You might find a list describing what all the sound powered phone circuits are used for. Like the 1JV is the main manouvering circuit and the 1JA is the Captains Battle circuit. This what were used on the Coast Guard Cutters I served on. I'm sure the USS IOWA has a load of different circuits I NEVER heard off. Great video seeing complex equipment to aim the 16 inch guns. No wonder there are so many men/women on a BB.
It would be interesting to have a group, like Scouts, at hand, to actually stand in the positions, sequentially, just to show how "full up" the room becomes. That, of course, becomes complicated video to shoot. But, would be illustrative.
I served on the Iowa as a talker, at GQ, and other times. Usually talkers would be standing neat bulkheads staying out of the way, and close to the jacks so no one would trip. The hardest part of being a talker is keeping your cord from getting tripped over.
For anyone interested in learning more, Periscope uploaded an old training film that does a great job demonstrating how some of these computers worked. The title is "U.S. NAVY BASIC MECHANISMS OF FIRE CONTROL COMPUTERS MECHANICAL COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONAL FILM 27794" (Part 1 of at least 2)
Hi Ryan and all New Jersey staff. I was fortunate to receive a " Firepower Tour " last November on Battleship Massachusetts with Dr. John Scholes and we spent four hours on board and still could not fully complete the tour. I plan to continue the tour later this year. Naval fire control is a complex series of procedures that must be executed in a precise manner in order to deliver the shells on target and the equipment that you all were demonstrating were and still are masterpieces of engineering.
Ryan and Co have definitely crossed paths with Dr Scholes. He is an absolute treasure trove of information! I've had the pleasure of being there when the New Jersey crew and separately Drachinifel visited USS Salem and of course Dr. Scholes was there.
The engineering and the machining that goes into these cultural icons is jaw-dropping if you think about it. I mean, we don't know how to do that anymore nor even have the capability and that blows my mind.
@@bretsk2500 We most likely crossed paths aboard Salem last November when Ryan was aboard. I met Dr. Scholes at that time and was most impressed with his fire control knowledge as well as his knowledge of Naval History. I can say that the " Firepower Tour " is worth every penny.
It's a good way of explaining the operation of the compartment and the layout and equipment as a general overview . It may be that the stateboard was replaced by a modern screen late in service or it was a nice size and nicked by another ship . I liked this as a good way to get a wider view of the whole space and Ryan explained very well .
I can't speak to the specifics of the U.S. Navy's personnel dispersements, but in the U.S. Army, my unit was never fully manned until they knew a deployment was coming up. Then, in no time flat, the unit got new personnel to fill the vacancies and new equipment as well. This was in the 2001- 2005 time period, so it may not be perfectly applicable too. 🤷
I would love this same explanation done for the engine rooms. On submarines I know it was common for cross-training on various systems. Did the Navy do that for surface vessels like the battleships?
There is a certain amount of DCPQS (damage control training) everyone has to go through. So everyone has to know how to find valves, how to operate them, what they do, etc. As well as everyone has to know how to operate the firemain as well as isolate it.
In engine room #1 there would be 6 sailors. 5 Machinist’s Mates. Machinist’s Mate of the Watch, throttle man, upper level watch, lower level watch, and a messenger. And there would also be an Electrician’s Mate at the switch board.
Continuing on with this is a great idea. Perhaps next you could revisit SPOT and SKY with this book. Also moving into the next room and going over the 5" directors.
Yes, please more like this. I'd also be interested in comparing the manning schedule for operations in an active war zone (not battle general quarters), compared to peaceful operations in friendly waters. For instance how many weapons were manned etc.. How much and how fast could the ship respond to sudden unexpected threats before general quarters was set?
I think this is very interesting. Especially in a space that may have morphed over the decades as technology changed. Other spaces: Bridge, Engine / Propulsion control, Medical, and how were support personnel (clerks, cooks & mess stewards, musicians, electricians, plumbers, machinists, etc.) occupied during combat. Thank you, Ryan.
Billeting and general quarters is very interesting, and it’s a shame that this simple knowledge is almost lost to time just by way of people not writing these things down before all the old timers pass on. I appreciate you taking the time and effort to find and research these things to bring to the masses! I would love to see more of these types of videos in the future! Thank you Ryan and Battleship New Jersey!
I believe this was mentioned once before in another video by Ryan but for a video of the main fire control room of the USS Missouri during actual combat in Desert Storm, search for the RUclips video titled "Battleship USS Missouri - Missile Inbound Brace for Shock". It shows at least 14 crew members in Missouri's equivalent space.
This was an absolutely fascinating video, I would love to have a whole series of videos talking about the billets in various compartments. One for CEC and engineering would be amazing especially.
9:16 The graphic on the Mk 48 computer\potting table shows the two forward turrets, looking down the barrel of the guns & is labeled *"Appetite for Destruction"*
First, they design the guns. They decide they want X-inch guns, which require Y-sized turrets, which require X-sized hull to put to sea, which requires A-horsepower of thrust, B number of anti-aircraft and secondary guns. Then you add extras like the amount of fire control, damage control, aircraft catapults, radar arrays, communications etc etc, all of the little things needed to keep the ship sailing, and the guns firing. They take the number of men to maintain and operate those, then add the facilities needed to support those men, which comes down to sleeping, eating, bathing, and morale. You add the number of men required to run those facilities to support the crew, and adjust for themselves. Finally, throw in a captain and officer corps sufficient to maintain command, order, and discipline of those men, and you have your crew.
Previous experience with other ships. They know how many men it takes to run a 5" turret. They know how many men it takes to run a battleship turret. It's also not a completely fixed number. The number of men on a battleship varied through the years. Just during ww2 they added more AA and changed how many men were on the ship.
Curious what the Marines did during GQ. My short time on LHD USS Essex our GQ billet was our berthing area, stand by to draw weapons to repel boarders.
The company of Marines manned and operated one of the 5" gun mounts (which had a black Eagle Globe & Anchor silhouette painted on the face of the mount), in addition to providing hands for the security team, nuclear weapons rover, and CO's orderly.
I noticed that every fuse was pulled from every switch in the plotting rooms on the WisKy. Never saw a tour guide on the ship. There were a few guys that hung out in a room but they didn’t give tours.
@@chrisb9960 We lead six tours a day. Three Command and Control Tours and three Life in the Engine Room Tours. The plotting rooms are temporarily closed for maintenance. They should be open again soon. If guys were hanging out in a room onboard the Battleship, they were either coming off a tour or waiting for the next tour to begin.
@@jimbronson780 Not exactly. I understand there has to be a profit to keep up the facility. $20 to enter self tour without anyone at all to ask basic ship questions to in any area of the vessel. That was a bit disappointing. Would have been nice to have a couple areas with people in them. $20 for the Command and Control Tour $20 for the Engine Room Tour $60 bucks each adds up when bringing folks along was a bit pricey.
@@chrisb9960 When I have positioned myself at a station to answer questions, I get very few. So, I roam and look for people who appear to be interested, but confused about the ship. Also, I ask them if there is something in particular they are looking for. We have small crews and it is a huge ship.
@@jimbronson780 Hi Jim I've seen and spoke with you I'm sure, living in Norfolk I try to visit you at least once a year. All of your Tours are well worth the extra charge and if you stand around looking lost the roamers show up.
it would be nice to have a complete set of those books so that you could find everyone from every department whose GQ station was in a particular space.
Another excellent video, Ryan. Many thanks to you and your team. I'd love to see more of these types of explanations of how various departments or functions were organized. In addition to the turrets and fire control, some good topics would be the bridge watch, conning tower, damage control and boiler/engine rooms. I also think it is great that you and your staff keep finding these amazing artifacts.
This concept is really good. I would be interested in the manning/tasks for deploying the anchors, controlling the rudder, and managing the propeller speed. Thanks to you and your team.
@robertlian2009 This is how we generally manned in the 1980’s. TO booth: no talkers, no local range Keeper operator, no range Finder operators. Just one sight setter, no other positions except on occasion a check sight officer at a sight pointer position. The reason for sights on both sides of the turret is because of where your LOS is in relation to the LOF. The TO had the job to designate which sights were to be used. 0:02 😊 Gun rooms as you said. Electric deck as you said. We generally did not have an electrician assigned, although we often needed one. (It was an ongoing battle with engineering dept.) Shell decks: We only manned one deck at a time. from a practical standpoint I don’t see how you could ever man them both at the same time. The upper deck hoists have a door that is lowered into the floor so the shells can be smoothly parbuckled into the hoist. If you were to move shells into a hoist at both levels at the same time I don’t believe you could then move that door out of the way so the shell from the lower deck could move up the hoist. Powder deck as you said.
Perhaps as a finale to the video (or other like it), have the required number of vol's in the presumed right positions, then pan around the room, with Ryan naming each position and the vol raising a hand.
The deafening silence as you search for the answer in your infinite wisdom of knowledge continues to amaze me. I’ve heard it with my Pops and a few times with Sir Draq. Thank you all for your input on Naval History!
Very good presentation on aiming the guns. Now almost always by this time the primary and secondary guns were used for shore bombardment, it would be a real treasure to see the same documentation from WW2 where there was a possibility of targeting an enemy ship and what the staffing arrangement would be. I keep seeing an empty seat at the computer and no mention of who sat there. We may never know.
This was a great video Ryan. I like this concept. I guess this also highlighted one aspect. Does the plans or any plans show what circuit is where? I would imagine there is somewhere. As you said the headphones had x number of circuits in that room. ( I would also imagine those circuits as in every communication circuit appears in one place somewhere simply for patching purposes maybe signalling or communications room somewhere) Where or are those duplicated elsewhere within the Ship? I would imagine yes in the Secondary fire control room. With the age of the ship and how everyone is aging. With each passing year there is going to be less and less crew who served on the ship still alive. I wonder if as the curator of the New Jersey it would be worth reaching out to those still alive and asking them could you tell us or come and show us what these are or what they are called especially when comes to likes of communication points. Or even asking them is there anything missing in this room that you can remember being here. Take advantage of the knowledge base already out there while can before it is gone. Because sadly once it is gone, that information is also gone forever. I realise that would be a lot of work. But I am also thinking about how much information would be gained compared to the work involved and from what I can think what you would gain, would far outweigh the effort involved.... But, maybe I am wrong.
I did enjoy this piece. Future videos would benefit from more pictures or video clips of the spaces in action if possible. That really brings it to life.
Yes! I love videos like this, and the bridge, CIC and CEC are the spaces I most want to see covered. Also, how does a sound-powered phone work? Did you do a video on them that I missed?
Engine and boiler rooms would be very interesting to see. I had a Grandfather who served on the California pre war in the engineering spaces and fun to see how it worked.
Hi Ryan, your videos are super interesting. Fiddle with (operate) the various fire control computers would be the second coolest thing for a video. Obviously a full broadside with live ammo (even if training rounds) would be the first most cool thing ever 😅
Hope this gets followed with what the theoretical minimum crew needed to start the engines (assuming in service and not a museum ship) and move her out to open ocean (without caring about precise navigation, equipment durability, and long term human sleep schedules).
@@danquigg8311 Sounds about right. Our somewhat smaller boiler tool 12-18 hours, but our distribution piping was relatively simple. I imagine that after raising pressure in the boiler the valves would be opened slowly and carefully until the Engineer felt confident that they could fully open the vales without a pipe or fitting blowing out.
The video was interesting & i would like to see more like it. One suggestion would be to give the actual dimensions of the space, either in curators or square feet.
Those computers are one of the reasons I started watching navy videos and found this channel. But I've started wondering about what the maintenance onboard was like. How much space and what type of tooling was there? I just watched the "unloading" video and read in the comments how much "on the spot" engineering was required. Just putting my vote in for some type of video like this in the future. Keep up the great work!
Really appreciate the general quarters videos. I you can a quick 10 seconds with a person at each station would be great to show how crowded the stations were.
Anything on fire control is welcome. Especially anything related to the fire control radars. How do the Mk.12 and Mk. 22 radars work together to direct the 5" battery? Why do those bar-shaped range finders have those antennas on top with all of those pointy things sticking out? Also information on her WW2 air and surface search radar load outs. What is fighter control? Inquiring minds want to know! 😋🛥⚓ You do a good job, Ryan. Many thanks to all involved in keeping _New Jersey_ shipshape.
Please do continue with this style of presentation. Connecting the dots with this format is appreciated.
I’m a tour guide on the Missouri and I love watching your videos. I learn so much from them. I wish we had a RUclips channel like yours. Mahalo!!!
Is there anything stopping Missouri from having one or just no one has ever stepped up to do so?
You might find a list describing what all the sound powered phone circuits are used for. Like the 1JV is the main manouvering circuit and the 1JA is the Captains Battle circuit. This what were used on the Coast Guard Cutters I served on. I'm sure the USS IOWA has a load of different circuits I NEVER heard off. Great video seeing complex equipment to aim the 16 inch guns. No wonder there are so many men/women on a BB.
It would be interesting to have a group, like Scouts, at hand, to actually stand in the positions, sequentially, just to show how "full up" the room becomes.
That, of course, becomes complicated video to shoot. But, would be illustrative.
Great idea if not scouts maybe with the volunteers
Someday when the weather turns bad.
It would be complicated, though, as you need written consent from each child's legal guardian, among other strict child safety regulations.
@@robertgutheridge9672maybe they could figure out how many volunteer measurements it is instead of the curator unit of measurement
Agreed!
if its just for illustration maybe some cardboard cutout sailors? maybe even from the videos shown if they exist?
YES!!! This kind of video makes the ship very personable. Like an old car you are restoring.
I served on the Iowa as a talker, at GQ, and other times. Usually talkers would be standing neat bulkheads staying out of the way, and close to the jacks so no one would trip. The hardest part of being a talker is keeping your cord from getting tripped over.
The Mk 48 computer was installed for the Korean War. these electromechanical monsters were dazzlingly complicated. It's a fun rabbit hole to explore.
For anyone interested in learning more, Periscope uploaded an old training film that does a great job demonstrating how some of these computers worked. The title is "U.S. NAVY BASIC MECHANISMS OF FIRE CONTROL COMPUTERS MECHANICAL COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONAL FILM 27794" (Part 1 of at least 2)
Hi Ryan and all New Jersey staff. I was fortunate to receive a " Firepower Tour " last November on Battleship Massachusetts with Dr. John Scholes and we spent four hours on board and still could not fully complete the tour. I plan to continue the tour later this year. Naval fire control is a complex series of procedures that must be executed in a precise manner in order to deliver the shells on target and the equipment that you all were demonstrating were and still are masterpieces of engineering.
Ryan and Co have definitely crossed paths with Dr Scholes. He is an absolute treasure trove of information! I've had the pleasure of being there when the New Jersey crew and separately Drachinifel visited USS Salem and of course Dr. Scholes was there.
The engineering and the machining that goes into these cultural icons is jaw-dropping if you think about it.
I mean, we don't know how to do that anymore nor even have the capability and that blows my mind.
@@bretsk2500 We most likely crossed paths aboard Salem last November when Ryan was aboard. I met Dr. Scholes at that time and was most impressed with his fire control knowledge as well as his knowledge of Naval History. I can say that the " Firepower Tour " is worth every penny.
Agreed - please do more videos providing this kind of information.
It's a good way of explaining the operation of the compartment and the layout and equipment as a general overview . It may be that the stateboard was replaced by a modern screen late in service or it was a nice size and nicked by another ship . I liked this as a good way to get a wider view of the whole space and Ryan explained very well .
That is an incredible find into the history and operation of the Battleship New Jersey. Thanks to Ryan and his team.
Semper Fi! Such great work Ryan, thank you. YES, more like this. Keeps the ship alive!
Great video Ryan! Please keep 'em coming. Billeting and GQ functions are at the heart of the ship's purpose.
I can't speak to the specifics of the U.S. Navy's personnel dispersements, but in the U.S. Army, my unit was never fully manned until they knew a deployment was coming up. Then, in no time flat, the unit got new personnel to fill the vacancies and new equipment as well. This was in the 2001- 2005 time period, so it may not be perfectly applicable too.
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@@tyree9055 Mid 70's Navy, same same. 👍
yes please produce more detailed stories about general quarters love every minute of every episode.
I would love this same explanation done for the engine rooms.
On submarines I know it was common for cross-training on various systems. Did the Navy do that for surface vessels like the battleships?
There is a certain amount of DCPQS (damage control training) everyone has to go through. So everyone has to know how to find valves, how to operate them, what they do, etc. As well as everyone has to know how to operate the firemain as well as isolate it.
I’m curious how much cross-training is done now in response to the Forrestal fire vs during WWII.
In engine room #1 there would be 6 sailors. 5 Machinist’s Mates. Machinist’s Mate of the Watch, throttle man, upper level watch, lower level watch, and a messenger. And there would also be an Electrician’s Mate at the switch board.
Damage Control or Firefighting would be interesting, esp as that was a key component to the Navy’s success in WW2.
Continuing on with this is a great idea. Perhaps next you could revisit SPOT and SKY with this book. Also moving into the next room and going over the 5" directors.
Yes, please more like this. I'd also be interested in comparing the manning schedule for operations in an active war zone (not battle general quarters), compared to peaceful operations in friendly waters. For instance how many weapons were manned etc.. How much and how fast could the ship respond to sudden unexpected threats before general quarters was set?
Super interesting. These plotting rooms are the most fascinating things imaginable.
I think this is very interesting. Especially in a space that may have morphed over the decades as technology changed. Other spaces: Bridge, Engine / Propulsion control, Medical, and how were support personnel (clerks, cooks & mess stewards, musicians, electricians, plumbers, machinists, etc.) occupied during combat. Thank you, Ryan.
Billeting and general quarters is very interesting, and it’s a shame that this simple knowledge is almost lost to time just by way of people not writing these things down before all the old timers pass on. I appreciate you taking the time and effort to find and research these things to bring to the masses! I would love to see more of these types of videos in the future! Thank you Ryan and Battleship New Jersey!
I believe this was mentioned once before in another video by Ryan but for a video of the main fire control room of the USS Missouri during actual combat in Desert Storm, search for the RUclips video titled "Battleship USS Missouri - Missile Inbound Brace for Shock". It shows at least 14 crew members in Missouri's equivalent space.
While there’s no serious question about bringing these ships back but boy does this illustrate how complicated that endeavor would be.
I like these videos as they give idea of what the crew did and how many men were required in each area.
This was an absolutely fascinating video, I would love to have a whole series of videos talking about the billets in various compartments. One for CEC and engineering would be amazing especially.
9:16 The graphic on the Mk 48 computer\potting table shows the two forward turrets, looking down the barrel of the guns & is labeled *"Appetite for Destruction"*
I have always been curious how they determine how many men will be needed on a ship when they are designed and built.
Assumptions and math.
First, they design the guns. They decide they want X-inch guns, which require Y-sized turrets, which require X-sized hull to put to sea, which requires A-horsepower of thrust, B number of anti-aircraft and secondary guns.
Then you add extras like the amount of fire control, damage control, aircraft catapults, radar arrays, communications etc etc, all of the little things needed to keep the ship sailing, and the guns firing.
They take the number of men to maintain and operate those, then add the facilities needed to support those men, which comes down to sleeping, eating, bathing, and morale. You add the number of men required to run those facilities to support the crew, and adjust for themselves.
Finally, throw in a captain and officer corps sufficient to maintain command, order, and discipline of those men, and you have your crew.
@@ShadowXII Sure, but do they do mock-ups of the various spaces as they do the design? Or maybe only a few critical ones?
Not to mention the never ending list of "next in command"
Previous experience with other ships.
They know how many men it takes to run a 5" turret. They know how many men it takes to run a battleship turret.
It's also not a completely fixed number. The number of men on a battleship varied through the years. Just during ww2 they added more AA and changed how many men were on the ship.
This kind of video is amazing! I'd love to see similar videos for the engineering spaces and the bridge.
Fascinating. More please,Ryan!!
Engineering spaces for me pls.
Really like these videos. It’s fascinating learning what each sailor did and seeing your thought process.
Please do the engine and fire room
Curious what the Marines did during GQ. My short time on LHD USS Essex our GQ billet was our berthing area, stand by to draw weapons to repel boarders.
I have read as you most likely have as well that at least in WWII Marines manned secondary guns( 5 inch?) and also worked in the radio rooms.
The company of Marines manned and operated one of the 5" gun mounts (which had a black Eagle Globe & Anchor silhouette painted on the face of the mount), in addition to providing hands for the security team, nuclear weapons rover, and CO's orderly.
This was one of the best videos yet. It put into perspective where each man was during their normal day/general quarters.
Very interesting episode. Thanks Ryan!
I'd definitely be interested in more room position/job videos! CIC, or maybe some engineering rooms? Thank you!
This was excellent - more, please! @Ryan you always impress with your incredible knowledge of so much of this huge ship! Chapeau!
This is a great video. I am a retired artillery officer and tour guide on the WisKy. This helps a lot. BRAVO ZULU
I noticed that every fuse was pulled from every switch in the plotting rooms on the WisKy. Never saw a tour guide on the ship. There were a few guys that hung out in a room but they didn’t give tours.
@@chrisb9960 We lead six tours a day. Three Command and Control Tours and three Life in the Engine Room Tours. The plotting rooms are temporarily closed for maintenance. They should be open again soon.
If guys were hanging out in a room onboard the Battleship, they were either coming off a tour or waiting for the next tour to begin.
@@jimbronson780 Not exactly. I understand there has to be a profit to keep up the facility.
$20 to enter self tour without anyone at all to ask basic ship questions to in any area of the vessel. That was a bit disappointing. Would have been nice to have a couple areas with people in them.
$20 for the Command and Control Tour
$20 for the Engine Room Tour
$60 bucks each adds up when bringing folks along was a bit pricey.
@@chrisb9960 When I have positioned myself at a station to answer questions, I get very few. So, I roam and look for people who appear to be interested, but confused about the ship. Also, I ask them if there is something in particular they are looking for. We have small crews and it is a huge ship.
@@jimbronson780 Hi Jim I've seen and spoke with you I'm sure, living in Norfolk I try to visit you at least once a year. All of your Tours are well worth the extra charge and if you stand around looking lost the roamers show up.
Great video Ryan. Yes please more of these! Maybe fire room , central station?
Love the pause for dramatic effect!
Love it Ryan. This is a great video.
Really interesting. Each job held incredible responsibilities
Yes! Continue the series.
it would be nice to have a complete set of those books so that you could find everyone from every department whose GQ station was in a particular space.
Another excellent video, Ryan. Many thanks to you and your team. I'd love to see more of these types of explanations of how various departments or functions were organized. In addition to the turrets and fire control, some good topics would be the bridge watch, conning tower, damage control and boiler/engine rooms. I also think it is great that you and your staff keep finding these amazing artifacts.
One of the most interesting videos I’ve seen! Keep up the good work! More please!
Excellent video, thank you.
Excellent presentation! Yes, I want to see more videos of this kind. Very educational!
This concept is really good. I would be interested in the manning/tasks for deploying the anchors, controlling the rudder, and managing the propeller speed. Thanks to you and your team.
very informative more like this please!
@robertlian2009
This is how we generally manned in the 1980’s. TO booth: no talkers, no local range Keeper operator, no range Finder operators. Just one sight setter, no other positions except on occasion a check sight officer at a sight pointer position. The reason for sights on both sides of the turret is because of where your LOS is in relation to the LOF. The TO had the job to designate which sights were to be used. 0:02 😊
Gun rooms as you said.
Electric deck as you said.
We generally did not have an electrician assigned, although we often needed one. (It was an ongoing battle with engineering dept.)
Shell decks: We only manned one deck at a time. from a practical standpoint I don’t see how you could ever man them both at the same time. The upper deck hoists have a door that is lowered into the floor so the shells can be smoothly parbuckled into the hoist. If you were to move shells into a hoist at both levels at the same time I don’t believe you could then move that door out of the way so the shell from the lower deck could move up the hoist.
Powder deck as you said.
Yes, I liked the video describing the billets in detail
so Wise , Thank You . Please keep them coming
11:25 FYI grease pencils do not require sharpening! They use a peel-off outer casing to expose more grease / lead
Good info.
Great video! This is a great series because I can account for about 700 sailors from your previous videos but like where did the other 1500 serve?
I like this very much.. I'd also like to see more close up shots of the different equipment faces in these spaces..🙂👍🇺🇸
Good Presentation worth working through all major operational areas including the Mess deck the heart of the ship.
I really like this kind of video! Very fascinating.
I really like this, please make more shows like this ?
it would be interesting to see you get eighteen folks into the space, standing at their duty stations.
Perhaps as a finale to the video (or other like it), have the required number of vol's in the presumed right positions, then pan around the room, with Ryan naming each position and the vol raising a hand.
The deafening silence as you search for the answer in your infinite wisdom of knowledge continues to amaze me. I’ve heard it with my Pops and a few times with Sir Draq. Thank you all for your input on Naval History!
Cool info. Thank you!
Great video! These manning details are very informative. Thank you, Ryan. I hope you get a chance to show us a few more spaces with that book.
That is a piece of incredible history there! Yes, we are very much interested in the documentation of the positions.
Very good presentation on aiming the guns. Now almost always by this time the primary and secondary guns were used for shore bombardment, it would be a real treasure to see the same documentation from WW2 where there was a possibility of targeting an enemy ship and what the staffing arrangement would be. I keep seeing an empty seat at the computer and no mention of who sat there. We may never know.
the info is definitely fascinating, brings the room really alive with action...
excellent info. the more detail the better.
That line about the positioning being logical as a justification for the Navy NOT doing it was brilliant :)))))
You know, walking around on a battleship, digging up information on it and making videos about it, is a pretty cool job.
I've got to say the spaces shown look really well looked after and we'll present. You and the team should be congratulated!
This was a great video Ryan. I like this concept. I guess this also highlighted one aspect. Does the plans or any plans show what circuit is where? I would imagine there is somewhere. As you said the headphones had x number of circuits in that room. ( I would also imagine those circuits as in every communication circuit appears in one place somewhere simply for patching purposes maybe signalling or communications room somewhere) Where or are those duplicated elsewhere within the Ship? I would imagine yes in the Secondary fire control room. With the age of the ship and how everyone is aging. With each passing year there is going to be less and less crew who served on the ship still alive. I wonder if as the curator of the New Jersey it would be worth reaching out to those still alive and asking them could you tell us or come and show us what these are or what they are called especially when comes to likes of communication points. Or even asking them is there anything missing in this room that you can remember being here. Take advantage of the knowledge base already out there while can before it is gone. Because sadly once it is gone, that information is also gone forever. I realise that would be a lot of work. But I am also thinking about how much information would be gained compared to the work involved and from what I can think what you would gain, would far outweigh the effort involved.... But, maybe I am wrong.
I did enjoy this piece. Future videos would benefit from more pictures or video clips of the spaces in action if possible. That really brings it to life.
Please continue with this kind of video. I like knowing this kind of info.
This was a completely cool video thank you Ryan. Personally I'm interested in the bridge and cic.
Yes! I love videos like this, and the bridge, CIC and CEC are the spaces I most want to see covered. Also, how does a sound-powered phone work? Did you do a video on them that I missed?
I like these videos. Any chance you could cram curators/volunteers to show a space fully staffed?
great shipboard acheology- thx for sharing and pls continue with those interesting facts!
That is so cool. Please keep doing this.
I would be interested in the outfit of the kitchen and bakery. For normal times
As a history nerd I can say that this is a good video and I like this kind of "reconstructive history".
Please keep these coming! A graphic highlighting where it is in the ship would be awesome
Yes this was a good format. Coordinating 18 technical sailors seems daunting.
Very nice!
I now have more questions than before I watched this!
Engine and boiler rooms would be very interesting to see. I had a Grandfather who served on the California pre war in the engineering spaces and fun to see how it worked.
Hi Ryan, your videos are super interesting. Fiddle with (operate) the various fire control computers would be the second coolest thing for a video. Obviously a full broadside with live ammo (even if training rounds) would be the first most cool thing ever 😅
I love the uncertainty about so many details.
Definitely do the one for the bridge 👍
Hope this gets followed with what the theoretical minimum crew needed to start the engines (assuming in service and not a museum ship) and move her out to open ocean (without caring about precise navigation, equipment durability, and long term human sleep schedules).
According to the movie 'Battleship' a crew of a couple dozen old guys can get the ship underway and fully operational before sundown.
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Read somewhere that it takes 48 - 72 hours to bring a cold boiler to full steam pressure.
@@danquigg8311 Sounds about right. Our somewhat smaller boiler tool 12-18 hours, but our distribution piping was relatively simple. I imagine that after raising pressure in the boiler the valves would be opened slowly and carefully until the Engineer felt confident that they could fully open the vales without a pipe or fitting blowing out.
@@ghost307only if Thunderstruck is playing.
@@danquigg8311 as a former Bt that is about right depending on several factors
I enjoyed your video. I would love to see more of them.
#Enjoyed this great content!
Thank you!
Fascinating!
Good job, yes please, more rooms would be cool.
I love this type of video. More more!!
The video was interesting & i would like to see more like it. One suggestion would be to give the actual dimensions of the space, either in curators or square feet.
yeah, this was interesting finding who did what and where.
I'm curious about the adjacent room. Is that another fire control room? Thanks
Those computers are one of the reasons I started watching navy videos and found this channel. But I've started wondering about what the maintenance onboard was like. How much space and what type of tooling was there? I just watched the "unloading" video and read in the comments how much "on the spot" engineering was required. Just putting my vote in for some type of video like this in the future. Keep up the great work!
Here's a video on the machine shop that might answer some of that : ruclips.net/video/UBsxd4TrT4M/видео.html
Really enjoy these style videos. Would love to see one of these in an engine and boiler room.
Really appreciate the general quarters videos. I you can a quick 10 seconds with a person at each station would be great to show how crowded the stations were.
excellent camerawork as compared for like 3 years ago!
Anything on fire control is welcome. Especially anything related to the fire control radars. How do the Mk.12 and Mk. 22 radars work together to direct the 5" battery? Why do those bar-shaped range finders have those antennas on top with all of those pointy things sticking out?
Also information on her WW2 air and surface search radar load outs. What is fighter control?
Inquiring minds want to know! 😋🛥⚓
You do a good job, Ryan. Many thanks to all involved in keeping _New Jersey_ shipshape.
If possible and practical I'd like to see a video like this for one of the main gun directors