Pearl Harbor: GENERAL QUARTERS
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
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In this episode we're taking a look at how someone gets to their General Quarters Station.
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Oh, yes, the Watch, Quarter, and Station Bill. I am one of those Quartermaster's you referred to. My Abandon ship station was the Captain's Gig. I had an abandon ship kit. I needed to bring a ship's chronometer, sextant, chart, pilot charts, pub 229/249, Nautical Almanac, plus plotting tools, deck log, and Navigator's workbook. The longest trek from my berthing area to GQ station was on the USS Forrestal CV-59. All those ladders up...my legs would burn by the time I made it to the 08 level. Of course, that was the berthing area...if I was in After steering....OMG. It is more OMG now...then I was young and fit. Still it was a strain since a sailor had to report to his station in under 5 minutes. Yep "General Quarters, General Quarters, proceed up and forward on the starboard side, down and aft on the port side...to your battle stations on the double". The fastest time to material condition zebra being set and the ship ready for action was 2 minutes and 34 seconds on the USS Samuel Eliot Morrison FFG-13. Spent 27 years in the Navy. I still have dreams.
My stepfather was the QMCS for the Stennis. One day we met him at the ship and they were loading a 40” Bayliner onto the ship. My mom asked “what is that for?”. He answered “that’s my lifeboat. I’m the Admiral’s navigator and he isn’t sitting his ass in a lifeboat”.
I followed you through your GQ tour and I'm extremely impressed at how neat, clean, and organized you keep your "Museum". It looks as if you would easily pass Captains Inspection and could simply get underway almost immediately. It takes dedication, backbreaking effort, and a Ton of money to keep the ship looking so well! You and the crew do a magnificent job.
Thanks! A lot of love goes into the old girl from a lot of people.
I saw a vid from somebody who was tied up in the re activating of the Iowas in the 80s and he was of the opinion that the New Jersey was by far the best ship in the class in both maintenance from New and the only one that didn't have (in his opnian) unaddressed problems (Iowa with turret two plus poor maintenance, Missouri Apparently bent her keel when she ran aground and was never properly fixed and Apparently the fit of the replacement bow on Wisconsin wasn't done 'that' well) While I have no idea if his points where accurate he seemed to know what he was talking about and I sort of agree that IMHO NJ is the best of the Iowas!
@@mcduck5 You are wrong about the supposed keel damage on Missouri. After she grounded in 1953 in sand, the only hull damage was superficial, and was immediately and completely repaired. The keel itself was not damaged. I was Missouri's Repair Division officer in the late 1980s, a qualified EOOW and OOD, and got the chance to inspect the hull underneath in drydock. There was no damage and no restrictions on ship operations. The hull was in great condition, as was the steam plant.
@@duanem.1567 Could I go and have a look at them so I can have more first hand knowledge than just a video I watched on the internet? Thanks :-)
@@mcduck5 wish you could! :)
My brother was stationed on USS Missouri during the first Gulf War. He also served on USS Midway and USS Hue City. I served on USS Semmes DDG 18, USS Cape Cod AD 43, USS Kinkaid DD 965, USS Whidbey Island LSD 41, and USS Wasp LHD 1.
I served on USS New Jersey (90 - 91) AND USS Cape Cod (91- 93)
@@rgraze911 Saw Cape Cod in Bahrain in late 92 or early 93. I was with COMUSNAVCENT embarked on USS LaSalle AGF 3.
@@RetiredSailor60 Yup I was there.
@@rgraze911 I was on Cape Cod from March 1984 to Sept 1986. She was mostly brand new then. Started out in 3rd Division and struck OS after 9 months. Made OS3, reenlisted in 86 for OS A school.
i dont know much about naval history so forgive me if this ks a stupid question but the USS Kinkaid sounds very very familiar, is she well known for something specific? sounds like you and your brother had one hell of a career!
I'm a simple man, I see a battleship New Jersey video I watch and click like
The condition of the ship does your team great credit. A fantastic lasting tribute to those who served and are serving now
Watching at 4am, started falling asleep.
Curator: ah let’s let them hear the alert siren.
brain: BOYO BETTER WAKE UP BEFORE SERGEANT GETS YOU
Eyes: WOOOWIE NEVER BEEN MORE OPEN SUDDENLY
hahaha the exact same thing happened to me, scared the sssshhhite out of me. =)
Some radio clock even have this as one of the alarm tones to choose from
As an old Corpsman, I would love to see a video dedicated to sickbay and the battle dressing stations. Arizona lost almost her entire medical department.
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@@BattleshipNewJersey awesome! I was part of the first augmentation crew on Comfort. My charge nurse on ward 7 west at Naval Hospital Bethesda was a plank owner on Comfort
Thought my name might be up there but it looks like its for the above deck crews. I was FWD Diesel 90 - 91.
I dont know why someone assigned to the Galley would be on that list if that were so. I see several assigned to the galley on that list! (The example he used wasn't assigned above deck either.)
The NJ was commissioned and Decommissioned 4 times. Surely they have more than one list.
Plus, the last time she was in active service was from 82 thru 91. With a crew complement of 1921 men, the list for just that one period would be at least 3 or 4 times that many.
That's probably just the crew who was assigned when she was recommissioned in 82.
Could you imagine a list of all the men, and women, that served aboard her throughout her history?
I bet it would be close to 15,000, or more!
"Tradition of the sea..." Hahaha- it took me a minute! Thx for waiting.
Those poor bakers...
Sailors working in the galley bring the BBQ sauce.
i had to look it up lol
It’s a joke... until it’s not...
"rifle for sharks".... >nervous laughter from lifeboat mates
Being Air Force, I never gave it a second thought about traffic patterns aboard on ship - especially general quarters when the entire ship's compliment would be on the move... makes perfect sense. When I was active-duty, we had a version of general quarters, but it was called "recall". At the bases I was at, whenever the William Tell Overture was played on the base loudspeakers, that was the signal to proceed to your duty section ASAP!
Good video Ryan... I always enjoy learning about the workings and life aboard a former U.S. Navy Battleship.
7:05 "the tradition of the sea" - you had me there, for a while. Not often we see Ryan cracking jokes, especially grim ones. Yes, I laughed.
What is this "tradition of the sea" he speaks of"? On second thought I prolly don't want to know.
@@terryboyer1342 LOL, You're gonna know, anyway. Lifeboat, out of rations, draw straws to see who gets eaten first.
Who's first, SK's or YN's?
@@terryboyer1342 When men are in a lifeboat for many weeks they get very lonely and have certain desires.
@@JoshuaTootell Yeomen are probably more tender...
When I think back on my naval career I marvel how I made it through sometimes when I was just a young inexperienced sailor. I joined during the tail end of Vietnam and due to the draw down we were about 20K-30K Petty Officers short in the Navy overall. When reporting aboard ship a new guy normally went to indoc for a few days and you would get the overall feel of the ship. Where I remember the trouble was that you'd expect that the LPO or his designate would take a new guy and explain the details on the Watch, Quarters and Station Bill located in berthing. Never happened. This kind of lack of supervision was well evident when we had an abandon ship drill and no one knew where their life raft station was or what they were supposed to bring. Other normal duties within the division like how to execute Yoke in port and duties as Duty Police Petty Officer we not explained. I remember being told during my duty day that I was to do Yoke. How do you do that? You'll figure it out was the reply. I had to go to each compartment and look at the compartment check of sheet to make sure it was done right. I remembered those days and as my responsibilities grew with rank and when I became an LPO and later a Chief I made sure everyone knew what was expected and how to do it right.
in the air force all i needed to know was where my dorm room was and how to get to the bomb dump...........
@@killtoybellofatto7322 . And , where the chow-hall located .
I saw a lot of that sort of disorganization as a division officer. One of my early tasks was to complete a Watch, Quarter and Station Bill, which hadn't been updated for my division in some time. Getting that done was one of my early uses of D-Base, an early predecessor of MS Excel. Then we posted and trained everyone on it, and kept it up to date going forward.
First cruise, I was in the 5" magazine. 5th deck just over after steering. You could feel the rudders swinging and the vibration of the screws was really something. I was also there for air defense. That one was called for real when we were off of North Korea in April, 1969. I had been forward on the flight deck looking at all the ships around us. That was a long run. The Russians had sent to Bears down to look over the fleet.
Second cruise was better. Berthing was forward 3rd deck port side. Office was on 2nd deck halfway to the mess decks on the port side main passageway. GQ station was a DC party half way between berthing and office on 2nd deck in the port passageway. I was #1 nozzle man. If I'd stayed aboard the ship, I would have gone to Buttercup the summer of 1970. I think I would've liked being a shipfitter, of damage control man. I thoroughly enjoyed all that I learned there.
Fascinating stuff. I can imagine the need for constant drilling in order to defeat the very human urge to take the shortest path between two places in an emergency.
Suspect the urge for shortest path is overwhelmed by it being very much blocked with people.
I like the patch on your jacket; the USCGC Taney is here in Baltimore Harbor; last surviving floating vessel that fought @ Pearl Harbor
Thanks for sharing this beautiful ship! 👍
LOL!!! 7:05 is the most awesome reaction and the closest to an actual smile and laugh that I've ever seen from him. Love it!!!
Ryan you really earned your pay with this vid. Not sure if it was but certainly one of my top 10. Really brought it to life what it must have been like for a small cog in a huge machine. Good job.
Dammit Ryan! I just woke my wife up laughing about the Tradition of the Sea
The other rule about going to your GQ station was that you weren't allowed to run. Unless you were a marine, in which case you ran carrying your rifle.
And flow of traffic is starboard foward and up and port is aft and down....
Charles
A guy I worked with for 15 years, was on an Air craft Carrier. I forget the Name. He said, know this is his words. They would set off the ALARM at a hatch to the Nuclear power plant. Then just walk away ( I don't know if I believe him) would not those hatches have a video security camera. Anyway he said they thought it was fun to watch the Marines come RUNNING with weapons ready, pushing sailor down forcefully to get too
Alarm station. He also said on K.P. he got to work with Cooks, to make any food he wanted to eat. My K.P. in Basic ( Fort Jackson SC--1975)
In the Kitchen all I ever Remember was scrubbing cooking ( huge) pots, and pans. The D.I.& cooks always told us we were not fast enough. He told most stores from the Navy like he was some kind of saint. Guys always borrow money from him, and he would threaten them with body harm if they could not pay him back to give him their leave when in Port. His work station on the carrier was Ammo supply to upper areas. He said he never had to work hard.
He said when he first saw the carrier at Pier. That he thought it was a big storage building. What kind of BSer, ever thought a Ship was a building. He always seemed so angry. I think in the Navy he was hounded by Chiefs He hated Leads and supervisor at work. He always filed grevences against them. I think his Navy Stories were more about puffing his chest, he was so great. I did work with him for 15 years mind you, most of the time in the cab of a work truck. No one else wanted to work with him.
Very interesting. I knew little of this. Thank you.
Love the Taney badge.
love this channel - thank you
The Iowa`s are the best looking ships ever put to sea!
Personally I think the Yamato class battleships were the best looking navel vessels ever put to sea.
I liked the BB's the 10's era battle ships
Hi, I'm an old PH turned MC and was station in a P3-OrIon squadron al of my career. Great videos!
excellent as always
As a Naval Aircrewman - it was pretty basic for us on a Frigate or Destroyer - "Go To You Hangar/Aircraft". STILL remember an Aux Mach Fire right under our berthing on a frigate - I had just landed after 8 hours of flying and was asleep - in seconds, was up a vertical ladder to a scuttle, across the 01 to drop into another scuttle in the hangar . Latter, in The Gulf - the non-flying NAC was assigned as the gunner on the Chain-Gun, Starboard side
This was a really great video. Showing us some aspects of day to day life on the ship is cool.
Can you maybe do one like this that would be sort of a day to day in the life of.?
Like show waking up. Where the head/showers are related to bunk. Then breakfast followed by going to formation and PT. Breakfast followed by work. Maybe a trip to the barber or dentist. Lunch. Afternoon short trip to the PX. Dinner chow followed by maybe where they might watch a movie or play games and then back to bunk.
Just imagine having to go to GQ in the middle of the night and having to make your way around the ship in complete darkness.
You memorize where you need to go pretty quick
Just imagine being on the crapper when it goes off.
@@SOU6900 Pinch it and get on station
#1 unofficial rule of survival on a Navy ship: Never be without a flashlight in top working condition. More than one GQ I experienced aboard USS Constellation (CVA 64 version) occurred with a loss of much lighting. My GQ station on the 02 level amidships was about 800 feet from our berthing compartment on the 03 just aft of the island,
It was indeed mass chaos during GQ's.We had exactly four minutes to make the trip.
On my first Westpac cruise we had about 6,100 persons aboard. Pell Mell
The icing on the GQ chaos cake were the Flying Squad damage control guys who were making their way at top speed+. Get in their way and you would be plowed through and run over.
Understandably...
Been there, done that with a no warning calls to General Quarters. The interior lights of the ship would still be on, usually red lights to help preserve night vision for the guys who had to go out on deck.
If you were in your bunk you would roll out, get dressed FAST like a fireman would and head for your station. You don't go half dressed because your working uniform is part of your protective gear, even with no other protective suit it WILL protect your covered skin from 'flash burns' from a small explosive burst or fire with the cloth charring instead of your skin.
Roll your shirt sleeves completely down, button the shirt ALL the way up including the neck. If you can, tuck your trouser cuffs into your socks to close off that opening if you are wearing low cut shoes or boots, steel toe preferably. This is called 'Battle Dress' and forms your first layer of personal protection.
You can add flash hoods and gloves to it if working in an exposed or unarmored area like on deck or on the Bridge to again protect from flash burns, or put on other protective suits over it such as firefighting suit or CBR (Chem Warfare) gear.
S-2 division are the cooks in the general mess or the enlisted galley. They are more than simply “supply guys.” At the time they were Mess Management Specialists (MS). The S-5 division was the wardroom mess division, manned my MSs as well (they were Stewards (SD) prior to 1975).
One thing that I don't recall you having touched on is that each space on a ship will have a small placard displayed above each entrance to that space which will tell you its "tack number". This number describes the location of that space on the ship in terms of a 3 dimensional grid coordinate system which will tell you how high up or how far down you.are on the ship, how far forward or aft you are, and how far to port or starboard you are. Thus if you know the tack number of a space you are trying to get to you can figure out how to get there by observing the tack numbers of the spaces you are passing as you make your way around.
There are two caveats. The first is that sometimes depending on how the ship was designed in an effort to limit battle damage that it may not be as easy to get from one space to another as you think it should be. One might have to travel a significant distance to get to an adjacent space because of such considerations.
The second is that a newbie might be minorly harassed by sending them to find a space which doesn't actually exist. :-)
If anyone wants to know how to read those numbers: ruclips.net/video/R5XraTB3aZ8/видео.html
I was on USS Constellation and on USS Coral Sea... Had no real GQ stations because I was not ship's company. I was 'Squadron personnel' Of course most squadron people did have squadron battle stations, but I was a cook, and so my battle station was the galley. I guess ship's damage control did not even trust me with a fire extinguisher. Ship's Company cooks did have battle stations, usually foam stations. WTH, cooks can open cans just fine. But even if battle stations did not come to an end the crew would have to be fed, so we started making sandwiches (if we had enough bread) or other rations as directed.
So as nicely as you explaiined all of this, this is the first time I heard about this after four years at sea!
You and your. Crew are doing a great job keeping the battle ship painted and maintained to a high level I know it's has to be a lot of. Work and. Money
I wonder how many Navy vets reflexively jumped off the couch and started looking around for their battle stations when that sound effect went off. :)
I spent time on a boat that would barely hold a war room table. When you stepped aboard you were at general quarters.
🤣 I thought my boss lady was calling me at 0:39.
Also WARN US BEFORE YOU SOUND GQ! Seriously I feel like I need a before and after blood pressure reading
Yeah, it's been over 25 years for me and *BOOM!* I felt it too. I was seated, kicked back watching the video when THE ALARM sounded with no warning. I sat bolt upright then started to stand to RUN to where ever the hell my hind brain was going to take me. My wife looked at me, alarmed, and asked "What's wrong?" After I calmed down and explained to her she replied, "Oh, okay, I understand." She's a Navy vet too though never served at sea.
Yup, instant adrenaline dump.
I was watching the videos in bed, while relaxing, and HOLY CRAP GQ sounds..... my wife bout had to peel me off the ceiling..... INSTANT reaction, 15 years later..... I can still hear the announcement in my head to this day.....
Funny this is I have a fire paging app that uses the GQ sound but that one doesn't phase me, but something about it coming through slightly muted through a shitty 1MC system makes it 100% real for me
0200, not a drill, main engine room fire. One of first ones I had, but that sound still makes me jump.
GENERAL QUARTERS, GENERAL QUARTERS: ALL HANDS MAN YOUR BATTLE STATIONS
then the line that would make every sailor's blood run cold:
*THIS IS NOT A DRILL*
ENEMY AIR CONTACTS FROM ALL DIRECTIONS
In addition to the General Quarters alarm, in the ww2 era and maybe into the Korean War era a lot of larger ships would also sound the General Quarters on a bugle over the 1MC. Did the USS New Jersey have a bugler? I know the Massachusetts did for example.
In 1966 or 1967 I was in my uniform aboard the USS Recruit in San Diego. If I remember correctly suddenly an alarm sounded and there was a lot of rushing around.
I was on a much smaller ship than the USS Arizona and it still took me some time to get to my GQ station in the Comm shack…and it wasn’t in the dark.
Wow, that would be intense
BZ for triggering my PTSD with the GQ alarm.
The general quarters alert is the same sound used for the incoming alert on CRAM systems (land based CIWS).
Please do more walking through the ship behind the scenes looking behind doors and stuff. and of you can show the machine shop that would be cool. I've allways wanted an all access tour of a battle ship.
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I had a minor freak out at 10:18 when you didn't keep positive control of the door, and didn't close it behind you 😂
I had never heard about the starboard ladders being different from the port side. Interesting.
No no, general quarters means everyone is drop what they are doing, hunt all over the ship, find the General, and stuff him in a quarter somewhere on the ship! :D
The vending machine ate the last of my general quarters...
... no candy for me.
Finding the general is hard because they're from the army and this is the navy
@@pablononescobar it's not hard to find general quarters. Just check between the cushions.
All quarters have General Washington on them
I think it means find the General and quarter him. 🤔
When the ship wasn't at General Quarters was there anyone in the turrets, powder rooms, etc. or were those spaces empty unless the ship was about to go into a combat situation?
Since No answer -That depends. Condition "1 through 5"- Condition 1 is General Quarters. - everyone is somewhere- everything "buttoned Up" Condition 2 is a modified limited capability with some manning in turret or power room etc. NOT fully manned as at General Quarters, but some manning present able to fire reload, some of the guns without having to wait to get manned up - plus perhaps have a second watch - first group off, then 2nd group on. - Plus not fully buttoned up - those not assigned can move about.
Can you do a video on R Division
Who closes the watertight doors in passageways that don't have a battlestation next to them, such as broadway? Damage Control teams?
Someone with a GQ station in that space would be assigned to close things in their space. Common passageways like broadway would be assigned to someone in the repair locker that covered that zone. One of the more senior petty officers would be assigned to recheck all fittings are closed properly in the area. So seaman snuffulfagus is assigned to close two hatches and three ventilation fittings and three valves. He then reports that to the damage control petty officer in his area. DCPO has a list of all fittings in the area to close and checks them off as closed. Once all closed, this is reported to Damage Control Central, along with names of absent sailors. At the same time, they are preparing their area for combat. Ammo lockers are being unlocked, guns are being prepared for firing, corpsmen are unpacking and setting up battle dressing stations for casualties, repair locker folks are getting their gear ready. it's a dance of a million steps done by the entire crew, and you need to have it done in a couple of minutes. Oh yeah, you need to be able to do it with ships power out(no lights) and be able to take alternate routes around any obstructed pathway.
Was there a traffic control guide for the sideway passages when say going from starboard to port main passageways to change direction ?
My guessiIs that anyone attempting that would get trampled immediately.
HM: No. Every sailor is taught "Down and Aft on the Port side, Forward and UP on the Starboard (right side)". Essentially just like driving on the road. One man going the wrong way can cause traffic jams and even injuries.
I don't know if you saw this comment under the video titled: Tools of the 16inch guns 3 months ago.
But, this seems to be a responce to what I asked for.
"I have a request for a video.
Give us a "General Quarters!" simulation On the Battleship New Jersey . 1st Demonstrate a typical crewman's battle station, then show a simulated "General Quarters!" alert with Ryan, portraying that crewman. How does he get to his post? Will he remember his training? What typical obstacles whould he have to overcome? Smoke, other crewmembers, maybe even a lump in the throat emotion about going into battle, etc. Make it fun, dramatic and educational as only you can!"
Thanks for another great video!
That was part of why we made this! It often takes us a while to get to requests, we film a few weeks in advance and sometimes we have to figure out how to pull it off. Plus for this one, we wanted to tie it into the anniversary of Pearl, thanks for the patience!
@@BattleshipNewJersey
I wasn't complaining, I am honored that you chose to do it. Great video's are worth waiting for.
Oh I know, darn youtube doesn't express tone well, argh!
@@BattleshipNewJersey
Argh? Oh no! Pirates have taken over the Battleship New Jersey! Sound General Quarters!
Just kidding. 😁
Yes, tone can be mistaken for something you didn't mean. Keep up the great work!
When was the last day the NJ was fully combat ready?
Once again, “Thank you for your service” seems woefully inadequate ....
The Tradition of the Sea. I had to laugh ironically. I finished watching In the Heart of the Sea just before I watched video. Perfect
timing!
oOo he walked on the blue deck.... must be some kind of khaki....
Did I hear it right that there were people assigned to prize crews?
Can you do a video about that? Who was assigned and why, is this still done, when was the last time a prize was taken, some legal apects etc. etc.
As always, thanks for the informative videos!
Prize crews are special circumstances. For example, is a Ship is doing maritime police in the Arabian Sea, and the search and seize a ship, they need a crew to man the boat to take to port.
The people assigned are knowledgeable in their jobs, be able to fix the boat or to navigate it
U505 maybe ?
Hi Ryan! Thanks for another great video!
In the movies we always see someone report to the captain: "All stations report manned and ready, sir." I'm curious what the process was in determining whether this was true - did everyone phone into the bridge? I imagine not all battle stations have phones, and surely everyone reporting at once would overwhelm the officer or two assigned to the task of answering phones. Also, was there a "roll call" of sorts to determine when a battle station is fully manned?
Basically, what was the process for communicating along "this station is ready" and collating all of the reports so that the guy can say to the captain "all stations report manned and ready sir." ?
All stations have phones, each station reports to their division officer on basically a party line, and the divisions report to the bridge.
@@BattleshipNewJersey nice reminder that you could do a short session on the Sound-powered Phone system. Circuits, headsets, handsets, Isolation Cut-out switches, when/how used, T&D lines for UnReps, etc. Feel free to reach out if you would like assistance on details for this or any other IC gear.
We will add it to the list!
@@BattleshipNewJersey There are a lot of party lines on the sound-power phone circuits. The "All stations manned and ready" report would come on the JA circuit (Captain's Battle) or over the 1JV circuit (Maneuvering and Docking). Sometimes...the 21MC would be used. It all depended on the ship. There are times when the report would come on all three circuits. Just depended on the ship.
Just like the chain of command. An individual would report to their supervisor, that supervisor to the next, and so on. Not everyone was on the phones.
I was on smaller ships. And I'll use Special Sea Detail, since that was far more common. But once everyone was in aft steering, or bowprop, a single person in those spaces would call to the bridge "Manned and ready". So out of about 20 people total, only three people made a report for all of engineering.
My uncle was on the Arizona, when I got orders to the Wisconsin, I'll admit I was concerned 😟
My father was a yeoman on USS Portland heavy cruiser (CA-33) What would his GQ battle station likely have been?
Did the NJ ever receive any upgrades for NBC protection?
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"Tradition of the sea," Timothy where did you go?
The Buoys!
Say for the Sailor that had to go to the battlestation, or any of the tons of other stations not at the bridge or CIC or even gun crews, would the guys in the bowels of the ship have any idea how the action is proceeding? Like would a guy in the engine room of USS Washington know they were firing point blank into a Japanese Battleship Kirishima? Or would the alarms just be going off and you hear/feel distant rumblings of the guns firing, and hope you'd find out what the heck is happening later?
You stick to your assigned job. There is no running commentary.
You would hear as people swapped stories on places like the mess deck after the fact.
Captain, why do we have so many RED Shirts in our life boat? I might get hungry.
is the port/starboard traffic pattern all the time, or just during GQ?
Just during GQ.
Question: Are you using the ship's HVAC system to cool the spaces or do you have add-on units providing this?
Heres a whole video about that ruclips.net/video/8xNzgxSihPY/видео.html
Thanks! I asked mostly because I work in the commercial HVAC control systems industry and like to see how the different building and systems work.
Question: How often (e.g., per week; per month) would the lower ratings have a chance to get up on deck and see the ocean?
Large swaths of the deck were open to regular crew at basically any point that the ship wasn't at GQ, or taking in supplies which would require people out of the way. Even of they were firing turret 1, guys were still known to be sunbathing back aft.
Night time underway. All outside Decks were restricted. Except for watches forward and Aft!
Keep on forgetting we are separate branches. When I hear S-2 I think of intel shop
Fascinating! What was that stack of large wooden beams used for?
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Shoring.
Helps hold bulkheads (walls) and overhead after damage.
Sagging overheads, weak bulkheads, holding a patch over a hole
@@irohaboat thank you!
@@BattleshipNewJersey thank you!
At 12:59 you walk by a large object on the left, is it the armored base of the conning tower ? An interesting video may be to show how the various armored protrusions pass through the un-armored spaces.
Yes, that's part of the conning tower.
My father was a sailor of the U.S.S. Chicago (CA-29) and was assigned to a three 4-hour watch system in which during the first four hours his duty station was in a fireroom, during the second four hour watch he was off duty and his battle station was the fireroom, during the third watch he was off duty and his battle station was as a member of a damage control party that assembled on a mess deck. When general quarters sounded it was during the third watch. Because two of his watches was in the fireroom his battle gear was stored in the fireroom so he first went to the fireroom to get his battle gear. He proceeded to the mess deck to join the damage control party and he related as he entered the mess deck he was tossed about two feet off the deck when the first torpedo hit the ship. The torpedo had hit the area of the fireroom he had just left and killed everyone in the space. As part of the damage control party he then reentered the fireroom to start damage control.
>WOW
Forward up to Starboard Down and Aft To Port.
When and how were the Iowa's hit during battle and what effect did it have on them? I think I heard of one kamikaze attack that had no effect and a small shell that dented the Mo superstructure.
I know this is a little late, but since you received no answer I will try. Missouri was hit by a Kamikaze on the starboard side (right side if you're at the stern facing forward) just below the main deck, more or less just forward of the #3 main turret, causing a fire on deck. The dent that plane made can still be seen from boats but not clearly from the deck. I don't think the plane hit any heavy armor, just hull plating but battleships are built tough.
The body of the Kamikaze pilot was found on deck after the fire and Missouri's Captain at the time treated him with respect, having him buried at sea with full military honors.
Wisconsin was hit once during the Korean War by a NK shore battery, 152 mm Soviet made artillery. This hit the aft superstructure on or near a 40mm mount that was ripped out and replaced with additional superstructure during her recommissioning in the 1980s. I don't recall if anyone on the ship was killed though some were injured.
There were killed and injured in the NK battery when Wisconsin fired a full, 9-gun 16" broadside into that position, obliterating it.
Both hits are documented in other videos that the New Jersey team put together while visiting those ships. There may well be more but I do not recall those.
I recall seeing welded repairs from bomb damage on the Massachusetts [ Iowa class I hope? ] in one of the berthing areas. Remember hoping crew were at GQ and not in the bunks.
The yellow lights to your left at the end of the video, is that the location of one of the aid tables?
Yes, that's a battle dressing station.
@@BattleshipNewJersey The yellow lights are battle lanterns. Battery operated and wired to ships power with a relay to automagically turn them on when the power went out. The larger half dome object is an operating room light so the surgeon could have a good view of the patient when performing more serious procedures. Typically the wardroom would have a doctor and a couple of corpsmen, and more serious treatment capabilities for major injuries. the regular battle dressing stations would have a single corpsman and do major first aid actions, more seriously injured would be evacuated to wardroom or sick bay for major interventions, like emergency surgery. Immediate first aid was done by anyone in the area who could be spared from firefighting or other more important duties. Keeping the ship afloat and fighting is, unfortunately for any casualties, more important than first aid.
This might be a good subject for a video.
At 12:05 you can see some wood stored to the left of the passageway. Is that spare deck?
Its for stopping flooding. Large sheets of wood can be used to block a hole and the longer boards can be used to apply pressure to keep the board or a door or a bulkhead up.
Here's a video of it in action: ruclips.net/video/MgyuaIiVtJw/видео.html
Can you talk about what would be involved with a landing party? I grew up watching StarTrek (and more recently "The Last Ship") and I'm sure what was depicted was not what a real ship would do.
Mok: There is no standard doctrine for what a landing party consists of. It's whatever is appropriate for the mission. Ship's don't normally conduct any combat missions ashore. The most common landing party is simply those needed to establish a control point on a pier for the ships boats and maintain order. So a couple Bosun's mates, a Signalman, messenger or duty driver, CPO, a junior officer and a couple petty officers for Shore Patrol and maybe a medical corpsman.
How many war ships are in the Navy's museum fleet?
Technically there is just Nautilus and Constitution are owned by the navy but there are over 100 museum ships in the US hnsa.org will give you the full details.
What is with the TANEY patch on your coat ??
That was Ryan's first ship
Oh wow look at all that lighting above the table in the wardroom that seems like a map table, a lot of battle and emergency lighting pointed at a table, unless it doubles as a sickbay space.
They probably cut everything but the fire escape alarm when they decommissioned her. Either that or something is missing at the interlink level (electrical term)including the batteries. Might wanna check the federal rules before reactivating that claxon it probably wouldn't take much honestly. Unless there are mice, even if there are you "could" reactivate it in the tour spaces..
I could sit here and point out all the cool stuff i seen today in these vids. But it would take all day.
Our phones, announcing systems, alarms and much more are all active on board. Many of the battle lanterns also function. We have a modern fire alarm system as well.
"fire escape alarm"?? No escape, you fight to save your ship.
Hey quick tip for vastly improving the quality of your videos:
Get a decent handheld digital audio recorder, like a Zoom H2n or H4n. The difference in audio quality between what that will record, and what the on board camera mic will record is vast. To combine the audio and video you only need something like Davinci Resolve, which will match the external audio track to the video automatically (it replaces the video's internal audio) with a single click.
The audio in the fixed camera you have at the start, in front of the board, is pretty bad, and the mic is autocorrecting audio way too much. The handheld shots are actually good. But in general I think you can't go wrong with a handheld digital audio recorder.
They would love to improve quality but they don't have money for that as mentioned previously. If you'd love to donate towards a fund like that I don't think Ryan and crew would say no
@@philnaegely For sure, but if they invest anything, I think a handheld digital recorder would be a good deal, H2n is i think around 100$, and for RUclips it will make it sound top notch.
Battleship NJ is run on the smell of any oily rag. They do these incredible videos with minimal equipment.
@@Spookieham again, im talking 100$ of equipment for a literal night and day difference
Wonder how often someone would get lost trying to get to their station.
They do practice a lot, but also the signs on the wall help keep people from getting lost. Heres how that works: ruclips.net/video/R5XraTB3aZ8/видео.html
Not often. One of the first things you learned when you get on. The last thing that you would want to do is get lost, very bad.
During general quarters would sailor Joe be able to cut through officers country, or are the rules relaxed in an emergency? 🤔
Usually now a days that's not really a problem cause those places are usually just a room and you wouldn't have to go through it to get to where you need to be and on a ship that big even older would probably be the same
Not relaxed, but as long as you are following the directional movement rules, no officer is going to stop you and put you on report for making your way through. On a large carrier, Officers' country is more than just compartments, there are lots of OC designated passageways as well. And no "rooms".
So what I get is S-2 is basically a Red-Shirt from Star Trek.
Woe be it to he who fails to make it to his GQ station on time. You would be locked out of any further travel, a deer in the headlights, and in a heap of trouble. Very likely looking at an Article 15 Captain's Mast.
Opening a locked-down ZEBRA designated door or hatch would get you in "A World of Poop".
Not the word poop, but you know what I mean...
Is that table used for minor medical procedures? That’s a lot of emergency lights for one table.
amazing how many people had positions assigned on these ships, on submarines it is much more simple. and everyone is damage control qualified so everyone contributes to casualty response
Size of the crew. I was on smaller ships, EVERYONE was qualified and had an assignment for everything.
Speaking of medical and battle dressing Station. Are any of the BDS restored or is medical restored and could you possibly do a video on ship board medical in and out of combat.
Heres a video on medical: ruclips.net/video/FAdDAUtbpE0/видео.html
Yes, its completely restored. Most of the battle dressing stations have been restored as well.
What is wrong with the GQ alarm
"That's a joke"
Would you please scan that billet list to archive it?
Here's a quick link to a photo of it: photos.app.goo.gl/b7bUdHFbtWDEgdHi9
@@BattleshipNewJersey I hope that you work with somebody such as a local professional photographer to really take a high resolution of it such as 8k, thank you for the image.
By the way, did the US Navy save the blue prints for the Iowas? That would be really cool to have in the library of congress.
We have a professional archivist on staff who takes care of the ship's documents, including the tens of thousands of blueprints.
@@BattleshipNewJersey very nice to hear, thank you.
So how would broadway be treated?
The passage is wide enough that you can generally stay to the right and keep traffic moving
Where are the compartment bills with the check lists for rigging the space? We had them on submarines.
They are all over the place, we still have them in place almost everywhere
It must be such an awesome feeling to have the right to just go wherever you want on this ship without permission or someone asking. Im kinda jellous^^
wouldn't it be cook if king left a comment
Ghostly voice at 10:02
Thats me, our poor camera person going, is this the best way to do this?
11:04 to 11:27 Officers' Country? (Blue Deck)
Yup, this is officers country. The final room we end up in is the Officer's Ward Room.
What's up with all these generals in the navy?
Should it not be Admiral Quarters?
Who's the cameraman or woman? Get em to say hi
Howdy!
I take it the supply guys on a raft are the supply when it comes to it. 🤤