I loved the time lapse because it showed how hard the tug boat captains and crews were working to control Texas. At normal speed I didn't notice it at all, but they had to keep bringing Texas' stern in line with the bow end because the rudder is stuck so the ship wants to turn.
@@vintagethrifter2114 so ship captains then abandoned the tactic, leaving their fate to assuming the enemy definitely had one of those torpedoes and it cannot malfunction
Yeah I noticed to to after I saw this comment, I really hope that they do fix the steering gears and the rudder system and stuff so that they can re-aline the rudder
The Texas feels like so much a part of my family; I grew up in Pasadena, frequently picnicking at San Jacinto battlegrounds, and we would explore the ship every time... She is so beautiful and regal - I can't help but get choked up when I see her gliding through the waves... She was a fierce warrior; surviving 2 World Wars...she brought her boys home, safe and sound so that they lived to tell about it Gd bless the Battleship Texas! ❤️
Visited her on my way back from Pendleton after my EAS, beautiful piece of history with her below water hull in a sad state. Glad to see her getting worked on, she needs it.
👍🏻🏴 My father would have approved. Although in the Royal Navy he was seconded to the U.S.N. aboard South Dakota, the “Mighty Mo”, as signals liaison with our Home Fleet when she and her sister ship Alabama served as distant cover for convoys to Russia guarding against sorties by Tirpitz; “The Beast “ as Churchill named it.
The water added was for trim and ballast reasons and to help relive stress on some parts of the hull. The leaking was contained though out the trip, they did not even have to get the emergency pumps going. The water was pumped out after it got into the dry dock.
It is a mobile dry dock. It has large water ballast tanks that you can see underneath where the ship is placed. When in position they pump the water out of the ballast tanks and the whole thing raises out of the water lifting the ship with it. This is quite old technology, and has been used for probably 40 or 50 years at least.
@@ImpendingJoker Make that longer Great Britain had a floating drydock already around 1776, drydocks were used extensively during WW2, which is 80+ years ago
This technology has been used for years. There's been floating dry docks used for 100s of years. All of the great British and German ocean liners used them before docks like the King George V graving dock.
I loved the time lapse because it showed how hard the tug boat captains and crews were working to control Texas. At normal speed I didn't notice it at all, but they had to keep bringing Texas' stern in line with the bow end because the rudder is stuck so the ship wants to turn.
Oooh, I was wondering why she kept zig-zagging like she was suspecting the U-boat presence in the area! 🙂
Thanks for the explanation 👍
One of the rudders is stuck at 22°
@@Jan_Strzelecki Acoustic homing torpedoes came out in 1943 and made zig zagging a waste of time.
@@vintagethrifter2114 so ship captains then abandoned the tactic, leaving their fate to assuming the enemy definitely had one of those torpedoes and it cannot malfunction
Yeah I noticed to to after I saw this comment, I really hope that they do fix the steering gears and the rudder system and stuff so that they can re-aline the rudder
The Texas feels like so much a part of my family; I grew up in Pasadena, frequently picnicking at San Jacinto battlegrounds, and we would explore the ship every time...
She is so beautiful and regal - I can't help but get choked up when I see her gliding through the waves...
She was a fierce warrior; surviving 2 World Wars...she brought her boys home, safe and sound so that they lived to tell about it
Gd bless the Battleship Texas! ❤️
Treasure those times for she will mot return to that location
Nice job moving the ship! Quick and speedy in a ted over 3 minutes and she's in the dock ^_^
Visited her on my way back from Pendleton after my EAS, beautiful piece of history with her below water hull in a sad state. Glad to see her getting worked on, she needs it.
Good to see her hull out of the water. Way to go yall.
I bet there must have been a lot of popping noises as the water drained in the dry dock.
You can really see how the ship fought the tugs with the sped up footage.
It really does look like the Texas is Mother Duck, leading a little Gaggle of Ducklings :D
One beautiful piece of history.
Would be nice if, to its final destination, they fire it up and let it steam under its on power. Just awesome!🇺🇸✌
If only it were able to :(
Yeah. It would take a ton of refab and systems work. Not to mention QA's all clear.
Still...
I hope that one day we'll see the New Jersey being towed to Drydock
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👍🏻🏴 My father would have approved. Although in the Royal Navy he was seconded to the U.S.N. aboard South Dakota, the “Mighty Mo”, as signals liaison with our Home Fleet when she and her sister ship Alabama served as distant cover for convoys to Russia guarding against sorties by Tirpitz; “The Beast “ as Churchill named it.
Nice vid
Looks like a camera will be on the Texas where people can view it.
They added water plus it was leaking? Was there a process or time that it took to drain the water out as it rose up?
The water added was for trim and ballast reasons and to help relive stress on some parts of the hull. The leaking was contained though out the trip, they did not even have to get the emergency pumps going. The water was pumped out after it got into the dry dock.
how did they raise the dock up? i thought they had doors and drained the water away. what kind of lift system is it????
It is a mobile dry dock. It has large water ballast tanks that you can see underneath where the ship is placed. When in position they pump the water out of the ballast tanks and the whole thing raises out of the water lifting the ship with it. This is quite old technology, and has been used for probably 40 or 50 years at least.
Floating drydocks have been around since before world War II.
@@ImpendingJoker
Make that longer
Great Britain had a floating drydock already around 1776, drydocks were used extensively during WW2, which is 80+ years ago
This technology has been used for years. There's been floating dry docks used for 100s of years. All of the great British and German ocean liners used them before docks like the King George V graving dock.
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She might have tears from this
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A brisk 4 knots lol
If you were over 100 years old, and your engines not fired up in over 30 years, you'd move slowly too...
@@ariadams3290 - 75 years - and no propellers 😝
@Robert Johnson - ...and the protruding shafts before sealing the openings.