool to walk by a room and see the people working in it
At the Fleet Air arm museum there's a mock up of the bridge of his ark Royal, and it has rooms set up with dummies in to make it look as it would at sea. Its an amazing exhibit
You really don't want to watch a guy walking around with a bucket full of tools trying to complete the mountain of maintenance he has to do because his work center sup thinks he needs to build character only to be rudely interrupted by the GQ drill his LPO forgot to tell him about so he closes a nearby hatch goes to the repair locket puts on a fire fighting suit and sits there for 30 minutes only to have the XO come over the 1MC tell them they all suck repeat the process 4 times until dinner then he plays spades on the mess decks with the boys until bedtime pulls his special envelope out from under his mattress that his girlfriend gave him crawls into bed or goes to the head for a few minutes to handle his "business" shits showers shaves gets BACK in bed only to realize he forgot to do his maintenance and left a bucket of tools in some random P-way right next to O-country and sleeps like death knowing he's gonna get his ass cheerful tomorrow...it's not much of a presentation...but its an honest one.
Got the crap scared out of me in the wisky a few years ago walked in to a room I thought was empty and turned there was a dummy in the head shaving.. scared the crap out of me
Thanks for the info! I was wondering how I should check the tanks of my own Iowa class Battleship that I have in my backyard pool😁
Some foc'sle never heat a tarp
but then again, some foc'sle
like New Jersey Battleship Memorial
Ryan, you spoke about not doing scent infusion before now. The laundry smells like clean laundry and it really hits you when you visit because it doesn’t smell like the rest of the ship. Is that residual from the ship being in service?
Sadly, there is only one Libertyship near me, and due to injury, I cannot do the work that I would be best suited for.
Did the diver’s take video of their hull inspection? If so and the visibility wasn’t too bad I think that’d be cool to see a little bit of.
And Ryan maybe y’all can get a Krispy Kreme franchise and put a hot light at the top of the ship. I don’t think that would hurt ticket sales 😂
They tried for video but it was too muddy.
@@BattleshipNewJersey Thanks for the reply. I had a feeling that would probably be the case. I suffer from a bit of Submechanophobia especially in murky water, but I still like to peek between the fingers covering my eyes LOL. What’s the depth of the water she sits in?
the divers
I’ve been on 3 of the Iowas, New Jersey is plenty cool and the tour spaces are exceptional but seeing that dent in Missourah’s hull from the kamikaze is pretty hard to beat…
Personally I think the New Jersey’s openness, that being how much of the ship is viewable, beats it. I will admit Missouri has a better view in Pearl Harbor though.
Guest barbers doing hair cuts for a donation, Guinness Book Record for most hair cuts done in a day as a fund raiser. Get Celebrity’s and Professional Sports teams to come out and get haircuts all the while doing a video. Find the one food that Battleship’s are known for and do a eating contest, bring in the big eaters to compete showing off the ship.
It's impressive you and your volunteers are prepared To make videos in some of these spaces . Over the years I've been inside or sentry and it's not usually pleasant . Spending the budget you have on the right things has to be the most important . The work you do makes a big difference to the longevity of the ship . New Jersey looks in great shape thanks to your efforts .
After 21 years of pushing paper for sailors coming and going, reenlisting or separating, getting married/divorced/having kids and needing ID cards, not only for NJ crew, but the "small boys" in our company, I would like to see the Personnel Office. Even as the Navy attempted to transition to a "paperless" operation, paper service records were the norm throughout my career. What a headache the Ship's Diary was to prepare to submit in particular before getting underway. Perhaps something could also be said about the working relationship/rivalry between the crew in the Personnel Office and the folks in the Disbursing Office, which was also paper intensive with their own set of records on each sailor. R. Rose, PNC(SW), USN(Ret)
You COULD buy sliced bread in the US for the vast majority of the war.
From January 18-March 8, 1943, sliced bread was banned. This short lived ban resulted in a rush on bread knives, which by then nobody had, and increased food waste due to uncut loaves drying out faster and waste due to poor bread cutting. When the ban was finally rescinded, all authorities pointed fingers and nobody took responsibility. Various excuses were given by the media for the ban but few had any source in government and fewer of those turned out to be logical or based on any actual need. The sliced bread ban resulted in more steel and food consumption than before or after its existence.
Bread slicer manufacture was banned for the majority of the war, but since bread slicers are a common item in bakeries and pretty reliable, there was never actually a real shortage of either bread slicers or sliced bread except for that period where the government banned bakeries from using their slicers.
I'd like to see an overnight or multi-day stay. I've stayed three days and two nights aboard the USS Lexington down in Corpus Christi, but I think the experience of doing that aboard a battleship would be even cooler.
Another thing I'd like to see is what someone else suggested; "VR Battlestations" where you can experience a "day in the life" of a battleship crewmember. A sunup-to-sundown Virtual Reality (or perhaps Augmented Reality?) simulation experience for anywhere from bridge crew-size (5 people) up to crew-size groups (2,700 folks, so a school field trip) that will enable them to experience a combat mission aboard the battleship from different perspectives depending on group size. You could even have a kid play "captain for a day" in the VR/AR simulated environment.
It'd be similar to the Artemis Starship Bridge Simulator for PCs, but with VR and an AI assistant. With an AR experience, they'd be able to manipulate the ship's controls (engine order telegraph, helm, rudder, main battery plot, etcetera) just like the real deal, and have it play into the simulator.
This would be great for people of all ages and groups of all sizes, from small five-person family trips to whole-school-size field trips. Boy scouts and history buffs would love it.
Three different sims could be possible, World War 2, Vietnam and Korea, and Gulf War I. The other Iowas could potentially use this too.
Could turn the freezers on for a more immersive experience too lol
Got a good laugh out of that playful inter-battleship rivalry. Even without the donut shop, you're still the coolest battlewagon in my book.
I wasn't so much worrying about what smellscape you might put in the butcher shop. My thoughts were more tending towards the heads.
The heads still smell quite authentic.
doughnut envy :)
Do you do Sea Scouts? How about a Hotel? I'd love some fresh bread!
We have an overnight program where groups, including scouts, can spend the night on board.
No smelly stuff in the heads...we don't need that much immersion
Be cool if you could get a 16" turret to rotate.
By the time you finish the decking, it will be time to do it again.
That FAKE cake looks soo good...
Ryan; Have you done any videos inside the focsle?
"Missouri was only ever used as a desk anyway" Shade of the century. 😆
They should have been making fries in those deep fat fryers. I never saw any donuts on CVN-71. Lots of burgers and fries.
We have fryers in the galley for fries, this is just for donuts.
@@BattleshipNewJersey Cool, you are lucky.
Will there be any mention of permanently removing the quadruple screws of the NJ during this upcoming drydocking?
It is a possibility. We haven't made a final decision yet, we likely won't decide until she's out of the water.
Hi Ryan. Its great to see some of the maintenance work too. I understood that Teak was a protected timber. That is to say you can't just go into the forrest and cut down another tree. Does this give you particular problems and have you any work arounds to reduce difficulty/cost?
can't wait to bring my ham and cheese sandwich to the mess hall to experience the bakery smell!!
Great job !!
I really enjoy these behind the scenes videos on what is going on at the museum. Thank you Ryan and BB NJ crew!
So here's a nutty idea on how NJ as a museum could make an extra buck... i know that if this were a thing, i'd visit, and kids would too, especially kids that have played naval warfare games (and there's a few of them). VR enabled ship defense. Would probably require some nuts being cracked to get off the ground, and it would have days when it's annoying to deal with groups, but... it has merit. There's several companies out there that make museum oriented (multiuse, robust) headsets... it's not impossible. And it would get get NJ extra revenue.
VR could also work for stuff like looking at how she'd be inside a battle group, what her guns would be like when moving, firing (there's various types of headsets that have auditory output and force feedback).
Dunno, just a thought. If there's one thing i know about an entity (pertaining to its survival) is the need to reinvent itself. Fixing NJ is one such thing, but it only lasts for a while, finding the next thing is never easy, but maybe this VR thing could work.
At the very least, i know it's a great story telling method in some of the museums i've been that have them, and in my line of work with old building rehabilitation, we use VR almost all the time when discussing with clients. It's much easier to scan a building, bring it back to spec in VR and explain the options and techniques using this tool. So there's that.
Yeah, I had an idea for something similar. I put it in a comment too.
Ryan suddenly got real defensive about donuts. 😅
Just make it smell like paint. Also I was there for an overnight a few weeks ago, great expirience, tell the retired commander "duck" and he'll remember me. Also no I'm not striking, might do reserves though.
Any video of what the propellers/screws look like under the ship?
I will use this video as a reference for my battleship…..thank you!!!
This is a new hobby urban naval splunking.
missouri was only used as a desk anyway
Damn Ryan
So VJ Day was the best thing since sliced bread?
I’ve looked into warships around southwest Ohio but I think the closest one is in the Cleveland area with the USS Cod. Cool ship with a minimum of display plexiglass to restrict looking around corners but hardly close enough to do any work for helping to improve any features.
Wishing you all the best with the maintenance
My local battleship is the USS Alabama but i have no clue how to get ahold of them to volunteer. It’s been something I’ve wanted to do for a while
"Only used as a desk" 🤣🤣🤣
The cake is a lie!
World record for youtube videos on a single subject channel coming up!
I trust you won’t have smell scape in crew berthing! Would be nice to have electronic smell on the radio rooms, main plot snd CIC unless they are in use and already giving their own smells off.
The radio rooms are functional so they have their expected smell. Which I've never noticed...but I guess it's right.
@@BattleshipNewJersey That slightly burned caked on dust smell, some phenol and formaldehyde from the bakelite knobs and phenolic tie strips, with a hint of slightly leaking capacitor oil? Know that too well and love it.
What about the other electronics all over the ship? I wonder if there is still some WW2/korean war-area vacuum tube equipment left, maybe in the intercom/telephone systems .. or was this all upgraded at some point?