Was in the Navy from 1970 to 1983. I was a MM.Served in the engine room on a LPH-12,engine room on a DD-863,A Gang on the FF-1075,2 years in A Gang and 3 years in Main Control on the DD-944.Best time of my life.Miss those days.
Bug difference from my time in the fireroom. No buttons to push, no air conditioned control rooms, no protective gear to fight fires with. Just heat, sweat, and black oil. God, I miss it!
To all who don't understand all ships power from navigation, weapons to taking a shower. Comes from the engineer's below decks. The ship cannot do anything without the engineer's. They are the heart of the ship. Everything runs off of engineering
Aside from all the digital stuff, it's not too different from the engineering spaces on the older ships like an Essex or an Iowa, the throttleman's stand in particular is almost a dead ringer in layout. Steam's still steam.
The “US 5th Fleet” segment showed Royal Australian Navy stokers on an Anzac Class frigate.... The grey coveralls were replaced over ten years ago with stupid 2-piece cam clothing that few sailors liked.
I've heard quite a few not tickled with the change from dungarees and coveralls we used, but my two cents being from the cold war / Nam days don't really matter... *chuckle*
What you see is the unsung heros that never get noticed but any ship cant do shit without them, think about what it was like in heavy battle and torpedoes hitting the ship, many of men died from being burned to death with no help coming or available, MY HATS OFF TO THEM
Damn the Navy, using those "SCOTT Air Paks" , I saw the regulator on bottom smacking that "Ladder" step" thats why in my "DAY" we didn't use them, used "OBA", in front, sure they were , Explosive, but they could have "Improved" them, but better, then that "High Pressure" bottle, "Rocketing" a Sailor, to "HELL".
Served aboard the USS Lexington (Aft Engineroom), couldn't tell you what the temp actually was, but it was pretty high, particularly when we lost vent fans during a startup or shutdown...
A guy stood watch in the engine room buck naked when I was on the Saratoga in the 1970s Nobody said anything.Hell,it got 115 degrees down there.Cant say I can blame him.I take that back,he did have shoes and socks on.
I was the EOOW in the first clip from the Iwo Jima. They specifically waited to film until right after turnover because the off going watchstanders looked like "sweat soaked zombies." 🤣
Feeling like a Dino too eh... Engine rooms aren't like the old days any more... The one on the Essex Class USS Lexington still forms my recollections, no enclosed control space, the steam plant control panels stood at the head of the turbines, the noise level and the space ventilation made a four hour watch seem an eternity some times...
Cool video but now I am curious about the life of Information Systems Technicians ( or IT's I think ). It might also be the job I am best at for the most part because I am also CompTIA A+ certified. Just to be clear though, I got disinterested with the job because I don't want to have to spend hours of my time sitting at a desk, looking at a computer screen, all by myself, without any ability to surf the web or look at porn or socialize or anything recreational and fun of the sort. Now I know this sounds bad but a man like myself has needs and it would be nice to know that I will be able to fulfill those needs if I am going to be on a ship for weeks or months at a time. This is my biggest concern with being in the Navy.
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Was in the Navy from 1970 to 1983. I was a MM.Served in the engine room on a LPH-12,engine room on a DD-863,A Gang on the FF-1075,2 years in A Gang and 3 years in Main Control on the DD-944.Best time of my life.Miss those days.
Mighty Mux Bravo 4 Aft Engine 1980/81
Bug difference from my time in the fireroom. No buttons to push, no air conditioned control rooms, no protective gear to fight fires with. Just heat, sweat, and black oil. God, I miss it!
Where did the term pull fires come from?
@@SpillerKid Back in the days of coal burning boilers, when you needed to stop real quick, you would rake out the burning coal from the furnace.
@@SpillerKid from the guys who were in the "old navy" and anyone who says "back in my day".
To all who don't understand all ships power from navigation, weapons to taking a shower. Comes from the engineer's below decks. The ship cannot do anything without the engineer's. They are the heart of the ship. Everything runs off of engineering
Dam that nauseating background noise (music)
Wierd music lol
I was on that ship. Man, how time flies.
Strange music matches the wierd pictures on the control panel. Snakes and ladders.
Aside from all the digital stuff, it's not too different from the engineering spaces on the older ships like an Essex or an Iowa, the throttleman's stand in particular is almost a dead ringer in layout. Steam's still steam.
The “US 5th Fleet” segment showed Royal Australian Navy stokers on an Anzac Class frigate.... The grey coveralls were replaced over ten years ago with stupid 2-piece cam clothing that few sailors liked.
I've heard quite a few not tickled with the change from dungarees and coveralls we used, but my two cents being from the cold war / Nam days don't really matter... *chuckle*
Engines and power are life. Without it you got no chance. Keep those engines running no matter what even if the ship goes down.
What the heck kind of music is that?
Steam punk vibe, it's like a video game.
I don't understand how those sailors could hear each other with that overbearing stuff playing on all those ships
What you see is the unsung heros that never get noticed but any ship cant do shit without them, think about what it was like in heavy battle and torpedoes hitting the ship, many of men died from being burned to death with no help coming or available, MY HATS OFF TO THEM
Somethings dont change...I got out 50 years ago from 4 years in engine rooms. Good video.👍
Sure different than the throttle board on my old ship USS Preble DDG-46.
I can watch "Other People" do maintenance and repairs all day long! 😂😎 Too bad LHD-6 will be history soon.
Damn the Navy, using those "SCOTT Air Paks" , I saw the regulator on bottom smacking that "Ladder" step" thats why in my "DAY" we didn't use them, used "OBA", in front, sure they were , Explosive, but they could have "Improved" them, but better, then that "High Pressure" bottle, "Rocketing" a Sailor, to "HELL".
That's a lot of quotation marks there buddy.
@@charletonzimmerman4205 I remember those days green canisters
Does anyone remember the temp in the engine room of a essex class carrier!
Served aboard the USS Lexington (Aft Engineroom), couldn't tell you what the temp actually was, but it was pretty high, particularly when we lost vent fans during a startup or shutdown...
The surface of the sun???
I lived in the main engineering spaces my naval career.
A guy stood watch in the engine room buck naked when I was on the Saratoga in the 1970s
Nobody said anything.Hell,it got 115 degrees down there.Cant say I can blame him.I take that back,he did have shoes and socks on.
ENs in the Engine Room?? Thats the Iwo Jima those are almost all MMs
Why is everyone clean, not sweating and not exhausted looking? What Navy is this?
Nothing like the old days of Boiler / Fireroom / Steam Turbines for sure...
@@NauticalPappyStu ...when automation was something that civilian ships had...
Bruh I’m a gsm and I’ve been in my ship for only a week and oh boii, I’m fucking overworked , sweated and deaf
No kidding. I had many port and starboard watches and maintenance on top of that. It was so damned hot. The stress was unbearable. Ugh.
I was the EOOW in the first clip from the Iwo Jima. They specifically waited to film until right after turnover because the off going watchstanders looked like "sweat soaked zombies." 🤣
Music too loud!
Why all the crappy music?
One of my first thoughts was,,, "Wait I'm old???" lol Time is flying by.... :o)
O,,,
Feeling like a Dino too eh... Engine rooms aren't like the old days any more... The one on the Essex Class USS Lexington still forms my recollections, no enclosed control space, the steam plant control panels stood at the head of the turbines, the noise level and the space ventilation made a four hour watch seem an eternity some times...
If we were bored, things were going good.
Worse than jail!
Man I’m old, they look like children.
E4 Controller Room crew
Cool video but now I am curious about the life of Information Systems Technicians ( or IT's I think ). It might also be the job I am best at for the most part because I am also CompTIA A+ certified.
Just to be clear though, I got disinterested with the job because I don't want to have to spend hours of my time sitting at a desk, looking at a computer screen, all by myself, without any ability to surf the web or look at porn or socialize or anything recreational and fun of the sort.
Now I know this sounds bad but a man like myself has needs and it would be nice to know that I will be able to fulfill those needs if I am going to be on a ship for weeks or months at a time.
This is my biggest concern with being in the Navy.
There are very few non nuclear steam ships left.
The BT rate has been eliminated.
The USS Ponce had merchant marine MSC civilians run the engine room!
Didn’t the BT rate end in the 90’s? I know my MMCM was one of the last who was a BT back in 2010
Had a choice in '96. To stay an engineer this BT would have to reenlist as a MM. All the old jokes were wasted.
My son was on the Ponce when they tested the laser. Ciws
@@josephpadula2283 break in case of emergency
OMG HORRIBLE FLASHBACKS
Remember the uss white plains afs-4 may 1989
I was a BT on her sister ship USS San Jose AFS7
@@williamrlujan4955 I was a BT I was there when the fire went down.
And now this ship is heading to the scrap yard because a sailor lit it on fire and destroyed it.
This is the "new" USS Iwo Jima LHD-7, not the Cold War one (LPH-2).
@@joerg-michajahn4963 He was talking about the Bonny Dick
Don't use a screwdriver as a hammer use a screwdriver
I hate those camo's. Not Navy, no way.