@@billfarley9167 Im an ex US Navy sailor and I know all about the ocean and its size. Born and raised in the US tetteritory of the Marianas islands, the deepest ocean is our way of life. I was on the USS Lincoln when the 2004 9.0 earthquake happened in South Asia and the tsuinami only shook our vessel like and earthquake happening onboard but the reality of its force to the surrounding area was far worst than anyone could imagine that our slkipper extended our deployment for humanitarian support to the people of Sri Lanka and Thailand. The ocean was full of dead bodies that and land debries so he kept our Carrier miles away from the area to avoid any threat from the diseases. Trust me ex Canadian sailor, it doesnt matter how big the ocean or wave is. The aircraft carriers height width and ballance of boyaunce is at a value that makes it so hard to tip that vessel upside down. Four years on that carrier with two deployments to the pacific rim, we through every storm that came our way and never was there a wave that was big enough to touch both our hanger bay and our top flight deck. Do you think we would be stupid enough to station 84 military fighter jets and hillos if all was in danger from the waves of the ocean. The real danger is lose lips and enemy attack or personnel mishaps that done structual damage to the vessel.
Not true, I was on the Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Licoln when the 2004 Tsuinami hit Thailand. We were onboard when the Earth quake hit after leaving Hong Kong and all it felt like there was an Earth quake on a ship rather than rough seas. We might have been too close to the Earth quake to be rocked by the Tsuinami's wave but every rough seas we went through only rocked ship like a cradle. It made Sailers from the ship sleep like babies but Marines that were temporarily attatched got sick🤮 all night.😅 The wider the ship the better for rough seas. We would not risk keeping 64 fighter jets onboard with each amounting to over $100 million dollars while holding an inventory of spare parts in the same time if we were to tip over rough seas. Many times we just go straight through the storm. The only thing that could sure sink the ships are loose lips, missiles and torpedos design to do the job.
@@FalkoneusGross Aircraft carriers are big, but there are bigger things afloat. And some of them went down. Nature has many ways to take a boat down, specially one that doesn’t respect it.
@@ralphscholz9533 Yes but they are way better balanced and their nuclear power plant can push them through waves at faster than 55 knots, Much faster. Their nuclear powered cells can create as much steam as you want for upwards of 20 years. This huge mass has perfect balance to launch planes in any condition. It has power plants and engines with unlimited power that can project it through any rogue wave.
My husband was a naval architect and marine engineer and worked for the DOD (Navy) his entire career. The ships have periodic ship checks, focused on important things like stability, ballast, etc so I’m pretty sure it would take an exceptional storm to cause damage.
Great Video and as an old sailor that was stationed on a 255 ft. Coast Guard Cutter in Vietnam, I find it hard to imagine the size of The Gerald Ford Carrier~!!! We used to pray our little ship would withstand the 14ft. seas we encountered while going and coming to the different areas over there~!!! I liked and subbed also.
I was on the first J. F. Kennedy Carrier in 70 as a Hull Maintenance Tech. and was standing sounding watch while the ship had a port list of about 3 to 5e degrees. I was told to recheck my soundings with another superior as some didn't actually take their soundings. They were afraid that we had a flooded compartment or two. Turns out the planes were not placed right and had too much weight on the port side.
And I seem to remember that salt water has an up thrust of 64lbs; per cubic foot, as opposed to an up thrust of 62lbs; per cubic foot in fresh water. This one of the reasons that ships have a plimsole line painted on them so that you can assess how high or low a ship is riding when entering estuaries, so that they don't go aground. Just a point of interest, as an old seafarer.
Thank you for that tidbit of information, you'd be a great conversationalist and have interesting things to talk about. I served on the USS Tripoli LPH 10 and was involved in Operation Eagle Pull in Hyphong Harbor (sic) removing mines. A third class gunners mate then.
I really would have liked to see an aircraft carrier dedicated to President Carter. He turned 100 today and I think that would have been a great present for him. He might not go down in history as our best president there's no doubt that he will go down in history as a wonderful human being. Let's not forget less than 10 years ago he was still building houses.
Carter's Presidency is universally not regarded as having gone well. It's probably because he is actually an exceptional human being and American, and that doesn't mix well with our corrupt and incompetent government.
Carter was a master of the photo op. Showing him with a hammer doesn't mean ever hit a nail. Like he always carried an empty clothing bag when getting off the plane.
@@JamesStreet-tp1vbObama was not a terrible president. The worst presidents are republicans according to historians, besides Lincoln because parties changed. Trump and bush considered terrible presidents by historians. FDR , Kennedy, Clinton considered great presidents.
Served aboard the Big E twice to Vietnam, Connie one trip to Vietnam and Ranger one trip. 1964 to 1968. The only bad weather of the kind depicted was aboard the Connie. On the way home we encountered a typhoon where we took green water over the bow on the flight deck. awesome ride. We had it good compared to the small craft. destroyers etc that made up our escorts. One of the destroyers pulled along side to take oil and the bridge windows (bullet proof) were broken out and the front gun mount a 5" 38 mount as oil caned in.
@@buzzsawncgo2751 yeah we went through a typhoon outside of Japan. I've never seen so many people get seasick. But I was in the line shack so we had to go up and put 12 tie-down chains on each goddamn plane. And let's not forget the wing struts.
I was on the USS Ranger CV-61 back in 1992 and we went through a huge Typhoon off the coast of Japan and that ship barely even moved while we were going through it.
Aircraft carriers, especially the world’s largest ones like the USS Gerald R. Ford or USS Nimitz, are feats of engineering designed to withstand extreme conditions. These massive ships, carrying thousands of crew members and numerous aircraft, often face unpredictable weather while deployed in the open ocean. When one of these carriers is rocked by a deadly storm, it’s a testament to the resilience and advanced technology that allows them to survive and operate in the harshest conditions.
I had a friend & we entered the Navy together (1968) he went on an Aircraft Carrier he was there for 4 years, he couldn’t get off until his enlistment was up.
I've learned to love that battleship attempt at break- dancing with hurricane-made ocean swells. I was once on board a destroyer watching the waves' white bubbling ridges well above the ship's mast! For one inside an aircraft carriers -that's a breezy way of getting 'salty'!
Which storms? There is always a storm going on someplace. The Pacific Ocean, the Grand Papa of all seas, usually as one or two brewing. And the Carrabbean usually has one or is scheming to send out a blow no one will ever forget.
That Atlantic is sneaky. It adds the yeast, and butt kicking increase in windspeed within the funnel . And the bad tempered front and rear Funnel walls are the meanest elements. As if that's not enough, they generate twisters to tear up everything . And then there was Farsmuch, my fourth ex wide. When I come came home from important meetings, she can destroy every thing that even looks like a threat. If you don't believe me, ask Uncle Leo! He never speaks a mislie. Gonnin to bed. Alla yall have a great morning, and smooth sailing.
Really sharp photography here. A good bunch of science, hammered home in easy to understand narration. I especially noted the part about ballast, as our tenant is developing extra heavy fluids for pumped hydro to gain more energy per foot of elevation. Maybe this which also be good as pumpable ballast. Years ago in the days fo sailing ships, they'd fill up with rocks to replace empty cargo. Good production values. Thanks.
I am IN this video! My GQ station was on the roof of the Captain's Bridge for weather observations. This story is in error as to the cause of the damage. As we readied for a GQ drill, enroute Viet Nam, a flight deck crewman parked an APU so the hot exhaust from it's compressor turbine discharged on a Zuni rocket, firing it forward along the deck. It hit a fully fueled and armed fighter, I believe an F-4 Phantom, spraying flaming fuel all over the aft deck. Eight 500 lb. bombs detonated on deck, killing 29 crew, injuring many others. All aircraft aft were destroyed, and eventually many pushed overboard on purpose. The sea and wind were calm, our speed relatively slow and straight ahead.
My Dad served 20yrs in the USN w 4 out of the last 5 aboard an Adams Class Destroyer. When his ship pulled into port after a N Atlantic cruise, I noticed the aluminum hand rails on the deck ladders that were supposed to be straight as an arrow, had all kinds of curves and bends in them. When I asked him about it he rather non-chalantly said "oh, that's from being hammered for days by huge waves in the N Atlantic". My 5' 6" Dad was suddenly 10 feet tall in my 9 yr old mind
Thank You ' many Naval Crews arrived in California to learn how to operate the systems of this new aircraft carrier as well as other new naval ship systems, I enjoyed meeting many of them as they rolled in and out of California so I am very happy to view this video it caps off my understanding of this Aircraft Carrier.
I was on the big E when you were on. V-4 division. You did a great job during Unreps when we took on jp4 fuel. Pretty amazing the control both ships need to pull that operation off👍
After being out in the Atlantic on a Aircraft carrier for years, I can attest to the ferocity of storms against ANY size ship. You've seen nothing until you've been out there in 100 mph winds...
About 1984 we took off for what turned into a hairy 6-week adventure on the high seas off the E. tip of Dom Republic. Exocet, our 52-ft catamaran. was storm tossed the first night out and even broke a jib sail. beating Northwest out of Santa towards in the middle of the night. Though heaving and rocking, I was trying to sleep, in the bunk of the right hull- I useless task with the sound of the rigging slapping, waves splashing on the hull, and the twisting, rocking random motion. Yet I was not seasick!. Later up in the Bahamas with seas higher than the bows and similar troughs despite the boat walking yawing and rocking- I guess I'm lucky- in the entire trip, including almost crash landing coming into the Florida dock in a storm, I never once experienced seasickness. Maybe the Navy should try a catamaran Aircraft carrier. 😁
I have been on a carrier and went through 2 hurricanes. Had no problems even slept well. Did not feel any motion while sleeping. On smaller ships you had to strap yourself in your rack. An aircraft carrier is very large and handled the storms nicely.
@@billthomas635 they named that thing now? Used to be a fod walk down. I was working in the line so even on base I must have done a thousand of those. And the flight deck.
I served on the JFK CV-67 and we've been through some "heavy" seas and I can tell you the ship does list! Pretty bitchin' at night looking out the elevator well at the massively huge waves, it's literately "AWESOME"!
Thank you for your service sir. I did 6 years in the navy and did my sea duty on a Spruance Class. When they'd pipe the "stand by for heavy rolls as the ship is maneuvering" I would head straight to the fantail. You're damn right it was bitchin.
I was on the USS Tripoli Lph 10 and went through heavy seas twice on her, the best place was in the anchor room where the ceiling was around 11 feet tall and you could jump up and land on the ceiling if you timed it right. The other side was everyone getting motion sickness and the shipwide vomit trails. Still bitchin.
saw a vid of the North sea.. tween UK and sweden and denmark. those crews deserve total credit shallow 250 ft basin and N Atl above UK and So o f UK rolling wavers of thunderous heights. the songs sang were elequent
The displacement of the water is equal to submerged object not in terms of weight but in terms of volume thus, the volume of the submerged object is equal to the volume of water displaced.
You made a serious mistake on what a stabilizer and where it is located. You showed the rudders behind the props as stabilizers. The stabs are midway up the hull and the size of rail cars
@@randysmitchell4810 Stabilizers are normally at the "turn" of the hull, down near the bottom of the sides, on a carrier (or most other "displacement" hull ships). NOT "midway up the hull" normally, you want them low to maintain stability even in high waves that will uncover the middle of the hull at times.. The arrows ARE pointing to the rudders, as you talked about.
Aircraft carriers like the Gerald R. Ford are marvels of naval engineering, but how do they avoid tipping over with their massive size and weight? Archimedes' principle and advanced stability designs play a huge role, but there’s more to the story. Do you think future technological advancements, like hypersonic weapons, could challenge even these behemoths' defenses?
As a Ret. navy Officer, I will answer Your, rhetoric, question at 1.06: Why does a ship not sink? Because they are made of ship steel! Of course, that kind of steel floats. 🤣🤣 BTW, thank's for adding the "civilised" measurements in Your video. This makes a European happy, as a Engineers point of view. But You got something very wrong at 8.27: Those are NOT, stabilizers, but RODDERS! makin the ship turn! The stabilizers, are like side fins on a shark. Somewhere in the bow part of the hull, just like on the shark. They react in the opposite way, of the turn, putting downward pressure/force, on the hull in opposite way of the force, trying to tilt the hull. And, since being onboard vessels, half of my career, there are escape routes for the crew on surface vessels, from those watertight compartments. This might confuse "civilians", if not corrected, or? from a Finn in Diaspora
It's not the steel that floats. It's the EMPTY SPACE INSIDE THE STEEL that floats. And you claim to have been an officer? Pretty DUMB answer for someone required to have a college degree.
@@MrLanternland And no reply to AbdulJalilRafi on the same subject? I was NOT the only one that saw that reply and thought it looked like a real answer.
@DennisMerwood "How relevant have Carrier's been in the last year?" You must live under a rock, One over by Iran right now. How relevant have hypersonic missiles been in the last year.
Something interesting here; if you put water in a plastic container and put the container in the water, the water in the container will be at the exact level of the surface of the body of water it's in.
I remember the day the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior 1975. I was attending MTU in Houghton, Michigan and had to walk downhill to campus against the raging winds. Despite having a coat on, my clothes got soaked once I got to class. After class everyone just stood in the lobby of the building watching people get blown off the sidewalks on campus. Worst storm ever.
When I was on the Lexington back in 1980 when we went out to sea , i never got sea sick being the carrier was huge, and it was the smallest carrier in our fleet.
Yes there are storms north of the 45 that have 60-90 knot winds 100 ft plus waves. In a frigate we said we should get sub pay. Over one wave and through the next one. Makes you wonder why there is no nonskid on the bulkheads and walls. It does happen pretty often. The weather channel does not seem to know about them. Yep the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska does get a bit rowdy at times. The North Atlantic does that too. I guess a carrier can get like a cruise ship. Probably do not hear this very often. "Secure gear adrift. Close all water tight doors and hatches. Stand by for heavy rolls."
Thank you. I already posted something else, but also saw the "rudders". 10 years ago I took a cruise ship to Baja and was concerned about not having my "sea legs" anymore. But the stabilizers, like wings that fold into cavities in the hull when not needed, did an excellent job of smoothing out the ride. Very nice. Aboard the Enterprise it took me about 2-3 days to get used to the seas. Modern ships also have "bow thrusters" to assist in finer, more accurate, steering at slow speeds.
Excellent video…well researched and super informative. I did a civilian tour of the USS ENTERPRISE when she was docked in Vancouver BC (early 1980’s). This video explained so much and in layman’s terms…thank you! One question though…where’s Steve : )
Returning from six month deployment, crossing the Atlantic Ocean, a standing order was issued over the 1MC for "non-essential personnel to remain below deck." All four elevator doors were closed. The birds on the roof were all tied down. Walking across the hanger deck below was like being in a bass drum, and waves slamming against the hull was the bass drum mallet.
You have Archimedes' Principles backwards at around 1:15. The body displaces the water. The water doesn't displace the body. (After the first sentence, you're pretty much OK. The first is just a silly slip.)
Most of that doesn't apply in this vast information age, China knows what the West has.., and not because they steal or are imbedded in the governments
Except all ships have a maximum roll before they go over. Medium sized aircraft carriers are about 28 degrees. Anything over that you're history. Was in a storm in the Gulf of Mexican and we were rolling 26 degrees a few times. Lost a few aircraft washed over the side. Scary moments.
Yes, but it still looks odd, from the front, that the flight deck is about twice as wide as the beam of the hull. Just looks "top heavy," despite the physics and technology.
8:55 to 9:56, they touch on two historic storms and one sea-roll with a significant wave, on three different carriers. They don't mention if they were all the largest carrier at those respective times.
While I've never really gone out to sea at any point in my life (best I could maybe recall is 10-15 miles with a USCG cutter for a couple of hours), I don't see myself being scared of the ocean, being on an oceanliner, cruise ship, naval vessel or even by myself on a sailboat. But that doesn't mean I don't respect mother nature or get cocky with the ocean; I have the humility to know that while there are hundreds if not thousands of years worth of engineering experience to make ships safer, at the end of the day you are still at sea and you are but a guest in the ocean's eyes. I don't even see it as a sinking ship from enemy naval fire as the danger (unless you're caught in the explosion), you're simply alive because the ocean wants to keep it that way, and vice versa if the ocean thinks differently of you and you aren't so lucky.
I recall that saltwater has an upthrust of about 64 lbs per cubic foot, compared to 62 lbs per cubic foot in freshwater. This difference is one reason why ships have a Plimsoll line painted on their hulls, allowing sailors to gauge how high or low a ship sits in the water when entering estuaries, preventing the risk of grounding. Just a little seafaring trivia from an old mariner.
The Carrier l was on back in the 70s USS Forrestal CV-59 had ballast tanks Port and starboard to prevent the ship from taking extreme rolls even in ruff seas
Are Aircraft Carriers the obsolete "Battleships " of the 21th Century? Giant aircraft Carriers look like a floating city. Probably great for Pacífic use. But are they appropriate for the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea or even the Mediterranean Sea? Bill Mitchell established that battleships were obsolete. Is there a new Bill Michel, attempting to prove that Aircraft Carriers became the "Battleships " of the 21th Century? Let's hope that such vessels remain an effective deterrent tool.
Ex Canadian navy here: Doesn't matter how big a ship, those North Atlantic and Pacific storms have a way of making you feel small.
And the Mediterranean.., that can be sheer hell..!
I was on a AoE . We cought thet tail end of a Hurricane in the Mediterranean and we was doing 39 degree rolls. We was 700 foot long
@@billfarley9167 Im an ex US Navy sailor and I know all about the ocean and its size. Born and raised in the US tetteritory of the Marianas islands, the deepest ocean is our way of life.
I was on the USS Lincoln when the 2004 9.0 earthquake happened in South Asia and the tsuinami only shook our vessel like and earthquake happening onboard but the reality of its force to the surrounding area was far worst than anyone could imagine that our slkipper extended our deployment for humanitarian support to the people of Sri Lanka and Thailand. The ocean was full of dead bodies that and land debries so he kept our Carrier miles away from the area to avoid any threat from the diseases.
Trust me ex Canadian sailor, it doesnt matter how big the ocean or wave is. The aircraft carriers height width and ballance of boyaunce is at a value that makes it so hard to tip that vessel upside down.
Four years on that carrier with two deployments to the pacific rim, we through every storm that came our way and never was there a wave that was big enough to touch both our hanger bay
and our top flight deck. Do you think we would be stupid enough to station 84 military fighter jets and hillos if all was in danger from the waves of the ocean. The real danger is lose lips and enemy attack or personnel mishaps that done structual damage to the vessel.
Hecate Strait comes to mind.
@@aubreydrinkwater3236not the size of the boat but the motion of the ocean
Rule number 1.
It don’t matter how big your boat is. The ocean is way bigger.
Videos is speaking for Gullible who don't reasearch enough. lol the titanic was the great unsinkable and surly no wave going to tip it over. lol
Not true, I was on the Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Licoln when the 2004 Tsuinami hit Thailand. We were onboard when the Earth quake hit after leaving Hong Kong and all it felt like there was an Earth quake on a ship rather than rough seas. We might have been too close to the Earth quake to be rocked by the Tsuinami's wave but every rough seas we went through only rocked ship like a cradle. It made Sailers from the ship sleep like babies but Marines that were temporarily attatched got sick🤮 all night.😅 The wider the ship the better for rough seas. We would not risk keeping 64 fighter jets onboard with each amounting to over $100 million dollars while holding an inventory of spare parts in the same time if we were to tip over rough seas. Many times we just go straight through the storm. The only thing that could sure sink the ships are loose lips, missiles and torpedos design to do the job.
Unless you understand Math my child. Grow up build something, you will understand.
@@FalkoneusGross Aircraft carriers are big, but there are bigger things afloat. And some of them went down. Nature has many ways to take a boat down, specially one that doesn’t respect it.
@@ralphscholz9533 Yes but they are way better balanced and their nuclear power plant can push them through waves at faster than 55 knots, Much faster. Their nuclear powered cells can create as much steam as you want for upwards of 20 years. This huge mass has perfect balance to launch planes in any condition. It has power plants and engines with unlimited power that can project it through any rogue wave.
Very informative. Nothing is guaranteed sailing the oceans
My husband was a naval architect and marine engineer and worked for the DOD (Navy) his entire career. The ships have periodic ship checks, focused on important things like stability, ballast, etc so I’m pretty sure it would take an exceptional storm to cause damage.
Great Video and as an old sailor that was stationed on a 255 ft. Coast Guard Cutter in Vietnam, I find it hard to imagine the size of The Gerald Ford Carrier~!!! We used to pray our little ship would withstand the 14ft. seas we encountered while going and coming to the different areas over there~!!! I liked and subbed also.
I put this on to watch aircraft carriers batting heavy seas, all I got was someone who is in love with his own voice
me too
Math & physics is hard for you?
@@TheSwohtz I have a physics degree. I came here to see aircraft carriers battling heavy seas also. Cuz its the internet? -_-
I was on the first J. F. Kennedy Carrier in 70 as a Hull Maintenance Tech. and was standing sounding watch while the ship had a port list of about 3 to 5e degrees. I was told to recheck my soundings with another superior as some didn't actually take their soundings. They were afraid that we had a flooded compartment or two. Turns out the planes were not placed right and had too much weight on the port side.
"We are going to the Moon, not because it is easy...but because it is hard" rings a bell here.
And I seem to remember that salt water has an up thrust of 64lbs; per cubic foot, as opposed to an up thrust of 62lbs; per cubic foot in fresh water. This one of the reasons that ships have a plimsole line painted on them so that you can assess how high or low a ship is riding when entering estuaries, so that they don't go aground. Just a point of interest, as an old seafarer.
Interesting stuff that, thank you. 👍
Thank you for that tidbit of information, you'd be a great conversationalist and have interesting things to talk about. I served on the USS Tripoli LPH 10 and was involved in Operation Eagle Pull in Hyphong Harbor (sic) removing mines. A third class gunners mate then.
Really very interesting technology involved . Thank you for the vid.
I really would have liked to see an aircraft carrier dedicated to President Carter. He turned 100 today and I think that would have been a great present for him.
He might not go down in history as our best president there's no doubt that he will go down in history as a wonderful human being. Let's not forget less than 10 years ago he was still building houses.
Carter's Presidency is universally not regarded as having gone well. It's probably because he is actually an exceptional human being and American, and that doesn't mix well with our corrupt and incompetent government.
Carter was a master of the photo op. Showing him with a hammer doesn't mean ever hit a nail. Like he always carried an empty clothing bag when getting off the plane.
I'll concede he's a good man but he was possibly THE worst president ever although Obama and Biden are giving him a stiff challenge.
Well then. By that standard I should have a ship named after me!!!
@@JamesStreet-tp1vbObama was not a terrible president. The worst presidents are republicans according to historians, besides Lincoln because parties changed. Trump and bush considered terrible presidents by historians. FDR , Kennedy, Clinton considered great presidents.
Served aboard the Big E twice to Vietnam, Connie one trip to Vietnam and Ranger one trip. 1964 to 1968. The only bad weather of the kind depicted was aboard the Connie. On the way home we encountered a typhoon where we took green water over the bow on the flight deck. awesome ride. We had it good compared to the small craft. destroyers etc that made up our escorts. One of the destroyers pulled along side to take oil and the bridge windows (bullet proof) were broken out and the front gun mount a 5" 38 mount as oil caned in.
Hey I was on the ranger too. Did a couple of work ups and then it did it's last Ride. That ship was old as hell but I kind of liked it.
@@MikeJohn-hh8no After being on the Enterprise the hardest part was getting used to stack gas.
@@MikeJohn-hh8nowhen you Connie, do you mean the Constellation?
@@jonathanstewart4800 I was on the USS ranger. I've never been on the constellation.
@@buzzsawncgo2751 yeah we went through a typhoon outside of Japan. I've never seen so many people get seasick. But I was in the line shack so we had to go up and put 12 tie-down chains on each goddamn plane. And let's not forget the wing struts.
I was on the USS Ranger CV-61 back in 1992 and we went through a huge Typhoon off the coast of Japan and that ship barely even moved while we were going through it.
Aircraft carriers, especially the world’s largest ones like the USS Gerald R. Ford or USS Nimitz, are feats of engineering designed to withstand extreme conditions. These massive ships, carrying thousands of crew members and numerous aircraft, often face unpredictable weather while deployed in the open ocean. When one of these carriers is rocked by a deadly storm, it’s a testament to the resilience and advanced technology that allows them to survive and operate in the harshest conditions.
The US Navy is full of surprises, and it's so cool.
MADE IN USA ALWAYS POWERFUL
I can only say that the mariners are very brave.
“Then this happened “ ooo the suspense, I can’t wait to find out
I had a friend & we entered the Navy together (1968) he went on an Aircraft Carrier he was there for 4 years, he couldn’t get off until his enlistment was up.
Good to hear WATOP narrating other gigs. Just an unobtrusive reminder to hit the like button. 🤣
Respect and appreciation to all who serve.
Ursula . . . Dunkashitz
Thank you. I always appreciate an American channel that also uses Metric!!!
I've learned to love that battleship attempt at break- dancing with hurricane-made ocean swells. I was once on board a destroyer watching the waves' white bubbling ridges well above the ship's mast!
For one inside an aircraft carriers -that's a breezy way of getting 'salty'!
You haven’t seen anything until you see a 10 story tall wave go past you
Click bate never showed the storm
And showed CGI from movies
Thanks
Which storms? There is always a storm going on someplace. The Pacific Ocean, the Grand Papa of all seas, usually as one or two brewing.
And the Carrabbean usually has one or is scheming to send out a blow no one will ever forget.
That Atlantic is sneaky. It adds the yeast, and butt kicking increase in windspeed within the funnel . And the bad tempered front and rear
Funnel walls are the meanest elements. As if that's not enough, they generate twisters to tear up everything .
And then there was Farsmuch, my fourth ex wide. When I come came home from important meetings, she can destroy every thing that even looks like a threat. If you don't believe me, ask Uncle Leo! He never speaks a mislie.
Gonnin to bed.
Alla yall have a great morning, and smooth sailing.
This channel is low quality with lots of mistakes and poor stock video
These are amazing ships!
Really sharp photography here. A good bunch of science, hammered home in easy to understand narration. I especially noted the part about ballast, as our tenant is developing extra heavy fluids for pumped hydro to gain more energy per foot of elevation. Maybe this which also be good as pumpable ballast. Years ago in the days fo sailing ships, they'd fill up with rocks to replace empty cargo.
Good production values. Thanks.
8:27 those are rudders, NOT active stabilizers! They are protruding from the sides, starboard and port side!
I was going to say the same thing. Here's an up vote.
Wow!
Great work done
I am IN this video! My GQ station was on the roof of the Captain's Bridge for weather observations. This story is in error as to the cause of the damage. As we readied for a GQ drill, enroute Viet Nam, a flight deck crewman parked an APU so the hot exhaust from it's compressor turbine discharged on a Zuni rocket, firing it forward along the deck. It hit a fully fueled and armed fighter, I believe an F-4 Phantom, spraying flaming fuel all over the aft deck. Eight 500 lb. bombs detonated on deck, killing 29 crew, injuring many others. All aircraft aft were destroyed, and eventually many pushed overboard on purpose. The sea and wind were calm, our speed relatively slow and straight ahead.
My Dad served 20yrs in the USN w 4 out of the last 5 aboard an Adams Class Destroyer. When his ship pulled into port after a N Atlantic cruise, I noticed the aluminum hand rails on the deck ladders that were supposed to be straight as an arrow, had all kinds of curves and bends in them. When I asked him about it he rather non-chalantly said "oh, that's from being hammered for days by huge waves in the N Atlantic". My 5' 6" Dad was suddenly 10 feet tall in my 9 yr old mind
good video,,brought back old memories. Thanks for that..
Thank You ' many Naval Crews arrived in California to learn how to operate the systems of this new aircraft carrier as well as other new naval ship systems, I enjoyed meeting many of them as they rolled in and out of California so I am very happy to view this video it caps off my understanding of this Aircraft Carrier.
WOW - Pretty cool, thank you!
I was a master Helmsman and sailed aboard the USS Enterprise CVN 65 March 1975 to November 1978
Not everyone can do that job! Kudos to you! I hope they don't go with that equity garbage! Its a specialty job!
Thank You For Your Service.
Did you get paid, or work for little as did previous generations who were drafted and "served" ?
I was on the big E when you were on. V-4 division. You did a great job during Unreps when we took on jp4 fuel. Pretty amazing the control both ships need to pull that operation off👍
I was onboard during that time, which we turn around to Kenya for Israel rescue in Uganda Entebbe International airport. I hope you remembered!!😊
After being out in the Atlantic on a Aircraft carrier for years, I can attest to the ferocity of storms against ANY size ship. You've seen nothing until you've been out there in 100 mph winds...
Very informative and easy to follow, just te3chnical enough. Impressive, Cost VS survivability.
False titles make you lose nice comments or a thumbs up.
@beingsentient Made me smile. Have a good day.
If I do say so myself 😄
About 1984 we took off for what turned into a hairy 6-week adventure on the high seas off the E. tip of Dom Republic. Exocet, our 52-ft catamaran. was storm tossed the first night out and even broke a jib sail. beating Northwest out of Santa towards in the middle of the night. Though heaving and rocking, I was trying to sleep, in the bunk of the right hull- I useless task with the sound of the rigging slapping, waves splashing on the hull, and the twisting, rocking random motion. Yet I was not seasick!. Later up in the Bahamas with seas higher than the bows and similar troughs despite the boat walking yawing and rocking- I guess I'm lucky-
in the entire trip, including almost crash landing coming into the Florida dock in a storm, I never once experienced seasickness.
Maybe the Navy should try a catamaran Aircraft carrier. 😁
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I have been on a carrier and went through 2 hurricanes. Had no problems even slept well. Did not feel any motion while sleeping. On smaller ships you had to strap yourself in your rack. An aircraft carrier is very large and handled the storms nicely.
That pic of the crew walking the deck @ 0:35. Is it an "emu parade" [Australian] to clear the deck of FOD?
@@billthomas635 they named that thing now? Used to be a fod walk down. I was working in the line so even on base I must have done a thousand of those. And the flight deck.
I served on the JFK CV-67 and we've been through some "heavy" seas and I can tell you the ship does list! Pretty bitchin' at night looking out the elevator well at the massively huge waves, it's literately "AWESOME"!
Thank you for your service sir. I did 6 years in the navy and did my sea duty on a Spruance Class. When they'd pipe the "stand by for heavy rolls as the ship is maneuvering" I would head straight to the fantail. You're damn right it was bitchin.
I was on the USS Tripoli Lph 10 and went through heavy seas twice on her, the best place was in the anchor room where the ceiling was around 11 feet tall and you could jump up and land on the ceiling if you timed it right. The other side was everyone getting motion sickness and the shipwide vomit trails. Still bitchin.
Is this a real person or a.I.? So good 👏👏👏
Great video!!!!
Excellent job.
saw a vid of the North sea.. tween UK and sweden and denmark. those crews deserve total credit shallow 250 ft basin and N Atl above UK and So o f UK rolling wavers of thunderous heights. the songs sang were elequent
The displacement of the water is equal to submerged object not in terms of weight but in terms of volume thus, the volume of the submerged object is equal to the volume of water displaced.
Thank you, learned a little about science.
Amazing Naval engineering
You made a serious mistake on what a stabilizer and where it is located. You showed the rudders behind the props as stabilizers. The stabs are midway up the hull and the size of rail cars
And this is by an air winger from USMC
My comment from above: @8:27 - those are rudders - NOT Active Stabilizers (which are going to be on the sides, not fore & aft).
@@randysmitchell4810 Stabilizers are normally at the "turn" of the hull, down near the bottom of the sides, on a carrier (or most other "displacement" hull ships). NOT "midway up the hull" normally, you want them low to maintain stability even in high waves that will uncover the middle of the hull at times..
The arrows ARE pointing to the rudders, as you talked about.
Interesting 😊
The bulbous bow does increase stability, but for clarity, this video is about roll stability, the bulbous bow addresses pitch stability.
Faznat'n. Thanks! 🌊🌊🌊
Anything heavier than water will sink while anything weighing less than water will float; basic displacement.
Interesting info...
Fantastic. But the crew must be stright patriots!
Aircraft carriers like the Gerald R. Ford are marvels of naval engineering, but how do they avoid tipping over with their massive size and weight? Archimedes' principle and advanced stability designs play a huge role, but there’s more to the story. Do you think future technological advancements, like hypersonic weapons, could challenge even these behemoths' defenses?
As a Ret. navy Officer, I will answer Your, rhetoric, question at 1.06: Why does a ship not sink?
Because they are made of ship steel!
Of course, that kind of steel floats. 🤣🤣
BTW, thank's for adding the "civilised" measurements in Your video.
This makes a European happy, as a Engineers point of view.
But You got something very wrong at 8.27: Those are NOT, stabilizers, but RODDERS! makin the ship turn!
The stabilizers, are like side fins on a shark. Somewhere in the bow part of the hull, just like on the shark.
They react in the opposite way, of the turn, putting downward pressure/force, on the hull in opposite way of the force, trying to tilt the hull.
And, since being onboard vessels, half of my career, there are escape routes for the crew on surface vessels, from those watertight compartments.
This might confuse "civilians", if not corrected, or?
from a Finn in Diaspora
Whatever steel you use it is still denser than sea water. Have you being taught Archimedes principle?
It's not the steel that floats.
It's the EMPTY SPACE INSIDE THE STEEL that floats.
And you claim to have been an officer? Pretty DUMB answer for someone required to have a college degree.
@@bricefleckenstein9666 He was kidding.
@@MrLanternland And no reply to AbdulJalilRafi on the same subject?
I was NOT the only one that saw that reply and thought it looked like a real answer.
@@MrLanternland Funny how Common Sense is Uncommon Sense. Makes me laugh. Guess you have to be a Squid to understand Squiddly Humor.
Ive been in some pretty high seas. Its amazing!
A Aircraft Carrier is only as strong as its Battle Group. Without the Destroyers and Cruisers doing their jobs the Aircraft Carrier is an easy target.
@DennisMerwood "How relevant have Carrier's been in the last year?" You must live under a rock, One over by Iran right now.
How relevant have hypersonic missiles been in the last year.
Did ya ever see a 100'+ wave?
Very scary stuff!!!
Lake Superior?
Edman Fitzgerald?
A war with the sea is one no one will win,you can survive a dozen battles with it but not the war.😮😢
Something interesting here; if you put water in a plastic container and put the container in the water, the water in the container will be at the exact level of the surface of the body of water it's in.
I remember the day the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior 1975. I was attending MTU in Houghton, Michigan and had to walk downhill to campus against the raging winds. Despite having a coat on, my clothes got soaked once I got to class. After class everyone just stood in the lobby of the building watching people get blown off the sidewalks on campus. Worst storm ever.
When I was on the Lexington back in 1980 when we went out to sea , i never got sea sick being the carrier was huge, and it was the smallest carrier in our fleet.
Great physics lesson.
Yes there are storms north of the 45 that have 60-90 knot winds 100 ft plus waves. In a frigate we said we should get sub pay. Over one wave and through the next one.
Makes you wonder why there is no nonskid on the bulkheads and walls. It does happen pretty often.
The weather channel does not seem to know about them. Yep the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska does get a bit rowdy at times. The North Atlantic does that too.
I guess a carrier can get like a cruise ship. Probably do not hear this very often. "Secure gear adrift. Close all water tight doors and hatches. Stand by for heavy rolls."
The "stablizers" pointed out in the video were actually the rudders.
They "stabilize" your heading. lol
Thank you. I already posted something else, but also saw the "rudders". 10 years ago I took a cruise ship to Baja and was concerned about not having my "sea legs" anymore. But the stabilizers, like wings that fold into cavities in the hull when not needed, did an excellent job of smoothing out the ride. Very nice. Aboard the Enterprise it took me about 2-3 days to get used to the seas. Modern ships also have "bow thrusters" to assist in finer, more accurate, steering at slow speeds.
GreatE Engineering.
Excellent video…well researched and super informative. I did a civilian tour of the USS ENTERPRISE when she was docked in Vancouver BC (early 1980’s). This video explained so much and in layman’s terms…thank you! One question though…where’s Steve : )
Cool.
Returning from six month deployment, crossing the Atlantic Ocean, a standing order was issued over the 1MC for "non-essential personnel to remain below deck." All four elevator doors were closed. The birds on the roof were all tied down. Walking across the hanger deck below was like being in a bass drum, and waves slamming against the hull was the bass drum mallet.
You have Archimedes' Principles backwards at around 1:15.
The body displaces the water. The water doesn't displace the body.
(After the first sentence, you're pretty much OK. The first is just a silly slip.)
Rudder testing is wild
Served on Saratoga and Kitty Hawk. Yep! They are huge. Saw cami seas and rou
One hopes these test are non destructive and do not start damage that can cause problems later
You also run the other Anonymous person channel right sir and I certainly respect your anonymity
Good episode. Do you double as a physics teacher? You 'splain well.
BTW: 8:26- Those are rudders that you're pointing at, not stabilizers.
How many shows do you narrate beside this and Watop
😂
nice coral reef materials
USS Coral Sea CVA 43 road out 2 tiefuns . I was on board 71 to 75.
Too much info !!!!!!😔🙈🙉🙊
My Dad was on a supply ship in flotillas !!!
He OFTEN told us loose lips sink SHIPS!!
Most of that doesn't apply in this vast information age, China knows what the West has.., and not because they steal or are imbedded in the governments
I don't think that's what he meant lol
@@Mike-e2d I am saying we give TOO MUCH info !!
If you had ever seen one of these things in a dry dock you would know why they don't topple over.
Enterprise in dry dock in Bremerton, Washington, ENORMOUS propellors, solid brass alloy, about 20 feet in dia. And 4 of them.
Like an iceberg, there is a lot under the water keeping it from capsizing.
Except all ships have a maximum roll before they go over. Medium sized aircraft carriers are about 28 degrees. Anything over that you're history. Was in a storm in the Gulf of Mexican and we were rolling 26 degrees a few times. Lost a few aircraft washed over the side. Scary moments.
Yes, but it still looks odd, from the front, that the flight deck is about twice as wide as the beam of the hull. Just looks "top heavy," despite the physics and technology.
8:55 to 9:56, they touch on two historic storms and one sea-roll with a significant wave, on three different carriers. They don't mention if they were all the largest carrier at those respective times.
While I've never really gone out to sea at any point in my life (best I could maybe recall is 10-15 miles with a USCG cutter for a couple of hours), I don't see myself being scared of the ocean, being on an oceanliner, cruise ship, naval vessel or even by myself on a sailboat. But that doesn't mean I don't respect mother nature or get cocky with the ocean; I have the humility to know that while there are hundreds if not thousands of years worth of engineering experience to make ships safer, at the end of the day you are still at sea and you are but a guest in the ocean's eyes. I don't even see it as a sinking ship from enemy naval fire as the danger (unless you're caught in the explosion), you're simply alive because the ocean wants to keep it that way, and vice versa if the ocean thinks differently of you and you aren't so lucky.
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Me too! 1979-82. A-Div.
Wait, how did you pronounce phalanx?
LOL sounded like phallics
@11:38 - it caught my attention too
Carrier ROCKED By Deadly Storm missed that part
I recall that saltwater has an upthrust of about 64 lbs per cubic foot, compared to 62 lbs per cubic foot in freshwater. This difference is one reason why ships have a Plimsoll line painted on their hulls, allowing sailors to gauge how high or low a ship sits in the water when entering estuaries, preventing the risk of grounding. Just a little seafaring trivia from an old mariner.
The Carrier l was on back in the 70s USS Forrestal CV-59 had ballast tanks Port and starboard to prevent the ship from taking extreme rolls even in ruff seas
Less than 1% Americans have seen the sun set from the deck of a U.S. Navy Ship I have 😊😊😊.
Would it had been better to have 2new carriers with the same built in safety features
That was dream to ride a largest aircraft carrier
I wouldn't call it an inverted pyramid
"My fear is that too many seaman will go to one side of the ship and it becomes, ah overly populated that it would tip over and um capsize."
Too many semen. Isn't that typical of a Navy ship until they get to port somewhere.
Are Aircraft Carriers the obsolete "Battleships " of the 21th Century?
Giant aircraft Carriers look like a floating city.
Probably great for Pacífic use.
But are they appropriate for the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea or even the Mediterranean Sea?
Bill Mitchell established that battleships were obsolete.
Is there a new Bill Michel, attempting to prove that Aircraft Carriers became the "Battleships " of the 21th Century?
Let's hope that such vessels remain an effective deterrent tool.
Should've named it after Jimmy Carter
This just made my head hurt... Nothing makes sense anymore 😖😵💫😵💫