Where Do You Even Get 43,000 sq ft of Teak?
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- In this episode we're talking about a 1980s plan to redeck the ship, with her own deck.
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As a New Jersey crew member in 88-89, I can vouch that the teak decks were excellent. Low maintenance and they were easy to clean every Friday, scrubbed and holystoned before liberty call around lunchtime. it seems that teak was used on capital ship construction right up until the early 1960’s. I visited onboard the last real cruiser the US Navy produced, the USS Long Beach (CGN-9) in 1993, right before she went to Newport News to decommission. She had teak on her main deck port and starboard from just aft of the forward missile launchers back to just before the aft Talos launchers. she was completed in 1961 I believe.
My brother and I just restored a 86 Grady-White with original teak trim, a little sandin and some teak oil is all she needed! There's a reason the Navy used teak instead of all other species, it's the most resistant to decay.
USS Blue Ridge and USS Mount Whitney are two ships in commission that have teak decks.
A few strange things happened on the Iowa as she sat in the Reserve Fleet in Benicia. The Commander of the fleet ordered that flaking paint to be cleaned up. Then came a section of the Teak overlay was rotted out. To repair it he was willing to save several thousands of dollars he allowed it to be replaced with PT KD Doug fir..
Didn't look to bad after using Boiled Linseed oil.
"Holystoned"?
A soft type of stone was used to "scrub" the Teak deck. In combination with water. It cleaned the surface. But if used improperly will wear out the teak.
I have to applaud your use of real teak. Highest cost upfront, but lower cost in the long run due to not having to worry about it for awhile. After all, this is a keeper battleship - you're not trying to flip it.
On the refurbishing of the Iowa they tried using cheaper Douglas fir. Within a year they had to strip every piece of rotting fir off the deck and ship and replace it with Teak.
@@donraptor6156 I'm surprised they would even try fir, it's not rot resistant at all. Cedar would hold up significantly better than fir but still not as good as teak.
Or throwing it into battle. The longevity of Teak doesn't matter as much when someone blasted 20 holes into the deck. But since it's likely not going into battle anytime soon then why not just Teak it up.
Yeah, do it right or don't do it at all!
Honestly though, being only able to buy your decking from Myanmar (as was shown) is a big deal. Furthermore, old-growth teak is not a permanent resource. Eventually it's going to be rationed at outrageous price and the ship won't be able to afford it anymore.
A permanent solution would be some kind of synthetic material that looks like teak. It'll cost a fortune but you'll only have to do it once, not every couple of decades.
Got my piece of teak in the mail yesterday. Yep, it's the real deal.
I had the privilege to work on the crew restoring the deck for a couple of months last spring. It’s an extremely time consuming and labor intensive process. One might hear “deck” and liken it to building a deck in your back yard, but nothing could be further from reality. Shout out to Jay and Fitz who were in charge during my time there. I’ve got 20 years experience as a carpenter and those guys might have done some of the most impressive work I’ve seen.
How many of the little steel stanchions did you replace?
@@andyhastings5950 I personally didn’t touch any steel. I’m a floor layer out of local 251. While I was on the ship 95% of my time was spent either installing the new teak deck or milling the 1x boards prior to installation. Only other thing the crew I was a part of did during my tenure was weld some all-thread to the steel deck and install some 3/4 pressure treated plywood. I only spent maybe 4-5 weeks there last spring during a bit of a slow period from my normal routine. If it weren’t for economic considerations I would have gladly stayed for the duration of the project
Back in '68 she was tied up near us in Norfolk and I spent a Sunday afternoon walking those decks, they looked pretty good back then, never dreamed I'd be watching something like this over a half century in the future...
Drilling through teak...my drill bits tremble. Mighty fine ship, this is just further evidence of her greatness and strength.
As a builder the idea of re-using wood seems like a great idea and looks like it would save money, but usually the extra preparation and compensating for even small defects can take so much extra time that it is usually best to use perfect pre straightened wood from the start.
The best idea is to make sure that wood goes to people who have labor to spare. Recycling is a community effort.
@@RobinTheBot Labour and love to spare to honour the service of the wood and the people it supported and protecteed.
When we were kids in the UK we built some stables out of 2" thick floor boards that came out of an old mill. They were saturated with oil from 200 years of machinery dripping on them. It took my entire summer holiday of school for me ay das to pull out the nails and other stuff, square cut clout nails that took about an hour of hammering each to get out.
40 years later the stable is still in perfect condition - but OMG the amount of preparation work
@@piccalillipit9211 And I bet I still feels great...
@@sjg4967 I dont know, cos we moved out 25 years ago, but its still there if you drive past.
I got several pieces for my family. Our Grandfather was a Gunnersmate in WWII and now we have decking that he had walked upon.
That's pretty cool.
@@bobbygetsbanned6049 Well, is it WW2 Teek or 1980's teeks?
@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 Ship of Theseus teak decking
@@JeffBilkins This comment is gold.
@@JeffBilkins😂😂😂
Really interesting subject. When british battle ships were scrapped most of the teak was reused in the manufacture of garden furniture
@muttman325 It was also used to make mementos of the ships. I have a napkin ring made from the decking of HMS Iron Duke and an ink well and pen holder from HMS Valiant. Attached to each piece is little brass plate with the ship's name on it.
Very interesting. I'd like to research this a bit more. Can you point me in the right direction?
@@andyhastings5950 sorry. Pick up bits of info from books. Have a look at a series called to sail no more.
Items picked up from antique shops and ebay. Ebay prices more realistic.
when the jersey entered long beach harbor to go to drydock I was at quarters on the fantail of my destroyer DD 852. we were on the mole pier and there was a wall of fog on the ocean side and clear on the land side. when the started to bring her in we all watched the bow and then the biggest guns I had ever seen all came out of the fog like in a movie. she went directly to drydock. I got to see her and the queen Elizibeth in dock. Later when she operated off Nam we could see the 16" projectiles in the air. we also refueled from here many times and she had a starboard 44mm tub made into a swimming pool. great. Jeff Olive retired 22yrs
The comment about teak splinters reminded me of something I read. Warships in the Royal Navy during the Age of Sail were normally made of oak, but ships made in India used teak. They found out that, in battle, teak splinters caused infections (no antibiotics back then, of course) while oak splinters did not. Towards the end of the Napoleonic Wars they actually built some ships out of pine because oak was getting scarce, but the pine ships proved weak, and didn't last long.
More fascinating history! I'm glad the ship is in good hands. Keep up the great work Ryan!
Proud to say that I have a nice piece of her deck. It came with the explanation that old sailors would take a piece of the wood from a ship after a successful voyage that it would carry the luck of that voyage forward. I was there with my son for an overnight, in our rush to get aboard and concern if he'd be okay with staying overnight I managed to leave my passengers side window wide open as it was parked for the night on the street just a bit up from the spare barrel. This being Camden, one usually worries that things might be stolen from a locked vehicle, the idea that a car with a wide open window would be untouched is crazy but it happened. If there's any truth to the legend, the piece should be carrying some luck.
I have a piece of the Dixie's deck! (AD14) Hubby was on the Dixie and mustered out shortly before she was decommissioned. He had gone to work at the shipyard where she was decom'ed and was able to grab a couple souvenirs. A few pieces of her teak deck and 2 brass clips from the flag pole. RIP Dixie and you too, BTFN Craig.
As far as cool projects no one is going to beat the guy that decked his USS New Jersey model with micro planed teak from the battleship.
As cool as that sounds, and as much as I would love to do it, I do not have the patience, skill nor hand steadiness to do that. Also, did someone actually do that? Because if so I need to see that.
@@sambrown6426 Ryan mentioned it in a previous video, didn’t have a picture though. But I’m with you, have patience for a lot of stuff but that’s a bit beyond me
@@sparkplug1018 Yeah, I can spend 3+ hours straight building with Lego, but that? No way.
I was so happy to be able to grab a piece of teak for myself and for my father. He'd never been to the ship but I got to take him a few months ago right before he moved and we both had a great time!
Not a New Jersey related story, but a good one about teak. A family member was serving aboard the Daniel Boone in the late 1970's. As they were blowing their sanitary tanks up to a tender, some fool aboard the Boone opened the wrong valve and applied far too much air pressure to the hose. This cause the hose to come apart from it's connecting fitting, and begin whipping all over the place out of control. The sewage leaving the hose ATE a significant amount of teak deck off of the tender, and also removed a whole lot of paint. No one was killed, but careers were damaged.
That's... horrifying.
Most people really would have a hard time wrapping their head aroun how large an Iwoa class battleship is, let alone what it takes to keep one as a museum. I really do love how you do everything you possibly can to squeeze every dollar you can to preserve it. Goodness knows you need every penny you can get.
I live in the Mobile Alabama area and the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park is replacing the teak deck and are making mementos out of the wood and are selling in the gift shop and on their website
Brazilian teak usually refers to a different species _Dipteryx odorata_ than Burmese teak _Tectona grandis_ which can be found in more countries in Southeast Asia than just Myanmar. It's just that Myanmar has the largest reserves of old growth teak.
I was looking into planting a few hundred Tectona grandis here, but opted for Mogno and some native species. I guess you can find "real" teka in Brazil, but its not old growth ofcourse
I'm going to have to get a piece of that Teak deck. I used teak from USS North Carolina and USS Alabama to make bases for their respective 1/350 scale model ships. I'll be building USS New Jersey at some point in the future and will need some wood for her base as well.
That's actually a really cool idea
@@legoeasycompany Thanks!! I love how my USS North Carolina and USS Alabama stands turned out. My dad is a wood worker and they recently put decks on those ships so that's how I got my sections. I've seen guys build these style stands for models and LEGO kits before but I hadn't seen them made from the actual deck from the ship.
Its a great way to do it. I won the Seaport's auction for a completed model of the Olympia mounted on a piece of wood that was originally part of her wheelhouse - its soooo cool like that
What fantastic way to use it
My best friend's father was an officer on board New Jersey (maybe around Korea) and is still alive. I think I will buy a piece of the deck he once walked on. I have a Tamaya model of New Jersey in the '80's configuration and might make a stand for her out of real teak from her deck. Awesome!!!
I actually bought a piece of the deck yesterday while visiting same day this video was released. Very reasonable and comes with letter of authenticity. Going to frame it and display with 1/350 Tamiya USS New Jersey model I built. You have to go see this ship, 80 years later and its still a marvel of engineering and oozes brute force.
its nice to see its not tossed out. About 10 years ago they started tearing down the old blimp hanger at Moffit field in nor cal. the blimp hanger was built over 100 years ago. the flooring was the original wood, and they used the wood for the walls of the owners lounges at the Levi stadium of the san francisco 49ers.
I am glad that you are encouraging support of USS NJ by buying historic teak. I love the pieces that I have. I will dig though the couch to find some change to support this worthy cause.
Just bought a piece of her teak from the store. Probably going to turn it in to a keepsake/good luck charm for my sailboat. Glad to help support this wonderful project!
I was once on board of Cutty Sark. Many years ago. They sold 2..4cm x 5..6cm pieces of original wood that was used to make it. As something that you use to attach to your keys. Used to fund current state of Cutty Sark. Sorry that i don't know exact terms - my EN is weak. Bought this piece for keys, now pilots for my cars... it still seves me well. Small piece of wood with hole and a lot of history. I'm from PL, but that piece of wood will serve me for the rest of my life. So strong. 8 cars and still in good shape. I love it.
My father in law purchased a bunch of teak at a salvage auction of the USS Los Angeles (CA-135) in 1975. It's mine now...old growth (tight growth rings), mostly quarter sawn.
My Cal-20 sailboat had teak on the foredeck and some other exposed areas. It was built in 1967 and the teak was still in good shape when I sold the boat in 2004. The only maintenance I ever did was a scrub with seawater and a stiff bristle brush. It's probably still going strong.
I bought some of the New Jersey teak, sent it to Herret's and had several sets of custom handgun stocks made. They turned out very nice! :-)
Plastic lumber is an excellent modern replacement of teak. It is used for sundecks and boardwalks. It doesn’t splinter or require any painting or coatings. I’ve used it for 20 years.
TEAK!!! Aw, the memories! 1975, central Thailand. The U.S. had been "kicked out" of Thailand. In the fall of '75, we had the task of packing up our shop (aircraft sheet metal) for shipment back to the states. We had to make our own pallets for the shop equipment. What does the Air Force give us to make these pallets? Teak wood!
Had heard of the toughness of Teak, had never experienced it! Try driving nails with three pound sledgehammers! The nails generally lost! Have you ever pilot drilled nail holes? We did! Don't know how we managed it, but we got our machinery mounted on 2x6 planks on top of 4x4 dunnage! Never EVEN wanted to look at another piece of Teak since!
(No offense)
Thanks!
Thanks for the support!
HI RYAN THE QUEEN MARY IN LONG BEACH DOES THE SAME THING ,,, YOU CAN BE PART OWNER OF THE QUEEN....GLAD YOUR DOING THIS .. CHEERS...
I’d like to make some 1911 grips with some of that for sure.
Excellent as always! You may want to consider running a trip to the ship in dry dock as a fund raiser. I would happily travel to the site and pay to see the ship out of the water. Just a thought!!!
Being a fan of Battleship New Jersey... I wish I could buy some and build some drums here in Australia... .. to make musical instruments with this history would be something unique 😍
I bought a couple of small pieces and made some pens.
My son is in high school. He is is NJROTC. I made one for him for Christmas. He loved it.
We made two mor for his instructors, who are retired navy. We gave them to the instructors for the Navy birthday.
Thank you for sharing this story. I'm a woodworker, and I would love to make a few pens from this material.
My decommissioning plaque from USS STURGEON has teak from the MISSOURI deck, teak from USS HENRY CLAY battery well, a 2"x2" piece of Sturgeon's hull plate, and brass from torpedo tube locking rings from another sub. I'm glad PSNS was able to make those before all the old subs were scrapped and RC recycled.
Great work on New Jersey...thank you for taking care of her.
Do you have a picture of that that I could see? It sounds amazing, but I'm having a hard time visualizing it.
@sambrown6426 I do, but don't see how to attach it here.
I served a couple years on the USS Prairie AD15 in the 70's. Second oldest active ship in the Navy at the time. USS Sperry AS12 over at Pt Loma Sub Base was the oldest at the time. I did one West Pac on the Prairie. Its main deck were teak, very slippery when wet. It seemed in pretty good shape, not much work done on it during a year long dry dock refit just before the West Pac (not fun living on it during dry dock). I then transferred over to the Sperry, it had painted steel decks, just wasn't the same.
What is the prep work do you do to the steel deck before you install the fresh teak?
I was wondering the same thing, put some por 15 down on that baby! ha
@@VashStarwind Can you imagine? Suddenly dry dock fees look cheap LOL
Thank you for tucking in your belt!! :)
Well, when I needed 5K board feet of red cedar for a fence, we just had to find it standing on my grandma's land. Thanks, grandma!
Then paid a good ol boy way back in the hills a couple hundred bucks to run it all across his sawmill. His name wasn't Ingalls or Walton, but it was that kind of deal.
Unfortunately, grandma doesn't have a rainforest, so no help on teak ...
Also, would-be woodworkers beware - teak, like other oily woods, doesn't glue for beans. It would give an excuse to practice all that fancy joinery you've bought all those fancy tools for...
And get a lot of practice sharpening every tool that touches it every day.
@@blindleader42 probably even wear out carbide. Holystones, anybody?
@harrykoppers209 see comment below a crewman said they used holystones to clean every week.
I've laminated boards of it for years make blanks for making bowls on the lathe never had a problem
Ryan...Looks great! Can't wait to visit again! Do you grind down or sandblast and remove as much rust as you can from the underlying steel deck? then prime and then lay down the new Teak? What's the process your using?
Fsntastic podcast. Nice to see someone doing what it takes to do things right, vs. Half-assed.
I'm thinking teak deck chair.
Future podcast......the steps to install a new teak deck. Include the "old school method" vs "current state of the art" method. Add a breathable membrane under the deck to allow some airflow.
My problem with the ship........I'd be spending a week on board to look at stuff.
keep up great work all
Bought a few pieces! Can't wait to add to our Battleship collection
Thanks for the support!
Iowa has original teak on it's stern still in functional state. When they redecked her in the 80s they used douglas fir, which has rotted away. The ship's org is redecking as needed with doug fir as an economic measure; any teak is expensive.
Why fir instead of cedar? Fir isn't rot resistant at all, that will require a lot of maintenance.
@@bobbygetsbanned6049 its a strong wood I did work on a 50 year old rollercoaster that was mostly the original dug fir
@@bobbygetsbanned6049 My guess is that it was strong enough (the flight decks of the Yorktown class carriers were doug fir) and cheap. Cedar is sovt and splinters like mad.
I was stationed At SIMA Mayport Naval Station in the mid 1990's right after they decommissioned them again, The wood shop had several big racks of 3 inch thick wood that was originally purchased to do repairs. I believe it has been used up in making a various Items from shadow boxes to award plaques
Will be buying some old teak when I visit in September.
I have a chunk of Iowa's deck on the shelf behind me. It's got pieces of two boards, one solid teak and one the fir/teak veneer with the black compound between them. My son has one that's all teak. I picked them up when visiting the ship this spring. I would pick up a piece of the NJ, but I just can't justify $75 for a chunk of old wood. Best of luck in selling it all and funding your restoration. You've done much more with the NJ than the Iowa has, but you seem a more popular attraction too.
Look at it this way:
It’s not $75 for a chunk of old wood, it’s $5 for a piece of history and a $70 donation to the restoration effort.
I served on BB62 she is awesome! After decom i was on CG33 she was a bucket of rust. GO NAVY
As others have asked: What kind of prep work do you do for the steel plate below the teak? Any coatings? And how do you keep water from collecting under the new deck?
So instead of keeping a single thread going... create new.
@@Look_What_I_Did what? Is this some weird Reddit dogma or something?
I was there as a tourist in 2013 or 2014 not sure..would have been last week of July or first week of August (plant shutdown). The bow was covered by a huge suncover..and hundreds of folding chairs..all roped off..we did the whole Walking tour.up steep stairs down steep stairs. Finally reached the mess hall(only AC on the ship) had hotdogs and multiple drinks each+ A drink to go..vending machines.. Its a tough tour was over 90f that day, if you're middle aged+ or have children under ten..its long with a lot of up and down..avoid mid summer or even deep winter is my guess. But don't miss the battle bridge, middle of the bridge is a amazing 18" steel fighting position... Its amazing. Truly to see how thick the walls are..everything is huge, except the bunks stairs or passadage ways lol. Anyway we get top side after 2+ hours and the ships veteran's ask us to more to the bow because they are going to test fire a 5" gun before the ceremony tonite..I'm like cool will do.me and the wife move to the rope. Drinking water and waiting.. Minutes later the 10 second countdown starts...it was incredible.👍 I was assaulted by sound and air pressure... When my hearing came back first AlI i heard was all the car alarms going off across the river. Lol. Philly was all car alarms....asked my wife if she was ok? She said what?lmao...knew she was ok had a death grip on my hand! picked up my hat...god dam..it was a 5" we were 500' feet away,90 degree angle from the gun. It was a bucket moment I didn't know I wanted.. It was hot sweaty and hard for middleaged couple but worth it all. Check your age +/- ability to do stairs. And heat..it is a bucket list item to me .Honest 9/10 in the middle of a city👍. I would do it again in late fall/spring but I couldn't do the stairs again. At my age.
I should get my hands on some of that teak, you could probably make some knife handles and other bits i like to make.
Dear Ryan,
I wanted to express my appreciation for your informative video. I happen to reside in Yorktown, which is in close proximity to the Whisky. I would love it if they could produce more videos about the ship, but unfortunately, they only release one once in a while and call it Whisky Wednesday. Nevertheless, I wanted to commend you on your excellent work and thank you for your efforts.
Best regards, [Your Name]
@@brewick2794 No I do not. But it would appear that most individuals who cannot express themselves clearly do.
Years ago, I got to help pull up decking on the Missouri. We were permitted to take pieces with us. I have a nightstand sized piece I have yet to decide what to do with it.
Consider using Ipe in place of teak. It has a similar appearance, wears longer and better than teak, and is cheap. Ipe is rated as non-flammable by the NFPA and is rated for 25 years of outdoor service when used for outdoor decking and railing and other outdoor applications. Ipe is a really reasonable teak alternative.
Ipe has been used by some museum ships but the cost of the west and tear on tools and the material costs make it impractical
BB60 just got a new deck, it looks amazing, Hoorah New Jersey
good job.
The most amazing thing about the Battleship New Jersey is that it seems like the sailors just left. You can feel the holystones in the old planks. :)
Once completed, will you allow your overnight scout groups to work on their 5" hot shellman badges by chucking empty podwer canisters out the 5" mount doors to restore the dents and dings to the teak decking?
The first time I went on USS Texas in 1958 the decks were covered in concrete. I don't know if there was wood under it or not. The wood decking had been replaced by the last time I was on her in around 1995. Whether it was Teak or not I cannot say.
Not only did the Battleships need teak, so did the Carriers of the era - the US Navy bought up a LOT of teak for naval ships in the 20s, 30s, and 40s.
One plank could be a good base for a display of a 1:350 scale New Jersey model !!
Thats a good idea
Ryan mentioned in another video that someone made the deck for their model of the ship out of teak from the real deck, which is really going that extra league. :)
years ago i work on big sailing vessel teaching students how to operate its 10.000 squere feet of sails safely . we had benn to the shipyard one winter in off season to lay new deck. not teak unfortunatetly. it took us four months at sea to plug all the holes in the joints between plankig . it was fun as soon deck dryed there where wet patches of timber where mastic was layed incorectly so we had to cat it out and reseal it at see. after we done it we wet the deck again and started our fun from begening. students from that time joked they had enlisted in the shipyard😂😂😂
Excellent to reuse.
Forgive me, it is hard to remember things from so long ago perfectly but I seem to remember the Wisconsin was rushed out of the yards in her recommissioning and they didn't have enough teak so they substituted another type of wood. When I went onboard her to visit from the Iowa I could not believe how bad he wood deck was. It was splintering badly almost everywhere they used wood other than teak.
My grandfather had a piece of decking from USS Louisville CA 28. He was a plankowner.
I feel like you needed a ", so to speak" in there. :)
You need to holystone your teak. Get those scouts to work when they stay overnight. Holystone makes it always look freshly sanded. Not grey but unfinished teak brown.
Laws against child labor apply?
@crazybarryfam Nope, it's part of the educational experience. When my Troop stayed on a Navy reserve ship we had to clean our sleeping area and polish brass on the bridge. Just look at the fun the enlisted sailors are having in some of the shorts while holystoning.
@@robertkoons1154 what, back in 54?
@@crazybarryfamwhat a ridiculous comment. I guess in your mind kids can’t clean up their room or be made to take a shower because “child labor laws?” Do you not realize how stupid you sound.
Child labor exploitation is a very real thing and children in developing countries endure horrendous conditions. To compare that to Scouts learning how teak was cared for on warships is outright asinine.
As a former Scout I can unequivocally say we would have LOVED the opportunity to learn teak care when doing the live aboard program on a former warship.
Those programs are set up to emulate what life was like on board for crew. It’s an entire experience and hands down was always the absolute highlight of the year - and something we typically had to plan two years in advance due to how popular the programs are.
I’m quite sure Ryan knows what it means
I have about 1 sq ft of teak deck from the second battleship Maine. It was planed and used for decking on WWII PC boats manufactured at Dravo in Pittsburgh.
Edit: Maine class battleship.
Bought a few pieces, thanks!
Now that Iowa has rotated there turret on shore power when will new Jersey do it too?
How large was the ships carpentry shop? I would love to see a video about the whole process of laying a new deck, as there must be many steps. Like how the metal is prepared.
Very interesting! I knew they used teek but not where it came from over the lifetime of the ship. Did the British, Germans Italians and Japanese use teek too on their BB's and BC's?
It took a little digging, but the British used teak decking going all the way back to the age of sail.
Teak is interesting to work with. Even with carbide tooling, the silica that is taken up as it grows keeps insects from eating it, is hell on tool edges. I'm surprised that Philippine "mahogany " luan wasn't used to substitute the teak. Though not as impact resistant, it shares many of the teak characteristics, and considerably less expensive.
I'm intrigued by the pale brown "chocolate milk" colored primer on the bulkhead behind you. Is the color off, or are you using some sort of historically-accurate primer that's just brown instead of crimson-brown or pale brownish pink?
If you can find any from the original decking you can send it off to be tested and the can tell you where in the world it came from and what year the tree was cut down
I have a wooden boat that I would like to use some of this lumber on - I'm not looking for a souvenir, but can we get a few good planks together that I can use somewhere on my boat?
I have heard that during WWII we used Ironwood. Tabibuia? Same stuff used on aircraft carriers at the time. Is that wrong?
you should consider selling some of the wood to custom grip manufactures so people can buy M1911 grips made out of the deck of BB-62
How do you prep the steel underneath the teak to prevent it from rusting again? Do you sandblast all the rust off before you prime, do you use a special paint?
I live in the UK, and the New Jersey shop does not have international shipping options. I tried to email the shop a couple of times but got no response, is there a contact I can reach out to for WWII era teak? Love the videos for the background perspective! I try to get over the pond to visit a new museum ships every couple of years, but I have not managed to visit New Jersey yet.
good one
Dumas Model Boats out of Arizona still have Mahogany and Teak decking for some of the models in the lineup. I don't think 1/32" decking will do on BNJ tho'. Kinda flimsy for the big guns,,,lol. Dumas has been around since 1946 with their wood models.
It would be more useful if you sold slightly longer lengths for a given price. I just went to the website to grab some for knife handles, but the 4.5 inch lengths are too short.
Any other wood that can be used for battleship decks? Something that's more water-resistant? Or could modern era anti-slip coating be used? On the latter, yeah, I know it moves away from perfect preservation, but I wonder if that would be more cost-effective.
Trex plastic lumber. I’ve used it for 20 years for 4”x4” fence posts, for sundecks and for boardwalks. It’s maintenance free.
Hey Ryan! I'm a professional welder and I'd be interested in working on the New Jersey when she's in Drydock. Any details yet on what companies are doing the work so I can apply for the job?
Philadelphia Ship Repair
@@BattleshipNewJersey Thanks!
How is the decking even attached in the first place to the armored deck?, As a carpenter, I would love to know how this is done
It would be awesome if you could find a way to get in contact with a guitar maker and if they could use the wood for electric guitar bodies. What's more American than a guitar made of wood from the deck of an American warship?
So, how long did the teak decking last when the ship was in service? How long do you expect the new teak deck to last with the ship docked?
Fund raising idea ….. sell small pieces of the wood in a format like the trading card companies do with material like bats, ect. This would allow serial numbers on card, with authentication by museum. At $5 per card how many cards could be made?
Have you looked into mahogany? Has teak been replanted on any carribean island?
Caribbean teak has a somewhat sad history. Lots was planted in Central America in the sixties but nobody was willing to wait for it to truly mature. Given the very slow growth rate and thick bark all that it’s really good for is some table legs and perhaps some wooden spoons.
In the age of sail european powers fought over these islands and cut all the teak down for their ships thus making it extinct. Its why there are still French, Dutch, and English possessions in the carribean. The US threw the Spainish out.@@hughmaxwell8143
You protect the wood with Linseed Oil?
Is it possible to get my hands on some of that?
What was the cost/sq. ft. of Burmese teak prior to the trading ban?
I understand using teak on a yacht, non slip & easy to clean. But why is it used on a battleship? It must be labour intensive to install and slow the building process of getting a ship to the front line. Were there experiments in the US or overseas to find an alternative deck material during the war? Why wasn’t steel plate used with a non slip coating? What is used on current navy vessels?
Never would have guessed it was for insulation, there's much cheaper fireproof insulation available. Although on the bright side you don't have to worry about asbestos removal which is probably what they would have used in those days.
Kinda makes sense the longer you think about it. I think today a wood deck isn't so necessary because we have the luxury of ac, so a plain steel deck with internal insulation works, but in the early days having wood outside to keep the deck from turning into a oven for the poor souls below was pretty smart
Where does Constitution get her teak? I know the Navy owns a forest for the masts. There are teak clipper ships here and there in the US.